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.
Winners
Best Classical Composition (1987–2002) Year Winner Work Nominees Ref.1987 Malcolm Forsyth Atayoskewin Alexina Louie, "Cadenzas" Oskar Morawetz, "Overture to a Fairy Tale" André Prévost, "Scherzo for String Orchestra""Juno Awards: the complete list of nominees". Vancouver Sun, September 15, 1987. Donald Steven Pages of Solitary Delights1989 Alexina Louie Songs of Paradise Brian Cherney, River of Fire Jacques Hétu, Symphonie No 3 R. Murray Schafer, Concerto for Harpsichord and Eight Wind Instruments Claude Vivier, Siddartha"Juno candidates announced". Vancouver Sun, February 2, 1989.1990 Oskar Morawetz Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra Pat Carrabré, Sonata No. 1 Jean Coulthard, Introduction and Three Folk Songs Gary Kulesha, Third Chamber Concerto Sid Robinovitch, The Sons of Jacob1991 R. Murray Schafer String Quartet No.5 – 'Rosalind''' | Glenn Buhr, Aviravirmayedhi Michael Colgrass, Chaconne Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté, Cappriccio-Concertante R. Murray Schafer, La Cri de Merlin|align="center"|Mark Bastien, "Rap music makes presence felt in '91 Juno Awards nominations". Montreal Gazette, February 7, 1991. |- ! style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |1992 | Michael Conway Baker | Concerto for Piano & Chamber Orchestra| Patrick Cardy, Virelai Oskar Morawetz, Memorial to Martin Luther King R. Murray Schafer, Dream Rainbow Dream Thunder John Thrower, Improvisation on a Blue Theme|align="center"| |- ! style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |1993 | R. Murray Schafer | Concerto for Flute and Orchestra| Jean Coulthard, "Music to St Cecilia for Organ and Strings" R. Murray Schafer, "The Darkly Splendid Earth: The Lonely Traveller" R. Murray Schafer, "Poulenc, Thesus" Claude Vivier, "Kopernikus" |align="center"| |- ! style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |1994 | Chan Ka Nin | Among Friends| Milton Barnes, "Divertimento for Harp and Strings" Malcolm Forsyth, "Piano Concerto" Jean Piché, "Sleight of Hand" Peter Tiefenbach, "Three Poems" |align="center"| |- ! style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |1995 | Malcolm Forsyth | Sketches from Natal| Jean Coulthard, "Sonata Rhapsody for Viola & Piano" Chris Harman, "Iridescence" Alexina Louie, "From the Eastern Gate" Healey Willan, "Missa Brevis No. 11 Sancti Johannis Baptistae" |align="center"| |- ! style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |1996 | Andrew P. MacDonald | Concerto for Violin and Orchestra| Glenn Buhr, "Piano Concerto" Harry Freedman, "Touchings" Alexina Louie, "Music for Heaven and Earth" Chan Ka Nin, "I Think That I Shall Never See..." |align="center"|"Complete list of 1996 Juno Award nominees". Montreal Gazette, February 3, 1996. |- ! style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |1997 | Harry Somers | Picasso Suite (1964)| Chan Ka Nin, "The Charmer" Malcolm Forsyth, "Quintette for Winds" Harry Somers, "Lyric for Orchestra (1960)" Claude Vivier, "Lonely Child" |align="center"| |- ! style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |1998 | Malcolm Forsyth | Electra Rising| Alexina Louie, "Winter Music" Colin McPhee, "Symphony No. 2" R. Murray Schafer, "Adieu, Robert Schumann" R. Murray Schafer, "Gitanjali" |align="center"| |- ! style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |1999 | Colin McPhee | Concerto for Wind Orchestra| Linda Bouchard, "Songs for an Acrobat" Malcolm Forsyth, "Tre Vie" Chris Harman, "Sonata for Viola and Piano" John Weinzweig, "Wine of Peace: Two Songs for Soprano and Orchestra" |align="center"| |- ! style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |2000 | Alexina Louie | Shattered Night, Shivering Stars| Glenn Buhr, String Quartet No. 1 Glenn Buhr, Winter Poems Gary Kulesha, The Book of Mirrors Alexina Louie, Arc|align="center"|"Juno nominees". Toronto Star, February 3, 2000. |- ! style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |2001 | Oskar Morawetz | From the Diary of Anne Frank| Paul M. Douglas, La Cévenole Marjan Mozetich, Affairs of the Heart R. Murray Schafer, Once on a Windy Night Harry Somers, The Third Piano Concerto|align="center"| |- ! style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |2002 | Chan Ka Nin | Par-çi, par-la''Peter Paul Koprowski, "Concerto for Viola and Orchestra" Sid Robinovitch, "Suite for Klezmer Band and Orchestra" Harry Somers, "Serinette" Owen Underhill, "Love Songs"
