Ditson Conductor’s Award
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The Ditson Conductor’s Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing conductors for their exceptional commitment to performing and promoting contemporary American music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ditson Conductor’s Award canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9320677 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ditson Conductor’s Award Context triple: [James DePreist, awardReceived, Ditson Conductor’s Award]
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A.
Voice of Music Award
The Voice of Music Award is a special ASCAP Latin Music honor recognizing artists whose distinctive vocal and musical contributions have had a significant and lasting impact on Latin music.
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B.
Leopold Auer Prize
The Leopold Auer Prize is a distinguished music award named after the famed violin pedagogue Leopold Auer, recognizing exceptional achievement in violin performance.
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C.
Trumpet Award
The Trumpet Award is an annual ceremony that honors the achievements and contributions of African Americans and other people of color across fields such as law, politics, business, entertainment, and civil rights.
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D.
Avery Fisher Prize
The Avery Fisher Prize is a prestigious American award that honors outstanding achievement and excellence in classical music performance, particularly by instrumentalists.
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E.
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
The Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal is a prestigious British honor awarded to distinguished musicians and composers for outstanding contributions to music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ditson Conductor’s Award Target entity description: The Ditson Conductor’s Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing conductors for their exceptional commitment to performing and promoting contemporary American music.
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A.
Voice of Music Award
The Voice of Music Award is a special ASCAP Latin Music honor recognizing artists whose distinctive vocal and musical contributions have had a significant and lasting impact on Latin music.
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B.
Leopold Auer Prize
The Leopold Auer Prize is a distinguished music award named after the famed violin pedagogue Leopold Auer, recognizing exceptional achievement in violin performance.
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C.
Trumpet Award
The Trumpet Award is an annual ceremony that honors the achievements and contributions of African Americans and other people of color across fields such as law, politics, business, entertainment, and civil rights.
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D.
Avery Fisher Prize
The Avery Fisher Prize is a prestigious American award that honors outstanding achievement and excellence in classical music performance, particularly by instrumentalists.
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E.
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
The Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal is a prestigious British honor awarded to distinguished musicians and composers for outstanding contributions to music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American award
ⓘ
music award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Columbia University Department of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardFor |
conducting
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performance of contemporary American music ⓘ promotion of contemporary American music ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| eligibility | conductors ⓘ |
| field | classical music ⓘ |
| focus |
American composers
ⓘ
new music ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary American music ⓘ |
| inception | 1945 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles M. Ditson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Esa-Pekka Salonen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gunther Schuller NERFINISHED ⓘ James Levine NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Tilson Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Boulez NERFINISHED ⓘ Seiji Ozawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | one of the oldest awards honoring conductors for American music ⓘ |
| sponsor | Ditson Fund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ditson Conductor’s Award Description of subject: The Ditson Conductor’s Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing conductors for their exceptional commitment to performing and promoting contemporary American music.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.