Best Classical Contemporary Composition
2022 • 64th Annual Grammy Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2020 and Aug 30, 2021
2022 Winner is Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish & So Percussion with "Shaw: Narrow Sea"
Nominees 2022
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Shaw: Narrow Sea
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Akiho: Seven Pillars
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Andriessen: The Only One
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Assad, Clarice & Sérgio, Connors, Dillon, Martin & Skidmore: Archetypes
Clarice Assad, Sergio Assad, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore
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Batiste: Movement 11'
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 |