Best Contemporary Composition

5th Annual Grammy Awards • 1963

Honoring recordings released between December 1, 1961 – November 30, 1962

Igor Stravinsky won the 1963 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition with "Stravinsky: The Flood"

Winners & Nominees 1963

Winner

Previous Years

Year Winner Title
1994 Elliott Carter Carter: Violin Concerto All Nominees
1993 Samuel Barber Barber: The Lovers All Nominees
1992 John Corigliano Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 All Nominees
1991 Leonard Bernstein Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles All Nominees
1990 Steve Reich Reich: Different Trains All Nominees
1989 John Adams Adams: Nixon In China All Nominees
1988 Krzysztof Penderecki Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2 All Nominees
1987 Witold Lutoslawski Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3 All Nominees
1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber Lloyd Webber: Requiem All Nominees
1963 Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky: The Flood All Nominees