The Outstanding Artist Award for Music is given annually by the Federal Chancellery of Austria for achievements that influence the current art scene. Creative people are honored who can already show a meaningful oeuvre and whose works are of artistic supraregional importance. The prize is endowed with €10,000. The award winners are selected by an independent expert jury. The prize is awarded as a category of the Outstanding Artist Awards. In total, the Outstanding Artists Awards are given in 14 categories. The predecessor award State Prize for Music (Staatspreis für Musik) was given from 1950 to 1970. In 2009, the award was named Outstanding Artist Award for Music.

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Austrian State Prize The Austrian State Prize is an award given annually or biennially in various artistic fields for excellence by younger and middle-aged artists. The State Prize is currently (2012) worth €8,000. The categories are: : Fine arts (first award in 19 ...

for Music from 1950 to 1970, then from 1971 to 2009 as "promotion award for music" (). * 1950 Armin Kaufmann * 1951

Theodor Berger Theodor Berger (May 18, 1905, Traismauer - August 21, 1992, Vienna) was an Austrian composer. Berger studied with Franz Schmidt at the Wiener Musikakademie (now the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna) from 1926 to 1932. From 1932 to ...

* 1952

Hans Erich Apostel Hans Erich Apostel (22 January 1901 – 30 November 1972) was a German-born Austrian composer of classical music. From 1916 to 1919 he studied piano, conducting and music theory in Karlsruhe with Alfred Lorenz. In 1920 he was Kapellmeister and R ...

, Max Haager, Ernst Tittel,

Karl Etti Karl Etti (26 October 1912 – 15 April 1996) was an Austrian composer. His work was part of the Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics#Music, music event in the Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics, art competition at the 1936 ...

, Erich Romanovsky,

Karl Schiske Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske (12 February 1916 – 16 June 1969) was an Austrian composer and musical composition professor. Life Schiske was born in Győr in what is now western Hungary which was then still part of the Danube Monarchy in 1916. In ...

* 1953

Paul Angerer Paul Angerer (16 May 1927 – 26 July 2017) was an Austrian violist, conductor, composer and radio presenter. Life Angerer studied music theory and composition with Friedrich Reidinger and Alfred Uhl, and conducting with Hans Swarowsky. He perf ...

, Erwin Miggl, Walter Andress,

Alfred Uhl Alfred Uhl (5 June 1909 – 8 June 1992) was an Austrian composer, violist, music teacher and conductor. Biography Uhl was born in Vienna and studied with Franz Schmidt at the Vienna Music Academy, receiving a diploma in composition with hon ...

* 1954

Anton Heiller Anton Heiller (15 September 1923 – 25 March 1979) was an Austrian organist, harpsichordist, composer and conductor. Biography Born in Vienna, he was first trained in church music by Wilhelm Mück, organist of Vienna's Stephansdom (St. Stephen' ...

, Leopold Matthias Walzel, Ernst L. Uray,

Cesar Bresgen Cesar Bresgen (16 October 1913 – 7 April 1988) was an Austrian composer. Biography He was born in Florence to Maria and August Bresgen, both artists. He spent his childhood in Zell am See, Munich, Prague, and Salzburg. From 1930 to 1936 ...

* 1955 Fritz Skorzeny * 1956 ''no award'' * 1957 Franz Hasenöhrl, Waldemar Bloch, Konrad Stekl * 1958 Walter Pach * 1959 Richard Winter,

Marcel Rubin Marcel Rubin (7 July 1905 – 12 May 1995) was an Austrian composer. Born in Vienna, where he studied with Richard Robert and Franz Schmidt, he later emigrated to Paris, where he pursued further studies with Darius Milhaud. After living in Mexico ...

, Reinhold Schmid * 1960 ''no award'' * 1961

Thomas Christian David Thomas Christian David (22 December 1925 – 19 January 2006) was an Austrian composer, Conducting, conductor, choral conductor, and Flute, flutist. David was born in Wels, Upper Austria in 1925. He moved to Germany in 1934 at the age of nine with ...

Robert Schollum Robert Schollum (22 August 1913 – 30 September 1987) was an Austrian composer, conductor, music educator, music critic, musicographer and academic scholar. He was president of the for several years in the 1960s and 1980s. Life and career ...

* 1962

Helmut Eder Helmut Eder (December 26, 1916, Linz – February 8, 2005, Salzburg) was an Austrian composer. Eder studied until 1948 at the Linz Conservatory, later studying with Johann Nepomuk David in Stuttgart and Carl Orff in Munich. Returning to Linz, he ...

, Walther Nußgruber * 1963 Fritz Leitermayer,

Jenő Takács Jenő Takács (; 25 September 1902 – 14 November 2005) was a Hungarian composer and pianist. Life and work Born in Cinfalva on 25 September 1902, he studied at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Joseph Marx in compo ...

