Best Contemporary Composition

32nd Annual Grammy Awards • 1990

Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1988 – September 30, 1989

Kronos Quartet won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition with "Reich: Different Trains"

Winners & Nominees 1990

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Nominees

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