The Hans von Bülow Medal is awarded by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra to outstanding musicians close to the orchestra. The medal is named after its first Chief Conductor, Hans von Bülow. The medal is awarded since the 1970s.Mariss Jansons, conductor. 2003 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor. 1999 Hans Werner Henze, composer. 1997 Claudio Abbado, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor. 2003 Georg Solti, conductor. 1993 Alfred Brendel, pianist. 1992 Yehudi Menuhin, violinist and conductor. 1979 Claudio Arrau, pianist. 1978 Eugen Jochum, conductor Herbert von Karajan, conductor Zubin Mehta, conductor Daniel Barenboim, conductor and pianist Seiji Ozawa, conductor Bernard Haitink, conductor Günter Wand, conductor Lorin Maazel, conductor Wolfgang Stresemann, intendant Rudolf Serkin, pianist Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt, musicologist Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, singer