Arnold Schönberg Prize

{{Short description|Classical music award}}

The International Arnold Schönberg Prize was established in 2001, and named after the Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg, on initiative of Kent Nagano, the former principal conductor and musical director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, together with Deutschlandradio.{{cite web |url=http://www.kulturpreise.de/web/preise_info.php?preisd_id=20064 |title=Arnold-Schönberg-Preis |date=2013 |website=Online-Ausgabe des Handbuchs der Kulturpreise |language=German |access-date=4 June 2017}} The prize is awarded by the Arnold Schönberg Center (Vienna, Austria) to international composers.{{cite web |url=http://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/english_news/208171_Difficult-decisions-force-later-awarding-of-Arnold-Schoenberg-Prize.html |title=Difficult decisions force later awarding of Arnold Schoenberg Prize |date=2001 |website=wienerzeitung.at |publisher=Wiener Zeitung |access-date=23 June 2017}} The prize money was €12,500.