January 2022: 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 2022 : essential commemorations
2022 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In January 2022, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Andrzej Hiolski (100th anniversary, Birth), Antonio Scontrino (100th anniversary, Death), Carlo Alfredo Piatti (200th anniversary, Birth), Salvatore Marchesi (200th anniversary, Birth), Jean Cox (100th anniversary, Birth).
There are many more: 1922, 1822, 1722...
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. February 2022? ... In a year? January 2023...
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Day by day, all celebrations for January 2022
Johann Christian Bach, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, German composer
240th anniversary (Death)
Andrzej Hiolski, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Polish singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Kevin Puts, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, American composer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Maurizio Pollini, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Italian musician
80th anniversary (Birth)
Otakar Mařák, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Czech opera singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Constanze Mozart, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, German singer
260th anniversary (Birth)
Alexander Scriabin, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Russian pianist and composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Jean-Pierre Rampal, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, French flutist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Antonio Scontrino, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Italian composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Robert De Cormier, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, American conductor and composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Work for orchestra
“Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141”, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1972 (50th anniversary)
Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Italian cellist
200th anniversary (Birth)
Sigismond Thalberg, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Swiss composer and pianist
210th anniversary (Birth)
Tomasz Konieczny, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Polish Bas/Basbariton and actor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Work for soloist
“Pour le piano”, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1902 (120th anniversary)
Maurice Duruflé, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, French classical composer and organist
120th anniversary (Birth)
Paul Graener, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, German composer (1872-1944)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Le roi Carotte”, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1872 (150th anniversary)
Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique
Salvatore Marchesi, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Italian musician, translator, singer and opera singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Henri Büsser, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, French composer and conductor
150th anniversary (Birth)
Gustav Leonhardt, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor
10th anniversary (Death)
Francesco Mancini, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Italian composer
350th anniversary (Birth)
Jean Cox, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, American operatic tenor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Japanese musician
70th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Fantasio”, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1872 (150th anniversary)
Opéra-Comique
Antonio Bibalo, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Italian-Norwegian musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Antonio Rodríguez de Hita, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Spanish composer
300th anniversary (Birth)
Michael Rabin, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, American violinist
50th anniversary (Death)
Rosina Storchio, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Carla Martinis, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Croatian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Turgun Alimatov, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Uzbek classic music and shashmaqam virtuoso and composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Mario Petri, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Italian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Magda Varga, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Muzio Clementi, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Italian-born English composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer
270th anniversary (Birth)
Arthur Nikisch, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Hungarian conductor
100th anniversary (Death)
Louise Théo, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Robert Parsons, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Parsons, Robert; b. ca. 1535; d. Jan. 25, 1571/72, Newark-upon-Trent; English composer; first documented in the Teller's Roll for 1560-1
450th anniversary (Death)
Luigi Denza, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Italian composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Grace Moore, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film (1898-1947)
75th anniversary (Death)
Vladimir Mikhailovich Yurovsky, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Ukrainian Soviet film music composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Wynne Evans, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Welsh tenor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Johann Ernst Bach, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, German composer
300th anniversary (Birth)
Reynaldo Hahn, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Venezuelan, naturalised French, composer, conductor, music critic, diarist, theatre director, and salon singer
75th anniversary (Death)
Daniel François Esprit Auber, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, French composer
240th anniversary (Birth)
Frederick Delius, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, English composer
160th anniversary (Birth)
Margherita Grandi, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, singer
50th anniversary (Death)
Fritz Kreisler, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Austrian violinist and composer
60th anniversary (Death)
Rosemary Kuhlmann, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, singer and actress (1922-2019)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Johann Joachim Quantz, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, German flutist, flute maker and composer
325th anniversary (Birth)
Thomas Tallis, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, English composer
520th anniversary (Birth)
Karel Boleslav Jirák, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Franz Schubert, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Austrian composer
225th anniversary (Birth)
Heinrich Reinhardt, Celebrations (January 2022), Classical music, Austrian composer
100th anniversary (Death)