1947Thor Johnson
1948Thor Johnson and Edward Rebner
1949Thor Johnson
1950Thor Johnson
1951William Steinberg
1952Thor Johnson
1953Thor Johnson
1954Robert Craft
1955Robert Craft, Igor Stravinsky
1956Robert Craft, Igor Stravinsky
1957Aaron Copland, Ingolf Dahl
1958Aaron Copland
1959Robert Craft
1960Henri Temianka
1961Lukas Foss
1962Lukas Foss
1963Lukas Foss
1964Ingolf Dahl
1965Ingolf Dahl
1966Ingolf Dahl
1967Pierre Boulez
1968Robert LaMarchina, Lawrence Foster, and Michael Tilson Thomas
1969Michael Zearott, Stefan Minde,
and Michael Tilson Thomas
1970Pierre Boulez
1971Gerhard Samuel
1972Michael Zearott
1973Michael Tilson Thomas
1974Michael Tilson Thomas
1975Michael Tilson Thomas
1976Aaron Copland

1977Michael Tilson Thomas
1978Calvin Simmons
1979Lukas Foss
1980Lukas Foss
1981Daniel Lewis
1982Robert Craft
1983Daniel Lewis
1984Pierre Boulez
1985Kent Nagano
1986Kent Nagano and Stephen Mosko
1987Lukas Foss
1988Nicholas McGegan, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, and Diane Wittry
1989Pierre Boulez
1990Stephen Mosko
1991John Harbison, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
1992Pierre Boulez
1993John Adams
1994Michael Tilson Thomas
1995Kent Nagano
1996Pierre Boulez
1997Emanuel Ax, Daniel Harding
1998Mitsuko Uchida, David Zinman
1999Esa-Pekka Salonen
2000Sir Simon Rattle
2001Esa-Pekka Salonen
2002Emerson String Quartet
2003Pierre Boulez
2004Kent Nagano
2005Oliver Knussen
2006Robert Spano
2007Pierre-Laurent Aimard