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), Annie Louise Cary (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. 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)
Gertrude Kappel, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, German singer and opera singer
50th 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)
Carlos Mena, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Countertenor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Víctor Mirecki de Larramat, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Spanish musician
100th anniversary (Death)
Franco Corelli, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Italian operatic 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 (1875-1911)
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)
Ida Brag, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Swedish actress
100th anniversary (Death)
Zbigniew Drzewiecki, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Polish pianist and pedagogue
50th 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)
Antonio Paoli, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Puerto Rican opera singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Muzio Scevola”, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1721 (300th anniversary)
Juan Oncina, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Spanish opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Dorothee Mields, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, German soprano
50th anniversary (Birth)
Pēteris Vasks, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Latvian composer
75th anniversary (Birth)
Graciela Rivera, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Puerto Rican soprano singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Song, lied
“The Diary of One Who Disappeared”, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1921 (100th anniversary)
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)
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)
Vojtěch Říhovský, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist
150th anniversary (Birth)
Louis Lewandowski, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, German composer
200th 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)
Marga Höffgen, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, German altos
100th anniversary (Birth)
Pierre Pierlot, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, French musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Klaus Lang, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Austrian composer, organist and academic
50th anniversary (Birth)
Lev Conus, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Russian musician
150th anniversary (Birth)
Olari Elts, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, Estonian conductor
50th 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)
Louise Homer, Celebrations (April 2021), Classical music, American opera singer (1871-1947)
150th anniversary (Birth)