The year 1962 in classical music and in lyrical art
1962. With other artists, Pablo Casals, Dmitri Shostakovich and Aram Khachaturian influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Dmitry Khvorostovsky, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 113, “Babi-Yar”” 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 1962 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 380 of these moments for 1962.
1962, from day to day
January
01
Death of Etilmon J. StarkThat year: 1962, Classical music, American composer (born in 1867)
Death of Susan Spain-DunkThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer, musician (born in 1880)
02
Death of Ol'ga KovalevaThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1881)
04
Death of Alfons MoortgatThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)
05
Death of Kurt SchröderThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1888)
Birth of Michal NovenkoThat year: 1962, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and organist
Birth of Joseph Louis MonzoThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer
08
Birth of Stefan AdamsThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer
09
Birth of Nicholas DanielThat year: 1962, Classical music, British oboist and conductor
13
Birth of Marco BertiThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian opera singer
14
Birth of Philippe BéranThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swiss conductor
Birth of Ottó KertészThat year: 1962, Classical music, cellist born 1962, member of the Keller Quartet
15
Birth of Charlotte HellekantThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swedish actress and mezzo-soprano singer
16
Birth of Adik AbdurakhmanovThat year: 1962, Classical music, conductor
17
Birth of Leonhard LeebThat year: 1962, Classical music, Austrian trumpeter, music manager and composer
Death of Stefaniya ZaranekThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1904)
18
Death of Raymond MoulaertThat year: 1962, Classical music, Belgian pianist and musicologist (born in 1875)
Birth of Luis Jaime CortezThat year: 1962, Classical music, Mexican composer
21
Death of Ernst Erich BuderThat year: 1962, Classical music, German composer (born in 1896)
23
Birth of David ArnoldThat year: 1962, Classical music, English film composer
Death of Farren SoutarThat year: 1962, Classical music, British actor (1870-1962) (born in 1870)
25
Death of Reino VolanenThat year: 1962, Classical music, Finnish actor (born in 1890)
26
Death of Fran LhotkaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1883)
Birth of Brent HakansonThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer
27
Birth of Roberto Paci DalòThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian musician, artist and film director
Birth of Mati KõrtsThat year: 1962, Classical music, Estonian opera singer
Birth of André Le GallThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer
28
Birth of Noriko OgawaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Japanese classical pianist
29
Death of Fritz KreislerThat year: 1962, Classical music, Austrian violinist and composer (born in 1875)
Birth of Radovan VlatkovićThat year: 1962, Classical music, Croatian musician
February
01
Birth of Masahito OsadaThat year: 1962, Classical music, conductor
02
Birth of Ivan ŽenatýThat year: 1962, Classical music, Czech violinist and music educator
Death of Nadiya NovospaskaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (1877-1962) (born in 1877)
03
Birth of Vladimir LandeThat year: 1962, Classical music, conductor, oboist
05
Death of Jacques IbertThat year: 1962, Classical music, French composer (born in 1890)
Death of Ricard Lamote de GrignonThat year: 1962, Classical music, Catalan Spanish composer and conductor (born in 1899)
07
Death of Arne OldbergThat year: 1962, Classical music, American pianist and composer (born in 1874)
Birth of David HaladjianThat year: 1962, Classical music, Armenian composer and conductor
Birth of Sebastian KrauseThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer, performer
09
Death of Harriet WareThat year: 1962, Classical music, American composer (born in 1877)
11
Death of Arthur BerghThat year: 1962, Classical music, American composer (born in 1882)
12
Birth of Francesco AnileThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian opera singer
16
Birth of Patrick DavinThat year: 1962, Classical music, Belgian conductor (dead in 2020)
17
Death of Bruno WalterThat year: 1962, Classical music, German-born conductor, pianist, and composer (born in 1876)
18
Birth of Albert Guinovart i MingachoThat year: 1962, Classical music, Catalan composer and pianist
Birth of Marianne JamesThat year: 1962, Classical music, French singer and actress
19
Death of Albert Israel ElkusThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1884)
20
Birth of Emile NaoumoffThat year: 1962, Classical music, Bulgarian musician
