1963, from day to day
1963. With other artists, Pau Casals, Olivier Messiaen and Benjamin Britten influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Francis Poulenc. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Sonata for clarinet and piano, Op. 184” de Francis Poulenc, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1963 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 390 of these moments for 1963.
The year 1963 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Birth of Igor Dronov That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian conductor
Birth of Orram Agam That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
02
Birth of Clara Maïda That year: 1963, Classical music, French composer
03
Death of Oskar Back That year: 1963, Classical music, Dutch violinist and music teacher of Hungarian family origin (born in 1879)
Death of Jaroslav Mácha That year: 1963, Classical music, Czech composer, doctor and choirmaster (1873-1963) (born in 1873)
04
Birth of Kenneth Weiss That year: 1963, Classical music, American harpsichordist
06
Death of Lina Abarbanell That year: 1963, Classical music, German-American singer (1879-1963) (born in 1879)
Birth of Bernfried Pröve That year: 1963, Classical music, German choreographer
07
Birth of Clint Mansell That year: 1963, Classical music, British composer and singer
09
Birth of Oleg Soldatov That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian conductor
Death of Giuseppe Danise That year: 1963, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1882-1963) (born in 1882)
10
Death of Tadeusz Szeligowski That year: 1963, Classical music, Polish musician (born in 1896)
Birth of Janice Baird That year: 1963, Classical music, American singer
12
Birth of Franck Ferrari That year: 1963, Classical music, French singer (dead in 2015)
Birth of Oleg Timofeyev That year: 1963, Classical music, American musicologist
Death of Vicente Simón That year: 1963, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (born in 1899)
16
Death of Gilardo Gilardi That year: 1963, Classical music, Argentine composer (born in 1889)
Birth of Agnieszka Zwierko That year: 1963, Classical music, opera singer, performing artist
18
Birth of Eisuke Tsuchida That year: 1963, Classical music, Japanese composer and pianist
20
Death of Yitzchak Mann That year: 1963, Classical music, Polish-Israeli opera singer and hazzan (1889-1963) (born in 1889)
22
Death of Alf Henry Andresen That year: 1963, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1891)
Birth of Katarina Leyman That year: 1963, Classical music, Swedish composer
24
Birth of Alexander Markov That year: 1963, Classical music, American musician
Death of Emmy Kruijt That year: 1963, Classical music, Dutch musician (born in 1878)
25
Birth of Marcello Giordani That year: 1963, Classical music, Italian operatic tenor (1963-2019) (dead in 2019)
Birth of Katarina Dalayman That year: 1963, Classical music, Swedish singer
Birth of Bettina Skrzypczak That year: 1963, Classical music, Polish composer
28
Birth of Atilla Kis Kiss That year: 1963, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
30
Death of Francis Poulenc That year: 1963, Classical music, French composer and pianist (1899-1963) (born in 1899)
31
Death of Adine Fafard-Drolet That year: 1963, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (1876-1963) (born in 1876)
February
01
Birth of Fausto Romitelli That year: 1963, Classical music, Italian composer (1963-2004) (dead in 2004)
03
Birth of Wolfgang Newerla That year: 1963, Classical music, opera singer
04
Death of Amilcare Bosi That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1873)
06
Death of Werner Josten That year: 1963, Classical music, German composer (1885-1963) (born in 1885)
09
Birth of Ruth Ziesak That year: 1963, Classical music, German singer
11
Death of Otto Detlefsen That year: 1963, Classical music, Danish opera singer (1881-1963) (born in 1881)
12
Birth of Miquel Ortega That year: 1963, Classical music, Spanish composer
Death of Cassià Casademont i Busquets That year: 1963, Classical music, Spanish composer, conductor and violinist (born in 1875)
13
Birth of Ikuyo Nakamichi That year: 1963, Classical music, Japanese pianist
16
Death of László Lajtha That year: 1963, Classical music, Hungarian musician (born in 1892)
Birth of Handel Cecilio That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
18
Death of Ali Zulalov That year: 1963, Classical music, Azerbaijani opera singer and actor (born in 1893)
19
Death of Sviatoslav Knushevitsky That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1908)
20
Death of Ferenc Fricsay That year: 1963, Classical music, (1914–1963) Hungarian musician (born in 1914)
