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Birgit Nilsson Prize

Praemium Imperiale

Time 100

doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University

Vilcek Prize

Polar Music Prize

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Dan David Prize

Léonie Sonning Music Prize

Great Immigrants Award

Echo Klassik – Classical Music without Borders

Echo Klassik – Instrumentalist of the Year

Avery Fisher Prize

Order "Danaker"

honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Emmy Award

Glenn Gould Prize

National Medal of Arts

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Kennedy Center Honors

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

Library of Congress Living Legend