Birth of Iraida YusupovaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Russian composer
22
Birth of Olivier LatryThat year: 1962, Classical music, French musician
Death of K.A. Wieth-KnudsenThat year: 1962, Classical music, Danish writer (born in 1878)
23
Birth of József MukkThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer
25
Birth of Michael StenovThat year: 1962, Classical music, Austrian composer
Death of Oreste LuppiThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian bass and opera singer (born in 1870)
26
Death of Maja Strozzi-PečićThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1882)
27
Birth of Marcelo ÁlvarezThat year: 1962, Classical music, Argentine tenor
March
01
Birth of Galina GorchakovaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Russian singer
Death of Aleksandrs KortānsThat year: 1962, Classical music, Latvian opera singer (born in 1897)
04
Death of Zdeněk ChalabalaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Czech dirigent and musician (born in 1899)
Death of Luba MirellaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian coloratura soprano (born in 1896)
Birth of John YoungThat year: 1962, Classical music, electroacoustic music composer from New Zealand
05
Death of Ján BaranThat year: 1962, Classical music, civil servant, composer (born in 1918)
06
Birth of Laurence EquilbeyThat year: 1962, Classical music, French conductor
Birth of Noëmi NadelmannThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swiss operatic soprano
14
Death of Norman Coke-JephcottThat year: 1962, Classical music, British composer (born in 1893)
15
Birth of Marat BisengalievThat year: 1962, Classical music, Kazakhstani musician
19
Death of Mary Cardwell DawsonThat year: 1962, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1894)
20
Birth of Stephen McKeonThat year: 1962, Classical music, Irish composer
23
Death of Rezső LavottaThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer, conductor, librarian, music historian (born in 1876)
Birth of Pascal PicardThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer
24
Birth of Angèle DubeauThat year: 1962, Classical music, Canadian violinist
26
Death of Cyrillus KreekThat year: 1962, Classical music, Estonian composer (born in 1889)
27
Birth of Florentine MulsantThat year: 1962, Classical music, French composer
28
Birth of Jorge Pepi AlósThat year: 1962, Classical music, Argentinian music educator, composer and pianist
31
Birth of Konstantia GourziThat year: 1962, Classical music, Greek composer
April
02
Death of Emmy NeiendorffThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1888)
03
Death of Manolis KalomirisThat year: 1962, Classical music, Greek composer (born in 1883)
Death of Grigol KiladzeThat year: 1962, Classical music, Soviet conductor and composer (1902-1962) (born in 1902)
Birth of Mariko SenjuThat year: 1962, Classical music, Japanese violinist
06
Death of Carlo Giorgio GarofaloThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1886)
09
Birth of Daniel PezzottiThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swiss cellist (1962-2017) (dead in 2017)
12
Birth of Cosimo Damiano LanzaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian classical pianist
17
Birth of Dmitry VdovinThat year: 1962, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer
Birth of Shizuka NakamuraThat year: 1962, Classical music, Japanese violinist
20
Birth of Pille LillThat year: 1962, Classical music, Estonian opera singer
21
Inauguration: Opera HouseThat year: 1962, Classical music (Seattle, United States of America)
28
Birth of Lyne FortinThat year: 1962, Classical music, Canadian singer
Death of George CouttsThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1888)
29
Death of Armande de PolignacThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1876)
May
05
Birth of Kaoru WadaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Japanese composer
06
Birth of James LisneyThat year: 1962, Classical music, British classical pianist
07
Death of Ladislav MrázThat year: 1962, Classical music, Czech singer (born in 1923)
11
Birth of Emmanuelle HaïmThat year: 1962, Classical music, French musician
Birth of Johanna NurmimaaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Finnish actress
15
Death of Enn RaaThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer ( 1910)
16
Birth of Graciela ArayaThat year: 1962, Classical music, singer
20
Birth of Sergei StadlerThat year: 1962, Classical music, Soviet and Russian violinist, conductor, educator
21
Death of Katharine LuckeThat year: 1962, Classical music, American composer and music educator (born in 1875)
22
Birth of Bo SkovhusThat year: 1962, Classical music, Danish opera singer
23
Birth of Graeme DanbyThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer
24
Death of Cloe ElmoThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian operatic contralto (born in 1910)
Birth of Haruyoshi NogawaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Japanese composer
27
