2013, from day to day
2013. With other artists, Mikis Theodorakis, Pierre Boulez and Ennio Morricone influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Deanna Durbin. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 2013 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 170 of these moments for 2013.
The year 2013 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
04
Death of Pavol Bagin That year: 2013, Classical music, conductor, composer (born in 1933)
Death of Charles van Tassel That year: 2013, Classical music, Dutch singer (born in 1937)
07
Death of Horst Günter That year: 2013, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1913)
Death of Romano Nieders That year: 2013, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (1934-2013) (born in 1934)
09
Death of Willis Page That year: 2013, Classical music, musician and symphony orchestra conductor (1918-2013) (born in 1918)
10
Death of Loretta di Lelio That year: 2013, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1918)
15
Death of Yuli Turovsky That year: 2013, Classical music, cellist and conductor (born in 1939)
22
Death of Olga Szőnyi That year: 2013, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1933)
25
Death of Aase Nordmo Løvberg That year: 2013, Classical music, Norwegian soprano opera singer (born in 1923)
30
Death of Michael Rabsilber That year: 2013, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1953)
Also in January
Inauguration: Bing Concert Hall That year: 2013, Classical music (California, United States of America) .
February
01
Death of Boyka Konstantinova That year: 2013, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer (1911-2013) (born in 1911)
03
Death of Oscar Feltsman That year: 2013, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1921)
05
Death of Gunilla von Bahr That year: 2013, Classical music, flautist (born in 1941)
07
Death of Michel Fusté-Lambezat That year: 2013, Classical music, French conductor and composer (1934-2013) (born in 1934)
08
Death of Marko Savić That year: 2013, Classical music, Serbian musician (1941-2013) (born in 1941)
Death of Alfons Holte That year: 2013, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1923-2013) (born in 1923)
Death of David Lloyd That year: 2013, Classical music, American operatic tenor (born in 1920)
11
Death of Irina Maslennikova That year: 2013, Classical music, Soviet and Russian opera singer (born in 1918)
16
Death of Eric Ericson That year: 2013, Classical music, Swedish conductor (born in 1918)
Death of John Ayldon That year: 2013, Classical music, English singer and actor (born in 1943)
21
Death of Zheng Cao That year: 2013, Classical music, Chinese American mezzo-soprano (1966-2013) (born in 1966)
22
Death of Wolfgang Sawallisch That year: 2013, Classical music, German conductor and pianist (born in 1923)
Death of Ava June That year: 2013, Classical music, British singer and opera singer (born in 1931)
Death of Claude Monteux That year: 2013, Classical music, American flutist and conductor (1920-2013) (born in 1920)
24
Death of Ib Hansen That year: 2013, Classical music, Danish actor, singer and opera singer (born in 1928)
26
Death of Marie-Claire Alain That year: 2013, Classical music, French organist and organ teacher (born in 1926)
27
Death of Van Cliburn That year: 2013, Classical music, American pianist (born in 1934)
28
Death of William Bennett That year: 2013, Classical music, American oboist (born in 1956)
March
01
Death of Dorothy Howard That year: 2013, Classical music, Canadian music educator (born in 1929)
02
Death of Peter Harvey That year: 2013, Classical music, English baritone (born in 1958)
04
Death of Jérôme Savary That year: 2013, Classical music, French theater director and actor (born in 1942)
07
Death of Jeffrey Skitch That year: 2013, Classical music, Australian-British singer, actor and teacher (born in 1927)
10
