Since 1990, the Prize in Musical Composition of the Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation rewards a contemporary musical work composed during the previous year:

2008 Eötvos Peter (Transylvanie) "Seven"
2007 Georges APERGHIS (France) "Wölfi Kantata" pour chœur mixte et ensemble vocal (6 solistes)
2006 Helena Tulve (Estonie) Reyah hadas ‘ala’ pour voix et ensemble d'instruments anciens
2005 Frédéric DURIEUX (France) for his work Traverses 1,2 & 3 for a Great Orchestra
2004 Luis DE PABLO (Spain) for his work Frondoso misterio
2003 Salvatore SCIARRINO (Italy), for his opera Macbeth
2002 Philippe MANOURY (France), for his opera K...
2001 Simon HOLT (Great-Britain), for his work Sunrise' yellow noise
2000 Pierre BOULEZ, for his whole work, exceptionally
1999 Matthias PINTSCHER (Germany), for his opera Thomas Chatterton
1998 Elliott CARTER (United-States), for his work Allegro Scorrevole
1997 Wolfgang RIHM (Germany), for his work Gejagte Form
1996 Gérard PESSON (France), for his work Récréations françaises
1995 Ramon LAZKANO (Spain), for his work Hitzaurre Bi
1994 Heinz HOLLIGER (Switzerland), for his work (S)Irato, monody for a Great Orchestra
1993 John CASKEN (Great-Britain), for his work Still Mine, for a baritone and orchestra
1992 György KURTAG (Hungary), for his works op.27 and op.29 n°3 Grabstein für Stefan
1991 Hans-Jurgen von BOSE (Germany), for his work 63: Dream Palace
1990 Jean-Louis FLORENTZ (France), for his work Requiem de la Vierge

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From 1983 to 1989, the Prize in Musical Composition rewarded a composer for his whole work
1989: Georges CRUMB (United-States)
1988: György LIGETI (Austria)
1987: Sofia GUBAIDULINA (USSR)
1986: Aribert REIMANN (Germany)
1985: Goffredo PETRASSI (Italy)
1984: Sir Michaël TIPPETT (Great-Britain)
1983: Andrzej PANUFNIK (Great-Britain)
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From the creation of the Prize in Musical Composition in 1960 to 1982, the Prize was an international competition, open to applications.
1982: Marc-Antonio CONSOLI (United-States) - symphonic music
1981: Alain VOIRPY (France) - chamber music
1980: SARDI (United-States) - symphonic music
1979: Franklin GYSELYNCK (Belgium) - chamber music
1978: Daniele ZANETTOVICH (Italy) - symphonic music
1977: only distinctions were rewarded
1976: Christopher BROWN (Great-Britain) - sacred music
1975: Giampaolo CORAL (Italy) - sacred music
1974: Juliusz LUCIUK (Poland) - chamber music
1973: Romuald TWARDOWSKI (Poland) - theatrical music
1972: Daniele ZANETTOVICH (Italy) - orchestra music
1971: Robert-Xavier RODRIGUEZ (United-States) - chamber music Gerhard HOLZER (Switzerland) - sacred music
1970: Krzystof MEYER (Poland) - theatrical music
1969: Alain KREMSKI-PETITGIRARD (France) - orchestra music
1968: Hans-Erich APOSTEL (Austria) - chamber music
1967: only distinctions were rewarded
1966: Louis SAGUER (France) - theatrical music
1965: Fernando LOPES-GARCIA (Portugal) - chamber music Romuald TWARDOWSKI (Poland) - theatrical music
1964: Wilhelm Georg BERGER (Romania) - chamber music
1963: Kyoko NUKADA (Japan) - chamber music Andrzej PANUFNIK (Great-Britain) - orchestra music
1962: only distinctions were rewarded
1961: Bruno GILLET (France) - theatrical music
1960: Jean-Jacques GRÜNENWALD (France) - lyrical music
Reinhold FINKBEINER (Germany) - chamber music