June 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.
June 2022 : essential commemorations
2022 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In June 2022, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Raffaello de Banfield (100th anniversary, Birth), Joseph Schuster (300th anniversary, Birth), Johann Kuhnau (300th anniversary, Death), Iain Hamilton (100th anniversary, Birth), Elizabeth Parkina (100th anniversary, Death).
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. July 2022? ... In a year? June 2023...
Day by day, all celebrations for June 2022
Raffaello de Banfield , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Italian composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Les mamelles de Tirésias, Op. 159” , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1947 (75th anniversary)
Opéra-Comique
Opera
“Mavra” , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1922 (100th anniversary)
Paris
Heinrich Esser , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, German composer and conductor
150th anniversary (Death)
Stanisław Moniuszko , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Polish composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Joseph Schuster , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, opera singer
300th anniversary (Birth)
Johann Kuhnau , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, German composer, organist and harpsichordist
300th anniversary (Death)
Cesare Galeotti , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Italian composer, conductor, and concert pianist
150th anniversary (Birth)
Etelka Benkő , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, opera singer, actor (1872-1921)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Iain Hamilton , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Scottish composer (1922-2000)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Lillian Russell , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, American opera singer and actress (1860-1922)
100th anniversary (Death)
George Szell , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, American conductor
125th anniversary (Birth)
Alice Nielsen , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, American opera singer (1872-1943)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Hans Leo Hassler , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, German composer and organist (1564-1612)
410th anniversary (Death)
Otto Goritz , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, German stage actor and opera singer (1872-1929)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Vilém Zemánek , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Czech dirigent
100th anniversary (Death)
Work for orchestra
“Symphony No. 3 in D minor” , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1902 (120th anniversary)
Stadthalle Krefeld
Elizabeth Parkina , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Francesco Antonio Bonporti , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Italian priest and composer (1672-1749)
350th anniversary (Birth)
John Ireland , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, British composer and teacher of music (1879-1962)
60th anniversary (Death)
Rikard Nordraak , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Norwegian composer
180th anniversary (Birth)
Alexandre Tansman , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Franco-Polish musician (1897-1986)
125th anniversary (Birth)
Kristjan Järvi , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Estonian conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Lang Lang , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Chinese pianist
40th anniversary (Birth)
Alfred Cortot , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Franco-Swiss pianist and conductor
60th anniversary (Death)
Louis-Claude Daquin , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, French composer
250th anniversary (Death)
Johanna Gadski , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, German-born operatic soprano
150th anniversary (Birth)
Lilyana Bareva , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Bronisław Huberman , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Polish musician
75th anniversary (Death)
Orazio Benevoli , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Italian composer (1605-1672)
350th anniversary (Death)
Enrico Delle Sedie , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Italian opera singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Claude Helffer , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, French musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Henry David Leslie , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, English composer and conductor (1822-1896)
200th anniversary (Birth)
Igor Stravinsky , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1882–1971)
140th anniversary (Birth)
Anu Tali , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Estonian conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Alessandro Marcello , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Italian composer
275th anniversary (Death)
Helge Rosvaenge , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Danish opera singer
50th anniversary (Death)
Carl Zeller , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Austrian composer
180th anniversary (Birth)
Giuseppe Luigini , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, conductor, composer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Eugenia Burzio , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Vittorio Monti , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Italian composer, violinist, and conductor (1868-1922)
100th anniversary (Death)
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, German musician and composer
290th anniversary (Birth)
Lalo Schifrin , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor (born 1932)
90th anniversary (Birth)
Serena Daolio , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Italian singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Bulbul , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Azerbaijani singer (1897-1961)
125th anniversary (Birth)
Lore Wissmann , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1922-2007)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Francis Thorne , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, American composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Joyce Wright , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, English singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Joachim Raff , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Swiss composer (1822-1882)
140th anniversary (Death)
E. T. A. Hoffmann , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, German Romantic author (1776-1822)
200th anniversary (Death)
Work for orchestra
“Symphony No. 9 in D major” , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1912 (110th anniversary)
Vienna
Anna Moffo , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, American opera singer, television personality, and dramatic actress (1932-2006)
90th anniversary (Birth)
Jelka Asić , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, opera singer, stage actor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Sergiu Celibidache , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Romanian conductor (1912–1996)
110th anniversary (Birth)
David N. Johnson , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, American composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Richard Rodgers , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, American composer of songs and Broadway musicals (1902–1979)
120th anniversary (Birth)
Georg Benda , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Czech composer
300th anniversary (Birth)
Gilles Lefebvre , Celebrations (June 2022), Classical music, Canadian violinist (1922-2001)
100th anniversary (Birth)