2020, from day to day
2020. With other artists, Klaus Schulze, Ennio Morricone and Krzysztof Penderecki influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Ennio Morricone. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 2020 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 150 of these moments for 2020.
The year 2020 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Death of Shunji Aratani That year: 2020, Classical music, Japanese conductor (born in 1930)
05
Death of Blas Emilio Atehortúa Amaya That year: 2020, Classical music, Colombian composer and conductor (born in 1943)
Death of Gennadiy Piskunov That year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1939)
12
Death of Giorgio Merighi That year: 2020, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (born in 1939)
14
Death of Naděžda Kniplová That year: 2020, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1932)
16
Death of Barry Tuckwell That year: 2020, Classical music, Australian horn player (born in 1931)
Death of Nadezhda Shepeleva That year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet Yakut opera singer (1923-2020) (born in 1923)
19
Inauguration: Permaisuri Zarith Sofiah Opera House That year: 2020, Classical music (Johor Bahru, Malaysia)
20
Death of Nedda Casei That year: 2020, Classical music, American singer (1932-2020) (born in 1932)
23
Death of Franz Mazura That year: 2020, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1924)
28
Death of Othmar Mága That year: 2020, Classical music, German conductor (1929-2020) (born in 1929)
30
Death of Glenys Linos That year: 2020, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (born in 1941)
February
01
Death of Peter Serkin That year: 2020, Classical music, American musician (1947-2020) (born in 1947)
04
Death of Volker David Kirchner That year: 2020, Classical music, German musician (1942-2020) (born in 1942)
05
Death of Miklós Mersei That year: 2020, Classical music, (1941–2020) opera singer (born in 1941)
06
Death of Nello Santi That year: 2020, Classical music, Italian conductor (1931-2020) (born in 1931)
08
Death of Magdalena Krzyńska That year: 2020, Classical music, Polish opera singer (1947-2020) (born in 1947)
09
Death of Mirella Freni That year: 2020, Classical music, Italian soprano (1935-2020) (born in 1935)
Death of Sergei Slonimsky That year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet composer (1932-2020) (born in 1932)
Death of Margareta Hallin That year: 2020, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1931)
12
Death of Aino Takala That year: 2020, Classical music, Finnish operatic mezzo (born in 1938)
13
Death of Franco Bordoni That year: 2020, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1932)
Death of Hajo Müller That year: 2020, Classical music, German actor and opera singer (born in 1931)
14
Death of Reinbert de Leeuw That year: 2020, Classical music, Dutch conductor (born in 1938)
15
Death of Zdenka Kareninová That year: 2020, Classical music, Czech opera singer (1930-2020) (born in 1930)
23
Death of Anatoly Kapustin That year: 2020, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1939)
24
Death of Eiichi Itō That year: 2020, Classical music, Japanese music conductor (born in 1925)
26
Death of Sergei Dorensky That year: 2020, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1931)
Death of Erna Skaug That year: 2020, Classical music, Norwegian singer (born in 1923)
29
Death of Odile Pierre That year: 2020, Classical music, French organist (born in 1932)
Also in February
Death of Franz Kalchmair That year: 2020, Classical music, Austrian singer (born in 1939) .
March
01
Death of Seppo Ruohonen That year: 2020, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1946)
06
Death of Elinor Ross That year: 2020, Classical music, American singer (1926-2020) (born in 1926)
Death of Iryna Shykunova That year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet Belarusian opera singer and pedagogue (born in 1940)
08
Death of Grigory Kontsur That year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet Russian opera singer (1941-2020) (born in 1941)
09
Death of Anton Coppola That year: 2020, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1917)
Death of Valentina Savelievna Savitskaya That year: 2020, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1927)
11
Death of Charles Wuorinen That year: 2020, Classical music, American composer (born in 1938)
14
Death of Doriot Anthony Dwyer That year: 2020, Classical music, American musician (1922-2020) (born in 1922)
15
Death of Florin Diaconescu That year: 2020, Classical music, Romanian operatic tenor (1942-2020) (born in 1942)
16
Death of Jaroslav Foltýn That year: 2020, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer (born in 1927)
20
Death of Saule Kurmangaliyeva That year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (born in 1937)
24
Death of Anatoliy Mokrenko That year: 2020, Classical music, Ukrainian operatic baritone (born in 1933)
Death of Kari Onstad That year: 2020, Classical music, Norwegian actor and singer (1941-2020) (born in 1941)
25
Death of Jennifer Bate That year: 2020, Classical music, British concert organist (born in 1944)
26
Death of Naomi Munakata That year: 2020, Classical music, Brazilian conductor (born in 1955)
Death of Luigi Roni That year: 2020, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1942)
28
Death of Hertha Töpper That year: 2020, Classical music, Austrian contralto opera singer (born in 1924)
29
Death of Krzysztof Penderecki That year: 2020, Classical music, Polish composer and conductor (1933–2020) (born in 1933)
30
Death of Robert Andreozzi That year: 2020, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1932)
31
Death of Zoltán Peskó That year: 2020, Classical music, Hungarian conductor (born in 1937)
April
03
Death of Nina Hazuchová That year: 2020, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1926)
09
