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The GRAMMYs

2026

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Dec 1st, 2025

Best Instrumental Composition

Best Instrumental Composition

Nominees for The GRAMMY Awards

2026

Previous Winner

Strands (The Akropolis Reed Quintet) — Pascal Le Boeuf

Field

Production + Engineering + Composition & Arrangement

Criteria

Composer’s award for an original composition first released during the eligibility year; singles/tracks only.

Composer’s award for an original composition first released during the eligibility year; singles/tracks only.

The nominees for The GRAMMYs Best Instrumental Composition 2026 are First Snow, Live Life This Day: Movement I, Lord, That's A Long Way, Opening, Train To Emerald City, Why You Here / Before The Sun Went Down.

Read on for more information about all the nominees and their contributors..

Best Instrumental Composition

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Best Instrumental Composition

GRAMMY Winner 2026

Apr 25, 2025

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First Snow

Remy Le Boeuf

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Nordkraft Big Band

Remy Le Boeuf

Danielle Wertz

Best Instrumental Composition

GRAMMY Winner 2026

Apr 25, 2025

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First Snow

Remy Le Boeuf

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Nordkraft Big Band

Remy Le Boeuf

Danielle Wertz

Best Instrumental Composition

GRAMMY Winner 2026

Apr 25, 2025

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First Snow

Remy Le Boeuf

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nominations

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Nordkraft Big Band

Remy Le Boeuf

Danielle Wertz

Apr 7, 2025

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Proximity

Sony Classical

Why You Here / Before The Sun Went Down

Ludwig Goransson

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Ludwig Goransson

Miles Caton

Apr 7, 2025

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Why You Here / Before The Sun Went Down

Ludwig Goransson

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Ludwig Goransson

Miles Caton

Apr 7, 2025

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Why You Here / Before The Sun Went Down

Ludwig Goransson

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Ludwig Goransson

Miles Caton

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