1977 - First Prize GAUDEAMUS, Amsterdam
1977 - International Prize, Tours, France
1978 - "Press Prize", Evian
1979 - International Prize ISCM, Athens, Greece
1980, 1982, 1988 - Prizes of the Romanian Composers and Musicologists' Union
1980 - "Diego ORTIZ", Toledo
1982 - "George Enesco" Prize of the Romanian Academy
1983 - Urbana-Illinois
1984, 1993 - Trento
1985 - "Valentino BUCCHI", Roma
1986 - "Musica Antiqua Europae Orientalis", Bydgoszcz
1988 - ISCM, Hong-Kong
1994 - Jihlava
1996 - Karlsruhe
1997 - Koln
1998 - Newtown-Wales
1998 - Birmingham-Alabama
1998 - Bourges
2002 - "Man of the Year", American Biographical Institute, USA
2008 - Officer of the Order of the Crown, conferred by His Majesty Albert the Second, King of Belgium
2006-2009 - 4 distinctions "Œuvre Ouverte" au Festival International "Synthèse” organisé par l'Institut International de Musique Electroacoustique (IMEB), Bourges (France) - pour les oeuvres " Eau-de-vie " (2006), " Pilule Anti-Melacolique " (2007), "2 Counterrevolutionary Songs" (2008) et " Non-Evolution " (2009).
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON D.C. (01.10.1992) - "Dear Mr. NICHIFOR, thank you for the beautiful recordings of your Third and Fourth Symphonies, which I recently received through the U.S.Information Agency. I appreciate your having dedicated them and I am delighted to know that our cities have inspired you in this uniquely creative way. The recordings have been donated to the Library Of Congress so that they may be preserved for the people of the United States. Your thoughtful gift will bring many hours of pleasure to all who come to enjoy them." George H. W. BUSH, The President of the United States of America
Roumanie, Bucarest
serbannichifor
