The year 2014 in classical music and in lyrical art
2014. With other artists, Pierre Boulez, Paco de Lucía and Ennio Morricone influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Claudio Abbado. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 2014 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 140 of these moments for 2014.
2014, from day to day
January
01
Death of Milan HorvatThat year: 2014, Classical music, Croatian conductor (born in 1919)
04
Death of Shigeyuki ImaiThat year: 2014, Classical music, Japanese composer (1933-2014) (born in 1933)
06
Death of H. Owen ReedThat year: 2014, Classical music, American composer (born in 1910)
14
Death of Flavio TestiThat year: 2014, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1923)
18
Death of Sinikka KoskelaThat year: 2014, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1928)
Death of Bronisław PekowskiThat year: 2014, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1940)
19
Death of Udo KasemetsThat year: 2014, Classical music, an Estonian-born Canadian composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal, piano, and electroacoustic works (born in 1919)
Death of Gérard FrémyThat year: 2014, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1935)
20
Death of Claudio AbbadoThat year: 2014, Classical music, Italian conductor (1933-2014) (born in 1933)
23
Death of Riz OrtolaniThat year: 2014, Classical music, Italian film composer (1926-2014) (born in 1926)
31
Death of Irmgard ArnoldThat year: 2014, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1919)
Also in January
Dissolution: Quatuor Ysaÿe (1984)That year: 2014, Classical music .
February
01
Death of Elisabetta BarbatoThat year: 2014, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1921)
06
Death of Stane KoritnikThat year: 2014, Classical music, Slovene baritone, born 1937 in Lozice, Slovenia and died 6 February 2014 in Šempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia. (born in 1937)
17
Death of Vladislav KazeninThat year: 2014, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1937)
24
Death of Nicolae HerleaThat year: 2014, Classical music, Romanian singer (born in 1927)
Death of Anna ReynoldsThat year: 2014, Classical music, English classical mezzo-soprano (born in 1931)
Death of André CharletThat year: 2014, Classical music, Swiss choir director and conductor (born in 1927)
25
Death of Paco de LucíaThat year: 2014, Classical music, Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician (born in 1947)
Death of Emil SimonThat year: 2014, Classical music, Romanian conductor (born in 1936)
28
Death of Karl Anton RickenbacherThat year: 2014, Classical music, Swiss conductor (1940-2014) (born in 1940)
March
03
Death of Robert AshleyThat year: 2014, Classical music, American composer (born in 1930)
04
Death of Renato CioniThat year: 2014, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1929)
Death of Lieuwe VisserThat year: 2014, Classical music, Dutch singer, opera singer and musicologist (born in 1940)
10
Death of Gabriella DéryThat year: 2014, Classical music, Hungarian singer and opera singer (born in 1933)
11
Death of Hanna LudwigThat year: 2014, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1918)
Death of P. RivilisThat year: 2014, Classical music, Soviet composer (1936-2014) (born in 1936)
14
Death of Gunilla af MalmborgThat year: 2014, Classical music, Swedish singer (born in 1933)
16
Death of Mitch LeighThat year: 2014, Classical music, American composer (born in 1928)
18
Death of Ottavio GaraventaThat year: 2014, Classical music, Italian opera singer and singer (born in 1934)
Death of Christian BeckThat year: 2014, Classical music, Norwegian musician (born in 1945)
26
Death of Ann HowardThat year: 2014, Classical music, British mezzosoprano (born in 1934)
April
02
Death of Lyndsie HollandThat year: 2014, Classical music, singer and actress (born in 1939)
03
Death of Akira EndoThat year: 2014, Classical music (born in 1938)
07
Death of John Shirley-QuirkThat year: 2014, Classical music, English bass-baritone (born in 1931)
19
Death of Helena BlissThat year: 2014, Classical music, singer (born in 1917)
22
Death of Erzsébet KomlóssyThat year: 2014, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1933)
24
Death of Konstantin OrbelyanThat year: 2014, Classical music, Armenian musician (born in 1928)
Death of Blanka VítkováThat year: 2014, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1948)
May
01
Dissolution: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber OrchestraThat year: 2014, Classical music (Germany)
02
Death of Maurice MoerlenThat year: 2014, Classical music, French organist (born in 1927)
03
Death of Agshin AlizadehThat year: 2014, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer (1937-2014) (born in 1937)