Death of Jacob Gade That year: 1963, Classical music, Danish musician (1879-1963) (born in 1879)
Death of Yakov Eshpay That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian and Soviet composer (born in 1890)
Death of May Mukle That year: 1963, Classical music, British musician (1880-1963) (born in 1880)
Death of Ivan Bronzov-Egorov That year: 1963, Classical music, Ukrainian singer and opera singer (1896-1963) (born in 1896)
21
Death of Eberhard Patalas That year: 1963, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1883)
22
Birth of Donald Braswell II That year: 1963, Classical music, American opera singer
Birth of Stefan Rauh That year: 1963, Classical music, German publisher and composer (dead in 2023)
23
Death of Emanuel Voss That year: 1963, Classical music, German opera singer (1873-1963) (born in 1873)
26
Birth of Roman Sadnik That year: 1963, Classical music, Austrian musician, singer and opera singer
Death of Martti Seilo That year: 1963, Classical music, Finnish opera singer and actor (born in 1903)
28
Death of Alba Chrétien-Vaguet That year: 1963, Classical music, singer (1872-1963) (born in 1872)
March
01
Death of Victorino Echevarría López That year: 1963, Classical music, Spanish composer (1898-1963) (born in 1898)
Death of Marguerite Achard That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1874)
02
Birth of Adrianne Pieczonka That year: 1963, Classical music, Canadian musician
04
Death of Géza Fischer That year: 1963, Classical music, singer, opera singer, pedagogue (born in 1899)
Death of Paolo Mauri That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1885)
06
Birth of Petra-Maria Schnitzer That year: 1963, Classical music, Austrian opera singer
07
Death of Edmond Malherbe That year: 1963, Classical music, French composer (born in 1870)
10
Birth of Bruno Letort That year: 1963, Classical music, French radio producer and composer
Birth of Noriko Hisada That year: 1963, Classical music, Japanese composer
12
Birth of Dai Yuqiang That year: 1963, Classical music, Chinese opera singer
Birth of Alexander Sokolov That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
13
Birth of Vasily Gerello That year: 1963, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer
17
Death of William Henry Squire That year: 1963, Classical music, British cellist and composer (born in 1871)
18
Birth of Petra Schmidt That year: 1963, Classical music, German opera singer
21
Birth of Jonathan Mills That year: 1963, Classical music, Australian composer
22
Death of Mihály Székely That year: 1963, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1901)
Death of Archibald Joyce That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1873)
24
Death of Pedro de Freitas Branco That year: 1963, Classical music, Portuguese conductor and composer (1896-1963) (born in 1896)
26
Birth of Bernard Labadie That year: 1963, Classical music, Canadian conductor
Birth of Olivier Reboul That year: 1963, Classical music, French conductor and pianist
28
Birth of Sona Hovhannisyan That year: 1963, Classical music, conductor, choir director
30
Death of Aleksandr Gauk That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian composer and conductor (born in 1893)
Birth of Eli-Eri Moura That year: 1963, Classical music, Brazilian composer and conductor
April
02
Birth of Paul Wehage That year: 1963, Classical music, American musician and musicologist
04
Birth of Ilan Rechtman That year: 1963, Classical music, Israeli pianist and composer
05
Birth of Kirill Rodin That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian cellist and professor of cello
Death of Julius Harrison That year: 1963, Classical music, English composer and conductor (born in 1885)
06
Death of Anthony Bernard That year: 1963, Classical music, English conductor, pianist and composer (born in 1891)
Death of Rudolf Vohanka That year: 1963, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (born in 1880)
08
Death of Andō Kō That year: 1963, Classical music, Japanese violinist (1878-1963) (born in 1878)
09
Death of Benno Moiseiwitsch That year: 1963, Classical music, British musician (1890-1963) (born in 1890)
10
Premiere of Sonata for clarinet and piano, Op. 184 That year: 1963, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Francis Poulenc
11
Death of Karel Zavřel That year: 1963, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (born in 1891)
12
Birth of Randi Stene That year: 1963, Classical music, opera singer
14
Birth of Kastriot Tusha That year: 1963, Classical music, opera singer
16
Birth of Keiko Urushihara That year: 1963, Classical music, Japanese violinist
17
