The year 2020 in classical music and in lyrical art
2020. With other artists, Stephen Sondheim, Ennio Morricone and Jim Steinman influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Ennio Morricone. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 2020 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 2020.
2020, from day to day
January
01
Death of Shunji ArataniThat year: 2020, Classical music, Japanese conductor (born in 1930)
05
Death of Blas Emilio Atehortúa AmayaThat year: 2020, Classical music, Colombian composer and conductor (born in 1943)
Death of Gennadiy PiskunovThat year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1939)
12
Death of Giorgio MerighiThat year: 2020, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (born in 1939)
14
Death of Naděžda KniplováThat year: 2020, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1932)
16
Death of Barry TuckwellThat year: 2020, Classical music, Australian horn player (born in 1931)
Death of Nadezhda ShepelevaThat year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet Yakut opera singer (born in 1923)
19
Inauguration: Permaisuri Zarith Sofiah Opera HouseThat year: 2020, Classical music (Johor Bahru, Malaysia)
20
Death of Nedda CaseiThat year: 2020, Classical music, American singer (born in 1932)
23
Death of Franz MazuraThat year: 2020, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1924)
28
Death of Othmar MágaThat year: 2020, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1929)
30
Death of Glenys LinosThat year: 2020, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1941)
February
01
Death of Peter SerkinThat year: 2020, Classical music, American musician (born in 1947)
04
Death of Volker David KirchnerThat year: 2020, Classical music, German musician (born in 1942)
05
Death of Miklós MerseiThat year: 2020, Classical music, opera singer (1941-2020) (born in 1941)
06
Death of Nello SantiThat year: 2020, Classical music, Italian conductor (born in 1931)
08
Death of Magdalena KrzyńskaThat year: 2020, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1947)
09
Death of Mirella FreniThat year: 2020, Classical music, Italian soprano (born in 1935)
Death of Sergei SlonimskyThat year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet composer (born in 1932)
Death of Margareta HallinThat year: 2020, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1931)
12
Death of Aino TakalaThat year: 2020, Classical music, Finnish operatic mezzo (born in 1938)
13
Death of Franco BordoniThat year: 2020, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1932)
Death of Hajo MüllerThat year: 2020, Classical music, German actor and opera singer (born in 1931)
14
Death of Reinbert de LeeuwThat year: 2020, Classical music, Dutch conductor (born in 1938)
15
Death of Zdenka KareninováThat year: 2020, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1930)
23
Death of Anatoly KapustinThat year: 2020, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1939)
24
Death of Eiichi ItōThat year: 2020, Classical music, Japanese music conductor (born in 1925)
26
Death of Sergei DorenskyThat year: 2020, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1931)
Death of Erna SkaugThat year: 2020, Classical music, Norwegian singer (born in 1923)
29
Death of Odile PierreThat year: 2020, Classical music, French organist (born in 1932)
Also in February
Death of Franz KalchmairThat year: 2020, Classical music, Austrian singer (born in 1939) .
