Awards and Recognition
Geoffrey Lancaster has received many significant awards. In 1986, he won the 23rd Festival of Flanders International Mozart Fortepiano Competition in Belgium, becoming the first Australian to win a major international keyboard competition.
In 1993, Geoffrey Lancaster was awarded the $240,000 four-year Australian Artists Creative Fellowship by Paul Keating and the Australia Council for his outstanding artistic contribution to the nation.
In 2000, Lancaster was awarded the "H. C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship" at the Australian National University. In 2006, in recognition of his inspirational role as musician and mentor, Geoffrey was named Australian of the Year for the Australian Capital Territory, as part of the National Australia Day Awards. He also received the University of Tasmania Distinguished Alumni Award, for service to the community. He was appointed Honorary Professor of the University of Tasmania in 2007, and elected a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators (FACE). He is an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In recognition of his contribution to the arts and music education, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2006.
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