Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award

The Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award is an Australian music award.

History and description
The award was inaugurated following the death of Sir Bernard Heinze in 1982. The award honours the memory of Sir Bernard Heinze (1894–1982), who for 31 years was Ormond Professor of Music at the University of Melbourne, and one of the major pioneers of orchestral life in Australia.

The award is in the form of a medallion and is given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to music in Australia.

Recipients

 * 1986 Ruth Alexander
 * 1987 Professor Emeritus Sir Frank Callaway
 * 1988 Malcolm Williamson
 * 1989 Patrick Thomas
 * 1990 Beryl Kimber
 * 1991 John Hopkins
 * 1992 Leonard Dommett
 * 1993 Peter Sculthorpe
 * 1994 Yvonne Kenny
 * 1995 Jan Sedivka
 * 1996 Richard Mills
 * 1997 Donald Hazelwood
 * 1998 Richard Gill
 * 1999 Don Burrows
 * 2000 John Curro
 * 2001 John Painter
 * 2002 Stephen McIntyre
 * 2003 Graeme Koehne
 * 2004 Richard Divall
 * 2005 Richard Tognetti
 * 2006 Graham Abbott
 * 2007 Barry Tuckwell
 * 2008 Richard Bonynge
 * 2009 Brett Dean
 * 2010 Simone Young
 * 2011 Carl Vine
 * 2012 Roger Covell
 * 2013 John Williams
 * 2014 Anne Boyd
 * 2015 Margaret J. Kartomi
 * 2016 Mary Vallentine
 * 2017 Ronald Farren-Price
 * 2018 Judy Bailey
 * 2019 Deborah Cheetham
 * 2020 Richard Letts
 * 2021 Lyn Williams
 * 2022 Piers Lane
 * 2023 Nicolette Fraillon