The year 2015 in classical music and in lyrical art
2015. With other artists, André Previn, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Michel Legrand influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as James Horner. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 2015 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 150 of these moments for 2015.
2015, from day to day
January
01
Death of Márta SzirmayThat year: 2015, Classical music, jazz singer, opera singer (born in 1939)
05
Death of Shin'ichi YuizeThat year: 2015, Classical music, Japanese composer (1923-2015) (born in 1923)
06
Death of Eduard BaghdasaryanThat year: 2015, Classical music, Armenian opera singer, tenor (born in 1928)
Death of Myrtha GarbariniThat year: 2015, Classical music, Argentine singer (born in 1926)
10
Dissolution: Le QuatuorThat year: 2015, Classical music (France)
Death of David JosefowitzThat year: 2015, Classical music, British conductor and violinist (1918-2015) (born in 1918)
Death of Keriman DavranThat year: 2015, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (soprano) (born in 1936)
12
Death of Elena ObraztsovaThat year: 2015, Classical music, Soviet and russian opera singer (born in 1939)
14
Inauguration: Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de ParisThat year: 2015, Classical music (Paris, France)
19
Death of Vera GornostayevaThat year: 2015, Classical music, Russian pianist (born in 1929)
21
Death of Waldemar KmenttThat year: 2015, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1929)
22
Death of Liselotte Becker-EgnerThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1931)
Death of Louis DevosThat year: 2015, Classical music, Belgian opera singer and conductor (born in 1926)
29
Death of Rod McKuenThat year: 2015, Classical music, American poet, songwriter, composer, and singer (1933-2015) (born in 1933)
Death of Riichirō ManabeThat year: 2015, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1924)
30
Death of Ezra SimsThat year: 2015, Classical music, American composer (born in 1928)
February
01
Death of Aldo CiccoliniThat year: 2015, Classical music, French musician (born in 1925)
Death of Anita DarianThat year: 2015, Classical music, singer and actress (born in 1927)
04
Death of Pavel JurkovičThat year: 2015, Classical music, Czech composer, singer and music educator (1933-2015) (born in 1933)
08
Death of Helena ArizmendiThat year: 2015, Classical music, Argentine opera singer (born in 1927)
09
Death of Marvin David LevyThat year: 2015, Classical music, American composer (born in 1932)
12
Death of Désiré DondeyneThat year: 2015, Classical music, French conductor (born in 1921)
Death of John-Edward KellyThat year: 2015, Classical music, American musician (born in 1958)
Death of Friedrich LenzThat year: 2015, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1926)
14
Death of Maureen GuyThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1932)
Death of Octavian NaghiuThat year: 2015, Classical music, Romanian singer (born in 1933)
17
Death of Andrzej KoszewskiThat year: 2015, Classical music, Composer, musicologist, and teacher (born in 1922)
Death of Junetta JonesThat year: 2015, Classical music, American singer (born in 1936)
24
Death of Magda VargaThat year: 2015, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1922)
25
Death of Zbigniew KalembaThat year: 2015, Classical music, composer, conductor (born in 1936)
26
Death of Eszter PókaThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1944)
27
Death of Roberto BañuelasThat year: 2015, Classical music, Mexican composer (born in 1931)
28
Death of Ezra LadermanThat year: 2015, Classical music, Classical music composer (born in 1924)
March
03
Death of Matti KastuThat year: 2015, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1943)
09
Death of Boris VajdaThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer (1933-2015) (born in 1933)
10
Death of Hella PuhlmannThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1936)
16
Death of Walter BaerThat year: 2015, Classical music, (1928-2015) (born in 1928)
18
Death of Vladimir BurylyovThat year: 2015, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1945)
22
Death of Helen Landis (1923-2015)That year: 2015, Classical music, English opera singer (born in 1923)
23
Death of Roy DouglasThat year: 2015, Classical music, English composer (born in 1907)
24
Death of Oleg BryzhakThat year: 2015, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (born in 1960)
Death of Maria RadnerThat year: 2015, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1981)
Death of Pauli KurikkaThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer, television presenter (born in 1927)
April
01
Death of Fanka IkonomovaThat year: 2015, Classical music, cantatrice (born in 1920)
05
Death of Jan KusiewiczThat year: 2015, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1921)
10
Death of Karl HerbstThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1944)
16
Death of Manfred DrescherThat year: 2015, Classical music, German opera singer (1931-2015) (born in 1931)
20
Death of Gary BrainThat year: 2015, Classical music, New Zealand conductor (born in 1943)
21
Death of Paul AsciakThat year: 2015, Classical music, Maltese opera singer (born in 1923)
23
Death of Frank PorrettaThat year: 2015, Classical music, American opera singer (1930-2015) (born in 1930)
24
Death of Marc ClaesenThat year: 2015, Classical music, Belgian opera singer (born in 1968)
Death of Kurt Leo SourisseauxThat year: 2015, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1927)
May
02
Death of Clarice CarsonThat year: 2015, Classical music, soprano (born in 1929)
04
Death of Leopold AndreyevThat year: 2015, Classical music, musician (born in 1923)
06
