:Charles Dutoit

Dutoit was born on the 10th of July 1936 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He studied there, and graduated from the Conservatoire de musique de Genève, where he won first prize in conducting. Then he went to the Accademia Chigiana in Siena at the invitation of Alceo Galliera. In his younger days, he frequently attended Ernest Ansermet's rehearsals and had a personal acquaintance with him. He also worked with Herbert von Karajan at Lucerne as a member of the festival youth orchestra and studied at Tanglewood.{{cite web | title=Charles Dutoit | website=Warner Classics | url=https://www.warnerclassics.com/artist/charles-dutoit | access-date=8 August 2024}}{{cite web | last=Chartock | first=Alan | last2=Donahue | first2=Joe | title=Charles Dutoit Conducts Kodaly For Tanglewood On Parade | website=WAMC | date=1 August 2017 | url=https://www.wamc.org/arts-culture/2017-08-01/charles-dutoit-conducts-kodaly-for-tanglewood-on-parade | access-date=8 August 2024}}

Dutoit began his professional music career in 1957 as a viola player with various orchestras across Europe and South America. In January 1959, he made his debut as a professional conductor with an orchestra of Radio Lausanne and Martha Argerich. From 1959 he was a guest conductor of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. After this, he was the conductor for Radio Zurich until 1967, when he took over the Bern Symphony Orchestra from Paul Kletzki, where he stayed for 11 years.{{cite web | title=Charles Dutoit | website=Naxos | url=https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Charles_Dutoit/30555 | access-date=8 August 2024}}

While head of the Bern Symphony, he also conducted the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico from 1973 to 1975, and Sweden's Gothenburg Symphony from 1975 to 1978. Dutoit was principal guest conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra in the early 1980s.{{cite web | title=Charles Dutoit | website=The Canadian Encyclopedia | date= | url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/charles-dutoit-emc | access-date=8 August 2024}}

In 1977, Dutoit became the artistic director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM). Reaction to Dutoit joining the Montreal Symphony was positive. Peter G. Davis stated that Dutoit transformed the Montreal Symphony.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_s8EBAAAAMBAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_s8EBAAAAMBAJ/page/n52 53]|quote=Montreal Symphony the best french orchestra in the world.|title=New York Magazine|date=6 June 1983|publisher=New York Media, LLC|language=en}} New York Magazine wrote similarly about Dutoit, adding that he was noted for the championing of new Canadian music.{{cite web|url=https://www.pentatonemusic.com/artists/charles-dutoit-conductor|title=Charles Dutoit|website=pentatonemusic|access-date=10 April 2018}} Throughout these years, he called without success for a new symphony concert hall for Montréal.{{cite web|url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2011/09/07/001-osm-inauguration-nouvelle-salle.shtml|title=Premier concert de l'OSM dans sa nouvelle salle – L'inauguration de l'Adresse symphonique|date=7 September 2011 |language=fr|publisher=Radio-Canada|access-date=25 December 2017}} Dutoit resigned from the Montreal Symphony in April 2002, with immediate effect, after the Quebec Musicians Guild complained about what it called Dutoit's "offensive behaviour and complete lack of respect for the musicians".{{cite news|url=http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/12/25/dutoit-denies-sexual-allegations-as-montreal-symphony-opens-probe/ |title=Dutoit denies sexual allegations as Montreal Symphony opens probe | access-date=2 January 2018| date=25 December 2017 | first=Terry |last=Haig | publisher=Radio Canada International}}{{cite news|last1=Krauss|first1=Clifford|title=Dissonance In Montreal; Dealing With the Aftermath Of a Rare Orchestral Uprising|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/18/arts/dissonance-in-montreal-dealing-with-the-aftermath-of-a-rare-orchestral-uprising.html|access-date=12 March 2017|work=The New York Times|date=18 April 2002}}{{cite web|last1=Chan|first1=Wah Keung|title=The Dutoit Affair: Cause and Solution|url=http://www.scena.org/columns/reviews/020416-WKC-dutoit.html|website=La Scena Musicale|access-date=23 June 2017}} In January 2018, the OSM acknowledged ignoring complaints from musicians of verbal and 'psychological harassment' by Dutoit dating back to the 1990s.{{cite web|last1=Bourgault-Cote| first1=Guillaume |title=Charles Dutoit, un homme et "son" orchestre|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/518636/dutoit-quand-l-osm-niait-le-harcelement-psychologique|website=Le Devoir|date=27 January 2018 |access-date=5 April 2018}} He did not return to the OSM as a guest conductor until 2016, in a concert at the new Maison Symphonique de Montréal.{{cite news | url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/charles-dutoits-osm-comeback-a-joyous-affair | title=Charles Dutoit's OSM comeback a joyous affair | work=Montreal Gazette | author=Arthur Kaptainis | date=19 February 2016 | access-date=12 July 2017}}

