Alejandro Viñao has received awards at the following contests
- Concours international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, Bourges (Cher, France): 1979, 1981, 1984
- International Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music (IREM): 1984
- Prix Ars Electronica, Linz (Austria): 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996