August 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.
August 2019 : essential commemorations
2019 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In August 2019, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Oscar Hammerstein I (100th anniversary, Death), Barbara Strozzi (400th anniversary, Birth), Kim Borg (100th anniversary, Birth), Edmund Hockridge (100th anniversary, Birth), Jiang Ying (100th anniversary, Birth).
There are many more: 1919, 1819, 1719...
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. September 2019? ... In a year? August 2020...
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Day by day, all celebrations for August 2019
Oscar Hammerstein I, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, German-born businessman, theater and opera impresario, and composer in New York City
100th anniversary (Death)
Boris Gmyrya, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Ukrainian singer
50th anniversary (Death)
Hagigat Rzayeva, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Azerbaijani singer and actor
50th anniversary (Death)
Opera
“William Tell”, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music
Premiere in 1829 (190th anniversary)
Académie Royale de Musique
Lani Misalucha, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Leonardo Leo, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Italian composer
325th anniversary (Birth)
Theodor W. Adorno, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist (1903-1969)
50th anniversary (Death)
Barbara Strozzi, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Italian baroque singer and composer
400th anniversary (Birth)
Agustín Barrios, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Paraguayan composer and musician
75th anniversary (Death)
Kim Borg, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Finnish musician and composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Alexei Sultanov, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Uzbekistani musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Aino Ackté, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Finnish soprano
75th anniversary (Death)
Carl Heinrich Graun, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, German composer and tenor singer
260th anniversary (Death)
Maria Guleghina, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Ukrainian singer
60th anniversary (Birth)
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Italian composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Edmund Hockridge, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Canadian actor and singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Ginette Neveu, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, French musician (1919-1949)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jiang Ying, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Chinese singer (1919-2012)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Heinrich Biber, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist
375th anniversary (Birth)
John Ireland, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, British composer and teacher of music
140th anniversary (Birth)
Giuseppe Persiani, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Italian composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Armas Järnefelt, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Finnish composer and conductor
150th anniversary (Birth)
Victor Merzhanov, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Russian musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Wanda Landowska, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Polish-French classical harpsichordist
60th anniversary (Death)
Lourdes Vallier, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Brazilian organist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Laci Boldemann, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Swedish composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Oldřich Spisar, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Luca Marenzio, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Italian composer
420th anniversary (Death)
Edgar Bastidas, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Venezuelan musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Jolanda Gardino, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Italian singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Johann Rosenmüller, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, German Baroque composer
400th anniversary (Birth)
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Danish composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Pēteris Grāvelis, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Latvian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Karl Böhm, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Austrian conductor
125th anniversary (Birth)
Bohuslav Martinů, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Czech composer
60th anniversary (Death)
Jiří Šust, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Czech composer, author of film music
100th anniversary (Birth)
Maria Yudina, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Soviet pianist
120th anniversary (Birth)
Rudy Hirigoyen, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, French singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Bonifacio Asioli, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Italian composer
250th anniversary (Birth)
Jadwiga Pietraszkiewicz, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Polish opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Alma Mahler, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879-1964
140th anniversary (Birth)
Ottmar Gerster, Celebrations (August 2019), Classical music, German composer and conductor
50th anniversary (Death)