Death of Larisa Avdeyeva That year: 2013, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1925)
12
Death of Jozef Gahér That year: 2013, Classical music, composer, university teacher (born in 1934)
18
Death of Margarita Miglau That year: 2013, Classical music, Russian opera soprano (born in 1926)
20
Death of Risë Stevens That year: 2013, Classical music, American opera singer, vocalist and actress (1913-2013) (born in 1913)
Death of Frederic Mayer That year: 2013, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1931-2013) (born in 1931)
22
Death of Gerardo Gandini That year: 2013, Classical music, Argentinian composer, conductor and music educator (1936-2013) (born in 1936)
23
Death of Boris Berezovsky That year: 2013, Classical music, Russian virtuoso pianist (born in 1969)
Death of Lehte Mark That year: 2013, Classical music, actor, singer, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1924)
28
Death of Wolfgang Schulz That year: 2013, Classical music, Austrian flutist (born in 1946)
30
Death of Kazuhiko Komatsu That year: 2013, Classical music, conductor (born in 1947)
April
02
Death of Alfonz Bartha That year: 2013, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (1929-2013) (born in 1929)
Death of Linda Vogt That year: 2013, Classical music, Australian classical and jazz flautist (born in 1922)
03
Death of Robert Ward That year: 2013, Classical music, American composer (1917-2013) (born in 1917)
05
Death of Piero de Palma That year: 2013, Classical music, Italian operatic tenor (born in 1925)
06
Death of Ruben Sargsyan That year: 2013, Classical music, Armenian composer (1945-2013) (born in 1945)
Death of Luís Andrade That year: 2013, Classical music, Portuguese opera singer (born in 1935)
07
Death of Alceo Bocchino That year: 2013, Classical music, Brazilian conductor and composer (1918-2013) (born in 1918)
09
Death of Erkeghali Rakhmadiev That year: 2013, Classical music, Soviet composer and music educator (1932-2013) (born in 1932)
10
Death of José de Oliveira Lopes That year: 2013, Classical music, Portuguese opera singer (born in 1941)
11
Death of Thomas Hemsley That year: 2013, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1927)
13
Death of Adolph Herseth That year: 2013, Classical music, American musician (born in 1921)
14
Death of Colin Davis That year: 2013, Classical music, British conductor (born in 1927)
15
Death of Jean-François Paillard That year: 2013, Classical music, French conductor (born in 1928)
16
Death of Yury Popov That year: 2013, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1929-2013) (born in 1929)
17
Death of Deanna Durbin That year: 2013, Classical music, Canadian singer and actress (1921-2013) (born in 1921)
Death of Bernhard Krol That year: 2013, Classical music, German composer and hornist (born in 1920)
19
Death of Anders Vangen That year: 2013, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1960)
21
Death of Jean-Michel Damase That year: 2013, Classical music, French pianist, conductor and composer (born in 1928)
23
Death of Walter Boeykens That year: 2013, Classical music, Belgian clarinetist (1938–2013) (born in 1938)
25
Death of Jacob Avshalomov That year: 2013, Classical music, Jewish-American composer and conductor (born in 1919)
26
Death of Tui Uru That year: 2013, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1926)
27
Death of Jean-Paul Frisch That year: 2013, Classical music, (1945-2013) (born in 1945)
28
Death of János Starker That year: 2013, Classical music, Hungarian-American cellist (1924–2013) (born in 1924)
29
Death of John La Montaine That year: 2013, Classical music, American musician (born in 1920)
Death of Konrad Rupf That year: 2013, Classical music, German opera singer (1929-2013) (born in 1929)
Also in April
Dissolution: Limburgs Symfonie Orkest That year: 2013, Classical music . Dissolution: Brabants Orkest That year: 2013, Classical music .
