February 2022: the main classical music anniversaries to celebrate
Every month, composers and musicians to remember! Classical music and opera have brought out tens of thousands of artists, are performed in thousands of venues and their composers have written scores in great numbers throughout 10 centuries of history. From January 1 to December 31, there are therefore many opportunities to remember a composer or discover an artist, to explore a genre or to expand a work' s knowledge.
February 2022 : essential commemorations
2022 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In February 2022, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Renata Tebaldi (100th anniversary, Birth), Pietro Carapellucci (100th anniversary, Birth), Nicolae Moldoveanu (100th anniversary, Birth), Jeanine Rueff (100th anniversary, Birth), Regina Mingotti (300th anniversary, Birth).
There are many more: 1922, 1822, 1722...
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. March 2022? ... In a year? February 2023...
Day by day, all celebrations for February 2022
Clara Butt , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, British singer (1872–1936)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Taryn Fiebig , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Australian opera soprano
50th anniversary (Birth)
Renata Tebaldi , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Italian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Swedish singer and voice instructor
50th anniversary (Death)
Huguette Rivière , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, French singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Pietro Carapellucci , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Italian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Zoë Keating , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Canadian avant-garde cellist and composer based in San Francisco
50th anniversary (Birth)
Jean-Baptiste Davaux , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, French composer (1742-1822)
200th anniversary (Death)
André David , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, French composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Nicolae Moldoveanu , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Romanian conductor, writer and composer (1922-2007)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jacques Ibert , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, French composer
60th anniversary (Death)
Mina Kubota , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Japanese composer and pianist (1972-)
50th anniversary (Birth)
Jeanine Rueff , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, French composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Johannes Ockeghem , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Franco-Flemish composer
525th anniversary (Death)
Regina Mingotti , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer
300th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Hercule amoureux” , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1662 (360th anniversary)
Akiko Suwanai , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Japanese violinist (1972-)
50th anniversary (Birth)
Joaquín Gaztambide , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, composer of zarzuelas from Navarre, Spain
200th anniversary (Birth)
John Williams , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, American composer and conductor
90th anniversary (Birth)
Thorvald Lammers , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Operatic and concert singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Kathryn Grayson , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, American actress and coloratura soprano (1922–2010)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Antonio Bazzini , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Italian violinist, composer and teacher
125th anniversary (Death)
Louie Pounds , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, British opera singer and actress (1872–1970)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Elisabeth Carron , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, American operatic soprano
100th anniversary (Birth)
Pierre-Claude Foucquet , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, French organist and composer
250th anniversary (Death)
Francesco Cavalli , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Italian composer (1602–1676)
420th anniversary (Birth)
Betty Boije , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Swedish singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
John Adams , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, American composer
75th anniversary (Birth)
Robert Fuchs , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Austrian composer and music teacher
175th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Zelmira” , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1822 (200th anniversary)
Teatro di San Carlo
Geraint Evans , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Welsh opera singer (1922-1992)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Theodor Tomášek , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, composer and choirmaster
100th anniversary (Death)
Gregorio Allegri , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Italian composer
370th anniversary (Death)
Bruno Walter , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, German-born conductor, pianist, and composer (1876-1962)
60th anniversary (Death)
Gavriil Popov , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Russian Soviet composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Fernand Halphen , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, French Jewish composer and art collector (1872-1917)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Jerónimo Francisco de Lima , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, composer
200th anniversary (Death)
Josef Matěj , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Czech composer, trombonist and choirmaster
100th anniversary (Birth)
Charles Auguste de Bériot , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Belgian composer and violinist
220th anniversary (Birth)
Miroslav Pelikán , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (1922-2006)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Marian Anderson , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, African-American contralto (1897–1993)
125th anniversary (Birth)
Wojciech Żywny , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Polish pianist, composer of Czech origin; Frédéric Chopin's piano teacher
180th anniversary (Death)
John McCollum , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, American opera tenor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Rolando Valdès-Blain , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Cuban classical guitarist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Rolando Villazón , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Mexican naturalized French tenor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Johann Ignaz Walter , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, German singer and composer (1755-1822)
200th anniversary (Death)
Pierre Certon , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, French composer
450th anniversary (Death)
Johann Crüger , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, German hymnwriter
360th anniversary (Death)
Georg Anthes , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, German violinist, director, singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Ilse Hollweg , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, German singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Arrigo Boito , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Italian poet and opera composer and librettist of Verdi's opera ''Otello'' (1842-1918)
180th anniversary (Birth)
Michel Legrand , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, French film score composer (1932–2019)
90th anniversary (Birth)
Arcadi Volodos , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Russian pianist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Theodoros Currentzis , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Greek musician, conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Felix Werder , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Australian composer (1922–2012)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Sergio Tiempo , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Venezuelan-Argentine musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Kazuko Yasukawa , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Japanese pianist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Maurice Andrés , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, French trumpeter born in Occitania (1933-2012)
10th anniversary (Death)
Alessandro Stradella , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Italian composer
340th anniversary (Death)
Franz Beyer , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, musicologist, viola player (1922-2018)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Franz Strauss , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, German composer and virtuoso horn player. Father of Richard Strauss
200th anniversary (Birth)
Nadezhda Simonyan , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Soviet composer (1922-1997)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Gidon Kremer , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Latvian violinist and conductor
75th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“La reine de Saba” , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1862 (160th anniversary)
Salle Le Peletier
Geraldine Farrar , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, American soprano opera singer and film actress (1882–1967)
140th anniversary (Birth)
Gioachino Rossini , Celebrations (February 2022), Classical music, Italian opera composer (1792-1868)
230th anniversary (Birth)