The year 1996 in classical music and in lyrical art
1996. With other artists, James Horner, Pierre Boulez and Mstislav Rostropovich influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Tōru Takemitsu. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Symphony No. 4, “Heroes”” de Philip Glass, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1996 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 200 of these moments for 1996.
1996, from day to day
January
04
Death of Ramón VinayThat year: 1996, Classical music, Chilean opera singer (born in 1911)
05
Death of Richard VersalleThat year: 1996, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1933)
08
Death of Zakir BaghirovThat year: 1996, Classical music, Soviet composer and music educator (1916-1996) (born in 1916)
09
Death of Else LiebesbergThat year: 1996, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1918)
11
Death of Andrew McKinleyThat year: 1996, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1903)
12
Death of Eduard HakenThat year: 1996, Classical music, Czech actor, doctor and opera singer (born in 1910)
Death of Georg LittasyThat year: 1996, Classical music, opera singer (bass) (born in 1912)
17
Birth of Klaus MäkeläThat year: 1996, Classical music, Finish conductor and violoncellist
26
Death of Maria FotinoThat year: 1996, Classical music, Romanian pianist (born in 1913)
27
Birth of Denis G. LabrecqueThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer
29
Inauguration: The Funen OperaThat year: 1996, Classical music (Odense Municipality, Denmark)
31
Death of Leonard TreashThat year: 1996, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1909)
February
05
Death of Gianandrea GavazzeniThat year: 1996, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1909)
07
Death of Boris TchaikovskyThat year: 1996, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1925)
12
Death of Désirée Louise Anna Ernestine von HalbanThat year: 1996, Classical music, opera singer; wife of Jacques Goudstikker (born in 1912)
Death of Lissie von RosenThat year: 1996, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1924)
17
Death of Alberto Bruni TedeschiThat year: 1996, Classical music, art collector, composer, industrialist, opera composer (born in 1915)
19
Death of Dorothy MaynorThat year: 1996, Classical music, American singer (born in 1910)
20
Death of Tōru TakemitsuThat year: 1996, Classical music, Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory (1930-1996) (born in 1930)
Death of Khabir GalimovThat year: 1996, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1905)
21
Death of Morton GouldThat year: 1996, Classical music, American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist (born in 1913)
23
Death of Liubov PopovaThat year: 1996, Classical music, Soviet singer (mezzo-soprano) (born in 1925)
26
Death of Mieczysław WeinbergThat year: 1996, Classical music, Polish Soviet composer (born in 1919)
Death of Kiyoko TanakaThat year: 1996, Classical music, Japanese pianist (1932-1996) (born in 1932)
March
01
Death of Masao ArayaThat year: 1996, Classical music, conductor (born in 1914)
07
Birth of Luis Topete GalvánThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer
08
Birth of Jack Glendon Sumrall IIIThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer
09
Death of Vytautas BlažysThat year: 1996, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (born in 1927)
12
Birth of Aristo ShamThat year: 1996, Classical music, pianist
15
Death of Olga RudgeThat year: 1996, Classical music, American musician (1895–1996) (born in 1895)
17
Death of Elsa RespighiThat year: 1996, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1894)
22
Death of Václav NelhýbelThat year: 1996, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1919)
24
Death of Tadeusz Wojciech MaklakiewiczThat year: 1996, Classical music, classical composer (born in 1922)
31
Death of Robert MarcellusThat year: 1996, Classical music, clarinetist (born in 1928)
April
08
Death of Donald AdamsThat year: 1996, Classical music, Opera singer, actor (1928-1996) (born in 1928)
09
Death of Luis SandiThat year: 1996, Classical music, Mexican composer (born in 1905)
11
Death of Antonia Rosado CasasThat year: 1996, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1923)
20
Birth of Veriko TchumburidzeThat year: 1996, Classical music, Georgian / Turkish violinist
24
Death of Rafael OrozcoThat year: 1996, Classical music, Spanish musician (born in 1946)
Also in April
Birth of Valentin TournetThat year: 1996, Classical music, French gambist and conductor . Death of Angélica Morales von SauerThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer, musician (born in 1911) .
