November 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.
November 2018 : essential commemorations
2018 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In November 2018, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Mikhail Krasnov (100th anniversary, Birth), Joaquín Valverde Sanjuán (100th anniversary, Death), Joseph Aloys Schmittbaur (300th anniversary, Birth), Jürg Baur (100th anniversary, Birth), Mauritz Wilhelm Leonard Berglund (200th 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. December 2018? ... In a year? November 2019...
Day by day, all celebrations for November 2018
Pieter van Maldere , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Flemish violinist and composer (1729-1768)
250th anniversary (Death)
Mikhail Krasnov , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Russian musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Work for orchestra
“Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65” , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music
Premiere in 1943 (75th anniversary)
Joaquín Valverde Sanjuán , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Spanish composer (1875-1918)
100th anniversary (Death)
Guillaume Landré , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Dutch composer (1905-1968)
50th anniversary (Death)
Charles Munch , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, French musician (1891-1968)
50th anniversary (Death)
John Forsell , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Swedish opera singer and administrator (1868-1941)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Joseph Aloys Schmittbaur , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, German composer, Kapellmeister, and instrument builder
300th anniversary (Birth)
Paul Gay , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, French opera singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Nazzareno Carusi , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Italian musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
François Couperin , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist (1668–1733)
350th anniversary (Birth)
Ennio Morricone , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928–2020)
90th anniversary (Birth)
Jeanne Demessieux , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, French composer, pianist, organist and music teacher (1921-1968)
50th anniversary (Death)
Alessandro Moreschi , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Italian castrato singer
160th anniversary (Birth)
Jürg Baur , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, German composer (1918-2010)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Richard Hofmann , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, German composer and music teacher (1844–1918)
100th anniversary (Death)
Umberto Giordano , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Italian opera composer
70th anniversary (Death)
Bartolomej Urbanec , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Slovak composer and conductor (1918-1983)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Gioachino Rossini , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Italian opera composer (1792-1868)
150th anniversary (Death)
Erika Wedekind , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, German opera singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Kaja Norena , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Norwegian singer (1884-1968)
50th anniversary (Death)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Austrian composer and pianist
240th anniversary (Birth)
Jean Madeira , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, singer (1918-1972)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Marcus Schmickler , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, German musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Lucia Popp , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Slovak operatic soprano
25th anniversary (Death)
Mauritz Wilhelm Leonard Berglund , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, opera singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Andris Nelsons , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Latvian conductor
40th anniversary (Birth)
Augusto Stresser , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Brazilian composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Franz Schubert , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Austrian composer (1797–1828)
190th anniversary (Death)
Barbara Hendricks , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, American operatic soprano and concert singer
70th anniversary (Birth)
Pierre de la Rue , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Franco-Flemish Renaissance singer, composer
500th anniversary (Death)
Leopold Godowsky , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, American pianist, composer, and teacher
80th anniversary (Death)
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, German music critic, music-theorist and composer
300th anniversary (Birth)
Tatiana Nikolayeva , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Russian Soviet pianist, composer and teacher
25th anniversary (Death)
Uzeyir Hajibeyov , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Azerbaijani composer (1885–1948)
70th anniversary (Death)
Lorenzo Gibelli , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Italian composer
300th anniversary (Birth)
Marcel Labey , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, French conductor and composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Louis Lacombe , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, French composer (1818-1884)
200th anniversary (Birth)
Bernardo Sabadini , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Italian composer
300th anniversary (Death)
Stig Westerberg , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Swedish conductor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Hans Redlich , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Austrian composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Senesino , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Italian castrato (1686-1758)
260th anniversary (Death)
František Drdla , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (1868-1944)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Randy Newman , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, American singer-songwriter and pianist
75th anniversary (Birth)
Heinrich von Frauenlob , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, German poet and minnesinger
700th anniversary (Death)
Claudio Monteverdi , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)
375th anniversary (Death)
Abramo Basevi , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Italian composer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Alceo Bocchino , Celebrations (November 2018), Classical music, Brazilian conductor and composer (1918-2013)
100th anniversary (Birth)