2007, from day to day
2007. With other artists, Mstislav Rostropovich, Pierre Boulez and James Horner influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Luciano Pavarotti. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Appomattox” 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 2007 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 190 of these moments for 2007.
The year 2007 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Death of Werner Hollweg That year: 2007, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1936)
Death of Eleonore Schoenfeld That year: 2007, Classical music, American musician (born in 1925)
02
Death of Izudin Čavrković That year: 2007, Classical music, Bosnia and Herzegovina musician (born in 1941)
03
Death of János Fürst That year: 2007, Classical music, Hungarian-born conductor and violinist (born in 1935)
09
Death of Pierre Pierlot That year: 2007, Classical music, French musician (born in 1921)
11
Death of Puchi Balseiro That year: 2007, Classical music, Puerto Rican musician (1926-2007) (born in 1926)
18
Death of Alexander Satz That year: 2007, Classical music, Soviet musician (1941-2007) (born in 1941)
19
Death of Eugene Holmes That year: 2007, Classical music, African American operatic baritone (born in 1934)
21
Death of Peer Raben That year: 2007, Classical music, German composer and actor (born in 1940)
Death of Mina Foley That year: 2007, Classical music, singer (born in 1930)
Death of Inga Sundström That year: 2007, Classical music, Swedish singer (born in 1919)
22
Death of Arnold Katz That year: 2007, Classical music, Russian conductor (born in 1924)
24
Death of Klára Palánkay That year: 2007, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1921)
28
Death of Karel Svoboda That year: 2007, Classical music, Czech composer (1938—2007) (born in 1938)
Death of Vittoria Calma That year: 2007, Classical music, Polish singer (1920-2007) (born in 1920)
Also in January
Dissolution: San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 2007, Classical music .
February
01
Death of Gian Carlo Menotti That year: 2007, Classical music, Italian-American composer and librettist (1911–2007) (born in 1911)
02
Death of Parviz Yahaghi That year: 2007, Classical music, Iranian Musician & Composer (born in 1936)
03
Death of Jacqueline Robin That year: 2007, Classical music, French musician (1917-2007) (born in 1917)
08
Death of Jan Truhlář That year: 2007, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (1928-2007) (born in 1928)
09
Death of Kostas Paskalis That year: 2007, Classical music, Greek opera singer (1929-2007) (born in 1929)
14
Death of Gareth Morris That year: 2007, Classical music, British musician (born in 1920)
20
Death of Siegfried Landau That year: 2007, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1921)
Death of Jozef Sixta That year: 2007, Classical music, composer, music teacher (born in 1940)
22
Death of Edgar Evans That year: 2007, Classical music, Welsh opera singer (born in 1912)
26
Death of Vladimir Yermakov That year: 2007, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1946)
28
Death of Anna Tassopoulos That year: 2007, Classical music, Greek singer and opera singer (1915-2007) (born in 1915)
March
04
Death of Natalie Bodanya That year: 2007, Classical music, singer (born in 1908)
13
Death of Kurt Hübenthal That year: 2007, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1918)
17
Death of Ernst Haefliger That year: 2007, Classical music, Swiss tenor (born in 1919)
19
Death of Renée Maheu That year: 2007, Classical music, Canadian journalist (born in 1929)
22
Death of Nisar Bazmi That year: 2007, Classical music, Pakistani composer (born in 1925)
23
Death of Paul Cohen That year: 2007, Classical music, American saxophonist; performer, teacher, historian, musicologist, and author in areas related to the saxophone (born in 1934)
25
Death of Guy Chauvet That year: 2007, Classical music, French singer (born in 1933)
27
Death of Wojtek Drabowicz That year: 2007, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1966)
29
Death of Margarete Herzberg That year: 2007, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1921-2007) (born in 1921)
Death of Mimi Lerner That year: 2007, Classical music, American opera singer (1945-2007) (born in 1945)
30
Death of Marcel Merkès That year: 2007, Classical music, Opera tenor (born in 1920)
April
16
Death of Valeriy Pavlovitsj Mineev That year: 2007, Classical music, guitarist, balalaikist, music teacher (born in 1936)
17
Death of Kitty Carlisle That year: 2007, Classical music, American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910–2007) (born in 1910)
19
Death of George Logie-Smith That year: 2007, Classical music, Australian musician (1914-2007) (born in 1914)
22
Death of Dodi Protero That year: 2007, Classical music, singer (1931-2007) (born in 1931)
25
Death of Jean-Pierre Sabouret That year: 2007, Classical music, French violinist (born in 1944)
27
Death of Mstislav Rostropovich That year: 2007, Classical music, Russian cellist and conductor (1927-2007) (born in 1927)
