Mstislav Rostropovich - Awards and Recognitions

Awards and Recognitions

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.

Rostropovich received about 50 awards during his life, including:

Russian Federation and USSR
  • Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
    • 1st class (24 February 2007) - for outstanding contribution to world music and many years of creative activity
    • 2nd class (25 March 1997) - for services to the state and the great personal contribution to the world of music
  • Medal Defender of a Free Russia (2 February 1993) - for their courage and dedication shown during the defence of democracy and constitutional order of 19–21 August 1991
  • Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
  • Medal "For Valiant Labor. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
  • Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
  • Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
  • Medal "For development of virgin lands"
  • Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
  • People's Artist of the USSR
  • People's Artist of the RSFSR (1964)
  • Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1955)
  • State Prize of the Russian Federation (1995)
  • Lenin Prize (1964)
  • Stalin Prize (1951)
Foreign
  • Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (2001)
  • Heydar Aliyev Order (Azerbaijan, 2007)
  • Order "Independence" (Azerbaijan, 3 March 2002)
  • Order of "Glory" (Azerbaijan, 1998)
  • Order de Mayo (Argentina, 1991)
  • Order of Freedom (Argentina, 1994)
  • Commander of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (Belgium, 1989)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2003)
  • Order of Francisco de Miranda (Venezuela, 1979)
  • Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2001)
  • Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
  • Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark, 1983)
  • Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain, 1985)
  • Commander of the Order of Charles III (Spain, 2004)
  • Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (31 August 1984)
  • Grand Officer of the National Order of the Cedar (Lebanon, 1997)
  • Grand Officer of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Lithuania, 24 November 1995)
  • January 13 Commemorative Medal (Lithuania, 10 June 1992)
  • Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (1999; previously Knight, 1982)
  • Commander of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau (Luxembourg, 1991)
  • Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles (Monaco, 1989)
  • Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit (Monaco, November 1999)
  • Order of the Dutch Lion (Netherlands, 1989)
  • Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1997)
  • Order of Saint James of the Sword (Portugal)
  • Order "For merits in the sphere of culture" (Romania, 2004)
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom (USA, 1987)
  • Honorable Order of the "Diamond Star" (Taiwan, 1977)
  • Chevalier of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  • Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France, 1998; previously Commander, 1987, and Officer, 1981)
  • Order of Arts and Letters (France, 1975)
  • Order of Arts and Letters (Sweden) (1984)
  • National Order "For Merit" (Ecuador, 1993)
  • Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star (2nd class) (Japan, 2003)
  • Citizen of Honor of Orenburg, Russia (1993)
  • Sharaf Order (Order of Honor) of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Honorary KBE from Queen Elizabeth II in 1987
Other awards
  • Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance (1984)
    • Mstislav Rostropovich & Rudolf Serkin for Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 38 and Sonata in F, Op. 99
  • Polar Music Prize, 1995
  • Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society (1970)
  • Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 1976
  • Sonning Award (1981; Denmark)
  • Prince of Asturias Award, 1997 (jointly with Yehudi Menuhin)
  • Citizen of honor of Vilnius, Lithuania (2000)
  • Konex Decoration granted by de Konex Foundation of Argentina in 2002.
  • Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands awarded him the rare Medal for Art and Science (Dutch: "Eremedaille voor Kunst en Wetenschap") of the House-Order of Orange.
  • Laurea ad honorem at the University of Bologna in Political Science, 2006.
  • Sanford Medal (Yale University)
  • Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music, London.
  • Gold UNESCO Mozart Medal (2007)

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