* 1964 Paul Kont,

Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter (9 September 1936 – 26 September 2003) was member of the Austrian , composer and organist. Life Born in Hargelsberg, Kropfreiter spent his school years from 1948 at the Catholic Bischöfliches Gymnasium Petrinum, ...

, Franz Burkhart * 1965 Fridolin Dallinger * 1966 Kurt Schmidek * 1967

Josef Friedrich Doppelbauer Josef Friedrich Doppelbauer (5 August 1918 – 16 January 1989) was an Austrian composer, organist and choral conductor. He was professor of organ and composition, especially of church music, at the Salzburg Mozarteum from 1960 to 1988, serving as ...

Gerhard Wimberger Gerhard Wimberger (30 August 1923 – 12 October 2016) was an Austrian composer and conductor. Career Wimberger studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. His teachers were Cesar Bresgen and Johann Nepomuk David for composition, and Clemens Krau ...

* 1968

* 1969

Augustin Kubizek Augustin Kubizek (15 October 1918 – 24 March 2009) was an Austrian choir conductor and composer. He was the oldest son of August Kubizek, who was a childhood friend of Adolf Hitler.Hitler's Vienna: A Portrait of the Tyrant As a Young Man – Pa ...

* 1970 Karl Heinz Füssl,

Iván Erőd Iván Erőd ( hu, Erőd Iván ; 2 January 1936 – 24 June 2019; sometimes spelled ''Eröd'') was a Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist. Educated in Budapest, he emigrated to Austria in 1956, where he studied at the Vienna Music Academy. He ...

, Irmfried Radauer * 1971

Friedrich Cerha Friedrich Cerha (born 17 February 1926) is an Austrian composer, conductor and music educator. Education and Career Cerha was born in Vienna, Austria, and educated at the Viennese Music Academy (violin with Váša Příhoda, composition with A ...

* 1972 Horst Ebenhöh, Alfred Mitterhofer, Ferdinand Weiss * 1973

Josef Maria Horváth Josef Maria Horváth (born 20 December 1931 in Pécs, Hungary ; died 21 October 2019 in Salzburg, Austria) is a Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor. Life At the Jesuit School of his hometown he learned to play the organ. After high scho ...

* 1974 Carl Colman * 1975

Heinz Karl Gruber Heinz Karl "Nali" Gruber (born 3 January 1943), who styles himself HK Gruber professionally, is an Austrian composer, conductor, double bass player and singer. He is a leading figure of the so-called Third Viennese School. Career Gruber is said to ...

, Erik Freitag * 1976 Richard Kittler, Michael Rot * 1977 Dieter Gaisbauer * 1978 Herbert Schwendinger * 1979 Andor Losonczy,

Otto M. Zykan Otto Matthäus Zykan (29 April 1935, Vienna – 25 May 2006, Sachsendorf, Burgschleinitz-Kühnring) was an Austrian composer and pianist. He studied at the Vienna Music Academy, where his teachers included Karl Schiske (composition), Bruno S ...

* 1980 Richard Heller * 1981 Werner Schulze * 1982 ''no award'' * 1983 Paul Engel * 1984

Gerhard Schedl Gerhard Schedl (5 August 1957 – 30 November 2000) was an Austrian composer. Professional career Gerhard Schedl was born in Vienna and began composing during his childhood. In 1976 he began his professional studies with Erich Urbanner at the Uni ...

* 1985 Gerhard E. Winkler * 1986 Meinhard Rüdenauer,

Herbert Willi Herbert Willi (born ) is an Austrian composer of classical music, whose orchestral works, concertos and chamber music have been performed internationally and also recorded. Willi composed an opera, ''Schlafes Bruder'', for the Opernhaus Zürich. ...

* 1987

Franz Koglmann Franz Koglmann (born 22 May 1947) is an Austrian jazz composer. He performs on both the trumpet and flugelhorn in a variety of contexts, most often within avant-garde jazz and third stream contexts. An award-winning composer, Koglmann has perfo ...

Wolfgang Mitterer Wolfgang Mitterer (born 6 June 1958 in Lienz, East Tyrol) is an Austrian composer and musician (organ, keyboard). Biography Wolfgang Mitterer studied with Otto Bruckner in Graz in 1977, and then from 1978 to 1983 at the University of Music an ...

* 1988 Haimo Wisser * 1989

Richard Dünser Richard Dünser (born 1 May 1959) is an Austrian composer of stage works, orchestral music and chamber music, among others. Life Born in Bregenz, Dünser studied composition after his Matura first at the of his hometown and later at the Vienna ...

, Wilhelm Zobl * 1990 Gerhard Kühr, Herbert Lauermann, Franz Thürauer * 1991

Peter Planyavsky Peter Planyavsky (born 9 May 1947) is an Austrian organist and composer. He attended the Schottengymnasium. After graduating from the Vienna Academy of Music in 1966 he spent a year in an organ workshop, and has been instrumental in organ-buildin ...