May
02
Death of Giusy Devinu That year: 2007, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1960)
03
Death of Alemdar Karamanov That year: 2007, Classical music, Ukrainian composer and pianist (1934-2007) (born in 1934)
07
Death of Bent Norup That year: 2007, Classical music, Danish opera singer and singer (born in 1936)
Death of Olda Andreeva That year: 2007, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1915)
08
Death of Milena Di Giuseppantonio That year: 2007, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1935-2007) (born in 1935)
10
Death of Ian Adam That year: 2007, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1931)
16
Death of Gohar Gasparyan That year: 2007, Classical music, Armenian opera singer (1924-2007) (born in 1924)
21
Death of Calvin Sieb That year: 2007, Classical music, American-Canadian violinist and educator (1925-2007) (born in 1925)
24
Death of Cédric Dumont That year: 2007, Classical music, Swiss composer and conductor (1916-2007) (born in 1916)
28
Death of Radoslav Svozil That year: 2007, Classical music, violinist, opera singer (born in 1923)
29
Death of Donald Johanos That year: 2007, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1928)
June
05
Death of André David That year: 2007, Classical music, French composer (born in 1922)
08
Death of Gertrud Spliid That year: 2007, Classical music, Danish opera singer (1941-2007) (born in 1941)
10
Birth of Melani García That year: 2007, Classical music, Spanish singer
11
Death of Tetsuji Emura That year: 2007, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1960)
12
Death of Mac Morgan That year: 2007, Classical music, American bass-baritone (born in 1917)
13
Death of Oskar Morawetz That year: 2007, Classical music, Czech-Canadian music educator and composer (1917-2007) (born in 1917)
17
Death of Paul Strauss That year: 2007, Classical music (born in 1922)
21
Death of Lilyana Bareva That year: 2007, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer (born in 1922)
25
Death of Mahasti That year: 2007, Classical music, Iranian musician (1946-2007) (born in 1946)
Death of Halyna Tuftina That year: 2007, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (1933-2007) (born in 1933)
26
Death of Thea King That year: 2007, Classical music, British clarinettist (1925-2007) (born in 1925)
July
01
Death of Fyodor Druzhinin That year: 2007, Classical music, Russian composer and musician (born in 1932)
02
Death of Beverly Sills That year: 2007, Classical music, American operatic soprano (1929-2007) (born in 1929)
05
Death of Régine Crespin That year: 2007, Classical music, French singer (born in 1927)
06
Death of Unni Bugge-Hansen That year: 2007, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1910)
08
Death of Nikola Nikolov That year: 2007, Classical music, Bulgarian operatic tenor (born in 1925)
12
Death of Nicolae Moldoveanu That year: 2007, Classical music, Romanian conductor, writer and composer (1922-2007) (born in 1922)
13
Death of Ilja Zeljenka That year: 2007, Classical music, Slovak music educator and composer (1932-2007) (born in 1932)
Death of Zdeněk Lukáš That year: 2007, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1928)
14
Death of Romke Kalma That year: 2007, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (born in 1921)
17
Death of Teresa Stich-Randall That year: 2007, Classical music, American singer (1927-2007) (born in 1927)
18
Death of Jerry Hadley That year: 2007, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1952)
19
Death of Eugeniusz Banaszczyk That year: 2007, Classical music, Polish actor and singer (1925-2007) (born in 1925)
24
Death of Nikos Zaccaria That year: 2007, Classical music, Greek opera singer (born in 1923)
28
Death of Theo Altmeyer That year: 2007, Classical music, German classical tenor (born in 1931)
30
Death of Louis Moyse That year: 2007, Classical music, French musician (born in 1912)
31
Death of Petr Růžička That year: 2007, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1936)
August
04
Death of Ruth Zechlin That year: 2007, Classical music, German composer (1926-2007) (born in 1926)
06
Death of Teizo Matsumura That year: 2007, Classical music, Japanese composer and poet (born in 1929)
07
Death of Edward Zambara That year: 2007, Classical music, Canadian singer (born in 1926)
13
Death of Josef Sivó That year: 2007, Classical music, concertmaster (born in 1931)
14
Death of Tikhon Khrennikov That year: 2007, Classical music, Russian Soviet composer (1913-2007) (born in 1913)
16
Death of Aarno Walli That year: 2007, Classical music, Finnish pianist and conductor (born in 1920)
19
Death of Rajko Koritnik That year: 2007, Classical music, Slovenian operatic tenor (1930-2007) (born in 1930)
21
Death of Rose Bampton That year: 2007, Classical music, American soprano (born in 1907)
30
Death of Helmut Krebs That year: 2007, Classical music, German tenor (born in 1913)
Also in August
Death of Muammer Esi That year: 2007, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (born in 1919) .
