The year 1953 in classical music and in lyrical art

Birth of Armand ArapianThat year: 1953, Classical music, French opera singer

Death of Costante Adolfo BossiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian organist, composer and teacher. (born in 1876)

Death of Corneil de ThoranThat year: 1953, Classical music, Belgian musician (born in 1881)

Birth of François GuyeThat year: 1953, Classical music, Swiss musician

Death of Heinrich Kaspar SchmidThat year: 1953, Classical music, German composer (born in 1874)

Death of Gerda LindThat year: 1953, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1880)

Birth of Tatiana ShebanovaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian classical pianist (dead in 2011)

Birth of Takashi ShimizuThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese violinist

Death of Heinrich KnoteThat year: 1953, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1870)

Death of Patrik VretbladThat year: 1953, Classical music, church musician, composer, music critic, organist (born in 1876)

Birth of Harald BjørkøyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian singer and professor

Death of Jan TalichThat year: 1953, Classical music, cellist, 1881-1953 (born in 1881)

Birth of Álvaro PierriThat year: 1953, Classical music, Uruguayan musician

Death of Mirko ŠtorkThat year: 1953, Classical music, czech opera singer (born in 1880)

Birth of Roger SteptoeThat year: 1953, Classical music, English composer and pianist

Birth of Raymond DeaneThat year: 1953, Classical music, Irish composer

Death of Vsevolod ZaderatskyThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1891)

Death of Roy Spaulding StoughtonThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1884)

Death of Bergliot IbsenThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer (born in 1869)

Death of Gustav StrubeThat year: 1953, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1867)

Death of Angelo BettinelliThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)

Death of Victor Henri StaubThat year: 1953, Classical music, French pianist and composer (born in 1872)

Birth of Denia MazzolaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano

Death of Suzanne AdamsThat year: 1953, Classical music, American lyric soprano (1872-1953) (born in 1872)

Death of Paul BerthierThat year: 1953, Classical music, French musician (born in 1884)

Birth of Wolfgang von SchweinitzThat year: 1953, Classical music, German composer

Death of Phil. B. PerryThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1859)

Death of Maria LabiaThat year: 1953, Classical music, singer (born in 1880)

Birth of Carl StoneThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer

Birth of Lawrence R. MumfordThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

Birth of Steven De GrooteThat year: 1953, Classical music, South African musician (dead in 1989)

Birth of Yōko MatsuoThat year: 1953, Classical music, conductor

Death of Gianni BucceriThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (born in 1872)

Death of Eyvind VedéneThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1880)

Birth of Thomas LemmensThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

Death of Elisabeth KuyperThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)

Birth of Theodore MookThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician

Death of Félix VieuilleThat year: 1953, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1872)

Birth of David HykesThat year: 1953, Classical music, American music therapist

Death of François CombelleThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1880)

Death of Daniel ForteaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1878)

Death of Alexander MogilevskyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1885)

Birth of Helena VieiraThat year: 1953, Classical music, actor, opera singer

Birth of Alexander RaskatovThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian composer

Death of Agnes HuntingtonThat year: 1953, Classical music, American operatic singer (born in 1864)

Birth of Anthony PowersThat year: 1953, Classical music, British composer

Birth of Kaludi KaludovThat year: 1953, Classical music, Bulgarian singer

Birth of Victor KissineThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian composer

Birth of Takashi YoshimatsuThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese classical composer

Birth of Jean-Jacques JustafréThat year: 1953, Classical music, French conductor and hornist

Birth of Jörg-Peter WeigleThat year: 1953, Classical music, German conductor

Birth of Fritz HauserThat year: 1953, Classical music, Swiss musician

Death of Arthur FieldsThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician (born in 1888)

Death of Paul BennerThat year: 1953, Classical music, (1877-1953) (born in 1877)

Death of Roderich Mojsisovics von MojsvárThat year: 1953, Classical music, Austrian composer and conductor (born in 1877)

Birth of Lawrence GwozdzThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician

Death of Alevtina PaskhalovaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1875)

