The year 2006 in classical music and in lyrical art
2006. With other artists, Claudio Abbado, Ennio Morricone and Paco de Lucía influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as György Ligeti. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash” 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 2006 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 220 of these moments for 2006.
2006, from day to day
January
01
Death of Zlata TkachThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer (born in 1928)
02
Death of Jaroslav SoučekThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1935)
03
Death of Arturo SergiThat year: 2006, Classical music, American musician, singer and opera singer (born in 1925)
04
Death of Gretl SchörgThat year: 2006, Classical music, singer (born in 1914)
07
Death of Yuri BoukoffThat year: 2006, Classical music, Bulgarian pianist (born in 1923)
10
Death of David PortillaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Mexican opera singer (born in 1933)
12
Death of Meinrad SchütterThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swiss composer (1910-2006) (born in 1910)
20
Death of Karl-Christian KohnThat year: 2006, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1928)
23
Death of David WeberThat year: 2006, Classical music, American musician (born in 1913)
Death of Olga Marie MikalsenThat year: 2006, Classical music, Norwegian singer (born in 1915)
27
Death of Jan Frank FischerThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech composer and translator, 1921-2006 (born in 1921)
28
Death of Herta GlazThat year: 2006, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1908)
29
Death of Ludovic SpiessThat year: 2006, Classical music, Romanian singer and opera singer (born in 1938)
30
Death of Krzysztof DrzewieckiThat year: 2006, Classical music, musician, opera singer, singer (born in 1972)
February
06
Death of Mary HendersonThat year: 2006, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1912)
08
Death of Akira IfukubeThat year: 2006, Classical music, Japanese composer (1914-2006) (born in 1914)
09
Death of Laurie ZThat year: 2006, Classical music, pianist, composer, arranger, performer, producer (born in 1957)
15
Death of Andrey PetrovThat year: 2006, Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer (born in 1930)
Death of Antonio LottiThat year: 2006, Classical music, lyric singing, opera singer (born in 1954)
Death of Eric ShillingThat year: 2006, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1920)
16
Death of Lya HubicThat year: 2006, Classical music, Romanian soprano (born in 1911)
18
Death of Raymond VaillantThat year: 2006, Classical music, French composer (born in 1935)
22
Death of Frank LittleThat year: 2006, Classical music, Operatic tenor (born in 1939)
27
Death of Milton KatimsThat year: 2006, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1909)
28
Death of Napoleón DihmesThat year: 2006, Classical music, Dominican singer and opera singer (1928-2006) (born in 1928)
Also in February
Death of Chen PeixunThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer and university teacher (1922-2006) (born in 1921) .
March
09
Death of Anna MoffoThat year: 2006, Classical music, American opera singer, television personality, and dramatic actress (1932-2006) (born in 1932)
Birth of Gabriel J. AckermanThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer
14
Death of Georg VölkerThat year: 2006, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1923)
15
Death of Ali TajvidiThat year: 2006, Classical music, Iranian musician (born in 1919)
17
Death of İstemihan TaviloğluThat year: 2006, Classical music, Turkish composer (born in 1945)
19
Death of Anselmo ColzaniThat year: 2006, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1918)
20
Death of Miroslav BrajnikThat year: 2006, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1920)
25
Death of Ismail HajibeyovThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer, musician (born in 1949)
29
Death of Werner Wolf GlaserThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swedish musician (born in 1910)
April
01
Death of Yury MazurokThat year: 2006, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (born in 1931)
06
Death of Augustyn BlochThat year: 2006, Classical music, Polish musician (born in 1929)
07
Death of Vinzenz Maria DemetzThat year: 2006, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1912)
Death of Ömer YılmazThat year: 2006, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (born in 1953)
09
Death of Natalia TroitskayaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Russian operatic soprano (born in 1951)
Death of Robin OrrThat year: 2006, Classical music, Scottish composer (born in 1909)
18
Death of Maria DziewulskaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1909)
24
Death of Erik BergmanThat year: 2006, Classical music, Finnish composer (born in 1911)
28
Death of Jan KoetsierThat year: 2006, Classical music, Dutch conductor (born in 1911)
May
01
Death of Rauno LehtinenThat year: 2006, Classical music, Finnish musician, composer and conductor (born in 1932)
Death of Yvonne LeveringThat year: 2006, Classical music, Belgian pianist and singer (born in 1905)
