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Biography
Knighted in 1972 after taking British citizenship.
Awards & recognition
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award · 1996
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic · 1996
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 1995
- Hans von Bülow Medal · 1993
- Kennedy Center Honors · 1993
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- Frankfurter Musikpreis · 1992
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize · 1992
- Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal · 1989
- Bavarian Maximilian Order — Science and Art · 1986
- Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt · 1981
- honorary doctor of Harvard University · 1979
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1972
- Grammy Trustees Award · 1967
- Geneva International Music Competition · 1942
- Brit Award — Classical Recording
- Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
