John Eliot Gardiner

honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music

Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize

Bach Medal

Léonie Sonning Music Prize

Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau

Handel Prize

Knight Bachelor

Echo Klassik – Conductor of the Year

Cross of Merit First Class of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

honorary doctorate from University of Lyon-II

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

Knight of the Legion of Honour