May
05
Death of Salli TerriThat year: 1996, Classical music, North American singer and arranger (born in 1922)
11
Death of Bruce BoyceThat year: 1996, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1910)
18
Death of Mary Alice TherpThat year: 1996, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1896)
24
Death of Jacob DruckmanThat year: 1996, Classical music, American composer (born in 1928)
Death of Jarmila VašicováThat year: 1996, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1935)
26
Death of Yuriy RomThat year: 1996, Classical music, Soviet flautist and pedagogue (born in 1940)
30
Death of Alo MattiisenThat year: 1996, Classical music, Estonian composer (born in 1961)
31
Death of Ton de LeeuwThat year: 1996, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1926)
June
02
Death of Pilar LorengarThat year: 1996, Classical music, Spanish operatic soprano (born in 1928)
03
Death of Ferdinand LeitnerThat year: 1996, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1912)
07
Death of Ulrich KochThat year: 1996, Classical music, German musician (born in 1921)
10
Birth of Ilja AksionovasThat year: 1996, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
18
Death of Miriam GideonThat year: 1996, Classical music, American composer (born in 1906)
Death of Tadeusz DobrzańskiThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer, conductor (born in 1916)
Death of Piero SardelliThat year: 1996, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1913)
July
04
Death of Siĭka PetrovaThat year: 1996, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1914)
06
Birth of Kyler LaViolletteThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer
12
Death of Gottfried von EinemThat year: 1996, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1918)
Death of Kazuko YasukawaThat year: 1996, Classical music, Japanese pianist (born in 1922)
Birth of Shombit Kumar PodderThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer
Birth of Thomas LittleThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer
18
Death of John FrandsenThat year: 1996, Classical music, Danish conductor (born in 1918)
Death of Veera NelusThat year: 1996, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (born in 1916)
20
Birth of Martin James BartlettThat year: 1996, Classical music, British musician
25
Death of Mikael TariverdievThat year: 1996, Classical music, Soviet composer (born in 1931)
28
Death of Michel PhilippotThat year: 1996, Classical music, French composer (born in 1925)
August
01
Death of Alois VeselýThat year: 1996, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, clarinettist and choirmaster (born in 1928)
Death of John LaniganThat year: 1996, Classical music, Australian operatic tenor, born 7 January 1921 in Seddon, Australia and died 1 August 1996 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (born in 1921)
10
Death of Reinhold BartelThat year: 1996, Classical music, German opera singer and singer (born in 1926)
11
Death of Rafael KubelíkThat year: 1996, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, composer and director conductor of Czech philharmony (born in 1914)
12
Death of Karl TerkalThat year: 1996, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1919)
13
Death of David TudorThat year: 1996, Classical music, American pianist and composer (born in 1926)
Death of Louise TalmaThat year: 1996, Classical music, American composer (born in 1906)
14
Death of Sergiu CelibidacheThat year: 1996, Classical music, Romanian conductor (born in 1912)
18
Death of Красуля Георгій АндрійовичThat year: 1996, Classical music, Ukrainian male singer (born in 1929)
20
Death of Dora MassiniThat year: 1996, Classical music, Ukrainian soprano (born in 1907)
22
Death of Mareo IshiketaThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer (born in 1916)
23
Death of Jurriaan AndriessenThat year: 1996, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1925)
25
Death of Sylvia FisherThat year: 1996, Classical music, Australian operatic soprano (born in 1910)
September
01
Death of Ljuba WelitschThat year: 1996, Classical music, Bulgarian singer (1913-1996) (born in 1913)
Death of Vagn HolmboeThat year: 1996, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1909)
Death of László Domahidy, Sr.That year: 1996, Classical music, (1920-1996) opera singer (born in 1920)
02
Death of Otto LueningThat year: 1996, Classical music, American composer (born in 1900)
03
Death of Veniamin BasnerThat year: 1996, Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer (born in 1925)
07
Death of Niccolò CastiglioniThat year: 1996, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1932)
12
Death of Eleazar de CarvalhoThat year: 1996, Classical music, Brazilian conductor, composer and music educator (born in 1912)
Premiere of Friday, Opp. 62-64That year: 1996, Classical music (Opera), Karlheinz Stockhausen
20
Birth of Josiah HohulinThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer
23
Death of František RauchThat year: 1996, Classical music, Czech music educator and pianist (born in 1910)