Dutoit has received more than 40 international awards and distinctions, including two Grammy Awards (United States), several Juno Awards (Canada), the Grand Prix du Président de la République (France), the Prix mondial du disque de Montreux (Switzerland), the Amsterdam Edison Award, the Japan Record Academy Award, and the German Music Critics' Award. He and the OSM made many recordings for the Decca/London label.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

Dutoit first conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1980. From 1990 to 1999, he was music director of the orchestra's summer concerts at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. From 1990 to 2010, he was artistic director and principal conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra's summer festival in Saratoga Springs, New York. In 1991, he was made an Honorary Citizen of the city of Philadelphia. In February 2007, Dutoit was named the orchestra's chief conductor and artistic adviser, for a contract of four years, effective September 2008.{{citation |last1=Dobrin|first1=Peter|date=3 March 2007| title=Positivity on the podium|periodical=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=D01|issn=0362-4331}} Following the conclusion of his contract in Philadelphia in 2012, the orchestra named him its conductor laureate, as of the 2012–13 season.{{cite news | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/david_patrick_stearns/20160124_Q_A_with_Yannick_Nzet-Sguin__The_Phila__Orchestra_season__risks__and_tradition.html | title=Q&A with Yannick Nézet-Séguin: The Phila. Orchestra season, risks, and tradition | work=The Philadelphia Inquirer | author=David Patrick Stearns | date=24 January 2016 | access-date=12 July 2017}}

Since 1990, Dutoit has directed the Pacific Music Festival in Japan. From 1991 to 2001, Dutoit was music director of the Orchestre National de France, with whom he made a number of recordings and toured extensively. In 1996, he was appointed principal conductor and in 1998 music director of Tokyo's NHK Symphony Orchestra. For the NHK television network, he made a series of documentary films for the young people called "Cities of Music" in Venice, St Petersburg, Tokyo, Buenos Aires (plus Rio de Janeiro and Manhaus), New York, Vienna, Budapest, Leipzig, Dresden, Paris and London.{{cite web|url=https://www.warnerclassics.com/artist/charles-dutoit|title=Charles Dutoit | Warner Classics|website=warnerclassics.com}} In 1997, he was made an honorary Officer of the Order of Canada. He is also one of a handful of non-Canadian citizens to be a Grand Officer of the Ordre national du Québec.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In April 2007, Dutoit was named principal conductor and artistic director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as of 2009.Martin Cullingford, "Charles Dutoit takes over Royal Philharmonic Orchestra". Gramophone, 20 April 2007. In October 2019 he was scheduled to stand down as the RPO's principal conductor and to take the title of Honorary Conductor for Life of the orchestra, but instead he resigned in January 2018.{{cite press release| url=http://www.rpo.co.uk/about/news-press/80-news/233-maestro-charles-dutoit-appointed-honorary-conductor-for-life| title=Maestro Charles Dutoit appointed Honorary Conductor for Life| publisher=Royal Philharmonic Orchestra| date=26 June 2017| access-date=12 July 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925040950/http://www.rpo.co.uk/about/news-press/80-news/233-maestro-charles-dutoit-appointed-honorary-conductor-for-life| archive-date=25 September 2017| url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/arts/music/charles-dutoit-sexual-assault-royal-philharmonic.html|title=Charles Dutoit, Conductor Accused of Sexual Assault, Leaves Royal Philharmonic|first=Michael|last=Cooper|date=11 January 2018|access-date=11 January 2018|website=The New York Times}}

