Yo Yo Ma Awards

2005
Honorary Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) from Princeton University

1999
Glenn Gould Prize

1998
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance for Yo-Yo Ma Premieres - Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album for Yo-Yo Ma Premieres - Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse

1996
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios

1995
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance for The New York Album - Works of Albert, Bartók & Bloch
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition for The New York Album, Stephen Albert: Cello Concerto

1993
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance for Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante/Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano

1992
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for Brahms: Piano Quartets Op. 25, Op. 26)

1990
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance for Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68

1987
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for Beethoven: Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C & Variations

1986
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for Brahms: Cello and Piano Sonatas in E Minor Op. 38, and F Op. 99

1985
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance for Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites