At the first meeting of the board of directors each year, the board looks through and evaluates all concerts organized and produced by the Logos Foundation over the past year. The concert that is judged 'the best' or the 'revelation' of that year, receives the honorary annual 'Logos Award'. If the board could not reach a consensus, the award is not given (N.N. in the list).
The award is not for an artist's career, nor the quality of his/her work in general, but simply for the quality of the particular performance for the audience at Logos.
Artists working at the foundation or closely related to its workings are excluded from the award. Until 1998 the list was a well-kept secret within the Foundation. But when we celebrated Logos' 30th anniversary, we decided to publish the entire list for the first time. The artists mentioned here are entitled to mention the Honorary Logos Award in their CV.
| Year | Name | Country | Nominations |
| 1968 | N.N. | ||
| 1969 | Ladislav Kupkovic (died 2016) | Slovakia | |
| 1970 | Dick Raaijmakers (died 2013) | Holland | |
| 1971 | Sonic Arts Union | USA | |
| 1972 | Hugh Davies (died 2005) | UK | |
| 1973 | Gavin Bryars | UK | |
| 1974 | Han Bennink & Misja Mengelberg (died 2016) | Holland | |
| 1975 | Alvin Curran | USA | |
| 1976 | Davide Mosconi (died 2002) | Italy | |
| 1977 | Dieter & Ulricke Truestedt | Germany | |
| 1978 | Plastic Platypus: Warren Burt, Ron Nagorcka | Australia | |
| 1979 | Trans Museq: Davey Williams (died 2019) & La Donna Smith | USA | |
| 1980 | Myles Boisen | USA | |
| 1981 | Carles Santos (died 2017) | Spain | |
| 1982 | David Moss | USA | |
| 1983 | Joelle Leandre | France | |
| 1984 | Sakis Papadimitriou | Greece | |
| 1985 | Lorenc Barber | Spain | |
| 1986 | Colorado New Music Ensemble: Stephen Scott (died 2021) | USA | |
| 1987 | Alvin Lucier (died 2021) | USA | |
| 1988 | Jerry Hunt (died 1993) | USA | |
| 1989 | Jackson McLow (died 2004) | USA | |
| 1990 | Giardini Pensili - Isabella Bordoni | Italy | |
| 1991 | Clarence Barlow (died 2023) | India | |
| 1992 | Michael Vorfeld | Germany | |
| 1993 | Frances Marie Uitti | Italy | |
| 1994 | Gerhard Trimpin | Schweiz/USA | |
| 1995 | Konstantin Gockel | Germany | |
| 1996 | Tomoko Mukaiyama | Japan | |
| 1997 | Isabeella Beumer | Germany | |
| 1998 | European Wind Trio | Europe | |
| 1999 | Jerome Rothenberg | USA | |
| 2000 | Michele Marelli | Italy | |
| 2001 | Volker Staub | Germany | |
| 2002 | Stephan Froleyks | Germany | |
| 2003 | Moritz Eggert | Germany | |
| 2004 | Robert Ashley (died 2014) | USA | |
| 2005 | Stefano Scodanibbio (died 2011) |
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| 2006 | Wu Wei | China | |
| 2007 | Teodoro Anzelotti | Italy | |
| 2008 | Jenny Chai | US | |
| 2009 | Eva Zoellner | Germany | Arsis4 Strijkkwartet,Isabeella Beumer, AUMF, Jaap Blonk, Stichting Antarctica, Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Tom De Cock |
| 2010 | Giacomo di Tollo | Italy | Juan Parra Cancino & Mieko Kanno, Shiau-Uen Ding, LithoPhiola, Ciro Longobardi |
| 2011 | Caroline Wilkins & Oded Ben-Tal | UK | Nadar ensemble, Keith Kirchoff, David Friend |
| 2012 | Antez- Joris Ruhl Duo | - | Nico Couck, Enrico Malatesta - Christian Wolfarth, Erik Drescher |
| 2013 | Marianne Schuppe | CH | Gobi Quartet, Gabi Sultana |
| 2014 | iii | - | Phill Niblock (died 2024), Karin Defleyt, Robert Black (died 2023) |
| 2015 | Trevor Wishart | UK | Max Eastley |
| 2016 | Thomas Buckner | USA | Alex Dewulf |
| 2017 | Maja Jantar | Vl | Francoise Vanhecke |
| 2018 | - | - | Lukas Huisman |
| 2019 | Tashi Iwaoka | Japan | Andres Navarro, Jason Kahn, Christian Wolfarth |
| 2020 | - | - | Corona Virus |
| 2021 | - | - | Thomas Moore, Nico Couck, Francoise Vanhecke |
| 2022 | - | - | - |
| 2023 | Gamut Inc. | BRD | - |
| 2024 | Phill Niblock (died 2024) | USA | - |
Last updated: 2021-25-01