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Ralph Peer II
2013
Executive Chair, peermusic.
NMPA Vice President and Board Director.
Lifetime Director and past President, Country Music Association.
Director, ASCAP.
ICMP Founder and President d’Honneur.
Ralph Peer II, Executive Chair of peermusic, received the inaugural ICMP Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music Publishing in a surprise ceremony in Washington D.C. attended by senior industry executives from over 20 countries.
Mr. Peer, a longstanding Director on many industry Boards including The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) and ICMP, was unanimously awarded by ICMP’s Board and global membership in light of his accomplishments in the international music community.
Ralph Peer II directs the world’s largest independent music publishing company, with 38 offices in 31 countries and owning or administering over 1 million copyrights. He has been at the forefront of every major issue to face the music publishing business for 50 years.
Much like his celebrated father, Ralph Peer II has constantly been in the vanguard of technological change - heralding the internet as the "tool of the future" in 1990, establishing the company’s website a couple of years later and pioneering online e-music sales.
A founder of ICMP, respected and admired, he continues to play a crucial role in making our industry a truly global, strong and cohesive force.
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Irwin Z. Robinson
2015
President & CEO EMI Music Publishing Worldwide. President Chappell/Intersong Music Group.
Robinson was selected from nominees submitted by ICMP member organisations in over 70 countries and honoured for his lifelong outstanding achievements.
Irwin Robinson is recognised as a visionary in the field of music publishing.
He served on the National Music Publishers’ Association Board for over 40 years and for 30 as its Chairman.
He has been a vigorous participant in numerous negotiations and initiatives, which have improved conditions for songwriters and for independent and major publishers.
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MIDEM
2016
Marché International du Disque et de l'Édition Musicale
The ICMP Board unanimously nominated leading music trade fair MIDEM to receive this special honourary Award.
It was conferred in acknowledgement of its 50 years of building a unique platform which has continually united and promoted all players from across the music ecosystem – both big and small.
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Misa Wantanabe
2018
Founder Watanabe Music Publishing Japan.
Chairwoman of the Watanabe Production Group - which today comprises ten multimedia companies and two Foundations - Misa Watanabe has been atop the industry for decades.
In 1962 she founded Watanabe Music Publishing - the first company in Japan to offer full copyright administration services for every music title in the country.
Misa was instrumental in breaking Queen in Japan and oversaw licensing of David Bowie, Deep Purple and Les Misérables.
She also serves as Director Emeritus of the Music Publishers’ Association of Japan (MPAJ).
She is admired and respected for her wisdom, leadership and passion in advancing the interests of songwriters.
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Awardee to be announced at ICMP AGM 2023!
2023