Prizes and Honours
Boeykens has been awarded many honours and prizes:
- 1975 Grand Prix du disque
- 1988: The fifth "Prudens Van Duyse"-prize
- 1995: The "Speciale Cultuurprijs van de Gemeente Bornem"
- Walter Boeykens is cultural ambassador of Flanders since 1995
- In 1996 he received the Golden Medal of the Flemish government
- In 1997 Walter Boeykens was knighted by King Albert II of Belgium in recognition of his lifetime achievement in music.
- In 2007 he was awarded the title "Maestro Honoris Causa" at the "Hogeschool Antwerpen" by the "Antwerp Conservatory Foundation".
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