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1965 - Prize "Bellini" |
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1970 - Prize "Viotti d'oro" |
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1978 – Prize "Puccini" |
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1979 - Prize "Illica " |
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1980 - Prize "Monteverdi " |
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1990 - The Award of Academia Medicci – Lorenzo di Magnifico (Florence) |

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1994 - Order of Stara Planina for her outstanding contribution to arts and to the development of democracy in Bulgaria |
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1998 – Doctor Honoris Causa, New Bulgarian University |
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2000 - Grand Prix
"A Life Devoted to Music", Venice |

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She is also bearer of the order of the Republic of Italy for civil virtues and outstanding contribution to arts |

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Kabaivanska has been five times proclaimed to be the most popular person in Italy and twice proclaimed to be the “Musician of the year” |