VIENNA (AP) — The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is the winner of this year’s $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize, officials of the prestigious classical musical award announced Wednesday.

It is the first time an orchestra has been chosen since the prize was launched in 2009. Then, the choice fell on opera star Placido Domingo, who was personally picked by Nilsson and honored three years after her death. Conductor Ricardo Muti was picked three years later.