Death of Dmitri Smirnov That year: 2020, Classical music, Russian composer (1948-2020) (born in 1948)
14
Death of Kerstin Meyer That year: 2020, Classical music, Swedish singer (1928-2020) (born in 1928)
16
Death of Kenneth Gilbert That year: 2020, Classical music, Canadian musician (1931-2020) (born in 1931)
Death of Jan Talich That year: 2020, Classical music, Czech violinist (born in 1945)
17
Death of Arlene Saunders That year: 2020, Classical music, American singer (1930-2020) (born in 1930)
19
Death of Alexander Vustin That year: 2020, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1943)
22
Death of Viktor Gurev That year: 2020, Classical music, Belarusian opera singer (1926-2020) (born in 1926)
25
Death of Alan Abel That year: 2020, Classical music, American percussionist (1928-2020) (born in 1928)
27
Death of Lynn Harrell That year: 2020, Classical music, American cellist (born in 1944)
Death of Jeannette Pilou That year: 2020, Classical music, Italian soprano of Greek parentage and Egyptian birth (born in 1937)
May
03
Death of Rosalind Elias That year: 2020, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano (born in 1930)
07
Death of John Macurdy That year: 2020, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1929)
09
Death of Attila Fülöp That year: 2020, Classical music, (1942--2020) opera singer and audio engineer (born in 1942)
11
Death of Claudio Nicolai That year: 2020, Classical music, German baritone (born in 1929)
12
Death of Andrzej Saciuk That year: 2020, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1933)
13
Death of Gabriel Bacquier That year: 2020, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1924)
14
Death of Angelo Lo Forese That year: 2020, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1920)
15
Death of Ezio Bosso That year: 2020, Classical music, Italian composer, pianist and conductor (born in 1971)
21
Death of Neil Howlett That year: 2020, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1934)
22
Death of Henri van Zanten That year: 2020, Classical music, Dutch artist (1957-2020) (born in 1957)
28
Death of Claude Heater That year: 2020, Classical music, American opera singer (1927-2020) (born in 1927)
30
Death of Mady Mesplé That year: 2020, Classical music, French soprano (1931-2020) (born in 1931)
June
01
Death of Myroslav Skoryk That year: 2020, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (born in 1938)
07
Death of Edith Thallaug That year: 2020, Classical music, Norwegian actress (1929-2020) (born in 1929)
18
Death of Georges Octors That year: 2020, Classical music, Belgian conductor (born in 1923)
25
Death of Marga Richter That year: 2020, Classical music, American composer (1926-2020) (born in 1926)
30
Death of Ida Haendel That year: 2020, Classical music, Polish-born British violinist and violin teacher (born in 1928)
July
01
Death of Georg Ratzinger That year: 2020, Classical music, German musician and Catholic priest (born in 1924)
02
Death of Nikolai Kapustin That year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer and pianist (born in 1937)
06
Death of Ennio Morricone That year: 2020, Classical music, Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928–2020) (born in 1928)
11
Death of Gabriella Tucci That year: 2020, Classical music, (1929--2020) opera singer (born in 1929)
24
Death of Désirée Talbot That year: 2020, Classical music, South African singer (1926-2020) (born in 1926)
25
Death of Bernard Ładysz That year: 2020, Classical music, Polish singer and actor (1922-2020) (born in 1922)
27
Death of Camil Marinescu That year: 2020, Classical music, Romanian conductor (1964-2020) (born in 1964)
28
Death of Bent Fabric That year: 2020, Classical music, Danish pianist and composer (born in 1924)
Death of Bálint Horváth That year: 2020, Classical music, (1937--2020) opera singer (born in 1937)
August
02
Death of Leon Fleisher That year: 2020, Classical music, American conductor and pianist (born in 1928)
03
Death of Inés Rivadeneira That year: 2020, Classical music, Spanish mezzosoprano (1928-2020) (born in 1928)
05
Death of Peter Bedjanič That year: 2020, Classical music, Slovenian singer (1933-2020) (born in 1933)
06
Death of Eldar Aliev That year: 2020, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1971)
08
Death of Anatoliy Duda That year: 2020, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (1946-2020) (born in 1946)
10
Death of Kurt Azesberger That year: 2020, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1960)
12
Death of Josef Bulva That year: 2020, Classical music, Czech musician (1943–2020) (born in 1943)
14
Death of Julian Bream That year: 2020, Classical music, English classical guitarist and lutenist (1933–2020) (born in 1933)
15
Death of Monika Swarowska-Walawska That year: 2020, Classical music, Polish opera singer
17
Death of Bohdan Bazylykut That year: 2020, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (born in 1938)
22
Death of Anatoliy Ponomarenko That year: 2020, Classical music, (1945--2020) opera singer (born in 1945)
26
Death of Joyce Wright That year: 2020, Classical music, English singer (born in 1922)
September
06
Death of Christiane Eda-Pierre That year: 2020, Classical music, French soprano (1932-2020) (born in 1932)
09
Death of Patrick Davin That year: 2020, Classical music, Belgian conductor (1962-2020) (born in 1962)
11
Death of Annette Jahns That year: 2020, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1958)
13
Death of B. Shankar Rao That year: 2020, Classical music, Indian musician (born in 1922)
15
Death of Jan Krenz That year: 2020, Classical music, Polish conductor and composer (1926-2020) (born in 1926)
Death of Paul Méfano That year: 2020, Classical music, French composer (born in 1937)
24
Death of Vyacheslav Voynarovsky That year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet and Russian opera singer, actor (born in 1946)
Also in September
Death of Rinat Ibragimov That year: 2020, Classical music, Russian contrabassist (1960-2020) (born in 1960) .
