Il Grammy Award alla miglior composizione di musica classica contemporanea (Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition) è una delle categorie dei Grammy Award previste per la musica classica.
Premia il compositore (e dal 2009, nel caso di un'opera cantata su testo originale, anche il librettista) di una composizione di musica contemporanea.
Storia del premio Il premio è stato assegnato la prima volta nel 1961, ma ha subito cambiamenti di nome ed una sospensione dal 1967 al 1984.
1961-1962: Best Contemporary Classical Composition 1963: Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer 1964: Best Composition by a Contemporary Classical Composer 1965: Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer 1966: Best Composition by a Contemporary Classical Composer 1967-1984: non assegnato 1985: Best New Classical Composition 1986-1994: Best Contemporary Composition 1995-ad oggi: Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Vincitori e candidati
Anni 1960
1961 Aaron Copland – Orchestral Suite from The Tender Land Suite Easley Blackwood Jr. – Symphony No. 1 Paul Hindemith – Sonata For Cello And Piano Charles Ives – Sinfonia n. 2 Francis Poulenc – La voce umana Roger Sessions – Symphony No. 1 Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij – Threni Edgard Varèse – Density 21.5 1962 Laurindo Almeida – Discantus Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij – Movimenti per pianoforte e orchestra Francis Poulenc – Gloria In G Major Elliott Carter – String Quartet No. 2 Gunther Schuller – Music For Brass Quintet 1963 Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij – The Flood Edgard Varèse – Arcana Aaron Copland – Connotations Benjamin Britten – Noye's Fludde Lukas Foss – Song Of Songs William Turner Walton – Symphony No. 2 Lukas Foss – Time Cycle 1964 Benjamin Britten – Requiem di guerra Samuel Barber – Andromache's Farewell John La Montaine – Concerto For Piano Heitor Villa-Lobos – Cello Concerto No. 2 Dmitrij Dmitrievič Šostakovič – Sinfonia n. 4 William Schuman – Symphony No. 8 1965 Samuel Barber – Concerto per pianoforte Darius Milhaud – A Frenchman In New York Charles Ives – Holidays Symphony Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij – A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer Leonard Bernstein – Sinfonia n. 3 1966 Charles Ives – Sinfonia n. 4 Leonard Bernstein – Chichester Psalms Benjamin Britten – Cantata misericordium David Diamond – String Quartet No. 4 Morton Gould – World War I Suite William Turner Walton – Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
Anni 1980
1985 Samuel Barber – Antony and Cleopatra Morton Gould – Apple Waltzes Joseph Schwantner – Magabunda "Four poems of Agueda Pizarro" Frank Zappa – The Perfect Stranger Vincent Persichetti – Winter Cantata 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber – Requiem John Adams – Harmonium Philip Glass – Satyagraha George Perle – Serenade No. 3 For Piano And Chamber Orchestra Robert Starer – Violin Concerto 1987 Witold Lutosławski – Sinfonia n.3 Robert Beaser – Mountain Songs: A Cycle Of American Folk Music Chick Corea – Septet Philip Glass – String Quartet No. 2, Company Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Symphony No. 1 1988 Krzysztof Penderecki – Concerto per violoncello n.2 John Adams – The Chairman Dances Milton Babbitt – Piano Concerto Joseph Schwantner – A Sudden Rainbow Roger Sessions – Symphony No. 5 Michael Tippett – The Mask Of Time 1989 John Adams – Nixon in China Leonard Bernstein e Stephen Wadsworth – A Quiet Place William Bolcom – Symphony No. 4 Ned Rorem – String Symphony Karlheinz Stockhausen – Amour
Anni 1990
