July 2023: 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.
July 2023 : essential commemorations
2023 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In July 2023, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: György Melis (100th anniversary, Birth), Milan Munclinger (100th anniversary, Birth), William Byrd (400th anniversary, Death), Jacopo Melani (400th anniversary, Birth), Roberto Caamaño (100th anniversary, Birth)... and many more.
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. Next month? August 2023... In a year? July 2024...
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Day by day, all celebrations for July 2023
György Melis, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Karel Ančerl, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and director conductor of Czech Philharmonic
50th anniversary (Death)
Milan Munclinger, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Czech conductor, fluteist, music educator, composer and musicologist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Alessandro Stradella, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Italian composer
380th anniversary (Birth)
Jozef Michal Poniatowski, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Polish szlachcic, composer and operatic tenor (1796-1873)
150th anniversary (Death)
William Byrd, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, British composer
400th anniversary (Death)
Alice Spohrová, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Sonja Mottl, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Austrian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Hanns Eisler, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Austrian composer (1898-1962)
125th anniversary (Birth)
Otto Klemperer, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, German conductor and composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Jacopo Melani, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Italian composer and violinist
400th anniversary (Birth)
Roberto Caamaño, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Argentinian pianist, composer, conductor and music educator
100th anniversary (Birth)
Theobald I of Navarre, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, King of Navarre from 1234 to 1253
770th anniversary (Death)
Jeanine Collard, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, French singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Charles-Simon Catel, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, French composer and educator
250th anniversary (Birth)
Ludmila Dvořáková, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Czech opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Johann Joachim Quantz, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, German flutist, flute maker and composer
250th anniversary (Death)
Louis Ganne, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, French composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Asger Hamerik, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Danish composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Marțian Negrea, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Romanian composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Julian Bream, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, English classical guitarist and lutenist
90th anniversary (Birth)
Pinchas Zukerman, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor
75th anniversary (Birth)
Ferdinand David, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, German musician
150th anniversary (Death)
Antonio Prudenza, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Italian opera singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Vera Veljkov-Medaković, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Serbian pianist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Lyudmila Hanestava, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Franco Calabrese, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Italian singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Witold Maliszewski, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Polish-Russian composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Herbert Witherspoon, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, American operatic bass
150th anniversary (Birth)
Rufus Wainwright, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Alexander Mosolov, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Russian futurist composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Paulina Rivoli, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Polish singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Georges Auric, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, French composer
40th anniversary (Death)
Søren Nils Eichberg, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, German/Danish composer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Adolphe Adam, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, French composer and music critic
220th anniversary (Birth)
Alfredo Casella, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Italian composer, pianist and conductor
140th anniversary (Birth)
Santiago de Murcia, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Spanish guitarist and composer
350th anniversary (Birth)
Oreste Kirkop, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Maltese opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Donald Whitton, Celebrations (July 2023), Classical music, Canadian classical cellist
100th anniversary (Birth)