The year 2012 in classical music and in lyrical art
2012. With other artists, Paco de Lucía, Ennio Morricone 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 Galina Vishnevskaya. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 2012 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 180 of these moments for 2012.
2012, from day to day
January
01
Death of Alojz ZupanThat year: 2012, Classical music, Slovene musician (1935-2012) (born in 1935)
02
Death of Helmut Müller-BrühlThat year: 2012, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1933)
04
Death of Jiří BártaThat year: 2012, Classical music, Czech pianist and composer (born in 1935)
05
Death of Hikaru HayashiThat year: 2012, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1931)
Death of Gordon W. BowieThat year: 2012, Classical music, Composer, conductor, trombonist (born in 1944)
08
Death of Alexis WeissenbergThat year: 2012, Classical music, Bulgarian musician (born in 1929)
09
Death of Magda MarsayThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher (born in 1927)
12
Death of Sadao BekkuThat year: 2012, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1922)
16
Death of Gustav LeonhardtThat year: 2012, Classical music, Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor (born in 1928)
20
Death of Ruthilde BoeschThat year: 2012, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1918)
21
Death of Edouard BartlettThat year: 2012, Classical music (born in 1920)
22
Death of Rita GorrThat year: 2012, Classical music, Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano singer (born in 1926)
Death of Christa Maria ZieseThat year: 2012, Classical music, German singer, opera singer and music educator (born in 1924)
24
Death of Patricia NewayThat year: 2012, Classical music, American operatic and musical theatre singer (1919-2012) (born in 1919)
25
Death of Paavo BerglundThat year: 2012, Classical music, Finnish conductor and violinist (born in 1929)
26
Death of Robert TurnerThat year: 2012, Classical music, composer (born in 1920)
29
Death of Camilla WilliamsThat year: 2012, Classical music, American operatic soprano (born in 1919)
Also in January
Death of Doris BraschThat year: 2012, Classical music, South African opera singer (born in 1929) . Death of John JenkinsThat year: 2012, Classical music, conductor of the Treorchy Male Choir .
February
01
Death of Rimas GeniušasThat year: 2012, Classical music, conductor, pianist (born in 1920)
Death of Andrij DobrianskyThat year: 2012, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (born in 1930)
05
Death of Jiang YingThat year: 2012, Classical music, Chinese singer (born in 1919)
08
Death of Giangiacomo GuelfiThat year: 2012, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1924)
10
Death of Edith Kertész-GabryThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1927)
12
Death of Elena KittnarováThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer, soprano (born in 1931)
15
Death of Charles AnthonyThat year: 2012, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1929)
16
Death of Ethel StarkThat year: 2012, Classical music, violinist and conductor (born in 1910)
18
Death of Elizabeth ConnellThat year: 2012, Classical music, South African-born operatic soprano (born in 1946)
22
Death of Giovanni ConsiglioThat year: 2012, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1923)
23
Death of Dmitri NabokovThat year: 2012, Classical music, Opera singer and author (born in 1934)
25
Death of Maurice AndréThat year: 2012, Classical music, French trumpeter born in Occitania (born in 1933)
29
Death of Miloš VacekThat year: 2012, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1928)
March
06
Death of Nejiko SuwaThat year: 2012, Classical music, Japanese classical violinist (born in 1920)
07
Death of Tonka SteticThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1923)
09
Death of Agustí Cohí GrauThat year: 2012, Classical music, Spanish composer and educationist (1921-2012) (born in 1921)
10
Death of Pol MuleThat year: 2012, Classical music, French conductor (born in 1926)
14
Death of Margarete SjöstedtThat year: 2012, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1923)
21
Death of Heinz ImdahlThat year: 2012, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1924)
25
Death of Anatoly ShevchenkoThat year: 2012, Classical music, musician and painter (1938-2012) (born in 1938)
27
Death of Irma KolassiThat year: 2012, Classical music, Greek singer and pianist (born in 1918)
28
Death of Alexander ArutiunianThat year: 2012, Classical music, Armenian composer, pianist (born in 1920)
Also in March
Inception: Orchestre de chambre de ParisThat year: 2012, Classical music .
