HONORS & AWARDS
Winner, Diapason d’Or de l’Année 2011 for Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, Romanze in F major, and String Quintet in A minor
Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Cross of St. Olav, conferred May 2011
May 2010 Gramophone Editor’s Choice and 2010 Gramophone Award Nominee for Prokofiev Piano Concertos No.2 and 3, and Sonata No. 2
Winner, BBC Music Magazine’s Technical Excellence Award for BIS-Mendelssohn recording, 2010
Recipient, The Elgar Medal of The Elgar Society, 2007
Winner, 2005 BBC Critics Award
Recipient, Samuel Simons Sanford Medal honoring musical achievement, Yale University, 2003
36th President, Kudos College, 2003, Award of the Dallas Advertising League
Grammy nomination, Best Musical Show Album (Sweeney Todd), 2002
Recipient, Excellence in Creative Arts Award, Dallas Historical Society, 1997
Winner, Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence for Happy Birthday, George Gershwin, 1997
Grammy Award, Best Choral Performance (Belshazzar’s Feast), 1996
Recipient, Honorary Doctorate, University of Bournemouth, 1993
Conducting Fellow, NEA/Exxon Endowment for the Arts, 1982-1985
Winner, BBC International Conductors Competition, 1982
Winner, William Kapell Piano Competition and Carnegie Hall debut, New York Youth Symphony, soloist, Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, 1979