The National Prize for Musical Arts ( es, Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales) was created in

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in 1992 under Law 19169 as one of the replacements of the National Prize of Art. It is granted "to the person who has distinguished himself by his achievements in the respective area of the arts" (Article 8 of the aforementioned law). It is part of the

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. The prize, which is awarded every two years, consists of a diploma, the sum of 6,576,457

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() which is adjusted every year, according to the previous year's

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, and a pension of 20 (approximately US$1,600).

Winners

* 1992,

Juan Orrego-Salas Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas (January 18, 1919 – November 24, 2019) was a Chilean composer, musicologist, music critic, and academic. Life and career Born Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas in Santiago on January 18, 1919, Orrego-Salas studied at the Cons ...

* 1994,

Margot Loyola Margot Loyola Palacios (September 15, 1918 – August 3, 2015) was a musician, folk singer and researcher of the folklore of Chile and Latin America in general. Loyola was active as a musician and musical ethnographer/anthropologist for many dec ...

* 1996, * 1998, * 2000, * 2002, Fernando García * 2004, Cirilo Vila * 2006,

Fernando Rosas Pfingsthorn Fernando Rosas Pfingsthorn (Valparaíso, August 7, 1931 – Santiago, October 5, 2007Carmen Luisa Letelier Carmen Luisa Letelier Valdés is a Chilean contralto and voice teacher, the winner of the National Prize for Musical Arts in 2010. Biography Carmen Luisa Letelier is the daughter of composer and artist Margarita Valdés Subercaseaux. She and he ...

* 2012, * 2014, Leon Schidlowsky * 2016,

Vicente Bianchi Vicente Bianchi Alarcón (January 27, 1920 – September 24, 2018) was a Chilean composer, pianist, conductor, and orchestra and choir director. He received the Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales de Chile in 2016. He is remembered for composing mu ...

* 2018,

Juan Allende-Blin Juan Allende-Blin (born 24 February 1928) is a Chilean composer and academic teacher who lives in Germany. Career Born in Santiago de Chile, Allende-Blin studied first with his uncle, Pedro Humberto Allende, and with , a pupil of Anton Webern. ...

* 2020,

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* 2022,

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References

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