John Eliot Gardiner

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Merit Cross of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit (1st class)

Léonie Sonning Music Prize

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau

Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize

Bach Medal

Handel Prize

honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music

Knight Bachelor