Wolf Prize in Arts laureates

Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician and songwriter. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile tenor vocal range and musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from pre-rock and roll pop to classical, ballads and electronica. His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in music history.

Belarusian-French artist (1887–1985)

Frank Owen Gehry was a Canadian and American architect and designer known for his postmodern designs and use of unconventional forms and materials. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become attractions. His most famous works include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. These buildings are characterized by their sculptural, often undulating exteriors and innovative use of materials such as titanium and stainless steel.

Spanish tenor and conductor (born 1941)

French composer, organist and ornithologist (1908–1992)

Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor (1927-2007)

Italian conductor (1933–2014)

Soviet and Georgian composer (1935-2019)

French composer, conductor and writer (1925–2016)

Polish composer and conductor (1933–2020)

Russian and American pianist (1903–1989)

French-American artist (1911–2010)

Indian conductor

American violinist and conductor (1916–1999)

Hungarian composer (1923-2006)

German visual artist (b. 1932)

Israeli Argentine-born pianist and conductor (born 1942)

Danish architect (1918–2008)

French architect (b.1945)

German architect (1925-2015)

American artist and musician (born 1947)

German painter and sculptor (born 1945)

Italian composer (1925–2003)

American sculptor and printmaker (1929–2022)

Portuguese architect (1933-)

American painter and sculptor (1930)

American opera singer (1945–2019)

Catalan painter, sculptor and art theorist (1923-2012)

Italian conductor

American musician (1920–2001)

Spanish Basque sculptor (1924–2002)

British conductor (born 1955)

Portuguese architect (1952-)

Japanese architect (1928–2024)

Danish-Icelandic artist (born 1967)

American pianist and conductor (born 1947)

English architect (born 1953)

American architect (born 1932)

American sculptor and performance artist (1941)

Israeli composer (1910–2008)

American sculptor (born 1943)

Dutch architect (1918-1999)

German artist (born 1952)

American artist (1942–2021)

Swedish architect (1914–2005)

Italian architect (1919-2005)

Hungarian conductor (born 1949)

Italian artist, painter and sculptor (born 1933)

Canadian philanthropist and member of the Bronfman family

British architect (1914–2001)