President Barack Obama awarded the 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to 20 recipients, such as musicians James Taylor, Quincy Jones and Van Cliburn. Actress Meryl Streep and authors Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, and Harper Lee will also be among those awarded for their contributions to the arts.
Quincy Jones is known as the man behind Michael Jackson’s epic Thriller album but he’s also a talented conductor, arranger, record producer, instrumentalist, TV/film producer. He’s has worked with as Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn, Duke Ellington and Ray Charles. He also has 79 Grammy nominations with 27 wins, an Emmy Award and seven Oscar nominations.
The complete list of the honorees is :
2010 National Medal of Arts
* Robert Brustein
* Van Cliburn
* Mark di Suvero
* Donald Hall
* Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
* Quincy Jones
* Harper Lee
* Sonny Rollins
* Meryl Streep
* James Taylor
2010 National Humanities Medal
* Daniel Aaron
* Bernard Bailyn
* Jacques Barzun
* Wendell E. Berry
* Roberto González EchevarrĂa
* Stanley Nider Katz
* Joyce Carol Oates
* Arnold Rampersad
* Philip Roth
* Gordon Wood
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