Mstislav Rostropovich

Stalin Prize

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

People's Artist of the USSR

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Order of Francisco de Miranda

commander of the Order of the Dannebrog

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class

Princess of Asturias Award for Concord

Four Freedoms Award - Freedom of Speech

Praemium Imperiale

Léonie Sonning Music Prize

Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Medal “Defender of a Free Russia”

Grand Officer of the National Order of the Cedar

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles

Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal

Litteris et Artibus

People's Artist of the RSFSR

Merited Artist of the RSFSR

Lenin Prize

Kennedy Center Honors

Catalonia International Prize

Wolf Prize in Arts

honorary doctorate at the Laval University

honorary doctorate of Haifa University

honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University

honorary doctor of Harvard University

Order of the Liberator General San Martín

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎

Commander's Grand Crosses of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

honorary doctor of the Chopin University of Music