Death of Fritz Windgassen That year: 1963, Classical music, German operatic tenor (born in 1883)
18
Death of Benno Ziegler That year: 1963, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1887-1963) (born in 1887)
20
Birth of Isabel Mundry That year: 1963, Classical music, German composer
23
Birth of Carmen Fuggiss That year: 1963, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
24
Inauguration: Théâtre de Caen That year: 1963, Classical music (Caen, France)
27
Birth of Evelyn Herlitzius That year: 1963, Classical music, German opera singer
May
04
Birth of Roland Pöntinen That year: 1963, Classical music, Swedish musician
05
Birth of Akiana Molina That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
06
Birth of Balázs Kocsár That year: 1963, Classical music, Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor
08
Birth of Helena Blagne That year: 1963, Classical music, Slovenian singer
Birth of Robert Holzer That year: 1963, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer
Birth of Ignas Misiūra That year: 1963, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (1963-2021) (dead in 2021)
10
Birth of Boaz Avni That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
11
Birth of Nina Stemme That year: 1963, Classical music, Swedish operatic singer
12
Death of Stanisław Wiechowicz That year: 1963, Classical music, Polish composer (1893-1963) (born in 1893)
Birth of Jory Vinikour That year: 1963, Classical music, American musician
14
Birth of Andrew Lewis That year: 1963, Classical music, British composer
15
Inauguration: National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia That year: 1963, Classical music (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
Birth of Zofia Kilanowicz That year: 1963, Classical music, Polish operatic soprano
Death of Michael Aaron That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1898)
16
Birth of Rick Robinson That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
17
Birth of Norichika Iimori That year: 1963, Classical music, Japanese actor
Birth of Taimo Toomast That year: 1963, Classical music, Estonian opera singer
19
Death of Margaret Matzenauer That year: 1963, Classical music, American opera singer (1881-1963) (born in 1881)
Birth of Kevin Kenner That year: 1963, Classical music, American musician
21
Birth of Gilles Apap That year: 1963, Classical music, French musician
24
Birth of David Kim That year: 1963, Classical music, American musician
28
Death of Vissarion Shebalin That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian Soviet composer (born in 1902)
30
Birth of Theodore Kuchar That year: 1963, Classical music, Ukrainian American violist and conductor
June
01
Birth of Masayuki Kino That year: 1963, Classical music, Japanese violinist and concertmaster
Death of Elmer Andrew Steffen That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1890)
02
Birth of Ilya Kaler That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian musician
Birth of Edson Zampronha That year: 1963, Classical music, Brazilian composer
04
Birth of Solveig Kringlebotn That year: 1963, Classical music, Norwegian soprano
Birth of Sandeep Bhagwati That year: 1963, Classical music, Indian composer
Death of Enric Daniel i Ramona That year: 1963, Classical music, Spanish businessperson and composer (1880-1963) (born in 1880)
Death of Mira Korosec That year: 1963, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1882)
07
Birth of Roberto Alagna That year: 1963, Classical music, French tenor
08
Death of Moisei Vainshtein That year: 1963, Classical music, Soviet conductor and composer (1906-1963) (born in 1906)
09
Death of Vasyl Barvinsky That year: 1963, Classical music, Ukrainian composer and pianist (born in 1888)
Death of Emil Mantila That year: 1963, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1884)
10
Birth of Ian Munro That year: 1963, Classical music, Australian musician
Birth of Ann Millikan That year: 1963, Classical music, American composer
Birth of Milan Bürger That year: 1963, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer (1963-2016) (dead in 2016)
Birth of Volker Niehusmann That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
11
Birth of Konstantin Scherbakov That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian pianist
Birth of Ivo Antognini That year: 1963, Classical music, composer, music arranger, instrumentalist, producer, author of the accompanying notes
13
Birth of Sarah Connolly That year: 1963, Classical music, English mezzo-soprano
Birth of Sharon Coste That year: 1963, Classical music, singer
14
Death of Józef Gaczyński That year: 1963, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1895)
15
