March 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.
March 2022 : essential commemorations
2022 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In March 2022, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Imrich Jakubek (100th anniversary, Birth), Mario Zafred (100th anniversary, Birth), Kazimierz Serocki (100th anniversary, Birth), Doriot Anthony Dwyer (100th anniversary, Birth), Victor Massé (200th 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. April 2022? ... In a year? March 2023...
Day by day, all celebrations for March 2022
Louis Treumann , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Imrich Jakubek , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Erna Sack , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, singer
50th anniversary (Death)
Mario Zafred , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Italian composer, music critic, and opera director
100th anniversary (Birth)
József Bódy , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Work for soloist
“Fantasy in E major, Op. 16 No. 3, “The Rivulet”” , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1842 (180th anniversary)
Gewandhaus
Work for orchestra
“Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, “Scottish”” , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1842 (180th anniversary)
Gewandhaus
Eugen d'd'Albert , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Scottish-born German pianist and composer
90th anniversary (Death)
Kazimierz Serocki , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Polish composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Work for orchestra
“Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, “Leningrad”” , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1942 (80th anniversary)
Work for orchestra
“Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13” , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1897 (125th anniversary)
Alfredo Casella , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Italian composer, pianist and conductor (1883-1947)
75th anniversary (Death)
John Philip Sousa , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Luso-American conductor and composer (1854–1932)
90th anniversary (Death)
Paul Juon , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Russian composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Doriot Anthony Dwyer , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, American musician (1922-2020)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Constanze Mozart , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Austrian singer
180th anniversary (Death)
Victor Massé , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, French composer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Carlo Canobbio , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Italian composer
200th anniversary (Death)
Opera
“Nabucco” , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1842 (180th anniversary)
La Scala
Oleksandr Myshuha , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Ukrainian singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Till Fellner , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Austrian musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Muzio Clementi , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Italian-born English composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer
190th anniversary (Death)
Arthur Honegger , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Swiss composer (1892-1928)
130th anniversary (Birth)
Hans Sitt , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Czech violinist, music educator and composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Emilio de de' Cavalieri , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Italian composer, producer, organist, diplomat, choreographer and dancer
420th anniversary (Death)
Henry Cowell , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario (1897-1965)
125th anniversary (Birth)
Georg von Reutter II , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Austrian composer (1708–1772)
250th anniversary (Death)
Friedrich Kuhlau , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Danish composer
190th anniversary (Death)
Opera
“Médée” , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1797 (225th anniversary)
Salle Feydeau
Opera
“Macbeth” , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1847 (175th anniversary)
Teatro della Pergola
Luigi Cherubini , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Italian Classical and Romantic composer (1760–1842)
180th anniversary (Death)
Alexander von Zemlinsky , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Austrian Jewish composer, conductor, and teacher (1871-1942)
80th anniversary (Death)
Claude Gafner , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, (1922-2003)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Zdeněk Liška , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Czech composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Fromental Halévy , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, French composer
160th anniversary (Death)
Work for chamber orchestra
“Transfigured night, Op. 4” , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1902 (120th anniversary)
Gian Francesco Malipiero , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Italian composer of the 20th century (1882-1973)
140th anniversary (Birth)
Isabelle Faust , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, German classical violinist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Jan Ladislav Dussek , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Czech composer and pianist (1760–1812)
210th anniversary (Death)
Bernhard Sekles , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, German composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Oskar Zornik , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, opera singer, partisan
100th anniversary (Birth)
Mykola Lysenko , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist (1842–1912)
180th anniversary (Birth)
Work for orchestra
“Symphony No. 94 in G major” , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1792 (230th anniversary)
Pavla Vykopalová , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Czech soprano
50th anniversary (Birth)
Édouard Nanny , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, French double bass player
150th anniversary (Birth)
Momo Kodama , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Japanese pianist (1972−)
50th anniversary (Birth)
Charlotte Holloman , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, American opera singer and voice teacher
100th anniversary (Birth)
Alexander Davydov , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Russian opera singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Nikolay Sokolov , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Russian composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Opera
“Albert Herring, Op. 39” , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1947 (75th anniversary)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Nicolaus Bruhns , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Danish-German organist and composer
325th anniversary (Death)
Carl Orff , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, German composer (1895–1982)
40th anniversary (Death)
William Walton , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, English composer (1902–1983)
120th anniversary (Birth)
Frederic Austin , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, British opera singer, teacher and composer (1872-1952)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Faustina Bordoni , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, opera singer (1697-1781)
325th anniversary (Birth)
Johann Wilhelm Wilms , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Dutch composer
250th anniversary (Birth)
Sergei Vasilenko , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Russian and Soviet composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Joseph Haydn , Celebrations (March 2022), Classical music, Austrian composer
290th anniversary (Birth)