Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition

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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees

| {{sortname|Aaron|Copland}}

| Orchestral Suite from The Tender Land Suite

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• {{small|Easley Blackwood Jr. – Symphony No. 1}}
• {{small|Paul Hindemith – Sonata For Cello And Piano}}
• {{small|Charles Ives – Symphony No. 2}}
• {{small|Francis Poulenc – La voix humaine}}
• {{small|Roger Sessions – Symphony No. 1}}
• {{small|Igor Stravinsky – Threni}}
• {{small|Edgard Varèse – Density 21.5}}

| Laurindo Almeida

| Discantus

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• {{small|Francis Poulenc – Gloria In G Major}}
• {{small|Elliott Carter – String Quartet No. 2}}
• {{small|Gunther Schuller – Music For Brass Quintet}}

| Igor Stravinsky

| The Flood: A Musical Play

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• {{small|Edgard Varèse – Arcana}}
• {{small|Aaron Copland – Connotations}}
• {{small|Benjamin Britten – Noye's Fludde}}
• {{small|Lukas Foss – Song Of Songs}}
• {{small|William Walton – Symphony No. 2}}
• {{small|Lukas Foss – Time Cycle}}

| Benjamin Britten

| War Requiem

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• {{small|Samuel Barber – Andromache's Farewell}}
• {{small|John La Montaine – Concerto For Piano}}
• {{small|Heitor Villa-Lobos – Cello Concerto No. 2 }}
• {{small|Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 4}}
• {{small|William Schuman – Symphony No. 8}}

| Samuel Barber

| Piano Concerto

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• {{small|Darius Milhaud – A Frenchman In New York}}
• {{small|Charles Ives – A Symphony: New England Holidays}}
• {{small|Igor Stravinsky – A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer }}
• {{small|Leonard Bernstein – Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"}}

| Charles Ives

| Symphony No. 4

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• {{small|Leonard Bernstein – Chichester Psalms}}
• {{small|Benjamin Britten – Cantata misericordium}}
• {{small|David Diamond – String Quartet No. 4 }}
• {{small|Morton Gould – World War I Suite}}
• {{small|William Walton – Variations on a Theme by Hindemith}}

| Samuel Barber

| Antony and Cleopatra

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• {{small|Morton Gould – Apple Waltzes}}
• {{small|Joseph Schwantner – Magabunda "Four poems of Agueda Pizarro"}}
• {{small|Frank Zappa – "The Perfect Stranger"}}
• {{small|Vincent Persichetti – Winter Cantata}}

| Andrew Lloyd Webber

| Requiem

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• {{small|John Adams – Harmonium}}
• {{small|Philip Glass – Satyagraha}}
• {{small|George Perle – Serenade No. 3 For Piano And Chamber Orchestra}}
• {{small|Robert Starer – Violin Concerto}}

| Witold Lutosławski

| Symphony No. 3

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• {{small|Robert Beaser – Mountain Songs: A Cycle Of American Folk Music}}
• {{small|Chick Corea – Septet}}
• {{small|Philip Glass – String Quartet No. 2, Company}}
• {{small|Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Symphony No. 1}}

| Krzysztof Penderecki

| Cello Concerto No. 2

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• {{small|John Adams – The Chairman Dances}}
• {{small|Milton Babbitt – Piano Concerto}}
• {{small|Joseph Schwantner – A Sudden Rainbow}}
• {{small|Roger Sessions – Symphony No. 5}}
• {{small|Michael Tippett – The Mask Of Time}}

| John Adams

| Nixon in China

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• {{small|Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Wadsworth – A Quiet Place}}
• {{small|William Bolcom – Symphony No. 4}}
• {{small|Ned Rorem – String Symphony}}
• {{small|Karlheinz Stockhausen – Amour}}

| Steve Reich

| Different Trains

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• {{small|Sofia Gubaidulina – Offertorium}}
• {{small|Witold Lutosławski – Chain 2}}
• {{small|Witold Lutosławski – Partita}}
• {{small|Arvo Pärt – Passio}}

| Leonard Bernstein

| Arias and Barcarolles

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• {{small|John Adams – The Wound-Dresser}}
• {{small|Henri Lazarof – Tableaux (After Kandinsky) For Piano And Orchestra}}
• {{small|Terry Riley – Salome Dances For Peace}}
• {{small|Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Symphony No. 2}}

| John Corigliano

| Symphony No. 1

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• {{small|Elliott Carter – Oboe Concerto}}
• {{small|Nicholas Maw – Odyssey}}
• {{small|Arvo Pärt – Miserere}}
• {{small|Dominick Argento – Te Deum}}

| Samuel Barber

| The Lovers

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• {{small|Anthony Davis – X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X}}
• {{small|Witold Lutosławski – Piano Concerto}}
• {{small|John Tavener – The Protecting Veil}}
• {{small|Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Flute Concerto}}