May
03
Death of Mimi Aarden That year: 2013, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (born in 1924)
05
Death of Ruthild Engert-Ely That year: 2013, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1940-2013) (born in 1940)
08
Death of Irina Elcheva That year: 2013, Classical music, composer (born in 1926)
15
Death of Albert Lance That year: 2013, Classical music, French opera singer (1925-2013) (born in 1925)
Death of Noelle Barker That year: 2013, Classical music, Soprano singer and singing teacher (born in 1928)
18
Death of Claramae Turner That year: 2013, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1920)
19
Death of Lutfi Kabirova That year: 2013, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1932-2013) (born in 1932)
22
Death of Henri Dutilleux That year: 2013, Classical music, French composer (born in 1916)
23
Death of Jadwiga Pietraszkiewicz That year: 2013, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1919)
24
Death of Sajan Vladimirovitsj Radnaev That year: 2013, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1934)
25
Death of Bohuslav Sedláček That year: 2013, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1928)
28
Death of Masuko Ushioda That year: 2013, Classical music, Japanese violinist (1942-2013) (born in 1942)
31
Death of Dorothea Siebert That year: 2013, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1921)
June
01
Death of Jean Costa That year: 2013, Classical music, French organist (born in 1924)
05
Death of David Schwartz That year: 2013, Classical music, American musician (born in 1916)
06
Death of Zsuzsa Divéky That year: 2013, Classical music, opera singer (1926-2013) (born in 1926)
09
Death of Bruno Bartoletti That year: 2013, Classical music, Italian conductor (born in 1926)
12
Death of Valentyna Arkanova That year: 2013, Classical music, Ukrainian music educator (1934-2013) (born in 1934)
Death of Anna Gonda That year: 2013, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1947)
Death of Leonid Boldin That year: 2013, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1931-2013) (born in 1931)
14
Death of Geraldine Decker That year: 2013, Classical music, American singer and opera singer (1931-2013) (born in 1931)
21
Inauguration: Astana Opera That year: 2013, Classical music (Astana, Kazakhstan)
26
Death of Alida Ferrarini That year: 2013, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1946)
July
01
Death of Barbara Robotham That year: 2013, Classical music, British music educator and opera singer (born in 1936)
03
Death of Arnold Eidus That year: 2013, Classical music, American violinist (born in 1922)
06
Death of Hans Rössling That year: 2013, Classical music, German opera singer (bass) (born in 1927)
09
Death of Nikolay Michaylovitsj Bachvalov That year: 2013, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1947)
14
Death of Udo Reinemann That year: 2013, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1942)
15
Death of Noël Lee That year: 2013, Classical music, American musician (born in 1924)
26
Death of Shafiga Akhundova That year: 2013, Classical music, composer (1924-2013) (born in 1924)
29
Death of Draga Matković That year: 2013, Classical music, Classical pianist (1907-2013) (born in 1907)
Death of Peter Minich That year: 2013, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1927)
Also in July
Inception: Orquestra Estágio Gulbenkian That year: 2013, Classical music .
August
02
Death of Siu Yin Fei That year: 2013, Classical music, opera singer ( 1920)
08
Death of Regina Resnik That year: 2013, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1922)
12
Death of Spas Wenkoff That year: 2013, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1928)
Death of Dave Saul That year: 2013, Classical music, composer (born in 1937)
30
Death of Lotfi Mansouri That year: 2013, Classical music, Opera director, manager (born in 1929)
Also in August
Dissolution: Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic That year: 2013, Classical music .
September
01
Death of Shunsaku Tsutsumi That year: 2013, Classical music, conductor (born in 1946)
02
Death of Makoto Moroi That year: 2013, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1930)
06
Closing: Gibson Amphitheatre That year: 2013, Classical music (Universal City, United States of America)
07
Death of Ilja Hurník That year: 2013, Classical music, Czech playwright, music educator, composer, pianist, writer and university educator (1922-2013) (born in 1922)
11
Death of Edith Guillaume That year: 2013, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1943)
16
Death of Ratiba El-Hefny That year: 2013, Classical music, Egyptian singer (1931-2013) (born in 1931)
Death of Saburō Iwakawa That year: 2013, Classical music, Japanese composer (1923-2013) (born in 1923)
18
Death of Lindsay Cooper That year: 2013, Classical music, English musician (1951–2013) (born in 1951)
Death of Lisa Otto That year: 2013, Classical music, singer, film actress (born in 1919)
19
Death of Arnošt Parsch That year: 2013, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (born in 1936)
Death of Wenyan Xiao That year: 2013, Classical music, Opera actress (born in 1922)
21
Death of Roman Vlad That year: 2013, Classical music, Italian-Romanian composer (1919-2013) (born in 1919)
30
Death of John Hopkins That year: 2013, Classical music, Australian conductor (born in 1927)
October
06
Death of Will Ogdon That year: 2013, Classical music, American composer (born in 1921)
11
Death of Anatoly Berkovich That year: 2013, Classical music, actor (1938-2013) (born in 1938)
13
Death of Galina Oleynichenko That year: 2013, Classical music, Soviet and Russian singer (born in 1928)
28
Death of Alice Spohrová That year: 2013, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer (born in 1923)
Also in October
Death of Alec Hill That year: 2013, Classical music, composer (born in 1873) .