Death of Denis DowlingThat year: 1996, Classical music, New Zealand-born operatic baritone (1910-1996) (born in 1910)
28
Birth of Arthur JussenThat year: 1996, Classical music, Dutch pianist (classical)
October
01
Death of Uno KreenThat year: 1996, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (born in 1928)
02
Death of Joonas KokkonenThat year: 1996, Classical music, Finnish composer (born in 1921)
04
Birth of Fabio ValenteThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer
05
Death of Arnold van MillThat year: 1996, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (born in 1921)
Death of Minoru YamamotoThat year: 1996, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1913)
Death of Antonina KaweckaThat year: 1996, Classical music, Antonina Kawecka (born in 1923)
06
Death of Zbyněk PřecechtělThat year: 1996, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1916)
Death of Juozė AugaitytėThat year: 1996, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (born in 1906)
09
Birth of Joshua M. AbramsonThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer
17
Death of Berthold GoldschmidtThat year: 1996, Classical music, German composer (born in 1903)
28
Birth of Daniel Chiva SanzThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer
29
Death of Eugen KappThat year: 1996, Classical music, Estonian composer (1908-1996) (born in 1908)
Death of Radik Arslanovitsj GareevThat year: 1996, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (born in 1956)
November
05
Death of Arne HendriksenThat year: 1996, Classical music, Norwegian-Swedish singer (born in 1911)
12
Death of Igor Michaylovitsj AsseevThat year: 1996, Classical music, Soviet composer (1921-1996) (born in 1921)
Death of Gwen CatleyThat year: 1996, Classical music, English coloratura soprano (born in 1906)
17
Death of Kurt von RuffinThat year: 1996, Classical music, German actor (born in 1901)
18
Death of Yoritoyo InoueThat year: 1996, Classical music, Japanese cellist and music educator (1912-1996) (born in 1912)
19
Birth of Adrian D. HolmesThat year: 1996, Classical music, American composer, musician
23
Birth of Isaac Jákobsson-BazilleThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer
24
Death of Edison DenisovThat year: 1996, Classical music, Russian Soviet composer (born in 1929)
Death of Štěpánka JelínkováThat year: 1996, Classical music, Czech singer and opera singer (born in 1911)
26
Death of Philippe HirschhornThat year: 1996, Classical music, Latvian violinist (born in 1946)
Death of Joan HammondThat year: 1996, Classical music, Australian operatic soprano and golfer (born in 1912)
28
Death of Charles BresslerThat year: 1996, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1926)
Death of Anna PollakThat year: 1996, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1912)
Birth of Peter MooreThat year: 1996, Classical music, Irish musician, born 1996
December
02
Death of Jules BastinThat year: 1996, Classical music, Belgian singer (born in 1933)
Birth of I Eon ByunThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer
05
Birth of Adam Mikołaj GoździewskiThat year: 1996, Classical music, pianist
06
Death of Kurt WestiThat year: 1996, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1939)
07
Death of Muslim AbdullinThat year: 1996, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1916-1996) (born in 1916)
13
Death of Lorenzo AlvaryThat year: 1996, Classical music, Hungarian musician, singer and opera singer (born in 1907)
18
Death of Constantin DumitruThat year: 1996, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (born in 1935)
24
Death of Tamara Alioșina-AlexandrovaThat year: 1996, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (1928-1996) (born in 1928)
25
Death of August WenzingerThat year: 1996, Classical music, musician, conductor (1905-1996) (born in 1905)
29
Death of Gino SinimberghiThat year: 1996, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1913)
This was also in 1996
Inauguration: Festival Amazonas de ÓperaThat year: 1996, Classical music (Manaus, Brazil). Birth of Anna El-KhashemThat year: 1996, Classical music, opera singer . Death of Tania LeónThat year: 1996, Classical music, Cuban composer and conductor (born in 1943). Inception: Richmond Boys ChoirThat year: 1996, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Ensemble MasquesThat year: 1996, Classical music. Inception: CasalquartettThat year: 1996, Classical music (Switzerland). Inception: Neue Philharmonie FrankfurtThat year: 1996, Classical music (Germany). Birth of D.J. MarcolescoThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer . Dissolution: Frankfurter KantoreiThat year: 1996, Classical music (Germany). Inauguration: Prague International Organ FestivalThat year: 1996, Classical music (Prague, Czech Republic). Inception: Moroccan Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1996, Classical music. Closing: Sinziger OrgelwocheThat year: 1996, Classical music (Sinzig, Germany). Inauguration: Toulouse les OrguesThat year: 1996, Classical music (Toulouse, France). Inception: Pro Cantione