The National Music Award () is one of Spain's annual National Awards by the Ministry of Culture.
The Spanish Government makes an annual recognition of the people or groups who have made an outstanding or innovative contribution to Spanish cultural life over the previous 12 months, through the conferring of an award in one of 29 areas covering the spectrum of plastic, fine and performing arts, literature, film, history and so on.
The Spanish Ministry of Culture awards two prizes for music every year, generally one for creation (composition) and one for interpretation (work by an individual artist or ensemble, or a musicologist).List of national music prize winners, Spanish Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 9 April 2011. The Award is granted before 15 December each year on the basis of works published or performed during the preceding 12 months. In addition to the recognition carried by the awards, there is also prize money of 30,000 euros for each of the two categories.
A separate award for contemporary music, the Premio Nacional de las Músicas Actuales, was instituted in 2009.
Year Composition Interpretation2026Laura VegaCecilia Bercovich (violin and viola player)2025Francisco CollPablo Heras-Casado (conductor)2024Marisa ManchadoYolanda Auyanet (soprano)2023Eduardo SoutulloJuan Manuel Cañizares (guitarist)2022Alicia Díaz de la FuenteJaime Martín (conductor)2021Gabriel ErkorekaMontserrat Torrent i Serra (organist)2020Raquel García-TomásSpanish Brass (brass ensemble)2019Félix IbarrondoAsier Polo (cellist)2018Javier Darias Cuarteto Quiroga (string quartet)2017Teresa Catalán Rosa Torres-Pardo (pianist)2016Antoni Parera Fons Juanjo Mena (conductor)2015Alfredo AracilMaría José Montiel (mezzosoprano)2014María de Alvear Jordi Savall (violagambist and conductor, refused prize in protest of the cultural policies of the Spanish government)2013Benet Casablancas Trío Arbós (piano and strings trio)2012Jesús Torres (web, es)Javier Perianes (pianist)2011Alberto Posadas Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla (web, es) (baroque ensemble)2010Elena Mendoza (web)Diego Fernández Magdaleno (web) (contemporary pianist)2009Josep Soler i Sardà (es)María Bayo (web, es) (operatic soprano)2008Carles SantosJosé Luis Temes (es) (conductor)2007Jorge Fernández Guerra (web)Miguel Poveda (es) (cantaor)2006César Camarero (web)Cuarteto Casals (string quartet)2005David del PuertoGrup Instrumental de València (contemporary music ensemble)2004Jesús Rueda AzcuagaAl Ayre Español (period vocal and instrumental ensemble)2003José María Sánchez-VerdúCarlos Álvarez (baritone)2002Tomás Marco Arturo Tamayo (conductor)2001Mauricio SoteloCarmen Linares (cantaora)2000José Manuel López López (fr)Manolo Sanlúcar (flamenco guitarist)1999Ángel Martín PompeyJosep Pons (conductor)1998Agustín González de AciluJosep Colom (conductor)1997José Ramón García RománSax Ensemble1996José Luis Turina Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano)1995José Luis de Delás (es) Víctor Pablo Pérez Pérez (conductor)1994Jesús Villa RojoEnrique Morente (cantaor)1993Antón García AbrilLuis Galve Raso (pianist)1992Carmelo Alonso BernaolaJoaquín Achúcarro (pianist)1991Luis De Pablo Guillermo González Hernández (es) (pianist)1990Manuel Castillo (es) Joan Guinjoan) 1989Cristóbal Halffter Antoni Ros-Marbà (conductor)1988José Ramón EncinarMontserrat Caballé (soprano)1987Gonzalo de OlavideNarciso Yepes (guitarist)1986Rodolfo Halffter Miguel Querol Gavalda (musicologist)1985Xavier Montsalvatge Alicia de Larrocha (pianist)1984Ernesto Halffter Eduardo del Pueyo (es) (pianist)1983Joaquín Rodrigo Nicanor Zabaleta (harpist)1982Fernando RemachaAndrés Segovia (classical guitarist)Montserrat Caballé (operatic soprano)1981Frederic Mompou 1980Victoria de los Ángeles (operatic soprano)
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