07
Death of Claude LavoieThat year: 2014, Classical music, Canadian organist (born in 1918)
09
Death of Jiří KratochvílThat year: 2014, Classical music, Czech clarinetist, musicologist, composer, and music teacher. (born in 1924)
16
Death of Nicola GhiuselevThat year: 2014, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer (born in 1936)
Death of Éva AndorThat year: 2014, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1939)
19
Death of Franz-Paul DeckerThat year: 2014, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1923)
22
Death of Józef ŚwiderThat year: 2014, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1930)
24
Death of Joseph ElgiserThat year: 2014, Classical music, Soviet composer, pianist and music educator (1929-2014) (born in 1929)
28
Death of David NadienThat year: 2014, Classical music, American violinist (born in 1926)
June
01
Death of Prapancham SitaramThat year: 2014, Classical music, Carnatic music/flautist (born in 1942)
03
Death of Elodie LautenThat year: 2014, Classical music, American composer (born in 1950)
06
Death of Sonja MottlThat year: 2014, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1923)
08
Death of Ivo VincoThat year: 2014, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1927)
Death of Stepan FitsychThat year: 2014, Classical music, ulrainian opera singer (born in 1951)
09
Death of Arend BaumannThat year: 2014, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1944)
11
Death of Rafael Frühbeck de BurgosThat year: 2014, Classical music, Spanish conductor (born in 1933)
12
Death of Lilian BenningsenThat year: 2014, Classical music, Austrian singer, opera singer and music educator (born in 1924)
13
Death of Sara WidénThat year: 2014, Classical music, Swedish singer and opera singer (born in 1981)
16
Death of Pierre D'ArchambeauThat year: 2014, Classical music, Belgian violinist (born in 1927)
19
Death of Daniel NazarethThat year: 2014, Classical music, Indian composer, violinist and conductor (born in 1948)
26
Death of Julius RudelThat year: 2014, Classical music, American conductor and impresario (born in 1921)
28
Death of Seymour BarabThat year: 2014, Classical music, American musician (born in 1921)
29
Death of Clementine von SchuchThat year: 2014, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1921)
Also in June
Inception: Coro de Jóvenes de MadridThat year: 2014, Classical music (Spain) .
July
01
Death of Jean-Pierre EustacheThat year: 2014, Classical music, flautist (born in 1930)
02
Death of Christoph SteppThat year: 2014, Classical music, conductor (born in 1927)
04
Death of Arpad JoóThat year: 2014, Classical music, Hungarian born conductor (born in 1948)
11
Death of Eilene HannanThat year: 2014, Classical music, Australian singer and opera singer (born in 1946)
13
Death of Lorin MaazelThat year: 2014, Classical music, French-American conductor (born in 1930)
15
Death of Dirk SnellingsThat year: 2014, Classical music, Belgian classical bass vocalist (born in 1959)
16
Death of Carl BayThat year: 2014, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1927-2014) (born in 1927)
24
Death of Ayhan BaranThat year: 2014, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (born in 1929)
25
Death of Carlo BergonziThat year: 2014, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1924)
August
05
Death of Frank ShipwayThat year: 2014, Classical music, British conductor (born in 1935)
07
Death of Cristina DeutekomThat year: 2014, Classical music, Dutch operatic soprano (born in 1931)
08
Death of Peter SculthorpeThat year: 2014, Classical music, Australian composer (born in 1929)
12
Death of Rina CavallariThat year: 2014, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1914)
13
Death of Frans BrüggenThat year: 2014, Classical music, Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist (born in 1934)
15
Death of Licia AlbaneseThat year: 2014, Classical music, Italian-born American operatic soprano (born in 1909)
Death of Jan EkierThat year: 2014, Classical music, Polish pianist and composer (born in 1913)
21
Death of Marshall FineThat year: 2014, Classical music, composer (born in 1956)
27
Death of Gábor GabosThat year: 2014, Classical music, Hungarian musician (born in 1930)
29
Death of Marie-Louise GirodThat year: 2014, Classical music, French organist (born in 1915)
Death of Octavio BrunettiThat year: 2014, Classical music, Argentine musician (born in 1975)
31
Death of Helena KobusińskaThat year: 2014, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1928)
Death of Leon JuřicaThat year: 2014, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (born in 1935)
Also in August
Closing: Vlaamse OperaThat year: 2014, Classical music (Ghent, Belgium) .
