Vladimir Spivakov - Honours and Awards

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 )