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.
March 23: Essential anniversaries
Throughout 10 centuries of history, there are thousands of anniversaries. For March 23, there are no less than 99 dates to remember: births, deaths, premieres, inaugurations... Among them: Niels Jacob Hansen (140th anniversary, Birth), Roza Tamarkina (100th anniversary, Birth), Melissa Errico (50th anniversary, Birth), Maria Madlen Madsen (30th anniversary, Death), Blanche Thebom (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 March 23
Nina Oksentyan, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Russian organist and professor of music
Death (age 100)
Jeanine Collard, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, French singer
Death (age 92)
Gegham Grigoryan, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer
Death (age 65)
Roy Douglas, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, English composer
Death (age 107)
Boris Berezovsky, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Russian virtuoso pianist
Death (age 44)
Lehte Mark, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, actor, opera singer, singer, stage actor
Death (age 89)
Blanche Thebom, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, American operatic mezzo-soprano singer
Death (age 94)
Lella Cincu, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Romanian soprano
Death (age 84)
Paul Cohen, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, American saxophonist; performer, teacher, historian, musicologist, and author in areas related to the saxophone
Death (age 72)
Marko Salo, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Finnish opera singer
Death (age 40)
Eileen Farrell, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, singer
Death (age 82)
Jan Lisiecki, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Canadian pianist
Birth (25th anniversary)
Françoise Renet, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, French musician
Death (age 70)
Donald Swann, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, British composer
Death (age 70)
Harry Datyner, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Swiss musician (1923-1992)
Death (age 69)
Rasmus Puur, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Estonian composer
Birth (29th anniversary)
Maria Madlen Madsen, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German actress
Death (age 85)
Enkhbatyn Amartuvshin, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, singer
Birth (34th anniversary)
David Wynne, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Welsh composer
Death (age 82)
Bertrand Chamayou, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, French pianist
Birth (39th anniversary)
Anita Meze, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Slovene opera singer
Death (age 66)
Jon Christos, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, British singer
Birth (44th anniversary)
Miroslav Srnka, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Czech composer and musicologist
Birth (45th anniversary)
Dmitri j Anatolewitsch Galichin, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Russian singer and opera singer
Birth (46th anniversary)
Kanako Abe, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Japanese conductor
Birth (47th anniversary)
Pavla Vykopalová, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Czech soprano
Birth (48th anniversary)
Leszek Możdżer, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Polish musician
Birth (49th anniversary)
49th anniversary (2021)
Melissa Errico, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, American actress, songwriter and singer
Birth (50th anniversary)
Pierre Kolp, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Belgian composer
Birth (51th anniversary)
Yayoi Toda, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Japanese violinist
Birth (52th anniversary)
Vakhtang Kakhidze, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Georgian composer
Birth (61th anniversary)
Emma Trentini, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, singer (1878-1959)
Death (age 81)
Radik Arslanovitsj Gareev, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Russian singer and opera singer
Birth
Bożena Kiełbińska, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth (65th anniversary)
Mikulas Dobos, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth (71th anniversary)
David Parry, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, English conductor
Birth (71th anniversary)
Jean-Maurice Mourat, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, French painter, guitarist and classical guitarist
Birth (72th anniversary)
Franco Battiato, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Italian singer-songwriter, composer, and filmmaker
Birth (75th anniversary)
Leyla Demiriş, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Turkish soprano opera singer
Birth
Michael Nyman, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist
Birth (76th anniversary)
Sergey Kadantsev, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer, singer
Birth
Angelo Badà, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Italian opera singer
Death (age 64)
Boris Tishchenko, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Soviet composer
Birth
Bruno Bulgarelli, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Italian opera singer
Birth (82th anniversary)
Emiliya Pavlovskaya, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Soviet Russian pedagogue and singer
Death (age 81)
Norman Bailey, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, English singer
Birth (87th anniversary)
Leonas Baltrus, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Lithuanian singer
Birth (87th anniversary)
Monica Sinclair, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, British contralto
Birth
Nikola Nikolov, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
Léon Melchissédec, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, French opera singer
Death (age 81)
Adelina Paschalis, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, music pedagogue, opera singer
Death (age 78)
Helena Gmucová-Zahradníková, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
Pierre Mollet, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Canadian opera singer
Birth
Geoffrey Bush, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, British composer, organist and scholar
Birth
Roza Tamarkina, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Soviet pianist
Birth
Nybia Mariño, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Uruguayan pianist
Birth
Matilde Salvador i Segarra, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Spanish artist (1918-2007)
Birth
Oscar Shumsky, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, American musician
Birth
Work for choir
“All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op. 37”, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history
Premiere
Michał Szopski, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer, singer
Birth
Evgeniĭ Belov, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, music pedagogue, opera singer
Birth
Gerhart Münch, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German musician
Birth
Maria Madlen Madsen, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German actress
Birth
Huang Tzu, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Chinese musician
Birth
Elisaveta Yovevich, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Bulgarian opera vocalist
Birth
Martin Kremer, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer
Birth
Ruth Stephansen-Smith, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Norwegian opera singer
Birth
Tigran Chukhajian, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Ottoman Armenian composer, conductor, and writer
Death (age 61)
Dane Rudhyar, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, French-born American author, composer, and humanistic astrologer
Birth
Fritzi Jokl, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Austrian singer and opera singer
Birth
Franz von Vecsey, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, (1893-1935) violinist, child prodigy
Birth
Victor Desautels, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
Maximillian Wolff, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Austrian composer
Death (age 46)
Egon Petri, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Dutch musician
Birth
Niels Jacob Hansen, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
Franz Schreker, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Austrian composer
Birth
Caroline Unger, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Austro-Hungarian contralto
Death (age 73)
Charles Lucas, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, English cellist, composer and Principal of the Royal Academy of Music
Death (age 60)
Louis Glass, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Danish pianist and composer
Birth
Hjalmar Borgstrøm, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Norwegian composer
Birth
Louis Arens, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
Opera
“Le pont des soupirs”, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history
Premiere 160th anniversary
Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
Wanda von Bogdani, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Polish music educator
Birth
Vojtěch Hlaváč, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Czech composer, choirmaster, organist and inventor
Birth
Eugène Gigout, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, French organist and composer
Birth
Franz Bendel, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German musician
Birth
Wilhelm Würfel, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Czech conductor, music educator, composer and pianist
Death (age 41)
Ludwig Minkus, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Austrian composer and violinist
Birth
Bernhard Anselm Weber, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German music director and composer
Death (age 56)
199th anniversary (2021)
Nicolas Isouard, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Maltese composer
Death (age 44)
Ignaz Vitzthumb, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Austrian composer
Death (age 91)
Elizabeth Inverarity, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
Wilhelm Taubert, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German pianist, composer and conductor
Birth
Leopold Jansa, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Czech violinist, music educator and composer
Birth
Work for orchestra
“Symphony No. 94 in G major”, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history
Premiere
Work for orchestra
Premiere
Carl Ludwig Paulmann, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer, singer, stage actor
Birth
Johann Gottfried Walther, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German musician and composer
Death (age 63)