Composer Huang Ruo and composer, saxophonist and flutist Anna Webber are among 10 2024 recipients of the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA).
The awards were founded and designed by legendary musician Herb Alpert and his wife, Grammy Award-winning singer Lani Hall. They are presented annually to 10 “risk-taking, mid-career artists” working in the fields of dance, film/video, music, theater and visual arts.
Now in its 30th year, the HAAIA has been awarded to 174 artists to date. Each award consists of an unrestricted cash prize of $75,000 and residency at CalArts (California Institute of the Arts), which has administered the award on behalf of the Herb Alpert Foundation since 1994.
This year's winners will be announced at a virtual event on Thursday, May 2 at 2:00 p.m. PT.
The other eight honorees this year are choreographers Jonathan González and Mariana Valencia. director Nuotama Bodomo and filmmaker and artist Lucy Raven. theater artist Robin Frohardt and interdisciplinary artist Cannupa Hanska Luger. and visual artists Marina Rosenfeld and Marie Watt.
Past HAAIA winners include: Carrie Mae Weems, Taylor Mac, Suzan-Lori Parks, Julia Wolfe, Michelle Dorrance, Tania Bruguera, Kerry James Marshall, Lisa Kron, Sharon Lockhart, Ralph Lemon, Arthur Jafa, Cai Guo-Qiang, Okwuilik and Okwuilik Christian Scott in Tunde Adjuah.
Alpert and Hall created the Herb Alpert Foundation in 1985. It has reportedly given away more than $200 million, making Alpert one of America's most influential and loyal supporters of the arts and arts education.
“Herb and Lani's generosity is legendary, and their work supporting risk-taking artists through the Alpert Awards has propelled art in this country for decades,” said CalArts President Ravi Rajan. “The list of past honorees is a testament to how the prize gives artists the space and time to create work that transforms the world.”
In addition to being a philanthropist, Alpert is a musician, record producer, former record label executive, sculptor and painter.
Alpert and the Tijuana Brass were one of the hottest acts of the 1960s, with five No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200. Their 1965 smash “A Taste of Honey” won a Grammy for record of the year. As a soloist, Alpert has topped the Billboard Hot 100 with vocal and instrumental hits – “This Guy's in Love With You” (1968) and “Rise” (1979), respectively. He is the only solo artist to have achieved this feat.
With his late partner Jerry Moss, Alpert co-founded A&M Records in 1962, turning it into one of the most successful independent labels in history. The label hosted Sergio Mendes & the Brasil 66, Carpenters, Joe Cocker, Supertramp, The Police, Janet Jackson and dozens more successful acts. The following is a list of A&M's 50 biggest hits on the Hot 100 during the years under Alpert and Moss.
Alpert and Moss received a Trustees Award from the Recording Academy in 1997. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2012 Alpert was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Obama.
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