May 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.
May 2023 : essential commemorations
2023 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In May 2023, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Yuri Boukoff (100th anniversary, Birth), Assi Rahbani (100th anniversary, Birth), Philip Rosseter (400th anniversary, Death), Sadie Martinot (100th anniversary, Death), Miltiades Caridis (100th anniversary, Birth).
There are many more: 1923, 1823, 1723...
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. June 2023? ... In a year? May 2024...
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Day by day, all celebrations for May 2023
Yuri Boukoff, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Bulgarian pianist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Konstantin Igumnov, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Russian pianist
150th anniversary (Birth)
Charles H. Workman, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, English opera singer-actor
100th anniversary (Death)
Valery Gergiev, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Russian conductor and opera company director
70th anniversary (Birth)
Karl Michael Ziehrer, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Austrian composer
180th anniversary (Birth)
Assi Rahbani, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Lebanese composer and songwriter
100th anniversary (Birth)
Philip Rosseter, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, English composer and musician
400th anniversary (Death)
Ola Isene, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Norwegian baritone opera singer and actor (1898–1973)
50th anniversary (Death)
Ernest MacMillan, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Canadian conductor
50th anniversary (Death)
Johannes Brahms, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, German composer and pianist (1833-1897)
190th anniversary (Birth)
Sadie Martinot, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, American opera singer and actor
100th anniversary (Death)
Miltiades Caridis, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, German musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Clara Rockmore, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Russian-born American musician
25th anniversary (Death)
Pietro Magri, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Italian organist and choir director
150th anniversary (Birth)
Odd Grüner-Hegge, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Norwegian conductor and composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Kašpar Mašek, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and organist
150th anniversary (Death)
Isaac Schwartz, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“The Perfect Fool, Op. 39”, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music
Premiere in 1923 (100th anniversary)
Royal Opera House
John Lanchbery, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, British composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Nikolai Tcherepnin, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Russian composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Nicolas Isouard, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Maltese composer
250th anniversary (Birth)
Pascual Marquina Narro, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Spanish composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Georg Böhm, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, German composer and organist
290th anniversary (Death)
Nadine Koutcher, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Belarussian opera singer
40th anniversary (Birth)
Ludmila Ulehla, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, American composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“The Italian Girl in Algiers”, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music
Premiere in 1813 (210th anniversary)
Teatro San Benedetto
Henri Dutilleux, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, French composer
10th anniversary (Death)
Richard Wagner, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, German composer and conductor (1813-1883)
210th anniversary (Birth)
Alicia de Larrocha, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Spanish pianist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Aram Khachaturian, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Armenian Soviet composer and conductor (1903-1978)
120th anniversary (Birth)
Jan Zach, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Czech composer and organist
250th anniversary (Death)
Stephan Genz, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, German baritone
50th anniversary (Birth)
Maurice Allard, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, French musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Magdalena Kožená, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Czech mezzo-soprano
50th anniversary (Birth)
August Conradi, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, German organist and composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Hans Georg Nägeli, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Swiss composer
250th anniversary (Birth)
Luciano Berio, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Italian composer
20th anniversary (Death)
Franz Schalk, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Austrian composer
160th anniversary (Birth)
Tikhon Khrennikov, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Russian Soviet composer (1913-2007)
110th anniversary (Birth)
György Ligeti, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Hungarian composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, German composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Václav Talich, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, music educator, professor, university educator and director conductor of Czech philharmony
140th anniversary (Birth)
Riccardo Zandonai, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Italian composer
140th anniversary (Birth)
Jiří Válek, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Czech composer (1923-2005)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Miklos Gafni, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Work for choir
“Christus”, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music
Premiere in 1873 (150th anniversary)
Ballet
“The Rite of Spring”, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music
Premiere in 1913 (110th anniversary)
Danny Elfman, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, American composer and musician
70th anniversary (Birth)
Rudolf Tobias, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Estonian composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Alfons Holte, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, German singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Denise Benoit, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, French actress and singer
50th anniversary (Death)
Adolfine Therese Leander-Flodin, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Finnish singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Camille Chevillard, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, French composer and conductor
100th anniversary (Death)
Gloria Agostini, Celebrations (May 2023), Classical music, Canadian harpist and teacher
100th anniversary (Birth)