December 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.
December 2021 : essential commemorations
2021 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In December 2021, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Phyllis Curtin (100th anniversary, Birth), Deanna Durbin (100th anniversary, Birth), Milivoj Bačanović (100th anniversary, Birth), Chen Peixun (100th anniversary, Birth), Johann Joseph Nouseul (200th 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? January 2022... In a year? December 2022...
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Day by day, all celebrations for December 2021
Vincent d'Indy, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, French composer and teacher
90th anniversary (Death)
Phyllis Curtin, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Operatic soprano
100th anniversary (Birth)
Christian Sinding, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Norwegian composer
80th anniversary (Death)
Nino Rota, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Italian composer (1911-1979)
110th anniversary (Birth)
Deanna Durbin, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Canadian singer and actress
100th anniversary (Birth)
José Carreras, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Spanish opera singer
75th anniversary (Birth)
Milivoj Bačanović, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Austrian composer of the Classical period
230th anniversary (Death)
Władysław Szpilman, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Polish pianist, composer, Holocaust survivor
110th anniversary (Birth)
Violetta Villas, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Singer, actress (1938-2011)
10th anniversary (Death)
Nicolas Levasseur, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, French opera singer
150th anniversary (Death)
Johann Nestroy, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Austrian dramatic, actor and singer
220th anniversary (Birth)
Chen Peixun, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, composer and university teacher (1922-2006)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Marie Collier, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Australian opera soprano
50th anniversary (Death)
Johann Joseph Nouseul, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, German singer
200th anniversary (Death)
Victor Jacobi, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Hungarian composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Toni Blankenheim, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, German opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Harro Fromme, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, German opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Irma Eszenyi, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Timofei Dokshizer, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Russian musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Karla Janečková, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Harry Gregson-Williams, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, British composer
60th anniversary (Birth)
Heinrich Marschner, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, German composer
160th anniversary (Death)
Anna Kersics, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Auguste-Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, French composer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Camille Saint-Saëns, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, French composer, organist, conductor and pianist
100th anniversary (Death)
Ludvík Podéšť, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Czech composer, conductor, music journalist, and editor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Henry Kimball Hadley, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, American composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Gian Francesco Fortunati, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Italian composer
200th anniversary (Death)
Giovanni Bottesini, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Italian composer, conductor, double bass player
200th anniversary (Birth)
Ernst Krenek, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Austrian-American composer
30th anniversary (Death)
Robert Kurka, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, American musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Mauricio Kagel, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Argentine-German composer
90th anniversary (Birth)
Gerard Victory, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Irish composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Hans Huber, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Swiss composer (1852-1921)
100th anniversary (Death)
Hoagy Carmichael, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader
40th anniversary (Death)
Lubomír Havlák, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Czech opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Max Steiner, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, American composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Crawford Gates, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, American composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Marcel Bitsch, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Angelo Maria Benincori, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, Italian composer
200th anniversary (Death)
Philipp Schmutzer, Celebrations (December 2021), Classical music, composer
200th anniversary (Birth)