John Zorn and Regina Carter Win "Genius" Award
Monday, October 23, 2006
John Zorn and Regina Carter win “Genius” award US saxophonist John Zorn and violinist Regina Carter are among the 25 new fellows awarded by the MacArthur Foundation and will each receive $500,000. This year’s crop includes journalists, a deep-sea explorer, physicians, teachers, a cosmologist and a sculptor.
Often dubbed the “genius” awards the fellowships come with no strings attached and are awarded for “exceptional creativity, significant promise for the future based upon a record of accomplishment, and the potential for the recipients’ work to greatly benefit from the fellowship.