03
Death of Lars-Erik JonssonThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swedish singer and opera singer (born in 1959)
05
Death of Štěpán LuckýThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1919)
07
Death of Jan SimonsThat year: 2006, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1925)
11
Death of Vinko ŠtruclThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer, conductor, music arranger (born in 1933)
Death of Amin FeresThat year: 2006, Classical music, Brazilian singer (born in 1934)
19
Death of Miroslav PelikánThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (born in 1922)
23
Death of Werner JacobThat year: 2006, Classical music, German organist and composer (born in 1938)
25
Death of Otto ZykanThat year: 2006, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1935)
26
Death of Štěpán KoníčekThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (born in 1928)
29
Death of Margarita Gonzalez OntiverosThat year: 2006, Classical music, Mexican opera mezzo-soprano (born in 1927)
June
01
Death of Sándor MucsiThat year: 2006, Classical music, Hungarian actor (born in 1926)
05
Death of Irène AïtoffThat year: 2006, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1904)
Death of Elizabeth FretwellThat year: 2006, Classical music, Australian singer and opera singer (born in 1920)
09
Death of Hanns PetersenThat year: 2006, Classical music, German teacher, opera and pop singer (born in 1927)
11
Death of Rolande FalcinelliThat year: 2006, Classical music, French musician (born in 1920)
12
Death of György LigetiThat year: 2006, Classical music, Hungarian composer (born in 1923)
14
Inauguration: Four Seasons Centre for the Performing ArtsThat year: 2006, Classical music (Toronto, Canada)
15
Death of Kōtarō SatōThat year: 2006, Classical music, Japanese conductor (1944-2006) (born in 1944)
29
Death of Joyce HattoThat year: 2006, Classical music, English musician (born in 1928)
30
Death of Charles FarncombeThat year: 2006, Classical music, English conductor (born in 1919)
July
03
Death of Lorraine Hunt LiebersonThat year: 2006, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano (born in 1954)
10
Death of Ruth SchönthalThat year: 2006, Classical music, German composer (born in 1924)
20
Death of Naum ShtarkmanThat year: 2006, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1927)
21
Death of Georges RabolThat year: 2006, Classical music, French pianist (1938-2006) (born in 1938)
27
Birth of Ethan YangThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer
August
03
Death of Elisabeth SchwarzkopfThat year: 2006, Classical music, German opera soprano (born in 1915)
05
Death of Adrienne ClostreThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer (born in 1921)
14
Death of Ruth GuldbækThat year: 2006, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1919)
15
Birth of Or VaitzmanThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer
18
Death of Rudolf A. HartmannThat year: 2006, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1937)
19
Death of Bernard Fabre-GarrusThat year: 2006, Classical music (born in 1944)
24
Death of James TenneyThat year: 2006, Classical music, American composer and music theorist (born in 1934)
Death of Léopold SimoneauThat year: 2006, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1916)
25
Death of Heikki ToivanenThat year: 2006, Classical music, Finnish singer and opera singer (born in 1948)
Death of Tōroku TakagiThat year: 2006, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1904)
28
Death of Nikos NtoufexiadesThat year: 2006, Classical music, singer (born in 1916)
29
Death of Benjamin Rawitz-CastelThat year: 2006, Classical music, pianist (born in 1946)
Death of Oslavio Di CredicoThat year: 2006, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1937)
31
Death of Paolo MontarsoloThat year: 2006, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1925)
September
01
Inauguration: Palace of Peace and ReconciliationThat year: 2006, Classical music (Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan)
02
Death of Karl EngelThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swiss musician (1923-2006) (born in 1923)
03
Death of Eva KnardahlThat year: 2006, Classical music, Norwegian musician (born in 1927)
04
Death of Astrid VarnayThat year: 2006, Classical music, American singer (born in 1918)
Death of Ingrid BjonerThat year: 2006, Classical music, singer (born in 1927)
Death of Norman KelleyThat year: 2006, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1911)
14
Death of Włodzimierz TyszlerThat year: 2006, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1944)
15
Death of Vasif AdigozalovThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer (born in 1935)
18
Death of Michelangelo VersoThat year: 2006, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1920)
20
Death of Armin JordanThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swiss conductor (1932-2006) (born in 1932)
Death of Martta KontulaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Finnish actress (born in 1908)
23
Death of Malcolm ArnoldThat year: 2006, Classical music, English composer, conductor (born in 1921)
24