September
01
Death of Alfredo Giacomotti That year: 2007, Classical music, performer (1933-) (born in 1933)
03
Death of Robert King That year: 2007, Classical music, English conductor, harpsichordist and editor (born in 1960)
06
Death of Luciano Pavarotti That year: 2007, Classical music, Italian operatic tenor (born in 1935)
10
Death of Rolf Reuter That year: 2007, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1926)
14
Death of Robert Savoie That year: 2007, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1927)
16
Death of Jean Balissat That year: 2007, Classical music, Swiss conductor (1936-2007) (born in 1936)
20
Death of Juraj Pospíšil That year: 2007, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1931)
26
Death of Ninel' Tkachenko That year: 2007, Classical music, Russian opera singer (1928-2007) (born in 1928)
27
Inauguration: Gallo Center for the Arts That year: 2007, Classical music (Modesto, United States of America)
30
Death of David Ohanesian That year: 2007, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (born in 1927)
Also in September
Dissolution: SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern That year: 2007, Classical music .
October
02
Death of Elfi von Dassanowsky That year: 2007, Classical music, Austrian musician and filmmaker (1924-2007) (born in 1924)
Death of İclal Ar That year: 2007, Classical music, Turkish soprano (born in 1904)
03
Death of Giuseppe Valdengo That year: 2007, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1914)
04
Death of Emil Kamilarow That year: 2007, Classical music, musician (born in 1928)
05
Death of Matilde Salvador i Segarra That year: 2007, Classical music, Spanish-Valencian composer and painter (born in 1918)
Premiere of Appomattox That year: 2007, Classical music (Opera), Philip Glass
Death of Fernando Rosas Pfingsthorn That year: 2007, Classical music, Chilean conductor (1931-2007) (born in 1931)
Death of Jeroným Zajíček That year: 2007, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator, composer and choirmaster (born in 1926)
09
Death of Kurt Schwaen That year: 2007, Classical music, German composer (1909-2007) (born in 1909)
12
Death of Saodat Qobulova That year: 2007, Classical music, Soviet opera singer, music educator and actor (1925-2007) (born in 1925)
24
Death of Petr Eben That year: 2007, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (born in 1929)
25
Death of Harvey Shapiro That year: 2007, Classical music, American cellist (1911-2007) (born in 1911)
Death of Margita Česányiová That year: 2007, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1911)
27
Death of Pierre Mollet That year: 2007, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1920)
November
06
Death of Guðmundur Jónsson That year: 2007, Classical music, Icelandic opera singer (born in 1920)
13
Death of Erik Kurmangaliev That year: 2007, Classical music, Russian actor and opera singer (born in 1959)
19
Death of Paul Brodie That year: 2007, Classical music, Canadian saxophonist (1934–2007) (born in 1934)
21
Death of Andrew Földi That year: 2007, Classical music, American bass baritone (born in 1926)
23
Death of Frank Guarrera That year: 2007, Classical music, American opera singer (1923-2007) (born in 1923)
Death of Lorenzo Malfatti That year: 2007, Classical music, American opera singer and professor of music (born in 1923)
December
01
Death of Alojz Kubicek That year: 2007, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1928)
04
Death of Zara Dolukhanova That year: 2007, Classical music, Soviet Armenian mezzo-soprano singer (1918-2007) (born in 1918)
Death of Valery Egudin That year: 2007, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1937-2007) (born in 1937)
05
Death of Karlheinz Stockhausen That year: 2007, Classical music, German composer (born in 1928)
Death of Andrew Imbrie That year: 2007, Classical music, American composer (born in 1921)
12
Death of Saadet İkesus That year: 2007, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (born in 1916)
13
Death of Carlo Felice Cillario That year: 2007, Classical music, Italian conductor (1915-2007) (born in 1915)
15
Death of André Jorrand That year: 2007, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1921)
17
Inception: Clash of the Choirs That year: 2007, Classical music (United States of America)
19
Death of Jiří Sternwald That year: 2007, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1910)
21
Death of Jiří Pauer That year: 2007, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (born in 1919)
25
Death of Lore Wissmann That year: 2007, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1922-2007) (born in 1922)
30
Death of Lajos Kozma That year: 2007, Classical music, (1938-2007) opera singer, voice teacher (born in 1938)
Also in December
Inauguration: National Centre for the Performing Arts That year: 2007, Classical music (Xichang'anjie Subdistrict, People's Republic of China) .
