Music anniversaries to be commemorated on March 7: 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 7: Essential anniversaries
Throughout 10 centuries of history, there are thousands of anniversaries. For March 7, there are no less than 83 dates to remember: births, deaths, premieres, inaugurations... Among them: Ivan Ivanovich Armsheimer (160th anniversary, Birth), Tetsuji Emura (60th anniversary, Birth), Claude Arrieu (30th 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 7
2017
Francis Thorne, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, American composer
Death (age 94)
2013
Jeffrey Skitch, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Australian-British singer, actor and teacher
Death (age 85)
2012
Tonka Štetić, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, opera singer
Death (age 89)
2011
Ruth Schob-Lipka, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer
Death (age 82)
2009
André Casanova, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, French composer
Death (age 89)
2005
James Stuart, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, American opera director and operatic tenor
Death (age 76)
1998
Leonie Rysanek, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, singer
Death (age 71)
1995
Kazimierz Wiłkomirski, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Polish musician
Death (age 94)
1993
Earl Wrightson, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, American singer
Death (age 77)
1992
Bella Jasper, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, opera singer
Death (age 59)
1991
Josef Páleníček, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Czech music educator, composer and pianist
Death (age 76)
1990
Claude Arrieu, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, French composer
Death (age 86)
1986
Lasse Wager, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Finnish stage actor
Death (age 90)
1983
Igor Markevitch, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Ukrainian conductor and composer
Death (age 70)
Claude Vivier, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Canadian composer
Death (age 34)
1981
Kirill Kondrashin, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Russian conductor
Death (age 67)
Anna Leese, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, singer
Birth (39th anniversary)
1979
Guiomar Novaes, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Brazilian pianist
Death (age 84)
1978
Quinn Kelsey, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, American operatic baritone
Birth (42th anniversary)
1977
Bartosz Kowalski-Banasewicz, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Polish composer
Birth (43th anniversary)
1975
Stefan Klaverdal, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, composer
Birth (45th anniversary)
1973
Charles Barkel, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Swedish concertmaster (1896-1973)
Death (age 77)
1971
Manuela Uhl, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer
Birth (49th anniversary)
1968
José María Sánchez-Verdú, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Spanish composer
Birth (52th anniversary)
1967
Hermine Haselböck, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Austrian mezzo-soprano
Birth (53th anniversary)
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Japanese composer
Birth (53th anniversary)
1965
Willy Clément, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, French opera singer
Death (age 46)
1964
Denyce Graves, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, American operatic mezzo-soprano
Birth (56th anniversary)
1961
Mats Bergström, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Swedish classical guitarist
Birth (59th anniversary)
1960
Tetsuji Emura, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Japanese composer
Birth
1955
Michael Chance, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, British opera singer
Birth (65th anniversary)
1953
Helena Vieira, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, actor, opera singer
Birth (67th anniversary)
Alexander Mogilevsky, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Russian musician
Death (age 68)
1946
Okko Kamu, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Finnish conductor and violinist
Birth (74th anniversary)
1945
Nicholas Kraemer, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, British musician
Birth (75th anniversary)
1944
Uri Segal, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Israeli conductor
Birth (76th anniversary)
1943
Gunilla Söderström, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Swedish actress
Birth
Turibio Santos, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Brazilian musician
Birth (77th anniversary)
1942
Christopher Seaman, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, British conductor
Birth (78th anniversary)
1941
Ivan Zelenka, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Czech conductor, composer and musician
Birth (79th anniversary)
1938
Juan Bautista Massa, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Argentinian composer
Death (age 52)
1934
Ivane Paliashvili, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, musician
Death (age 65)
Eugene Holmes, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, African American operatic baritone
Birth
1932
Galina Kovalyova, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Soviet opera singer and music educator (1932-1995)
Birth
1931
Mady Mesplé, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, French soprano
Birth
1929
Claudio Nicolai, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, German baritone
Birth
1928
Štěpán Koníček, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Czech conductor and composer
Birth
William Blankenship, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
1926
Jindřich Kaan von Albest, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Czech music educator, composer and pianist
Death (age 73)
1925
Gisela Scherzer-Rening, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, German actress
Birth
Éva Lehoczky, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Hungarian opera singer
Birth
1918
Václav Kliment, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Czech opera singer
Death (age 54)
1916
José de Ferrer, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Spanish guitarist and composer
Death (age 80)
1915
Sviatoslav Richter, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Soviet pianist
Birth
Vladimir Mikhailovich Yurovsky, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Ukrainian Soviet film music composer
Birth
1912
Annette Haas, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, pianist (1912-2002)
Birth
1906
Alejandro García Caturla, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Cuban musician
Birth
1905
Antanina Dambrauskaitė, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Lithuanian opera singer
Birth
1897
Leonard Labatt, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Swedish singer
Death (age 58)
1895
Juan José Castro, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Argentine musician
Birth
1893
Angelo Zanardini, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Italian librettist
Death (age 72)
1884
Marina Michaylovna Skibitskaja, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Russian opera singer and music educator (1884-1943)
Birth
1875
Maurice Ravel, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, French composer
Birth
1874
Ivan Rubchak, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Ukrainian theatre actor and singer
Birth
1866
Robert Polák, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, opera singer, opera director
Birth
1860
Ivan Ivanovich Armsheimer, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, composer, conductor
Birth
1839
Adolphe Nourrit, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, French opera singer
Death (age 37)
Vicenç Cuyàs, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Spanish composer
Death (age 23)
1833
Franz Wohlfahrt, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, violin teacher, composer
Birth
1822
Victor Massé, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, French composer
Birth
Carlo Canobbio, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Italian composer
Death (age 81)
1816
Catharine Simonsen, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Danish opera singer
Birth
1809
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Austrian music educator, composer and organist
Death (age 73)
1802
Johann Georg Witthauer, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, German composer and music educator
Death (age 51)
1786
Franz Benda, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Bohemian violinist and composer
Death (age 76)
1776
Étienne-François Gebauer, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, French composer and flautist
Birth
1766
Elise Berner, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Austrian opera singer and actress
Birth
1761
Antonio Palella, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Italian composer
Death (age 68)
1752
Pietro Castrucci, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Italian musician
Death (age 73)
1731
Jean-Louis Laruette, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, French actor
Birth
1663
Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, Italian composer and violinist
Birth
1629
Domenico Melani, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
1574
John Wilbye, Anniversaries (March 7), Classical music history, English composer
Birth