The Premio Nacional de Música (In English: National Award for Music, or National Music Prize) forms part of the annual National Awards in Spain.

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).
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	Interpretation
2011	Alberto Posadas Alberto Posadas -Biography:Alberto Posadas was born in 1967 in Valladolid where he underwent his first musical education which he then continued in Madrid at the Madrid Royal Conservatory....	Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla (web, es) (baroque ensemble)
2010	Elena Mendoza (web)	Diego Fernández Magdaleno (web) (contemporary pianist)
2009	Josep Soler i Sardà (es)	María Bayo (web, es) (operatic soprano)
2008	Carles Santos Carles Santos Carles Santos is an unclassifiable spanish artist who began his career as a pianist and later worked in many other creative disciplines, including musical composition, filmmaking, screenwriting, acting, scenic musical shows, graphics, montage, sculpture, photography, poetry, and...	José Luis Temes (es) (conductor)
2007	Jorge Fernández Guerra (web)	Miguel Poveda (es) (cantaor)
2006	César Camarero (web)	Cuarteto Casals
2005	David del Puerto David del Puerto -Biography:Born in 1964 in Madrid, musically trained in the guitar, disciple of Francisco Guerrero and Luis de Pablo in his native city, David del Puerto emerged very early as one of the most talented composers of his generation...	Grup Instrumental de València
2004	Jesús Rueda Azcuaga (es)	Al Ayre Español Al Ayre Español Al Ayre Español is a vocal and instrumental ensemble specialized on early music founded in 1988 by Eduardo López Banzo .The name of the ensemble was inspired by the title for a guitar Fugue of the Calanda composer, Gaspar Sanz...  (period vocal and instrumental ensemble)
2003	José María Sánchez-Verdú José María Sánchez-Verdú José María Sánchez-Verdú is a Spanish composer.He studied composition, conducting, and musicology at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música in Madrid, graduating in 1991, and was a lecturer there from 1991 to 1995. He later undertook postgraduate study in direction and composition...	Carlos Álvarez Carlos Álvarez (baritone) Carlos Álvarez is a Spanish baritone who has had a major international opera career since the early 1990s. His recording of the title role in Isaac Albéniz's Merlin with Plácido Domingo as King Arthur won a Latin Grammy Award in 2001, and his recording of the role of Ford in Giuseppe Verdi's...  (operatic baritone)
2002	Tomás Marco Tomás Marco Tomás Marco Aragón is a Spanish composer and writer on music.-Life and work:Marco studied violin and composition in Madrid while at the same time pursuing the study of law...	Arturo Tamayo Ballesteros
2001	Mauricio Sotelo Mauricio Sotelo Mauricio Sotelo , is a Spanish composer.He started his musical studies at the conservatory of Madrid, before moving to Vienna to study composition with Francis Burt at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Wien...	Carmen Linares Carmen Linares Carmen Linares is the stage name of Carmen Pacheco Rodríguez. Born in 1951 in Linares, Jaén Province, she is known as one of the finest flamenco singers in Spain.She came to Madrid with her family in 1965...   (cantaora)
2000	José Manuel López López (fr)	Manolo Sanlúcar Manolo Sanlúcar Manolo Sanlúcar is a flamenco composer and guitarist born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda in 1945. He is considered one of the most important Spanish composers of present times, and together with Paco de Lucía, Serranito, and Vicente Amigo, one of the main figures in the evolution of the flamenco...   (flamenco guitarist)
1999	Ángel Martín Pompey	Josep Pons Josep Pons Josep Pons is a Spanish conductor. He is the current conductor of the Spanish National Orchestra.-External links:**...  (conductor)
1998	Agustín González de Acilu	Josep Maria Colom del Rincón
1997	José Ramón García Román	Sax Ensemble
1996	José Luis Turina José Luis Turina José Luis Turina is a Spanish composer, grandson of Joaquín Turina.He studied composition under Antón García Abril, Román Alís, Rodolfo Halffter and Carmelo Bernaola at the conservatories of Barcelona and Madrid, and then, with a grant from the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs for studying at...	Teresa Berganza Teresa Berganza Teresa Berganza, born on March 16, 1935), is a Spanish mezzo-soprano. She is most closely associated with the roles of Rossini, Mozart, and Bizet. She is admired for her technical virtuosity, musical intelligence and beguiling stage presence.- Biography :...   (operatic mezzo-soprano)
1995	José Luis de Delás (es)	Víctor Pablo Pérez Pérez
1994	Jesús Villa Rojo	Enrique Morente Enrique Morente Enrique Morente Cotelo, known as Enrique Morente, was a flamenco singer and a controversial figure within the world of contemporary flamenco...   (cantaor)
