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.
Mariss Jansons, conductor. 2003Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor. 1999Hans Werner Henze, composer. 1997Claudio Abbado, conductorWolfgang Sawallisch, conductorGeorg Solti, conductor. 1993Alfred Brendel, pianist. 1992Claudio Arrau, pianist. 1978Eugen Jochum, conductorHerbert von Karajan, conductorZubin Mehta, conductorDaniel Barenboim, conductor and pianistSeiji Ozawa, conductorBernard Haitink, conductorGünter Wand, conductorLorin Maazel, conductorLovro von Matačić, conductorand others.