Between 2009 and 2017, Dutoit also served as the music director of the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Switzerland.{{cite web|url=https://www.verbierfestival.com/en/music-director-2/|title=Valery Gergiev Music Director, Verbier Festival Orchestra|website=Verbierfestival.com|access-date=18 April 2018|archive-date=18 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418232655/https://www.verbierfestival.com/en/music-director-2/|url-status=dead}} In April 2014, Dutoit received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Classical Music Awards. He was also made an honorary member of Fondation Igor Stravinsky in Geneva{{cite web | title=The Foundation | website=Fondation Igor Stravinsky | date=14 May 2021 | url=https://fondation-igor-stravinsky.org/en/foundation/ | access-date=8 August 2024}} and Fondation Ravel in Monfort l'Amaury, France.{{cite web | last=Roux | first=Marie-Aude | title=L'imbroglio de Ravel | website=Le Monde.fr | date=14 February 2017 | url=https://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2017/02/14/l-imbroglio-de-ravel_5079581_1654986.html | language=fr | access-date=8 August 2024}}

In September 2018, Dutoit was named principal guest conductor of the St Petersburg Philharmonic, effective May 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.philharmonia.spb.ru/en/|title=Cанкт-Петербургская Академическая Филармония имени А.А. Шостаковича|website=Philharmonia.spb.ru}}

In late 2021, Dutoit withdrew from a scheduled subscription concert of the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra due to his infection with COVID-19.{{cite web |last1=Lebrecht |first1=Norman |title=Charles Dutoit: I have COVID |url=https://slippedisc.com/2021/11/charles-dutoit-i-have-covid/ |website=Slippedisc |date=22 November 2021 |access-date=16 March 2022}} He was subsequently booked by the Orchestra to conduct in Summer, 2023.{{cite web | url=https://www.njp.or.jp/en/news/5946/ | title=One-time ticket sales for the April ~ July 2023 Subscription Concert (2023/2024 season) | [Official] New Japan Philharmonic—New Japan Philharmonic— }}

Dutoit shuns publicity and protects his private life from the media. He has been married four times. His first marriage was to Ruth Cury, by whom he has a son, Ivan, who lives in Santa Monica, California, with his family; his children are Anne-Sophie and Jean-Sebastian. Dutoit was also married to Argentine concert pianist Martha Argerich (with whom he has a daughter, Anne-Catherine) and to Canadian economist Marie-Josée Drouin. He is now married to Canadian violinist Chantal Juillet.{{cite web|last1=Kaptainis |first1=Arthur |date=11 February 2010 |title=Charles Dutoit marries Montreal-born violinist Chantal Juillet |periodical=The Montreal Gazette |url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Dutoit+marries+Montreal+born+violinist/2550656/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215055954/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Dutoit%20marries%20Montreal%20born%20violinist/2550656/story.html |archive-date=15 February 2010 }}

In 2017 four women accused Dutoit of sexually assaulting them between the late 1970s and 2010.{{cite news | agency= Associated Press | work = USA Today | access-date = 21 December 2017 | date= 21 December 2017 | url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/12/21/famed-conductor-charles-dutoit-accused-sexual-misconduct/972882001/ | title= Famed conductor Charles Dutoit accused of sexual misconduct }}Jocelyn Gecker (11 January 2018). [https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/01/11/famed-conductor-faces-new-sex-claims-including-rape/I6e3hq3rDlqaCBdYXGCoAO/story.html "Famed conductor Dutoit faces new sex claims, including alleged rape,"] The Boston Globe. The alleged incidents occurred in a variety of places.{{cite news |url=https://kaplanherald.com/2017/12/24/philadelphia-orchestra-visitor-conductor-dutoit-denies-pressured-bodily-contact/ |title=Philadelphia Orchestra visitor conductor Dutoit denies 'pressured bodily contact' |work=Kaplan Herald |access-date=25 December 2017 |date=24 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225203208/https://kaplanherald.com/2017/12/24/philadelphia-orchestra-visitor-conductor-dutoit-denies-pressured-bodily-contact/ |archive-date=25 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.phillytrib.com/entertainment/music/philly-orchestra-latest-to-break-ties-with-dutoit-amid-scandal/article_887237a8-635f-5994-82c4-477cd273bb98.html|title=Philly Orchestra latest to break ties with Dutoit amid scandal|first1=Jocelyn |last1=Gecker |first2=Janie|last2=Har|work=Philadelphia Tribune|date=23 December 2017 | access-date=25 December 2017}}