Birth of Grigor Arakelian That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
17
Birth of Victor Rebullida That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
18
Birth of Iréne Theorin That year: 1963, Classical music, Swedish singer
24
Death of Sybil Evers That year: 1963, Classical music, singer and actress (1904-1963) (born in 1904)
Birth of Damián H. Zanette That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
26
Birth of Davide Remigio That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
27
Birth of Inva Mula That year: 1963, Classical music, Albanian opera singer
29
Birth of Anne-Sophie Mutter That year: 1963, Classical music, German violinist
July
02
Death of Alfred Kullmann That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1875)
03
Birth of Jay Hunter Morris That year: 1963, Classical music, American operatic tenor
04
Birth of Thomas Dausgaard That year: 1963, Classical music, Danish conductor
Death of Gustav Bumcke That year: 1963, Classical music, German composer and music educator (born in 1876)
Death of Fritz Reuter of Dresden That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1896)
05
Death of Sergei Yudin That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian opera singer (1889-1963) (born in 1889)
Birth of Berend Stoel That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
08
Birth of Susan Chilcott That year: 1963, Classical music, singer (dead in 2003)
Death of Franz Larkens That year: 1963, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1876)
09
Birth of John Mark Ainsley That year: 1963, Classical music, English lyric tenor
13
Birth of Damien Top That year: 1963, Classical music, French conductor
14
Birth of Jacques Lacombe That year: 1963, Classical music, Canadian conductor
17
Birth of Nune Badalyan That year: 1963, Classical music, Armenian opera singer
Death of Olga Didur-Wiktorowa That year: 1963, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1900)
Birth of Alain Tissot That year: 1963, Classical music, composer, instrumentalist, producer
20
Birth of Carlo Boccadoro That year: 1963, Classical music, Italian composer
23
Death of Alfredo Schiuma That year: 1963, Classical music, Argentine composer, conductor and violinist (born in 1885)
Birth of Stefan Apke That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
24
Death of Alfredo L. Schiuma That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1885)
25
Death of Daniël Ruyneman That year: 1963, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1886)
Birth of Yōichi Murata That year: 1963, Classical music, Japanese trombone player, composer, arranger, producer (1963-)
26
Death of Karagjule Petrov That year: 1963, Classical music, Macedonian opera singer (born in 1924)
Birth of François Narboni That year: 1963, Classical music, French composer
Birth of Marcel Reijans That year: 1963, Classical music, Dutch tenor
27
Birth of Renato Palumbo That year: 1963, Classical music, Italian conductor
29
Birth of Olga Borodina That year: 1963, Classical music, mezzo-soprano
30
Death of Lorenzo Filiasi That year: 1963, Classical music, Italian composer (1878-1963) (born in 1878)
August
03
Death of Aleksandr Vasilevitsj Preobrazjenskiy That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian conductor, singer and opera singer (1890-1963) (born in 1890)
05
Death of Salvador Bacarisse That year: 1963, Classical music, Spanish composer (1898-1963) (born in 1898)
07
Birth of Richard Egarr That year: 1963, Classical music, British keyboard performer and conductor
08
Death of Sándor Jemnitz That year: 1963, Classical music, Hungarian composer and conductor (born in 1890)
Inauguration: Kinokoncertna zala "Ukrajina" That year: 1963, Classical music (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
Death of Johannes Henricus Kapteijn That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)
09
Death of Max Helfman That year: 1963, Classical music, Jewish Polish-American composer (born in 1901)
12
Death of Kornél Ocskay That year: 1963, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1885)
15
Death of John Powell That year: 1963, Classical music, American pianist, ethnomusicologist and composer (born in 1882)
Birth of Federico Maria Sardelli That year: 1963, Classical music, Italian composer and musician
17
Death of George Weldon That year: 1963, Classical music, English conductor (born in 1908)
18
Death of Giuseppe Moschetti That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1905)
19
Birth of Rebecca Evans That year: 1963, Classical music, Welsh operatic sopran
Birth of Kirsi Tiihonen That year: 1963, Classical music, Finnish opera singer
20
Death of Mabel Garrison That year: 1963, Classical music, American opera singer (1886-1963) (born in 1886)
21
Birth of Nikolaus Schapfl That year: 1963, Classical music, German composer
30
Birth of Caonex Peguero-Camilo That year: 1963, Classical music, musician
September
01
Birth of Dario Volonté That year: 1963, Classical music, Argentinian singer and opera singer
04
Birth of Jonathan Snow That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
07
Inauguration: Meistersingerhalle That year: 1963, Classical music (Nuremberg, Germany)
09
Death of Reda Caire That year: 1963, Classical music, French singer with Egyptian origin (born in 1905)
Birth of Jesús María Echeverría That year: 1963, Classical music, Orchestra director
10
Death of Honorio Siccardi That year: 1963, Classical music, Argentinian composer (born in 1897)
Death of Joseph Edouard Barat That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1882)
16
Birth of Thomas Larcher That year: 1963, Classical music, Austrian composer and pianist
Death of Pierre Germain That year: 1963, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1923)
18
Birth of John Powell That year: 1963, Classical music, English composer of film scores
21
Birth of Mamoru Samuragochi That year: 1963, Classical music, Japanese composer who falsely stated he was totally deaf
27
Birth of Elizabeth Futral That year: 1963, Classical music, Operatic soprano
28
Death of Rosa Raisa That year: 1963, Classical music, Operatic soprano (1893-1963) (born in 1893)
Death of Rosa Burschtein That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian-Polish dramatic soprano (1893-1963) (born in 1893)
30
Death of J. Russel Robinson That year: 1963, Classical music, United States ragtime and dixieland jazz pianist and composer (1892-1963) (born in 1892)
October
01
Birth of Fabián Panisello That year: 1963, Classical music, Argentinian-Spanish composer and conductor
03
Birth of Michel Bosc That year: 1963, Classical music, French composer
04
Death of Harriet Behnee That year: 1963, Classical music, American opera singer (1874-1963) (born in 1874)
07
Birth of Lívia Ághová That year: 1963, Classical music, opera singer
09
Birth of Christiane Oelze That year: 1963, Classical music, singer
Birth of Dragana Jugović del Monaco That year: 1963, Classical music, singer
14
Birth of Alessandro Safina That year: 1963, Classical music, Italian tenor
16
Death of Wacław Aleksander Lachman That year: 1963, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1880)
17
Death of Yolanda Mero That year: 1963, Classical music, Hungarian-American musician (born in 1887)
18
Birth of Marina Prior That year: 1963, Classical music, Opera singer, actress
Inauguration: Clowes Memorial Hall That year: 1963, Classical music (Indiana, United States of America)
20
Birth of John Storgårds That year: 1963, Classical music, Finnish violinist and conductor
Death of Emmy Bettendorf That year: 1963, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1895-1963) (born in 1895)
22
Birth of Svante Henryson That year: 1963, Classical music, Swedish musician
24
Birth of John Reager That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
25
Death of Roger Désormière That year: 1963, Classical music, French composer and conductor (born in 1898)
28
Death of Mart Saar That year: 1963, Classical music, Estonian musician (born in 1882)
31
Birth of Leonidas Kanaris That year: 1963, Classical music, Greek composer, musician and music teacher
November
03
Birth of Emilio Colón That year: 1963, Classical music, American conductor
05
Death of Norman Walker That year: 1963, Classical music, English bass singer (1907-1963) (born in 1907)
15
Death of Fritz Reiner That year: 1963, Classical music, Hungarian American orchestra conductor (1888–1963) (born in 1888)
Death of Joseph Joubert That year: 1963, Classical music, French organist (born in 1878)
20
Birth of Helmut Deutsch That year: 1963, Classical music, German organist
21
Death of Artur Lemba That year: 1963, Classical music, Estonian composer (1885-1963) (born in 1885)
24
Death of Vladimir Rosing That year: 1963, Classical music, Russian-born operatic tenor and stage director (born in 1890)
25
Birth of Bengt-Åke Lundin That year: 1963, Classical music, Swedish pianist
26
Death of Amelita Galli-Curci That year: 1963, Classical music, Italian American opera singer (born in 1882)
Death of James Robert Gillette That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1886)
27
Birth of Éva Bátori That year: 1963, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
29
Death of Ernesto Lecuona That year: 1963, Classical music, Cuban composer (1896-1963) (born in 1896)
Also in November
Death of Liisa Rope That year: 1963, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1916) .
