May 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.
May 2022 : essential commemorations
2022 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In May 2022, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Eva Fleischer (100th anniversary, Birth), Max Wagenknecht (100th anniversary, Death), Duquesnoy (200th anniversary, Death), B. Shankar Rao (100th anniversary, Birth), Jaroslav Horal (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. June 2022? ... In a year? May 2023...
Day by day, all celebrations for May 2022
Hugo Alfvén, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (1872-1960)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Fernando Martin Otero, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Argentinian Composer- Pianist- Vocalist- Magician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Philippe Herreweghe, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Belgian conductor
75th anniversary (Birth)
Yevgeny Svetlanov, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Russian conductor, composer, and pianist
20th anniversary (Death)
Narciso Yepes, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Spanish classical guitarist
25th anniversary (Death)
Eva Fleischer, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, opera singer (1922-2016)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Giulio Regondi, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Italian composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Max Wagenknecht, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, German musician
100th anniversary (Death)
Felix von Weingartner, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Austrian conductor, composer and pianist
80th anniversary (Death)
Brian Tyler, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, American composer, producer, conductor, and film producer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Duquesnoy, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, French singer and composer
200th anniversary (Death)
Jean-Marie Leclair, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, French Baroque violinist and composer
325th anniversary (Birth)
B. Shankar Rao, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Indian musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Kirill Petrenko, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Russian conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Henri-Jean Rigel, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, French composer and musicologist
250th anniversary (Birth)
Jules Massenet, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, French composer (1842-1912)
180th anniversary (Birth)
Anthony Gigliotti, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, American clarinetist and music teacher
100th anniversary (Birth)
Arthur Sullivan, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, English composer of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo
180th anniversary (Birth)
Gara Garayev, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Azerbaijani composer (1918-1982)
40th anniversary (Death)
Fanny Mendelssohn, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, German pianist and composer
175th anniversary (Death)
Carl Friedrich Zelter, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, German composer
190th anniversary (Death)
Augustinas Armonas, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Lithuanian flautist and conductor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Otmar Suitner, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Austrian conductor
100th anniversary (Birth)
John Osborn, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, American operatic tenor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Eduard Sobolewski, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, German composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Eugenia Burzio, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, German lyric baritone and conductor
10th anniversary (Death)
David Helfgott, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Australian concert pianist
75th anniversary (Birth)
Rito Selvaggi, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Italian composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Germaine Hoerner, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, French singer
50th anniversary (Death)
Aristide Hignard, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, opera composer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Paul Lewis, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, British musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Djamileh”, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1872 (150th anniversary)
Opéra-Comique
Jaroslav Horal, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Per Grundén, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Swedish singer (1922-2011)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Daniel Deffayet, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, French musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Sadao Bekku, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Japanese composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Felix Korobov, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Russian conductor
50th anniversary (Birth)
Emanuel Feuermann, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Austrian musician
80th anniversary (Death)
Johann Nestroy, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Austrian dramatic, actor and singer
160th anniversary (Death)
Leonid Sobinov, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Russian opera singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Joachim Raff, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Swiss composer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, American composer of Austro-Hungarian birth
125th anniversary (Birth)
Iannis Xenakis, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Greek-French composer, music theorist, architect, performance director and engineer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Work for choir
“War Requiem, Op. 66”, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1962 (60th anniversary)
Rafael Hernando, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, Composer of zarzuelas
200th anniversary (Birth)
Rutland Barrington, Celebrations (May 2022), Classical music, British opera singer and actor
100th anniversary (Death)