Death of Trevor JonesThat year: 2015, Classical music, Australian violist
Death of Trevor JonesThat year: 2015, Classical music, British violist, ex. Salomon Quartet
07
Death of Berthe Van HyfteThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1921)
08
Inception: Symphony Number OneThat year: 2015, Classical music (United States of America)
10
Death of Jack BodyThat year: 2015, Classical music, New Zealand composer, art photographer and musicologist (born in 1944)
11
Death of Roman Leonidovitsj LeonidovThat year: 2015, Classical music, violinist (born in 1943)
17
Death of Juan Alfonso García GarcíaThat year: 2015, Classical music, Catholic priest, composer, organist (born in 1935)
18
Death of Gabriele AuenmüllerThat year: 2015, Classical music, German opera singer (1951-2015) (born in 1951)
24
Death of Irina Viktorovna TseslukevichThat year: 2015, Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer, music educator (born in 1955)
26
Death of Yosyp HoshuliakThat year: 2015, Classical music, Canadian Ukrainian opera singer (born in 1922)
30
Death of Christiane SorellThat year: 2015, Classical music, Austrian soprano opera singer (born in 1933)
31
Death of Nico CastelThat year: 2015, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1931)
Also in May
Dissolution: The Philadelphia SingersThat year: 2015, Classical music (United States of America) .
June
07
Death of Matti HeinikariThat year: 2015, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1944)
13
Death of Torgils MoeThat year: 2015, Classical music, Norwegian actor and musician (born in 1929)
14
Death of Walter WellerThat year: 2015, Classical music, Austrian conductor (born in 1939)
17
Death of Chang Ch'ung-hoThat year: 2015, Classical music, Chinese calligrapher (born in 1914)
18
Death of Franck FerrariThat year: 2015, Classical music, French singer (born in 1963)
21
Death of Gunther SchullerThat year: 2015, Classical music, American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician (born in 1925)
Death of Ina KringlebotnThat year: 2015, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1983)
22
Death of James HornerThat year: 2015, Classical music, film composer and conductor (born in 1953)
Death of Joseph de PasqualeThat year: 2015, Classical music, American musician (born in 1919)
30
Death of György KorondiThat year: 2015, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1936)
July
04
Death of Jerzy SzymańskiThat year: 2015, Classical music, Polish opera singer and bass (born in 1927)
05
Death of Amneris PerusínThat year: 2015, Classical music, activist, opera singer
09
Death of Josef HopferwieserThat year: 2015, Classical music, Austrian opera singer. (born in 1938)
10
Death of Jon VickersThat year: 2015, Classical music, Canadian singer (born in 1926)
13
Death of Michael RaynerThat year: 2015, Classical music, English opera singer (born in 1933)
16
Death of Pavel ČervinkaThat year: 2015, Classical music, Czech opera singer (1940-2015) (born in 1940)
19
Death of Dorothee FürstenbergThat year: 2015, Classical music, German opera singer (1935-2015) (born in 1935)
Death of François LeclèreThat year: 2015, Classical music, French composer (born in 1950)
21
Death of Paul FreemanThat year: 2015, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1936)
23
Death of Anita GarančaThat year: 2015, Classical music, Latvian singer and educationist (1949-2015) (born in 1949)
24
Death of Mario SereniThat year: 2015, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1928)
26
Death of Wolfgang GönnenweinThat year: 2015, Classical music, German conductor (1933-2015) (born in 1933)
Death of Gaston GermainThat year: 2015, Classical music, Canadian bass singer and music educator (born in 1933)
27
Death of Ivan MoravecThat year: 2015, Classical music, Czech concert pianist (born in 1930)
30
Death of Ludmila DvořákováThat year: 2015, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1923)
Death of Charlotte HollomanThat year: 2015, Classical music, American opera singer and voice teacher (born in 1922)
August
03
Death of Adam WalacińskiThat year: 2015, Classical music, Polish composer and musician (born in 1928)
11
Death of Serge CollotThat year: 2015, Classical music, French musician (born in 1923)
16
Death of Sergey AmedyanThat year: 2015, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1929)
20
Death of Kenneth JenningsThat year: 2015, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1925)
22
Death of Mária SudlikThat year: 2015, Classical music, Hungarian singer (born in 1942)
26
Death of Camellia JohnsonThat year: 2015, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1953)
27
Death of Krunoslav CigojThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer (1949-2015) (born in 1949)
30
Death of Natalia StrelchenkoThat year: 2015, Classical music, Norwegian concert pianist of Russian origin (born in 1976)
Death of Dan IordachescuThat year: 2015, Classical music, Romanian baritone (born in 1930)
31
Death of Sergej DubrovinThat year: 2015, Classical music, Serbian opera singer (1942-2015) (born in 1942)
September
12
Inauguration: Lugano Arte e CulturaThat year: 2015, Classical music (Lugano, Switzerland)
Death of Anne ØlandThat year: 2015, Classical music, Danish musician (born in 1949)
17
Death of David WillcocksThat year: 2015, Classical music, British choral conductor, organist and composer (born in 1919)
23
Death of Kārlis ZariņšThat year: 2015, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (1930-2015) (born in 1930)
26
Death of Toshiya SukegawaThat year: 2015, Classical music, Japanese composer (1930-2015) (born in 1930)
29
Death of Jean Ter-MerguerianThat year: 2015, Classical music, French violinist (born in 1935)
Also in September
Inception: Le ConsortThat year: 2015, Classical music .