| Elliott Carter

| Violin Concerto

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• {{small|Donald Erb – Cello Concerto}}
• {{small|Tōru Takemitsu – A Way A Lone}}
• {{small|Michael Tippett – Byzantium}}
• {{small|William Bolcom – Orphee-Serenade}}

| Stephen Albert

| Cello Concerto

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• {{small|György Ligeti – Piano Concerto}}
• {{small|Witold Lutosławski – Symphony No. 4}}
• {{small|Olivier Messiaen – Éclairs sur l'au-delà...}}
• {{small|Tōru Takemitsu – Fantasma/Cantos}}

| Olivier Messiaen

| Concert à quatre

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• {{small|Gunther Schuller – Of Reminiscences and Reflections}}
• {{small|Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Symphony No. 3}}
• {{small|John Adams – Chamber Symphony}}
• {{small|György Ligeti – Violin Concerto}}

| John Corigliano

| String Quartet No. 1

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• {{small|John Adams – Violin Concerto}}
• {{small|Colin Matthews – Fourth Sonata}}
• {{small|Einojuhani Rautavaara – Symphony No. 7: "Angel of Light"}}
• {{small|Gunther Schuller – Four Soundscapes}}

| John Adams

| El Dorado

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• {{small|Lowell Liebermann – Concerto No. 2 For Piano And Orchestra}}
• {{small|Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 5}}
• {{small|Richard Danielpour – Concerto For Orchestra}}
• {{small|Aaron Jay Kernis – Second Symphony}}

| Krzysztof Penderecki

| Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphosen"

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• {{small|John Adams – Gnarly Buttons}}
• {{small|Elliott Carter – 90+}}
• {{small|Arvo Pärt – Kanon Pokajanen}}
• {{small|George Tsontakis – Ghost Variations}}

| Pierre Boulez

| Répons

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• {{small|Aaron Jay Kernis – Air For Violin}}
• {{small|John Tavener – Eternity's Sunrise}}
• {{small|Thomas Adès – Asyla}}
• {{small|Andrew Imbrie – Requiem}}

| George Crumb

| Star-Child

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• {{small|Heiner Goebbels – Surrogate Cities}}
• {{small|Nicholas Maw – Violin Concerto}}
• {{small|Ned Rorem – Evidence Of Things Not Seen}}
• {{small|Rodion Shchedrin – Concerto Cantabile}}

| Christopher Rouse

| Concert de Gaudí

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• {{small|Poul Ruders – The Handmaid's Tale}}
• {{small|John Tavener – Total Eclipse}}
• {{small|Pierre Boulez – Sur Incises}}

| John Tavener

| Lamentations & Praises

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• {{small|John Adams – Naïve and Sentimental Music}}
• {{small|Osvaldo Golijov – Yiddishbbuk Inscriptions For String Quartet}}
• {{small|Sofia Gubaidulina – Johannes-Passion}}
• {{small|Arvo Pärt – Orient & Occident}}

| Dominick Argento

|Casa Guidi

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• {{small|George Rochberg – Symphony No. 5}}
• {{small|José Serebrier – Symphony No. 3}}
• {{small|György Kurtág – Signs, Games And Messages}}
• {{small|Benjamin Lees – Symphony No. 5 "Kalmar Nyckel"}}

| John Adams

| On the Transmigration of Souls

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• {{small|Jennifer Higdon – Concerto For Orchestra}}
• {{small|Tigran Mansurian – "... and then I was in time again"}}
• {{small|André Previn – Violin Concerto}}
• {{small|Valentyn Silvestrov – Requiem For Larissa}}

| William Bolcom

|Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience

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• {{small|Carlos Franzetti – Corpus Evita}}
• {{small|Ned Rorem – Nine Episodes For Four Players}}
• {{small|Osvaldo Golijov – Ayre}}
• {{small|Peter Boyer – Ellis Island: The Dream of America}}

| Osvaldo Golijov

| Ainadamar

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• {{small|Elliott Carter – Boston Concerto}}
• {{small|Christopher Theofanidis – The Here And Now}}
• {{small|David Del Tredici – Paul Revere's Ride}}
• {{small|James MacMillan – A Scotch Bestiary}}

| Joan Tower

| Made In America

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• {{small|Joan Albert Amargós – Northern Concerto}}
• {{small|David Chesky – Concerto For Bassoon And Orchestra}}
• {{small|Jennifer Higdon – Zaka}}
• {{small|Peter Lieberson – Neruda Songs}}

| John Corigliano

|Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems Of Bob Dylan

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• {{small|Marc-André Dalbavie – Flute Concerto}}
• {{small|Michael Gandolfi – The Garden Of Cosmic Speculation}}
• {{small|George Tsontakis – Violin Concerto No. 2}}
• {{small|Chris Walden – Symphony No. 1, The Four Elements}}

