Events
New works
The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.
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- Mehdi Hosseini
- Taleshi Hava, for solo violin and bassoon
- An Unfinished Draft, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello and baritone
- Pause, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello and tubular bells
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- Krzysztof Penderecki
- Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott for mixed choir, brass, percussion and string orchestra
- (A sea of dreams did breathe on me... Songs of reverie and nostalgia)
- Duo concertante, for violin and double bass
- Tanz, for solo viola
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- Johannes Maria Staud
- On Comparative Meteorology, for orchestra
- Contrebande (On Comparative Meteorology II), for orchestra
- Tondo Preludio, for orchestra
- Chant d'amour, for ensemble
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Opera premieres
Albums
Musical films
Deaths
- January 8 â Otmar Suitner, Austrian conductor, 87
- January 22 â Surendran Reddy, South African pianist and composer, 47
- January 23 â Earl Wild, US pianist, 94
- February 2 â Nelli Shkolnikova, Russian violinist, 81
- February 9 â Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and music teacher, 71
- February 11 â Irina Arkhipova, Russian operatic mezzo-soprano and later contralto, 85
- February 17 â Kathryn Grayson, 88, American soprano and film star
- February 18 â Ariel RamÃÂrez, Argentine composer, 88
- March 4 â Amalie Christie, Norwegian classical pianist, author and anthroposophist, 96
- March 5 â Philip Langridge, English operatic tenor, 70
- March 17 â Ã
Âtefan Gheorghiu, Romanian violinist, 83
- March 23 â Blanche Thebom, 91, American mezzo-soprano
- April 1 â Morag Beaton, 83, Scottish-Australian soprano
- April 10 â William Walker, 78, American baritone and General Director of the Fort Worth Opera
- April 27 â Morris Pert, Scottish percussionist, pianist and composer, 62
- April 29 â Johannes Fritsch, German composer, 68
- May 5 â Giulietta Simionato, Italian operatic mezzo-soprano, 99
- May 17 â Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, teacher, and composer, 86
- May 24 â Anneliese Rothenberger, 83, German soprano
- May 25 â Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African operatic tenor, 35 (meningitis)
- June 2 â Giuseppe Taddei, Italian operatic baritone, 93
- June 5 â Arne Nordheim, Norwegian composer, 78
- June 12 â Fuat Mansurov, Russian conductor, 82
- June 14 â Giacinto Prandelli, Italian operatic tenor, 96
- June 18 â Kalmen Opperman, American clarinetist, teacher, conductor and instrument maker, 90
- July 1 â John Paynter, British composer and music educator, 78
- July 5 â Cesare Siepi, 87, Italian bass
- July 12 â John Douglas, American conductor, voice teacher and accompanist, 54 (melanoma)
- July 14 â Sir Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor, 84
- July 15 â Luo Pinchao, Chinese opera singer, 98
- June 16 â Maureen Forrester, 79, Canadian contralto
- July 21 â Anthony Rolfe Johnson, British tenor, 69
- August 6 â Cacilda Borges Barbosa, Brazilian pianist, conductor and composer, 96
- September 11 â Herbert Grossman, American conductor, 83
- September 12 â Charles Ansbacher, American conductor, 67
- September 19 â László Polgár, Hungarian operatic bass, 63
- September 21 â Geoffrey Burgon, British film and TV score composer, 69
- September 28 â Dolores Wilson, American operatic soprano, 82
- October 10
- Alison Stephens, English mandolin player, 40 (cervical cancer)
- Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano, 83
- October 30 â Morris Pert, Scottish composer, drummer /percussionist and pianist, 62
- November 2 â Rudolf Barshai, Russian violist and composer, 86
- November 5 â Shirley Verrett, American mezzo-soprano, 79
- November 12 â Henryk Górecki, Polish composer, 74
- November 30 â Peter Hofmann, German operatic tenor, 66
- December 6 â Hugues Cuénod, Swiss operatic tenor, 108
- December 7 â Sergiu Luca, Romanian violinist, 67
- December 15 â Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Austrian operatic contralto, 89
- December 16 â Richard Adeney, British flautist, 90
Major awards
Pulitzer Prize in Music
Classical Brits
Grammy Awards
Composer's Guild Grand Prize
See also
References