Awards (General)

Grand Officer of the Order of Quebec in 2013

Medal of Honour of the National Assembly (Québec, Canada)  2012

Wilhelm Furtwängler Prize  2010

Order of the Rising Sun – Gold Rays with Rosette (Japan)  2008

Honorary doctorate, Université de Montréal  2006

Honorary doctorate, McGill University  2005

“Officier” of L’Ordre des arts et des lettres (France)  1992