The
Latin Grammy Award
The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been ...
for Best Classical Contemporary Composition is given every year since the
9th Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, which took place at the
Toyota Center
Toyota Center is an indoor arena located in Houston. It is named after the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. The arena is home to the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and it was once the home of the Hous ...
in
Houston, Texas.
The description of the category at the
2020 Latin Grammy Awards states that it is "for new vocal and instrumental recordings of original works or compositions that have been composed within the last twenty-five (25) years (a work/composition IS NOT eligible if it was composed before 1995), and that were released for the first time during the Eligibility Period."
The award goes to the composer(s).
Argentine composer
Claudia Montero holds the record of most wins in this category followed by Argentine composer
Carlos Franzetti
Carlos Alberto Franzetti (born June 3, 1948) is a composer and arranger from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Early life
Franzetti was born on June 3, 1948 in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Carlos Osvaldo Franzetti and Beatriz Julia Elena DeGiacomo de Fran ...
with two victories.
Winners and nominees
2000s
2010s
2020s
References
External links
Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards
{{Latin Grammy Awards categories
Contemporary Composition
Latin Grammy Awards for classical music