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
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Viola Concerto
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Concerto For Orchestra
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Picture Studies
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Requiem
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Songs Of Solitude
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 |