Original: Awards and recognitions 1955 International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw (Second prize) 1956 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition for piano, Brussels 1962 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow 2000 Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award, with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducting corps Current president of the Rachmaninoff Society.
Simplified: He won second prize in the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1955 and the first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels in 1956.