2021, from day to day
2021. With other artists, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Mikis Theodorakis and Klaus Schulze influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Mikis Theodorakis.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 2021 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 140 of these moments for 2021.
The year 2021 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
02
Death of Tasso Adamopoulos That year: 2021, Classical music, French musician (born in 1944)
Death of Tamara Sorokina That year: 2021, Classical music, operatic singer (1931-2021) (born in 1931)
05
Death of Osian Ellis That year: 2021, Classical music, Welsh harpist and composer (1928-2021) (born in 1928)
Death of Raúl Jaurena That year: 2021, Classical music, Uruguayan composer (born in 1941)
07
Death of Biserka Cvejić That year: 2021, Classical music, Serbian mezzo-soprano (born in 1923)
14
Death of Gertrud Freedmann That year: 2021, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1933)
18
Death of Josep Maria Mestres i Quadreny That year: 2021, Classical music, Catalan composer (born in 1929)
22
Death of Elizabeth Kingdon That year: 2021, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1928)
23
Death of Margherita Roberti That year: 2021, Classical music, American opera singer
24
Death of Zbigniew Ciechan That year: 2021, Classical music, composer (born in 1929)
26
Death of Cara O'Sullivan That year: 2021, Classical music, Irish singer (born in 1962)
27
Death of Benedykt Konowalski That year: 2021, Classical music, conductor (born in 1928)
30
Death of Michel Trempont That year: 2021, Classical music, Belgian operatic baritone (born in 1928)
February
02
Death of Libuše Domanínská That year: 2021, Classical music, Czech opera singer and music educator (born in 1924)
10
Death of Ignas Misiūra That year: 2021, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (1963-2021) (born in 1963)
13
Death of Rostyslav Babych That year: 2021, Classical music, composer, music teacher, conductor (born in 1937)
15
Death of Andréa Guiot That year: 2021, Classical music, French singer (born in 1928)
Death of Steuart Bedford That year: 2021, Classical music, conductor, classical pianist (born in 1939)
Death of Anatolii Boiko That year: 2021, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (born in 1945)
16
Death of Atsutada Otaka That year: 2021, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1944)
24
Death of Wolfgang Boettcher That year: 2021, Classical music, German editor, musician and music educator (1935-2021) (born in 1935)
Death of Toktonali Seytaliev That year: 2021, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (born in 1937)
Also in February
Dissolution: Endellion String Quartet That year: 2021, Classical music .
March
01
Death of Agim Krajka That year: 2021, Classical music, Albanian pianist (born in 1937)
04
Death of Helmut Winschermann That year: 2021, Classical music, German conductor and oboist (1920-2021) (born in 1920)
Death of Sándor Palcsó That year: 2021, Classical music, Hungarian actor (1929-2021) (born in 1929)
06
Death of Renée Doria That year: 2021, Classical music, French singer (born in 1921)
Death of Martin Boykan That year: 2021, Classical music, American composer (1931-2021) (born in 1931)
07
Death of Dimitri Bashkirov That year: 2021, Classical music, Russian pianist (born in 1931)
09
Death of James Levine That year: 2021, Classical music, American conductor and pianist (born in 1943)
Death of Maarja Haamer That year: 2021, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (born in 1938)
11
Death of Viktor Lebedev That year: 2021, Classical music, Soviet composer (1935-2021) (born in 1935)
17
Death of Antón García Abril That year: 2021, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1933)
20
Death of Yevgeny Nesterenko That year: 2021, Classical music, Russian singer (born in 1938)
Death of Taryn Fiebig That year: 2021, Classical music, Australian opera soprano (born in 1972)
Death of Milan Kopacka That year: 2021, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1932)
24
Death of Richard Stoker That year: 2021, Classical music, British composer (born in 1938)
Death of Kim Byong-hwa That year: 2021, Classical music, North Korean conductor (born in 1936)
Death of Paul W. Whear That year: 2021, Classical music, American composer (born in 1925)
31
Death of Jadwiga Wysoczanská That year: 2021, Classical music, Czech opera singer (1927-2021) (born in 1927)
April
02
Death of Simon Bainbridge That year: 2021, Classical music, British composer (born in 1952)
07
Death of Rudolf Kelterborn That year: 2021, Classical music, Swiss composer (1931-2021) (born in 1931)
19
Death of Jim Steinman That year: 2021, Classical music, American composer, lyricist and record producer (born in 1947)
23
Death of Milva That year: 2021, Classical music, Italian singer and actress (1939-2021) (born in 1939)
24
Death of Christa Ludwig That year: 2021, Classical music, German mezzo-soprano (1928-2021) (born in 1928)