Death of Thomas StewartThat year: 2006, Classical music, American bass-baritone singer (1928-2006) (born in 1928)
28
Death of Viktor KalabisThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1923)
Death of Endel AimreThat year: 2006, Classical music, actor, opera singer (born in 1918)
October
05
Death of Giorgos ZervanosThat year: 2006, Classical music, Greek opera singer (born in 1930)
11
Death of Azat ĞabbsofThat year: 2006, Classical music, Tatar opera singer (born in 1925)
Death of Carlotta OrdassyThat year: 2006, Classical music, (1921--2006) Hungarian born American opera singer (born in 1921)
14
Death of Joseph PrimaveraThat year: 2006, Classical music, Conductor, Violist (born in 1926)
18
Death of Nadezhda I͡UrenevaThat year: 2006, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1933)
19
Death of Willy LockwoodThat year: 2006, Classical music, double-bassist (born in 1915)
21
Death of SetrakThat year: 2006, Classical music, French Turkish pianist (born in 1931)
22
Death of Walter CarringerThat year: 2006, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1924)
26
Death of John KentishThat year: 2006, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1910)
Death of Hanna Fahlbusch-WaldThat year: 2006, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1948)
27
Death of Jozsef GregorThat year: 2006, Classical music, Hungarian singer (born in 1940)
November
01
Death of Silvio VarvisoThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swiss conductor (1924-2006) (born in 1924)
02
Death of Zsuzsa ErdészThat year: 2006, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1933)
04
Death of Délfor MedinaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Argentinian actor (born in 1928)
07
Birth of Drew BalesThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer
08
Death of Iosif ContaThat year: 2006, Classical music, conductor (born in 1924)
14
Death of Ogtay AghayevThat year: 2006, Classical music, singer and actor (1934-2006) (born in 1934)
16
Death of Mykola KondratyukThat year: 2006, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1931-2006) (born in 1931)
21
Death of Věroslav NeumannThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (born in 1931)
Death of Dora KomarekThat year: 2006, Classical music, Austrian actor and opera singer (born in 1914)
24
Death of Anna-Lisa BjörlingThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swedish actor and singer (born in 1910)
Death of Robert McFerrinThat year: 2006, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1921)
Death of Clara BonaldiThat year: 2006, Classical music, French violinist (born in 1937)
28
Death of Martha LiptonThat year: 2006, Classical music, American opera singer (1913-2006) (born in 1913)
Death of Jan DrzewieckiThat year: 2006, Classical music, Polish pianist (born in 1938)
December
01
Death of Elaine ArnoldThat year: 2006, Classical music, American operatic soprano (born in 1910)
02
Death of Richard VernonThat year: 2006, Classical music, American operatic bass (born in 1953)
12
Death of Lucien GoethalsThat year: 2006, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1931)
Death of Daniel ChabrunThat year: 2006, Classical music, French conductor (born in 1925)
14
Death of Otmar MáchaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech theatre director and composer (born in 1922)
18
Death of Daniel PinkhamThat year: 2006, Classical music, American composer (born in 1923)
22
Death of Galina UstvolskayaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1919)
23
Death of Rosina RaisbeckThat year: 2006, Classical music, Australian mezzo-soprano (born in 1916)
25
Death of Kōmei AbeThat year: 2006, Classical music, neo-classical Japanese composer (born in 1911)
Death of Raymonde ServeriusThat year: 2006, Classical music, Belgian singer (born in 1924)
28
Death of Pilar Andrés de PabloThat year: 2006, Classical music, Spanish soprano, opera singer and voice teacher (1921-2006) (born in 1921)
31
Death of Craig TimberlakeThat year: 2006, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1920)
This was also in 2006
Inception: Hageland Wind OrchestraThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: Armida QuartettThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inauguration: Festival de ValloiresThat year: 2006, Classical music (Argoules, France). Inception: Atlanta Chamber WindsThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Opera VistaThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Valencian Community OrchestraThat year: 2006, Classical music (Spain). Inception: Symphony Orchestra of IndiaThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: Quintette KThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inauguration: Opera NovaThat year: 2006, Classical music (Bydgoszcz, Poland). Inception: Arab Youth Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 2006, Classical music (Syria). Death of Antonio ThebaThat year: 2006, Classical music, actor, opera singer, singer . Inception: New Zealand Chamber SoloistsThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: New York PolyphonyThat year: 2006, Classical music. Death of Eduardo GrauThat year: 2006, Classical music, Spanish-born Argentinian composer (born in 1919). Inception: Musiciens de Saint-JulienThat year: 2006, Classical music (France). Inception: Ensemble PigmalionThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: Chamber Music CharlestonThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: City of Bath Male ChoirThat year: 2006, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inauguration: Thüringer Schlossfestspiele SondershausenThat year: 2006, Classical music (Sondershausen, Germany). Inception: Metropolis EnsembleThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: VoceThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: OperosaThat year: 2006, Classical music (Belgrade, Bulgaria). Inauguration: Île de découvertesThat year: 2006, Classical music (Île-de-France, France). Inception: Maîtrise de Toulouse (Conservatoire de Toulouse)That year: 2006, Classical music. Inauguration: Komorniki Festival of Organ and Chamber MusicThat year: 2006, Classical music (Komorniki, Poland). Inception: Bradford Girls' ChoirThat year: 2006, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inauguration: Festival Napa ValleyThat year: 2006, Classical music (Napa, United States of America). Death of Jan BroeckxThat year: 2006, Classical music, Belgian musicologist, longtime director of IPEM (born in 1920). Inception: Texarkana Symphony OrchestraThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: EvmolpeyaThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inauguration: Festival Off and BackThat year: 2006, Classical music (Venelles, France). Inception: Les OmbresThat year: 2006, Classical music (France). Inception: Scherzi MusicaliThat year: 2006, Classical music (Belgium). Inception: The ParsonageThat year: 2006, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Tartar LambThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Chamber Orchestra of New YorkThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Ely ImpsThat year: 2006, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Sacred Heart Choir, Chapel of the Sacred Heart of JesusThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: Trio DaliThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: Staatskapelle HalleThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: Boulanger TrioThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inauguration: Beigang International Music FestivalThat year: 2006, Classical music (Beigang, Taiwan). Inception: The Bala BrothersThat year: 2006, Classical music (South Africa). Inception: Malaysian Philharmonic Youth OrchestraThat year: 2006, Classical music (Malaysia). Inception: KLPac SinfoniettaThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: Hereford Cathedral School Chamber ChoirThat year: 2006, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inauguration: GAIA Chamber Music FestivalThat year: 2006, Classical music (Oberhofen, Switzerland). Death of Clodomiro CasparyThat year: 2006, Classical music, Brazilian pianist (1932-2006) (born in 1932). Inception: Franz Schubert FilharmoniaThat year: 2006, Classical music (Spain). Inception: Singapore Symphony Children's ChoirThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: City Choir of WashingtonThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Phoenix OperaThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Opera ClevelandThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Berlin International OperaThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inauguration: CLASSIX KemptenThat year: 2006, Classical music (Kempten, Germany). Inception: Gli IncognitiThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: Blackbird Leys ChoirThat year: 2006, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inauguration: English Music FestivalThat year: 2006, Classical music (Dorchester, United Kingdom). Death of Silveira PeixotoThat year: 2006, Classical music, Brazilian writer (born in 1909). Dissolution: Trio FontenayThat year: 2006, Classical music (Germany). Inception: Harlem QuartetThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Dissolution: Beethoven AcademieThat year: 2006, Classical music (Belgium). Inception: Pygmalion EnsembleThat year: 2006, Classical music (France). Inception: Apollon Musagète QuartettThat year: 2006, Classical music (Poland). Inception: Capellen ChoirThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: AngelisThat year: 2006, Classical music. Inception: Classical RevolutionThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Dissolution: Philharmonia VirtuosiThat year: 2006, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Walter UhligThat year: 2006, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1925). Inception: Adi ChoirThat year: 2006, Classical music (Israel). Birth of Leia ZhuThat year: 2006, Classical music, violinist . Inception: Greenwich TrioThat year: 2006, Classical music.
Works (composition or publishing)
-
Karlheinz Stockhausen (age 78)
- Türin (Electroacoustic music)
-
Philip Glass (1937-0000)
- A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (Film score)
- Chaotic Harmony (Film score)
- Notes on a Scandal (Film score)
- Roving Mars (Film score)
- The Illusionist (Film score)
- The Reaping (Film score)
- The Passion of Ramakrishna (Work for choir)