Music anniversaries to be commemorated on August 9: 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 9: Essential anniversaries
Throughout 10 centuries of history, there are thousands of anniversaries. For August 9, there are no less than 72 dates to remember: births, deaths, premieres, inaugurations... Among them: Yuri Aleksandrovich Gulyayev (90th anniversary, Birth), Alessandro Bonci (80th anniversary, Death), Louis Cahuzac (60th anniversary, Death), Tommi Hakala (50th anniversary, Birth), Carla Martinis (10th 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 August 9
2010
Carla Martinis, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Croatian opera singer
Death (age 88)
Henrik Krogh Christensen, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Danish opera singer
Death (age 63)
2004
Bogusław Madey, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, conductor
Death (age 72)
2003
Chester Ludgin, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, American opera singer
Death (age 78)
2002
Bertold Hummel, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, German composer
Death (age 76)
1988
Giacinto Scelsi, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Italian composer and poet
Death (age 83)
1986
Eduardo del Pueyo, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Spanish pianist, musicologist and music educator
Death (age 80)
1985
Jewgienij Jacenko, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
1984
Diego Matheuz, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Venezuelan conductor and violinist
Birth (36th anniversary)
1983
Alicja Smietana, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Polish violinist
Birth (37th anniversary)
1975
Dmitri Shostakovich, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Russian Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)
Death (age 68)
1973
Hila Plitmann, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, American operatic soprano
Birth (47th anniversary)
1970
Tommi Hakala, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Finnish singer
Birth (50th anniversary)
1966
Gösta Nystroem, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Swedish composer (1890-1966)
Death (age 75)
1960
Louis Cahuzac, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, French musician
Death (age 80)
1959
Maria Guleghina, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Ukrainian singer
Birth (61th anniversary)
Emil František Burian, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Czech poet, journalist, singer, actor, musician, composer, playwright adviser, playwright and director communist
Death (age 55)
1958
Arūnas Malikėnas, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Lithuanian opera singer
Birth (62th anniversary)
Felipe Boero, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Argentine musician
Death (age 74)
Louis D'Angelo, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, American opera singer
Death (age 70)
1956
Virgil Moorefield, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, American composer
Birth (64th anniversary)
1955
Sigurd Hoff, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Norwegian opera singer
Death (age 66)
1949
1941
Ingeborg Nørregaard Hansen, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Danish opera singer
Death (age 67)
1940
Rimma Volkova, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth (80th anniversary)
Alessandro Bonci, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Italian opera singer
Death (age 70)
1937
Stane Koritnik, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Slovene baritone, born 1937 in Lozice, Slovenia and died 6 February 2014 in Šempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia.
Birth
1934
Heinrich Zeller, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer
Death (age 78)
1933
Semyon Snitkovsky, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Soviet violinist
Birth
1931
Ursula Brömme, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, singer, opera singer
Birth
1930
Yuri Aleksandrovich Gulyayev, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Soviet singer
Birth
Geoffrey Chard, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Australian opera singer
Birth (90th anniversary)
Roman Berger, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Polish musician
Birth
1928
Dolores Wilson, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, American soprano (1928-2010)
Birth
Camilla Wicks, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, American musician
Birth
Ervin Lukács, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, conductor
Birth
1924
Heinz Imdahl, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer
Birth
Janina Liustikaitė, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Lithuanian opera singer
Birth (96th anniversary)
1921
Lola Bobesco, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Belgian musician
Birth
99th anniversary (2021)
1919
Edmund Hockridge, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Canadian actor and singer
Birth
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Italian composer
Death (age 62)
1915
Georg Nollet, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, German opera singer
Death (age 72)
1914
Ferenc Fricsay, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Hungarian musician
Birth
1912
Bojan Adamič, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Slovenian film score composer
Birth
Anne Brown, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, American singer
Birth
1911
David Gamrekeli, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Georgian operatic baritone
Birth
1902
Solomon Cutner, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, English pianist
Birth
Zino Francescatti, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, French violinist
Birth
1901
1899
Gražina Matulaitytė, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Lithuanian opera singer
Birth
1894
Armin Weltner, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, (1894-1992)
Birth
1884
Hermann Wunsch, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, German composer
Birth
1882
Manfredi Polverosi, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Italian opera singer
Birth
1875
Albert Ketèlbey, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, English composer, conductor and pianist
Birth
Primo Riccitelli, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Italian composer
Birth
1874
Reynaldo Hahn, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Venezuelan, naturalised French, composer, conductor, music critic, diarist, theatre director, and salon singer
Birth
1867
Federico Casal Martínez, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, historian, procurador de los tribunales, composer
Birth
1865
Josef Gerhartz, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, musician, singer, music pedagogue, opera singer
Birth
1864
Heghine Ghorghanyan, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, singer, opera singer
Birth
1862
Opera
“Béatrice et Bénédict, Op. 27”, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history
Premiere
Theater Baden-Baden
1858
Isidore de Lara, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, English composer and singer
Birth
1853
Emiliya Pavlovskaya, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Soviet Russian pedagogue and singer
Birth
1834
Elias Álvares Lobo, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Brazilian composer
Birth
1832
Giuseppe Curcio, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Italian composer
Death (age 80)
1831
Karl Melchior Jakob Moltke, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, opera singer
Death (age 48)
1827
Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, French composer, dramatist, and song-writer
Death (age 54)
1826
Adelaide Borghi-Mamo, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
1789
Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, French musician
Birth
1781
Michael Umlauf, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Austrian composer
Birth
1686
Benedetto Marcello, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Italian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher
Birth
1672
José Ximénez, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, Spanish composer and organist from baroque period (baptized 25 December 1601; died 9 August 1672)
Death (age 71)
1648
Johann Michael Bach I, Anniversaries (August 9), Classical music history, German composer
Birth