Awards
- 1983 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis awarded by the Deutsche
Phonoakademie
- 1989 Frankfurt Music Prize for extraordinary achievements in
his specialist field
- 1997 The first National Prize awarded by the Deutsche Nationalstiftung
- 2000 Claus Brendel Prize for his commitment to the works
of Johann Adolf Hasse
- 2004 Champagne-Preis für Lebensfreude
- 2006 German Fundraising Prize
- 2006 Taxpayers’ Prize awarded by the Association of
Taxpayers in Saxony
- 2006 Mitteldeutscher Kommunikations-und Wirtschaftspreis
"Heiße Kartoffel" awarded by the Central German Press Club in Leipzig
- 2007 The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2007 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)