Grammy Award: Best Contemporary Classical Composition nominees

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#	Work	Authors	Recording artists	Other artists	ISWC	Type	Lyrics languages
1961	Density 21.5	Edgard Varèse (composer) (composer)	Lawrence Beauregard Philippe Pierlot Asko Ensemble, Riccardo Chailly Edgard Varèse (show 15 more)				[No lyrics]
1961	La Voix Humaine, FP 171	Francis Poulenc (French composer and pianist) (composer) Jean Cocteau (librettist)	Carole Farley, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, Georges Prêtre María Katzarava, Orquesta Sinfónica de Aguascalientes, José Areán Françoise Pollet, Orchestre National de Lille, Jean‐Claude Casadesus			Opera	French
1961	Sonata for Violoncello and Piano	Paul Hindemith (German composer, 1895–1963) (composer)				Sonata	[No lyrics]
1961	Symphony no. 1	Roger Sessions (American composer) (composer)				Symphony	[No lyrics]
1961	Symphony no. 1, op. 3	Easley Blackwood (American composer and pianist) (composer)				Symphony	[No lyrics]
1961	Symphony no. 2, S. 2	Charles Ives (American composer) (composer)	Buffalo Grove High School Symphony Orchestra			Symphony	[No lyrics]
1961	Threni: id est Lamentationes Jerimiæ Prophetæ	Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (composer)
1961 winner	The Tender Land Suite	Aaron Copland (composer) (composer)		Chicago Symphony Orchestra (premiere) Fritz Reiner (conductor) (premiere)	`T-924.789.960-1`	Suite	[No lyrics]
1962	Gloria, for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra, FP 177	Francis Poulenc (French composer and pianist) (composer)	Francis Poulenc		`T-003.010.019-6`		Latin
1962	Music for Brass Quintet	Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer) (composer)
1962	String Quartet no. 2	Elliott Carter (American composer) (composer)	Arditti Quartet The Composers Quartet			Quartet	[No lyrics]
1962 winner (shared)	Discantus	Laurindo Almeida (writer)
1962 winner (shared)	Movements for Piano and Orchestra	Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (composer)	Bratislava Symphony Orchestra	Margrit Weber (Swiss pianist) (dedication)			[No lyrics]
1963	Arcana	Edgard Varèse (composer) (composer)	Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez New York Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez (show 4 more)
1963	Connotations	Aaron Copland (composer) (composer)	New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson	New York Philharmonic (commissioned, dedication, premiere) Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (dedication, premiere)	`T-070.026.812-7`	Symphony
1963	Noye's Fludde, op. 59	Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (composer)	Britten			Opera	English
1963	Song of Songs	Lukas Foss (German-American composer, pianist and conductor) (composer)				Cantata	English
1963	Symphony no. 2	William Walton (British composer and conductor) (composer)				Symphony	[No lyrics]
1963	Time Cycle	Lukas Foss (German-American composer, pianist and conductor) (composer)
1963 winner	The Flood	Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (composer)
2005	Concerto for Orchestra	Jennifer Higdon (American composer) (composer)	Boston Crusaders				[No lyrics]
2008	Zaka	Jennifer Higdon (American composer) (composer)	eighth blackbird
2008 winner	Made in America	Joan Tower (American composer) (composer)	Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
2010 winner	Percussion Concerto	Jennifer Higdon (American composer) (composer)	North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon Ben Stiers, Illinois State University Wind Symphony, Daniel A. Belongia Colin Currie, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop
2013 winner	Meanwhile	Stephen Hartke (American composer) (composer)					[No lyrics]
2018 winner	Viola Concerto	Jennifer Higdon (American composer) (composer)				Concerto	[No lyrics]
2020 winner	Harp Concerto	Jennifer Higdon (American composer) (composer)				Concerto
2025 winner	Revolución diamantina	Gabriela Ortiz (Mexican composer) (composer) Cristina Rivera Garza (Mexican writer) (librettist)				Ballet
2026	Don’t Look Down	Christopher Cerrone (American composer) (composer)					[No lyrics]
2026	Land of Winter	Donnacha Dennehy (Irish composer) (composer)
2026	Raices	Tania León (Cuban-American composer) (composer)	London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner				[No lyrics]
2026	Songs in Flight	Shawn E. Okpebholo (composer)				Song-cycle	English
2026 winner	Dzonot	Gabriela Ortiz (Mexican composer) (composer)					[No lyrics]

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