Music anniversaries to be commemorated on May 28: 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.
May 28: Essential anniversaries
Throughout 10 centuries of history, there are thousands of anniversaries. For May 28, there are no less than 93 dates to remember: births, deaths, premieres, inaugurations... Among them: Viktor Nessler (130th anniversary, Death), Louis Pierre Deffès (120th anniversary, Death), Eufrosinia Cuza (110th anniversary, Death), Sarah Nemtsov (40th anniversary, Birth), Claude Heater (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 May 28
2020
Claude Heater, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, American opera singer
Death (age 92)
0th anniversary (2020)
2019
Michèle Vilma, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, French mezzo-soprano
Death (age 87)
2018
Mati Palm, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Estonian opera singer
Death (age 76)
2017
Elisabeth Chojnacka, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Polish musician
Death (age 77)
2014
David Nadien, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, American violinist
Death (age 88)
2013
Masuko Ushioda, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Japanese violinist
Death (age 71)
2012
Judith Nelson, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera singer
Death (age 72)
2007
Radoslav Svozil, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, violinist, opera singer
Death (age 83)
2002
Annette Haas, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, pianist (1912-2002)
Death (age 90)
1997
Ivan Krpan, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Croatian pianist
Birth (23th anniversary)
1994
Seong-Jin Cho, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, South Korean classical pianist
Birth (26th anniversary)
1991
Milada Šafránková, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Czechoslovak opera singer
Death (age 63)
1984
Winirä Ğimadieva, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, coloratura soprano
Birth (36th anniversary)
1983
Jacob Koranyi, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Swedish musician
Birth (37th anniversary)
1981
Darja Dmitrievna Zikova, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth (39th anniversary)
Tim Mead, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth (39th anniversary)
1980
Sarah Nemtsov, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German composer
Birth (40th anniversary)
1977
Jiří Reinberger, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Czech music educator, composer and organist
Death (age 63)
1976
Tomislav Mužek, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Croatian opera singer
Birth (44th anniversary)
Pamelia Kurstin, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, American musician
Birth (44th anniversary)
1973
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German composer
Death (age 73)
1970
Elsie Spain, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, singer and actress
Death (age 91)
50th anniversary (2020)
Jože Kotar, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Slovene musician
Birth (50th anniversary)
50th anniversary (2020)
1969
Jozef Kapustka, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Polish classical pianist
Birth (51th anniversary)
1968
Marcin Bronikowski, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Polish singer
Birth (52th anniversary)
Zhang Ye, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Chinese singer
Birth (52th anniversary)
1965
Gotfrid Hasanov, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Russian composer
Death (age 65)
1964
Amedeo Berdini, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Italian opera singer
Death (age 48)
1963
Vissarion Shebalin, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Russian Soviet composer
Death (age 60)
1961
María Bayo, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Spanish soprano
Birth (59th anniversary)
Andrzej Dobber, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Polish singer
Birth (59th anniversary)
1960
Steven B. Jepson, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, American opera singer
Birth (60th anniversary)
1957
Alice Pierce, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, American singer, opera singer and music educator
Birth (63th anniversary)
1954
Youri Egorov, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Russian musician
Birth
1950
Olga Bakhutashvili-Shulgina, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera singer
Death (age 71)
1947
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Azerbaijani composer
Birth (73th anniversary)
1943
Elena Souliotis, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Greek singer
Birth
1942
Michael Schopper, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German bass-baritone in opera and concert
Birth (78th anniversary)
1940
Vernon Midgley, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, British opera singer
Birth (80th anniversary)
1938
Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German operatic baritone
Birth
1936
Maki Ishii, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Japanese composer
Birth
1935
Richard Van Allan, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, versatile British operatic bass singer
Birth
1933
Marthe Duvivier, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera singer
Death (age 83)
1931
Regina Pinkert, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera singer
Death (age 62)
Peter Westergaard, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, American composer
Birth
1929
Betty Fabila, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, singer
Birth (91th anniversary)
1928
Emma Howson, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, singer and actress
Death (age 84)
1925
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German lyric baritone and conductor
Birth
Pavel Štěpán, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Czech music educator, pianist and university educator
Birth
George Cook, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, English opera singer and actor
Birth
1924
Mikhaïl Nossyrev, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Russian composer
Birth
1923
Miklos Gafni, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
György Ligeti, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Hungarian composer
Birth
Jiří Válek, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Czech composer (1923-2005)
Birth
1918
Irma Kolassi, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Greek singer and pianist
Birth
1917
Liisa Linko-Malmio, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera singer, university teacher
Birth
1915
Alfonso Garulli, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera singer
Death (age 58)
1914
Adolf Sonnenfeld, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera composer, composer, violinist, conductor, musician
Death (age 76)
1913
Tikhon Khrennikov, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Russian Soviet composer (1913-2007)
Birth
Alexander von Bandrowski, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, singer, opera singer, university teacher, stage actor
Death (age 53)
1912
Tom Scott, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, American composer, born 1912
Birth
1910
Eufrosinia Cuza, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Russian opera singer (1856-1910)
Death (age 54)
1907
Lorenzo Riese, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer
Death (age 73)
Valdemar Tofte, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Danish violinist
Death (age 74)
1906
Sándor Svéd, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Hungarian singer
Birth
Sándor Svéd, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Hungarian singer
Birth
1903
Walter Goehr, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German composer and conductor
Birth
1900
Louis Pierre Deffès, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, French composer
Death (age 80)
1899
Heinrich Wiegand, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer
Death (age 56)
1895
Yvonne Hubert, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Belgian/Canadian musician
Birth
Mihály Erdélyi, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Hungarian composer, lyricist, actor, and producer
Birth
1893
Felipe de Jesús Villanueva Gutiérrez, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Mexican composer
Death (age 31)
1890
Viktor Nessler, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German composer
Death (age 49)
1888
Johanna Geisler, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer
Birth
1886
Olle Strandberg, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Swedish actor
Birth
Nikolai Sokoloff, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Ukrainian–American conductor and violinist
Birth
1884
Irén Bánó, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera and operetta singer
Birth
1883
Václav Talich, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Czech conductor, violinist, music educator, professor, university educator and director conductor of Czech philharmony
Birth
Riccardo Zandonai, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Italian composer
Birth
1881
Willy Strehl, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Austrian film actor, stage actor and opera singer
Birth
1876
Wilhelm Georg Dettmer, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German singer and opera singer
Death (age 67)
1861
Georg Döring, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
1844
Léon Vasseur, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, French composer, organist and conductor
Birth
1843
Zulma Bouffar, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, actress and singer from France
Birth
1836
Anton Reicha, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Czech-born French composer
Death (age 66)
Friedrich Baumfelder, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German composer, conductor, and pianist
Birth
1835
August-Acanthe Boudouresque, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, opera singer
Birth
1833
Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German-born Swedish composer
Death (age 74)
1805
Luigi Boccherini, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Italian composer and cellist
Death (age 62)
1798
Josef Dessauer, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Czech composer
Birth
1797
Anton Raaff, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German opera tenor
Death (age 83)
1787
Leopold Mozart, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist
Death (age 67)
1692
Geminiano Giacomelli, Anniversaries (May 28), Classical music history, Italian composer
Birth