April 2021: 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 2021 : essential commemorations
2021 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In April 2021, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: William Bergsma (100th anniversary, Birth), Cécile Simonnet (100th anniversary, Death), Alphons Diepenbrock (100th anniversary, Death), Andrew Imbrie (100th anniversary, Birth), Víctor Mirecki de Larramat (100th 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 2021... In a year? April 2022...
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Day by day, all celebrations for April 2021
William Bergsma, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, American composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Pieter Hellendaal, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Anglo-Dutch organist, violinist and composer
300th anniversary (Birth)
Cécile Simonnet, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, French opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Annie Louise Cary, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, American singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Alphons Diepenbrock, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Dutch composer, essayist and classicist
100th anniversary (Death)
José Cubiles, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Spanish musician
50th anniversary (Death)
Andrew Imbrie, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, American composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Igor Stravinsky, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Russian composer, pianist and conductor
50th anniversary (Death)
Víctor Mirecki de Larramat, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Spanish musician
100th anniversary (Death)
Franco Corelli, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Italian tenor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Nikolai Myaskovsky, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Russian composer
140th anniversary (Birth)
Jan Novák, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Czech composer and pianist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Ernst von Possart, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, German actor and director
100th anniversary (Death)
Francesco Paolo Tosti, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Italian, later British composer and music teacher
175th anniversary (Birth)
Daniel Ferro, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Lithuanian painter, composer and writer
110th anniversary (Death)
Sergei Prokofiev, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Ukrainian & Russian Soviet pianist and composer
130th anniversary (Birth)
Giovanni Tagliapietra, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, american singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Joseph Lanner, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Austrian dance music composer
220th anniversary (Birth)
Carl Bergmann, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, American conductor
200th anniversary (Birth)
Juan Oncina, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Spanish opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Pēteris Vasks, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Latvian composer
75th anniversary (Birth)
Romke Kalma, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Dutch opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Graciela Rivera, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Puerto Rican soprano singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Mayako Muroi, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, pianist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Will Ogdon, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, American composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Tony Jackson, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, American musician
100th anniversary (Death)
Giuseppe Sinopoli, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Italian conductor and composer
20th anniversary (Death)
Abdonas Lietuvninkas, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Leo Blech, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, German opera composer and conductor
150th anniversary (Birth)
Sieglinde Wagner, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Austrian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Louis Lewandowski, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, German composer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Paweł Leoniec, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Polish opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Luigi Infantino, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Italian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Johann Kirnberger, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, German composer
300th anniversary (Birth)
John Williams, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Australian classical guitarist
80th anniversary (Birth)
Laci Boldemann, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Swedish composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Martin Oscàr, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Swedish actor
100th anniversary (Death)
Marga Höffgen, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, German altos
100th anniversary (Birth)
Pierre Pierlot, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, French musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Sigismond Thalberg, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Swiss composer and pianist
150th anniversary (Death)
László Palócz, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, opera singer, actor
100th anniversary (Birth)
André-Frédéric Eler, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, French composer, musicologist and music educator
200th anniversary (Death)
Louise Homer, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, American opera singer (1871-1947)
150th anniversary (Birth)