• 1988:
Leonard Bernstein and the
Vienna Philharmonic • 1990:
Yehudi Menuhin, violinist and conductor • 1993:
Lisa Smirnova, pianist • 1994:
Philharmonie der Nationen (Philharmonic of the Nations) • 1995:
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone • 1996: Professors
Renate and
Kurt Hofmann,
Brahms-Institut Lübeck • 1997:
Detlef Kraus, pianist • 1998:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone • 1999: , baritone • 2000:
Christian Tetzlaff, violinist • 2001:
Sabine Meyer, clarinetist • 2002:
Thomanerchor • 2003: , sculptor • 2004:
Lars Vogt, pianist • 2005:
Dresdner Kreuzchor • 2006:
Musikhochschule Lübeck, Brahms-Institut • 2007:
Thomas Quasthoff, baritone • 2008:
Simone Young and the
Hamburg Philharmonic • 2009:
Gerhard Oppitz, pianist • 2011:
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinist • 2012:
Fauré Quartet, piano quartet • 2013: and the
Flensburger Bach-Chor • 2014:
Johannes Moser, cellist, and , pianist • 2015:
Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor • 2016:
Christoph Eschenbach, pianist and conductor • 2017:
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor • 2018:
Christiane Karg, soprano • 2019:
Pieter Wispelwey, cellist, and , pianist • 2020:
Midori, violinist • 2023: and the
Madrigalchor Kiel • 2024:
Kent Nagano, conductor • 2025:
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