List of Past Awardees of Music Awards - Western Classical Music Division

No.	Year	Name
1	1971	ETO Toshiya^*	Violin
2	1972	ASAHINA Takashi^*	Conductor
3	1973	The Tokyo Chamber Opera Theater	Opera
4	1974	IWAMOTO Mari^* String Quartet	Chamber music
5	1975	OZAWA Seiji	Conductor
6	1976	SUZUKI Shinichi^*	Music educator
7	1977	SONODA Takahiro^*	Piano
8	1978	Ongaku no Tomo Sha	Music publisher
9	1979	KOBAYASHI Michio	Cembalo
10	1980	Nikikai	Vocal music research and opera performances
11	1981	TAKEMITSU Toru^*	Composer
12	1982	WATANABE Akeo^*	Conductor
13	1983	Sapporo Symphony Orchestra	Orchestra
14	1984	NOMURA Koichi^*	Music critic
15	1985	AZUMA Atsuko^*	Soprano
16	1986	The Fujiwara Opera	Opera
17	1987	TSUTSUMI Tsuyoshi	Cello
18	1988	Henriette PUIG-ROGET^*	Piano
19	1989	YOSHIDA Masao^*	Flute
20	1990	MIYOSHI Akira^*	Composer
21	1991	WAKASUGI Hiroshi^*	Conductor
22	1992	NAKAZAWA Katsura^*	Soprano
23	1993	WANAMI Takayoshi	Violin
24	1994	MATSUMURA Teizo^*	Composer
25	1995	IMAI Nobuko	Viola
26	1996	AKIYAMA Kazuyoshi and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
27	1997	HATANAKA Ryosuke^*	Baritone, music critic
28	1998	MATSUMOTO Miwako	Soprano
29	1999	SUZUKI Masaaki and Bach Collegium Japan
30	2000	The College Opera House of Osaka College of Music
31	2001	NISHIMURA Akira	Composer
32	2002	EBI Akiko	Piano
33	2003	FUKUI Kei	Tenor
34	2004	OGURI Machie	Violin
35	2005	NAKAMURA Hiroko^*	Piano
36	2006	Mozart Theater (Leader: TAKAHASHI Hideo)	Opera
37	2007	MAEHASHI Teiko	Violin
38	2008	Gerhard BOSSE^*	Conductor
39	2009	ONO Kazushi	Conductor
40	2010	TANAKA Nobuaki	Chorus Conductor
41	2011	Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra	Orchestra
42	2012	TATENO Izumi	Piano
43	2013	KOYAMA Michie	Piano
44	2014	SASAKI Noriko	Soprano
45	2015	TERAKADO Ryo	Violin, conductor
46	2016	INOUE Michiyoshi	Conductor
47	2017	Morgaua Quartet	String quartet
48	2018	IKEBE Shin-ichiro	Composer
49	2019	OTAKA Tadaaki	Conductor
50	2020	SATO Mieko	Soprano

(Titles omitted/^* deceased)