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  2. History: Anniversaries
  3. August 12

Music anniversaries to be commemorated on August 12: births, premieres...

Thousands of anniversaries. In 2021, 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.

August 12: Essential anniversaries

Throughout 10 centuries of history, there are thousands of anniversaries. For August 12, there are no less than 82 dates to remember: births, deaths, premieres, inaugurations... Among them: Annibale Pio Fabri (260th anniversary, Death), Lillian Evanti (130th anniversary, Birth), Heinrich Sutermeister (110th anniversary, Birth), Alexander Yossifov (80th anniversary, Birth), Josef Bulva (0th anniversary, Death)... to name only some of the artists, composers or performers, known or less known throughout the world.

Anniversaries, August 12


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20th century
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Romantic
> 1900
< 1750
Classical
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< 1600
Baroque
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< 1400
Renaissance
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Medieval
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All important anniversaries to commemorate a August 12

 

August 12

2020

Josef Bulva, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, (1943--2020) classical pianist

Death (age 77)

2014

Rina Cavallari, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Italian opera singer

Death (age 99)

2013

Spas Wenkoff, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Austrian singer and opera singer

Death (age 84)

1998

James O’Neal, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, opera singer

Death (age 49)

1996

Karl Terkal, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Austrian opera singer

Death (age 76)

1992

Teo Gheorghiu, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Swiss actor and musician

Birth (28th anniversary)

John <strong>Cage</strong> John Cage, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)

Death (age 79)

1990

Anna Tsybuleva, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Ukrainian-born Russian classical pianist

Birth (30th anniversary)

Piotr Perkowski, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Polish composer

Death (age 89)

1985

Marcel <strong>Mihalovici</strong> Marcel Mihalovici, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, French composer

Death (age 86)

1984

Margaret Sutherland, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Australian composer

Death (age 86)

Lenny Breau, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Canadian musician

Death (age 43)

1981

Andrea <strong>Carè</strong> Andrea Carè, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Italian opera singer

Birth (39th anniversary)

1977

Zanne Stapelberg, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, South African oparatic artist

Birth (43th anniversary)

1976

Stuart MacRae, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, British composer

Birth (44th anniversary)

Lan Anh, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, singer

Birth (44th anniversary)

1971

Viktor Hospach, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, German opera singer

Death (age 67)

49th anniversary    (2021)

1966

Carlos <strong>Álvarez</strong> Carlos Álvarez, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Operatic baritone

Birth (54th anniversary)

1964

Rudolf Maria Mandé, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Czech conductor and composer

Death (age 60)

1963

Kornél Ocskay, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Hungarian opera singer

Death (age 77)

1961

Marko <strong>Letonja</strong> Marko Letonja, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Slovene conductor

Birth (59th anniversary)

Tom Scott, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, American composer, born 1912

Death (age 49)

1959

Jerzy Kornowicz, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Polish pianist

Birth (61th anniversary)

1957

Wanda Brister, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, American operatic mezzo-soprano

Birth (63th anniversary)

1953

Eduardo Pérez Maseda, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Spanish composer

Birth (67th anniversary)

1952

Pável Aleksándrovitch Koudriávtchenko, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, singer, opera singer

Birth

1951

Ebbe Hamerik, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Danish composer

Death (age 52)

1944

Peter <strong>Hofmann</strong> Peter Hofmann, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, German opera singer

Birth

1943

Gary Brain, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, New Zealand conductor

Birth

Leonid Smetannikov, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Soviet singer and opera singer

Birth (77th anniversary)

Georges Martin Witkowski, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, French composer and conductor

Death (age 76)

Cornélie van Oosterzee, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Dutch pianist and composer

Death (age 79)

1942

David <strong>Munrow</strong> David Munrow, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, British musician

Birth

Pasquale Amato, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Italian opera singer

Death (age 64)

1940

Dorothea Chryst, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer

Birth (80th anniversary)

Alexander Yossifov, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Bulgarian composer

Birth

Yuriy Rom, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Soviet flautist and pedagogue

Birth

1938

Gérard Poulet, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, French classical violinist

Birth (82th anniversary)

Huguette <strong>Tourangeau</strong> Huguette Tourangeau, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, French-Canadian operatic mezzo-soprano

Birth

1936

Gérard Masson, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, French composer

Birth (84th anniversary)

Janet Pavek, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, singer

Birth

1932

Sergei Slonimsky, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Soviet composer

Birth

1931

Netania Davrath, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Ukrainian-born Israeli operatic soprano

Birth

1929

Joji Yuasa, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Japanese composer

Birth (91th anniversary)

Rudolf <strong>Nováček</strong> Rudolf Nováček, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Czech conductor, violinist and composer

Death (age 69)

1928

Leoš <strong>Janáček</strong> Leoš Janáček, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Czech composer

Death (age 74)

MasterpiecesComplete works

1927

Ivan Růžička, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Czech conductor, actor and composer

Birth

Milan Novák, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, composer

Birth (93th anniversary)

1921

Samo Smerkolj, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Slovene opera singer

Birth

99th anniversary    (2021)

1918

Michael Minsky, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Russian and Ukrainian singer

Birth

 

Romantic

1910

Heinrich Sutermeister, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Swiss opera composer (1910-1995)

Birth

1907

Helmi Liukkonen, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Finnish opera singer

Birth

1902

Gösta Bergström, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Swedish actor

Birth

1901

Modest Vitoshynskyi, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, singer, opera singer

Death (age 45)

1900

Coe Glade, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, American opera singer

Birth

1897

Manuel Blancafort i de <strong>Rosselló</strong> Manuel Blancafort i de Rosselló, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Catalan composer

Birth

1895

Miloš Smatek, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Czech conductor, composer and contrabassist

Birth

1892

Maria Olszewska, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, German opera singer

Birth

1891

Antonio Cortis, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Spanish singer

Birth

1890

Lillian Evanti, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, singer

Birth

20th century

1889

Mária Budanovits, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, opera singer, voice teacher

Birth

1881

Václav Vačkář, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Czech composer

Birth

František Hovorka, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist

Birth

1880

Anna Szekrényessy, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Hungarian opera singer

Birth

1879

Gérard Hekking, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, French musician

Birth

1875

Ettore <strong>Panizza</strong> Ettore Panizza, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Argentine musician

Birth

Mezio Agostini, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Italian musician and composer

Birth

1872

Karel Melichar, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, opera singer

Birth

1863

Václav Kliment, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Czech opera singer

Birth

1856

Auguste Otto-Wernthal, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer

Death (age 22)

1838

Joseph Barnby, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, British musician

Birth

 

Classical

1812

Jean-Joseph Rodolphe, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Alsatian horn player, violinist and composer

Death (age 81)

1807

Ambrogio Dagnini, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, XIXth century italian tenor and teacher established in Odessa

Birth

1793

Auguste Andrade, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, French singer and composer

Birth

1790

August Mayer, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, German composer and opera singer

Birth

1760

Nicolaus Ephraim Bach, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, German organist

Death (age 69)

Annibale Pio Fabri, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Italian opera singer

Death (age 64)

Classical

1696

Maurice Greene, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, English composer and organist

Birth

1644

Heinrich <strong>Biber</strong> Heinrich Biber, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist

Birth

1633

Jacopo <strong>Peri</strong> Jacopo Peri, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Italian composer and singer

Death (age 71)

1626

Giovanni <strong>Legrenzi</strong> Giovanni Legrenzi, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Italian composer

Birth

 

Renaissance

1612

Giovanni <strong>Gabrieli</strong> Giovanni Gabrieli, Anniversaries (August 12), Classical music history, Italian composer

Death (age 55)

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