Death of Egon PetriThat year: 1962, Classical music, Dutch musician (born in 1881)
30
Premiere of War Requiem, Op. 66That year: 1962, Classical music (Work for choir), Benjamin Britten
Birth of Eugene AstiThat year: 1962, Classical music, performer
Death of Max DonnerThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1884)
31
Death of Eduard ToldràThat year: 1962, Classical music, Music conductor and composer (born in 1895)
June
08
Birth of Piroska PándyThat year: 1962, Classical music, Hungarian female opera singer
Birth of Sachio FujiokaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Japanese conductor
09
Birth of Nahim MarunThat year: 1962, Classical music, Brazilian Classical Pianist
11
Birth of Ernest o Martínez IzquierdoThat year: 1962, Classical music, Spanish-Catalan conductor and composer
Birth of Olga NazaykinskayaThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer
12
Death of John IrelandThat year: 1962, Classical music, British composer and teacher of music (born in 1879)
Death of Grigoriy Maksimovitsj GrigorasjviliThat year: 1962, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1905-1962) (born in 1905)
13
Death of Eugene Aynsley GoossensThat year: 1962, Classical music, English conductor and composer (born in 1893)
15
Death of Alfred CortotThat year: 1962, Classical music, Franco-Swiss pianist and conductor (born in 1877)
Birth of Andrea RostThat year: 1962, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
18
Death of Volkmar AndreaeThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swiss composer and conductor (1879-1962) (born in 1879)
19
Death of Jan AdamusThat year: 1962, Classical music, Polish historian (born in 1896)
22
Birth of Eva IngolfThat year: 1962, Classical music, Icelandic musician
23
Death of Richard RößlerThat year: 1962, Classical music, German pianist (born in 1880)
24
Death of Volfgangs DārziņšThat year: 1962, Classical music, Latvian composer (born in 1906)
29
Death of Rodolphe MathieuThat year: 1962, Classical music, Canadian musician (born in 1890)
July
01
Birth of Franz-Josef SeligThat year: 1962, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
02
Death of Ott RaukasThat year: 1962, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (born in 1911)
06
Birth of Vilija MozūraitytėThat year: 1962, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
08
Death of Gabriella BesanzoniThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1890)
Death of Kan’ichi ShimofusaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1898)
11
Death of René MaisonThat year: 1962, Classical music, Belgian opera singer (born in 1895)
17
Birth of Jonas DegerfeldtThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swedish Operasinger
18
Death of Alfredo SangiorgiThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1894)
20
Birth of Kristine JepsonThat year: 1962, Classical music, singer (dead in 2017)
21
Death of Martha Blech-FrankThat year: 1962, Classical music, German opera singer (1871-1962) (born in 1871)
22
Birth of Eva BohmováThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer
23
Birth of Alain LefèvreThat year: 1962, Classical music, French Canadian pianist and composer
25
Death of Christie MacDonaldThat year: 1962, Classical music, Canadian opera singer and stage actor (born in 1875)
Birth of Yury VlasenkoThat year: 1962, Classical music, musician (dead in 2012)
26
Birth of Stefano GervasoniThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian composer
Birth of Michael F. WilliamsThat year: 1962, Classical music, New Zealand composer
27
Death of František KorteThat year: 1962, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (born in 1895)
28
Death of Franz KonwitschnyThat year: 1962, Classical music, German conductor (1901-1962) (born in 1901)
Birth of Pierre-Alain VolondatThat year: 1962, Classical music, French pianist
29
Death of Leonardo de De LorenzoThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian flautist and music educator (born in 1875)
30
Death of Solomon RosowskyThat year: 1962, Classical music, Latvian composer (born in 1878)
31
Birth of Jan Willem de VriendThat year: 1962, Classical music, Dutch conductor
August
02
Death of Stefan Belina-SkupiewskiThat year: 1962, Classical music, Polish educationist and singer (born in 1885)
03
Birth of Zsuzsa KalocsaiThat year: 1962, Classical music, Hungarian actress
05
Death of Teodoro Ballo TenaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Spanish conductor (1866-1962) (born in 1866)
16
Birth of Krassimira StoyanovaThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer
17
Birth of Dariusz StachuraThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer, singer
23
Death of Irving FineThat year: 1962, Classical music, American composer (born in 1914)
24
Death of Henry LeyThat year: 1962, Classical music, English organist, composer and music teacher (born in 1887)
27
Death of Eman HlinomazThat year: 1962, Classical music, choir director, composer, teacher (born in 1889)