December
05
Death of Karl Amadeus Hartmann That year: 1963, Classical music, German composer (1905-1963) (born in 1905)
12
Death of Andreas Rösler That year: 1963, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher (born in 1904)
13
Death of Yuri Yunitsky That year: 1963, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1906-1963) (born in 1906)
14
Birth of Vytautas Juozapaitis That year: 1963, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
Birth of Christopher Murray That year: 1963, Classical music, American singer
15
Birth of Fredrik de Jounge That year: 1963, Classical music, Swedish singer
18
Death of Winfried Zillig That year: 1963, Classical music, German composer, musicologist and conductor (born in 1905)
20
Death of Paul Constantinescu That year: 1963, Classical music, Romanian composer (born in 1909)
Death of Maxim Karolik That year: 1963, Classical music, American opera singer (1893-1963) (born in 1893)
22
Death of František Vrba That year: 1963, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (1896-1963) (born in 1896)
23
Death of Ján Fišer That year: 1963, Classical music, composer, musicologist, choir director (born in 1896)
25
Death of Josef Gostic That year: 1963, Classical music, Slovenian opera singer (1900-1963) (born in 1900)
26
Birth of Daniel Klajner That year: 1963, Classical music, Swiss conductor
Birth of Franz Hawlata That year: 1963, Classical music, German bass-baritone
Death of Gwynn Parry Jones That year: 1963, Classical music, Welsh opera singer (born in 1891)
27
Birth of Darina Takova That year: 1963, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer
28
Death of Paul Hindemith That year: 1963, Classical music, German composer (1895–1963) (born in 1895)
Birth of Béatrice Uria-Monzon That year: 1963, Classical music, French opera singer
29
Birth of Michalis Christias That year: 1963, Classical music, composer
This was also in 1963
Inception: Bernède Quartet That year: 1963, Classical music (France). Death of Luk Siu S Lu That year: 1963, Classical music, Hong Kong actress (born in 1923) . Birth of Conrad Van Alphen That year: 1963, Classical music, conductor . Birth of Éric Perez That year: 1963, Classical music, French opera stage director . Birth of Andrian Pervazov That year: 1963, Classical music, composer . Inception: Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra That year: 1963, Classical music (Japan). Death of Guy Ferrant That year: 1963, Classical music, French actor . Birth of Stephen Totter That year: 1963, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2019) . Birth of Wenzel Fuchs That year: 1963, Classical music, clarinetist . Birth of Catriona Smith That year: 1963, Classical music, British singer and opera singer . Inauguration: English Bach Festival That year: 1963, Classical music (London, United Kingdom). Birth of Giuseppe Mariotti That year: 1963, Classical music, Italian musician . Birth of Richard Edgar-Wilson That year: 1963, Classical music, British opera singer . Birth of Michael Zev Gordon That year: 1963, Classical music, British composer . Birth of Sławomir Kamiński That year: 1963, Classical music, organist . Birth of Yves Abel That year: 1963, Classical music, Canadian conductor . Inception: All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir That year: 1963, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Seattle Opera That year: 1963, Classical music (Seattle, United States of America). Birth of Claudia Kunz-Eisenlohr That year: 1963, Classical music, German operatic singer and voice teacher . Birth of Peter Bruns That year: 1963, Classical music, German musician . Death of Thurlow Lieurance That year: 1963, Classical music, American composer (born in 1878) . Inauguration: Stadttheater Krefeld That year: 1963, Classical music (Krefeld, Germany). Death of John Sylvanus Thompson That year: 1963, Classical music, American composer (born in 1889) . Birth of Bernhard Forck That year: 1963, Classical music, German conductor . Birth of Livia Caffagni That year: 1963, Classical music . Birth of René Boutet That year: 1963, Classical music, musician, opera singer . Birth of Lior Eitan That year: 1963, Classical music, flautist . Inauguration: Opéra de Limoges That year: 1963, Classical music (Limoges, France). Inception: Ambassadors of Harmony That year: 