November
04
Death of Herbert Brauer That year: 2013, Classical music, German voice actor, singer and opera singer (born in 1915)
05
Death of Surena Dashitsyrenova That year: 2013, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1952)
11
Death of Domenico Bartolucci That year: 2013, Classical music, Roman Catholic cardinal (born in 1917)
12
Death of John Tavener That year: 2013, Classical music, British composer (1944-2013) (born in 1944)
13
Death of Günther Hofmann That year: 2013, Classical music, German opera baritone (1927-2013) (born in 1927)
16
Death of Ermek Serkebaev That year: 2013, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and actor (1926-2013) (born in 1926)
21
Death of Conrad Susa That year: 2013, Classical music, American composer (born in 1935)
25
Death of Oralia Domínguez That year: 2013, Classical music, singer (born in 1925)
December
04
Death of Robert Allman That year: 2013, Classical music, Australian operatic singer (born in 1927)
06
Death of Tom Krause That year: 2013, Classical music, Finnish operatic bass-baritone (born in 1934)
07
Death of Michael Vetter That year: 2013, Classical music, German composer (1943-2013) (born in 1943)
08
Death of Sándor Szokolay That year: 2013, Classical music, Hungarian composer and professor (1931–2013) (born in 1931)
Death of Hung Sin-nui That year: 2013, Classical music, Chinese actress and Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong and China (born in 1924)
09
Death of Barbara Hesse-Bukowska That year: 2013, Classical music, Pianist, music educator (1930-2013) (born in 1930)
12
Death of Rae Woodland That year: 2013, Classical music, British operatic soprano (born in 1922)
13
Death of Marcel Cellier That year: 2013, Classical music, Swiss musician (1925-2013) (born in 1925)
Death of Marina Gordon That year: 2013, Classical music, singer (born in 1917)
14
Death of Emiliya Svetlova That year: 2013, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (1930-2013) (born in 1930)
17
Death of Ivanka Miteva-Koralova That year: 2013, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer (born in 1911)
20
Death of János Négyesy That year: 2013, Classical music, Hungarian musician (born in 1938)
26
Death of Marta Eggerth That year: 2013, Classical music, American actress, singer (born in 1912)
27
Death of Gianna D'Angelo That year: 2013, Classical music, singer (born in 1929)
Death of Roza Jamanova That year: 2013, Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator (1928-2013) (born in 1928)
28
Death of Esther Borja That year: 2013, Classical music, Cuban soprano (born in 1913)
29
Death of Wojciech Kilar That year: 2013, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1932)
This was also in 2013
Inception: Tulipa Consort That year: 2013, Classical music. Inauguration: Nevill Holt Opera That year: 2013, Classical music (Leicestershire, United Kingdom). Inauguration: Hungarian Opera Day That year: 2013, Classical music (Budapest, Hungary). Closing: New York City Opera That year: 2013, Classical music (Manhattan, United States of America). Dissolution: Pasadena Boys Choir That year: 2013, Classical music (United States of America). Dissolution: Unhasu Orchestra That year: 2013, Classical music (North Korea). Dissolution: Capilla Flamenca That year: 2013, Classical music (Belgium). Inauguration: Valletta International Baroque Festival That year: 2013, Classical music (Valletta, Malta). Closing: International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival That year: 2013, Classical music (Buxton, United Kingdom). Dissolution: Ensemble baroque de Limoges That year: 2013, Classical music. Inception: Harbour City Opera That year: 2013, Classical music (Australia). Inception: Odyssey Opera That year: 2013, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Quatuor Arod That year: 2013, Classical music. Closing: Escales Musicales That year: 2013, Classical music (Évian-les-Bains, France). Death of Laurel Hurley That year: 2013, Classical music, American soprano (born in 1927) . Dissolution: New York City Opera That year: 2013, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Quatuor Tchalik That year: 2013, Classical music (France). Inception: 432 Chamber Orchestra That year: 2013, Classical music. Dissolution: Tokyo String Quartet That year: 2013, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Mary Ruth Ray That year: 2013, Classical music, American musician (born in 1956) . Inception: 9 Horses That year: 2013, Classical music (United States of America).