March 2021: classical music celebrations and anniversaries

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...

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Day by day, all celebrations for March 2021

March 2021

01

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)

02

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)

03

Miroslav Čangalović, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Bosnian singer

100th anniversary (Birth)

Paul Wittgenstein, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Austrian pianist

60th anniversary (Death)

04

Jane Fawcett, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, code-breaker, singer, and preservationist

100th anniversary (Birth)

06

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)

08

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)

09

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)

10

Arta Florescu, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, music teacher, soprano

100th anniversary (Birth)

11

Opera

“Rigoletto”, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music

Giuseppe Verdi

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)

12

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)

14

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)

Complete works

Ulrich Koch, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, German musician

100th anniversary (Birth)

16

Work for chamber orchestra

“String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11”, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Premiere in 1871 (150th anniversary)

Moscow

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Russian composer (1839-1881)

140th anniversary (Death)

Masterpieces Complete works

Václav Talich, Celebrations (March 2021), Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, music educator, professor, university educator and director conductor of Czech philharmony