Awards and Honors
- 1958: Toho School of Music: 1st Prize in conducting and composition
- 1959: International Competition of Orchestra Conductors, Besançon, France
- 1960: Koussevitzky Prize for Outstanding Student Conductor, Tanglewood
- 1976: Emmy for Evening at Symphony
- 1981: Grammy for "Best solo instrument performance with orchestra"
- 1992: Hans von Bülow Medal (given by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
- 1994: Emmy for Dvořák in Prague
- 1994: Inouye Award, Japan
- 1997: Musician of the Year (Musical America)
- 1998: Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (France), for the promotion of French composers
- 2001: Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts of the Institut de France (Given by French President Jacques Chirac)
- 2001: Person of Cultural Merit, Japan
- 2002: Doctor honoris causa, National University of Music Bucharest, Romania
- 2002: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class (Given by Austrian President Thomas Klestil)
- 2002: Les Victoires de la Musique Classique (French CD prize)
- 2003: Mainichi Art Award and Suntory Music Prize
- 2004: Honorary Doctorate from the Sorbonne University of France
- 2008: Order of Culture, Japan
- 2009: Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2011: Praemium Imperiale, Japan
Inauguration of Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, the BSO's summer home in Massachusetts, where he also taught for the International Academy of Young Musicians.
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