The year 2016 in classical music and in lyrical art
2016. With other artists, Ennio Morricone, Krzysztof Penderecki and Gia Kancheli influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Pierre Boulez. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 2016 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 160 of these moments for 2016.
2016, from day to day
January
01
Death of Gilberto MendesThat year: 2016, Classical music, Brazilian composer (1922-2016) (born in 1922)
05
Death of Pierre BoulezThat year: 2016, Classical music, French composer, conductor, writer and pianist (born in 1925)
08
Death of Eva FleischerThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer (1922-2016) (born in 1922)
13
Death of Bern HerbolsheimerThat year: 2016, Classical music, American composer (born in 1948)
14
Death of Franco OppoThat year: 2016, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1935)
17
Death of Tamara ChumakovaThat year: 2016, Classical music, Soviet Russian opera singer (born in 1932)
19
Death of Milan BürgerThat year: 2016, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer (born in 1963)
22
Death of Viktor MassányiThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1967)
24
Death of Dmitri MillerThat year: 2016, Classical music, Soviet cellist (born in 1942)
25
Death of Denise DuvalThat year: 2016, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1921)
26
Death of Anna Maria CanaliThat year: 2016, Classical music, Italian operatic mezzo-soprano (1918-2016) (born in 1918)
29
Death of Aurèle NicoletThat year: 2016, Classical music, Swiss flautist (1926-2016) (born in 1926)
Death of Sonja DrakslerThat year: 2016, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1927)
February
03
Death of Saulius SondeckisThat year: 2016, Classical music, Lithuanian violinist, conductor, orchestra leader and professor (born in 1928)
Death of Jayne CasselmanThat year: 2016, Classical music, American singer and opera singer (born in 1960)
04
Death of Ulf SöderblomThat year: 2016, Classical music, Finnish conductor (born in 1930)
17
Death of Elena RizzieriThat year: 2016, Classical music, Italian soprano (born in 1922)
20
Death of Ove Verner HansenThat year: 2016, Classical music, Danish actor (1932-2016) (born in 1932)
21
Death of Pascal BentoiuThat year: 2016, Classical music, Romanian composer and musicologist (born in 1927)
22
Death of Yolande FoxThat year: 2016, Classical music, American singer, model, activist (born in 1928)
26
Death of Eri KlasThat year: 2016, Classical music, Estonian conductor (born in 1939)
27
Death of Francisco Kraus TrujilloThat year: 2016, Classical music, Spanish singer (born in 1926)
Also in February
Inauguration: Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural CentreThat year: 2016, Classical music (Kuwait City, Kuwait) .
March
01
Death of Ludmila ŠkorpilováThat year: 2016, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1936)
05
Death of Nikolaus HarnoncourtThat year: 2016, Classical music, Austrian conductor (born in 1929)
11
Death of Deva DassyThat year: 2016, Classical music, French actor and opera singer (1911-2016) (born in 1911)
Death of Vladimír GajdošThat year: 2016, Classical music, composer, conductor, music pedagogue (born in 1936)
14
Death of Peter Maxwell DaviesThat year: 2016, Classical music, English composer and conductor (born in 1934)
15
Death of Claudine CollartThat year: 2016, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1923)
17
Death of Drora DroritThat year: 2016, Classical music, Israeli singer (born in 1923)
23
Death of Gegham GrigoryanThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1951)
Death of Jeanine CollardThat year: 2016, Classical music, French singer (born in 1923)
25
Death of Shannon BolinThat year: 2016, Classical music, Actress, singer (born in 1917)
31
Death of Terry PlumeriThat year: 2016, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1945)
April
02
Death of Leopold YashchenkoThat year: 2016, Classical music, conductor, musicologist (born in 1928)
05
Death of Elsie MorisonThat year: 2016, Classical music, australian operatic singer (1924-2016) (born in 1924)
09
Death of Tony ConradThat year: 2016, Classical music, American filmmaker, violinist and composer (1940-2016) (born in 1940)
12
Death of Alan LovedayThat year: 2016, Classical music, New Zealand violinist (1928-2016) (born in 1928)
Death of Jiří KusýThat year: 2016, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1948)
18
Death of Brian AsawaThat year: 2016, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1966)
21
Death of Law Kar-PoThat year: 2016, Classical music, Cantonese opera performer (born in 1930)
25
Death of Mei BaojiuThat year: 2016, Classical music, Peking opera artist (born in 1934)
27
Death of Gabriela SimaThat year: 2016, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1955)
29
Death of Dmytro HnatyukThat year: 2016, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (born in 1925)
May
01
Death of Paul PopescuThat year: 2016, Classical music, conductor (born in 1929)
03
Death of Zoya KhrystychThat year: 2016, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1932-2016) (born in 1932)
05
Death of Isao TomitaThat year: 2016, Classical music, Japanese musician (1932-2016) (born in 1932)
