2021
- Dr. Thomas Synofzik
2019
- Ragna Schirmer - Pianist, Hildesheim
- Janina Klassen - Musicologist, Bad Salzuflen
2017
- Heinz Holliger - Conductor, Oboist, Composer, Basel
2015
- Robert-Schumann-Research-Institute Düsseldorf
2013
- Jon W. Finson - Musicologist, Chapel Hill/ North Carolina
- Ulf Wallin - Violinist, Berlin
2011
- András Schiff - Pianist, Florenz
2009
- Reinhard Kapp - Musicologist, Wien
- Michael Struck - Musicologist, Kiel
2007
- Margit L. McCorkle - Musicologist, Vancouver
- Anton Kuerti - Pianist, Toronto
2005
- Daniel Barenboim - Pianist and Conductor, Berlin
2003
- Joachim Draheim - Musicologist, Karlsruhe
- Juliane Banse - Soprano, München
2002
- Alfred Brendel - Pianist, London
2001
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner - Conductor, London
2000
- Olga Loseva - Musicologist, Moskau
- Steven Isserlis - Cellist, London
1999
- Altenberg Trio (Claus Christian Schuster, Amiram Ganz, Martin Hornstein) - Chamber Music Ensemble, Wien
- Ernst Burger - Pianist and Music Author, München
1998
- Linda Correll Roesner - Musicologist, New York
- Olaf Bär - Singer, Dresden
1997
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Conductor, St. Georgen i. A.
1996
- Nancy B. Reich - Musicologist, Hastings-on-Hudson/ New York
- Bernhard R. Appel - Musicologist, Düsseldorf
1995
- Hansheinz Schneeberger - Violinist, Basel
- Dieter-Gerhardt Worm - Conductor, Chemnitz
1994
- Wolfgang Sawallisch - Conductor, München/Philadelphia
1993
- Jozef De Beenhouwer - Pianist, Antwerpen
1992
- ABEGG TRIO (Birgit Erichson, Ulrich Beetz, Gerrit Zitterbart) - Chamber Music Ensemble, Achern/Göttingen
- Gisela Schäfer - Committee of the Robert Schumann Society of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
1991
- Joan Chissell - Musicologist, London
1990
- Hartmut Höll - Piano accompanist, Butzbach
- Günther Müller - Musicologist, Glauchau
1989
- Pavel Egorov - Pianist, Leningrad
- Bernard Ringeissen - Pianist, Paris
1988
- Albrecht Hofmann - Conductor, Zwickau
1987
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Singer and Teacher, München/Berlin
1986
- Jörg Demus - Pianist, Wien
- Gerd Nauhaus - Musicologist, Zwickau
1985
- Pawel Lissizian - Singer and Teacher, Moskau
- Jacob Lateiner - Pianist and Teacher, New York
1984
- Gustáv Papp - Singer, Bratislava
- Dezsö Ránki - Pianist, Budapest
1983
- Rudolf Fischer - Pianist and Teacher, Leipzig
- Eva Fleischer - Singer and Teacher, Leipzig
1982
- Mitsuko Shirai - Singer, Japan
- Peter Rösel - Pianist, Dresden
1981
- Kurt Masur - Conductor, Leipzig
- Halina Czerny-Stefanska - Pianist and Teacher, Krakau
1980
- Theo Adam - Singer, Dresden
- Miklós Forrai - Conductor, Budapest
1979
- Hanne-Lore Kuhse - Singer and Teacher, Berlin
- František Rauch - Pianist and Teacher, Prag
1978
- Gertraud Geißler - Pianist, Dresden
- Hans Joachim Köhler - Musicologist, Leipzig
1977
- Rudolf Kehrer - Pianist, Moskau
- Herbert Kaliga - Pianist, Berlin
1976
- Sigrid Kehl - Singer, Leipzig
- Eliso Virsaladze - Pianist, Moskau
1975
- Sara Doluchanowa - Singer and Teacher, Moskau
- Hélène Boschi - Pianist, Strasbourg
1974
- Amadeus Webersinke - Pianist and Teacher, Dresden
- Nelly Akopjan - Pianist, Moskau
1973
- Emil Gilels - Pianist, Moskau
- Elisabeth Breul - Singer, Leipzig
1972
- Ekkehard Otto - Singer, Zwickau
- Maria Maxakowa - Singer and Teacher, Moskau
1971
- Günther Leib - Singer and Teacher, Dresden
- Tatjana Nikolajewa - Pianist and Composer, Moskau
1970
- Dmitri Baschkirow - Pianist, Moskau
- Martin Schoppe - Musicologist, Zwickau
1969
- Peter Schreier - Singer, Dresden
- Herbert Schulze - Musicologist, Leipzig
1968
- Swjatoslaw Richter - Pianist, Moskau
- Robert Schumann Conservatory Zwickau
1967
- Olivier Alain - Musicologist, Paris
- Stage Orchestra of the City of Zwickau
1966
- Daniel Shitomirski - Musicologist, Moskau
- Dieter Zechlin - Pianist and Teacher, Berlin
1965
- Karl Laux - Musicologist, Dresden
- Lore Fischer - Singer and Pianist, Gräfelfing
1964
- Georg Eismann - Musicologist, Zwickau
- Hans Storck - Conductor, Zwickau
- Annerose Schmidt - Pianist, Bad Saarow
