Multiple distinctions and awards:

1981	Music Prize of the City of Graz
1983	Appreciation Prize of the Federal Minister for Science and Research, State scholarship for composition
1984	1st Prize composition of the „Creditanstalt Vienna“ for „Quintett“
1989	Composition Prize in Berlin for „Präludium and Toccata“ and mandatory selection work for the „International Guitar Competition Berlin“
1992	Austrian Promotion Prize for Music of the Federal Minister for Education and Arts for „Symphonisches Fragment“
1996	Franz-Josef-Reinl-Prize for „La Tâche“, Promotion Prize for Music of the City of Vienna
1997	Theodor-Körner-Prize for „Sonata del Gesù"
2010	Finalist in the „International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition“
2011	Honorary Associate of the „National Academy of Music“ (Colorado)
2017/ 2018	Finalist in the renowned Maurice Ravel composition competition with „Big Apple“ (4th quartett), semifinalist with „Violin Concerto op.73“
2019	Finalist at the competition "Musica Prospettiva" (Siena/Italy) with "Four half-dark songs"