- Israeli Prime Minister's Prize, 2010 .
- Israeli Prime Minister's Prize. 2001
- ACUM (Israeli ASCAP) award for lifetime achievements in composition and education.
- Judges' Prize , ACUM (Israeli ASCAP), 1992
- Municipality of Tel Aviv, Engel Prize, 1991
- ACUM Prize for A Letter to Stravinsky 1991
- Municipality of Haifa, the Mark Lavri Prize for The Golem, 1991
- Guggenheim Fellowship for composition, 1981
- The Brooklyn College Opera Theater Chamber Opera Composition Contest, special award, 1981
- ACUM Prize, stipend for completion of Violin Concerto, 1977
- Composers' Conference Felloship, Johnson, Vermont 1974 & 1975
- ISCM Electronic Music Competition, 1975
- Orr Prize, Jerusalem, And There Arose a Mist - Cantata for Choir, Magnetic Tape, Percussion and Brass Quintet