Golden Harp

The Golden Harp (Dutch: Gouden Harp) is awarded annually to Dutch musicians for their entire oeuvre. Golden Harps have been awarded 42 times. 149 different persons or (musical) groups have had the honour of receiving the award which is considered to be one of the most important prizes in Dutch music.

Winners of the Golden Harp
Year	Winner	Dates	Profession	Notes
1962	Ferry van Delden	1892–1965	broker, journalist and songwriter	^[2]
1962	Hugo de Groot	1897–1986	composer and conductor	^[3]
1964	Rine Geveke	1915–2006	producer	^[4]
	Max van Praag	1913–1991	singer	^[5]
	Lex van Weren	1920–1996	trumpeter and conductor	^[6]
	Jack Bess	1908–1964	poet and songwriter	^[7]^[8]
1965	Eddy Christiani	1918–2016	composer, guitarist, singer and songwriter	^[9]
1965	Benedict Silberman	1901–1971	composer, musician and singer	^[10]
1966	Arie Maasland	1908–1980	composer and musician	^[11]
1966	Bob Scholte	1902–1983	singer	^[12]
1967	Annie M.G. Schmidt	1911–1995	writer (books, drama, musicals, plays, poems, songs)
	Harry Bannink	1929–1999	arranger, composer and pianist
	Joop de Leur	1900–1973	composer and jazz pioneer	^[13]
1968	Corry Brokken	1932–2016	judge, presenter and singer
	Wim Ibo	1918–2000	comedian, historian, producer and writer	^[ii]^[14]
	Michel van der Plas	1927–2013	journalist, poet and writer	^[15]^[16]
	Herman Tholen	1921–1993	comedian	^[17]
1969	Conny Stuart	1913–2010	comedian, Musical star and singer	^[18]
	Jules de Corte	1924–1996	composer, pianist, poet and singer
	Harry de Groot	1920–2004	accordionist, arranger, composer, conductor and pianist	^[19]
	Jack Millar	1928–1999	discographer	^[20]
	Cor Smit	1916–	producer	^[21]
1970	Jack Bulterman	1909–1977	arranger, composer, conductor and songwriter	^[22]
	Pieter Goemans	1925–2000	composer	^[23]
	Robbie van Leeuwen	1944–	composer, guitarist, producer and singer	^[24]
	Lennaert Nijgh	1945–2002	songwriter	^[25]
	Jelle de Vries	1922–1999	comedian, singer and songwriter	^[26]
	A.J.G. Strengholt	-	music expert, jury member of Conamus	^[7]
1971	Jasperina de Jong	1938–	actress, comedian and singer	^[27]
	Guus Vleugel	1932–1998	dramatist and songwriter	^[28]
	Eli Asser	1922–	songwriter	^[29]
	Bert Paige	-	arranger, composer, musician and producer	^[30]
	Julius Susan	-	-	-
1972	Nico Boer	1932–2009	singer (tenor)	-
	Johnny Jordaan	1924–1989	singer	^[31]
	Cor Lemaire	1908–1981	composer, conductor and pianist	^[ii]^[32]
	Marinus van ‘t Woud	-	-	-
	Willy van Hemert	1912–1993	actor, comedian, director and songwriter	^[33]
1973	Willy Alberti	1926–1985	singer	^[34]
	The Cats	1965–1994	pop group	^[35]
	Henk Elsink	-	comedian	^[36]
	Boudewijn de Groot	1944–	actor and troubadour	^[37]
1974	Hans van Hemert	1945–	producer and songwriter
	Joop Stokkermans	1937–2012	composer, pianist and producer	^[38]
	Paul van Vliet	1935–	singer	^[39]
	Rolf ten Kate	-	-	-
1975	Han Dunk	-	-	-
	Gerrit den Braber	1929–1997	composer, producer and songwriter	^[40]
	Rogier van Otterloo	1941–1988	composer and conductor	^[41]
	Zangeres zonder Naam	1919–1998	singer	^[42]
1976	Adèle Bloemendaal	1933–	actress, comedian and singer	^[43]
	George Baker Selection	1967–	pop group	^[44]
	Herman van Veen	1945–	actor, composer, director, painter and songwriter	^[45]
1977	Conny Vandenbos	1937–2002	singer	^[46]
	André van Duin	1947–	comedian, singer and songwriter	^[47]
	Peter Koelewijn	1940–	deejay, producer and singer	^[48]
1978	Harrie Geelen	1939–	animator, illustrator, film director, translator, poet and writer	^[49]
	Pierre Kartner	1935–	composer, producer and singer	^[50]
	Henry Mildenberg	1913–2005	writer, Conamus staff member	^[51]^[52]^[53]
1979	Willem Duys Toon Hermans The Ramblers Gerard van Krevelen
1980	Earth & Fire Ramses Shaffy
1981	Willeke Alberti Tonny Eyk Willem van Kooten
1982	Ruud Bos BZN Rob de Nijs
1983	Florie Anstadt (Kinderen voor Kinderen) Golden Earring Johnny Hoes Laurens van Rooyen
1984	Jaap Eggermont Robert Long
1985	Martine Bijl Ivo de Wijs Gerard Stellaard
1986	Bolland & Bolland Seth Gaaikema Herman Stok Pi Vèriss
1987	Jos Brink Mieke Telkamp Hans Vermeulen Willem Wilmink
1988	Annie de Reuver Flairck Herman Brood
1989	Gerard Cox The Nits Henk Temming & Henk Westbroek Harry van Hoof
1990	Corry Konings Erik van der Wurff Jan Boerstoel Frank Boeijen
1991	Drs. P (Heinz Polzer) Margriet Eshuys
1992	Jenny Arean Anita Meyer Normaal Hans van Eijck
1993	Peter van Asten De Dijk Joop van den Ende
1994	Jurre Haanstra André Hazes Karin Bloemen René Froger
1995	Paul de Leeuw Benny Neyman Metropole Orkest Henny Vrienten
1996	Youp van 't Hek Ruth Jacott John de Mol sr. The Scene
1997	Jochem Fluitsma & Eric van Tijn Freek de Jonge Liesbeth List Mathilde Santing
1998	Roy Beltman Marco Borsato John Ewbank Willem Nijholt Rowwen Hèze
1999	Eddy de Clercq Fay Lovsky Stef Bos Rini Schreijenberg & Emile Hartkamp
2000	Stef Bos	1961–
2001	De Kast Belinda Meuldijk
2002	Anouk Acda & De Munnik Bløf
	Simone Kleinsma	1958–	singer, musical actress, presenter and comedian	-
	2003	Frans Bauer Hans Dorrestijn Trijntje Oosterhuis
2004	Jan Akkerman Lenette van Dongen Friso Wiegersma
2005	Brigitte Kaandorp	1962–	comedian	^[54]^[55]
	Guus Meeuwis	1972–	singer, composer	^[55]^[56]
	Ferry Maat	1947–	dee jay, producer	^[55]^[57]
2006	Louis van Dijk	1941–2020	pianist	^[58]^[59]
	Herman Finkers	1954–	comedian	^[59]^[60]
	Harry Muskee	1941–2011	Blues singer	^[59]^[61]
	Willem van Beusekom	1947–2006	music expert	^[iii]^[59]^[62]
2007	Ilse de Lange	1977–	singer	^[63]^[64]
	Tiësto	1969–	dee jay	^[64]^[65]
	Candy Dulfer	1969–	alto saxophonist	^[64]^[66]
2008	Krezip
	Gerard van Maasakkers
	Jan Smit	1985–
	Within Temptation
2009	Armin van Buuren	1976–
	Jaap Buys
	Wende Snijders	1978–
2010	Nick & Simon
	Tony Berk
	VanVelzen	1978–
	Kane

Golden Harp

Background

List of winners

Notes

See also

References

External links

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