One allegation was contested by witnesses.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/01/25/duto-j25.html|title=Royal Philharmonic Orchestra terminates employment of Charles Dutoit over allegations of sexual misconduct|first=Paul|last=Bond|website=wsws.org|date=25 January 2018 }} The allegations were made by Paula Rasmussen, mezzo-soprano (1991, Los Angeles); Sylvia McNair, soprano (1985, Minnesota);{{cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/local-arts/analysis-music-world-chose-to-ignore-allegations-of-charles-dutoits-misconduct |title=Analysis: Music world chose to ignore allegations of Charles Dutoit's misconduct |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=22 December 2017 |access-date=30 April 2020}} and Jenny Q. Chai, pianist.{{cite web |last1=Gecker |first1=Jocelyn |first2=Janie |last2=Har |title=Six more women accuse maestro Charles Dutoit, including one rape |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/01/11/six-more-women-accuse-maestro-charles-dutoit-including-one-rape/1025385001/ |website=USA Today}} A singer with the Philadelphia Orchestra also claimed that Dutoit assaulted her in 2006 in upstate New York and again in 2010 in Philadelphia.{{cite news|last1=Beaumont-Thomas|first1=Ben|title=Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Charles Dutoit accused of sexual assault|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/22/royal-philharmonic-orchestra-conductor-charles-dutoit-accused-of-sexual-assault|access-date=23 December 2017|work=The Guardian|agency=Guardian News and Media Limited|date=22 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/arts/charles-dutoit-sexual-misconduct-philadelphia-orchestra-20171221.html|title=Philadelphia Orchestra has played 650 concerts with Charles Dutoit, the conductor accused of sexual misconduct|first=Peter|last=Dobrin|website=Inquirer.com|date=21 December 2017 }} A 24-year-old musician with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago alleged that Dutoit forced himself on her in 2006.{{cite news |last1=Gecker |first1=Jocelyn |title=AP Exclusive: Famed conductor accused of sexual misconduct |url=https://www.apnews.com/278275ccc09442d98a794487a78a67d4 |website=AP NEWS |agency=Associated Press |access-date=18 October 2018}} In January 2018, Fiona Allan, a British theatre administrator, said that when she was an intern Dutoit sexually assaulted her at Tanglewood 20 years earlier.{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2018/01/02/woman-accuses-bso-guest-conductor-dutoit-sexual-assault-tanglewood/7ynE9o15d5Xw3xzfGIaD2I/story.html |title=Woman accuses BSO guest conductor Dutoit of sexual assault at Tanglewood |work= Boston Globe | access-date=2 January 2018| date=3 January 2018 |first1=Malcolm |last1=Gay |first2=Rebecca |last2=Ostriker}}{{Cite web |url=http://time.com/5100246/charles-dutoit-sexual-assault-rape-allegations/ |title=Charles Dutoit Faces Six New Sex Claims, Including One Rape |access-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116230401/http://time.com/5100246/charles-dutoit-sexual-assault-rape-allegations/ |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|last1=Gay|first1=Malcolm|title=BSO cuts ties with famed conductor Charles Dutoit|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2017/12/21/bso-cuts-ties-with-famed-conductor-charles-dutoit/1g6JM73xvGWtDaStfbc06M/story.html|access-date=4 February 2018|work=The Boston Globe|date=21 December 2017}}

In March 2018, the Boston Symphony said that Allan's allegations were "credible" and that three other women "credibly described incidents in the 1980s and 1990s in which they, too, were victims of Dutoit's sexual misconduct."{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Michael|title=Boston Symphony Finds Accusations Against Charles Dutoit 'Credible'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/arts/music/boston-symphony-finds-accusations-against-charles-dutoit-credible.html|access-date=18 March 2018|work=The Boston Globe|date=2 March 2018}}

Other women also claimed assault.{{cite web|url=http://www.lalsace.fr/actualite/2018/01/03/affaire-dutoit-une-soprano-alsacienne-parle|title=Affaire Dutoit: une soprano alsacienne parle|website=Lalsace.fr|access-date=11 January 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1536285-canadian-musician-opens-up-about-her-allegations-against-charles-dutoit |title=Canadian musician opens up about her allegations against Charles Dutoit | the Chronicle Herald |access-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124071747/http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1536285-canadian-musician-opens-up-about-her-allegations-against-charles-dutoit |archive-date=24 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}

In January 2018 Dutoit resigned from his position as artistic director and principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Several other orchestras either cancelled engagements or severed ties with him, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra (which also removed his title of conductor laureate), the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.{{cite web|url=https://infotel.ca/newsitem/montreal-orchestra-conductor-dutoit-denies-sexual-misconduct-allegations/it48871|title=Montreal orchestra conductor Dutoit denies sexual misconduct allegations|website=Infotel.ca|access-date=25 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://wtop.com/australia/2017/12/dutoit-out-at-6-symphonies-amid-sexual-assault-accusations/|title=Dutoit out at 8 symphonies amid sexual assault accusations|date=22 December 2017|website=WTOP.com|access-date=25 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223160653/https://wtop.com/australia/2017/12/dutoit-out-at-6-symphonies-amid-sexual-assault-accusations/|archive-date=23 December 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/arts/music/charles-dutoit-sexual-misconduct.html |work = The New York Times | title= Charles Dutoit, Noted Conductor, Accused of Sexual Assault | access-date = 21 December 2017 | date= 21 December 2017 |first= Michael | last = Cooper}}{{cite news | work= Boston Globe | access-date = 21 December 2017 | date= 21 December 2017 |url = https://www.boston.com/culture/music/2017/12/21/boston-symphony-orchestra-charles-dutoit | title= Boston Symphony Orchestra cuts ties with guest conductor after sexual misconduct allegations }}

The same month, Canadian CBC Radio/CBC Radio Two adopted a policy of no longer crediting Dutoit as conductor when it played his recordings.[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/arthur-kaptainis-charles-dutoit-exiled-from-cbc-but-osm-gets-a-reprieve Arthur Kaptainis: Charles Dutoit exiled from CBC, but OSM gets a reprieve | Montreal Gazette]

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• London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) DGG – Philips – Decca
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) DGG – Decca – Erato – RCA
• Philharmonia Orchestra, London Decca – Erato – EMI – CBS-Sony
• London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) DGG
• English Chamber Orchestra (ECO) Erato – EMI Classics for Pleasure
• London Sinfonietta Decca
• Bayerische Rundfunk Orchester München Decca – Erato
• Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Decca – EMI
• Boston Symphony Orchestra DGG
• Los Angeles Philharmonic Decca
• Montreal Symphony Decca-DGG-EMI-CBC Records-Philips
• Montreal Sinfonietta Decca
• Philadelphia Orchestra Decca
• NHK Symphony, Tokyo Decca – Sony
• Orchestre National de France Erato – Decca -Virgin Classics
• Orchestre de Paris Erato
• Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France Erato
• Solistes de l'Opéra de Paris Erato
• Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Decca – Pentatone
• Orchestre de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo Erato
• Göteborg Symphony, Sweden Sterling – Caprice – BIS
• Orchestra de la Svizzera Italiana EMI
• Norddeutsche Rundfunk Hamburg (NDR) NDR production
• Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra – SonyMusique du Monde, Entretiens avec Jean Pierre Pastori, Paroles vives, La Bibliothèque des Arts, 2007. List of discography pages 163–190

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{{ external media|float=center|width=250px|audio1= Charles Dutoit conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra performing works by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky including:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 with Pascal Devoyon
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 with Pierre Amoyal in 1991
[https://archive.org/details/cd_tchaikovsky-in-saint-petersburg_charles-dutoit-philharmonia-orchestra-pasc/disc1/01.+Pascal+Devoyon%3B+Charles+Dutoit+-+Philharmonia+Orchestra+-+Tchaikovsky+-+Piano+Concerto+%231+In+B+Flat+Minor%2C+Op.+23+-+1.+Allegro+Non+Troppo+E+Molto+Maestoso.flac Here on archive.org]}}

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• 1982 – Musician of the Year, Canadian Music Council
• 1982 – Great Montrealer
• 1984 – Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Montreal
• 1985 – Docteur en Musique, Laval University, Quebec
• 1988 – Canadian Music Council Medal
• 1988 – Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France)
• 1991 – Honorary Citizen of the City of Philadelphia
• 1994 – Diploma of Honor by the Canadian Conference of the Arts
• 1995 – Grand Officier de l'Ordre National du Québec
• 1996 – Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France)
• 1996 – Doctorem Musicae, McGill University
• 2002 – Honorary Officer of the Order of Canada
• 2003 – Prize to the best foreign Conductor 2002, Music Critic's Association of Argentina
• 2007 – Médaille d'Or de la Ville de Lausanne
• 2009 – Artistic Advisor, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
• 2010 – Co-director of MISA Festival, Shanghai
• 2012 – Guangzhou Opera House (China) – Honorary Artistic Advisor
• 2012 – The Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia – Tribute
• 2014 – Lifetime Achievement Award – ICMA (International Classical Music Awards), Warsaw{{cite web |date=2014 |title=International Classical Music Awards 2014 |url=https://www.icma-info.com/winners-2014/ |work=icma-info.com |access-date=25 October 2017}}
• 2015 – Honorary Member of the Igor Stravinsky Foundation, Geneva
• 2016 – Honorary Committee Member of the Maurice Ravel Foundation, Paris
• 2016 – Koussevitzky Artist, Boston Symphony Orchestra (Tanglewood)
• 2016 – Nanjing University of the Arts, China: Lifetime Honorary Professor
• 2016 – Special Contribution Award,18th Shanghai International Arts Festival
• 2016 – Lauréat 2016, Fondation Vaudoise pour la Culture, Lausanne
• 2017 – Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal{{cite press release |title=Conductor Charles Dutoit awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal |url=https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/gold_medal/dutoit |location=London |publisher=Royal Philharmonic Society |date=15 August 2017 |access-date=26 November 2017 |archive-date=11 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911191321/https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/gold_medal/dutoit |url-status=dead }}
• 2022 – Premio Una Vita Nella Musica from Teatro La Fenice, Venezia teatrolafenice.it
• 2024 – Asociacíon de Críticos Musicales de la Argentina, Mejor Director de Orquesta Extranjero, Temporada 2023,{{Cite web|url=http://www.criticosmusicales.com|title=Criticos Musicales de la Argentina - Criticas de opera y musica clasica - Opera and Classical music reviews|website=www.criticosmusicales.com}}

