awards and nominations

• One of the 10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadians 2009.
  
  
• World Group Artist of the Year 2008. Hilario Duran as Special Guest of Odessa/Havana.
  
  
• Honoured with prestigious 2007 Chico O’Farrill lifetime achievement award in Miami for his outstanding contributions to Afro-Cuban jazz and Latin Jazz.
  
  
• Latin Jazz Artist of the Year 2007: Canadian National Jazz Awards.
  
  
• Big Band of the Year 2007. Canadian National Jazz Awards.
  
  
• Canadian JUNO winner 2006. "From the Heart". Hilario Durán and his Latin Jazz Big Band for "Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year".
  
  
• Canadian JUNO Winner 2005:  "New Danzon" Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year.
  
  
• Latin Jazz Award of the Year 2006. Canadian National Jazz Awards.
  
  
• Excellence in Music. Eleventh Annual Canadian Big Big Band Celebration. Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band.
  
  
• Premio EGREM for Best Arranger of the Year 1982-83—one of Cuba’s most prestigious music prizes.

nominations

• Two JUNO Award 2010 nominations for the Hilario Durán Trio album "Motion" (Alma/Universal Records). Best Contemporary Jazz album of the Year and Recording Engineer of the Year (John "Beetle" Bailey).
  
  
• "Motion" Named #1 Latin Jazz Best Recording of 2010 by Latin Jazz Network.
  
  
• Eight nominations by the National Jazz Awards: Keyboardist, Pianist, Instrumentalist, Arranger, SOCAN Composer, Big Band, Jazz Album.
  
  
• 10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadian 2008.
  
  
• Latin Jazz Artist of the Year 2007. Canadian National Jazz Awards.
  
  
• Grammy nomination in 2007 for Best Solo "Paq Man" on Hilario Durán and his Latin Jazz Big Band album, "From The Heart", (Alma/Universal Records) featuring Paquito D’Rivera and Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez.
  
  
• JUNO Award 2006 nomination for the Hilario Durán & Perspectiva album "Encuentro en La Habana" (Alma/Universal Records). Best Contemporary Jazz album of the Year.
  
  
• Six nominations by the National Jazz award 2006: Musician of the Year, Pianist of the Year, Acoustic Group, Big Band of the Year, Arranger of the Year, Latin Jazz Artist of the Year 2006.
  
  
• Hilario Durán & Havana Remembered: Best Global Album 2002.