Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition

{{Infobox award

| name = Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition

| awarded_for = A newly recorded original classical composition.
Award to the Composer.

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| presenter = The Latin Recording Academy

| country = United States

| year = 2008

| holder = Arturo Márquez for "Fandango" (2024)

| website = [http://www.latingrammy.com/ latingrammy.com]

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The Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and promotes awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally.{{cite news|url=http://www.latingrammy.com/pages/LARAS|title=Sobre La Academia Latina de la Grabación|language=Spanish|work=Latin Grammy Awards|location=United States|publisher=Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences|accessdate=July 17, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717190809/http://www.latingrammy.com/pages/LARAS|archivedate=July 17, 2011}} I was first presented at the 9th Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, which took place at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

The description of the category at the 2020 Latin Grammy Awards states that it is "for new vocal and instrumental recordings of original works or compositions that have been composed within the last twenty-five (25) years (a work/composition IS NOT eligible if it was composed before 1995), and that were released for the first time during the Eligibility Period."{{cite news|title=Category Guide |url=https://www.latingrammy.com/en/Category-Definitions |work=Latin Grammy Awards |publisher=Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences |accessdate=May 25, 2021}} The award goes to the composer(s).

Argentine composer Claudia Montero holds the record of most wins in this category followed by Argentine composer Carlos Franzetti with two victories.

Recipients

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rowspan="2"|2008

|Carlos José Castro

| "Concierto del sol"

| Mario Ulloa, Orquesta Filarmónica de Costa Rica

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Sérgio Assad

| "Tahhiyya li ossoulina"

| Sérgio and Odair Assad

2009

|Gabriela Lena Frank

| "Inca Dances"

| Manuel Barrueco and Cuarteto Latinoamericano

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2010

|Lalo Schifrin

| "Pampas"

| Antonio Lysy

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2011

|Paquito D'Rivera

| "Panamericana Suite"

| Paquito D'Rivera

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  • Javier Álvarez – "Le repas du serpent" (Iracema de Andrade)
  • Orlando Jacinto García – "Mixtura" (Iracema de Andrade)
  • Lalo Schifrin – "Romerías" (Sergio Puccini)
  • Sergio Roberto de Oliveira – "Umas coisas do coração (i- Agitado)" (Armildo Uzeda)}}

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2012

|Yalil Guerra

| "Seducción"

|Elizabeth Rebozo

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  • Tania León – "Inura" (Tania León)
  • Gustavo Casenave – "Miñoqui" (Gustavo Casenave)
  • Aurelio de la Vega – "Preludio No. 1" (Elizabeth Rebozo)
  • Leo Brouwer – "Quartet No. 4 - Rem tene verba sequentur (Know the Matter and the Word Will Follow)" (Havana String Quartet)
  • Tim Rescala – "Quarteto Circular" (Tim Rescala)
  • Carlos Franzetti – "Stringazo" (Cuartetango String Quartet)}}

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2013

|Carlos Franzetti

| "Zingaros"

|Carlos Franzetti

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  • Anderson Freire – "A igreja vem" (Anderson Freire)
  • Rafael Piccolotto de Lima – "Abertura jobiniana" (Jeremy Fox conducting the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica)
  • Gabriela Ortiz – "Elegía" (Southwest Chamber Music)
  • Leo Brouwer – "String Quartet # 5" (The Havana String Quartet)}}

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2014

| Claudia Montero

| "Concierto para violín y orquesta de cuerdas"

| Claudia Montero

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2015

|Carlos Franzetti

| "Capriccio"

| Carlos Franzetti

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2016

|Claudia Montero

| "Cuarteto Para Buenos Aires"

|Claudia Montero

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2017

|Leo Brouwer

| "Sonata del Decamerón Negro"

| Mabel Millán

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2018

| Claudia Montero

| "Luces y Sombras. Concierto Para Guitarra y Orquesta De Cuerdas"

| Claudia Montero

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  • Roberto Sierra – "Montuno En Forma De Chacona" (Silvia Márquez)
  • Eddie Mora – "Ofrenda" (Eddie Mora directing The Orquesta Sinfónica De Heredia)
  • Jorge Mejia – "Prelude In F Major For Piano & Orchestra" (Jorge Mejia and The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra)
  • Yalil Guerra – "String Quartet Nº.3 (In Memoriam Ludvvig Van Beethoven)" (La Catrina String Quartet)}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.latingrammy.com/files/19thlatingrammyaward.pdf|title=19th Latin Grammy Awards Nominations|date=21 September 2018|website=latingrammy.com}}

