June 2023: 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 2023 : essential commemorations
2023 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In June 2023, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Willy Van Hese (100th anniversary, Birth), Walter Kreppel (100th anniversary, Birth), Daniel Pinkham (100th anniversary, Birth), Jerzy Kulesza (100th anniversary, Birth), Karel Goeyvaerts (100th anniversary, Birth).
There are many more: 1923, 1823, 1723...
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. July 2023? ... In a year? June 2024...
Day by day, all celebrations for June 2023
Willy Van Hese , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Karl Engel , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Swiss musician (1923-2006)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Felix von Weingartner , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Austrian conductor, composer and pianist (1863-1942)
160th anniversary (Birth)
Hidemaro Konoye , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Japanese composer and conductor
50th anniversary (Death)
Walter Kreppel , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, German musician and singer (1923-2003)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Zenon Brzewski , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Polish musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Yevgeny Mravinsky , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue (1903–1988)
120th anniversary (Birth)
Mathis Nitschke , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, German composer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Daniel Pinkham , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, American composer (1923-2006)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Marjorie Thomas , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, singer (1923-2008)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Alexei Lvov , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Russian composer (1798-1870)
225th anniversary (Birth)
Jerzy Kulesza , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Polish opera singer (1923-2017)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Roberto Alagna , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, French tenor
60th anniversary (Birth)
Nihad Hrustanbegovic , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Bosnian-Dutch musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Karel Goeyvaerts , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Belgian composer (1923-1993)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jana Sýkorová , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Czech opera singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Aase Nordmo Løvberg , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Norwegian soprano opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Thomas Rösner , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Austrian conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Ballet
“The Wedding” , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music
Premiere in 1923 (100th anniversary)
Johann Simon Mayr , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, German composer (1763–1845)
260th anniversary (Birth)
Franz Danzi , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, German composer and musician
260th anniversary (Birth)
Julia Fischer , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, German classical violinist, pianist
40th anniversary (Birth)
Edvard Grieg , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)
180th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Death in Venice, Op. 88” , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music
Premiere in 1973 (50th anniversary)
Aldeburgh Festival
Antonina Nezhdanova , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Russian opera singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
David Popper , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Bohemian cellist and composer
180th anniversary (Birth)
Antoni de Lliteres , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Spanish composer (1673-1747)
350th anniversary (Birth)
Jeanette MacDonald , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, American singer and actress (1903-1965)
120th anniversary (Birth)
Patricia Janečková , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Slovak opera crossover singer (1998-2023)
25th anniversary (Birth)
Herman Krebbers , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Dutch musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Sasha Mäkilä , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Finnish conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Jörg Widmann , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, German composer, conductor and clarinetist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Alois Hába , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (1893-1973)
130th anniversary (Birth)
Étienne Méhul , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, French composer
260th anniversary (Birth)
Aleksey Igudesman , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Russian violinist, conductor, presenter, writer and actor.
50th anniversary (Birth)
James Levine , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, American conductor and pianist
80th anniversary (Birth)
Henning Kraggerud , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Norwegian musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Žermēna Heine-Vāgnere , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator
100th anniversary (Birth)
Blanche Deschamps-Jéhin , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Opera
“Master Peter's Puppet Show” , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music
Premiere in 1923 (100th anniversary)
Teatro de San Fernando, Sevilla
Ferenc Erkel , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist (1810–1893)
130th anniversary (Death)
Giuseppe Tricarico , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Italian composer (1623-1697)
400th anniversary (Birth)
Claudio Abbado , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Italian conductor (1933–2014)
90th anniversary (Birth)
Karl Scheidemantel , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, German baritone
100th anniversary (Death)
Franz-Paul Decker , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, German conductor (1923-2014)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Inva Mula , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Albanian opera singer
60th anniversary (Birth)
Boris Christoff , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Bulgarian bass singer
30th anniversary (Death)
Louise Lavoye , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, French singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Hanna Sofia Falkman , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Finnish opera singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Anne-Sophie Mutter , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, German violinist
60th anniversary (Birth)
Gustave Kerker , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, German composer and conductor
100th anniversary (Death)
Lella Cincu , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Romanian soprano (1923-2008)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Chou Wen-chung , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, Chinese American composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Claude Terrasse , Celebrations (June 2023), Classical music, French composer
100th anniversary (Death)