28
Birth of Manuela TrasobaresThat year: 1962, Classical music, singer
Birth of Marine DeinyanThat year: 1962, Classical music, Armenian opera singer
29
Birth of Ricardo LlorcaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Spanish composer
September
02
Death of Josef MachoňThat year: 1962, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (born in 1880)
06
Death of Hanns EislerThat year: 1962, Classical music, Austrian composer (1898-1962) (born in 1898)
Death of Dermot TroyThat year: 1962, Classical music, Irish opera singer (born in 1927)
08
Birth of Éric BellocqThat year: 1962, Classical music, French musician
12
Birth of Philippe CassardThat year: 1962, Classical music, French pianist
Death of Mimi HviidThat year: 1962, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1874)
14
Death of Marcel DelannoyThat year: 1962, Classical music, French composer (born in 1898)
15
Birth of Juha NikkolaThat year: 1962, Classical music, conductor (dead in 2009)
25
Birth of Pieter WispelweyThat year: 1962, Classical music, Dutch cellist
Birth of Michéal CastaldoThat year: 1962, Classical music, singer
October
01
Death of Nicolino MilanoThat year: 1962, Classical music, Brazilian opera composer (born in 1876)
02
Birth of Verónica VillarroelThat year: 1962, Classical music, Chilean soprano singer
Birth of Susanne RydénThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swedish soprano
04
Birth of Marc MinkowskiThat year: 1962, Classical music, French conductor of classical music
07
Birth of Aleksandar KrunevThat year: 1962, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer
08
Birth of Michael AbelsThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer
Birth of Xavier Albertí i GallartThat year: 1962, Classical music, Catalan theatre director and composer
10
Birth of Tomas LadigaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
Birth of Liliana NikiteanuThat year: 1962, Classical music, Romanian opera singer
Birth of Christoph HombergerThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swiss singer
14
Death of Jules BentzThat year: 1962, Classical music, French composer (born in 1873)
15
Death of Joseph NoyonThat year: 1962, Classical music, French composer of religious music and organist (born in 1888)
16
Birth of Dmitry KhvorostovskyThat year: 1962, Classical music, Russian operatic baritone (dead in 2017)
17
Birth of Jean-Efflam BavouzetThat year: 1962, Classical music, French classical pianist
Birth of Paul NeubauerThat year: 1962, Classical music, American violist and music pedagogue
20
Birth of Yumino ToyodaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Classical musician
Death of Franco BevalThat year: 1962, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1904)
21
Death of Karl ElmendorffThat year: 1962, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1891)
Birth of Fredrik SixtenThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swedish musician
22
Death of Samuil FeinbergThat year: 1962, Classical music, Russian pianist and composer (born in 1890)
Death of Vanni MarcouxThat year: 1962, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1877)
Birth of Tim McAllisterThat year: 1962, Classical music, American musician
24
Birth of Giovanni SollimaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian musician
26
Death of Sakae ArakiThat year: 1962, Classical music, songwriter (born in 1924)
27
Birth of Pedro Javier GonzálezThat year: 1962, Classical music, guitarist
29
Death of Siegfried SalomonThat year: 1962, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1885)
30
Birth of Caroline CasadesusThat year: 1962, Classical music, French opera singer
Birth of Krister St. HillThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swedish actor
Birth of Konstantin KhristovThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer
31
Birth of Salvador Martínez GarcíaThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer
November
01
Death of Wintter WattsThat year: 1962, Classical music, American composer (born in 1884)
02
Death of Felice LattuadaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1882)
Birth of Mireille DelunschThat year: 1962, Classical music, French opera soprano
03
Birth of Mark JanicelloThat year: 1962, Classical music, American musician, actor, painter and author
Death of Marjorie FultonThat year: 1962, Classical music, American concert violinist (1909–1962) (born in 1909)
Birth of Juremir VieiraThat year: 1962, Classical music, Brazilian singer
04
Birth of Arvo VolmerThat year: 1962, Classical music, Estonian conductor
Death of Étienne BillotThat year: 1962, Classical music, French singer (born in 1879)
08
Birth of Diana ArismendiThat year: 1962, Classical music, Venezuelan composer
Death of Esperanza IrisThat year: 1962, Classical music, Mexican singer (born in 1888)
11
Birth of Ildikó RaimondiThat year: 1962, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer
15
Death of Toscha SeidelThat year: 1962, Classical music, Russian-American musician (born in 1899)
