June 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.
June 2021 : essential commemorations
2021 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In June 2021, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Gianfranco Rivoli (100th anniversary, Birth), Jean-Baptiste Pierné (200th anniversary, Birth), Sandra Warfield (100th anniversary, Birth), Agustí Cohí Grau (100th anniversary, Birth), Nikolai Zaremba (200th anniversary, Birth).
There are many more: 1921, 1821, 1721...
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. July 2021? ... In a year? June 2022...
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Day by day, all celebrations for June 2021
Ferdinando Paer, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Italian composer
250th anniversary (Birth)
Peter Machajdík, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Slovak composer
60th anniversary (Birth)
Pilar Lorengar, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Spanish operatic soprano
25th anniversary (Death)
Gianfranco Rivoli, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Italian conductor (1921-2005)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jean-Baptiste Pierné, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, French singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Serge Koussevitzky, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Russian-born conductor, composer and double-bassist and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1874-1951)
70th anniversary (Death)
Martha Argerich, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Argentine/Swiss pianist
80th anniversary (Birth)
Henri Vieuxtemps, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Belgian violinist
140th anniversary (Death)
Tomaso Albinoni, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Italian composer
350th anniversary (Birth)
Giuseppe Aldrovandini, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Italian musician and composer
350th anniversary (Birth)
Sandra Warfield, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, American operatic mezzo-soprano
100th anniversary (Birth)
Claudio Arrau, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Chilean pianist
30th anniversary (Death)
Erika Miklósa, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Philippe de Vitry, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, French composer, music theorist and poet
660th anniversary (Death)
James Newton Howard, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, American composer, conductor, and music producer
70th anniversary (Birth)
Anoushka Shankar, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, British musician
40th anniversary (Birth)
Work for orchestra
“Symphony for winds”, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1921 (100th anniversary)
Frederick Loewe, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Austrian-American composer (1901-1988)
120th anniversary (Birth)
Agustí Cohí Grau, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Spanish composer and educationist (1921-2012)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Dan Ettinger, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Israeli conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Libuše”, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1881 (140th anniversary)
National Theatre
Work for soloist
“3 Pieces for piano, Opp. 96, “War and Peace””, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1946 (75th anniversary)
Mikhaylovsky Theatre
Nikolai Zaremba, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Russian composer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Mafalda Salvatini, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, singer
50th anniversary (Death)
Antoine Bullant, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Czech musician and composer
200th anniversary (Death)
Ballet
“La belle excentrique "fantaisie sérieuse"”, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1921 (100th anniversary)
Johan Svendsen, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Norwegian composer and conductor
110th anniversary (Death)
Karel Förster, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Czech violinist, organist and composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Johann Christoph Bach III, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Organist in Ohrdruf
350th anniversary (Birth)
Fanny Borsari, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Australian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Ain Anger, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Estonian operatic bass
50th anniversary (Birth)
Ballet
“Les mariés de la tour Eiffel, Op. 70”, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1921 (100th anniversary)
Opera
“Der Freischütz, Op. 77”, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1821 (200th anniversary)
Konzerthaus Berlin
Work for orchestra
“Overture, Op. 77, “Der Freischütz””, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1821 (200th anniversary)
Konzerthaus Berlin
Ludwig Schmidseder, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, German composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Jan P. Muchow, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Czech composer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Lucille Marcel, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, American opera singer (soprano)
100th anniversary (Death)
Jean-Claude Trial, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, composer
250th anniversary (Death)
Harry Partch, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, American composer, music theorist, creator of musical instruments
120th anniversary (Birth)
Peter Wishart, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, English composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Mignon Nevada, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, singer
50th anniversary (Death)
Inia Te Wiata, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Ngati Raukawa; opera singer, film actor, carver, artist
50th anniversary (Death)
Juan Manén, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Spanish musician
50th anniversary (Death)
Guillermo Uribe Holguín, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Colombian musician
50th anniversary (Death)
August Conradi, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, German organist and composer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Joseph Joachim, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Austrian-Hungarian violinist, conductor and composer
190th anniversary (Birth)
Nelson Eddy, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, American musical film star, operatic baritone
120th anniversary (Birth)
Bernard Herrmann, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, American composer (1911-1975)
110th anniversary (Birth)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Polish pianist, composer, supporter of Poland's independence movements, politician, Prime Minister of reborn Poland (1860-1941)
80th anniversary (Death)
Luisa Tetrazzini, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Italian opera singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Néstor Mesta Chaires, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Mexican tenor
50th anniversary (Death)
Curt Sachs, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, German musicologist
140th anniversary (Birth)
Teodorico Pedrini, Celebrations (June 2021), Classical music, Italian Vincentian and missionary to China
350th anniversary (Birth)