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