The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition is awarded to the composer(s) of a classical piece composed in the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the eligibility year.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
2021
Christopher Rouse
Symphony No. 5
2019
Aaron Jay Kernis
Kernis: Violin Concerto
2017
Michael Daugherty
Tales of Hemingway
2015
John Luther Adams
Become Ocean
2013
Stephen Hartke
Meanwhile - Incidental Music to Imaginary Puppet Plays
2012
Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein
Elmer Gantry
2011
Michael Daugherty
Deus ex Machina
2008
Joan Tower
Made in America
2007
Osvaldo Golijov
Ainadamar: Fountain of Tears
2006
William Bolcom
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
2005
John Adams
On the Transmigration of Souls
2002
Christopher Rouse
Concert de Gaudi
2001
George Crumb
Star-Child
1998
John Adams
El Dorado
1994
Elliott Carter
Violin Concerto
1990
Steve Reich
Different Trains
1989
John Adams
Nixon in China
1966
Charles Ives
Symphony No 4