Best Contemporary Classical Composition

60th Annual Grammy Awards • 2018

Honoring recordings released between October 1, 2016 – September 30, 2017

Roberto Díaz, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition with "Viola Concerto"

Winners & Nominees 2018

Winner
Nominees
  • Viola Concerto

    Jennifer Higdon

  • Concerto For Orchestra

    Zhou Tian

  • Picture Studies

    Adam Schoenberg

  • Songs Of Solitude

    Richard Danielpour

Previous Years

Year Winner Title
2026 Gabriela Ortiz Ortiz: Dzonot All Nominees
2025 Gabriela Ortiz Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina All Nominees
2024 Jessie Montgomery Montgomery: Rounds All Nominees
2023 Kevin Puts Puts: Contact All Nominees
2022 Caroline Shaw Shaw: Narrow Sea All Nominees
2021 Christopher Rouse Rouse: Symphony No. 5 All Nominees
2020 Jennifer Higdon Higdon: Harp Concerto All Nominees
2019 Aaron Jay Kernis Kernis: Violin Concerto All Nominees
2018 Jennifer Higdon Viola Concerto All Nominees
2017 Michael Daugherty Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway All Nominees
2016 Stephen Paulus Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances All Nominees
2015 John Luther Adams Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean All Nominees
2014 Maria Schneider Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks All Nominees
2013 Stephen Hartke Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays All Nominees
2012 Robert Aldridge, Herschel Garfein Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry All Nominees
1962 Laurindo Almeida Almeida: Discantus All Nominees
1962 Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky: Movements For Piano And Orchestra All Nominees
1961 Aaron Copland Copland: Orchestral Suite From Tender Land Suite All Nominees