Olivier Messiaen

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

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

Commander of the Order of the Crown

Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Erasmus Prize

Léonie Sonning Music Prize

Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal

Berliner Kunstpreis

Wihuri Sibelius Prize

Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy

Kyoto Prize

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

honorary doctor of the University of Sydney