he was appointed an honorary Member (AM) of the Order of Australia in 1985, which was later upgraded to honorary Officer status (AO). Monash University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1986, and in 1991 appointed him their first Fellow of the Faculty of Arts. Recipient of the 19th Suntory Music Award (1987) In 1990 he was made an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. In 1995 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation named its Southbank studio in Melbourne the Iwaki Auditorium. Japan awarded him the Medal of Honour with Purple Ribbon in 1996. ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. ! |- | 1994 | Violin Concertos (with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Dene Olding) | Best Classical Album | | |- References USA Today, "Japanese conductor Hiroyuki Iwaki dies at 73", 13 June 2006 External links Official website 1932 births 2006 deaths 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century Japanese musicians Classical percussionists Honorary Officers of the Order of Australia Japanese conductors (music) Japanese male conductors (music) Japanese percussionists Tokyo University of the Arts alumni 20th-century Japanese male musicians