Honours and Awards
- Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (third prize) (1967; Brussels)
- Paganini Competition (first prize) (1969; Genoa)
- International Tchaikovsky Competition (first prize) (1970; Moscow)
- Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (1972)
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize (1989; Denmark)
- Latvian Great Music Award (1995, 2004; Latvia)
- Officer of the Order of the Three Stars (12 March 1997; Latvia)
- Lithuanian Great Duke Gediminas Medal (2000; Lithuania)
- IMC-UNESCO International Music Prize (2001, performers category, jointly awarded to Oumou Sangaré)
- Rolf Schock Prize (2008; Sweden)
- Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (23 December 2011; Italy)
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