Classical Composition of the Year (2003 – Present) Year Winner Work Nominees Ref.2003 Bramwell Tovey Requiem for a Charred SkullJohn Estacio, "Test Run" Christos Hatzis, "Orbiting Garden" Alexina Louie, "Music for a Thousand Autumns" Heather Schmidt, "Concerto for Cello"2004 R. Murray Schafer String Quartet No. 8Norma Beecroft, "Amplified String Quartet with Tape" Christos Hatzis, "Everlasting Light" Jacques Hétu, "Piano Concerto No. 2" R. Murray Schafer, "Credo"2005 István Anhalt The Tents of AbrahamJohn Estacio, "A Farmer's Symphony" José Evangelista, "Neuvas monodias espanolas" Jeffrey Ryan, "Pangaea" Robert Turner, "Third Symphony"2006 Christos Hatzis String Quartet No. 1 (The Awakening)Brian Cherney, "Illuminations" Chan Ka Nin, "Our Finest Hour" Peter Togni, "Illuminations" Robert Turner, "Symphony for Strings"2007 Denis Gougeon Clere VénusStephen Chatman, "Varley Suite for Solo Violin" Neil Currie, "Tumbling Strain" Harry Somers, "A Midwinter Night's Dream", Harry Somers, "Of Memory and Desire"2008 Christos Hatzis Constantinople (Hatzis)Brian Current, "This Isn’t Silence" Oskar Morawetz, "A Child's Cry from Izieu" Jeffrey Ryan, "Quantum Mechanics" R. Murray Schafer, "Letters from Mignon"2009 John Burge Flanders Fields ReflectionsT. Patrick Carrabré, "From the Dark Reaches" Timothy Corlis, "Notes Towards a Poem That Can Never Be Written" Sid Robinovitch, "Song of Songs" Bramwell Tovey, "Manhattan Music"2010 Marjan Mozetich Lament in the Trampled GardenStephen Chatman, "Earth Songs" Leonard Enns, "Nocturne" Marjan Mozetich, "Angels in Flight" Rob Teehan, "Dreams of Flying"2011 R. Murray Schafer Duo for Violin and PianoLarysa Kuzmenko, "Piano Concerto, 3" Jocelyn Morlock, "Exaudi" Clark Ross, "Last Dance" Peter Togni, "Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae"2012 Derek Charke Sepia FragmentsJacques Hétu, "String Quartet No. 2" Jeffrey Ryan, "Fugitive Colours" Heather Schmidt, "Piano Concerto No. 2" Ann Southam, "Glass Houses #5"2013 Vivian Fung Violin ConcertoDenis Gougeon, "Mutation" Alexina Louie, "Echoes of Time" R. Murray Schafer, "Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello" Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings Symphony: Six Movements for Orchestra & Chorus2014 Allan Gordon Bell Field NotesTim Brady, "Atacama: Symphonie No. 3" Stephen Chatman, "Magnificat" James O'Callaghan, "Isomorphia for Orchestra and Electronics" R. Murray Schafer, "Quatuors à cordes No. 12"2015 Brian Current Airline IcarusJohn Estacio, "Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra" Gordon Fitzell, "Magister Ludi" Jacques Hétu, "Sextet, OP. 71" Alice Ping Yee Ho, "Glistening Pianos"2016 Dinuk Wijeratne Two Pop Songs on Antique PoemsJohn Burge, "Piano Quartet" Nicole Lizée, "Bookburners" Michael Oesterle, "Centennials" Jordan Pal, "The Afar"2017 Jordan Nobles ImmersionKati 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 ToddAlice Ping Yee Ho, "Cœur à Cœur" Vincent Ho, "The Shaman" James Rolfe, "Breathe" Andrew Staniland, "Phi, Caelestis"2019 Ana Sokolović Golden Slumbers Kiss Your EyesVincent Ho, "Arctic Symphony" Nicole Lizée, "Katana of Choice" Cassandra Miller, "About Bach" Bekah Simms, "Granitic"2020 Ana Sokolović Evta Rose Bolton, "The Coming of Sobs" Vincent Ho, "Kickin' It 2.0" Jared Miller, "Under Sea, Above Sky" Bekah Simms, "Everything Is...Distorted"2021 Samy Moussa Violin Concerto 'Adrano''' | Zosha DiCarti, "Tachitipo" Anna Höstman, "Harbour" Alexina Louie, "Take the Dog Sled" Ana Sokolović, "Commedia dell'arte" |align="center"|Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021. |- ! style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|2022 | Keiko Devaux | Arras| Kati Agócs, "Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra" Dorothy Chang, "Flight" Jaap Nico Hamburger, "Chamber Symphony No. 2: Children’s War Diaries" Saman Shahi, "Breathing in the Shadows" |align="center"|Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022. |- ! scope="row"|2023 | Bekah Simms | "Bestiary I & II" | Anthony Tan, "An Overall Augmented Sense of Well-Being" Keyan Emami, "The Black Fish" Nicole Lizée, "Prayers for Ruins" Vincent Ho, "Supervillain Études" |align="center"| Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023. |- ! scope="row"|2024 | Nicole Lizée | "Don't Throw Your Head in Your Hands" | Amy Brandon, "Simulacra" Iman Habibi, "Shāhīn-nāmeh, for Voice and Orchestra" Emilie Cecilia LeBel, "…and the Higher Leaves of the Trees Seemed to Shimmer in the Last of the Sunlight’s Lingering Touch of Them…" Dinuk Wijeratne, "Portrait of an Imaginary Sibling" |align="center"| "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024. |- ! scope="row"|2025 | Deantha Edmunds | "Angmalukisaa" | Keiko Devaux, "L'écoute du perdu : III. « Voix jetées »" Gabriel Dharmoo, "The Fog in Our Poise" Vivian Fung, "String Quartet No. 4: Insects and Machines" Linda Catlin Smith, "Dark Flower" |align="center"| "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025. |- ! scope="row"|2026 | Amy Brandon | Cloud Path| Linda Catlin Smith, Linda Catlin Smith: The Complete Piano Solos (1989-2023) Vol. 1 - The PlainsKevin Lau, Kevin Lau: Kimiko's PearlNicole Lizée, Music for Body-Without-OrgansAndrew Staniland, The Laws of Nature'' Natalie Harmsen, Melody Lau, Holly Gordon and Kelsey Adams, "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees". CBC Music, March 28, 2026.
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