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)