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  2. History: Anniversaries
  3. March 23

Music anniversaries to be commemorated on March 23: 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.

March 23: Essential anniversaries

Throughout 10 centuries of history, there are thousands of anniversaries. For March 23, there are no less than 98 dates to remember: births, deaths, premieres, inaugurations... Among them: Niels Jacob Hansen (140th anniversary, Birth), Roza Tamarkina (100th anniversary, Birth), Anita Meze (40th anniversary, Death), 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.

Anniversaries, March 23


< 1900
20th century
...
< 1800
Romantic
> 1900
< 1750
Classical
> 1800
< 1600
Baroque
> 1750
< 1400
Renaissance
> 1600
...
Medieval
> 1400

All important anniversaries to commemorate a March 23

 

March 23

2017

Nina Oksentyan, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Russian organist and professor of music

Death (age 100)

2016

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)

2015

Roy Douglas, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, English composer

Death (age 107)

2013

Boris <strong>Berezovsky</strong> Boris Berezovsky, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Russian virtuoso pianist

Death (age 44)

Lehte Mark, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, actor, singer, opera singer, stage actor

Death (age 89)

2010

Blanche Thebom, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, American operatic mezzo-soprano singer

Death (age 94)

2008

Lella Cincu, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Romanian soprano

Death (age 84)

2007

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)

2005

Marko Salo, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Finnish opera singer

Death (age 40)

2002

Eileen Farrell, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, singer

Death (age 82)

1995

Jan <strong>Lisiecki</strong> 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)

1994

Donald Swann, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, British composer

Death (age 70)

1992

Harry Datyner, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Swiss musician (1923-1992)

Death (age 69)

1991

Rasmus Puur, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Estonian composer

Birth (29th anniversary)

1990

Maria Madlen Madsen, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German actress

Death (age 85)

1986

Enkhbatyn Amartuvshin, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, singer

Birth (34th anniversary)

1983

David Wynne, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Welsh composer

Death (age 82)

1981

Bertrand <strong>Chamayou</strong> Bertrand Chamayou, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, French pianist

Birth (39th anniversary)

1980

Anita Meze, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Slovene opera singer

Death (age 66)

1976

Jon Christos, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, British singer

Birth (44th anniversary)

1975

Miroslav Srnka, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Czech composer and musicologist

Birth (45th anniversary)

1974

Dmitrij Anatolewitsch Galichin, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Russian singer and opera singer

Birth (46th anniversary)

1973

Kanako <strong>Abe</strong> Kanako Abe, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Japanese conductor

Birth (47th anniversary)

1972

Pavla Vykopalová, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Czech soprano

Birth (48th anniversary)

1971

Leszek <strong>Możdżer</strong> Leszek Możdżer, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Polish musician

Birth (49th anniversary)

49th anniversary    (2021)

1969

Pierre Kolp, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Belgian composer

Birth (51th anniversary)

1968

Yayoi Toda, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Japanese violinist

Birth (52th anniversary)

1959

Vakhtang <strong>Kakhidze</strong> 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)

1956

Radik Arslanovitsj Gareev, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Russian singer and opera singer

Birth

1955

Bożena Kiełbińska, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer

Birth (65th anniversary)

1949

Mikuláš Doboš, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer

Birth (71th anniversary)

David Parry, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, English conductor

Birth (71th anniversary)

1948

Jean-Maurice Mourat, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, French painter, guitarist and classical guitarist

Birth (72th anniversary)

1945

Franco <strong>Battiato</strong> 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

1944

Michael <strong>Nyman</strong> Michael Nyman, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist

Birth (76th anniversary)

1941

Sergey Kadantsev, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, singer, opera singer

Birth

Angelo Badà, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Italian opera singer

Death (age 64)

1939

Boris <strong>Tishchenko</strong> Boris Tishchenko, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Soviet composer

Birth

1938

Bruno Bulgarelli, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Italian opera singer

Birth (82th anniversary)

1935

Emiliya Pavlovskaya, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Soviet Russian pedagogue and singer

Death (age 81)

1933

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)

1925

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, opera singer, music pedagogue

Death (age 78)

1922

Helena Gmucová-Zahradníková, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer

Birth

1920

Pierre Mollet, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Canadian opera singer

Birth

Geoffrey <strong>Bush</strong> 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

1918

Matilde Salvador i Segarra, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Spanish artist (1918-2007)

Birth

1917

Oscar Shumsky, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, American musician

Birth

1915

Work for choir

“All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op. 37”, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history

Sergei Rachmaninoff


Premiere

Michał Szopski, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, singer, opera singer

Birth

1913

Evgeniĭ Belov, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer, music pedagogue

Birth

 

Romantic

1907

Gerhart Münch, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German musician

Birth

1905

Maria Madlen Madsen, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German actress

Birth

1904

Huang Tzu, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Chinese musician

Birth

1901

Elisaveta Yovevich, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Bulgarian opera vocalist

Birth

1898

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 <strong>Chukhajian</strong> Tigran Chukhajian, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Ottoman Armenian composer, conductor, and writer

Death (age 61)

1895

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

1893

Franz von <strong>Vecsey</strong> 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

20th century

1886

Maximillian Wolff, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Austrian composer

Death (age 46)

1881

Egon <strong>Petri</strong> Egon Petri, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Dutch musician

Birth

1880

Niels Jacob Hansen, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer

Birth

1878

Franz <strong>Schreker</strong> Franz Schreker, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Austrian composer

Birth

1877

Caroline Unger, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Austro-Hungarian contralto

Death (age 73)

1869

Charles Lucas, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, English cellist, composer and Principal of the Royal Academy of Music

Death (age 60)

1864

Louis <strong>Glass</strong> 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 <strong>Arens</strong> Louis Arens, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer

Birth

1861

Opera

“Le pont des soupirs”, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history

Jacques Offenbach


Premiere 160th anniversary

Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

1855

Amy Sherwin, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, singer

Birth

1851

Wanda von Bogdani, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Polish music educator

Birth

1849

Vojtěch Hlaváč, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Czech composer, choirmaster, organist and inventor

Birth

1844

Eugène <strong>Gigout</strong> Eugène Gigout, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, French organist and composer

Birth

1833

Franz <strong>Bendel</strong> Franz Bendel, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German musician

Birth

1832

Wilhelm Würfel, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Czech conductor, music educator, composer and pianist

Death (age 41)

1826

Ludwig <strong>Minkus</strong> Ludwig Minkus, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Austrian composer and violinist

Birth

1821

Bernhard Anselm Weber, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German music director and composer

Death (age 56)

199th anniversary    (2021)

 

Classical

1818

Nicolas <strong>Isouard</strong> Nicolas Isouard, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Maltese composer

Death (age 44)

1816

Ignaz Vitzthumb, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Austrian composer

Death (age 91)

1813

Elizabeth Inverarity, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, opera singer

Birth

1811

Wilhelm Taubert, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German pianist, composer and conductor

Birth

1795

Leopold Jansa, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, Czech violinist, music educator and composer

Birth

Romantic

1792

Work for orchestra

“Symphony No. 94 in G major”, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history

Joseph Haydn


Premiere

Work for orchestra

“Symphony No. 95 in C minor, “Mit dem Paukenschlag””, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history

Joseph Haydn


Premiere

1789

Carl Ludwig Paulmann, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, singer, opera singer, stage actor

Birth

 

Baroque

1748

Johann Gottfried <strong>Walther</strong> Johann Gottfried Walther, Anniversaries (March 23), Classical music history, German musician and composer

Death (age 63)

See also...

Other anniversaries

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