March 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.
March 2021 : essential commemorations
2021 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In March 2021, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Brenda Lewis (100th anniversary, Birth), Miroslav Čangalović (100th anniversary, Birth), Jane Fawcett (100th anniversary, Birth), Julius Rudel (100th anniversary, Birth), Harriett Abrams (200th anniversary, Death).
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. April 2021? ... In a year? March 2022...
Day by day, all celebrations for March 2021
Thomas Adès, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, British composer, pianist and conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Christoph Genz, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, German singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Michael Weinius, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Swedish opera singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Mathieu Crickboom, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Belgian violinist
150th anniversary (Birth)
Giovanni Battista Gordigiani, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, composer, maestro, opera singer
150th anniversary (Death)
Brenda Lewis, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, American operatic soprano
100th anniversary (Birth)
Miroslav Čangalović, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Bosnian singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Paul Wittgenstein, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Austrian pianist
60th anniversary (Death)
Jane Fawcett, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, code-breaker, singer, and preservationist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Hans Duhan, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Austrian singer, director, conductor and musician
50th anniversary (Death)
Julius Rudel, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, American conductor and impresario
100th anniversary (Birth)
Robert Thurston Dart, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, British musicologist
50th anniversary (Death)
Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, British conductor and impresario
60th anniversary (Death)
Harriett Abrams, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, English musician, singer, composer
200th anniversary (Death)
Clara Rockmore, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Russian-born American musician
110th anniversary (Birth)
Pierre Jodlowski, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, French composer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Arta Florescu, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, music teacher, soprano
100th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Rigoletto”, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1851 (170th anniversary)
Teatro La Fenice
Astor Piazzolla, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger
100th anniversary (Birth)
Nikolai Rubinstein, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
140th anniversary (Death)
Ralph Shapey, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, American composer and conductor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Italo Gardoni, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Italian singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Olive Fremstad, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Swedish-American operatic mezzo-soprano and soprano singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Georg Philipp Telemann, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, German composer
340th anniversary (Birth)
Ulrich Koch, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, German musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Work for chamber orchestra
“String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11”, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1871 (150th anniversary)
Moscow
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Russian composer (1839-1881)
140th anniversary (Death)
Václav Talich, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, music educator, professor, university educator and director conductor of Czech philharmony
60th anniversary (Death)
Opera
“Attila”, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1846 (175th anniversary)
Teatro La Fenice
Giuseppe Borgatti, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Italian opera singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Piero Coppola, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Italian composer and conductor
50th anniversary (Death)
Christian Arming, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Austrian conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Robert McFerrin, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Antonio Buzzolla, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Italian composer and conductor
150th anniversary (Death)
Arthur Grumiaux, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Belgian violinist and pianist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Andrea Luchesi, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Italian composer
220th anniversary (Death)
Domenico Nordio, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, violinist and conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Bernhard Anselm Weber, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, German music director and composer
200th anniversary (Death)
Leszek Możdżer, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Polish musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Mathilde Marchesi, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, German mezzo-soprano and singing teacher
200th anniversary (Birth)
Déodat de Séverac, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, French composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Topi Lehtipuu, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Finnish singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Béla Bartók, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Hungarian composer and pianist
140th anniversary (Birth)
Lionel Cottet, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, French politician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Arnold van Mill, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Dutch opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
François-Joseph Fétis, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Belgian composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Vincent d'Indy, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, French composer and teacher
170th anniversary (Birth)
Work for orchestra
“Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus c-Moll, Op. 43”, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1801 (220th anniversary)
Willem Mengelberg, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Dutch conductor
150th anniversary (Birth)
Felix Wolfes, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, German-american composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Fritz Cassirer, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, German conductor
150th anniversary (Birth)
Kan Ishii, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Japanese composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Maxim Mikhailov, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Russian operatic bass
50th anniversary (Death)
Oto Ferenczy, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Slovak composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Roussalka, Op. 114”, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music
Premiere in 1901 (120th anniversary)
National Theatre
Karl King, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, American composer and conductor
50th anniversary (Death)