2001 Nikolaus Harnoncourt
2002 Seiji Ozawa
2003 Nikolaus Harnoncourt
2004 Riccardo Muti
2005 Lorin Maazel
2006 Mariss Jansons
2007 Zubin Mehta
2008 Georges Pretre
2009 Daniel Barenboim
2010 Georges Pretre
2011 Franz Welser-Most
2012 Mariss Jansons
2013 Franz Welser-Most
2014 Daniel Barenboim
2015 Zubin Mehta
2016 Mariss Jansons
2017 Gustavo Dudamel
2018 Riccardo Muti
2019 Christian Thielemann
2020 Andris Nelsons