August 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.
August 2020 : essential commemorations
2020 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In August 2020, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Luther Orlando Emerson (200th anniversary, Birth), Vladimir Rebikov (100th anniversary, Death), Antonín Vranický (200th anniversary, Death), Julius Stern (200th anniversary, Birth), Siu Yin Fei (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. September 2020? ... In a year? August 2021...
Orlando Emerson
Rebikov
Stern
Day by day, all celebrations for August 2020
Pietro Mascagni, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Italian composer known for operas
75th anniversary (Death)
Oswald von Wolkenstein, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, German poet, composer, and diplomat
575th anniversary (Death)
Luther Orlando Emerson, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, United States composer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Itamar Golan, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, pianist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Louise Fribo, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Danish opera singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Ladko Korošec, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, opera singer (1920-1995)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Siegfried Wagner, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, German opera producer and composer, son of Richard Wagner and Cosima Liszt
90th anniversary (Death)
Vladimir Rebikov, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Russian composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Louis-Henri Obin, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, French bass
200th anniversary (Birth)
Erich Kleiber, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Austrian conductor
130th anniversary (Birth)
Antonín Vranický, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Czech violinist and composer
200th anniversary (Death)
Ingolf Dahl, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, German-born American composer, pianist, and conductor
50th anniversary (Death)
Nikolai Myaskovsky, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Russian composer
70th anniversary (Death)
Julius Stern, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, German musician (1820-1883)
200th anniversary (Birth)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, German composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Josephine Fodor, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, opera singer
150th anniversary (Death)
Elizabeth Fretwell, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Australian singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Sarah Brightman, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, British soprano, musical theatre actress, and dancer
60th anniversary (Birth)
Vano Muradeli, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Soviet composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Franz Hauser, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, German opera singer
150th anniversary (Death)
Jacques Ibert, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, French composer
130th anniversary (Birth)
Heinrich Marschner, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, German composer
225th anniversary (Birth)
Franz Welser-Möst, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Austrian conductor
60th anniversary (Birth)
Ole Bull, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Norwegian violinist
140th anniversary (Death)
Ilse Hübener, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, German voice actor, singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Antonio Salieri, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Italian classical composer and conductor (1750-1825)
270th anniversary (Birth)
Pierre Schaeffer, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, French composer and musicologist
25th anniversary (Death)
Bernard de Bury, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, French composer
300th anniversary (Birth)
Etelka Gerster, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Hungarian soprano and voice teacher
100th anniversary (Death)
Raffaele Arié, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Bulgarian singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Ernst Krenek, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Austrian-American composer
120th anniversary (Birth)
José van Dam, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, bass-baritone opera singer from Belgium
80th anniversary (Birth)
Robert Stolz, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Austrian conductor and composer
140th anniversary (Birth)
Adolf Robinson, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Austrian opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Aleksandr Ognivtsev, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1920-1981)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Kaspar Zehnder, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Swiss conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Lohengrin”, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music
Premiere in 1850 (170th anniversary)
Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar
Antonín Kraft, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Czech composer and violoncellist
200th anniversary (Death)
Rimas Geniušas, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, conductor, pianist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Siu Yin Fei, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Norman Platt, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, British conductor (1920-2004)
100th anniversary (Birth)
François -André Danican Philidor, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, French composer and chess player
225th anniversary (Death)
Itzhak Perlman, Celebrations (August 2020), Classical music, Israeli-American violinist and conductor
75th anniversary (Birth)