December 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.
December 2022 : essential commemorations
2022 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In December 2022, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Korla Awgust Kocor (200th anniversary, Birth), Božena Ministrová (100th anniversary, Birth), Else Margrethe Gardelli (100th anniversary, Birth), Dimitar Uzunov (100th anniversary, Birth), Giuseppe Viganoni (200th anniversary, Death).
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. January 2023? ... In a year? December 2023...
Day by day, all celebrations for December 2022
Agathe Backer Grøndahl , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Norwegian pianist and composer
175th anniversary (Birth)
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Swedish composer (1867-1942)
80th anniversary (Death)
Korla Awgust Kocor , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Sorbian composer and conductor
200th anniversary (Birth)
William McAlpine , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, British tenor
100th anniversary (Birth)
John Gay , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, English poet and playwright (1685–1732)
290th anniversary (Death)
Božena Ministrová , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
José Cura , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Argentine-Spanish operatic tenor, conductor, director, scenographer and photographer
60th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“The Paladin Orlando” , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1782 (240th anniversary)
Christoph ristoph Bach I , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, German composer and organist
380th anniversary (Birth)
Kirsten Flagstad , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (1895-1962)
60th anniversary (Death)
Adrian Willaert , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Franco-Flemish composer and founder of the Venetian School
460th anniversary (Death)
Else Margrethe Gardelli , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Danish opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Joaquín Turina , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Spanish composer
140th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“La fanciulla del West” , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1912 (110th anniversary)
Metropolitan Opera House
César Franck , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)
200th anniversary (Birth)
Dimitar Uzunov , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Nathan Milstein , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, American musician
120th anniversary (Birth)
Galina Vishnevskaya , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist
10th anniversary (Death)
Richard Owen , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, United States federal judge
100th anniversary (Birth)
Hedy Fassler , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Austrian actor, singer and opera singer (1922-2012)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Robert Veyron-Lacroix , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, French musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Gisela Litz , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, German operatic contralto
100th anniversary (Birth)
Herbert Eimert , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, German musicologist and composer (1897–1972)
50th anniversary (Death)
Joseph Martin Kraus , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, German composer (1756-1792)
230th anniversary (Death)
Monique de la Bruchollerie , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, French musician
50th anniversary (Death)
Zoltán Kodály , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue
140th anniversary (Birth)
Rodion Shchedrin , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer and pianist
90th anniversary (Birth)
Leonid Kogan , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Soviet musician
40th anniversary (Death)
Alfredo Corda , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Swiss singer and opera singer (1922-1978)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Erwin Dressel , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, German musician
50th anniversary (Death)
Work for orchestra
Premiere in 1962 (60th anniversary)
Cesare Valletti , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Italian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Augusta Holmès , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, French composer
175th anniversary (Birth)
Rudolf Watzke , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, German opera singer
50th anniversary (Death)
Marie Götze , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, German opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Rosa Blasi , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, American actress (born December 19, 1972)
50th anniversary (Birth)
Bronisław Huberman , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Polish musician
140th anniversary (Birth)
Nikolay Vladimirovitsj Berdiev , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, composer, trumpeter
100th anniversary (Birth)
Alexander Uninsky , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Russian-American musician
50th anniversary (Death)
Arthur Rubinstein , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)
40th anniversary (Death)
Juliette Bise , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, (1922-2011)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Lorenzo Perosi , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Italian composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Erwin Schrott , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Uruguayan opera singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Paco de Lucía , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician (1947-2014)
75th anniversary (Birth)
Francis Chassaigne , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, French composer, born in Belgium
100th anniversary (Death)
Giacomo Orefice , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Italian composer (1865-1922)
100th anniversary (Death)
Tefta Tashko-Koço , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Albanian artist
75th anniversary (Death)
Vilém Kurz , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Czech music educator and pianist
150th anniversary (Birth)
Ernő Kenéz , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, opera and operetta singer, pharmacist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Kashchey the Immortal” , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1902 (120th anniversary)
Private Opera
Boris Goldstein , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Ukrainian musician (1922-1987)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Lucio Silla” , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1772 (250th anniversary)
Teatro Regio Ducal
Opera
“L'incoronazione di Poppea” , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1642 (380th anniversary)
Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Louis Rozsa , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, (1877-1922) opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Georg Høeberg , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Danish composer and conductor (1872-1950)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Work for orchestra
“Andante Festivo” , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music
Premiere in 1922 (100th anniversary)
Albert Christoph Dies , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, German artist (1755-1822)
200th anniversary (Death)
Paavo Järvi , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Estonian conductor
60th anniversary (Birth)
Giuseppe Viganoni , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Italian tenor (1757-1822)
200th anniversary (Death)
John Kennedy , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Australian musician (1922-1980)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Lusine Zakaryan , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Armenian soprano
30th anniversary (Death)
Halina Czerny-Stefańska , Celebrations (December 2022), Classical music, Polish musician
100th anniversary (Birth)