Leonard Bernstein at 100

A list of Leonard Bernstein's accolades, including Honorary Degrees, Foreign Government Decorations, Grammy Awards, Platinum/Gold Records, Emmy Awards, Artist Awards, Civic Awards, and more.

Honorary Degrees

• Northwestern University, Doctor of Fine Arts, 1957
• Hebrew Union College, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1958
• Brandeis University, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1958
• Temple University, Doctor of Laws, 1959
• Dartmouth University, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1960
• Ohio State University, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1964
• University of Michigan, Doctor of Music, 1964
• Brown University, Doctor of Music, 1966
• Rockford College, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1966
• Westminster Choir College, Doctor of Humanities, 1966
• Yale University, Doctor of Music, 1966
• Harvard University, Doctor of Music, 1967
• Wesleyan University, Doctor of Fine Arts, 1968
• Tel Aviv University, Doctor of Philosophy, 1973
• University of Warwick, England, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1980
• Butler University, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1976
• Johns Hopkins University, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1980
• Hebrew University, Israel, Doctor of Philosophy, 1981
• Cleveland State University, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1982
• Boston University, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1983
• Pine Manor College, Doctor of Arts, 1987
• Fairfield University, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1989

Foreign Government Decorations

• Austria, Commander's Cross First Class, 1970
• Grand Honor Cross for Science and Art, 1976
• Chile, Order of Merit Bernardo O'Higgins, 1964
• Finland, Order of the Lion, Commander, 1965
• France, Legion of Honor, Chevalier, 1968
• France, Legion of Honor, Officier, 1978
• France, Legion of Honor, Commandeur, 1985
• West Germany, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit, 1987
• Italy, Order of Merit, Cavaliere, 1969
• Italy, Grand Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 1988
• Israel, Medals of the Defense Forces, 1957
• Israel, Plaque from the Defense Forces, 1957
• Mexico, Order of the Aztec Eagle, 1982

Grammy Awards

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Best Classical Orchestral Recording, 1980
• Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Best Classical Choral Performance, 1961
• Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles, Best Contemporary Composition, 1990
• Bernstein Candide, Best Classical Album, 1991
• Bernstein Conducts for Young People, Best Recording for Children, 1963
• Bernstein: Kaddish, Symphony No. 3, Album of the Year, Classical, 1964
• Bernstein West Side Story, Original Broadway Cast Album, 1957,
• Elected to National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame
• Bizet: Carmen, Best Opera Recording, 1973
• Concert of the Century: Album of the Year, Classical, 1977
• Humor in Music: Best Documentary, Spoken Word, 1961
• Ives: Symphony No. 2, Central Park in the Dark & The Unanswered Question: Best Classical Album, 1990
• Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award, 1985
• Mahler: Symphony No. 3, Best Classical Orchestral Performance, 1989
• Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Classical Album of the Year, 1967
• Best Classical Choral Performance, 1967
• Mahler: Symphony No. 9, Best Classical Album and Best Orchestral Performance, 1992
• Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/ Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals, Best Recording for Children, 1961
• Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Best Recording for Children, 1962
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Best Classical Orchestral Performance, 1980
• Shostakovich: Symphony Nos. 1 & 7, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Best Orchestral Performance, 1990

Grammy Hall of Fame

• Mahler: The Complete Symphonies; Leonard Bernstein cond. New York Philharmonic, London Symphony;
  (1967) Columbia; (Album) Inducted 2002
• Barber: Violin Concerto; Leonard Bernstein cond. New York Philharmonic with Isaac Stern; (1964) Columbia; (Album) Inducted 2007
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Leonard Bernstein cond. New York Philharmonic; (1959) Columbia; (Album) Inducted 2007
• Ives: Symphony No. 2; Leonard Bernstein cond. New York Philharmonic; (1958) Columbia; (Album)
  Inducted 2008
• Copland: Appalachian Spring; Leonard Bernstein cond. New York Philharmonic; (1961) Columbia; (Single) Inducted 2009
• Bernstein: Mass - A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers; Leonard Bernstein cond.; (1971) Columbia Masterworks; (Album) Inducted 2019
• Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major; Leonard Bernstein cond. & piano; Philharmonia Orchestra; (1948) RCA Victor; (Album) Inducted 2020

Platinum/Gold & International Record Awards

• Crystal Globe Award (CBS Records), 1986 Bernstein Candide, Academie du Disque Paris, 1992
• Bernstein Candide (video), Grand Prix European, 1991
• Dvorák: Cello Concerto, Record Academy of Tokyo, 1989
• Gershwin: An American in Paris, Grand Prix du Disque, 1967/1968/1981
• Grand Prix National du Disque, 1988
• The Joy of Christmas, (Gold), 1979
• Liszt: Faust Symphony, Liszt Society, Budapest, 1978
• Mahler: Symphony No. 3, Record Academy of Tokyo, 1989
• Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (NYP), 1970
• Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Concertgebouw), Thomas Edison Award, 1987
• Montreux Prix Mondial du Disque, 1976
• Nippon Columbia Co., 1964
• Ritmo Prize (Spanish), 1988
• West Side Story, Original Cast Album, (Gold), 1962
• West Side Story, Movie Album, (Platinum), 1986
• West Side Story, DG recording , (Gold, England), 1987
• West Side Story, DG recording, (Platinum, Netherlands), 1987

Emmy Awards

• Best Music Contribution for Television: Leonard Bernstein for Omnibus, 16 March 1957
• Best Contribution for Television: The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach (Omnibus), 15 April 1958
• Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Music: Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, 20 June 1960
• Music: Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Japan, 22 May 1962
• Outstanding Program Achievement in the field of Children's Programming: Young People's Concerts/New York Philharmonic With Leonard Bernstein, 22 May 1962
• Outstanding Program Achievement in the field of Music: Young People's Concerts/New York Philharmonic With Leonard Bernstein, 25 May 1964
• Outstanding Program Achievement in Entertainment: Young People's Concert: "What Is Sonata Form?", New York Philharmonic With Leonard Bernstein, , 12 September 1965
• Outstanding Single Program—Classical Music: Beethoven's Birthday/A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein, 6 May 1972
• Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, Outstanding Classical Music Program (all Tchaikovsky), 1976
• Outstanding Individual Achievement: Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening, 1987

Other Television Awards

• Thomas Alva Edison Mass Media Award, 1958/1959/1961
• Golden Camera Award, Berlin, 1981
• International Television Festival Program, 1965
• Music Teachers Association of New York, 1967
• National Association for Better Radio & Television Citation
• Page One Award, Newspaper Guild of New York, 1960
• Peabody Award, University of Georgia, 1959
• Sigma Alpha Iota Television Award, 1959
• Sigma Alpha Iota Television Award, 1960
• Sigma Alpha Iota Television Award, 1975
• Sylvania Television Award, 1959
• Television Producers' Guild, 1962
• Television Academy Hall of Fame: Induction, 1991

