José Antonio Abreu Anselmi

Right Livelihood Award

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

Order of Francisco de Miranda

Erasmus Prize

Glenn Gould Prize

National Music Prize of Venezuela

Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts

Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class

Polar Music Prize

Officer of the Legion of Honour

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Latin Grammy Trustees Award

honorary doctor of the Chopin University of Music

Frankfurter Musikpreis