• First Prize at the "Guitar Competition    Cheltenham" 1959, GB
• First Prize at the"Concours International de    Guitare" 1961, Paris
• Appreciacion prize of the Carinthia region 1984
• Higher golden honorary medal of the Carinthia    region 1992
• Honorary medal of the federal capital Vienna    1993
• Culture prize of the Carinthia region 1994
• Higher silver medal for merits of the Republic of    Austria 1998
•Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and Art,    First Class 2003