Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition

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Grammy Award category music award

The Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding new works in the field of contemporary classical music.

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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition 2
2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition 1
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Percussion Concerto 1

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instanceOf Grammy Award category ⓘ
music award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Best Classical Contemporary Composition NERFINISHED ⓘ
Best Contemporary Classical Composition NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardCriteria contemporary classical work first released during the eligibility year ⓘ
outstanding new classical composition ⓘ
awardedFor artistic achievement in contemporary classical composition ⓘ
awardFor contemporary classical music composition ⓘ
categoryType composer-focused award ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibleWorks chamber works ⓘ
operas ⓘ
orchestral works ⓘ
vocal works ⓘ
field classical ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
contemporary classical music ⓘ
hasEligibilityBasis release date within eligibility year ⓘ
hasLanguageRequirement no specific language requirement ⓘ
hasMedium recorded music ⓘ
hasReputation prestigious classical music award ⓘ
hasTargetProfession composers ⓘ
inception 1961 ⓘ
notableRecipient Aaron Copland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elliott Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jennifer Higdon NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Corigliano NERFINISHED ⓘ
Krzysztof Penderecki NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philip Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samuel Barber NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steve Reich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Adès NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizer National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Grammy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentedBy Recording Academy ⓘ
surface form: The Recording Academy
relatedTo Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiresCommercialRelease yes ⓘ
selectionProcess voting by members of The Recording Academy ⓘ
status active Grammy category ⓘ
timePeriodOfWorks 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
typicalVenueOfPresentation Grammy Awards ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Jennifer Higdon → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition
John Luther Adams → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition ⓘ
Maria Schneider → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Jennifer Higdon → notableAwardWork → Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Percussion Concerto
John Luther Adams → yearAwardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition