April 2020: 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 2020 : essential commemorations
2020 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In April 2020, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Willoughby Weiss (200th anniversary, Birth), Vincenzo Galilei (500th anniversary, Birth), Carl Bohm (100th anniversary, Death), Erika Schubert (100th anniversary, Birth), Oldřich Dědek (100th anniversary, Birth).
There are many more: 1920, 1820, 1720...
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. May 2020? ... In a year? April 2021...
Day by day, all celebrations for April 2020
Cosima Wagner , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, daughter of the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt and wife of Hans von Bülow and Richard Wagner (1837-1930)
90th anniversary (Death)
Willoughby Weiss , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, English operatic bass
200th anniversary (Birth)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Italian composer
125th anniversary (Birth)
Vincenzo Galilei , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Italian lutenist, composer and music theorist
500th anniversary (Birth)
Kurt Weill , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, German composer (1900–1950)
70th anniversary (Death)
Fausta Labia , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Italian operatic soprano (1870-1935)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Augusta Candiani , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, opera singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Carl Bohm , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, German composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Leonora Baroni , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Italian lutenist and composer
350th anniversary (Death)
Johann Kuhnau , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, German composer, organist and harpsichordist
360th anniversary (Birth)
Erika Schubert , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Austrian singer died 2019
100th anniversary (Birth)
Leif Ove Andsnes , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Norwegian pianist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Work for orchestra
“Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21” , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music
Premiere in 1800 (220th anniversary)
Charles Auguste de Bériot , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Belgian composer and violinist
150th anniversary (Death)
Charles Tomlinson Griffes , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, American composer (1884-1920)
100th anniversary (Death)
Jackie Evancho , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, American singer
20th anniversary (Birth)
Angelo Zanardini , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Italian librettist
200th anniversary (Birth)
Cobina Wright , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, American actress (1887-1970)
50th anniversary (Death)
Annie Fischer , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, classical pianist (1914–1995)
25th anniversary (Death)
Giovanni Malipiero , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Italian opera singer (1906-1970)
50th anniversary (Death)
Jozefa Ellinger , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Edmond Audran , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, French composer
180th anniversary (Birth)
Kerstin Thorborg , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Swedish operatic contralto (1896-1970)
50th anniversary (Death)
Rudolf Francl , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Yugoslav opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Esteban Benzecry , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Argentine composer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Vladimir Cosma , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Romanian-French Composer, violinist and conductor
80th anniversary (Birth)
György Vashegyi , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Hungarian conductor, harpsichordist and specialist in Early Music
50th anniversary (Birth)
Oldřich Dědek , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, opera singer, artist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Vít Chlup , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, musicologist, conductor, pianist, trombonist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Ada Thuma , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Mathilde Mallinger , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Austrian opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Nobu Kōda , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Japanese composer, violinist and pianist (1870-1946)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Ferdinando Provesi , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Italian composer
250th anniversary (Birth)
Bruno Maderna , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Italian conductor and composer (1920-1973)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Tomomi Nishimoto , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Music conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
Premiere in 1920 (100th anniversary)
Opera
Premiere in 1920 (100th anniversary)
Loreto Vittori , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Italian singer and composer
350th anniversary (Death)
Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, German composer, opera singer and librettist (1724-1780)
240th anniversary (Death)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Russian composer (1840–1893)
180th anniversary (Birth)
Eva-Maria Westbroek , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Dutch opera singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Guido Cantelli , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Italian conductor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Anton Eberst , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Clarinetist, professor, author
100th anniversary (Birth)
Nan Merriman , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, American operatic mezzo-soprano singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Robert Paterson , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, American composer and percussionist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Malcolm Sargent , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, English conductor, organist and composer (1895-1967)
125th anniversary (Birth)
Franz Lehár , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, Komárom-born Austrian music composer (1870–1948)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Louis Gassier , Celebrations (April 2020), Classical music, French singer
200th anniversary (Birth)