Premio de musica
Creation: 1991
Prize money: €72,000.00 (tax-free)
Description: It was originally created as an annual tax-free prize of 12 million pesetas to be awarded to Spanish composers. From 1996 onwards, however, it underwent a number of changes until it came to assume its present shape, whereby it is now awarded to any person or Spanish institution whose work constitutes a relevant and significant contribution to the enrichment of Spanish music.
Past Prizewinners
- 2001 Carmelo Bernaola (composer)
- 1999 Alicia de Larrocha (pianist)
- 1997 Victoria de los Ángeles (singer)
- 1996 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (orchestral conductor)
- 1995 Manuel Castillo (composer)
- 1994 Cristóbal Halffter (composer)
- 1993 Antón García Abril (composer)
- 1992 Xavier Montsalvatge (composer)
- 1991 Joaquín Rodrigo (composer)