2019

| colspan="5"|Not awarded

2020

| Carlos Fernando López & José Valentino

| "Sacre"

| Carlos Fernando López

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  • Joan Magrané – "Dues Peces Per a Piano" (Noelia Rodiles)
  • José Serebrier – "Jose Serebrier: Variaciones Sinfónicas sobre Bach para Piano y Orquesta" (José Serebrier, Alexandre Kantorow & RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
  • Ricardo Lorenz – "Pataruco" (Ricardo Lorenz, Kevin L. Sedatole Conducting Michigan State University Wind Symphony)
  • Eddie Mora – "Sine Nomine" (Eddie Mora)}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/09/29/latin-grammy-j-balvin-lidera-la-lista-de-nominaciones-con-13-le-sigue-bad-bunny-con-9/|title=Latin Grammy: J Balvin lidera la lista de nominaciones con 13, le sigue Bad Bunny con 9|last=Huston|first=Marysabel|website=CNN|language=es|access-date=2021-05-22}}

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| Roberto Sierra

| "Music from Cuba and Spain, Sierra: Sonata para Guitarra"

| Manuel Barrueco

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  • Héctor Infanzón – "Concierto para Violín y Orquesta-Remembranzas" (Héctor Infanzón & William Harvey)
  • Orlando Jacinto García – "Cuatro" (Orlando Jacinto Garcia featuring Amernet String Quartet)
  • Eddie Mora – "Desde la Tierra que Habito" (Ensamble Contemporáneo Universitario (ECU) & Banda de Conciertos de Cartago (BCC))
  • Osvaldo Golijov – "Falling Out of Time" (Osvaldo Golijov)}}

| {{cite web|url=https://www.latingrammy.com/files/22nd_annual_latin_grammy_awards_nominations_2021_11_01.pdf|title=22nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® FINAL NOMINATIONS|website=Latin Recording Academy|date=September 28, 2021|access-date=October 2, 2021}}

style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|2022

| Sérgio Assad

| "Anido's Portrait: I. Chacarera"

| Berta Rojas

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  • Juan Arboleda – "Adagio for Strings, A Mother´s Love" (Juan Arboleda)
  • Jimmy López Bellido – "Aurora" (Houston Symphony Orchestra featuring Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor) & Leticia Moreno (soloist))
  • Dimitri Cervo – "Canauê, for Orchestra" (Dimitri Cervo)
  • Eddie Mora – "Cuatro Haikus" (Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia featuring José Arturo Chacón)}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |last=Cobo |first=Leila |date=2022-11-17 |title=Latin Grammys 2022: Jorge Drexler & Bad Bunny Lead Early Winners (Updating) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/latin-grammys-2022-winners-list-1235172910/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}

style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|2023

| Paquito D'Rivera

| "Concerto Venezolano"

| Pacho Flores featuring Paquito D'Rivera

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  • Gonzalo Grau, composer – "Aroma a Distancia (Live from Paliesius, Lithuania)" (Brooklyn Rider)
  • JP Jofre, composer – "Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bandoneon, III. Aboriginal" (JP Jofre and Seunghee Lee)
  • Juan Pablo Contreras, composer – "Lucha Libre!" (Juan Pablo Contreras)
  • Claudia Montero, composer – "Suite de los Buenos Aires para Piano y Flauta" (Natalia González Figueroa and Tanja Esther Von Arx)}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/2023-latin-grammys-nominees-full-list-1235414844/|title=Edgar Barrera Tops 2023 Latin Grammys Nominees: Complete List|website=Billboard|first=Sigal|last=Ratner-Arias|date=19 September 2023|accessdate=19 September 2023}}

style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|2024

| Arturo Márquez

| "Fandango"

| Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Anne Akiko Meyers

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  • Paquito D'Rivera, composer – "Caribben Berceuse" (Barcelona Clarinet Players, Paquito D'Rivera, North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor)
  • Rodner Padilla, composer – "Concerto for Electric Bass and Orchestra – Live at Adrienne Arsht Center Miami" (Rodner Padilla, Miami Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Marturet, conductor)
  • Juan Pablo Contreras, composer – "La Minerva – III. Himno a la Mujer" (Juan Pablo Contreras, Orquesta Latino Mexicana, Angélica Olivo)
  • Julien Labro, composer – "Meditation No. 1" (Takács Quartet & Julien Labro)
  • Daniel Freiberg, composer – "Sueño Austral" (Barcelona Clarinet Players, Freiburger Blasorchester, Miguel Etchegoncelay & Daniel Freiberg)}}

| align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-latin-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|title=2024 Latin GRAMMYs: See The Full Nominations List|website=Grammy Awards|first=Nina|last=Frazier|date=September 17, 2024|accessdate=September 17, 2024|language=es}}

References

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