• 1971 – Edison Award, Amsterdam (Tchaikowsky Piano Concerto, Martha Argerich, RPO)
• 1972 – Grand Prix du Disque de l'Académie Charles Cros (Stravinsky The Soldier's Tale)
• 1973 – Grand Prix Spécial du 25ème Anniversaire de l'Académie du Disque Français (Honegger Le Roi David, Solistes de l'Opéra de Paris)
• 1978 – Premio della Critica Discografica Italiana (Paganini 6 Concerti per violino, Salvatore Accardo, LPO)
• 1978 – Prix Caecilia de l'Union de la Presse Musicale Belge (Paganini 6 Concerti per violino, Salvatore Accardo, LPO)
• 1981 – Grand Prix du Disque de l'Académie Charles Cros (Lalo, Caplet, Frédéric Lodéon, cello, Philharmonia Orchestra)
• 1981 – Grammy nomination (Chaminade, Ibert, etc., James Galway, flute, RPO)
• 1982 – Académie du Disque Français, Grand Prix du Disque (Fauré Pénélope, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo)
• 1982 – Prix Caecilia de l'Union de la Presse Musicale Belge (Fauré Pénélope)
• 1982 – Grand Prix du Disque de l'Académie Charles Cros (Fauré Pénélope)
• 1982 – High Fidelity International Record Critics Award (IRCA) (Fauré Pénélope)
• 1982 – Grammy nomination (Fauré Pénélope)
• 1982 – Grammy nomination (Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2, Schumann Piano Concerto, Alicia de Larrocha, RPO)
• 1982 – Grand Prix du Disque de l'Académie Charles Cros (Ravel Daphnis & Chloé, OSM)
• 1982 – Prix Mondial du Disque de Montreux (Ravel Daphnis & Chloé, OSM)
• 1982 – Prix Juno – Canada (Ravel Daphnis & Chloé, OSM)
• 1983 – Grand Prix du Disque, Canada (Ravel Daphnis & Chloé, OSM)
• 1983 – 21st Annual Japan Record Academy Award (Ravel Daphnis & Chloé, OSM)
• 1983 – Disque d'Or, Canada (Ravel Album, OSM)
• 1983 – Prix Félix (ADISQ) – Canada (Ravel Album, OSM)
• 1983 – Grand Prix de l'Académie du Disque Français (Saint-Saëns 5 Piano Concertos, Pascal Rogé, RPO, LPO, Philharmonia Orchestra)
• 1984 – Académie du Disque Français, Prix de la Musique Française (Saint-Saëns Symphony No 3 "Organ", OSM)
• 1984 – Académie du Disque Français, Mention Spéciale (Chabrier Le Roi malgré lui, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France)
• 1984 – Académie du Disque Français, Grand Prix Audio-visuel de l'Europe (Honegger Symphonies No 3 and No 5, Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, Munich)
• 1984 – Disque de Platine, Canada (Ravel Boléro, OSM)
• 1984 – Académie du Disque Français, Prix Georges-Auric (Falla El amor brujo, Three- cornered Hat, OSM)
• 1984 – High Fidelity International Record Critics Award (IRCA) (Falla Album, OSM)
• 1984 – Prix Manuel De Falla, Granada (Falla Album, OSM)
• 1984 – Grammy nomination (Noël, Noël with Leontyne Price, OSM)
• 1984 – Prix du Concerto Français de l'Académie du Disque, Paris (Ravel Piano Concertos, Pascal Rogé, OSM)
• 1984 – Edison Award, Amsterdam (Ravel Piano Concertos, Pascal Rogé, OSM)
• 1985 – Gramophone Record Award (Engineering and Production) (Ravel Album, OSM)
• 1985 – Prix Juno – Canada (Ravel Album, OSM)
• 1985 – Prix Félix (ADISQ) – Canada – Record of the year (Stravinsky The Rite of Spring + Symphonies of Winds, OSM)
• 1986 – Grand Prix du Président de la République, Académie Nationale du Disque Français, (Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, OSM)
• 1986 – Stereo Review, Record of the Year Award (Chabrier Le Roi malgré lui, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France)
• 1986 – Prix José Bruyr – Grand Prix du Disque de l'Académie Charles Cros (Honegger symphonies No 2 and No 4, Bayerische Rundfunk, Munich)
• 1986 – Prix Félix (ADISQ) – Canada – Record of the year (Von Suppé Eight Overtures, OSM)
• 1987 – Gramophone Recording Award (Holst The Planets, OSM)
• 1987 – Grammy nomination (Holst The Planets, OSM)
• 1987 – Prix Juno – Canada (Holst The Planets, OSM)
• 1987 – Prix Caecilia de l'Union de la Presse Musicale Belge (Roussel Symphonies, Orchestre National de France)