Birth of Mikhail RudyThat year: 1953, Classical music, French musician

Death of Ludovic LamotheThat year: 1953, Classical music, Haitian composer and virtuoso pianist (born in 1882)

Death of Rollo F. MaitlandThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1884)

Birth of Diana MontagueThat year: 1953, Classical music, British mezzo-soprano

Birth of Sarah LeonardThat year: 1953, Classical music, English classical soprano

Birth of Norio KameyamaThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer, pianist, singer

Birth of David CampbellThat year: 1953, Classical music, British clarinetist, born 1953

Death of Percival GarrattThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)

Birth of Andrea IhleThat year: 1953, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

Death of Max DawisonThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1869)

Birth of Monique Désy ProulxThat year: 1953, Classical music, Canadian writer and musician

Birth of Giorgio BattistelliThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian composer

Birth of Diana KacsoThat year: 1953, Classical music, Brazilian pianist

Birth of Ilona TokodyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer

Death of Cecil Duane CrabbThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer of ragtime music (born in 1890)

Death of Walter Morse RummelThat year: 1953, Classical music, pianist (born in 1887)

Death of Carmen ‏ Domingo SanchísThat year: 1953, Classical music, Spanish soprano (born in 1875)

Death of Simeon BellisonThat year: 1953, Classical music, clarinetist (born in 1883)

Death of T. Tertius NobleThat year: 1953, Classical music, British musician (born in 1867)

Death of Frank La ForgeThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer and pianist (born in 1879)

Birth of Ichirō NodairaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer and musicologist

Birth of Ivan FedeleThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

Birth of Richard VernonThat year: 1953, Classical music, American operatic bass (dead in 2006)

Birth of Gervais FrykmanThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

Death of Herman JadlowkerThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian singer (born in 1877)

Birth of Robin HillThat year: 1953, Classical music, British composer

Birth of Monica HuggettThat year: 1953, Classical music, British conductor and baroque violinist

Death of Léon XanrofThat year: 1953, Classical music, French playwright and songwriter (born in 1867)

Death of Erik Ole ByeThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer and rower (born in 1883)

Death of Eric DeLamarterThat year: 1953, Classical music, American classical composer (born in 1880)

Death of Ferdinand VodičkaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, pianist and choirmaster (born in 1895)

Death of Frank MullingsThat year: 1953, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1881)

Death of Werner JaegerhuberThat year: 1953, Classical music, German-Haitian composer (born in 1900)

Death of Carlo BroccardiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1877)

Birth of Fred SjöbergThat year: 1953, Classical music, conductor

Birth of Roger BellonThat year: 1953, Classical music, Classical and film score composer

Death of Louis LavaterThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer, musician and writer (born in 1867)

Birth of Didier HenryThat year: 1953, Classical music, French opera singer

Death of Jean WitkowskiThat year: 1953, Classical music, French conductor (born in 1895)

Death of Albert SpaldingThat year: 1953, Classical music, American violinist (born in 1888)

Birth of James WoodThat year: 1953, Classical music, British composer, percussionist and conductor (dead in 1813)

Death of Audrey MildmayThat year: 1953, Classical music, English-Canadian singer (born in 1900)

Birth of Markéta UngrováThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer, pedagogue

Birth of Erland van LidthThat year: 1953, Classical music, American sport wrestler and actor (dead in 1987)

Birth of Marie AngelThat year: 1953, Classical music, Australian-born opera singer

Birth of Atso AlmilaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Finnish conductor, composer and trombonist

Death of John Stepan ZamecnikThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer and conductor (1872-1953) (born in 1872)

Death of Walter NiemannThat year: 1953, Classical music, German composer (born in 1876)

Birth of Peter DonohoeThat year: 1953, Classical music, English pianist

Death of André BenoistThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1879)

Birth of Jean VoguetThat year: 1953, Classical music, French composer

Death of Jules van Van NuffelThat year: 1953, Classical music, Belgian musicologist, composer, and expert on religious music (born in 1883)

Birth of Adriana HölszkyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Romanian-born German pianist and composer

Birth of Piotr KusiewiczThat year: 1953, Classical music, musician, opera singer, singer

Death of Aleksey KartsevThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)

