December 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.
December 2019 : essential commemorations
2019 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In December 2019, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Hetty Plümacher (100th anniversary, Birth), Gideon Klein (100th anniversary, Birth), Maurice Kufferath (100th anniversary, Death), Sesto Bruscantini (100th anniversary, Birth), Zdenek Cón (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. January 2020? ... In a year? December 2020...
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Day by day, all celebrations for December 2019
Work for orchestra
“Concerto for orchestra”, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music
Premiere in 1944 (75th anniversary)
John Barbirolli, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, British conductor and cellist
120th anniversary (Birth)
Hetty Plümacher, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, German singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Charles Craig, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, British opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Władysław Skoraczewski, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, opera singer, singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“The Deserted Island”, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music
Premiere in 1779 (240th anniversary)
Eszterházy Palace
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Austrian conductor
90th anniversary (Birth)
Gideon Klein, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Czech composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Luisa Miller”, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music
Premiere in 1849 (170th anniversary)
Teatro di San Carlo
James Galway, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Flutist from Northern Ireland
80th anniversary (Birth)
Maurice Kufferath, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Belgian conductor, musicologist, music critic and librettist
100th anniversary (Death)
Mieczysław Weinberg, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Polish Soviet composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Helen L. Phillips, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, American opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Arndís Halla, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Icelandic opera singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Les brigands”, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music
Premiere in 1869 (150th anniversary)
Sesto Bruscantini, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Italian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Maria Szymanowska, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Polish woman composer and pianist
230th anniversary (Birth)
Francisco Tárrega, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Spanish composer and classical guitarist
110th anniversary (Death)
Noël Coward, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer (1899-1973)
120th anniversary (Birth)
Domenico Cimarosa, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school
270th anniversary (Birth)
Clara Weber, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, German opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, American musician and composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Horatio Parker, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, American composer and teacher
100th anniversary (Death)
Paul Dessau, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, German composer and conductor
125th anniversary (Birth)
Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, French musician
200th anniversary (Death)
Éric Morin, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Canadian classical music composer and educator
50th anniversary (Birth)
Eduardas Balsys, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Soviet composer (1919-1984)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Louis Diémer, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, French composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Michael Tilson Thomas, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, American conductor, pianist and composer
75th anniversary (Birth)
Ernst Wiemann, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, German singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Eva Likova, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jonathan Stockhammer, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, American conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Work for orchestra
“Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune”, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music
Premiere in 1894 (125th anniversary)
Franz Abt, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, German composer and choral conductor
200th anniversary (Birth)
Borys Liatoshynsky, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Ukrainian composer, conductor, teacher
125th anniversary (Birth)
Nikolai Medtner, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, British composer and pianist
140th anniversary (Birth)
Lili Haydn, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Canadian actor and musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Bianca and Falliero, or The Counsel of Three”, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music
Premiere in 1819 (200th anniversary)
La Scala
Amy Beach, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, American composer and pianist
75th anniversary (Death)
Achilles Alferaki, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Russian composer and statesman of Greek descent (1846-1919)
100th anniversary (Death)
Zdenek Cón, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Roman Vlad, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Italian-Romanian composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Josepha Weber, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, German singer
200th anniversary (Death)
Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Czech composer and educator
160th anniversary (Birth)
Richard Rodgers, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, American composer of songs and Broadway musicals
40th anniversary (Death)
David Willcocks, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, British choral conductor, organist and composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Antonio Pappano, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, British born, Italian naturalized conductor and pianist
60th anniversary (Birth)
Enno Poppe, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, German composer and conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Phil Stark, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, German singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Salvatore Baccaloni, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Italian opera singer
50th anniversary (Death)
Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, French composer and organist
150th anniversary (Death)
Silvestre Revueltas, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Mexican composer, violinist and conductor
120th anniversary (Birth)
Marie van Zandt, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, American soprano (1858-1919)
100th anniversary (Death)
Anton Haizinger, Celebrations (December 2019), Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer
150th anniversary (Death)