September
01
Death of Nybia MariñoThat year: 2014, Classical music, Uruguayan pianist (born in 1920)
04
Death of Włodzimierz KotońskiThat year: 2014, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1925)
05
Death of Anny FelbermayerThat year: 2014, Classical music, soprano, opera singer and concert singer (born in 1924)
06
Inauguration: Shanghai Symphony HallThat year: 2014, Classical music (Hunanlu Subdistrict, People's Republic of China)
08
Death of Magda OliveroThat year: 2014, Classical music, Italian opera soprano (born in 1910)
09
Death of Antonín TučapskýThat year: 2014, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1928)
10
Death of Oldřich František KorteThat year: 2014, Classical music, Czech composer and pianist (born in 1926)
Death of Václav HálekThat year: 2014, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1937)
11
Death of Antoine DuhamelThat year: 2014, Classical music, French composer (born in 1925)
12
Death of André DranThat year: 2014, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1924)
18
Death of Shōkō NatsudaThat year: 2014, Classical music, composer, musicologist (born in 1916)
20
Death of Alfred PrinzThat year: 2014, Classical music, Austrian musician (born in 1930)
23
Death of Kresimir SipuschThat year: 2014, Classical music, Croatian composer (born in 1930)
24
Death of Christopher HogwoodThat year: 2014, Classical music, English conductor, harpsichordist, writer and musicologist (born in 1941)
28
Death of Lubomír HavlákThat year: 2014, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1921)
October
04
Death of Konrad BoehmerThat year: 2014, Classical music, composer (born in 1941)
09
Death of Rita ShaneThat year: 2014, Classical music, American operatic soprano (born in 1936)
11
Death of Anita CerquettiThat year: 2014, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1931)
16
Death of Helge von BömchesThat year: 2014, Classical music, German musician and singer (born in 1933)
19
Death of Stephen PaulusThat year: 2014, Classical music, American composer (born in 1949)
22
Death of Almar HeggenThat year: 2014, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1933)
November
09
Death of Russell ChristopherThat year: 2014, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1930)
Death of Reinhard LeisenheimerThat year: 2014, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1939)
13
Death of Jacques GentyThat year: 2014, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1921)
18
Death of Ana Raquel SatreThat year: 2014, Classical music, singer (born in 1925)
21
Death of Wang KunThat year: 2014, Classical music, Chinese singer (born in 1925)
30
Death of Kazuko HaraThat year: 2014, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1935)
December
03
Death of Corneliu FânățeanuThat year: 2014, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (born in 1933)
07
Death of Mallory WalkerThat year: 2014, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1935)
10
Death of Liselotte MaiklThat year: 2014, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1925)
14
Death of Irene DalisThat year: 2014, Classical music, singer (born in 1925)
Death of Janis MartinThat year: 2014, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1939)
Death of Chiyuki MurakataThat year: 2014, Classical music, concertmaster, conductor (born in 1925)
16
Death of Mieczysław MakowskiThat year: 2014, Classical music, composer, music theory, pedagogue, pianist (born in 1933)
17
Death of Ivan RůžičkaThat year: 2014, Classical music, Czech conductor, actor and composer (born in 1927)
21
Death of Ludovic KonyaThat year: 2014, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1939)
Death of Zdeněk ŠvehlaThat year: 2014, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer (born in 1924)
23
Death of Jerzy SemkowThat year: 2014, Classical music, Polish conductor (born in 1928)
30
Death of Dalibor NovotnýThat year: 2014, Classical music, aerospace engineer, opera singer (born in 1926)
This was also in 2014
Dissolution: Hilliard EnsembleThat year: 2014, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Ljubo KobalThat year: 2014, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1920). Death of Viktor TchernomortsevThat year: 2014, Classical music, Russian opera singer and music educator (1947-2014) (born in 1947). Dissolution: Eupener MännerquartettThat year: 2014, Classical music. Inauguration: Organ Festival of BragaThat year: 2014, Classical music (Braga, Portugal). Closing: Zeitfenster – Biennale Alter MusikThat year: 2014, Classical music (Berlin, Germany). Dissolution: Retrospect EnsembleThat year: 2014, Classical music. Inauguration: Altmark FestspieleThat year: 2014, Classical music (Gardelegen, Germany). Inception: Alma QuartetThat year: 2014, Classical music. Inception: Millenium OrchestraThat year: 2014, Classical music. Inception: Gesualdo SixThat year: 2014, Classical music (United Kingdom). Dissolution: Orchestra Sinfonica di RomaThat year: 2014, Classical music. Inauguration: Opus FestivalThat year: 2014, Classical music (Jerusalem, Israel).