This was also in 2007
Inception: Bourbon Baroque That year: 2007, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Ljiljana Molnar-Talajić That year: 2007, Classical music, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatian opera singer (born in 1938) . Dissolution: Sfx boys' choir liverpool That year: 2007, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern That year: 2007, Classical music (Germany). Inception: JACK Quartet That year: 2007, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: I Cinque Elementi Wind Quintet That year: 2007, Classical music. Inception: Lunatics at Large That year: 2007, Classical music (United States of America). Death of John Thow That year: 2007, Classical music, American composer and music pedagogue (born in 1949) . Inception: Sitkovetsky Trio That year: 2007, Classical music. Inception: Covenant Voices That year: 2007, Classical music (South Africa). Inauguration: Grimeborn That year: 2007, Classical music (East London, United Kingdom). Inception: Les Monts du Reuil That year: 2007, Classical music. Inception: Brecon Baroque That year: 2007, Classical music. Inception: Portuguese Chamber Orchestra That year: 2007, Classical music. Inception: The University of Copenhagen Symphony Orchestra That year: 2007, Classical music (Denmark). Dissolution: Saffire That year: 2007, Classical music (Australia). Inception: Blake That year: 2007, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Fugata Quintet That year: 2007, Classical music (United Kingdom). Dissolution: Boys Choir of Harlem That year: 2007, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Quatuor Cambini-Paris That year: 2007, Classical music (France). Dissolution: Musica Antiqua Köln That year: 2007, Classical music. Inception: Auricle Ensemble That year: 2007, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Jersey Chamber Orchestra That year: 2007, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Radom Chamber Orchestra That year: 2007, Classical music. Inception: A Far Cry That year: 2007, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir That year: 2007, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Carrington-Brown That year: 2007, Classical music. Inception: Radius That year: 2007, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Waltham Symphony Orchestra That year: 2007, Classical music (United States of America). Dissolution: New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra That year: 2007, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Artecombo That year: 2007, Classical music (France). Death of Fakhereh Saba That year: 2007, Classical music, Iranian opera singer (born in 1920) . Inauguration: Dar Sébastian fait son opéra That year: 2007, Classical music (Hammamet, Tunisia). Inception: New Era Orchestra That year: 2007, Classical music. Inception: Dallas Millennial Choirs and Orchestras That year: 2007, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Ensemble Vocapella Limburg That year: 2007, Classical music. Inception: Oakville Ensemble That year: 2007, Classical music (Canada). Inception: Los Angeles Electric 8 That year: 2007, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle That year: 2007, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Schumann Quartet That year: 2007, Classical music (Germany). Inception: Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 2007, Classical music. Death of Chaya Arbel That year: 2007, Classical music, Israeli composer (born in 1921) . Inception: Philharmonic Orchestra of Fenice That year: 2007, Classical music (Italy). Dissolution: Angelis That year: 2007, Classical music. Inauguration: Rencontres baroques rémoises That year: 2007, Classical music (Reims, France). Inception: The Gospel Truth Choir That year: 2007, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Berliner Operngruppe That year: 2007, Classical music. Inception: Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 2007, Classical music (Qatar).
Works (composition or publishing)
- Henri Dutilleux (age 91)
- Le Temps L'Horloge (Song, lied)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen (age 79)
- Sound : the 24 Hours of the Day, Opp. 81-101 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Philip Glass (1937-0000)
- Songs and Poems (Work for soloist)
- Book of Longing (Song, lied)
- Beckett Shorts (Theatrical music)
- No Reservations (Film score)
- Cassandra's Dream (Film score)
- Animals in Love (Film score)