Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Knight of the National Order of Merit
Order of Merit
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
Ernst Reuter Medal
Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg
Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
Princess of Asturias Award for Concord
Léonie Sonning Music Prize
Glenn Gould Prize
Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement
Otto Hahn Peace Medal
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Kennedy Center Honors
Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal
Moses-Mendelssohn-Preis
Albert Medal
Brahms-Preis
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
Hans von Bülow Medal
Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
honorary doctor of the University of Valencia
Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
Honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame