Editing Colin Davis (section)

==Awards==
Davis was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 1965,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=43529 |supp=y|page=10|date=29 December 1964}}</ref> [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1980<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48059 |supp=y|page=288|date=7 January 1980}} accessed 15 September 2009</ref> and appointed [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]] in 2001.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56237 |supp=y|page=5|date=16 June 2001}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Royal Philharmonic Society]]'s gold medal in 1995,<ref name=who /> [[the Queen's Medal for Music]], 2009,<ref>[http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2009/AnnouncementoftherecipientofTheQueensMedalforMusic.aspx The Official Website of the British Monarchy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512042015/https://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2009/AnnouncementoftherecipientofTheQueensMedalforMusic.aspx |date=12 May 2021 }}. Retrieved 11 January 2010</ref> and has numerous international awards, including [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Commendatore of the Republic of Italy]], 1976; [[Shakespeare Prize]] (Germany), 1984; Commander's Cross, [[Federal Cross of Merit|Order of Merit]] (Germany), 1987; Commandeur, l'[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (France), 1990; Commander, [[Order of the Lion of Finland|Order of the Lion]] (Finland), 1992; [[Bavarian Order of Merit|Order of Merit]] (Bavaria), 1993; Officier, [[Légion d'honneur]] (France), 1999 (Chevalier, 1982); Order of Maximilian (Bavaria), 2000.<ref name=who />

Other awards include [[Pipe Smoker of the Year]] in 1996,<ref name=norris>[[Geoffrey Norris|Norris, Geoffrey]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20111106063314/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/geoffreynorris/3673375/Sir-Colin-Davis-Knit-one-purl-one-conduct-one.html "Sir Colin Davis: Knit one, purl one, conduct one"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 15 May 2008</ref> [[Male Artist of the Year]] in the [[Classic Brit Awards]] 2008,<ref name=norris />  the [[Grammy Award]] in 2006 for Best Opera for his LSO Live recording of Verdi's ''Falstaff'',<ref name=lennox /> and the [[Elgar Medal]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elgar Society Awards |publisher=[[Elgar Society]] |access-date=2 June 2021 |url=https://elgarsociety.org/elgar-society-awards/ |archive-date=7 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407095236/https://elgarsociety.org/elgar-society-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He won a total of 10 [[Grammy Awards]] and 34 nominations during his career.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colin Davis {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://grammy.com/artists/colin-davis/12319 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=grammy.com}}</ref>