# Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year

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 |
| 1987 | Malcolm Forsyth | Atayoskewin | Alexina Louie, "Cadenzas" Oskar Morawetz, "Overture to a Fairy Tale" André Prévost, "Scherzo for String Orchestra" |
| 1987 | Donald Steven | Pages of Solitary Delights | Alexina Louie, "Cadenzas" Oskar Morawetz, "Overture to a Fairy Tale" André Prévost, "Scherzo for String Orchestra" |
| 1989 | 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 |
| 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 Jacob |
| 1991 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 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..." |
| 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" |
| 1998 | Malcolm Forsyth | Electra Rising | Alexina Louie, "Winter Music" Colin McPhee, "Symphony No. 2" R. Murray Schafer, "Adieu, Robert Schumann" R. Murray Schafer, "Gitanjali" |
| 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" |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2003 | Bramwell Tovey | Requiem for a Charred Skull | John 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. 8 | Norma 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 Abraham | John 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 Vénus | Stephen 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 Reflections | T. 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 Garden | Stephen Chatman, "Earth Songs" Leonard Enns, "Nocturne" Marjan Mozetich, "Angels in Flight" Rob Teehan, "Dreams of Flying" |
| 2011 | R. Murray Schafer | Duo for Violin and Piano | Larysa Kuzmenko, "Piano Concerto, 3" Jocelyn Morlock, "Exaudi" Clark Ross, "Last Dance" Peter Togni, "Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae" |
| 2012 | Derek Charke | Sepia Fragments | Jacques Hétu, "String Quartet No. 2" Jeffrey Ryan, "Fugitive Colours" Heather Schmidt, "Piano Concerto No. 2" Ann Southam, "Glass Houses #5" |
| 2013 | Vivian Fung | Violin Concerto | Denis 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 & Chorus |
| 2014 | Allan Gordon Bell | Field Notes | Tim 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 Icarus | John 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 Poems | John Burge, "Piano Quartet" Nicole Lizée, "Bookburners" Michael Oesterle, "Centennials" Jordan Pal, "The Afar" |
| 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 | Alice Ping Yee Ho, "Cœur à Cœur" Vincent Ho, "The Shaman" James Rolfe, "Breathe" Andrew Staniland, "Phi, Caelestis" |
| 2019 | Ana Sokolović | Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes | Vincent 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" |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | Keiko Devaux, "L'écoute du perdu : III. « Voix jetées »" Gabriel Dharmoo, "The Fog in Our Poise" Deantha Edmunds, "Angmalukisaa" Vivian Fung, "String Quartet No. 4: Insects and Machines" Linda Catlin Smith, "Dark Flower" |