January 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.
January 2019 : essential commemorations
2019 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In January 2019, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Joan Guinjoan (0th anniversary, Death), Èsenbu Nurmanbetova (0th anniversary, Death), Thais St Julien (0th anniversary, Death), Severino Gazzelloni (100th anniversary, Birth), John Joubert (0th 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? February 2019... In a year? January 2020...
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Day by day, all celebrations for January 2019
Joan Guinjoan, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Catalan composer and pianist
Death
Péter Eötvös, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Hungarian composer and conductor
75th anniversary (Birth)
Nannette Streicher, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, German piano maker
250th anniversary (Birth)
Èsenbu Nurmanbetova, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Soviet singer died 2019
Death
Li Huanzhi, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Hong Kong musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Victor Borge, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Danish-American comedian and musician
110th anniversary (Birth)
Nadja Michael, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, German operatic soprano
50th anniversary (Birth)
Charles Levadé, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, French composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Miloš Konvalinka, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Czech conductor and composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Boris Berezovsky, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Russian virtuoso pianist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Severino Gazzelloni, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Italian musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
John Joubert, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, British composer of South African descent
Death
Francis Poulenc, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, French composer and pianist (1899-1963)
120th anniversary (Birth)
Vladimír Šťastný, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, opera singer, pedagogue, composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Cornel Trăilescu, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Romanian composer
Death
Erika Schubert, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Austrian singer died 2019
Death
František Gregora, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Czech composer, contrabassist and choirmaster
200th anniversary (Birth)
Theo Adam, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, German bass-baritone opera singer
Death
Giovanni Guicciardi, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Fabio Campana, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Italian composer and conductor
200th anniversary (Birth)
Georges Cziffra, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Hungarian pianist
25th anniversary (Death)
Stella Kleindienst, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, German singer and opera singer
Death
Vernon Duke, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, American composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Jaroslav Jeremiáš, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, composer, pianist
100th anniversary (Death)
Grażyna Bacewicz, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Polish musician
50th anniversary (Death)
Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Russian composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Henriette Nissen-Saloman, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Swedish opera singer and singing teacher
200th anniversary (Birth)
Štěpán Lucký, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Thomas Vikström, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Swedish singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Jaroslav Křička, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Lyudmyla Tsurkan, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer and music educator
Death
Leon Kirchner, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, American composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Klaus Nomi, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, German countertenor
75th anniversary (Birth)
Alexey Sergeev, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Soviet singer (1919-1998)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Eula Beal, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, American opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jean Guillou, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, French composer, organist, pianist
Death
Michel Legrand, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, French film score composer (1932-2019)
Death
Wilma Lipp, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Austrian soprano
Death
Frances Bible, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Tigran Mansurian, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, composer
80th anniversary (Birth)
John Tavener, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, British composer
75th anniversary (Birth)
Jenő Sztojanovits, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Hungarian composer, conductor and educationist (1864-1919)
100th anniversary (Death)
Ira Malaniuk, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Austrian singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Sanford Sylvan, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, American opera singer
Death
Elaine Bonazzi, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, American operatic mezzo-soprano
Death
Fritzi Massary, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, singer (1882-1969)
50th anniversary (Death)
Zofia Janukowicz-Pobłocka, Celebrations (January 2019), Classical music, Polish soprano
Death