The title of Doctor Honoris Causa represents the highest honorary distinction awarded by the “Gheorghe Dima” National Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca.
This distinction is conferred upon outstanding personalities of national and international musical and cultural life, in recognition of their remarkable contributions to the development of musical art, research, and education.
| IANNIS XENAKIS (1993) | OCTAVIAN LAZĂR COSMA (2008) |
| ERICH BERGEL (1993) | DUMITRU FĂRCAŞ (2008) |
| ROMAN VLAD (1994) | GYÖRGY KURTÁG (2008) |
| MARIN CONSTANTIN (1994) | ILEANA SZENIK (2008) |
| CHRISTFRIED BRÖDEL (1994) | ROBERT LEVIN (2009) |
| REMUS TZINCOCA (1994) | VIORICA CORTEZ (2010) |
| IOAN HOLENDER (1994) | RAY JACKENDOFF (2011) |
| EMILIA PETRESCU (1994) | EMIL SIMON (2011) |
| ANTON ROSSBACH (1995) | PETRE SBÂRCEA (2012) |
| DEMETRIUS POPP (1995) | COSTIN MIEREANU (2012) |
| NICOLA DEBELIC (1996) | LUIZA PETROV (2012) |
| MARIANA NICOLESCO (1996) | PETER MARIO KATONA (2012) |
| HARTMUT KOSCHYK (1996) | GREGORIOS STATHIS (2012) |
| EGMONT FEUERABENDT (1997) | CRISTIAN MANDEAL (2012) |
| GHENADIE CIOBANU (1997) | LAWRENCE FOSTER (2013) |
| CONSTANTIN RUSNAC (1997) | ŞTEFAN ANGI (2013) |
| KURT MILD (1997) | MARIA SLĂTINARU-NISTOR (2014) |
| YEHUDI MENUHIN (1998) | ANGELA GHEORGHIU (2014) |
| LIVIU COMES (1998) | VIOREL MUNTEANU (2014) |
| WALTER HAUPT (1999) | CHRISTOPH MEYER (2014) |
| DAVID OHANESIAN (1999) | NICHOLAS COOK (2015) |
| LUCIA STĂNESCU (1999) | JOHN EDWARD HASSE (2015) |
| OTTO KOLLERITSCH (1999) | ALEXANDER MÜLLENBACH (2015) |
| KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI (1999) | ORBÁN GYÖRGY (2015) |
| RAOUL ŞORBAN (1999) | JOSÉ CARRERAS (2015) |
| IONEL PANTEA (2000) | EERO AARNE PEKKA TARASTI (2016) |
| VIRGINIA ZEANI (2000) | ION PISO (2016) |
| DIETER ACKER (2000) | VALENTINA SANDU-DEDIU (2018) |
| LYA HUBIC (2001) | KALEVI AHO (2018) |
| PASCAL BENTOIU (2001) | AGUSTIN FERNANDEZ (2018) |
| ŞTEFAN NICULESCU (2002) | BRUNO MANTOVANI (2019) |
| SHERBAN LUPU (2002) | PAOLO BOSISIO (2019) |
| SISSY THAMMER (2002) | MIHAI CONSTANTINESCU (2021) |
| DANIEL FUETER (2003) | GABRIEL AMIRAȘ (2023) |
| CHRISTOPH BOSSERT (2003) | DAN DEDIU (2024) |
| SEBASTIAN BARBU BUCUR (2005) | GILBERT VARGA (2025) |
| TUDOR JARDA (2007) |