April
02
Death of Szilárd SziklaváriThat year: 2012, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (born in 1980)
Death of Arne TyrénThat year: 2012, Classical music, Swedish singer (born in 1928)
03
Death of Yuriy VlasenkoThat year: 2012, Classical music, musician (born in 1962)
09
Death of Neven ValentThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1964)
10
Death of Lili ChookasianThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1921)
Death of Gleb Serafimovich SedelʹnikovThat year: 2012, Classical music, Soviet composer and poet (1944-2012) (born in 1944)
12
Death of Stefánia MoldovánThat year: 2012, Classical music, Hungarian singer (born in 1929)
Death of Hedy FasslerThat year: 2012, Classical music, Austrian actor, singer and opera singer (born in 1922)
13
Death of Margarita LilovaThat year: 2012, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1935)
Death of Eunice AlbertsThat year: 2012, Classical music, Contralto (born in 1927)
Death of Heinz HolecekThat year: 2012, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1938)
16
Death of Sári BarabásThat year: 2012, Classical music, Hungarian operatic soprano (born in 1914)
17
Death of Milivoj BacanovicThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1921)
20
Death of Leandra OvermannThat year: 2012, Classical music, Serbian singer, opera singer and university teacher (1956-2012) (born in 1956)
23
Death of Igor KuschplerThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1949)
Death of Veriano LuchettiThat year: 2012, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1939)
24
Death of William ChapmanThat year: 2012, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1923)
May
02
Death of Claude LefebvreThat year: 2012, Classical music, composer and poet from France (born in 1931)
04
Death of Felix WerderThat year: 2012, Classical music, Australian composer (born in 1922)
08
Death of Roman TotenbergThat year: 2012, Classical music, Polish-American musician (born in 1911)
14
Death of Derek Hammond-StroudThat year: 2012, Classical music, English opera singer (born in 1926)
16
Death of Maria BieșuThat year: 2012, Classical music, Moldovan singer (born in 1935)
17
Death of France ClidatThat year: 2012, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1932)
18
Death of Dietrich Fischer-DieskauThat year: 2012, Classical music, German lyric baritone and conductor (born in 1925)
28
Death of Judith NelsonThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1939)
29
Death of Mark MinkovThat year: 2012, Classical music, Russian music composer (born in 1944)
31
Death of Sergeĭ PopovThat year: 2012, Classical music, trumpeter (born in 1914)
June
03
Death of Sergio TedescoThat year: 2012, Classical music, Italian actor, voice actor and tenor (born in 1928)
08
Death of Leonid SkirkoThat year: 2012, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1939)
16
Death of Klavdia KudriashovaThat year: 2012, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1925-2012) (born in 1925)
22
Death of Maria SigriThat year: 2012, Classical music, Swiss opera singer (1908-2012) (born in 1908)
23
Death of Brigitte EngererThat year: 2012, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1952)
Death of Franz CrassThat year: 2012, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1928)
24
Death of Jean CoxThat year: 2012, Classical music, American operatic tenor (born in 1922)
Death of Jacques TaddeiThat year: 2012, Classical music, French organist and pianist (born in 1946)
28
Birth of Stelios KerasidisThat year: 2012, Classical music, Greek pianist and composer
29
