The Cultural Medallion (Malay: Pingat Budaya) is a cultural award in Singapore conferred to those who have achieved artistic excellence in dance, theatre...
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Ivan Heng (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion)
Edinburgh, London, Canada and finally Hollywood. Heng was awarded the Cultural Medallion, Singapore's highest arts honour, in 2013. Whilst studying for his...
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University Rankings 2022). NAFA has nurtured 13 recipients of the Cultural Medallion—Singapore's highest accolade bestowed on art practitioners who have...
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classical dance choreographer, and 1990 Cultural Medallion winner Madhavi Krishnan – 1979 Cultural Medallion winner Neila Sathyalingam – Indian classical...
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Television of Singapore (1967–1984); awarded Public Service Medal (1970), Cultural Medallion (1982), Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS) Artistic...
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has released 12 albums. On 24 November 2021, she was awarded the Cultural Medallion, Singapore's pinnacle arts award, by the National Arts Council of...
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Jack Neo (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion)
to be honoured with the Public Service Medal. He also received the Cultural Medallion on 21 October 2005 together with musician Dick Lee. In 2008, Neo and...
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Minfong Ho (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion for literature)
Minfong Ho is a Chinese–American writer. Her works frequently deal with the lives of people living in poverty in Southeast Asian countries. Despite being...
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awarded the prestigious S.E.A. Write Award. In 2015, he was awarded the Cultural Medallion. Born in Malaya, Sharma attended Tanjong Katong Secondary School,...
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Asiah Aman (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion)
1970s to 1980s. For her contributions to music, she was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 2016 and inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2022...
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Dick Lee (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion)
singer-songwriter, playwright and film director. Lee was awarded the Cultural Medallion, Singapore's pinnacle arts award, for music in 2005. Lee was born...
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the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. In 2015, Tan was awarded the Cultural Medallion of Singapore by Tony Tan, President of Singapore. Tan resides in Brooklyn...
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Jeremy Monteiro (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion)
local press as Singapore's "King of Swing". Monteiro was awarded the Cultural Medallion (in the Music category) by the National Arts Council, Singapore in...
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Teo Bee Yen (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion)
Teo Bee Yen (born 1950 in Fujian, China) is a photographer from Singapore. Philip Hii (12 October 2010). "Hii bags top three prizes in photo contest"....
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(born 11 November 1943) is a Singaporean painter. He received the Cultural Medallion in 2009. Ang attended afternoon art class in addition to his formal...
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and Dick Lee became the first pop culture artists to receive the Cultural Medallion, Singapore's highest arts award. The movie sparked public discussion...
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Lee Wen (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion for art)
University, Tokyo. In 2005, Lee Wen was presented with the Cultural Medallion, the highest cultural award in Singapore, for his contributions to the development...
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Lim Tze Peng (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion for art)
artist who is a teacher by training and profession. He was awarded a Cultural Medallion in 2003 in recognition of his contribution to the country's art and...
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Georgette Chen (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion for art)
English, French and many other languages. In 1982, Chen was awarded the Cultural Medallion for her contributions to the visual arts in Singapore. On 15 March...
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Eric Khoo (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion)
Tan's 881 a box office hit and received the highest arts honor the Cultural Medallion by the President of Singapore in the same year. In 2008, Khoo's film...
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K. T. M. Iqbal (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion)
M. Iqbal, is a Singaporean poet and essayist. He was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 2014. Iqbal was born in Kadayanallur, India in 1940. He and his...
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contributions to the visual arts in Singapore, Chua was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 2015. Chua is also known for his depictions of historic events...
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Greene Association and writer/musician Carl Hancock Rux, erected a cultural medallion at 175 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn, where Wright lived in 1938 and completed...
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December 2023. "Cultural Medallion, Young Artist Award recipients announced". TODAY. Retrieved 21 December 2023. "Cultural Medallion, Young Artist Award...
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Liang Wern Fook (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion)
which the NIE is a part of). In 2010, Liang was awarded the Singapore Cultural Medallion. In 2012, Liang was honoured as "Special Artist of the Year" when...
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Goh Poh Seng (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion for literature)
Breakfast Company (dir. Adeeb Fazah) in 2018. In 1982, Goh received the Cultural Medallion for his contributions to Literature. A 15-minute documentary about...
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(born 1960) is a Singaporean writer and musician. He was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 2007. Kamari was born in Singapore in 1960. He studied at the National...
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Edwin Thumboo (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion for literature)
Award (1979), the first Cultural Medallion for Literature (1979), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Cultural and Communication Award...
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Max Le Blond (category Recipients of the Cultural Medallion)
is a Singaporean theatre director and academic. He was awarded the Cultural Medallion for Theatre in 1987. Le Blond was born in Singapore in 1950. He studied...
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Prize in 1992. She was awarded Singapore's pinnacle arts award, the Cultural Medallion, in 2023. Lim was born in Ipoh, Federation of Malaya and had her early...
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