Best Classical Contemporary Composition
2012 • 54th Annual Grammy Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2010 and Aug 30, 2011
2012 Winner is William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra with "Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry"
Nominees 2012
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Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry
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Crumb, George: The Ghosts Of Alhambra
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Friedman, Jefferson: String Quartet No. 3
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Mackey, Steven: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide
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Ruders, Poul: Piano Concerto No. 2
Winners
| Year | Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Gabriela Ortiz | Ortiz: Dzonot |
| 2025 | Gabriela Ortiz | Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina |
| 2024 | Jessie Montgomery | Montgomery: Rounds |
| 2023 | Kevin Puts | Puts: Contact |
| 2022 | Caroline Shaw | Shaw: Narrow Sea |
| 2021 | Christopher Rouse | Rouse: Symphony No. 5 |
| 2020 | Jennifer Higdon | Higdon: Harp Concerto |
| 2019 | Aaron Jay Kernis | Kernis: Violin Concerto |
| 2018 | Jennifer Higdon | Viola Concerto |
| 2017 | Michael Daugherty | Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway |
| 2016 | Stephen Paulus | Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances |
| 2015 | John Luther Adams | Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean |
| 2014 | Maria Schneider | Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks |
| 2013 | Stephen Hartke | Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays |
| 2012 | Robert Aldridge, Herschel Garfein | Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry |
| 2011 | Michael Daugherty | Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina |
| 2010 | Jennifer Higdon | Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto |
| 2009 | John Corigliano | Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan |
| 2008 | Joan Tower | Made In America |
| 2007 | Osvaldo Golijov | Golijov: Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears |
| 2006 | William Bolcom | Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience |
| 2005 | Lorin Maazel | Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls |
| 2004 | Dominick Argento | Argento: Casa Guidi |
| 2003 | John Tavener | Tavener: Lamentations & Praises |
| 2002 | Christopher Rouse | Rouse: Concert De Gaudí For Guitar & Orchestra |
| 2001 | George Crumb | Crumb: Star-Child |
| 2000 | Pierre Boulez | Boulez: Répons |
| 1999 | Krzysztof Penderecki | Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphosen" |
| 1998 | John Adams | Adams: El Dorado |
| 1997 | John Corigliano | Corigliano: String Quartet |
| 1996 | Olivier Messiaen | Messiaen: Concert A Quatre |
| 1995 | Stephen Albert | Albert: Cello Concerto |
| 1994 | Elliott Carter | Carter: Violin Concerto |
| 1993 | Samuel Barber | Barber: The Lovers |
| 1992 | John Corigliano | Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 |
| 1991 | Leonard Bernstein | Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles |
| 1990 | Steve Reich | Reich: Different Trains |
| 1989 | John Adams | Adams: Nixon In China |
| 1988 | Krzysztof Penderecki | Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2 |
| 1987 | Witold Lutoslawski | Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3 |
| 1986 | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Lloyd Webber: Requiem |
| 1985 | Samuel Barber | Barber: Antony And Cleopatra |
| 1966 | Charles Ives | Ives: Symphony No. 4 |
| 1965 | Samuel Barber | Barber: Piano Concerto |
| 1964 | Benjamin Britten | Britten: War Requiem |
| 1963 | Igor Stravinsky | Stravinsky: The Flood |
| 1962 | Laurindo Almeida | Almeida: Discantus |
| 1962 | Igor Stravinsky | Stravinsky: Movements For Piano And Orchestra |
| 1961 | Aaron Copland | Copland: Orchestral Suite From Tender Land Suite |