Death of Romalı PerihanThat year: 2016, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (soprano), model, and actress (born in 1942)
15
Death of Jane LittleThat year: 2016, Classical music, double bass player from Atlanta (born in 1929)
16
Death of Irene JordanThat year: 2016, Classical music, American operatic soprano (born in 1919)
21
Death of Jane FawcettThat year: 2016, Classical music, code-breaker, singer, and preservationist (born in 1921)
25
Death of Annamária AlbertThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1926)
Also in May
June
04
Death of Phyllis CurtinThat year: 2016, Classical music, Operatic soprano (born in 1921)
Death of Aleksandr Jakovlevitsj GromisjThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1950)
06
Death of Erich WessnerThat year: 2016, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1948)
08
Death of Vladislav YankovskyThat year: 2016, Classical music, Soviet and Russian clarinetist and conductor (born in 1952)
Death of Nobu WakabayashiThat year: 2016, Classical music, Japanese violinist (born in 1958)
11
Death of Alberto RemediosThat year: 2016, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1935)
13
Death of Oleg KaravaychukThat year: 2016, Classical music, Soviet composer and pianist (1927-2016) (born in 1927)
14
Death of Ondina Otta KlasincThat year: 2016, Classical music, Slovene opera singer (born in 1924)
23
Death of Alfred ŠramekThat year: 2016, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1951)
24
Death of Anton DjakovThat year: 2016, Classical music, Swiss singer and opera singer (1934-2016) (born in 1934)
26
Death of Sergei CortezThat year: 2016, Classical music, Belarusian composer (born in 1935)
Death of Dany BarraudThat year: 2016, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1940)
27
Death of Pelle Gudmundsen-HolmgreenThat year: 2016, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1932)
29
Death of Vasyl SlipakThat year: 2016, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (born in 1974)
July
04
Death of Geoffrey ShoveltonThat year: 2016, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (born in 1936)
05
Death of Alirio DíazThat year: 2016, Classical music, guitarist (born in 1923)
Death of Antoine d'd'OrmessonThat year: 2016, Classical music, French composer and theatre director (born in 1924)
06
Death of Nicolau de FigueiredoThat year: 2016, Classical music, musicologist (born in 1960)
09
Death of Maralin NiskaThat year: 2016, Classical music, Operatic soprano (born in 1926)
10
Death of Atilla ManizadeThat year: 2016, Classical music, Turkish-Cypriot singer (born in 1945)
11
Death of Milan JíraThat year: 2016, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and pianist (born in 1935)
12
Death of Gregg SmithThat year: 2016, Classical music, American choral conductor and composer (born in 1931)
14
Death of Clyde Thomas RollinsThat year: 2016, Classical music, composer (born in 1952)
17
Dissolution: Southwest German Radio Symphony OrchestraThat year: 2016, Classical music (Germany)
20
Death of André IsoirThat year: 2016, Classical music, French organist (born in 1935)
24
Death of Marni NixonThat year: 2016, Classical music, American singer and actress (1930-2016) (born in 1930)
26
Death of Hiroko NakamuraThat year: 2016, Classical music, Japanese classical pianist (born in 1944)
27
Death of Einojuhani RautavaaraThat year: 2016, Classical music, Finnish composer (1928–2016) (born in 1928)
29
Death of Günter von KannenThat year: 2016, Classical music, (1940--) German opera singer (bass-baritone) (born in 1940)
August
04
Death of Patrice MunselThat year: 2016, Classical music, singer (1925-2016) (born in 1925)
06
Death of Jan NowowiejskiThat year: 2016, Classical music, Polish pianist (born in 1933)
07
Death of Anđelko KlobučarThat year: 2016, Classical music, Croatian composer and organist (born in 1931)
10
Death of Ralph MasonThat year: 2016, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1938)
14
Death of Bi ChunfangThat year: 2016, Classical music, Chinese opera singer (born in 1927)
20
Death of Daniela DessìThat year: 2016, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1957)
30
Death of Halina ŁukomskaThat year: 2016, Classical music, Polish soprano (born in 1929)
31
Inauguration: Dubai Opera HouseThat year: 2016, Classical music (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Death of Jacques LeducThat year: 2016, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1932)
September
08
Death of Johan BothaThat year: 2016, Classical music, South African operatic tenor (born in 1965)
Death of Pentti PerksaloThat year: 2016, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1929)
12
Death of Hidayat Inayat KhanThat year: 2016, Classical music, British composer (born in 1917)
19
Death of Eduard SerovThat year: 2016, Classical music, Russian conductor (born in 1937)
23
Death of Leyla DemirişThat year: 2016, Classical music, Turkish soprano opera singer (born in 1945)
27
Death of Ifigenia DidaskalouThat year: 2016, Classical music, Greek writer (born in 1916)
30
Death of Lilleba Lund KvandalThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1940)
Also in September
Inception: SWR SymphonieorchesterThat year: 2016, Classical music .
