Ricardo Mandolini has received awards at the following contests
- Concorso internazionale Luigi Russolo di musica elettroacustica, Varèse (Italy): 1982
- Concours international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, Bourges (Cher, France): 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 2002
- International Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music (IREM): 1984