17
Birth of Torleif ThedéenThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swedish cellist
18
Death of Mykola Andriyovych ChastyThat year: 1962, Classical music, Ukrainian singer and opera singer (1905-1962) (born in 1905)
19
Death of Clara ClemensThat year: 1962, Classical music, American opera singer; daughter of Mark Twain (born in 1874)
22
Birth of Sumi JoThat year: 1962, Classical music, South Korean operatic soprano
23
Death of Yakov StollyarThat year: 1962, Classical music, Soviet composer (1890-1962) (born in 1890)
25
Birth of Diana López MoyalThat year: 1962, Classical music, Cuban flautist
28
Birth of Kinue AotaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Japanese organist
29
Birth of Petra LangThat year: 1962, Classical music, German mezzo-soprano
December
01
Birth of Eric HuchetThat year: 1962, Classical music, French singer
02
Death of Nikolai AnosovThat year: 1962, Classical music, Conductor of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (born in 1900)
Birth of Galina Vladimirovna GrigorʹevaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Estonian composer
03
Birth of Sylvia ConstantinidisThat year: 1962, Classical music, Venezuelan-American pianist, composer, and conductor
04
Birth of Jiří RajnišThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer
05
Birth of José CuraThat year: 1962, Classical music, Argentine-Spanish operatic tenor, conductor, director, scenographer and photographer
06
Birth of Ludmila VernerováThat year: 1962, Classical music, (1962-) opera singer
Birth of Károly MocsáriThat year: 1962, Classical music, pianist
07
Death of Kirsten FlagstadThat year: 1962, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1895)
Birth of Riikka HakolaThat year: 1962, Classical music, Finnish soprano
09
Death of Edmond ChabotThat year: 1962, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1874)
10
Death of Andy SannellaThat year: 1962, Classical music, American musician (born in 1900)
Birth of Philippe AïcheThat year: 1962, Classical music, French violinist
11
Death of Hanna AllinThat year: 1962, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1916)
13
Birth of Francesco PetrozziThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer, politician
14
Death of Nazzareno de De AngelisThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1881)
17
Death of Richard Keys BiggsThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1886)
18
Premiere of Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 113, “Babi-Yar”That year: 1962, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Francis Poulenc
21
Death of Carsten WollThat year: 1962, Classical music, American singer (born in 1885)
23
Birth of Magdalena lena Amenábar FolchThat year: 1962, Classical music, academic, opera singer, singer
25
Birth of Jonathan NottThat year: 1962, Classical music, British conductor
Birth of Tamara HiskiaThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer
Death of Dwight AndersonThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1896)
26
Death of Harry CarrollThat year: 1962, Classical music, American songwriter, pianist and composer (born in 1892)
28
Birth of Niel van der WattThat year: 1962, Classical music, South African composer
29
Death of Hans RosbaudThat year: 1962, Classical music, Austrian conductor (born in 1895)
Birth of Grant LlewellynThat year: 1962, Classical music, Welsh conductor
30
Birth of Paavo JärviThat year: 1962, Classical music, Estonian conductor
31
Birth of Jennifer HigdonThat year: 1962, Classical music, American composer
Death of Bella AltenThat year: 1962, Classical music, Polish soprano (born in 1877)
This was also in 1962
Inception: Annapolis Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1962, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Florent JodeletThat year: 1962, Classical music . Birth of Pär LindskogThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer . Inauguration: Grand Teton Music FestivalThat year: 1962, Classical music (Jackson Hole, United States of America). Birth of Juri BatukovThat year: 1962, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer . Birth of Gari GlaysherThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer . Birth of Roger ArgenteThat year: 1962, Classical music, British bass trombonist . Inception: Delmé QuartetThat year: 1962, Classical music. Inception: Scottish OperaThat year: 1962, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: American Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1962, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: The Young AmericansThat year: 1962, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Houston BoychoirThat year: 1962, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Carol WilliamsThat year: 1962, Classical music, American organist . Birth of Agathe MartelThat year: 1962, Classical music, Canadian singer . Birth of Angela BrownThat year: 1962, Classical music, American