Recognising oustanding contribution to the international accordion movement.
| YEAR | NAME and COUNTRY | CONGRESS |
| 1963 | Hermann SCHITTENHELM (Germany) | BADEN-BADEN, GERMANY |
| 1964 | Ernst BORGSTROM (Canada) | TORONTO, CANADA |
| 1965 | Carmen ABELA (Malta) | VALLETTA, MALTA |
| 1972 | Joe
BIVIANO (USA) Hans BUSCHER (Germany) Charles CAMILLERI (Malta) Emil CARRERA (France) Carmen CARROZZA (USA) Max CASTELLI (England) Pietro DEIRO Jr. (USA) Domingo DOGLIO (Venezuela) Max FRANCY (France) Anthony GALLA-RINI (USA) Lari HOLZHAUER (USA) Walter MAURER (Austria) M. MÜLLER-BLATTAU (Germany) Adolph OEHRLI (Switzerland) A. Th. PINO (Netherlands) Lech PUCHNOWSKI (Poland) Ladislav VACHULKA (CSSR) Charles VANHOVE (Belgium) |
ZEIST, NETHERLANDS |
| 1973 | Armin FETT (Germany) Francis WRIGHT (United Kingdom) |
VICHY, FRANCE |
| 1975 | Jim J. BLACK (United Kingdom) | HELSINKI, FINLAND |
| 1977 | Richeard EDMUNDS (Canada) | EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS |
| 1979 | Hubert KICKEN (Netherlands) | VIENNA, AUSTRIA |
| 1979 | André ASTIER (France) | CANNES, FRANCE |
| 1981 | Allan JONES (New Zealand) | KANSAS CITY, USA |
| 1982 | Walter
BILGER (Germany) Emil BÖTTCHER (Germany) Karl Albrecht MAJER (Austria) |
HAMBURG, GERMANY |
| 1985 | Eugene ETTORE (USA) | PARIS, FRANCE |
| 1986 | WARSAW
ACCORDION QUINTET (Poland) Stanislaw MALEWSKI (Poland) |
BIALYSTOK, POLAND |
| 1988 | Charles MAGNANTE (USA) | TROSSINGEN, GERMANY |
| 1991 | Dietmar WALTHER (Germany) | WIESBADEN, GERMANY |
| 1992 | Willard PALMER (USA) Myron FLOREN (USA) VIENNESE ACCORDION ENSEMBLE (Austria) |
TROSSINGEN, GERMANY |
| 1994 | Maddalena BELFIORE (USA) | MUNSTER, FRANCE |
| 1995 | Eddie
HARRIS (England) Joan SOMMERS (USA) Mogens ELLEGAARD (Denmark) |
WIESBADEN, GERMANY |
| 1995 | Nils FLACKE, (Sweden) | AVESTA, SWEDEN |
| 1996 | Elsie
BENNETT (USA) Arlene BODDICKER (USA) Lasse PIHLAJAMA (Finland) |
DUNAJSKA STREDA, SLOVAKIA |
| 1997 | Sylvia ZOBEK (Austria) | REINACH, SWITZERLAND |
| 1998 | Gerald
BODDICKER (USA) Karl PUKARA (Canada) |
NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS |
| 2000 | Faithe
DEFFNER (USA) Radomir TOMIC (Yugoslavia) |
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA |
| 2001 | UMKC
Accordion Orchestra (USA) Jack EMBLOW (United Kingdom) Ove HAHN (Sweden) |
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM |
| 2002 | Sergei
KOLOBKOV (Russia) Vladimir BESFAMILNOV (Ukraine) |
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK |
| 2003 | Anatoli KUSJAKOV (Russia) | HELSINKI, FINLAND |
| 2003 | Christine
ADAMS (New Zealand) Jacques MORNET (France) William SCHIMMEL (USA) |
STUROVO,
SLOVAKIA ESZTERGOM, HUNGARY |
| 2004 | Yvette
HORNER (France) Paul MARCHETTI (France) Viatcheslav SEMIONOV (Russia) |
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM |
| 2005 | Ulrich
SCHMULLING (Germany) Peter ANDERS (Denmark) Tatjana MARX (Australia) Peter FREY (Switzerland) Paolo PICCHIO (Italy) Zoran RAKIC (Serbia & Montenegro) Voislava VUKOVIC-TERZIC (Serbia & Montenegro) Nguyen XUAN TU (Vietnam) |
DEN HELDER, NETHERLANDS |
| 2006 | Arnold
KUTZLI (Germany) Tibor RACZ (Slovakia) |
IKAALINEN, FINLAND |
| 2007 | Harley
JONES (New Zealand) Vjera ODAK-JEMBRIH (Croatia) |
NAGIGIA ISLAND, FIJI |
| 2008 | Friedrich
LIPS (Russia) Manfred GÄBLER (Germany) |
SKOPJE, MACEDONIA |
| 2009 | Alfred
RENNER (Denmark) Milana BARAČKOV-MALENICA (Serbia) |
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA |
| 2009 | Kevin FRIEDRICH (New Zealand) | AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND |
| 2009 |
Fritz
DOBLER (Germany) |
ARRASATE, SPAIN |
| 2011 | Ikutaro
KAKEHASHI (Japan) Ziqiang ZHANG (China) Timo SUOMI (Finland) Anatoly Vladimirovitch BELYAYEV (Russia) |
IKAALINEN, FINLAND |
| 2012 | Matti RANTANEN (Finland) | MIESBACH, GERMANY |
| 2012 | Vladimir ZUBITSKY (Russia) | SPOLETO, ITALY |
| 2013 | Joseph PETRIC
(Canada) Miljan BJELETIC (Serbia) |
VIENNA, AUSTRIA |
| 2014 | Luigi BRUTI (Italy) Herbert SCHEIBENREIF (Austria) |
EASTERN SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
| 2015 | Vincenzo CANALI
(Italy) Alexander SKLYAROV (Russia) |
PARIS, FRANCE |
| 2016 | Jürgen LÖCHTER (Germany) Yuri SHISHKIN (Russia) |
CALABRIA, ITALY |
| 2017 | Zorica KARAKUTOVSKA (Macedonia) Mika VÄYRYNEN (Finland) |
NÜRNBERG, GERMANY (held in December 2016) |
| 2017 | Raymond BODELL (United Kingdom) | OSIMO, ITALY |
| 2018 | Oswaldo de Almeida e SILVA (Brazil) Werner WEIBERT (Austria) |
KOKKOLA, FINLAND |
| 2019 | Congyu (Crystal) WANG (China) Tiit KALLUSTE (Estonia) |
TALLIN, ESTONIA |
| 2020 | Viktor VLASOV (Ukraine) Veikko AHVENAINEN (Finland) |
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC |
| 2021 | Hans-Günther KÖLZ (Germany) Oleg SHAROV (Russia) Alexander DMITRIEV (Russia) |
VIRTUAL CONGRESS |
| 2022 | Vojin VASOVIC (Serbia) Ričardas SVIACKEVIČIUS (Lithuania) |
ZOFINGEN, SWITZERLAND |
| 2023 | Ladislav HORÁK (Czech Republic) Renzo RUGGIERI (Italy) |
PAKS, HUNGARY |
