Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.

• Hero of Socialist Labour (18 October 1990) - for outstanding contributions to the development of Soviet music, and effective pedagogical activity
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
  • 2nd class (22 April 2011) - for outstanding contribution to the development of national musical art, multi-year pedagogical and creative activity
  • 3rd class (31 January 2007) - for outstanding contribution to the development of national musical culture, and many years of creative and educational activities
  • 4th class (26 April 2001) - for great contribution to the development of national musical art
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice (1981, ?)
• Order of Lenin (1990)
• Order of Cyril and Methodius (Bulgaria, 1972)
• Officer of the Legion of Honour (France, 2003)
• Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class (Japan, 2002)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1966)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1976)
• Lenin Prize (1970)
• Russian Federation State Prize in Literature and Art in 1995 (27 May 1996)
• Honorary Member of the Royal Swedish Academy (1975)
• Honorary Academician of the British Royal Academy of Music (1984)
• Grand Prix of the company Chant du Mond
• Diploma of the Academy Charles Cros in Paris (1969) - for the fulfillment of all of Prokofiev's symphonies