In 1988 he was made an honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in recognition of his distinguished work.

Arditti has been responsible for having given the world premières of a number of large scale works specially written for him.

These include Iannis Xenakis' Dox Orkh and Toshio Hosokawa's Landscape III, both for violin and orchestra, as well as Brian Ferneyhough's Terrain, Luca Francesconi's Riti Neurali and Body Electric, James Dillon's Vernal Showers, Jonathan Harvey's Scena, Brice Pauset's Vita Nova, Roger Reynolds Aspiration and Salvatore Sciarrino's Le Stagioni Artificiali all for violin and ensemble.

His performances of many concertos have won acclaim by their composers, in particular György Ligeti,[6] Henri Dutilleux,[7] and Xenakis.

[8] He has recorded solo works widely, in more 30 albums, as well as having made more than 200 with the Arditti quartet.