Мстислав Ростропович

Heydar Aliyev Order

Wolf Prize in Arts

Independence Order

honorary citizen of Vilnius

Princess of Asturias Award for Concord

Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement

Shohrat Order

doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University

Praemium Imperiale

honorary citizenship

Catalonia International Prize

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Litteris et Artibus

honorary doctorate at the Laval University

Léonie Sonning Music Prize

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal

Stalin Prize, 2nd degree

Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Merited Artist of the RSFSR

honorary doctor of the Chopin University of Music

Kennedy Center Honors

Order of the Liberator General San Martín

honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University

Lenin Prize

Ditson Conductor's Award

Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles

Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

Grand Officer of the National Order of the Cedar

Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

Classic Brit Awards

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

honorary doctor of Harvard University

honorary doctorate of Haifa University

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary

People's Artist of the USSR

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Commander's Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

Order of the Dannebrog

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class

commander of the Order of the Dannebrog

People's Artist of the RSFSR

Medal "Defender of a Free Russia"

Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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

Order of Francisco de Miranda

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Commander of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau