1997, from day to day
1997. With other artists, Mstislav Rostropovich, Mikis Theodorakis and Claudio Abbado influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Sviatoslav Richter. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Monsters of Grace” 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 1997 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 210 of these moments for 1997.
The year 1997 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
04
Birth of Vasiliy Kuzmin That year: 1997, Classical music, composer
07
Death of Sándor Végh That year: 1997, Classical music, (1912-1997) Hungarian born Austrian violinist, conductor, music pedagogue (born in 1912)
10
Death of Alvinio Misciano That year: 1997, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1915)
Birth of Artem Andreasyan That year: 1997, Classical music, composer
12
Death of Clemens Kaiser-Breme That year: 1997, Classical music, German opera singer and music educator (1908-1997) (born in 1908)
17
Death of Lucienne Radisse That year: 1997, Classical music, French actor and cellist (1899-1997) (born in 1899)
20
Death of Kjell Sørensen That year: 1997, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (1943-1997) (born in 1943)
22
Death of Tresi Rudolph That year: 1997, Classical music, German actor, singer and opera singer (born in 1911)
23
Death of Charles Craig That year: 1997, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1919)
28
Death of Raya Garbousova That year: 1997, Classical music, American musician (born in 1909)
Birth of Tyler John Boyle That year: 1997, Classical music, composer
February
01
Death of Ágnes Kriza That year: 1997, Classical music, (1937--1997) opera singer; theatre manager (born in 1937)
03
Death of Agi Jambor That year: 1997, Classical music, (1909--1997) Hungarian born American classical pianist (born in 1909)
Death of Klavdiya Radchenko That year: 1997, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (lyric soprano) (born in 1930)
04
Death of Paul Kuën That year: 1997, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1910)
07
Death of Clara Ebers That year: 1997, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1902-1997) (born in 1902)
09
Death of Imre Pálos That year: 1997, Classical music, opera singer (1917-1997) (born in 1917)
14
Death of Lélia Gousseau That year: 1997, Classical music, French pianist and music educator (1909-1997) (born in 1909)
18
Death of Eric Fenby That year: 1997, Classical music, British composer (1906-1997) (born in 1906)
19
Death of Jarmil Burghauser That year: 1997, Classical music, Czech composer, conductor, and musicologist (born in 1921)
Death of Lois Marshall That year: 1997, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (1924-1997) (born in 1924)
Death of David Ashkenazi That year: 1997, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1915)
24
Death of Ion Voicu That year: 1997, Classical music, Romani violinist (born in 1923)
26
Birth of Güneş Yakartepe That year: 1997, Classical music, musician
March
03
Death of Finn Høffding That year: 1997, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1899)
Death of Jascha Brodsky That year: 1997, Classical music, American musician (born in 1907)
Death of Edwina Eustis Dick That year: 1997, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1909)
04
Death of József Simándy That year: 1997, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1916)
11
Death of Hugo Weisgall That year: 1997, Classical music, American composer and conductor (born in 1912)
14
Death of Drahomíra Tikalová That year: 1997, Classical music, Czechoslovak singer (born in 1915)
18
Death of Jiří Přichystal That year: 1997, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1926)
23
Birth of Spenser Ford Ullman That year: 1997, Classical music, composer
30
Death of Anna Kersics That year: 1997, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1921)
April
02
Death of Yulii Meitus That year: 1997, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (1903-1997) (born in 1903)
06
Death of Rosita Serrano That year: 1997, Classical music, Chilean singer and actress (born in 1912)
10
Death of Toshiro Mayuzumi That year: 1997, Classical music, Japanese composer (1929–1997) (born in 1929)
11
Birth of Dmitry Goloborodov That year: 1997, Classical music, composer
12
Death of Zurab Andjaparidze That year: 1997, Classical music, Georgian tenor (born in 1928)
15
Death of Einar Bergh That year: 1997, Classical music, opera singer, director (born in 1938)
Death of Boris Afanasyev That year: 1997, Classical music, Soviet musician (1933-1997) (born in 1933)
17
Death of Mary Thomas That year: 1997, Classical music, Welsh soprano (born in 1932)
26
Death of Walter Hesse That year: 1997, Classical music, German opera singer (tenor) (born in 1921)
May
03
Death of Narciso Yepes That year: 1997, Classical music, Spanish classical guitarist (born in 1927)
05
Death of Tolia Nikiprowetzky That year: 1997, Classical music, French composer (1916-1997) (born in 1916)
09
Death of Marie-Thérèse Paquin That year: 1997, Classical music, pianist (born in 1905)
Death of William Cole That year: 1997, Classical music, English conductor, composer and organist (1909-1997) (born in 1909)
10
Death of Primitivo Lázaro That year: 1997, Classical music, Spanish musician (born in 1909)
16
Death of Taisia Burtseva That year: 1997, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (born in 1924)
18
Death of Vincė Jonuškaitė That year: 1997, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (1901-1997) (born in 1901)
20
Birth of Alexandre Kantorow That year: 1997, Classical music, French pianist
Death of Stanisław Has That year: 1997, Classical music, conductor, composer (born in 1914)
21
Death of Karel Odstrčil That year: 1997, Classical music, Czech composer (1930-1997) (born in 1930)
25
Death of Shabal Beysekova That year: 1997, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1919-1997) (born in 1919)
28
Birth of Ivan Krpan That year: 1997, Classical music, Croatian pianist
June
02
Death of Gotthard Kronstein That year: 1997, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1927-1997) (born in 1927)
07
Death of Nadezhda Simonyan That year: 1997, Classical music, Soviet composer (1922-1997) (born in 1922)
10
Death of Berthe Monmart That year: 1997, Classical music, French singer (born in 1921)
21
Death of Karl Ridderbusch That year: 1997, Classical music, German opera singer (1932-1997) (born in 1932)
26
Death of Stanislav Mjartan That year: 1997, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1931)
27
Death of Kenneth Neate That year: 1997, Classical music, Australian opera singer (1914-1997) (born in 1914)
29
Death of Ida Loo-Talvari That year: 1997, Classical music, Estonian coloratura soprano opera singer (1901-1997) (born in 1901)
July
04
Inauguration: Sapporo Concert Hall That year: 1997, Classical music (Chuo-ku, Japan)
11
Death of Fred Teschler That year: 1997, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1926)
20
Death of Aino Elenius That year: 1997, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1905)
23
Death of Stanislava Součková That year: 1997, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1923)
August
01
Death of Sviatoslav Richter That year: 1997, Classical music, Soviet pianist (1915-1997) (born in 1915)
03
Death of Dagmar Hermann That year: 1997, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1918)
04
Death of Libero de Luca That year: 1997, Classical music, Swiss opera singer (1913-1997) (born in 1913)
07
Death of Elisabeth Höngen That year: 1997, Classical music, German singer (mezzo-soprano) (born in 1906)
08
Death of Vladimír Šťastný That year: 1997, Classical music, opera singer, pedagogue, composer (born in 1919)
10
Death of Conlon Nancarrow That year: 1997, Classical music, American composer (born in 1912)
14
Birth of Łukasz Pawlikowski That year: 1997, Classical music, Polish cellist
15
Death of Çesk Zadeja That year: 1997, Classical music, Albanian composer (1927-1997) (born in 1927)
16
Death of Bulat Minzhilkiev That year: 1997, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1940-1997) (born in 1940)
22
Death of Stefka Todorova That year: 1997, Classical music, (1937-1997) (born in 1937)
30
Birth of Gene Emerson That year: 1997, Classical music, Canadian musician
September
01
Death of Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya That year: 1997, Classical music, Russian singer (born in 1900)
05
Death of Georg Solti That year: 1997, Classical music, Hungarian-British conductor (1912–1997) (born in 1912)
06
Death of Helmut Polze That year: 1997, Classical music, German theatre actor and opera singer (born in 1933)
08
Death of Vladimír Sommer That year: 1997, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1921)
13
Inauguration: Kaustinen Folk Arts Centre That year: 1997, Classical music (Kaustinen, Finland)
15
Birth of Łukasz Dyczko That year: 1997, Classical music, musician, saxophonist
Death of Gertrude Pitzinger That year: 1997, Classical music, German opera singer (1904-1997) (born in 1904)
16
Death of Helen Jepson That year: 1997, Classical music, American opera singer (1904-1997) (born in 1904)
Birth of Shingo Tsutsumi That year: 1997, Classical music, composer
25
Death of Jean Françaix That year: 1997, Classical music, French composer and pianist (born in 1912)
27
Death of Walter Trampler That year: 1997, Classical music, German-American viola player (born in 1915)
30
Death of Igor Bezrodny That year: 1997, Classical music, violinist, conductor and professor (1930-1997) (born in 1930)
October
02
Death of Alodija Dičiūtė-Trečiokienė That year: 1997, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (born in 1905)
06
Birth of Andrew Andraos That year: 1997, Classical music, Lebanese singer, composer and music producer
07
Death of Gustáv Papp That year: 1997, Classical music, Czechoslovak surgeon, music educator and opera singer (1919-1997) (born in 1919)
10
Inauguration: New National Theatre Tokyo That year: 1997, Classical music (Honmachi, Japan)
16
Birth of Jonathan Roozeman That year: 1997, Classical music, Finnish cellist
18
Death of Trude Eipperle That year: 1997, Classical music, singer (born in 1908)
19
Death of Francisco Guerrero Marín That year: 1997, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1951)
24
Death of Ewa Werka That year: 1997, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1946)
28
Death of Klaus Wunderlich That year: 1997, Classical music, German musician (born in 1931)
30
Death of Georg Tales That year: 1997, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (1912-1997) (born in 1912)
November
02
Birth of Aurelija Simkus That year: 1997, Classical music, Latvian pianist
03
Death of Rosario García Orellana That year: 1997, Classical music, singer (1905-1997) (born in 1905)
Death of Pompeyo Camps That year: 1997, Classical music, Argentinian composer (1924-1997) (born in 1924)
07
Death of Margaret Harshaw That year: 1997, Classical music, singer (born in 1909)
09
Death of Boris Anisimov That year: 1997, Classical music, Soviet conductor and composer (1907-1997) (born in 1907)
12
Death of Carlos Surinach That year: 1997, Classical music, American composer (born in 1915)
13
Death of André Boucourechliev That year: 1997, Classical music, French composer of Bulgarian origin, music writer (1925-1997) (born in 1925)
17
Death of Wilfred Josephs That year: 1997, Classical music, British composer (1927-1997) (born in 1927)
18
Birth of Dimitris Thomopoulos That year: 1997, Classical music, composer
21
Death of Robert Simpson That year: 1997, Classical music, English composer and BBC producer and broadcaster (born in 1921)
27
Death of Pietro Scarpini That year: 1997, Classical music, Italian pianist, composer and music educator (1911-1997) (born in 1911)
December
01
Death of Gerald Danovitch That year: 1997, Classical music, Musician, professor (1932-1997) (born in 1932)
02
Death of Enno Eesmaa That year: 1997, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1917)
08
Death of Kurt Gester That year: 1997, Classical music, German opera singer (1914-1997) (born in 1914)
15
Death of Karsten Andersen That year: 1997, Classical music, Music conductor (1920-1997) (born in 1920)
Birth of Eric Lu That year: 1997, Classical music, musical artist
19
Death of Ugo Savarese That year: 1997, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1912)
20
Death of Nina Pokrovskaya That year: 1997, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1919)
28
Death of Henry Barraud That year: 1997, Classical music, French composer (born in 1900)
This was also in 1997
Inception: Tête à Tête That year: 1997, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Goat Hall Productions That year: 1997, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Coral Ahots-Argiak That year: 1997, Classical music (Spain). Inception: Prima vista quartet That year: 1997, Classical music. Inception: Vox Femina Los Angeles That year: 1997, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: MegaCity Chorus That year: 1997, Classical music (Canada). Inception: EuropaChorAkademie That year: 1997, Classical music. Inauguration: Masterworks festival That year: 1997, Classical music (Spartanburg, United States of America). Inception: Barcarole That year: 1997, Classical music. Death of Valeriy Yaroslavtsev That year: 1997, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1930) . Inception: Newark and Sherwood Concert Band That year: 1997, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Auser Musici That year: 1997, Classical music (Italy). Inauguration: Osnabrücker Kammermusiktage That year: 1997, Classical music (Osnabrück, Germany). Inception: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 1997, Classical music (Malaysia). Death of Unni Rugtvedt That year: 1997, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1934) . Inauguration: Opera Azuriales That year: 1997, Classical music (Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France). Inception: Crash Ensemble That year: 1997, Classical music (Republic of Ireland). Inception: Amazonas Philharmonic That year: 1997, Classical music (Brazil). Inception: Chœur de chambre suisse That year: 1997, Classical music. Inception: Colorado Mass Choir That year: 1997, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Quartet de Barcelona That year: 1997, Classical music (Spain). Inception: Duo Alterno That year: 1997, Classical music (Italy). Dissolution: Orlando Quartet That year: 1997, Classical music. Birth of Ashlin Tyler Gibson That year: 1997, Classical music, composer . Inauguration: Festival international Albert-Roussel That year: 1997, Classical music (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France). Dissolution: Orchestre Symphonique Français That year: 1997, Classical music. Inauguration: InterHarmony International Music Festival That year: 1997, Classical music (Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany). Inception: Topology That year: 1997, Classical music (Australia). Closing: Fox Theatre That year: 1997, Classical music (Portland, United States of America). Inauguration: Festival des châteaux de Bruniquel That year: 1997, Classical music (Bruniquel, France). Death of Ryōsaku Kubota That year: 1997, Classical music, Japanese violinist (born in 1928) . Inception: Imani Winds That year: 1997, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Katuaq That year: 1997, Classical music (Sermersooq, Greenland). Inauguration: Festspielhaus St. Pölten That year: 1997, Classical music (St. Pölten, Austria). Inception: Mediæval Bæbes That year: 1997, Classical music (United Kingdom). Dissolution: London Classical Players That year: 1997, Classical music (United Kingdom). Birth of Sumina Studer That year: 1997, Classical music, Swiss violinist . Inception: Swedish Chamber Choir That year: 1997, Classical music (Sweden). Dissolution: New York Harp Ensemble That year: 1997, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Can Çakmur That year: 1997, Classical music, performer . Closing: Weimarhalle That year: 1997, Classical music (Weimar, Germany). Inception: Synergy Vocals That year: 1997, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inauguration: Les Classiques de Villars That year: 1997, Classical music (Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland). Inception: Madrid Academic Orchestra That year: 1997, Classical music (Spain). Death of Inès Chabal That year: 1997, Classical music, French opera singer (1910-1997) (born in 1910) . Inception: Mahler Chamber Orchestra That year: 1997, Classical music. Inception: Kremerata Baltica That year: 1997, Classical music. Inception: Aviv String Quartet That year: 1997, Classical music (Israel). Inception: La Pietà That year: 1997, Classical music. Inception: Tosca Tango Orchestra That year: 1997, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Enid Szantho That year: 1997, Classical music, Hungarian contralto (born in 1907) . Inception: Canberra Academy of Music and Related Arts That year: 1997, Classical music (Australia). Inception: Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 1997, Classical music (Republic of Ireland). Inception: Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra That year: 1997, Classical music. Inception: Venice Baroque Orchestra That year: 1997, Classical music. Inauguration: Estivales des orgues du Jura That year: 1997, Classical music (Jura, France). Inception: Kungsbacka Piano Trio That year: 1997, Classical music (Sweden). Inauguration: Festival international de musique de chambre de la Baie des Chaleurs That year: 1997, Classical music (New Brunswick, Canada). Inception: KOHAR Symphony Orchestra and Choir That year: 1997, Classical music (Armenia). Inception: Melbourne City Opera That year: 1997, Classical music (Australia). Inception: Atlanta Baroque Orchestra That year: 1997, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Kilele Choir That year: 1997, Classical music. Inauguration: Läckö Castle Opera That year: 1997, Classical music (Lidköping, Sweden). Inauguration: Festival de Música Antigua de Úbeda y Baeza That year: 1997, Classical music (Úbeda, Spain). Inauguration: Festival 500 That year: 1997, Classical music (St. John's, Canada). Inauguration: Heidelberger Frühling That year: 1997, Classical music (Heidelberg, Germany). Inception: Cuarteto Casals That year: 1997, Classical music (Spain). Birth of Aarón Esteve That year: 1997, Classical music, composer . Death of Vera Moore That year: 1997, Classical music, New Zealand pianist (1896-1997) (born in 1896) . Inauguration: Viotti Festival That year: 1997, Classical music (Vercelli, Italy).
Works (composition or publishing)
- Henri Dutilleux (age 81)
- Slava's Fanfare (Work for orchestra)
- The Shadows of Time (Song, lied)
- Iannis Xenakis (age 75)
- Sea-Change (Work for orchestra)
- O-Mega (Work for orchestra)
- Pierre Boulez (age 72)
- Notations VII (Work for orchestra)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen (age 69)
- Litanei 97, Op. 74 (Work for choir)
- Rotary Wind Quintet, Op. 70 1/2 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Bassetsu-Trio, Op. 3 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Thinki, Op. 1 ex70 (Work for soloist)
- Philip Glass (1937-0000)
- Monsters of Grace (Opera), composed in 1998
- The marriages between zones three, four, and five (Opera)
- The Witches of Venice (Ballet)
- Days and Nights of Rocinha (Work for orchestra)
- Songs of Milarepa (Song, lied)
- The Streets of Berlin (Vocal music)
- Planctus (Song, lied)
- Bent (Film score)
- Kundun (Film score)