Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
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
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1961 | Aaron Copland (composer and conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
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Aaron Copland: Orchestral Suite from The Tender Land Suite | ||
1962 | Laurindo Almeida (composer and interpreter) |
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Laurindo Almeida: Discantus | ||
Igor Stravinsky (composer and interpreter) |
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Igor Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra |
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1963 | Igor Stravinsky (composer and conductor) |
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Igor Stravinsky: The Flood |
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1964 | Benjamin Britten (composer and conductor) with the London Symphony Orchestra |
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Benjamin Britten: War Requiem | ||
1965 |
Samuel Barber (composer),
played by John Browning |
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Samuel Barber: Piano Concerto op.38 |
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1966 | Charles Ives (composer), conducted by Leopold Stokowski |
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Charles Ives: 4th Symphony |
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1967-1984 | The category was not awarded from 1967 to 1984 | ||||
1985 |
Samuel Barber (composer) and
Christian Badea (conductor) |
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Samuel Barber: Antony and Cleopatra |
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1986 | Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer), Sarah Brightman and Plácido Domingo |
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Lloyd Webber: Requiem |
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1987 | Witold Lutosławski (composer) and Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) |
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Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3 |
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1988 | Krzysztof Penderecki (composer and conductor), Mstislav Rostropovich and the Philharmonia Orchestra |
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Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2 |
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1989 | John Adams (composer), Edo de Waart (conductor) and the San Francisco Symphony |
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Adams: Nixon in China |
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1990 | Steve Reich (composer) and the Kronos Quartet |
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Reich: Different Trains for string quartet and tape |
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1991 | Leonard Bernstein (composer), Judy Kaye and William Sharp |
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Amber: Arias & Barcarolles |
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1992 | John Corigliano (composer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
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Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 | ||
1993 | Samuel Barber (composer), Andrew Schenck (conductor) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
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Barber: The Lovers |
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1994 | Elliott Carter (composer), Oliver Knussen (conductor) and the London Symphony Orchestra |
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CARTER: Violin Concerto | ||
1995 | Stephen Albert (composer), David Zinman (conductor) and Yo-Yo Ma |
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Albert: Cello Concerto | ||
1996 | Olivier Messiaen (composer) and Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) |
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Messiaen: Concert à quatre |
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1997 | John Corigliano (composer) and the Cleveland Quartet |
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Corigliano: String Quartet | ||
1998 | John Adams (composer), Kent Nagano (conductor) and the Hallé Orchestra |
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Adams: El Dorado |
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1999 | Krzysztof Penderecki (composer and conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter and the London Symphony Orchestra |
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Penderecki: Metamorphoses Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 |
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2000 | Pierre Boulez (composer) and the Ensemble Inter-Contemporain |
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Boulez: Responses |
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2001 | George Crumb (composer) and Thomas Conlin |
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Crumb: Star-Child | ||
2002 | Christopher Rouse (composer), Muhai Tang (conductor), Sharon Isbin and the Gulbenkian Orchestra |
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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) |
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Tavener: Lamentations and Praises |
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2004 | Dominick Argento (composer), Frederica von Stade , Eiji Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra |
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Argento: Casa Guidi |
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2005 | John Adams (composer), Lorin Maazel (conductor), the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, the New York Choral Artists and the New York Philharmonic |
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Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls |
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2006 | William Bolcom (composer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) |
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Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience | ||
2007 | Osvaldo Golijov (composer), Robert Spano (conductor) |
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Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears | ||
2008 | Joan Tower (composer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra |
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Tower: Made in America | ||
2009 | John Corigliano (composer), JoAnn Falletta (conductor) and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra |
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Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan |
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2010 | Jennifer Higdon (composer), Marin Alsop (conductor) and the London Philharmonia Orchestra |
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Higdon: Percussion Concerto |
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2011 | Michael Daugherty (composer), Giancarlo Guerrero |
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Daugherty: Deus ex Machina |
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2012 | Robert Aldridge (composer) and Herschel Garfein (librettist) |
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Aldridge: Elmer Gantry |
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2013 | Stephen Hartke (composer) |
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Hartke: Meanwhile - Incidental Music to Imaginary Puppet Plays |
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2014 | Maria Schneider (composer) |
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Schneider: Winter Morning Walks |
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2015 | John Luther Adams (composer) |
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Adams: Become Ocean |
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2016 | Stephen Paulus (conductor), Eric Holtan (conductor) and True Concord Voices & Orchestra |
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Paul: Prayers & Remembrances |
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2017 | Michael Daugherty (composer), Zuill Bailey , Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony |
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Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway |
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2018 | Jennifer Higdon (composer), Roberto Diaz, Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony |
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Higdon: Viola Concerto |
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2019 | Aaron Jay Kernis (composer), James Ehnes (soloist), Ludovic Morlot (conductor) and the Seattle Symphony |
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Kernis: Violin Concerto |
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2020 | Jennifer Higdon (composer), Yolanda Kondonassis (soloist), Ward Stare (conductor) and The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra |
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Higdon: Harp Concerto |
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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
- ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed April 14, 2019 .
- ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed April 14, 2019 .
- ^ Winners Best Classical Contemporary Composition. Accessed April 14, 2019 .