Outstanding Artist Award for Music

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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.

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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]

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References

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