 A recording of the opening of his first symphony was played in a lecture-demonstration given at the University of Warwick during the first academic year in which it had undergraduates (1965-1966), by Geoffrey Bush.Khachaturian was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th class (2007), the Order of Honour (Russian Federation) (2000) and the Order of Friendship (1995).He was awarded the title Peoples Artist of the RSFSR (1981) and the USSR State Prize (1976, for the ballet "Cipollino") and the Russian Federation State Prize (2001).