1963, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Arda Aydoğan That year: 1963, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (dead in 2015) . Inception: University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers That year: 1963, Classical music (Philippines). Inauguration: Annual Avant Garde Festival of New York That year: 1963, Classical music (New York City, United States of America). Birth of Yolanda Kondonassis That year: 1963, Classical music, American musician . Inception: Valley Concert Chorale That year: 1963, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Christophoros Stamboglis That year: 1963, Classical music, Greek singer, opera singer and composer . Inception: Irish Chamber Orchestra That year: 1963, Classical music (Republic of Ireland). Birth of Jean-Luc Étienne That year: 1963, Classical music, French organist . Inception: Bloomington Symphony Orchestra That year: 1963, Classical music (United States of America). Dissolution: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra That year: 1963, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Konzerthalle am Kieler Schloss That year: 1963, Classical music (Kiel, Germany). Death of Daisy McGeoch That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (born in 1876) . Birth of Francesco Corti That year: 1963, Classical music, conductor, born 1963 . Inception: Grupo Música Nova That year: 1963, Classical music (Brazil). Birth of Hiroyuki Itō That year: 1963, Classical music, Japanese composer . Death of André Charbonnier That year: 1963, Classical music, composer . Birth of Timothy Brock That year: 1963, Classical music, American composer . Birth of Jean-Yves Malmasson That year: 1963, Classical music, French composer and conductor . Death of Inga Ørner That year: 1963, Classical music, opera singer, composer, music teacher (born in 1876) . Dissolution: Maîtrise de Radio France That year: 1963, Classical music. Birth of Jon Villars That year: 1963, Classical music, American singer and opera singer . Birth of Alex Wasserman That year: 1963, Classical music, Israeli composer . Birth of Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi That year: 1963, Classical music, Indian musician . Inception: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra That year: 1963, Classical music (Hungary). Death of Gabriel Rodó i Vergés That year: 1963, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1904) . Birth of Roman Trekel That year: 1963, Classical music, German singer . Inception: Tapiola Choir That year: 1963, Classical music (Finland). Inception: Berliner Singakademie That year: 1963, Classical music (Germany). Birth of Monica Bacelli That year: 1963, Classical music, Italian opera singer . Birth of Elena Ruehr That year: 1963, Classical music, American composer and music educator . Inauguration: Sundance Festival of the Chamber Arts That year: 1963, Classical music (Upper Black Eddy, United States of America). Inception: New York Youth Symphony That year: 1963, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Rohan Kriwaczek That year: 1963, Classical music, British musician and music composer (b. 1963) . Inauguration: Berliner Philharmonie That year: 1963, Classical music (Berlin, Germany). Birth of Francis Pollet That year: 1963, Classical music, Belgian bassoonist . Inception: Seattle Opera That year: 1963, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Thomas Girard That year: 1963, Classical music, French pianist . Birth of Henriette Bonde-Hansen That year: 1963, Classical music, Danish opera singer . Death of Joy Boughton That year: 1963, Classical music, English oboist (born in 1913) . Inception: Gilbert and Sullivan for All That year: 1963, Classical music (United Kingdom). Birth of Kolja Blacher That year: 1963, Classical music, German musician and violinist . Death of Khurshid Qajar That year: 1963, Classical music, Azerbaijani opera singer (born in 1894) . Inception: NBC Symphony Orchestra That year: 1963, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Guido and Maurizio De Angelis That year: 1963, Classical music (Italy). Inception: Camerata Bern That year: 1963, Classical music. Birth of Robert Breault That year: 1963, Classical music, American opera singer . Birth of Dimitri Naïditch That year: 1963, Classical music, Ukrainian pianist . Birth of Gerhard Siegel That year: 1963, Classical music, German tenor . Birth of Peter van Van Heyghen That year: 1963, Classical music, conductor . Inauguration: St Albans International Organ Festival That year: 1963, Classical music (St Albans, United Kingdom). Inception: RCA Italiana Orchestra That year: 1963, Classical music. Death of Klara Davidovna Spivakovskaja That year: 1963, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1893-1963) (born in 1893) . Inception: Ensemble Ars Nova That year: 1963, Classical music (France). Birth of Jacqueline Bobak That year: 1963, Classical music, American musician . Inception: Livermore-Amador Symphony That year: 1963, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: South Carolina Philharmonic That year: 1963, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Fernando Mattos That year: 1963, Classical music, composer (dead in 2018) . Inception: City of London Choir That year: 1963, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Vera Nimidoff That year: 1963, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (born in 1879) . Inception: argovia philharmonic That year: 1963, Classical music (Switzerland). Birth of Andrea Marcon That year: 1963, Classical music, Italian musician . Birth of Jan Bengtson That year: 1963, Classical music, flautist . Inception: Minnesota Opera That year: 1963, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music That year: 1963, Classical music (Santa Cruz, United States of America). Inception: Kyiv Chamber Orchestra That year: 1963, Classical music (Soviet Union). Birth of Stéphane Laforest That year: 1963, Classical music . Birth of Frédéric Chaslin That year: 1963, Classical music, French composer . Birth of Pedro Burmester That year: 1963, Classical music, Portuguese musician . Birth of Sergio Berlioz That year: 1963, Classical music, Mexican composer and musicologist . Birth of Sylvia Wieland That year: 1963, Classical music, German singer and opera singer . Death of Pedro Mirassou That year: 1963, Classical music, Argentinian singer (born in 1889) . Birth of Lado Ataneli That year: 1963, Classical music, lyrical singer . Birth of Nicola Bulfone That year: 1963, Classical music, clarinetist . Birth of Roman Válek That year: 1963, Classical music . Inception: Aeolian Singers That year: 1963, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Bryn Mawr Mainliners That year: 1963, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Robert Brubaker That year: 1963, Classical music, American opera singer . Birth of Daniyar Dianov That year: 1963, Classical music, composer .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Igor Stravinsky (age 81)
- Variations That year: 1963, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1964
- Abraham et Isaac (Work for choir)
- 8 Instrumental Miniatures for 15 Players from “Les Cinq Doigts” (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Darius Milhaud (age 71)
- Pacem in terris, Op. 404 (Work for choir)
- Caroles, Op. 402 (Work for choir)
- Suite de sonnets, Cantata on 16th century verses, Op. 401 (Work for choir)
- Meurtre d'un grand chef d'état, Op. 405 (Work for orchestra)
- Ode pour les morts des guerres, Op. 406 (Work for orchestra)
- Préparatif à la mort en allégorie maritime, Op. 403 (Song, lied)
- Francis Poulenc (age 64)
- 7 Répons des ténèbres, Opp. 181 (Work for choir), composed in 1961
- Aaron Copland (age 63)
- Danza de Jalisco (in Latin American Sketches) (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (age 57)
- Overture on Russian and Khirghiz Folk Themes, Op. 115 (Work for orchestra)
- Suite of Five Fragments from the Opera Katarina Izmailova, Op. 114a (Work for orchestra)
- Olivier Messiaen (age 55)
- Seven haikus (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Monodie (Work for soloist)
- Benjamin Britten (age 50)
- Cello Symphony, Op. 68 That year: 1963, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Cantata misericordium, Op. 69 (Work for choir)
- Nocturnal on a theme by John Dowland, Op. 70 (Work for soloist), published in 1964
- Night-Piece (Notturno) (Work for soloist)
- Henri Dutilleux (age 47)
- Bergerie (Work for soloist)
- San Francisco Night (Song, lied)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen (age 35)
- Plus-Minus, Op. 14 (Work for chamber orchestra)