杏吧原创 has awarded more than 90 honorary doctorates since 1965 when the practice began. Recipients are recommended by the faculty and the honor is granted by 杏吧原创鈥檚 Board of Trustees. Among the musical luminaries to receive this distinction are conductors Christoph von Dohn谩nyi, Michael Tilson Thomas, Kurt Masur and Franz Welser-M枚st; composers Donald Erb, Pierre Boulez and Malcolm Arnold; violinists Jaime Laredo, Josef Gingold, Itzhak Perlman and Robert Mann; harpist Ann Hobson Pilot; vocalists Frederica von Stade and Tony Bennett; pianists Van Cliburn and Leon Fleisher; and many others.