February 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.
February 2019 : essential commemorations
2019 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In February 2019, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Philine Fischer (100th anniversary, Birth), Lisa Della della Casa (100th anniversary, Birth), Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (0th anniversary, Death), Gerald English (0th anniversary, Death), Bessie Abott (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. Next month? March 2019... In a year? February 2020...
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Day by day, all celebrations for February 2019
Philine Fischer, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, German singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Florian Skulski, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, singer, opera singer
Death
Lisa Della della Casa, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Swiss soprano (1919-2012)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Xavier Leroux, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, French composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Louis Marchand, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, French Baroque composer and keyboardist
350th anniversary (Birth)
Giovanni Martinelli, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Italian opera singer
50th anniversary (Death)
Giovanni da Palestrina, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Italian Renaissance composer
425th anniversary (Death)
Felix Mendelssohn, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, German composer, pianist, organist and conductor
210th anniversary (Birth)
Adolphe Sax, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Belgian musical instrument designer and musician
125th anniversary (Death)
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer, conductor
Death
Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Ulysse Alexandre Toussaint, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, French opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Grażyna Bacewicz, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Polish musician
110th anniversary (Birth)
Curt Sachs, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, German musicologist
60th anniversary (Death)
Gerald English, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, British opera singer
Death
William Boyce, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, English composer and organist
240th anniversary (Death)
Witold Lutosławski, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Polish composer and conductor
25th anniversary (Death)
Georgette Leblanc, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, French singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Giuseppe Torelli, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Italian violist, violinist, teacher and composer
310th anniversary (Death)
Bessie Abott, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Jerry Goldsmith, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, American film composer
90th anniversary (Birth)
Josef Věnceslav Soukup, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Czech composer, painter and educator
200th anniversary (Birth)
Marie Bossenberger, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, German opera singer and music educator (1872-1919)
100th anniversary (Death)
Franz Schmidt, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Austrian composer, cellist and pianist
80th anniversary (Death)
Eleonora Eksanishvili, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Georgian composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Francesco Mottino, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Italian opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
George Antheil, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, American avant-garde composer, pianist, author and inventor
60th anniversary (Death)
Hans von Bülow, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, German musician
125th anniversary (Death)
André Pirro, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, French musician
150th anniversary (Birth)
Joyce DiDonato, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, American opera mezzo-soprano
50th anniversary (Birth)
Alexander Haydter, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Austrian opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Renée Fleming, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, American opera soprano
60th anniversary (Birth)
Georges Auric, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, French composer
120th anniversary (Birth)
Ida Heinrich, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, opera singer
Death
François Joseph Gossec, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, French composer of operas
190th anniversary (Death)
Heinrich Kreuzer, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Austrian singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Karl Jenkins, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Welsh musician and composer
75th anniversary (Birth)
Jean Périsson, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, French conductor
Death
Sembiin Gonchigsumlaa, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Mongolian musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Ernest Ansermet, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Swiss conductor (1883–1969)
50th anniversary (Death)
Dominick Argento, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, American composer
Death
Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, German operatic baritone
Death
Charles-Marie Widor, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, French organist and composer (1844–1937)
175th anniversary (Birth)
Hilde Zadek, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, German operatic soprano
Death
Martin Ritzmann, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, German singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jean-Christophe Benoît, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, French opéra singer
Death
Jiří Pauer, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Czech music educator and composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Constantin Silvestri, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Romanian conductor
50th anniversary (Death)
Lev Kolodub, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Soviet composer
Death
Ivan Sardi, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, opera singer
Death
Frank Bridge, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, English composer and violist
140th anniversary (Birth)
Raffaele Ferlotti, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Italian opera singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Zulamith Maria Wellander-Svaneskog, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, Swedish opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
André Previn, Celebrations (February 2019), Classical music, German-American pianist, conductor and composer
Death