Rodion Shchedrin - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

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

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
  • 2nd class (3 December 2007) - for outstanding contributions to the development of national music and many years of creative activity
  • 3rd class (2 December 2002) - for outstanding contribution to the development of musical art
• State Prize of the Russian Federation in Literature and Art in 1992 (25 December 1992) - for the choral music of "The Sealed Angel" by N. Leskov
• Lenin Prize (1984) - for the opera "Merv Soul" (1977), a poem for chorus "Execution of Pugachev" (1981), "The solemn overture" for symphony orchestra
• USSR State Prize (1972) - for the oratorio "Lenin in the heart of the popular" and the opera "Not only is love" (61, new edition)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1976)
• People's Artist of USSR (1981)
• Imperial Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class (12 February 2010) as a reward of merit to the Fatherland
• Shostakovich Award (Russia, 1992)
• Crystal Award of the World Economic Forum (Davos, 1995)
• Corresponding Member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (1976)
• Honorary member of the Franz Liszt Society (USA, 1979)
• Honorary member of the GDR Academy of Fine Arts (1982)
• Honorary member of the International Music Council (1985)
• Member of the Berlin Academy of Arts (1989)
• Honorary Professor of Moscow Conservatory (1997)
• Honorary Professor of Saint Petersburg Conservatory (2005)
• Honorary Professor of Moscow State University (2007)
• Honorary Professor of Beijing Conservatory (2008)
• Ovation Award (2008)
• Honorary Member of the Academy of Fine Arts of the GDR (1993)
• Winner of the German music award "Echo Klassik 2008" for the opera "Boyarina Morozova" (2008)
• Winner of the Russian National Theatre Award "Golden Mask" for the opera "The Enchanted Wanderer" (2009)
• "Composer of the Year" Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (2002)
• Grammy Awards

1. in the nomination "The best essay in contemporary academic music" for the Concerto cantabile (1997)
2. in the nomination "The best work of contemporary composer of classical music" for the opera "The Enchanted Wanderer" (2009)