Michael Radulescu Michael Radulescu (born 19 June 1943) is a Romanian-German composer, organist, and professor. He was born to a Romanian father and a German mother. He studied with Anton Heiller and Hans Swarowsky at the University of Music and Performing Arts i ...

* 1992 Maximilian Kreuz,

Gerhard Präsent Gerhard Präsent (born 21 June 1957) is an Austrian composer, conductor and academic teacher. Professional career Born in Graz, Präsent studied from 1976 at the Musikhochschule Graz, composition with Iván Erőd and conducting with Milan Horvat ...

* 1993 Max Nagl,

Wolfgang Reisinger Wolfgang Reisinger (16 July 1955 – 8 June 2022) was an Austrian jazz percussion player. Biography Reisinger started his education in music at Vienna Boys' Choir at the age of 5. Then, he studied piano at the Music and Arts University of the ...

* 1994 Josef Klammer * 1995

Georg Friedrich Haas Georg Friedrich Haas (born 16 August 1953 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian composer. In a 2017 ''Classic Voice'' poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000, pieces by Haas received the most votes (49), and his composition ''in vain'' (20 ...

Thomas Larcher Thomas Larcher (born 16 September 1963, in Innsbruck) is an Austrian composer and pianist. Biography and Work Thomas Larcher completed his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna under Heinz Medjimorec and Elisabeth Leonsk ...

* 1996 Alfred Stingl, Alexander Wagendristel,

Gunter Waldek Gunter Waldek (born 26 July 1953) is an Austrian composer, conductor and music educator. Life and career Waldek was born in Linz. Already in his youth he received piano, organ and music theory lessons at the Anton Bruckner Private University. ...

* 1997 Kurt Estermann,

Wolfgang Sauseng Wolfgang Sauseng (born Graz, July 6, 1956) is an Austrian composer, conductor and organist.Roman Summereder: ''Aufbruch der Klänge: Materialien, Bilder, Dokumente zu Orgelreform'', 1995, "''Nachtwege'' (1989) von Wolfgang Sauseng (geb. 1956)" Di ...

* 1998 Thomas Herwig Schuler,

Wolfram Wagner Wolfram Wagner (born 28 September 1962 in Vienna) is an Austrian composer and flautist. He graduated from the University of Music in Vienna, Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the Frankfurt Conservatory. In 1992 he was appointed pr ...

* 1999

Burkhard Stangl Burkhard Stangl (born 6 November 1960 in Eggenburg, Lower Austria) is a composer and musician, currently residing in Vienna, Austria. Playing primarily guitar and electronics, he is a prolific performer in the world of electro-acoustic improvisat ...

* 2000 Erdem Tunakan, Patrick Pulsinger * 2001

Johannes Maria Staud Johannes Maria Staud (born 17 August 1974) is an Austrian composer. Biography Staud was born in Innsbruck and studied with, among others, Brian Ferneyhough and Michael Jarrell (at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna). In 1999/2 ...

* 2002 Gernot Schedelberger * 2003 Bernd Richard Deutsch, Thomas Daniel Schlee * 2004 Johannes Kretz, Helmut Schmidinger * 2005 Clementine Gasser * 2006 Markus Bless * 2007 Oguz Usman * 2008

Šimon Voseček Šimon Voseček (13 April 1978) is an Austrian-Czech composer. He is known for his opera ''"Biedermann und die Brandstifter"'' (''"Biedermann and the Arsonists"'', (2005-2007; 2013; 2015), which was premiered in Vienna by Neue Oper Wien in 201 ...

* 2009 Roland Freisitzer * 2010 Thomas Wally * 2011

David Helbock David Helbock (born 28 January 1984 in Koblach) is an Austrian jazz musician. Music education Helbock began playing piano at the age of six. After several years of lessons at the music school Feldkirch with Nora Calvo Smith and at the jazz se ...

* 2012

Susanne Kirchmayr Susanne Kirchmayr aka Electric Indigo (born 15 December 1965) is an Austrian music producer, Techno DJ and feminist who performs under the name Electric Indigo. Her stage name is a combined reference to her favorite color indigo and her affinity ...

* 2013 Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin * 2014

Bernhard Lang Bernhard Lang (born 24 February 1957 Linz, Austria) is an Austrian composer, improviser and programmer of musical patches and applications. His work can be described as contemporary classical, with roots, however, in various genres such as 20th-cen ...

* 2015 Pia Palme, Pier Damiano Peretti * 2016 Utku Asuroglu * 2017

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, Reinhold Schmölzer * 2018 Andrea Sodomka * 2019 PHACE – Ensemble for new music * 2020

Klaus Lang Klaus Lang (born 26 April 1971 in Graz) is an Austrian composer, concert organist, improviser, and academic teacher. His opera ''Die Architektur des Regens'' (The Architecture of Rain) after the Noh play ''Shiga'' by Zeami was premiered at the M ...

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