Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition

John Adams has won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition three times to date

The Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition , in German "Grammy Award for the best classical contemporary composition", is a music prize that has been awarded by the American Recording Academy in the field of classical music since 1961 .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. The prize was first awarded in 1961 and has undergone numerous minor name changes since it was first awarded:

• From 1961 to 1962 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition
• In 1963 she was named Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition awarded
• In 1964, the price in Grammy Award for Best Composition by a Contemporary Classical Composer renamed
• In 1965 the prize was called the Grammy Award for Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer
• In 1966 he called himself the Grammy Award for Best Composition by a Contemporary Classical Composer
• In 1985 the prize was again under the name Grammy Award for Best New Classical Composition awarded
• From 1986 to 1994 it was again called the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition
• From 1995 to 2011 it was called the Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
• In 2012 it was renamed the Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition.

The Grammy is awarded to the composer of a classical work composed over the past 25 years and first published in the election year. Since 2009, both the composer and the librettist (if any) have received awards for opera compositions . From 1967 to 1984 there was no award ceremony in this category.

Winners and nominees

year	Artist	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1961	Aaron Copland (composer and conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra	United States	Aaron Copland: Orchestral Suite from The Tender Land Suite
1962	Laurindo Almeida (composer and interpreter)	Brazil	Laurindo Almeida: Discantus
	Igor Stravinsky (composer and interpreter)	Russia  France  United States	Igor Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra
1963	Igor Stravinsky (composer and conductor)	Russia  France  United States	Igor Stravinsky: The Flood
1964	Benjamin Britten (composer and conductor) with the London Symphony Orchestra	United Kingdom	Benjamin Britten: War Requiem
1965	Samuel Barber (composer), played by John Browning	United States	Samuel Barber: Piano Concerto op.38
1966	Charles Ives (composer), conducted by Leopold Stokowski	United States	Charles Ives: 4th Symphony
1967-1984	The category was not awarded from 1967 to 1984
1985	Samuel Barber (composer) and Christian Badea (conductor)	United States	Samuel Barber: Antony and Cleopatra
1986	Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer), Sarah Brightman and Plácido Domingo	United Kingdom	Lloyd Webber: Requiem
1987	Witold Lutosławski (composer) and Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)	Poland	Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3
1988	Krzysztof Penderecki (composer and conductor), Mstislav Rostropovich and the Philharmonia Orchestra	Poland	Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2
1989	John Adams (composer), Edo de Waart (conductor) and the San Francisco Symphony	United States	Adams: Nixon in China
1990	Steve Reich (composer) and the Kronos Quartet	United States	Reich: Different Trains for string quartet and tape
1991	Leonard Bernstein (composer), Judy Kaye and William Sharp	United States	Amber: Arias & Barcarolles
1992	John Corigliano (composer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	United States	Corigliano: Symphony No. 1
1993	Samuel Barber (composer), Andrew Schenck (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra	United States	Barber: The Lovers
1994	Elliott Carter (composer), Oliver Knussen (conductor) and the London Symphony Orchestra	United States	CARTER: Violin Concerto
1995	Stephen Albert (composer), David Zinman (conductor) and Yo-Yo Ma	United States	Albert: Cello Concerto
1996	Olivier Messiaen (composer) and Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)	France	Messiaen: Concert à quatre
1997	John Corigliano (composer) and the Cleveland Quartet	United States	Corigliano: String Quartet
1998	John Adams (composer), Kent Nagano (conductor) and the Hallé Orchestra	United States	Adams: El Dorado
1999	Krzysztof Penderecki (composer and conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter and the London Symphony Orchestra	Poland	Penderecki: Metamorphoses Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2
2000	Pierre Boulez (composer) and the Ensemble Inter-Contemporain	France	Boulez: Responses
2001	George Crumb (composer) and Thomas Conlin	United States	Crumb: Star-Child
2002	Christopher Rouse (composer), Muhai Tang (conductor), Sharon Isbin and the Gulbenkian Orchestra	United States	Christopher Rouse: Concert de Gaudí
2003	John Tavener (composer), Joseph Jennings (conductor), Chanticleer and the Handel & Haydn Society of Boston, Steve Barnett (Producer), Preston Smith (Sound Engineer)	United Kingdom	Tavener: Lamentations and Praises
2004	Dominick Argento (composer), Frederica von Stade , Eiji Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra	United States	Argento: Casa Guidi
2005	John Adams (composer), Lorin Maazel (conductor), the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, the New York Choral Artists and the New York Philharmonic	United States	Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
2006	William Bolcom (composer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor)	United States	Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience
2007	Osvaldo Golijov (composer), Robert Spano (conductor)	Argentina	Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears
2008	Joan Tower (composer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra	United States	Tower: Made in America