1990 Steve Reich – Different Trains Sofija Asgatovna Gubajdulina – Offertorium Witold Lutosławski – Chain 2 Witold Lutosławski – Partita Arvo Pärt – Passio 1991 Leonard Bernstein – Arie e barcarole John Adams – The Wound-Dresser Henri Lazarof – Tableaux (After Kandinsky) For Piano And Orchestra Terry Riley – Salome Dances For Peace Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Symphony No. 2 1992 John Corigliano – Sinfonia n.1 Elliott Carter – Oboe Concerto Nicholas Maw – Odyssey Arvo Pärt – Miserere Dominick Argento - Te Deum 1993 Samuel Barber – The Lovers Anthony Davis – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X Witold Lutosławski – Piano Concerto John Tavener – The Protecting Veil Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Flute Concerto 1994 Elliott Carter – Concerto per violino Donald Erb – Cello Concerto Tōru Takemitsu – A Way A Lone Michael Tippett – Byzantium William Bolcom – Orphee-Serenade 1995 Stephen Albert – Concerto per violoncello György Ligeti – Piano Concerto Witold Lutosławski – Symphony No. 4 Olivier Messiaen – Éclairs sur l'au-delà... Tōru Takemitsu – Fantasma/Cantos 1996 Olivier Messiaen – Concerto a quattro Gunther Schuller – Of Reminiscences and Reflections Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Symphony No. 3 John Adams – Chamber Symphony György Ligeti – Violin Concerto 1997 John Corigliano – Quartetto per archi John Adams – Violin Concerto Colin Matthews – Fourth Sonata Einojuhani Rautavaara – Symphony No. 7: "Angel of Light" Gunther Schuller – Four Soundscapes 1998 John Adams – El Dorado Lowell Liebermann – Concerto No. 2 For Piano And Orchestra Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 5 Richard Danielpour – Concerto For Orchestra Aaron Jay Kernis – Second Symphony 1999 Krzysztof Penderecki – Concerto per violino n.2 Metamorfosi John Adams – Gnarly Buttons Elliott Carter – 90+ Arvo Pärt – Kanon Pokajanen George Tsontakis – Ghost Variations
Anni 2000
2000 Pierre Boulez – Répons Aaron Jay Kernis – Air For Violin John Tavener – Eternity's Sunrise Thomas Adès – Asyla Andrew Imbrie – Requiem 2001 George Crumb – Star-Child Heiner Goebbels – Surrogate Cities Nicholas Maw – Violin Concerto Ned Rorem – Evidence Of Things Not Seen Rodion Konstantinovič Ščedrin – Concerto Cantabile 2002 Christopher Rouse – Concert de Gaudí for Guitar and Orchestra Poul Ruders – The Handmaid's Tale John Tavener – Total Eclipse Pierre Boulez – Sur Incises 2003 John Tavener – Lamentations & Praises John Adams – Naïve and Sentimental Music Osvaldo Golijov – Yiddishbbuk Inscriptions For String Quartet Sofija Asgatovna Gubajdulina – Johannes-Passion Arvo Pärt – Orient & Occident 2004 Dominick Argento – Casa Guidi George Rochberg – Symphony No. 5 José Serebrier – Symphony No. 3 György Kurtág – Signs, Games And Messages Benjamin Lees – Symphony No. 5 "Kalmar Nyckel" 2005 John Adams – On the Transmigration of Souls Jennifer Higdon – Concerto For Orchestra Tigran Mansurian – "... and then I was in time again" André Previn – Violin Concerto Valentyn Syl'vestrov – Requiem For Larissa 2006 William Bolcom – Songs of Innocence and of Experience Carlos Franzetti – Corpus Evita Ned Rorem – Nine Episodes For Four Players Osvaldo Golijov – Ayre Peter Boyer – Ellis Island: The Dream of America 2007 Osvaldo Golijov – Ainadamar Elliott Carter – Boston Concerto Christopher Theofanidis – The Here And Now David Del Tredici – Paul Revere's Ride James MacMillan – A Scotch Bestiary 2008 Joan Tower – Made In America Joan Albert Amargós – Northern Concerto David Chesky – Concerto For Bassoon And Orchestra Jennifer Higdon – Zaka Peter Lieberson – Neruda Songs 2009 John Corigliano – Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan Marc-André Dalbavie – Flute Concerto Michael Gandolfi – The Garden Of Cosmic Speculation George Tsontakis – Violin Concerto No. 2 Chris Walden – Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements
Anni 2010