Death of Werner HaseleuThat year: 2012, Classical music, German musician, singer and opera singer (1935-2012) (born in 1935)
July
01
Death of Evelyn LearThat year: 2012, Classical music, American operatic soprano (born in 1926)
06
Death of Dick VisserThat year: 2012, Classical music, composer (born in 1926)
10
Death of Viktor SuslinThat year: 2012, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1942)
17
Death of İlhan MimaroğluThat year: 2012, Classical music, Turkish musician (born in 1926)
19
Death of Teresa May-CzyżowskaThat year: 2012, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1935)
Death of Eleonora AndreevaThat year: 2012, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (born in 1930)
22
Death of Nan MerrimanThat year: 2012, Classical music, agghiya (born in 1920)
24
Death of Florence KopleffThat year: 2012, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1924)
31
Dissolution: BarcaroleThat year: 2012, Classical music
August
01
Death of Douglas TownsendThat year: 2012, Classical music, American composer (born in 1921)
02
Death of Mihaela UrsuleasaThat year: 2012, Classical music, pianist (born in 1978)
Death of Marguerite PiazzaThat year: 2012, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1921)
05
Death of Lubomír ProcházkaThat year: 2012, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1922)
06
Death of Marvin HamlischThat year: 2012, Classical music, American composer and conductor (1944-2012) (born in 1944)
Death of Ruggiero RicciThat year: 2012, Classical music, American classical violinist (born in 1918)
07
Death of Karl HelmThat year: 2012, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1938)
Death of Noreen BerryThat year: 2012, Classical music, South African opera singer (born in 1931)
16
Death of Bystrík RežuchaThat year: 2012, Classical music, Slovak conductor (born in 1935)
23
Death of Marlise WendelsThat year: 2012, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1923)
24
Death of Elisabeth SchärtelThat year: 2012, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1919)
27
Death of Mirela ZafiriThat year: 2012, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (born in 1971)
29
Death of Anne McKnightThat year: 2012, Classical music, operatic singer from the US (born in 1924)
Also in August
Inception: MiliThat year: 2012, Classical music (Japan) .
September
01
Death of Amanda ThaneThat year: 2012, Classical music, Australian opera singer (born in 1953)
02
Death of Emmanuel NunesThat year: 2012, Classical music, Portuguese composer and music teacher (born in 1941)
07
Death of Pierre DuréThat year: 2012, Classical music, Belgian singer (born in 1946)
17
Death of Jean WalletThat year: 2012, Classical music, organist (born in 1930)
18
Death of Leo GoekeThat year: 2012, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1937)
21
Death of Zdzisław NikodemThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1931)
22
Death of Grigory FridThat year: 2012, Classical music, Russian composer, artist and writer (1915-2012) (born in 1915)
24
Death of Helena SaloniusThat year: 2012, Classical music, actor (1930-2012) (born in 1930)
25
Death of Miguel Ángel Fúster CollThat year: 2012, Classical music, Composer of soundtracks (born in 1933)
29
Death of Dušan VrchoslavThat year: 2012, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and educator (born in 1924)
30
Death of Walter Wilhelm DicksThat year: 2012, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1913)
Also in September
Inception: Boston Philharmonic Youth OrchestraThat year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America) .