opera singer . Birth of Marc PiolletThat year: 1962, Classical music, French conductor . Death of Şükrü TunarThat year: 1962, Classical music, Turkish musician (born in 1907). Birth of Cara O'SullivanThat year: 1962, Classical music, Irish singer (dead in 2021). Inception: Münchner BachsolistenThat year: 1962, Classical music. Birth of Rosa MannionThat year: 1962, Classical music, British operatic soprano (born 1962) . Birth of Andrew GloverThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer . Birth of Seng-Hyoun KoThat year: 1962, Classical music, South Korean opera singer and singer . Inauguration: Festival international Jean-Sébastien Bach de Saint-Donat-sur-l'HerbasseThat year: 1962, Classical music (Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse, France). Birth of Nicholas KokThat year: 1962, Classical music, conductor . Birth of Carl TannerThat year: 1962, Classical music, American opera singer . Death of Bernard HamblenThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1877). Death of Florence Turner-MaleyThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1871). Death of Neveser KokdesThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1904). Death of Esther KahnThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1877). Inception: The Group for Contemporary MusicThat year: 1962, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Yovtcho PetrovThat year: 1962, Classical music, Bulgarian conductor . Inception: Children's Orchestra SocietyThat year: 1962, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Walther Meyer-RadonThat year: 1962, Classical music (born in 1886). Inauguration: Joburg TheatreThat year: 1962, Classical music (Johannesburg, South Africa). Birth of Alan BennettThat year: 1962, Classical music, American singer . Inauguration: Rouen Opera HouseThat year: 1962, Classical music (Rouen, France). Inception: Yomiuri Nippon Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1962, Classical music. Birth of Dmitry YablonskyThat year: 1962, Classical music, Russian cellist . Inception: Gulbenkian OrchestraThat year: 1962, Classical music (Portugal). Birth of Julian ReynoldsThat year: 1962, Classical music, conductor, musician . Inception: Schiersteiner KantoreiThat year: 1962, Classical music. Inauguration: David Geffen HallThat year: 1962, Classical music (Upper West Side, United States of America). Birth of Joris Van Den HauweThat year: 1962, Classical music, Belgian musician . Birth of Ian BelseyThat year: 1962, Classical music, British baritone . Inception: Sofia Soloists Chamber OrchestraThat year: 1962, Classical music (Bulgaria). Birth of Jeffrey BlackThat year: 1962, Classical music, Australian opera singer . Inception: Juneau SymphonyThat year: 1962, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: St.-Martins-Chorknaben BiberachThat year: 1962, Classical music. Inception: Cape Cod Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1962, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Sören LillkungThat year: 1962, Classical music, choir director, opera singer . Birth of Slobodan CvetičaninThat year: 1962, Classical music, opera singer . Birth of Johannes Martin KränzleThat year: 1962, Classical music, German singer and opera singer . Inception: Newfoundland Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1962, Classical music (Canada). Birth of Erich PlüssThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer . Inception: Christophorus-Kantorei AltensteigThat year: 1962, Classical music. Inception: Quinteto Villa-LobosThat year: 1962, Classical music (Brazil). Birth of James SommervilleThat year: 1962, Classical music, Canadian musician . Death of Celia TorráThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer (born in 1884). Birth of Thomas HummelThat year: 1962, Classical music, German musician and computer scientist . Birth of Alexander KaloianThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer . Inception: Les Percussions de StrasbourgThat year: 1962, Classical music (France). Birth of Jozef van WissemThat year: 1962, Classical music, Dutch musician . Birth of Leonie HolmesThat year: 1962, Classical music, composer . Birth of Richard WatkinsThat year: 1962, Classical music, British conductor and horn player . Inception: The Schütz Choir of LondonThat year: 1962, Classical music. Birth of Matthias KirschnereitThat year: 1962, Classical music, German pianist . Birth of Thomas BlochThat year: 1962, Classical music, French musician . Birth of Ralf PopkenThat year: 1962, Classical music, German opera singer . Birth of Janusz RatajczakThat year: 1962, Classical music, Polish opera singer (tenor) and teacher . Birth of Stephen GouldThat year: 1962, Classical music, American opera singer . Birth of Marilyn MimsThat year: 1962, Classical music, American operatic soprano (born 1954) . Birth of Marco LazzaraThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian opera singer . Inauguration: Stour Music FestivalThat