John Adams

Dresdner Musikfestspiel-Preis

Erasmus Prize

Officer of Arts and Letters

Pulitzer Prize for Music

For The Gospel According to the Other Mary

Pulitzer Prize for Music

For On the Transmigration of Souls

Pulitzer Prize for Music

For Century rolls

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Grawemeyer Awards

Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition

Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition)

For Chamber Symphony

Grammy Awards

Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards

Rome Prize

Harvard Centennial Medal

Ditson Conductor's Award

Classic Brit Awards