| Jennifer Higdon

| Percussion Concerto

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• {{small|George Crumb – The Winds Of Destiny}}
• {{small|Arvo Pärt – In Principio}}
• {{small|Roberto Sierra – Missa Latina 'Pro Pace'}}
• {{small|Yehudi Wyner – Chiavi in Mano}}

| Michael Daugherty

| Deus ex Machina

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• {{small|Hans Werner Henze – Appassionatamente Plus}}
• {{small|Magnus Lindberg – Graffiti}}
• {{small|Arvo Pärt – Symphony No. 4}}
• {{small|Rodion Shchedrin – The Enchanted Wanderer}}

|Robert Aldridge

| Elmer Gantry

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• {{small|George Crumb – The Ghosts Of Alhambra}}
• {{small|Jefferson Friedman – String Quartet No. 3}}
• {{small|Steven Mackey – Lonely Motel - Music From Slide}}
• {{small|Poul Ruders – Piano Concerto No. 2}}

|Stephen Hartke

|Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays

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• {{small|Tania León – Inura For Voices, Strings & Percussion}}
• {{small|Uģis Prauliņš – The Nightingale}}
• {{small|Einojuhani Rautavaara – Cello Concerto No. 2 Towards the Horizon}}
• {{small|Steven Stucky – August 4, 1964}}

|Maria Schneider

| Winter Morning Walks

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• {{small|Magnus Lindberg – Piano Concerto No. 2}}
• {{small|Arvo Pärt – Adam's Lament}}
• {{small|Esa-Pekka Salonen – Violin Concerto}}
• {{small|Caroline Shaw – Partita for 8 Voices}}

|John Luther Adams

| Become Ocean

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• {{small|Anna Clyne – Prince of Clouds}}
• {{small|George Crumb – Voices From The Heartland}}
• {{small|Stephen Paulus – Concerto For Two Trumpets & Band}}
• {{small|Roberto Sierra – Sinfonía No. 4}}

|Stephen Paulus

|Prayers and Remembrances

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• {{small|Gerald Barry – The Importance of Being Earnest}}
• {{small|Andrew Norman – Play}}
• {{small|Joan Tower – Stroke}}
• {{small|Julia Wolfe – Anthracite Fields}}

|Michael Daugherty

| Tales of Hemingway

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• {{small|Jennifer Higdon – Cold Mountain}}
• {{small|Christopher Theofanidis – Bassoon Concerto}}
• {{small|Kip Winger – Conversations With Nijinsky}}
• {{small|Mason Bates – Anthology of Fantastic Zoology}}

|Jennifer Higdon

| Viola Concerto

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• {{small|Zhou Tian – Concerto For Orchestra}}
• {{small|Adam Schoenberg – Picture Studies}}
• {{small|Tigran Mansurian – Requiem}}
• {{small|Richard Danielpour – Songs Of Solitude}}

|Aaron Jay Kernis

| Violin Concerto

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• {{small|Jake Heggie – Great Scott}}
• {{small|Missy Mazzoli – Vespers For Violin}}
• {{small|Mason Bates – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs}}
• {{small|Du Yun – Air Glow}}

|Jennifer Higdon

| Harp Concerto

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• {{small|Derek Bermel – Migration Series For Jazz Ensemble & Orchestra}}
• {{small|Wynton Marsalis – Violin Concerto In D Major}}
• {{small|Andrew Norman – Sustain}}
• {{small|Caroline Shaw – Orange}}
• {{small|Julia Wolfe – Fire In My Mouth Show}}

|Christopher Rouse

| Symphony No. 5

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• {{small|Carlisle Floyd – Prince of Players}}
• {{small|Ted Hearne – Place}}
• {{small|Thomas Adès – Piano Concerto}}
• {{small|Richard Danielpour – The Passion Of Yeshua}}

|Caroline Shaw

|Narrow Sea

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• Andy Akiho - Seven Pillars
• Louis Andriessen - The Only One
• Clarice Assad, Sérgio Assad, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin & David Skidmore - Archetypes
• Jon Batiste - Movement 11

|Kevin Puts

|Contact[https://pitchfork.com/news/grammys-2023-winners-see-the-full-list-here/ Grammys 2023 Winners: See the Full List Here|Pitchfork]

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• Andy Akiho - Ligneos Suite
• Derek Bermel - Intonations
• Sofia Gubaidulina - The Wrath of God
• Carlos Simon; Marco Pavé (librettist) - Requiem for the Enslaved

|Jessie Montgomery

|Rounds

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• Thomas Adès - Dante
• Andy Akiho - In That Space, In That Time
• William Brittelle - Psychedelics
• Missy Mazzoli - Dark with Excessive Bright

|Gabriela Ortiz

|Revolución Diamantina

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• Andrea Cassarubios - Seven for Solo Cello
• Valerie Coleman - Revelry
• David Lang - Composition as Explanation
• Kaija Saariaho - Adriana Mater