1976 : Producer of the Year

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1986 German Record Critics Award

1998 Music Prize of the City of Munich

1999 Commander of the from the King of Sweden

Royal Order of the Polar Star

1999 V Class from the President of Estonia

Order of the Cross of St. Mary's Land

2000 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Brighton

2001 Commander of the from the King of Norway

Royal Order of Merit

2002 , nominated in the same category in 2003, 2004, and 2018

Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical

2007 (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)

Bundesverdienstkreuz

2008 DownBeat: Producer of the Year

2009 DownBeat: Producer of the Year

2010 DownBeat: Lifetime Achievement Award and Producer of the Year

2012 DownBeat: Producer of the Year

2013 DownBeat: Producer of the Year

2014 DownBeat: Producer of the Year

2015 DownBeat: Producer of the Year

2016 DownBeat: Producer of the Year

2017 DownBeat: Producer of the Year

2018 DownBeat: Producer of the Year