• 1987:
Walther Siegmund-Schultze – musicologist • 1988:
Ludwig Güttler – trumpeter • 1989: – musicologist and music educator • 1990:
Burkhard Glaetzner – oboist • 1991:
Günter Fleischhauer – musicologist • 1992:
Erich Valentin – musicologist • 1993: Werner Menke – musicologist • 1994:
Peter Schreier – singer and conductor • 1995:
Martin Ruhnke – musicologist • 1996:
Cappella Coloniensis – orchestra • 1997: Vladimir Ossipowitsch Rabey – musicologist and music educator • 1998:
Hermann Max – church musician • 1999: – musicologist • 2000:
Michael Schneider – conductor and flutist • 2001: Muzeum Zamkowe w Pszczynie (State Castle Museum in
Pszczyna) • 2002:
Reinhard Goebel – violinist and conductor • 2003: – musicologist • 2004:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt – conductor, cellist and music writer • 2005: – musicologist • 2006:
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin – orchestra • 2007:
Bärenreiter-Verlag – music publisher • 2008:
René Jacobs – conductor and countertenor • 2009:
Carus-Verlag – music publisher • 2010:
Simon Standage – violinist and conductor • 2011: Working group "Georg Philipp Telemann" Magdeburg – organiser of the
Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage • 2012:
Siegfried Pank – cellist, viol player and musicologist • 2013:
Helmut Winschermann – oboist and conductor • 2014:
Paul Dombrecht – oboist and conductor • 2015: – music publisher • 2016:
Klaus Mertens – bass-baritone • 2017: Burkhard Schmilgun – producer and director of the
Classic Produktion Osnabrück – music label • 2018:
Gotthold Schwarz –
Thomaskantor and bass-baritone • 2019:
Klaus Hofmann – musicologist • 2020:
Dorothee Oberlinger – recorder player and conductor • 2021:
Elizabeth Wallfisch – violinist • 2022: – musicologist and performer • 2023: Ian Payne – musicologist • 2024:
Barthold Kuijken – flutist • 2025:
Wolfgang Hirschmann – musicologist • 2026: – conductor == References ==