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Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year

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The Juno Award for "Classical Composition of the Year" has been awarded since 1987, as recognition each year for the best classical music composition in Canada.[1]

Winners

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Best Classical Composition (1987–2002)

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Year Winner Work Nominees Ref.
1987 Malcolm Forsyth Atayoskewin [2]
Donald Steven Pages of Solitary Delights
1989 Alexina Louie Songs of Paradise [3]
1990 Oskar Morawetz Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra
1991 R. Murray Schafer String Quartet No.5 – 'Rosalind' [4]
1992 Michael Conway Baker Concerto for Piano & Chamber Orchestra
1993 R. Murray Schafer Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
1994 Chan Ka Nin Among Friends
1995 Malcolm Forsyth Sketches from Natal
1996 Andrew P. MacDonald Concerto for Violin and Orchestra [5]
1997 Harry Somers Picasso Suite (1964)
1998 Malcolm Forsyth Electra Rising
1999 Colin McPhee Concerto for Wind Orchestra
2000 Alexina Louie Shattered Night, Shivering Stars [6]
2001 Oskar Morawetz From the Diary of Anne Frank
2002 Chan Ka Nin Par-çi, par-la

Classical Composition of the Year (2003 – Present)

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Year Winner Work Nominees Ref.
2003 Bramwell Tovey Requiem for a Charred Skull
2004 R. Murray Schafer String Quartet No. 8
2005 István Anhalt The Tents of Abraham
2006 Christos Hatzis String Quartet No. 1 (The Awakening)
2007 Denis Gougeon Clere Vénus
2008 Christos Hatzis Constantinople (Hatzis)
2009 John Burge Flanders Fields Reflections
2010 Marjan Mozetich Lament in the Trampled Garden
2011 R. Murray Schafer Duo for Violin and Piano
2012 Derek Charke Sepia Fragments
2013 Vivian Fung Violin Concerto
2014 Allan Gordon Bell Field Notes
2015 Brian Current Airline Icarus
2016 Dinuk Wijeratne Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems
2017 Jordan Nobles Immersion
  • Kati Agócs, "The Debrecen Passion"
  • Christos Hatzis, "Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation"
  • Ana Sokolović, "And I need a room to receive five thousand people with raised glasses... or... what a glorious day, the birds are singing "halleluia""
  • Andrew Staniland, "Dark Star Requiem"
2018 Jocelyn Morlock My Name is Amanda Todd [7]
2019 Ana Sokolović Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes
2020 Ana Sokolović Evta
2021 Samy Moussa Violin Concerto 'Adrano' [8]
2022 Keiko Devaux Arras [9]
2023 Bekah Simms "Bestiary I & II" [10]
2024 Nicole Lizée "Don't Throw Your Head in Your Hands" [11]

References

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  1. ^ The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. "Juno Award winners list search" (Requires a search by year). The JUNOS Website. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  2. ^ "Juno Awards: the complete list of nominees". Vancouver Sun, September 15, 1987.
  3. ^ "Juno candidates announced". Vancouver Sun, February 2, 1989.
  4. ^ Mark Bastien, "Rap music makes presence felt in '91 Juno Awards nominations". Montreal Gazette, February 7, 1991.
  5. ^ "Complete list of 1996 Juno Award nominees". Montreal Gazette, February 3, 1996.
  6. ^ "Juno nominees". Toronto Star, February 3, 2000.
  7. ^ Smith, Charlie (March 24, 2018). "Diana Krall, Michael Bublé, Anciients, Jocelyn Morlock, and Ivan Decker put B.C. in Juno Awards winners circle". The Georgia Straight.
  8. ^ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
  9. ^ Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.
  10. ^ Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
  11. ^ "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.