The British government said Saturday it would this year appoint Mitsuko Uchida, one of the world’s leading classical pianists, a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Uchida, 60, will be awarded the honor, equivalent to the knighthoods given to men, by Queen Elizabeth in the near future. (Yomiuri)
June 14, 2009
Pianist Uchida to receive DBE honor from Britain
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