Music anniversaries to be commemorated on March 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.
March 14: Essential anniversaries
Throughout 10 centuries of history, there are thousands of anniversaries. For March 14, there are no less than 79 dates to remember: births, deaths, premieres, inaugurations... Among them: Anton Fils (260th anniversary, Death), Louis Antoine Jullien (160th anniversary, Death), Yara Bernette (100th anniversary, Birth), Dieter Schnebel (90th anniversary, Birth), Doriot Anthony Dwyer (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 March 14
2020
Doriot Anthony Dwyer, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, American musician
Death (age 98)
0th anniversary (2020)
2016
Peter Maxwell Davies, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, English composer and conductor
Death (age 81)
2014
Gunilla af Malmborg, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Swedish singer
Death (age 81)
2012
Margarete Sjöstedt, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Swedish opera singer
Death (age 88)
2009
Robert Hanell, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, composer, conductor
Death (age 84)
2006
Georg Völker, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer
Death (age 82)
1997
Drahomíra Valihrachová, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, opera singer
Death (age 81)
1995
Gerard Victory, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Irish composer
Death (age 73)
1990
Christian Hundsnes Grøvlen, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Norwegian pianist
Birth (30th anniversary)
1986
Jozef Kresánek, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, musicologist, composer
Death (age 72)
1985
Pierre Gillet, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, French trumpeter
Death (age 24)
1982
Kirill Molchanov, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, composer
Death (age 59)
1981
Mei-Ting Sun, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, American musician
Birth (39th anniversary)
1977
Gyula Dávid, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Hungarian musician
Death (age 63)
Julius Katona, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, (1902-1977) opera and operetta singer
Death (age 75)
1974
Vladas Kavoliūnas, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Lithuanian singer
Death (age 54)
1970
Hiromi Ōmura, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Japanese opera singer
Birth (50th anniversary)
50th anniversary (2020)
1969
Giancarlo Guerrero, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Costa Rican conductor
Birth (51th anniversary)
1968
Helen Donaldson, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, singer
Birth (52th anniversary)
1967
Eugeni Badia i Lloret, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Spanish pianist and composer (1904-1967)
Death (age 62)
1966
Dennis Noble, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, British singer
Death (age 67)
1964
Luigi Castellazzi, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Italian opera singer
Death (age 67)
1956
Rose McGrew, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, American opera singer
Death (age 80)
1954
Jean-Marc Singier, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, French composer
Birth (66th anniversary)
Zdenka Hanfstaengl, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, German opera singer and singer
Death (age 74)
Phillip Joll, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Welsh operatic baritone
Birth (66th anniversary)
1948
Erich Wessner, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Austrian singer and opera singer
Birth
1946
Jana Iskrová, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth (74th anniversary)
1945
Antônio Francisco Braga, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Brazilian composer
Death (age 76)
1944
Pavel Chesnokov, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Russian composer
Death (age 66)
1943
Liudmyla Yurchenko, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Ukrainian singer
Birth (77th anniversary)
1940
Adolf Dallapozza, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Austrian tenor
Birth
1939
Varvara Mikhailovna Zarudnaya, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, opera singer, music pedagogue
Death (age 81)
1933
Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Polish opera singer
Birth (87th anniversary)
1932
Marius Rintzler, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, bas (1932-)
Birth (88th anniversary)
1931
Ian Adam, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, singer, opera singer
Birth
1930
Dieter Schnebel, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, German composer
Birth
1929
Rudolf Oberhauser, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, singer, opera singer
Death (age 76)
1926
François Morel, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Canadian classical music composer and educator
Birth
1921
Ulrich Koch, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, German musician
Birth
1920
Zhou Baokui, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Chinese opera singer
Birth
100th anniversary (2020)
Yara Bernette, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, pianist
Birth
100th anniversary (2020)
1914
Sári Barabás, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Hungarian operatic soprano
Birth
1913
Witold Rudziński, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Polish conductor and composer
Birth
1909
Jaume Bachs i Rosés, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Spanish businessperson and composer (1862-1909)
Death (age 47)
1906
Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Turkish composer
Birth
1905
Fyodor Petrovich Komissarzhevsky, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Russian singer and music educator
Death (age 67)
1893
Franco Lo Giudice, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Italian opera singer
Birth
Georg Fritz Weiß, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer
Death (age 71)
1892
Arthur Lourié, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Russian composer
Birth
1890
Anna Ono, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Japanese violinist
Birth
1885
Alexander Reichardt, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Austrian opera singer
Death (age 59)
1883
Juan Manén, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Spanish musician
Birth
1882
Bruno Jorma, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Finnish opera singer
Birth
1876
Eino Rautavaara, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Finnish opera singer
Birth
1875
Piero Schiavazzi, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Italian opera singer
Birth
1871
Olive Fremstad, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Swedish-American operatic mezzo-soprano and soprano singer
Birth
1870
Vladimir Kastorsky, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Soviet Russian singer
Birth
150th anniversary (2020)
1865
Carlo Negrini, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Italian tenor
Death (age 38)
Cécile Simonnet, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, French opera singer
Birth
1860
Louis Antoine Jullien, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, French conductor
Death (age 47)
1859
Nikolay Sokolov, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Russian composer
Birth
Nicola Tacchinardi, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Italian opera singer
Death (age 86)
Irma Reichová, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Czech actress and opera singer
Birth
1858
Arturo Berutti, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Argentinian composer
Birth
1857
Eduard Aschenbrenner, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, opera singer, opera director
Birth
1850
Louis Paravey, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
1845
August Bungert, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, German composer
Birth
1835
1807
Gaetano Gaspari, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Italian composer
Birth
1804
Johann Strauss I, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Austrian Romantic composer
Birth
1796
Anton Haizinger, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Austrian singer and opera singer
Birth
1795
Robert Lucas de Pearsall, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, English composer
Birth
1760
Anton Fils, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, German composer
Death (age 26)
1727
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, German musician
Birth
1726
Joseph Anton Steffan, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Czech composer
Birth
1714
Hendrik Anders, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, Dutch composer and carillonneur
Death (age 57)
1681
Georg Philipp Telemann, Anniversaries (March 14), Classical music history, German composer
Birth