July 2018: 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.
July 2018 : essential commemorations
2018 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In July 2018, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Henrietta Treffz (200th anniversary, Birth), George Rochberg (100th anniversary, Birth), Herbert Brün (100th anniversary, Birth), John Frandsen (100th anniversary, Birth), Ján Baran (100th anniversary, Birth).
There are many more: 1918, 1818, 1718...
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. August 2018? ... In a year? July 2019...
Day by day, all celebrations for July 2018
Henrietta Treffz , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Austrian mezzo-soprano
200th anniversary (Birth)
Masakazu Natsuda , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Japanese conductor and musicologist
50th anniversary (Birth)
George M. Cohan , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, American entertainer, composer and playwright
140th anniversary (Birth)
Alessandro Stradella , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Italian composer
375th anniversary (Birth)
George Rochberg , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, American composer (1918-2005)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Hanns Eisler , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Austrian and German composer (1898–1962)
120th anniversary (Birth)
Samuel Lover , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Irish song-writer, novelist, and painter (1797-1868)
150th anniversary (Death)
Herbert Brün , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, German composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Hiroshi Ohguri , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Japanese musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
John Frandsen , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Danish conductor
100th anniversary (Birth)
José de Nebra , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Spanish composer
250th anniversary (Death)
Ada Sari , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, singer, actress, and educator
50th anniversary (Death)
Ján Baran , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, composer, civil servant
100th anniversary (Birth)
Myroslav Skoryk , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Ukrainian composer
80th anniversary (Birth)
Lothar Kempter , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, composer and conductor (1844-1918)
100th anniversary (Death)
Maria Murano , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, singer (1918-2009)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Heinrich Esser , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, German composer and conductor
200th anniversary (Birth)
Eugène Ysaÿe , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Belgian violinist, composer and conductor
160th anniversary (Birth)
Pinchas Zukerman , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Violinist
70th anniversary (Birth)
Josep Jordà i Valor , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Spanish composer (1839-1918)
100th anniversary (Death)
Antonio Ghislanzoni , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Italian journalist, poet, and novelist (1824-1893)
125th anniversary (Death)
Jørgen Fønss , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Danish opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Florence Foster Jenkins , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability
150th anniversary (Birth)
Claude Lavoie , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Canadian organist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Willy Clément , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, French opera singer (1918-1965)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Joseph Keilberth , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, German conductor
50th anniversary (Death)
Praskovia Kovalyova-Zhemchugova , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Russian actor and opera singer
250th anniversary (Birth)
Johann Friedrich Kittl , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Czech composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Ann Ayars , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, actor; The Youngest Profession (1918-1995)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Peace Day, Op. 81” , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music
Premiere in 1938 (80th anniversary)
National Theatre Munich
Ruggiero Ricci , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, American classical violinist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Félix Godefroid , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Belgian musician
200th anniversary (Birth)
Marcel Journet , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, French opera singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Angela Hewitt , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Canadian classical pianist
60th anniversary (Birth)
Leonard Rose , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, American musician (1918-1984)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Loretta di Lelio , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Bernhard Crusell , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Swedish-Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator (1775-1838)
180th anniversary (Death)
Rued Langgaard , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, Danish composer and organist (1893-1952)
125th anniversary (Birth)
Gerard Honing , Celebrations (July 2018), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)