Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition

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Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Awarded forA newly recorded original classical composition.
Award to the Composer.
CountryUnited States
Presented by The Latin Recording Academy
First awarded2008
Currently held by Paquito D'Rivera for "Concerto Venezolano" (2023)
Website latingrammy.com

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. [1] I was first presented at the 9th Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, which took place at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

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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." [2] 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.

Winners and nominees

YearRecipient(s)WorkPerforming artist(s)NomineesRef.
2008 Carlos José Castro"Concierto del sol"Mario Ulloa, Orquesta Filarmónica de Costa Rica
Sérgio Assad "Tahhiyya li ossoulina" Sérgio and Odair Assad
2009 Gabriela Lena Frank "Inca Dances" Manuel Barrueco and Cuarteto Latinoamericano
2010 Lalo Schifrin "Pampas"Antonio Lysy
2011 Paquito D'Rivera "Panamericana Suite" Paquito D'Rivera
  • 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)
2012 Yalil Guerra "Seducción"Elizabeth Rebozo
  • 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)
2013 Carlos Franzetti "Zingaros" Carlos Franzetti
  • 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)
2014 Claudia Montero "Concierto para violín y orquesta de cuerdas" Claudia Montero
2015 Carlos Franzetti "Capriccio" Carlos Franzetti
2016 Claudia Montero "Cuarteto Para Buenos Aires" Claudia Montero
2017 Leo Brouwer "Sonata del Decamerón Negro"Mabel Millán
2018 Claudia Montero "Luces y Sombras. Concierto Para Guitarra y Orquesta De Cuerdas" Claudia Montero
  • 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)
 [3]
2019 Not awarded
2020 Carlos Fernando López & José Valentino"Sacre"Carlos Fernando López
  • 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)
 [4]
2021 Roberto Sierra "Music from Cuba and Spain, Sierra: Sonata para Guitarra" Manuel Barrueco
  • 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)
 [5]
2022 Sérgio Assad "Anido's Portrait: I. Chacarera" Berta Rojas
  • 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)
 [6]
2023 Paquito D'Rivera "Concerto Venezolano"Pacho Flores featuring Paquito D'Rivera
  • 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)
 [7]

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