October
03
Death of Karel Fiala That year: 2020, Classical music, Czech actor and opera singer (born in 1925)
06
Death of Tommy Rall That year: 2020, Classical music, American actor and dancer (1929-2020) (born in 1929)
Death of Vladislav Pyavko That year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (born in 1941)
08
Death of Erin Wall That year: 2020, Classical music, Canadian musician (1975-2020) (born in 1975)
09
Death of Ruth Falcon That year: 2020, Classical music, American operatic soprano and pedagogue (born in 1942)
11
Death of Emmy Lisken That year: 2020, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1939)
15
Death of Ricardo Visus That year: 2020, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (born in 1931)
17
Death of Juliusz Łuciuk That year: 2020, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1927)
19
Death of Vaclovas Daunoras That year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (born in 1937)
25
Death of Rosanna Carteri That year: 2020, Classical music, singer (1930-2020) (born in 1930)
27
Death of Yukinori Tezuka That year: 2020, Classical music, Japanese conductor (1940-2020) (born in 1940)
29
Death of Alexander Vedernikov That year: 2020, Classical music, Russian conductor (born in 1964)
Death of Béla Síki That year: 2020, Classical music, Hungarian-Swiss pianist and music pedagogue (born in 1923)
Death of Avni Mula That year: 2020, Classical music, Albanian singer, musician (born in 1928)
Also in October
Dissolution: Quatuor Manfred That year: 2020, Classical music .
November
01
Death of Pedro Iturralde That year: 2020, Classical music, Spanish musician (born in 1929)
Death of Eva Zikmundová That year: 2020, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1932)
14
Death of Eugenia Ratti That year: 2020, Classical music, Operatic soprano (born in 1933)
Death of Claude Méloni That year: 2020, Classical music, French baritone of the Paris Opera (born 1940) (born in 1940)
17
Death of Gabriel Chmura That year: 2020, Classical music, Polish conductor (born in 1946)
Death of Roland Hermann That year: 2020, Classical music, German opera singer (1936-2020) (born in 1936)
25
Death of Camilla Wicks That year: 2020, Classical music, American musician (born in 1928)
Death of Anatoliĭ Sukhorukov That year: 2020, Classical music, horn player (born in 1942)
26
Death of Kamen Tchanev That year: 2020, Classical music, Bulgarian tenor (1964-2020) (born in 1964)
December
03
Death of Noah Creshevsky That year: 2020, Classical music, American composer (1945-2020) (born in 1945)
06
Death of Klaus Ofczarek That year: 2020, Classical music, Austrian actor and opera singer (born in 1939)
07
Death of Albert Khachatryan That year: 2020, Classical music, Armenian singer (born in 1935)
08
Death of Tito Del Bianco That year: 2020, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1932)
13
Death of Leonard Mróz That year: 2020, Classical music, Polish opera singer (1947-2020) (born in 1947)
17
Death of Masayuki Nagatomi That year: 2020, Classical music, Japanese composer and musicologist (born in 1932)
22
Death of Ernst Schütz That year: 2020, Classical music, Austrian singer and actor (born in 1938)
Death of Roman Berger That year: 2020, Classical music, Polish musician (1930-2020) (born in 1930)
Death of Mirosław Pietkiewicz That year: 2020, Classical music, organist (born in 1933)
23
Death of Rebecca Luker That year: 2020, Classical music, American actress, singer and recording artist (born in 1961)
24
Death of Ivry Gitlis That year: 2020, Classical music, Israeli violinist (1922-2020) (born in 1922)
Death of Mojmir Sepe That year: 2020, Classical music, Slovene conductor and composer (1930-2020) (born in 1930)
25
Death of Jaan Rääts That year: 2020, Classical music, Estonian composer (born in 1932)
28
Death of Fou Ts'ong That year: 2020, Classical music, Chinese-British pianist (1934-2020) (born in 1934)
This was also in 2020
Death of Thomas Lawlor That year: 2020, Classical music, Irish opera singer (born in 1938) . Death of Jan Bach That year: 2020, Classical music, American composer (born in 1937) . Death of Kenneth Woollam That year: 2020, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1937) . Death of David Mills That year: 2020, Classical music, Canadian singer, poet and actor (born in 1929) . Death of Danguolė Juodikaitytė That year: 2020, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (born in 1942) . Death of Franca Duval That year: 2020, Classical music, American soprano (born in 1925) . Inauguration: Huong River Opera House That year: 2020, Classical music (Vĩnh Ninh, Vietnam).