October
02
Death of Neville MarrinerThat year: 2016, Classical music, British conductor and violinist (1924–2016) (born in 1924)
Death of Thomas RoundThat year: 2016, Classical music, English opera singer (born in 1915)
05
Death of Pompeiu HărășteanuThat year: 2016, Classical music, Romanian singer (born in 1935)
07
Death of Anne PashleyThat year: 2016, Classical music, athletics competitor (born in 1935)
10
Death of Jiří MatysThat year: 2016, Classical music, Czech composer and educator (born in 1927)
12
Death of Elisabeth BreulThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1930)
13
Death of Gerhard WimbergerThat year: 2016, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1923)
18
Death of Suzana Šuvaković SavićThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1969)
19
Death of Vitalij KyrejkoThat year: 2016, Classical music, composer, teacher (born in 1926)
21
Death of Antonia FahbergThat year: 2016, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1928)
25
Death of Ursula BoeseThat year: 2016, Classical music, German operatic contralto (born in 1928)
28
Death of John Del CarloThat year: 2016, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1951)
29
Death of Roland DyensThat year: 2016, Classical music, French composer (born in 1955)
November
02
Death of Olga Andreevna ZacharovaThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1933)
Death of Slavčo DimovskiThat year: 2016, Classical music, Macedonian opera singer (born in 1955)
04
Death of Branka StilinovićThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1926)
06
Death of Zoltán KocsisThat year: 2016, Classical music, (1952--2016) classical pianist, conductor and composer (born in 1952)
07
Death of Philip PotterThat year: 2016, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1936)
Death of Sinyan ShenThat year: 2016, Classical music, American physicist (born in 1949)
Death of Janusz ŻełobowskiThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1932)
16
Death of Tomislav NeralićThat year: 2016, Classical music, Croatian opera singer (born in 1917)
17
Death of Jutta VulpiusThat year: 2016, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1927)
20
Death of Ágnes VámosThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1926)
21
Death of Jean-Claude RissetThat year: 2016, Classical music, French composer (born in 1938)
22
Death of Gloria LaneThat year: 2016, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1930)
25
Death of Pauline OliverosThat year: 2016, Classical music, American composer and musician (born in 1932)
Death of Alexander YossifovThat year: 2016, Classical music, Bulgarian composer (born in 1940)
Death of Russell OberlinThat year: 2016, Classical music, American countertenor (born in 1928)
Death of Jan van DijkThat year: 2016, Classical music, composer (born in 1918)
27
Death of Nijolė AmbrazaitytėThat year: 2016, Classical music, opera singer and politician (born in 1939)
30
Death of Kamilló LendvayThat year: 2016, Classical music, Hungarian composer (born in 1928)
Death of Aleksei MaslennikovThat year: 2016, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1929)
December
01
Death of Elisabeth CarronThat year: 2016, Classical music, American operatic soprano (born in 1922)
03
Death of Antonio MembradoThat year: 2016, Classical music, Spanish musician (born in 1935)
Death of Gigliola FrazzoniThat year: 2016, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1927)
04
Death of Julia GomelskayaThat year: 2016, Classical music, Ukrainian composer of contemporary classical music (born in 1964)
06
Death of Éva LehoczkyThat year: 2016, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1925)
Death of Marja Toppinen-SchumacherThat year: 2016, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1940)
07
Death of Vilma BukovecThat year: 2016, Classical music, Slovenian opera singer (born in 1920)
Death of Gerti GordonThat year: 2016, Classical music, Austrian actress (born in 1933)
14
Death of Karel HusaThat year: 2016, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (born in 1921)
Death of Claudia ParadaThat year: 2016, Classical music, Chilean opera singer (born in 1927)
Death of Lotte RysanekThat year: 2016, Classical music, Austrian singer (born in 1928)
Death of Wojciech Jan ŚmietanaThat year: 2016, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1933)
22
Death of Hirokazu SatoThat year: 2016, Classical music, composer (born in 1966)
23
Death of Heinrich SchiffThat year: 2016, Classical music, Austrian cellist and conductor (born in 1951)
Death of Zhou BaokuiThat year: 2016, Classical music, Yue opera actress (born in 1920)
25
Death of Miriam PirazziniThat year: 2016, Classical music, Operatic mezzo-soprano (born in 1918)
This was also in 2016
Inception: Stuttgart Radio Symphony OrchestraThat year: 2016, Classical music (Germany). Inauguration: Koningin ElisabethzaalThat year: 2016, Classical music (Antwerp, Belgium). Inauguration: Algiers Opera House Boualem BessaïhThat year: 2016, Classical music (Algiers, Algeria). Inauguration: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural CenterThat year: 2016, Classical music (Kallithea Municipality, Greece). Death of Colin MatthewsThat year: 2016, Classical music, English composer (born in 1946). Closing: Stadtsaal InnsbruckThat year: 2016, Classical music (Innsbruck, Austria). Inception: A Nocte TemporisThat year: 2016, Classical music. Death of Monsieur de La VoixThat year: 2016, Classical music, composer . Death of De GrignisThat year: 2016, Classical music, composer . Death of Iris KellsThat year: 2016, Classical music, English opera singer (born in 1923). Inception: Albion QuartetThat year: 2016, Classical music.