The Silver Alto Clef

The IVS Silver Alto Clef is awarded regularly, with a maximum of one each year. (Note: In the early years, it was sometimes awarded more than once in a year).

The recipients of this award are:

2023 – Michael Kimber, Iowa City, IA, USA
2022 – Roberto Diaz, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2021 – Lars Anders Tomter, Oslo, Norway- Watch Lars Anders Tomter about his Bartok version (youTube)
2020 – Garth Knox, Paris, France/ Ireland/ UK – Watch Garth Knox receive the Silver Alto Clef (YouTube)
2019 – Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Montréal, Canada
2018 – Atar Arad, Bloomington, IN, USA
2017 – Heidi Castleman, New York, NY, USA
2016 – Dr. Milan Škampa (dec.), Prague, Czech Republic 
2015 – Michael Kugel, Hasselt, Belgium
2014 – Carlos María Solare, Berlin, Germany
2013 – Kim Kashkashian, Boston, MA, USA
2012 – Michael Tree (dec.), New York, NY, USA 
2011 – Nobuko Imai, Tokyo, Japan
2010 – John White (dec.), Harlow, Essex, UK
2009 – Dr. Ronald Schmidt, Bornheim, Germany
2008 – Tabea Zimmermann, Bochum, Germany
2007 – Donald McInnes, Palm Springs, CA, USA
2006 – Bruno Giuranna, Asolo, Italy
2005 – Dr. Pamela Goldsmith, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2004 – Dr. Thomas Tatton, Stockton, CA, USA
2003 – Prof. Emile Cantor-Samama, Arhus, Denmark
2002 – Emanuel Vardi (dec.), San José, CA, USA 
2001 – Dr. Michael Vidulich, Auckland, New Zealand
2000 – Dr. Donald Maurice, Wellington, New Zealand
1999 – Ann Frederking, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
1998 – No award
1997 – Dr. Dwight Pounds, Bowling Green, KY, USA
1996 – A. Baird Knechtel, Toronto, Ont., Canada
1995 – No award
1994 – Walter Witte (dec.), Frankfurt a.M., Germany
1993 – No award
1992 – Christoph Angerer, Vienna, Austria
1991 – Otto Freudenthal (dec.), Linköping, Sweden
1990 – Heinz Berck, Dreieich-Sprendlingen, Germany
1989 – Günter Ojsteršek (dec.), Düsseldorf, Germany 
1988 – OAR Eduard Membier (dec.), Vienna, Austria
1987 – Dr. David Dalton, Provo, UT, USA
1986 – Prof. Berta Volmer (dec.), Cologne, Germany
1985 – Dr. Ulrich Drüner, Stuttgart, Germany
1985 – Janos Czakó (dec.), Nürnberg, Germany
1984 – Dr. Zvonimir Devidé, Zagreb, Croatia
1983 – Dr. Maurice Riley (dec.), Ypsilanti, MI, USA
1982 – Uta Lenkewitz-von Zahn, Rheinbach, Germany
1982 – Dr. François Beaumont (dec.), Auvernier, Switzerland
1981 – Dr. Myron Rosenblum, New York City, NY, USA