1993	Antón García Abril Antón García Abril Antón García Abril is a Spanish composer and musician. In 1997 Plácido Domingo created the role of Lucero in his Divinas Palabras at the Teatro Real in Madrid.-Biography:...	Luis Galve Raso
1992	Carmelo Alonso Bernaola	Joaquín Achúcarro Joaquín Achúcarro Joaquín Achúcarro is a Basque Spanish classical pianist.- Biography and career :Achúcarro was born in Bilbao, Spain, in the difficult years of the Spanish post-war period. He began piano lessons at the Bilbao Conservatory and, in 1956, at the age of 13, made his concerto debut in Bilbao playing a...   (pianist)
1991	Luis De Pablo Luís de Pablo Luis de Pablo is a Spanish composer.He was born in Bilbao, living in Madrid from age six and starting to compose aged 12. Although he received composition lessons from Maurice Ohana and Max Deutsch, he was essentially an autodidact in composition...	Guillermo González Hernández (es) (pianist)
1990	Manuel Castillo (es) Joan Guinjoan (es)
1989	Cristóbal Halffter Cristóbal Halffter Cristóbal Halffter Jiménez-Encina is a Spanish composer. He is the nephew of two other composers, Rodolfo and Ernesto Halffter.-Life:...	Antoni Ros-Marbà Antoni Ros-Marbà Antoni Ros-Marbà is a Spanish conductor from Catalonia. He began his musical education at the Conservatori Superior de Música de Barcelona...   (conductor)
1988	José Ramón Encinar	Montserrat Caballé Montserrat Caballé Montserrat Caballé is a Spanish operatic soprano. Although she sang a wide variety of roles, she is best known as an exponent of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi....   (operatic soprano)
1987	Gonzalo de Olavide Gonzalo de Olavide Gonzalo de Olavide y Casenave was a Spanish composer born in Madrid.-Biography:Olavide studied composition initially with Victorino Echevarría at the Conservatorio Superior de Madrid, then in Belgium at the conservatories of Antwerp and Brussels...	Narciso Yepes Narciso Yepes Narciso Yepes was a Spanish guitarist.-Biography:Yepes was born into a family of humble origin in Lorca, Region of Murcia. His father gave him his first guitar when he was four years old. He took his first lessons from Jesus Guevara, in Lorca...  (guitarist)
1986	Rodolfo Halffter Rodolfo Halffter Rodolfo Halffter Escriche was a Spanish composer.-Life:Born in Madrid, Spain into a family of musicians, he was the brother of Ernesto Halffter and uncle of Cristóbal Halffter, also composers. His father Ernesto Halffter Hein came from Königsberg, Germany...	Miguel Querol Gavalda (musicologist)
1985	Xavier Montsalvatge Xavier Montsalvatge Xavier Montsalvatge i Bassols was a Spanish Catalan composer and music critic. He was one of the most influential music figures in Catalan music during the latter half of the 20th century.-Life:...	Alicia de Larrocha Alicia de Larrocha Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle was a Spanish pianist from Catalonia. One of the great piano legends of the 20th century, Reuters called her "the greatest Spanish pianist in history", Time "one of the world's most outstanding pianists" and The Guardian "the leading Spanish pianist of her...   (pianist)
1984	Ernesto Halffter Ernesto Halffter Ernesto Halffter Escriche was a Spanish composer and conductor. He was the brother of Rodolfo Halffter....	Eduardo del Pueyo (es) (pianist)
1983	Joaquín Rodrigo Joaquín Rodrigo Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquis of the Gardens of Aranjuez , commonly known as Joaquín Rodrigo, was a composer of classical music and a virtuoso pianist. Despite being nearly blind from an early age, he achieved great success...	Nicanor Zabaleta Nicanor Zabaleta Nicanor Zabaleta was a Spanish virtuoso and populariser of the harp.Zabaleta was born in San Sebastián, Spain, on January 7, 1907. In 1914 his father, an amateur musician, bought him a harp in an antique shop. He soon began taking lessons from Vincenta Tormo de Calvo and Luisa Menarguez...   (harpist)
1982	Fernando Remacha Fernando Remacha Fernado Remacha Villar was a composer, part of the Group of Eight which formed a sub-set of the Generation of '27.-Early years:...	Andrés Segovia Andrés Segovia Andrés Torres Segovia, 1st Marquis of Salobreña , known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain...   (classical guitarist) Montserrat Caballé Montserrat Caballé Montserrat Caballé is a Spanish operatic soprano. Although she sang a wide variety of roles, she is best known as an exponent of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi....  (operatic soprano)
1981	Frederic Mompou
1980		Victoria de los Ángeles Victoria de los Ángeles Victoria de los Ángeles was a Spanish Catalan operatic soprano and recitalist whose career began in the early 1940s and reached its height in the years from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Her obituary in The Times noted that she must be counted “among the finest singers of the second half... (operatic soprano)