Birth of Galina ShoydagbaevaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator

Birth of Akiko EbiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese pianist (1953-)

Birth of John Bell YoungThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2017)

Death of Sidney Homer, Sr.That year: 1953, Classical music, American composer (born in 1864)

Birth of Yoko WatanabeThat year: 1953, Classical music, singer (dead in 2004)

Birth of Jesús Rodríguez PicóThat year: 1953, Classical music, Spanish composer

Death of Cuthbert Edward ClarkThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

Birth of Richard MargisonThat year: 1953, Classical music, Canadian opera singer

Death of Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst MeyerThat year: 1953, Classical music, Dutch composer and teacher (born in 1888)

Birth of Enrique GrafThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician

Birth of Rohan Joseph de SaramThat year: 1953, Classical music, Sri Lankan musician (dead in 2004)

Birth of Robert PhillipsThat year: 1953, Classical music, American classical guitarist

Birth of Janez LotričThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Ludvík PelíšekThat year: 1953, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1910)

Birth of Kenneth RadnofskyThat year: 1953, Classical music, American saxophonist

Birth of Éric LysøeThat year: 1953, Classical music, French university teacher and composer

Birth of Jorunn SvenskThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer, teacher

Birth of John CratonThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer and musician

Death of Publio CarnielThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1899)

Birth of Roberto UrbayThat year: 1953, Classical music, Cuban pianist

Birth of János BándiThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Lao SilesuThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1883)

Birth of Michael SchneiderThat year: 1953, Classical music, recorder player, flautist, conductor, academic

Birth of Nikolas EconomouThat year: 1953, Classical music, Cypriot composer and pianist (dead in 1993)

Birth of Eduardo Pérez MasedaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Spanish composer

Birth of Martin GraysonThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

Death of Louis BeydtsThat year: 1953, Classical music, French composer and conductor (born in 1895)

Birth of Evelino PidòThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian conductor

Birth of Yutaka TakahashiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer

Death of Octávio BevilacquaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Brazilian music educator (born in 1887)

Birth of Grith FjeldmoseThat year: 1953, Classical music, actor

Birth of Marta BeňačkováThat year: 1953, Classical music, Czech opera singer and music educator

Death of Darrell FancourtThat year: 1953, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (born in 1886)

Death of Joseph Gaston SelzThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

Birth of Charles RamirezThat year: 1953, Classical music, Gibraltarian musician

Birth of John DickieThat year: 1953, Classical music, Austrian and Scottish tenor and opera singer (dead in 2010)

Death of Paul MarinierThat year: 1953, Classical music, French composer (born in 1866)

Birth of Akira NishimuraThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer

Birth of Michael RabsilberThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2013)

Birth of Stein-Erik OlsenThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian guitarist

Birth of Michael SchønwandtThat year: 1953, Classical music, Danish conductor

Death of Mikhail ShuiskyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1883)

Birth of Júlia KukelyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 2017)

Death of Vinzenz GollerThat year: 1953, Classical music, church musician, composer (born in 1873)

Death of Reinald WerrenrathThat year: 1953, Classical music, American singer (born in 1883)

Birth of David Warin SolomonsThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

Death of Camillo HildebrandThat year: 1953, Classical music, conductor (born in 1876)

Birth of Camellia JohnsonThat year: 1953, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2015)

Death of Henry Holden HussThat year: 1953, Classical music, American musician (born in 1862)

Birth of Eduardo MarturetThat year: 1953, Classical music, Venezuelan conductor and composer

Birth of Krzysztof WęgrzynThat year: 1953, Classical music, Polish violinist and music teacher

Birth of Vladimir ChernovThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian singer

Birth of Richard HarveyThat year: 1953, Classical music, British musician and composer

Death of Viktor OranskyThat year: 1953, Classical music, Soviet composer (born in 1899)

Birth of Mario GiovanoliThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer, instrumentalist

Death of Virgilio LazzariThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1887)

Birth of Yoshihiro KannoThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer

Birth of Roberto SierraThat year: 1953, Classical music, Puerto Rican composer

Birth of Denis DufourThat year: 1953, Classical music, Composer, music educator and artistic director