Death of Dominique Preschez That year: 2021, Classical music, French organist, pianist, composer, poet and writer (born in 1954)
29
Death of Kazimierz Kord That year: 2021, Classical music, Polish conductor (1930-2021) (born in 1930)
30
Death of Anthony Payne That year: 2021, Classical music, British composer (1936-2021) (born in 1936)
May
06
Death of Bolesław Pawlus That year: 2021, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1929)
10
Death of Pauline Tinsley That year: 2021, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1928)
14
Death of Ester Mägi That year: 2021, Classical music, Estonian composer (1922-2021) (born in 1922)
15
Death of Mildred Allen That year: 2021, Classical music, soprano (1929-2021) (born in 1929)
18
Death of Franco Battiato That year: 2021, Classical music, Italian singer-songwriter and musician (1945-2021) (born in 1945)
Death of Milan Novák That year: 2021, Classical music, composer (born in 1927)
19
Death of Martin Turnovský That year: 2021, Classical music, Czech conductor (1928-2021) (born in 1928)
Death of Marta Nitranová That year: 2021, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1942)
21
Death of Juraj Hatrík That year: 2021, Classical music, Slovakian composer (born in 1941)
23
Death of Cristóbal Halffter That year: 2021, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1930)
27
Death of William Sydeman That year: 2021, Classical music, American composer (born in 1928)
June
02
Death of Henn Pai That year: 2021, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (1937-2021) (born in 1937)
03
Death of Karla Burns That year: 2021, Classical music, American singer and actress (born in 1954)
06
Death of Rimma Volkova That year: 2021, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1940)
11
Death of Heribert Beissel That year: 2021, Classical music, German musician (born in 1933)
20
Death of Jeanne Lamon That year: 2021, Classical music, American-born Canadian violinist and conductor (1949-2021) (born in 1949)
Death of Gianna Rolandi That year: 2021, Classical music, American soprano singer (born in 1952)
22
Death of Hans Drewanz That year: 2021, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1929)
26
Death of Frederic Rzewski That year: 2021, Classical music, American pianist and composer (born in 1938)
30
Death of Dominique Dupraz That year: 2021, Classical music, French composer (1947-2021) (born in 1947)
July
01
Death of Louis Andriessen That year: 2021, Classical music, Dutch composer, pianist and university lecturer (born in 1939)
08
Death of Mario Brell That year: 2021, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1936)
10
Death of Jeff Manookian That year: 2021, Classical music, American composer (born in 1953)
15
Death of Jean Kraft That year: 2021, Classical music, American operatic singer (1927-2021) (born in 1927)
28
Death of Giuseppe Giacomini That year: 2021, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1940-2021) (born in 1940)
29
Death of Peter Svensson That year: 2021, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1964)
August
01
Death of Kazimierz Kowalski That year: 2021, Classical music, Polish opera singer (1951-2021) (born in 1951)
06
Death of Wang Wenjuan That year: 2021, Classical music, Chinese actress (born in 1926)
11
Death of Gianluigi Gelmetti That year: 2021, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (born in 1945)
13
Death of Vladimir Mendelssohn That year: 2021, Classical music, Romanian composer and violist (1949-2021) (born in 1949)
14
Death of Igor Oistrakh That year: 2021, Classical music, Ukrainian musician (born in 1931)
Death of R. Murray Schafer That year: 2021, Classical music, Canadian composer (born in 1933)
22
Death of Charles Burles That year: 2021, Classical music, French opera singer (1936-2021) (born in 1936)
24
Death of Pierre Dutot That year: 2021, Classical music, French classical trumpeter (born in 1946)
25
Death of Max Cryer That year: 2021, Classical music, New Zealand musician and broadcaster (born in 1935)
27
Death of Siegfried Matthus That year: 2021, Classical music, German composer (born in 1934)
28
Death of Teresa Żylis-Gara That year: 2021, Classical music, Polish operatic soprano (born in 1935)
September
02
Death of Mikis Theodorakis That year: 2021, Classical music, Greek composer (1925–2021) (born in 1925)
Death of Michel Corboz That year: 2021, Classical music, Swiss conductor (1934-2021) (born in 1934)
05
Death of Carmen Balthrop That year: 2021, Classical music, American opera singer from Maryland (born in 1948)
07
Death of Blazenka Milic That year: 2021, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1939)
10
Death of Leonid Lyubovsky That year: 2021, Classical music, Soviet composer and music educator (born in 1937)
16
Death of Norman Bailey That year: 2021, Classical music, English singer (1933-2021) (born in 1933)
19
Death of Sylvano Bussotti That year: 2021, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1931)
27
Death of Fernande Chiocchio That year: 2021, Classical music, Canadian opera singer and pianist (born in 1929)
28
