April 2019: 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.
April 2019 : essential commemorations
2019 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In April 2019, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Ruth-Margret Pütz (0th anniversary, Death), Vincenzo Ciampi (300th anniversary, Birth), Ferenc Zsasskovszky (200th anniversary, Birth), Stefan Surzyński (100th anniversary, Death), William B. Murray (0th anniversary, Death)... and many more.
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. Next month? May 2019... In a year? April 2020...
Day by day, all celebrations for April 2019
Ruth-Margret Pütz, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, opera singer from Germany
Death
Alexander Dreyschock, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Czech composer and pianist
150th anniversary (Death)
Vladimir Orlov, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Romanian-Canadian cellist and music teacher
Death
Fortunio Bonanova, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, actor and opera singer
50th anniversary (Death)
Vincenzo Ciampi, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Italian composer
300th anniversary (Birth)
Ferenc Zsasskovszky, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, organist, composer, teacher
200th anniversary (Birth)
Piotr Anderszewski, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, pianist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Albert Roussel, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, French composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Stefan Surzyński, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, conductor
100th anniversary (Death)
André Previn, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, German-American pianist, conductor and composer
90th anniversary (Birth)
Emma Dahl, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Norwegian composer
200th anniversary (Birth)
William B. Murray, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, American musician
Death
Theobald Boehm, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Bavarian flautist and tinkerer
225th anniversary (Birth)
Giovanni Allevi, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Italian pianist and composer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Florencio Constantino, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Spanish opera singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Nino Rota, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Italian composer (1911-1979)
40th anniversary (Death)
Charles Hallé, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, pianist and conductor, founder of the Hallé orchestra
200th anniversary (Birth)
Johann Georg Lickl, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Austrian composer, organist, Kapellmeister, piano teacher
250th anniversary (Birth)
Sondra Radvanovsky, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Giovanni Agostino Perotti, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Italian composer
250th anniversary (Birth)
Cécile Chaminade, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, French composer and pianist
75th anniversary (Death)
Leo Berlin, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Swedish violinist
Death
George Frideric Handel, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, German, later British Baroque composer
260th anniversary (Death)
Karel Berman, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Czech actor, music educator, composer, opera singer, professor and translator
100th anniversary (Birth)
August Wilhelm Bach, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, German composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Margit László, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
Death
Karola Vajdová, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jörg Demus, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Austrian pianist
Death
Antonio Bertali, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Austrian composer and violinist of Italian birth
350th anniversary (Death)
Frederick Hemke, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, American musician
Death
Franz von Suppè, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Austrian composer and conductor
200th anniversary (Birth)
Barbara Marchisio, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Italian singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Carl Loewe, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, German composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Giorgio Stigelli, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, German singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Roger Doucet, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Canadian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Michael Mann, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, German-born musician and professor of German literature
100th anniversary (Birth)
Deborah Cook, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, American operatic soprano
Death
Heather Harper, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, British soprano
Death
Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, American operatic soprano, composer and presenter
Death
Camille Erlanger, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, French composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Irene Jordan, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, American operatic soprano
100th anniversary (Birth)
Gjergj Kaçinari, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Kosovo composer
Birth
Colette Lorand, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, Swiss singer and opera singer (1923-2019)
Death
Joseph Ward, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, British opera singer
Death
Jo Sullivan Loesser, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, American actress and singer
Death
Thomas Beecham, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, British conductor and impresario
140th anniversary (Birth)
Julius Katchen, Celebrations (April 2019), Classical music, American concert pianist
50th anniversary (Death)