
Jordi Savall
Acknowledges
- Prize “Tarradellas Persevera” of Ajuntament de Cervelló (2022)
- Distinguished as a Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society (2022).
- Honorary Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (2022).
- Honorary Member of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (2022).
- Helpmann Award (2018) for Best Instrumental Ensemble Concert Category in the Festival de Perth (Australia). The tour presented the program “Folias Antiguas & Criollas” with Hespèrion XXI and the Tembembe Ensamble Continuo.
- Prize Pau Casals of the Govern de la Generalitat de Catalunya (2017).
- Prize Ciutat de Barcelona in the category of international promotion for his international activities and concerts to support the refugees (March, 2017).
- Prize Jurica Murai for the best performance by Jordi Savall for the viola recital offered in Croatia in September 24th 2016 in the Ursuline Church, given by the Festival de Baroque Vespers of Varazdin (Croatia).
- Doctor Honoris Causa for Utrecht University (Holand) in 2016.
- Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes of Madrid (2015).
- Gold Medal of the Mèrit Cultural de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (July, 2015).
- Prize Helena Vaz da Silva 2015 at the headquarters of the Fundació Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa), a prize that recognizes artists that protect and promote the European culture.
- Helpmann Awards 2014 for best concert of Chamber Music or Instrumental Ensemble for the concert “Jerusalem” at the Melbourne Recital Centre and at the Sydney Opera House, and it recognizes the value of performed music that pursue more than 3 thousand years of history.
- Gold Medal of the Generalitat de Catalunya (2014).
- Prize Atlántida of Gremi d’Editors de Catalunya (2013).
- Doctor Honoris Causa for the University of Basel (Switzerland), 2013.
- 13th Annual Helpmann Awards in the category of “Best Chamber &/or Instrumental Ensemble Concert” for the concert Jordi Savall & Andrew Lawrence-King held at Melbourne Recital Centre (2013).
- York Early Music Festival Lifetime Achievement Award (2012).
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2012 given by The Léonie Sonning Music Foundation in Denmark (2012).
- Commandeur dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Chevalier dans l’Ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur from the French Republic (2011) (Speech by Frédéric Mitterrand).
- Grammy Award for the book-CD Dinastia Borgia in the category of Best Small Ensemble Performance (2011). It has also received the International Classical Music Awards 2011 (ICMA) in the “Early Music” category.
- Best Performer in Classical Music of the Real Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Premios de la Música (15ª Edition) for the CD The Celtic Viol II (2011).
- Best Performer of Classical Music of the Real Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias-Premios de la Música (14ª Edició) for the CD The Celtic Viol (2010).
- Praetorius Musikpreis Niedersachsen 2010 from Ministery of Culture and Science from Lower Saxony in the category of “Internationaler Friedensmusikpreis” (Prize International of Music for Peace, 2010).
- International Prize Unescocat with Montserrat Figueras (2009).
- Prix Méditerranée del Centre Méditerranéen de Littérature in Perpignan with Montserrat Figueras (2009).
- National Prize of Music given by the Consell Nacional de la Cultura i de les Arts de Catalunya (2009), for his professional career and for his book-CD Jerusalem: la Ciutat de les dues paus.
- Prize Händelpreis der Stadt Halle 2009 in Germany.
- Ambassador in year 2009 of creativity and innovation for the European Union.
- Ambassador of the European Union for the Intercultural Dialog and Artist for Peace in the program “Ambassadors of Good Will” from the UNESCO (2008).
- Doctor Honoris Causa for the University of Évora (Portugal) in 2007.
- Doctor Honoris Causa for the University of Barcelona in 2006.
- Gold Medal of the Parlament de Catalunya (2003).
- Victoire d’honneur at the Victoires de la musique classique for the global of his career (2002).
- Doctor Honoris Causa for the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) in 1999.
- Honorary Member of the Konzerthaus of Viena (1999).
- Honorary Prize of Fundació Jaume I from Valencia (1999).
- Gold Medal in Fine Arts from the Spanish Ministery of Culture and Education (1998).
- Premio Fondazione Giorgio Cini de Venècia (1995)
- Instrumental Soloist of the Year at Victoires de la musique classique (1993)
- Nominated “Musician of the Year” for Le Monde de la Musique (1992)
- Prize “César” for the best soundtrack in Tous les Matins du monde (1992).
- Creu de Sant Jordi de la Generalitat de Catalunya (1990).
- Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres from the French Ministry of Culture (1988).