year: 1962, Classical music (Ashford, United Kingdom). Birth of Achim KleinleinThat year: 1962, Classical music, German singer . Inception: Victoria State OperaThat year: 1962, Classical music (Australia). Birth of James GardnerThat year: 1962, Classical music, New Zealand musician . Death of Erik W. G. LeidzénThat year: 1962, Classical music, American composer born in Sweden (born in 1894). Birth of Annamária KovácsThat year: 1962, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer . Inception: Soni Ventorum Wind QuintetThat year: 1962, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Joan Nadal i MartínezThat year: 1962, Classical music, Spanish tenor (1881-1962) (born in 1881). Birth of Mark AdamoThat year: 1962, Classical music, American composer and librettist . Birth of Ferdinand SeilerThat year: 1962, Classical music, German singer and opera singer . Birth of Marko FarionThat year: 1962, Classical music, Марко Дмитрович Фаріон - Bandurist, Bass soloist, dentist . Death of Paula Maria LizellThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swedish actress (born in 1873). Birth of Ibolya VerebicsThat year: 1962, Classical music, singer . Inception: Musiques NouvellesThat year: 1962, Classical music (Belgium). Birth of Michael CollinsThat year: 1962, Classical music, conductor (1962-) . Inception: Anchorage OperaThat year: 1962, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Hugo MalletThat year: 1962, Classical music, British singer and opera singer . Birth of Peter EdelmannThat year: 1962, Classical music, Austrian opera singer . Inception: University of the Philippines Concert ChorusThat year: 1962, Classical music. Birth of Massimo ZanettiThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian conductor . Death of Ramon Ferrés i MusolasThat year: 1962, Classical music, Spanish composer and conductor (1878-1962) (born in 1878). Birth of Tyrone PatersonThat year: 1962, Classical music, Canadian conductor and vocal coach . Birth of Gyula StullerThat year: 1962, Classical music, Hungarian violinist . Inauguration: Opera SaratogaThat year: 1962, Classical music (Saratoga Springs, United States of America). Birth of Alessandro De MarchiThat year: 1962, Classical music, Italian conductor . Birth of Paul StetsenkoThat year: 1962, Classical music, American musician . Birth of Andreas HaefligerThat year: 1962, Classical music, Swiss musician . Birth of Pascal NemirovskiThat year: 1962, Classical music, French musician .
Works (composition or publishing)
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Igor Stravinsky (age 80) - The FloodThat year: 1962, Classical music (Opera)
- Anthem (Work for choir)
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Darius Milhaud (age 70) - Fanfare for brass ensemble, Op. 396 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Fanfare for 2 trumpets and trombone, Op. 400 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- A Frenchman in New York, Op. 399 (Work for orchestra)
- Suite de quatrains, Op. 398 (Song, lied)
- Fanfare "150 mesures pour les 150 ans de la maison Heugel", Op. 400 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Ouverture philharmonique, Op. 397 (Work for orchestra)
- Invocation à l'ange Raphaël, Op. 395 (Work for choir)
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Carl Orff (age 67) - Ein Sommernachtstraum (Opera)
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Francis Poulenc (age 63) - Sonata for clarinet and piano, Op. 184That year: 1962, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Oboe Sonata, Op. 185That year: 1962, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Cheryomushki, Op. 105a (Film score)
- The Lady and the Hooligan (Ballet)
- 2 Choruses, Opp. 124 (Work for choir)
- Fancy, Op. 174 (Song, lied)
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Aaron Copland (age 62) - Connotations (Work for orchestra), composed in 1961
- Down a Country Lane (Work for soloist)
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Samuel Barber (age 52) - Piano Concerto, Op. 38That year: 1962, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Andromache’s Farewell, Op. 39 (Song, lied)
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Benjamin Britten (age 49) - A Hymn of St Columba (Work for choir)
- Psalm CL (150), Op. 67 (Work for choir)
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Iannis Xenakis (age 40) - Bohor (Electroacoustic music)
- ST/48 (Work for orchestra)
- Stratégie (Work for orchestra)
- Polla ta dhina (Work for choir)
- Amorsima-Morsima (Work for chamber orchestra)
- ST/10 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Atrées (Work for chamber orchestra)
- ST/4 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Pierre Boulez (age 37) - Pli selon pli portrait de Mallarmé (Work for choir)
- Tombeau (Work for choir)
- Improvisation I from “Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd'hui” (Mallarmé), “Grande Version” (Work for choir)