2010 Jennifer Higdon – Percussion Concerto George Crumb – The Winds Of Destiny Arvo Pärt – In Principio Roberto Sierra – Missa Latina 'Pro Pace Yehudi Wyner – Chiavi in Mano 2011 Michael Daugherty – Deus ex Machina Hans Werner Henze – Appassionatamente Plus Magnus Lindberg – Graffiti Arvo Pärt – Symphony No. 4 Rodion Konstantinovič Ščedrin – The Enchanted Wanderer 2012 Robert Aldridge – Elmer Gantry George Crumb – The Ghosts Of Alhambra Jefferson Friedman – String Quartet No. 3 Steven Mackey – Lonely Motel - Music From Slide Poul Ruders – Piano Concerto No. 2 2013 Stephen Hartke – Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays Tania León – Inura For Voices, Strings & Percussion Uģis Prauliņš – The Nightingale Einojuhani Rautavaara – Cello Concerto No. 2 Towards the Horizon Steven Stucky – August 4, 1964 2014 Maria Schneider – Winter Morning Walks Magnus Lindberg – Piano Concerto No. 2 Arvo Pärt – Adam's Lament Esa-Pekka Salonen – Violin Concerto Caroline Shaw – Partita for 8 Voices 2015 John Luther Adams – Become Ocean Anna Clyne – Prince of Clouds George Crumb – Voices From The Heartland Stephen Paulus – Concerto For Two Trumpets & Band Roberto Sierra – Sinfonía No. 4 2016 Stephen Paulus – Prayers and Remembrances Gerald Barry – The Importance of Being Earnest Andrew Norman – Play Joan Tower – Stroke Julia Wolfe – Anthracite Fields 2017 Michael Daugherty – Tales of Hemingway Jennifer Higdon – Cold Mountain Christopher Theofanidis – Bassoon Concerto Kip Winger – Conversations With Nijinsky Mason Bates – Anthology of Fantastic Zoology 2018 Jennifer Higdon – Viola Concerto Zhou Tian – Concerto For Orchestra Adam Schoenberg – Picture Studies Tigran Mansurian – Requiem Richard Danielpour – Songs Of Solitude 2019 Aaron Jay Kernis – Violin Concerto Jake Heggie – Great Scott Missy Mazzoli – Vespers For Violin Mason Bates – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Du Yun – Air Glow
Anni 2020
2020 Jennifer Higdon – Harp Concerto Derek Bermel – Migration Series For Jazz Ensemble & Orchestra Wynton Marsalis – Violin Concerto In D Major Andrew Norman – Sustain Caroline Shaw – Orange Julia Wolfe – Fire In My Mouth Show 2021 Christopher Rouse – Symphony No. 5 Carlisle Floyd – Prince of Players Ted Hearne – Place Thomas Adès – Piano Concerto Richard Danielpour – The Passion Of Yeshua 2022 Caroline Shaw – Narrow Sea Andy Akiho – Seven Pillars Louis Andriessen – The Only One Clarice Assad, Sérgio Assad, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin e David Skidmore – Archetypes Jon Batiste – Movement 11 2023 Kevin Puts – Contact Andy Akiho – Ligneos Suite Derek Bermel – Intonations Sofija Asgatovna Gubajdulina – The Wrath of God Carlos Simon; Marco Pavé (librettista) – Requiem for the Enslaved 2024 Jessie Montgomery – Montgomery: Rounds Thomas Adès – Adès: Dante Andy Akiho – Akiho: In That Space, At That Time William Brittelle – Brittelle: Psychedelics Missy Mazzoli – Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright
2025 Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina - Gabriela Ortiz, compositore (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic e Los Angeles Master Chorale) Casarrubios: Seven for Solo Cello - Andrea Casarrubios, compositore (Andrea Casarrubios) Coleman: Revelry - Valerie Coleman, compositore (Decoda) Lang: Composition as Explanation - David Lang, compositore (Eighth Blackbird) Saariaho: Adriana Mater - Kaija Saariaho, compositore (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo, San Francisco Symphony Chorus e Orchestra) 2026 Ortiz: Dzonot – Gabriela Ortiz''', direttore d'orchestra (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic) Cerrone: Don't Look Down – Christopher Cerrone, direttore d'orchestra (Conor Hanick & Sandbox Percussion) Dennehy: Land Of Winter – Donnacha Dennehy, direttore d'orchestra (Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound) León: Raíces — Origins – Tania León, direttore d'orchestra (Edward Gardner & London Philharmonic Orchestra) Okpebholo: Songs In Flight –'' Shawn E. Okpebholo, direttore d'orchestra (Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez & artisti vari)
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