Honours and Awards
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.
- Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1978)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1990)
- People's Artist of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (2005)
- USSR State Prize (1989) - for concert programs 1986-1988
- Lenin Komsomol Prize (1982) - for high performance skills
- Pan-European Munich Academy Award "for outstanding achievements in the field of musical art" (1981)
- Order of Friendship (1994)
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd (1999) and 2nd classes (2009)
- Order of Merit, 2nd class (Ukraine, 2009)
- Order "Danaker" (Kyrgyzstan, 2001)
- Order of St. Mashtots (Armenia, 1999)
- Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France, 1999)
- Officer of the Legion of Honour (France, 1 February 2011, previously Chevalier in 2000)
- Medal "Olive Branch" (Armenia, 2001)
- Order "Patrons of the Century" (2005)
- International public order "Golden Falcon" (2005).
- Honorary Doctor of the Moscow State University (2002)
- Award "Persons of the Year" in the "Idol" (2002)
- "Russian of the Year" (May 2005)
- UNESCO Artist for Peace - for his "outstanding contribution to the musician in the art world, his work for peace and dialogue between cultures" (2006)
- UNESCO Mozart Gold Medal (2009 )
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