Arts Awards

• Academy of Arts, Prague, Diplome d'Honneur, 1964
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Einstein Commemorative Award, 1960
• American Academy of Arts and Letters, Gold Medal, 1985 (Elected to the Academy in 1982)
• Arnold Gingrich Memorial Award, Arts & Business Council, Inc., 1976
• ASCAP, Award for Service to Contemporary Music, 1976
• Billboard Magazine, Top Classical Artist/Album, 1965/1966/1967/1972
• Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Karl Amadeus Hartmann Medal, 1986
• Beethoven Society, Beethoven Medal, 1979
• Boston University, Creative Artist Award, 1966
• Boston Latin School, Man of the Year, 1984
• Brahms Prize to LB and Vienna Philhrmonic by Chancellor Kohl, 1988
• Brandeis University, Creative Arts Award, 1973; Memorial Resolution, 1990
• Cathedral of St. John the Divine, The Cathedral Piece Award, 1990
• City College of New York, John H. Finley Award, 1973
• Columbia University, Alice M. Ditson Award, 1958
• Conductors Guild, The Theodore Thomas Award, 1989
• Deutsche Grammaphon Golden Grammophon Award, 1988
• Edison Classical for Mahler No. 9 , Concertgebouworkest, 1987
• Gustav Mahler Society: "Best Mahler Recording for 1988" First conductor to win award on three different occassions, the other two in 1974 (No. 2) & 1986 (No. 7)
• Harvard University, Man of the Year, 1966
• Kennedy Center, Career Achievement, 1980
• Laurence Olivier Award for Candide(Scottish Opera Version), voted Best Musical of 1988
• Leonie Sonning (Denmark), Leonie Sonning Music Prize, 1965
• Hebrew University (Friends of) S.Y. Agnon Gold Medal, 1981
• High School of Performing Arts, Distinguished Artists Award, 1959
• MacDowell Colony, Edward MacDowell Gold Medal, 1987
• Mahler Gesellschaft, Gold Medal, 1967
• Men of Achievement, Certificate, Cambridge England, 1973
• Musical America, Musician of the Year, 1989
• National Arts Club, Medal of Honor, 1968
• National Association of Record Manufacturers, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1972
• National Association of Recording Muscians (NARM), Presidential Award for Sustained Creative Achiement, 1991
• National Federation of Music Clubs, 1961
• National Fellowship Award, Philadelphia, 1985
• National Jewish Music Council , Shofar, 1985
• National Jewish Welfare Board, Frank L. Weill Award, 1966
• National Opera Institute, 1981
• New York City, Handel Medallion, 1977
• Praemium Imperiale, Japan Art Associaton, 1990
• Premio di Via Condotti, Rome, 1988
• Royal Academy of Music, London, 1988
• Royal Philharmonic Society, London, Gold Medal, 1987
• Schwann Record Catalogue, Most Popular Classical Artist, 1967
• Albert Schweitzer Music Award, 1987
• Germany, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
• State of Israel Bonds, Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award, 1966
• Theatre Hall of Fame, Scroll of Honor, 1979
• Third Street Music School Settlement, Distinguished Achievement, 1980
• Tony, Antoinette Perry Award for Distinguished Achievement, 1980
• Venice (Omaggio a Venezia) Award, 1988
• World Organization of Diplomatic Correspondents, Dag Hammarskjold International Prize, 1966
• UNESCO, Sterling Silver Wand, 1979
• Vienna Philharmonic, Nicolai Medal, 1967
• Vienna Philharmonic, Ring of Honor, 1978

Civic Awards: Keys to the City/State Proclamations

• Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1959
• Beersheva, Israel (key)
• Boston, Massachusetts (citation), 1980
• Chicago, Illinois (medallion/key) 1976/1985
• State of Connecticut, 1975
• Grinzing, Austria, 1978
• Houston, Texas, 1983
• State of Indiana, 1976
• Kansas City, Missouri, 1979
• Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1983
• Maui County, Hawaii, 1960
• Miami Beach, Florida (key)
• Milan, Italy, Gold Medal, 1982
• Neuton, Massachusetts, 1991
• New York, New York, 1959/1984
• State of New York, 1980
• State of New York, resolution celebrating the musical genius of LB, 1991
• Oslo, Norway, first recipient, 1987
• State of Rhode Island, 1976
• San Diego, California, 1959
• Sarasota, Florida, 1976
• Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, made honorary citizen, 1987
• Venice, Italy, 1988
• Vienna, Austria, 1982
• Vienna, Austria, made honorary citizen, 1988

Honorary Memberships in Various Societies

• Albert Schweitzer Society, 1985
• American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1981
• American Women in Radio and Television, 1961
• Guildhall School of Music, London, 1986
• Lamoureux (France) Concert Association, 1958
• Songwriters Hall of Fame, 1973
• National Symphony Orchestra, Washington, 1978
• New York Philharmonic, 1984
• Royal Academy of Music, London, 1985
• Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome, 1970
• Swedish Royal Academy of Music, 1977
• Vienna Concert House Society, 1972
• Vienna Philharmonic, 1983
• Weitzmann Institute of Science, Israel, 1969

Honorary Offices

• Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome, President, 1983
• Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Cathedral Colleague, 1984
• New York Philharmonic, Laureate Conductor, 1969
• London Symphony Orchestra, President, 1987
• Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Laureate Conductor, 1988