Honors 1968-1990

»Goldener Ehrenbecher« (Golden Honor Cup, 1968)

The Badges of Honor and Honorary Awards were preceded by a one-off »Golden Honor Cup« in 1968, which was awarded exclusively to classical music artists.

Singers
Kurt Böhme
Grace Bumbry
Gundula Janowitz
Anna Moffo
Rudolf Schock
Giuseppe Taddei

Conductors
Robert Heger
Erich Leinsdorf

Instrumentalists
Arthur Grumiaux (Geiger)
Gustav Leonhardt (Cembalist)

»Künstler des Jahres« (Artist of the Year, 1981)

The award was presented once in 1981.

Classical Music
Gidon Kremer
Musika Antiqua Köln mit Reinhard Goebel

Pop
John Lennon
Gitte
Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson
Klaus Doldinger’s Passport

»Entdeckung des Jahres« (Discovery of the Year, 1981)

This award was also only given once to:

Giuseppe Sinopoli
Stefan Waggershausen
The Blues Band

»Goldene Ehrennadel« (Golden Badge of Honor, 1985 ff.)

1985
Carla Bley
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Horst Söding, PolyGram (technical engineer)

1986
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Paco de Lucia
Manfred Eicher, ECM (record producer)

1987
Gidon Kremer
Albert Mangelsdorff
Horst Redlich, Teldec (technical engineer)

1988
Heiner Goebbels
Herbert von Karajan
Gerd Berg (record producer)

From 1990 on, the golden badges were replaced by three honorary certificates a year – the Honorary Awards.