The Outstanding Artist Award for Music is given annually by the Federal Chancellery of Austria for achievements that influence the current art scene. 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. Life and career Hans Erich Apostel was born on 22 January 1901 in Karlsruhe, Germany. He studied at the Munz Conservatory in his n ...

, Max Haager, Ernst Tittel, Karl Etti, Erich Romanovsky, Karl Schiske * 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 pe ...

, 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 honour ...

* 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 * 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,

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, ...

, 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 compos ...

* 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 Fridolin Dallinger (16 February 1933 – 28 October 2020) was an Austrian composer, music educator and painter. He was the brother of composer Gerhard Dallinger (1940–2016).Elisabeth Th. Hilscher/Georg Demcisin, Art. „Dallinger, Brüder“, i ...

* 1966 Kurt Schmidek * 1967 Josef Friedrich Doppelbauer, Gerhard Wimberger * 1968 Cesar Bresgen * 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 Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an ...

* 1970 Karl Heinz Füssl, Iván Erőd, Irmfried Radauer * 1971

Friedrich Cerha Friedrich Cerha (; 17 February 1926 – 14 February 2023) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and academic teacher. His ensemble in Vienna was instrumental in spreading contemporary music in Austria. He composed several operas, beginning with ...

* 1972 Horst Ebenhöh, Alfred Mitterhofer,

Ferdinand Weiss Ferdinand Weiss (February 13, 1932 in Timișoara – January 13, 2002 in Cluj-Napoca) was a Romanian collaborative pianist and a professor at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Education He received a degree in piano f ...

* 1973

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

* 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 ...

Erik Freitag Erik Freitag (born 1 February 1940) is an Austrian composer and violinist. Life Born in Vienna, Freitag studied violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, with, among others, Eduard Melkus and composition with Karl-Birger Bl ...

* 1976 Richard Kittler, Michael Rot * 1977 Dieter Gaisbauer * 1978 Herbert Schwendinger * 1979 Andor Losonczy, Otto M. Zykan * 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. His works included chamber works, operas, theater pieces, symphonies, concertos, and sonatas. Early life and education Schedl was born in Vienna and began composing du ...

* 1985 Gerhard E. Winkler * 1986 Meinhard Rüdenauer,

Herbert Willi Herbert Willi (born 7 January 1956) 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 Oper ...

* 1987

Franz Koglmann Franz Koglmann (born 22 May 1947) is an Austrian jazz composer. He performs on both the trumpet and flugelhorn in most often in avant-garde jazz and third stream. An award-winning composer, Koglmann has performed or recorded with Lee Konitz, Paul ...

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 and ...

* 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 Vienn ...

, 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-buil ...

Michael Radulescu Michael Radulescu (19 June 1943 – 23 December 2023) was a Romanian-German composer, organist, and professor. Radulescu was born to a Romanian father and a German mother. He studied with Anton Heiller and Hans Swarowsky at the University of Mu ...

* 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 Horv ...

* 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 th ...

* 1994 Josef Klammer * 1995

Georg Friedrich Haas Georg Friedrich Haas (born 16 August 1953) 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'' (2000) topped the li ...

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 * 1997 Kurt Estermann, Wolfgang Sauseng * 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 and Performing Arts Vienna, University of Music in Vienna, Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the Frank ...

* 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 EAI (music), electro-acousti ...

* 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/ ...

* 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 (born 13 April 1978) is an Austrians, Austrian-Czechs, 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 Ne ...

* 2009 Roland Freisitzer * 2010 Thomas Wally * 2011 David Helbock * 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- ...

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

* 2021 Bernhard Gander * 2022 Judit Varga * 2023 Lukas König

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