Editing John Adams (composer) (section)

==Awards and recognition==
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''' Major awards '''

*[[Pulitzer Prize for Music]] for ''On the Transmigration of Souls'' (2003)<ref name="pulitzer" />
**Pulitzer Prize for Music Finalist for ''Century Rolls'' (1998) and ''The Gospel According to the Other Mary'' (2014)<ref name="pulitzer" />
*[[Erasmus Prize]] (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/John-Adams-Wins-2019-Erasmus-Prize-20190222|title=John Adams Wins 2019 Erasmus Prize|date=February 22, 2019|website=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref>

'''Grammy awards'''

*[[Best Contemporary Composition]] for ''Nixon in China'' (1989)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/john-adams|title=John Adams|date=November 19, 2019|website=Grammy.com|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref>
*Best Contemporary Composition for ''El Dorado'' (1998)<ref name=":1" />
*[[Best Classical Album]] for ''On the Transmigration of Souls'' (2004)<ref name=":1" />
*[[Best Orchestral Performance]] for ''On the Transmigration of Souls'' (2004)<ref name=":1" />
*[[Best Classical Contemporary Composition]] for ''On the Transmigration of Souls'' (2004)<ref name=":1" />

'''Other awards'''

*[[Royal Philharmonic Society]] Music Award for Best Chamber Composition for ''Chamber Symphony'' (1994)<ref name="Grawemeyer" />
*[[University of Louisville]] [[Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition]] for ''Violin Concerto'' (1995)<ref name="grawemeyer.org">{{cite web|title=1995 – John Adams |url=http://grawemeyer.org/music/previous-winners/1995-john-adams.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724193328/http://grawemeyer.org/music/previous-winners/1995-john-adams.html |archive-date=July 24, 2014 }}</ref>
*California Governor's Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts<ref name="Grawemeyer" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 8, 2009|title=Composer John Adams to Present Tanner Lectures at Yale University|url=https://news.yale.edu/2009/10/08/composer-john-adams-present-tanner-lectures-yale-university|access-date=September 2, 2020|website=YaleNews}}</ref>
* Cyril Magnin Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts<ref name="Grawemeyer" />
*''Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' ([[Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters]]) (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/newsroom/1617/Releases/gilbert-adams-final.pdf|title=Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic: John Adams's 70th Birthday Year|date=February 1, 2019|website=New York Philharmonic|access-date=April 4, 2019|archive-date=August 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806004903/https://nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/newsroom/1617/Releases/gilbert-adams-final.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Harvard Arts Medal]] (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=518675|title=Harvard Arts medal|publisher=Thecrimson.como|access-date=September 22, 2014}}</ref>
*2018 [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards|BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] in the category of Music and Opera<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosfronterasdelconocimiento.es/version/edicion_2018/|title=XI Edición Archives|website=Premios Fronteras|language=es|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref>
* Induction into the [[American Classical Music Hall of Fame]] (2009).<ref>{{cite web |title=John Adams |url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/a/aa-an/john-adams/ |website=[[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center]] |access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=View Inductees |url=https://classicalwalkoffame.org/view-inductees/?id=1 |website=[[American Classical Music Hall of Fame]] |access-date=March 18, 2024 |archive-date=March 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318015356/https://classicalwalkoffame.org/view-inductees/?id=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Memberships'''

*Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1997)<ref name="AAAS">{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=April 1, 2011|archive-date=February 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218190148/http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] (1997)<ref name="AAAL">{{cite web|title=Current Members |url=http://www.artsandletters.org/academicians2_current.php |publisher=American Association of Arts and Letters |access-date=April 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624004136/http://www.artsandletters.org/academicians2_current.php |archive-date=June 24, 2016 }}</ref>
* Foreign member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Music]]<ref name="k930">{{cite web | title=Ledamöter | website=Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien | url=https://www.musikaliskaakademien.se/omakademien/organisation/ledamoter.39.html | language=sv | access-date=November 12, 2024}}</ref>

'''Honorary Doctorates'''

*[[Honorary Doctorate]] of Arts from [[University of Cambridge]] (2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/honorary-degree-ceremony-2003|title=Honorary Degree Ceremony 2003|date=June 23, 2003|publisher=University of Cambridge|access-date=October 15, 2019}}</ref>
*Honorary Doctorate of Arts from [[Northwestern University]] (2008)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Recipients: Office of the Provost|url=https://www.northwestern.edu/provost/committees/administrative/honorary-degrees/honorary-degree-recipients.html|access-date=November 10, 2020|publisher=Northwestern University|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418224031/https://www.northwestern.edu/provost/committees/administrative/honorary-degrees/honorary-degree-recipients.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate of Music from [[Duquesne University]] (2009)<ref>{{cite web|title=Duquesne Presents Honorary Degree to Renowned Composer|url=http://www.duq.edu/news/duquesne-presents-honorary-degree-to-renowned-composer|publisher=Duquesne University Office of Marketing and Communications|access-date=January 5, 2017|archive-date=January 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106102233/http://www.duq.edu/news/duquesne-presents-honorary-degree-to-renowned-composer|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate of Music from [[Harvard University]] (2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=Eight receive honorary degrees|date=May 24, 2012|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/05/eight-receive-honorary-degrees/|publisher=Harvard News Office|access-date=May 24, 2012|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629022303/http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/05/eight-receive-honorary-degrees/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate of Music from [[Yale University]] (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 20, 2013|title=Yale awards 10 honorary degrees at 2013 Commencement|url=https://news.yale.edu/2013/05/20/yale-awards-10-honorary-degrees-2013-commencement|access-date=November 10, 2020|website=YaleNews|archive-date=November 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110184955/https://news.yale.edu/2013/05/20/yale-awards-10-honorary-degrees-2013-commencement|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate of Music from [[Royal Academy of Music]] (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|title=James Jolly's citation for John Adams's Honorary Doctorate from the Royal Academy of Music|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/james-jolly-s-citation-for-john-adams-s-honorary-doctorate-from-the-royal-academy-of-music|access-date=November 10, 2020|work=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]}}</ref>

'''Other'''

*Creative Chair of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (2009–present)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laphil.com/about/la-phil/creative-collaborators/john-adams/|title=John Adams|website=LA Phil|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref>

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