Music anniversaries to be commemorated on April 14: births, premieres...
Thousands of anniversaries. In 2020, classical music and opera offer many opportunities for music lovers to commemorate composers, conductors, performers and operatic artists, to celebrate the first performances of essential works or the opening of emblematic concert halls. From January to December, there are 365 opportunities to revisit a repertoire, a recording or simply to explore 10 centuries of classical music. Something to satisfy all the inquiring minds.
April 14: Essential anniversaries
Throughout 10 centuries of history, there are thousands of anniversaries. For April 14, there are no less than 79 dates to remember: births, deaths, premieres, inaugurations... Among them: Ernest Boulanger (120th anniversary, Death), Werner Wolf Glaser (110th anniversary, Birth), Tetsuo Kawakami (70th anniversary, Birth), Dong-Min Lim (40th anniversary, Birth), Kerstin Meyer (0th anniversary, Death)... to name only some of the artists, composers or performers, known or less known throughout the world.
All important anniversaries to commemorate a April 14
2020
Kerstin Meyer, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Swedish singer
Death (age 92)
0th anniversary (2020)
2018
Jean-Claude Malgoire, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, French musician
Death (age 77)
Pavlina Apostolova, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Yugoslav opera singer
Death (age 90)
2017
Manfred Jung, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, German singer and operatic tenor
Death (age 76)
2013
Colin Davis, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, British conductor
Death (age 85)
2011
Ğosman Älmief, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, opera singer, singer
Death (age 95)
2002
Mark Ermler, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Russian conductor
Death (age 69)
1992
Phil Stark, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer
Death (age 72)
1991
Jemal Gokieli, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Georgian conductor
Death (age 70)
1985
Helene Fahrni, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, (1901-1985)
Death (age 83)
1983
Elisabeth Lutyens, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, British composer
Death (age 76)
1982
Alisa Weilerstein, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, American cellist
Birth (38th anniversary)
1981
Ivan Galamian, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, American musician
Death (age 78)
1980
Dong-Min Lim, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, South Korean musician
Birth (40th anniversary)
1979
Ondřej Kyas, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Czech composer
Birth (41th anniversary)
1978
Kaori Muraji, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Japanese musician
Birth (42th anniversary)
Jiří Kadeřábek, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Czech composer
Birth (42th anniversary)
1977
Vilgelm Marjanovitsj Jablonskiy, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, musician, music pedagogue
Death (age 87)
1975
Jean Morel, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, American conductor
Death (age 72)
1974
Christian Blom, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Norwegian composer (1974-)
Birth (46th anniversary)
1973
David Miller, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, singer
Birth (47th anniversary)
1971
Olga Gouriakova, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, singer, musician
Birth (49th anniversary)
1967
Emily Pulley, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth (53th anniversary)
1963
Kastriot Tusha, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth (57th anniversary)
1958
Aprile Millo, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, American operatic soprano
Birth (62th anniversary)
Monica Groop, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Finnish singer
Birth (62th anniversary)
1957
Mikhail Pletnev, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Russian pianist, conductor, and composer
Birth (63th anniversary)
1956
Barbara Bonney, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, singer
Birth (64th anniversary)
1954
Artur de Udaeta i Càrdenas, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Spanish businessperson and composer (1876-1954)
Death (age 78)
1953
Norio Kameyama, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, composer, singer, pianist
Birth (67th anniversary)
1951
Guido Paevatalu, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Danish opera singer
Birth (69th anniversary)
Julian Lloyd Webber, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, British solo cellist and conductor
Birth (69th anniversary)
1950
Tetsuo Kawakami, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Japanese composer, music arranger and conductor
Birth (70th anniversary)
Vincenzo D'Annibale, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Italian composer and conductor
Death (age 55)
1948
Claude Vivier, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Canadian composer
Birth
1947
Irena Milkevičiūtė, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Lithuanian opera singer
Birth (73th anniversary)
1944
Takako Nishizaki, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Japanese musician
Birth (76th anniversary)
1943
Geoffrey Shaw, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, British composer
Death (age 63)
Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Russian pianist
Birth
1939
Theodor Guschlbauer, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Austrian conductor
Birth (81th anniversary)
1929
Paavo Berglund, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Finnish conductor and violinist
Birth
1928
Egil Monn-Iversen, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Norwegian composer, conductor and producer
Birth
Loren Driscoll, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, American opera singer
Birth
1927
Magda Marsay, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, opera singer, voice teacher
Birth
1919
Karel Berman, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Czech actor, music educator, composer, opera singer, professor and translator
Birth
1916
Suleiman Yudakov, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Tajikistani musician
Birth
Denis ApIvor, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, British composer
Birth
1914
Jiří Reinberger, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Czech music educator, composer and organist
Birth
1913
Jean Fournet, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, French conductor
Birth
1909
José Cabas Galván, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Spanish composer (1853-1909)
Death (age 55)
1908
Yury Biryukov, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Soviet composer
Birth
1901
Alice Barnett, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, British actress and singer
Death (age 54)
1900
Salvatore Baccaloni, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Italian opera singer
Birth
Ernest Boulanger, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, French composer
Death (age 84)
1897
Wilhelm Garvens, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, opera singer
Death (age 81)
1895
Wiktor Łabuński, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, music pedagogue, composer
Birth
1892
George Cehanovsky, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, American operatic baritone
Birth
1890
Emil Rumpel, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, opera singer, concert singer, director, businessperson
Birth
1883
Nils E. T. Henriksson, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
1878
Giovanni Pennacchio, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Italian composer, conductor and musicologist
Birth
1871
Antonio Paoli, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Puerto Rican opera singer
Birth
1866
Josef Conrat, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
1861
Jean-François Delmas, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, French opera singer
Birth
1852
Henrique Oswald, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Brazilian composer (1852–1931)
Birth
1843
Joseph Lanner, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Austrian dance music composer
Death (age 42)
1827
Miguel López Remacha, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, composer, singer, musician
Death (age 54)
1826
Antonie Erhartt, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, actor, stage actor, opera singer
Birth
1822
Angélique D'Hannetaire, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, French actress
Death (age 72)
1813
Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Swedish composer
Death (age 34)
1811
Félix Le Couppey, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Composer and pedagog
Birth
1782
Carlo Coccia, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Italian composer
Birth
1777
Jan Nepomuk Vocet, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Czech composer and organist
Birth
1768
Mateusz Zwierzchowski, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Polish composer and organist
Death (age 55)
1759
George Frideric Handel, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, German, later British Baroque composer
Death (age 74)
1744
Johann Nepomuk Kanka, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, composer, jurist and lawyer (1744-1798)
Birth
1733
Louis Compain, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, French actor and singer
Birth
1718
Emanuele Barbella, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, Italian composer
Birth
1655
Johann Erasmus Kindermann, Anniversaries (April 14), Classical music history, German composer and organist
Death (age 39)