Birth of Sally BurgessThat year: 1953, Classical music, singer

Birth of Michael GeesThat year: 1953, Classical music, German composer and pianist

Death of Evgenia BronskayaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Russian soprano (1882-1952) (born in 1882)

Birth of Goran SimićThat year: 1953, Classical music, Serbian opera singer (dead in 2008)

Birth of Peter PhillipsThat year: 1953, Classical music, British choral conductor and musicologist

Death of Max KuttnerThat year: 1953, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1883)

Death of Marguerite d'd'AlvarezThat year: 1953, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1886)

Death of Carla SpletterThat year: 1953, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1911)

Death of Fred E. AhlertThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer and songwriter (born in 1892)

Premiere of Astutuli, eine bairische KomödieThat year: 1953, Classical music (Opera), Carl Orff

Birth of Hugh WolffThat year: 1953, Classical music, American conductor

Birth of Tapani LänsiöThat year: 1953, Classical music, Finnish composer and choral conductor

Birth of Marek ChołoniewskiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Polish composer and music educator

Birth of Z. Randall StroopeThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer

Death of Laura de TurczynowiczThat year: 1953, Classical music, operatic singer (born in 1878)

Death of Zdzisław JachimeckiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Polish musicologist (born in 1882)

Death of Hisato OhzawaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1907)

Birth of Kurt SchreibmayerThat year: 1953, Classical music, musician, opera singer

Death of Bernhard BötelThat year: 1953, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1883)

Death of Heinz Förster-LudwigThat year: 1953, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1900)

Birth of Hiroyuki YamaguchiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese violinist and concertmaster

Death of Ferdinand RebayThat year: 1953, Classical music, Classical music Austrian composer, musician (born in 1880)

Birth of Daniel SchweizerThat year: 1953, Classical music, Swiss conductor

Death of Henry Crane PerrinThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)

Death of John Parsons BeachThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)

Birth of Hiroto YashimaThat year: 1953, Classical music, concertmaster, violinist

Death of Nelly MartylThat year: 1953, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1884)

Death of Franz HöferThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1880)

Death of Lalla WiborgThat year: 1953, Classical music, Norwegian singer (born in 1869)

Birth of Bernard FoccroulleThat year: 1953, Classical music, Organist and composer

Death of Alexander BraginThat year: 1953, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1881)

Birth of Jeff ManookianThat year: 1953, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2021)

Death of Alexander RussellThat year: 1953, Classical music, American organist (born in 1880)

Death of Ivor AtkinsThat year: 1953, Classical music, British musician (born in 1869)

Birth of Mariette KemmerThat year: 1953, Classical music, Soprano singer, cellist

Death of Enrico PoloThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1868)

Birth of Ken HannafordThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

Death of Lydia KindermannThat year: 1953, Classical music, Argentinian singer (born in 1892)

Birth of Andrew VioletteThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

Death of Frederick RanalowThat year: 1953, Classical music, Irish opera singer and actor (born in 1873)

Death of Frederick ThurstonThat year: 1953, Classical music, British musician (born in 1901)

Birth of Christa RanacherThat year: 1953, Classical music, Austrian opera singer

Birth of René EespereThat year: 1953, Classical music, Estonian composer

Death of Kishio HiraoThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1907)

Birth of Niels Johannes Legarth IversenThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer

Birth of Amanda ThaneThat year: 1953, Classical music, Australian opera singer (dead in 2012)

Death of Gual't'er BosseThat year: 1953, Classical music, Soviet singer (born in 1877)

Birth of Sanford SylvanThat year: 1953, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2019)

Death of Adolf KrameničThat year: 1953, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1889)

Birth of Nadine SecundeThat year: 1953, Classical music, American opera soprano

Birth of Hans-Jürgen von BoseThat year: 1953, Classical music, German composer

Birth of Naoki TsurusakiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Japanese composer and cellist

Death of Leopold WellebaThat year: 1953, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)

Death of Józef TurczyńskiThat year: 1953, Classical music, Polish musician (born in 1884)

Birth of Roberto CacciapagliaThat year: 1953, Classical music, Italian pianist and composer