Honours and Awards
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1983)
- USSR State Prize (1986)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1991)
- State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993, 1995, 2000)
- Sonning Award (1995; Denmark)
- Officer of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Lithuania, 18 June 1999)
- Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2000, France)
- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy 2000)
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (15 April 2002) – for outstanding contribution to the development of national art
- Officer of the Légion d'honneur (2003, France)
- Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class (19 April 2004) – a significant personal contribution to the development of cultural ties between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, many years of fruitful creative activity
- Honorary Professor of Moscow State University (2004)
- Honorary Citizen of Rousse, Bulgaria (2005)
- Order of Honour (6 February 2008) – for outstanding contribution to the development of national music and many years of creative activity
- Grammy Award (February 2008; USA) – with the orchestra "Soloists of Moscow" – for the execution of works by Stravinsky and Prokofiev in the category "Best performance by small ensembles"
- Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music, London.
- Order of Francisc Skorina (Belarus)
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