2009	John Corigliano (composer), JoAnn Falletta (conductor) and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra	United States	Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan	Marc-André Dalbavie for Concerto pour flûte Michael Gandolfi for The Garden of Cosmic Speculation George Tsontakis for Violin Concerto No. 2 Chris Walden for Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements
2010	Jennifer Higdon (composer), Marin Alsop (conductor) and the London Philharmonia Orchestra	United States	Higdon: Percussion Concerto	George Crumb for The Winds of Destiny Arvo Pärt for In principio Roberto Sierra for Missa Latina 'Pro Pace' Yehudi Wyner for piano concerto "Chiavi in ​​mano"
2011	Michael Daugherty (composer), Giancarlo Guerrero	United States	Daugherty: Deus ex Machina	Hans Werner Henze ( Stefan Soltesz ) for Appassionatamente Plus Magnus Lindberg ( Sakari Oramo ) for graffiti Arvo Pärt ( Esa-Pekka Salonen ) for Symphony No. 4 Rodion Konstantinowitsch Schtschedrin ( Valery Gergiev ) for The Enchanted Wanderer
2012	Robert Aldridge (composer) and Herschel Garfein (librettist)	United States	Aldridge: Elmer Gantry	George Crumb for The Ghost of Alhambra Jefferson Friedman for String Quartet No. 3 Steven Mackey for Lonely Motel - Music from Slide Poul Ruders for piano concerto No. 2
2013	Stephen Hartke (composer)	United States	Hartke: Meanwhile - Incidental Music to Imaginary Puppet Plays	Tania Leon for Inura for Voices, Strings and Percussion Uģis Prauliņš for The Nightingale Einojuhani Rautavaara for Cello Concerto No. 2 - Towards the Horizon Steven Stucky for August 4, 1964
2014	Maria Schneider (composer)	United States	Schneider: Winter Morning Walks	Magnus Lindberg for piano concerto No. 2 Arvo Pärt for Adam's Lament Esa-Pekka Salonen for violin concerto Caroline Shaw for Partita for 8 Voices
2015	John Luther Adams (composer)	United States	Adams: Become Ocean	Anna Clyne for Prince of Clouds George Crumb for Voices From the Heartland Stephen Paulus for Concerto For Two Trumpets & Band Roberto Sierra for Sinfonia No. 4th
2016	Stephen Paulus (conductor), Eric Holtan (conductor) and True Concord Voices & Orchestra	United States	Paul: Prayers & Remembrances	Gerald Barry for The Importance of Being Earnest , interpreted by Thomas Adès , Barbara Hannigan, Katalin Károlyi, Hilary Summers, Peter Tantsits and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Andrew Norman for Play performed by Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project Joan Tower for Stroke , performed by Giancarlo Guerrero, Cho-Liang Lin and the Nashville Symphony Julia Wolfe for Anthracite Fields , interpreted by Julian Wachner, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street and Bang On A Can All Stars
2017	Michael Daugherty (composer), Zuill Bailey , Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony	United States	Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway	Mason Bates (composer) for Anthology of Fantastic Zoology , interpreted by Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Jennifer Higdon (composer) and Gene Scheer (librettist) for Cold Mountain , interpreted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Jay Hunter Morris, Emily Fons, Isabel Leonard, Nathan Gunn and The Santa Fe Opera Christopher Theofanidis for Bassoon Concerto , interpreted by Martin Kuuskmann, Barry Jekowsky and the Northwest Sinfonia CF Kip Winger for Conversations with Nijinsky , interpreted by Martin West and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
2018	Jennifer Higdon (composer), Roberto Diaz, Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony	United States	Higdon: Viola Concerto	Zhou Tian for Concerto for Orchestra performed by Louis Langrée and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Adam Schoenberg for Picture Studies , interpreted by Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony Tigran Mansurian for Requiem , interpreted by Alexander Liebreich, Florian Helgath, the RIAS Chamber Choir and the Munich Chamber Orchestra Richard Danielpour for Songs of Solitude performed by Thomas Hampson, Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony
2019	Aaron Jay Kernis (composer), James Ehnes (soloist), Ludovic Morlot (conductor) and the Seattle Symphony	United States	Kernis: Violin Concerto	Mason Bates (composer) and Mark Campbell (librettist) for The (R) evolution of Steve Jobs , interpreted by Michael Christie (conductor), Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edward Parks, Jessica E. Jones and the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra Du Yun for Air Glow , interpreted by the International Contemporary Ensemble Jake Heggie (composer) and Terrence McNally (librettist) for Great Scott , interpreted by Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato and the Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra Missy Mazzoli for Vespers for Violin , interpreted by Olivia de Prato
2020	Jennifer Higdon (composer), Yolanda Kondonassis (soloist), Ward Stare (conductor) and The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra	United States	Higdon: Harp Concerto	Bermel: Migration Series for Jazz Ensemble & Orchestra composed by Derek Bermel (Derek Bermel, Ted Nash , David Alan Miller , Juilliard Jazz Orchestra & Albany Symphony Orchestra) Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D Major composed by Wynton Marsalis ( Nicola Benedetti , Cristian Măcelaru & Philadelphia Orchestra ) Norman: Sustain composed by Andrew Norman ( Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic ) Shaw: Orange composed by Caroline Shaw (Attacca Quartet) Wolfe: Fire in My Mouth composed by Julia Wolfe ( Jaap Van Zweden , Francisco J. Núñez, Donald Nally, The Crossing, Young People's Chorus of NY City & New York Philharmonic )

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed April 14, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed April 14, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Classical Contemporary Composition. Accessed April 14, 2019 .