Ferenc Liszt Medal of Honour - Hungarian Government Award - [1986].
Grands prix du disque - Liszt Ferenc Társaság, Budapest - [1989, 1991 (2), 1993, 1994, Special Grand Prix for the Liszt series - 2000].
American Liszt Society Medal of Honour [1993 ]
Alumnus of the Year Award - Monash University, Australia
[1994].
Riconoscimento d'eccellenza as performer and musicologist, Monteverdi Foundation, 1999, presented by the Italian Ambassador, Italian Embassy, London, March 1999.
Medal of St. Stephen, presented by the President of Hungary in the presence of the President of Lebanon, Beirut, 2004.
Premio alla carriera, presented by the City of Grottammare, Italy, 2005.
Member in the Order of Australia [AM],
Queen's Birthday Honours, 1999, presented by HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace, November 1999.
Pro Cultura Hungarica Medal and Citation
presented by the Hungarian Minister of Culture at the Liszt Academy, Budapest, October 2000.