October
04
Death of David AtkinsonThat year: 2012, Classical music, Canadian opera singer and musical theatre actor (born in 1921)
08
Death of Michel SchwalbéThat year: 2012, Classical music, Polish violinist and concertmaster (born in 1919)
12
Death of Geraldine MuchaThat year: 2012, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1917)
22
Death of Henry PeyrottesThat year: 2012, Classical music, French singer (born in 1927)
24
Death of Vera LittleThat year: 2012, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano (born in 1928)
Death of Jonas JocysThat year: 2012, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (born in 1929)
27
Death of Hans Werner HenzeThat year: 2012, Classical music, German composer (born in 1926)
Death of Nada RuždjakThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1934)
Death of Diva PierantiThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1930)
28
Death of Karl-Friedrich HölzkeThat year: 2012, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1920)
31
Death of Zdenko MikulaThat year: 2012, Classical music, composer, conductor (born in 1916)
November
03
Death of Anne-Lise BerntsenThat year: 2012, Classical music, Norwegian soprano (born in 1943)
05
Death of Elliott CarterThat year: 2012, Classical music, American composer (born in 1908)
06
Death of Carmen Martínez SierraThat year: 2012, Classical music, Spanish actress (1904-2012) (born in 1904)
21
Death of Mladen BašićThat year: 2012, Classical music, Croatian conductor (born in 1917)
25
Death of Simeon ten HoltThat year: 2012, Classical music, Dutch modern classical composer (born in 1923)
26
Death of Suzanne JolyThat year: 2012, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1914)
28
Death of Gloria DavyThat year: 2012, Classical music, singer (born in 1931)
Death of Franco VentrigliaThat year: 2012, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1922)
December
02
Death of Maria FołtynThat year: 2012, Classical music, Polish singer, opera singer and music educator (born in 1924)
03
Death of Helena VinkkaThat year: 2012, Classical music, Finnish opera songstress and actress (born in 1925)
04
Death of Jonathan HarveyThat year: 2012, Classical music, British composer (born in 1939)
08
Death of George PappasThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (bass) (born in 1938)
09
Death of Charles RosenThat year: 2012, Classical music, American pianist and writer on music (born in 1927)
10
Death of Lisa della Della CasaThat year: 2012, Classical music, Swiss soprano (1919-2012) (born in 1919)
Death of Diane LoomerThat year: 2012, Classical music, conductor (born in 1940)
11
Death of Galina VishnevskayaThat year: 2012, Classical music, Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist (born in 1926)
Death of Toni BlankenheimThat year: 2012, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1921)
14
Death of Claude AbravanelThat year: 2012, Classical music, Pianist and composer (born in 1924)
18
Death of Beatrisa OkulovaThat year: 2012, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1938)
20
Death of Victor MerzhanovThat year: 2012, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1919)
24
Death of Richard Rodney BennettThat year: 2012, Classical music, English composer and pianist (born in 1936)
Death of Christer SolénThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1939)
28
Death of John Carol CaseThat year: 2012, Classical music, English baritone (born in 1923)
This was also in 2012
Inception: Limburgs Symfonie OrkestThat year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: On Site OperaThat year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Stavanger KonserthusThat year: 2012, Classical music (Stavanger, Norway). Death of Irena JurkiewiczThat year: 2012, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1932). Inception: Opera LyricaThat year: 2012, Classical music (United Kingdom). Closing: Stadttheater MönchengladbachThat year: 2012, Classical music (Mönchengladbach, Germany). Inception: ABS-CBN Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: Ensemble SupersonusThat year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: Quatuor Van KuijkThat year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: Ensemble DesmarestThat year: 2012, Classical music (France). Inception: The Clare Memory OrchestraThat year: 2012, Classical music. Death of Licinio MontefuscoThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1936). Inception: Insula OrchestraThat year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: British ParaorchestraThat year: 2012, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: TriptyqThat year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Quatuor GiardiniThat year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: Busch TrioThat year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: Leonore Piano TrioThat year: 2012, Classical music. Dissolution: Wisconsin Cream City ChorusThat year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: National Youth Orchestra of the United States of AmericaThat year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Gezeitenkonzerte in OstfrieslandThat year: 2012, Classical music (Lower Saxony, Germany). Inception: Mill City Summer OperaThat year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Royal Mail ChoirThat year: 2012, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inauguration: Rewire FestivalThat year: 2012, Classical music (The Hague, Netherlands). Inception: Dresdner FestspielorchesterThat year: 2012, Classical music (Germany). Inauguration: Ziggo DomeThat year: 2012, Classical music (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Inception: I GiardiniThat year: 2012, Classical music. Dissolution: Orchestra Nova San DiegoThat year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Games Maker ChoirThat year: 2012, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Gjenovefa HebaThat year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1933). Inception: Il Pomo d'OroThat year: 2012, Classical music. Dissolution: Florestan TrioThat year: 2012, Classical music (Great Britain). Dissolution: Plovdiv Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 2012, Classical music (Bulgaria). Dissolution: Het Brabants OrkestThat year: 2012, Classical music.