AntiquaThat year: 1996, Classical music (United Kingdom). Birth of Sonoko Miriam WeldeThat year: 1996, Classical music, Norwegian violinist . Inception: Académie du Palais royalThat year: 1996, Classical music (France). Inception: Vox ClamantisThat year: 1996, Classical music (Estonia). Inauguration: International Festival of Lyric SingingThat year: 1996, Classical music (Trujillo, Peru). Inception: Irish Baroque OrchestraThat year: 1996, Classical music. Inception: Eighth BlackbirdThat year: 1996, Classical music. Inception: West of Scotland Schools Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1996, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Boston Modern Orchestra ProjectThat year: 1996, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Opera TampaThat year: 1996, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Singapore Chinese OrchestraThat year: 1996, Classical music (Singapore). Inception: The Regent String QuartetThat year: 1996, Classical music. Inception: La VenexianaThat year: 1996, Classical music (Italy). Inception: FLUX QuartetThat year: 1996, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Orchestra da camera italianaThat year: 1996, Classical music (Italy). Death of Elisaveta YovevichThat year: 1996, Classical music, Bulgarian opera vocalist (born in 1901). Inception: Suspicious Cheese LordsThat year: 1996, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Ensemble AntiphonaThat year: 1996, Classical music. Death of Filomela Piteiu_GeorgescuThat year: 1996, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1902). Dissolution: 29th Street Saxophone QuartetThat year: 1996, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: The Choral ProjectThat year: 1996, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Hubert Klyne HeadleyThat year: 1996, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1906). Inception: Shanghai Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1996, Classical music. Inception: Les MuffattiThat year: 1996, Classical music. Inception: Rose EnsembleThat year: 1996, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Motion TrioThat year: 1996, Classical music (Poland). Inauguration: MusicaltaThat year: 1996, Classical music (Lapoutroie, France). Inception: Opera in the HeightsThat year: 1996, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Elena DanThat year: 1996, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (born in 1967). Birth of Emily PogorelcThat year: 1996, Classical music, American operatic soprano . Inception: Novosibirsk Youth Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1996, Classical music. Inception: Ensemble SyntagmaThat year: 1996, Classical music (France). Inauguration: PromFestThat year: 1996, Classical music (Pärnu, Estonia). Inception: Corigliano QuartetThat year: 1996, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: World VoicesThat year: 1996, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Kölner AkademieThat year: 1996, Classical music. Inception: Musica FictaThat year: 1996, Classical music (Denmark). Inauguration: Hot Springs Music FestivalThat year: 1996, Classical music (Hot Springs, United States of America). Dissolution: Central Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1996, Classical music. Inception: National Youth Choir of ScotlandThat year: 1996, Classical music. Inception: Ensemble 96That year: 1996, Classical music. Inauguration: Opera Theatre of LuccaThat year: 1996, Classical music (Lucca, Italy). Inception: Dublin Choral FoundationThat year: 1996, Classical music. Inception: Joyous CelebrationThat year: 1996, Classical music (South Africa). Inception: Europa PhilharmonieThat year: 1996, Classical music. Closing: Kunst- und KongresshausThat year: 1996, Classical music (Lucerne, Switzerland). Inception: Metro VoicesThat year: 1996, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: WratislaviaThat year: 1996, Classical music. Inauguration: Brutal AssaultThat year: 1996, Classical music (Jaroměř, Czech Republic). Inception: Scala & Kolacny BrothersThat year: 1996, Classical music (Belgium). Inception: London Oratory School ScholaThat year: 1996, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inauguration: MATA FestivalThat year: 1996, Classical music (New York City, United States of America). Inception: Dublin Gospel ChoirThat year: 1996, Classical music. Birth of Peter Le TissierThat year: 1996, Classical music, composer .
Works (composition or publishing)
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Iannis Xenakis (age 74) - Roscobeck (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Zythos (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Hunem-Iduhey (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Ittidra (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Philip Glass (1937-0000) - Symphony No. 4, “Heroes”That year: 1996, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- The Secret Agent (Film score)
- Les Enfants Terribles (Opera)
- Six Scenes from Les Enfants Terribles (Work for chamber orchestra)