October
07
Death of Magafura SaligaskarovaThat year: 2015, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1922)
Death of Veijo VarpioThat year: 2015, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1928)
19
Death of Patricia KernThat year: 2015, Classical music, Welsh opera singer (born in 1927)
25
Death of Arda AydoğanThat year: 2015, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (born in 1963)
30
Death of John McCollumThat year: 2015, Classical music, American opera tenor (born in 1922)
November
04
Death of Eva Krasznai-GombosThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher (born in 1933)
06
Death of Yveta Synek GraffThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer, vocal coach (born in 1933)
08
Death of Andrei EshpaiThat year: 2015, Classical music, Soviet composer (born in 1925)
Death of Kirsten HermansenThat year: 2015, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1930)
10
Death of Robert CraftThat year: 2015, Classical music, American conductor and writer (born in 1923)
16
Death of Jerzy KatlewiczThat year: 2015, Classical music, Polish conductor (born in 1927)
Death of Richard CowanThat year: 2015, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1957)
18
Death of Daniel FerroThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1921)
Death of Sven-Olof EliassonThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1933)
20
Death of Richard OwenThat year: 2015, Classical music, United States federal judge (born in 1922)
21
Death of Volodymyra ChaikaThat year: 2015, Classical music, opera singer, pedagogue (born in 1928)
22
Death of Joseph SilversteinThat year: 2015, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1932)
Inauguration: Centrum Spotkania KulturThat year: 2015, Classical music (Lublin, Poland)
26
Death of Alexander KholminovThat year: 2015, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1925)
27
Death of Bernard SinclairThat year: 2015, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1937)
December
02
Death of John EatonThat year: 2015, Classical music, American composer (born in 1935)
07
Death of Heinz FrickeThat year: 2015, Classical music, German musician (born in 1927)
08
Death of Mattiwilda DobbsThat year: 2015, Classical music, singer (born in 1925)
Death of Herbert PrikopaThat year: 2015, Classical music, Austrian actor and composer (born in 1935)
15
Death of Stella DoufexisThat year: 2015, Classical music, mezzo-soprano (born in 1968)
16
Death of Aafje HeynisThat year: 2015, Classical music, Dutch singer (born in 1924)
Death of René SaorginThat year: 2015, Classical music, French musician (born in 1928)
18
Death of Luc BrewaeysThat year: 2015, Classical music, Belgian musician (born in 1959)
19
Death of Kurt MasurThat year: 2015, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1927)
Death of Carlos PaïtaThat year: 2015, Classical music, Argentine conductor (born in 1932)
Death of Daniel SmithThat year: 2015, Classical music, bassoonist (born in 1928)
23
Death of Jin XiangThat year: 2015, Classical music, composer (born in 1935)
24
Death of Sharofiddin SajfiddinovThat year: 2015, Classical music, Soviet composer (1929-2015) (born in 1929)
This was also in 2015
Inception: Le Concert de la LogeThat year: 2015, Classical music. Inception: Kitgut QuartetThat year: 2015, Classical music. Death of Atar AradThat year: 2015, Classical music, Israeli musician (born in 1945). Inauguration: Ilumina FestivalThat year: 2015, Classical music (São Bento do Sapucaí, Brazil). Inception: Chineke! OrchestraThat year: 2015, Classical music (United Kingdom).