The Outstanding Artist Award for Music is given annually by the Federal Chancellery of Austria for achievements that influence the current art scene.[1] Creative people are honored who can already show a meaningful oeuvre and whose works are of artistic supraregional importance.[2] The prize is endowed with €10,000.[3] The award winners are selected by an independent expert jury.[3] The prize is awarded as a category of the Outstanding Artist Awards.[4] In total, the Outstanding Artists Awards are given in 14 categories.[2] The predecessor award State Prize for Music (Staatspreis für Musik) was given from 1950 to 1970.[4] In 2009, the award was named Outstanding Artist Award for Music.

Recipients

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This award was given as the Austrian State Prize for Music from 1950 to 1970,[4] then from 1971 to 2009 as "promotion award for music" (Förderpreis für Musik).[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Outstanding Artists Award – "Outstanding Artists Awards" vergeben". Wiener Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Staatssekretärin Mayer gibt Outstanding Artist Awards bekannt". OTS.at (in German). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kunstminister Gernot Blümel verleiht outstanding artist awards". OTS.at (in German). 20 November 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "outstanding artist awards". Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Preise/Preisträger". Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon (in German). 6 May 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  6. ↑ ""outstanding artist awards" für Knebl, Willi und Weidenholzer". Der Standard (in German). 12 June 2000. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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