Death of Karan Armstrong That year: 2021, Classical music, Operatic soprano (born in 1941)
29
Death of Bronius Kutavičius That year: 2021, Classical music, Lithuanian composer (born in 1932)
30
Death of Carlisle Floyd That year: 2021, Classical music, American composer (born in 1926)
Death of Yuzuru Shimaoka That year: 2021, Classical music, Japanese composer and musicologist (born in 1926)
October
09
Death of Gilbert Py That year: 2021, Classical music, French singer (born in 1933)
10
Death of Luis de Pablo That year: 2021, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1930)
Death of Alexey itsky Alexey Feodosievich That year: 2021, Classical music, conductor, composer (born in 1933)
11
Death of Lukas David That year: 2021, Classical music, Austrian violinist (born in 1934)
Death of Barry Mora That year: 2021, Classical music, New Zealand opera singer (born in 1940)
13
Death of Bela Andreevna Roedenko That year: 2021, Classical music, Russian music educator (born in 1933)
18
Death of Edita Gruberová That year: 2021, Classical music, (1946–2021) Slovak-born Austrian opera singer (born in 1946)
19
Death of Hanuš Domanský That year: 2021, Classical music, Slovakian composer and pianist (born in 1944)
21
Death of Bernard Haitink That year: 2021, Classical music, Dutch conductor and violinist (1929-2021) (born in 1929)
22
Death of Udo Zimmermann That year: 2021, Classical music, German composer, musicologist, opera director, and conductor (born in 1943)
23
Death of Dorit Hanak That year: 2021, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1938)
30
Death of Aleksandra Bubicz-Mojsa That year: 2021, Classical music, Polish soprano opera singer (born in 1967)
Also in October
Death of Edith Ágoston That year: 2021, Classical music, (1939 - 2021) opera singer; voice teacher (born in 1939) .
November
01
Death of Nelson Freire That year: 2021, Classical music, Brazilian pianist (1944–2021) (born in 1944)
03
Death of Joanna Bruzdowicz That year: 2021, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1943)
04
Death of Mario Lavista That year: 2021, Classical music, Mexican composer (born in 1943)
05
Death of Joan Carlyle That year: 2021, Classical music, English opera singer (born in 1931)
07
Death of Béla Kovács That year: 2021, Classical music, Hungarian clarinetist (1937–2021) (born in 1937)
08
Death of Teréz Karikó That year: 2021, Classical music, (1932–2021) opera singer (born in 1932)
11
Death of Aga Mikolaj That year: 2021, Classical music, Polish singer and opera singer (born in 1971)
16
Death of Jean Micault That year: 2021, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1924)
18
Death of Daphne Evangelatos That year: 2021, Classical music, Greek singer and opera singer (born in 1946)
21
Death of Paulos Raptis That year: 2021, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1936)
Death of Hans Kraemmer That year: 2021, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1934)
23
Death of Nikolay Golyshev That year: 2021, Classical music, opera singer, professor, department of Solo Singing, Ural State Conservatory (born in 1929)
26
Death of Stephen Sondheim That year: 2021, Classical music, American composer and lyricist (1930–2021) (born in 1930)
27
Death of Teppo Hauta-aho That year: 2021, Classical music, Finnish musician (born in 1941)
28
Death of Andrej Hoteev That year: 2021, Classical music, Russian pianist (born in 1946)
Also in November
Death of Clifford Grant That year: 2021, Classical music, Australian operatic bass singer (born in 1930) .
December
02
Death of Michael Laucke That year: 2021, Classical music, Canadian classical and flamenco guitarist (born in 1947)
12
Death of Naďa Patriková-Haanová That year: 2021, Classical music, opera singer, singer, operetta singer, actor, stage manager (born in 1950)
15
Death of Ivan Sancin That year: 2021, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1938)
17
Death of Torhild Staahlen That year: 2021, Classical music, singer (born in 1947)
Death of John Mitchinson That year: 2021, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1932)
19
Death of Carlos Marín That year: 2021, Classical music, Spanish singer (1968-2021) (born in 1968)
21
Death of George Alexander Albrecht That year: 2021, Classical music, German conductor (1935-2021) (born in 1935)
23
Death of Gérard Masson That year: 2021, Classical music, French composer (born in 1936)
24
Death of Gwendolyn Killebrew That year: 2021, Classical music, American contralto (born in 1939)
30
Death of Gottfried Michael Koenig That year: 2021, Classical music, German-Dutch composer, producer and director (born in 1926)
Also in December
Death of Georgi Sapundzhiev That year: 2021, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer (born in 1930) .
This was also in 2021
Closing: Teatro Comunale di Firenze That year: 2021, Classical music (Florence, Italy). Death of Irena Jasiūnaitė That year: 2021, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (born in 1925) . Death of Alice May That year: 2021, Classical music, English singer and actress (born in 1930) .