• 1987 – Prix Félix (ADISQ) – Canada – Record of the year (Tchaikowsky Album, OSM)
• 1988 – Edison Award, Amsterdam (Holst The Planets, OSM)
• 1988 – Mumm Champagne Classical Music Award (Holst The Planets, OSM)
• 1988 – Grand Prix du Disque, Canada (Holst The Planets, OSM)
• 1988 – Laser d'Or, Académie du Disque Français (Stravinsky Petrushka, Chant du Rossignol, 4 Études, OSM)
• 1988 – Grand Prix du Disque, Canada (Stravinsky Petrushka, etc., OSM)
• 1989 – Prix Juno – Canada (Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, OSM)
• 1990 – Prix Félix (ADISQ) – (Gershwin Album, Louis Lortie, piano, OSM)
• 1991 – Grand Prix de l'Académie du Disque, Japan (Debussy Album, OSM)
• 1991 – Prix Juno – Canada (Debussy Album, OSM)
• 1991 – Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Germany (Debussy Pelléas & Mélisande, OSM)
• 1991 – Prix Félix (ADISQ) – Canada – Best record of the year (Debussy Pelléas & Mélisande, OSM)
• 1992 – Prix Juno – Canada (Debussy Pelléas & Mélisande, OSM)
• 1992 – Grammy nomination (Debussy Pelléas & Mélisande, OSM)
• 1994 – Nouvelle Académie du Disque: Grand Prix Anniversaire Tchaikowsky, Paris (The Complete Nutcracker, OSM)
• 1995 – Palmarès des Palmarès, Nouvelle Académie du Disque, Paris (Berlioz Les Troyens, OSM)
• 1995 – Académie française du Disque Lyrique, Orphée du Prestige Lyrique, Paris (Berlioz Les Troyens, OSM)
• 1995 – Grammy nomination for best Classical recording of the year (Berlioz Les Troyens, OSM)
• 1995 – Prix Juno – Best classical recording of the year (Berlioz Les Troyens, OSM)
• 1995 – Grammy: Best Opera Recording (Berlioz Les Troyens, OSM)
• 1995 – Grammy nomination, (Mussorgsky Pictures at an exhibition, OSM)
• 1996 – Grammy nomination (Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, OSM)
• 1996 – Prix Juno – Canadian Academy of Recording and Sciences (Shostakovich Symphonies No 5 and No 9, OSM)
• 1997 – Prix Juno – Canada – Best recording of the year (Berlioz Damnation de Faust, OSM)
• 1997 – Palmarès des Palmarès, Paris: Grand Prix, Nouvelle Académie du Disque (Berlioz Damnation de Faust)
• 1997 – Prix de l'Académie du Disque, Japan (Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, OSM)
• 1997 – Prix de l'Académie du Disque, Japan (Debussy Album, OSM)
• 1999 – London / Decca Legends (Ravel Daphnis & Chloé, OSM)
• 2000 – Prix Juno – Canada (Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque, Impressioni Brasiliane, OSM)
• 2000 – Grammy: Best Soloist with Orchestra (Bartok Piano Concerto No 3, Prokofiev Concertos No 1 and No 3, Martha Argerich, OSM)
• 2002 – Prix Juno – Canada (Bruch 3 Violin Concertos, James Ehnes, OSM)
• 2004 – New York Times Best Classical Discs of the year (Theodorakis "Zorba", OSM)
• 2007 – Grammy nomination (Franck Symphonic Variations, Saint-Saëns Piano Concertos No 2 and No 5, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande OSR)
• 2 Grammy Awards: 1995 and 2000.{{cite web | title=Charles Dutoit | website=GRAMMY.com | date=7 August 2024 | url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/charles-dutoit/16643 | access-date=8 August 2024}}
• 9 Grammy nominations: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, and 2007.

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• [http://www.emiclassics.com/artistbiography.php?aid=12 Charles Dutoit biography] at EMI Classics
• [http://www.bruceduffie.com/dutoit.html Charles Dutoit interview], 26 March 1986
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20101120024138/http://www.journaldunecreation.com/ Journal d'une création – Film directed by James Dormeyer with Chantal Juillet, Charles Dutoit and André Prévost]
• [http://www.verbierfestival.com/index.php?page=music_director_en Verbier Festival page on Charles Dutoit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928074221/http://www.verbierfestival.com/index.php?page=music_director_en |date=28 September 2011 }}

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