March
01
Death of Seppo RuohonenThat year: 2020, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1946)
06
Death of Elinor RossThat year: 2020, Classical music, American singer (born in 1926)
Death of Iryna ShykunovaThat year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet Belarusian opera singer and pedagogue (born in 1940)
08
Death of Grigory KontsurThat year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet Russian opera singer (born in 1941)
09
Death of Anton CoppolaThat year: 2020, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1917)
Death of Valentina Savelievna SavitskayaThat year: 2020, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1927)
11
Death of Charles WuorinenThat year: 2020, Classical music, American composer (born in 1938)
14
Death of Doriot Anthony DwyerThat year: 2020, Classical music, American musician (born in 1922)
15
Death of Florin DiaconescuThat year: 2020, Classical music, Romanian operatic tenor (born in 1942)
16
Death of Jaroslav FoltýnThat year: 2020, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer (born in 1927)
20
Death of Saule KurmangaliyevaThat year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (born in 1937)
24
Death of Anatoliy MokrenkoThat year: 2020, Classical music, Ukrainian operatic baritone (born in 1933)
Death of Kari OnstadThat year: 2020, Classical music, Norwegian actor and singer (born in 1941)
25
Death of Jennifer BateThat year: 2020, Classical music, British concert organist (born in 1944)
26
Death of Naomi MunakataThat year: 2020, Classical music, Brazilian conductor (born in 1955)
Death of Luigi RoniThat year: 2020, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1942)
28
Death of Hertha TöpperThat year: 2020, Classical music, Austrian contralto opera singer (born in 1924)
29
Death of Krzysztof PendereckiThat year: 2020, Classical music, Polish composer and conductor (born in 1933)
30
Death of Robert AndreozziThat year: 2020, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1932)
31
Death of Zoltán PeskóThat year: 2020, Classical music, Hungarian conductor (born in 1937)
April
09
Death of Dmitri SmirnovThat year: 2020, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1948)
14
Death of Kerstin MeyerThat year: 2020, Classical music, Swedish singer (born in 1928)
16
Death of Kenneth GilbertThat year: 2020, Classical music, Canadian musician (born in 1931)
17
Death of Arlene SaundersThat year: 2020, Classical music, American singer (born in 1930)
19
Death of Alexander VustinThat year: 2020, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1943)
22
Death of Viktor GurevThat year: 2020, Classical music, Belarusian opera singer (born in 1926)
25
Death of Alan AbelThat year: 2020, Classical music, American percussionist (born in 1928)
27
Death of Lynn HarrellThat year: 2020, Classical music, American cellist (born in 1944)
Death of Jeannette PilouThat year: 2020, Classical music, Italian soprano of Greek parentage and Egyptian birth (born in 1937)
May
03
Death of Rosalind EliasThat year: 2020, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano (born in 1930)
07
Death of John MacurdyThat year: 2020, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1929)
09
Death of Attila FülöpThat year: 2020, Classical music, (1942--2020) opera singer and audio engineer (born in 1942)
11
Death of Claudio NicolaiThat year: 2020, Classical music, German baritone (born in 1929)
12
Death of Andrzej SaciukThat year: 2020, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1933)
13
Death of Gabriel BacquierThat year: 2020, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1924)
14
Death of Angelo Lo ForeseThat year: 2020, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1920)
15
Death of Ezio BossoThat year: 2020, Classical music, Italian composer, pianist and conductor (born in 1971)
21
Death of Neil HowlettThat year: 2020, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1934)
25
Death of Henri van ZantenThat year: 2020, Classical music, Dutch artist (born in 1957)
28
Death of Claude HeaterThat year: 2020, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1927)
30
Death of Mady MespléThat year: 2020, Classical music, French soprano (born in 1931)
June
01
Death of Myroslav SkorykThat year: 2020, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (born in 1938)
07
Death of Edith ThallaugThat year: 2020, Classical music, Norwegian actress (born in 1929)
18
Death of Georges OctorsThat year: 2020, Classical music, Belgian conductor (born in 1923)
25
Death of Marga RichterThat year: 2020, Classical music, American composer (born in 1926)
30
Death of Ida HaendelThat year: 2020, Classical music, Polish-born British violinist and violin teacher (born in 1928)
July
01
Death of Georg RatzingerThat year: 2020, Classical music, German musician and Catholic priest (born in 1924)
02
Death of Nikolai KapustinThat year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer and pianist (born in 1937)
06
Death of Ennio MorriconeThat year: 2020, Classical music, Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928–2020) (born in 1928)
11
Death of Gabriella TucciThat year: 2020, Classical music, (1929--2020) opera singer (born in 1929)
24
Death of Désirée TalbotThat year: 2020, Classical music, South African singer (born in 1926)
25
Death of Bernard ŁadyszThat year: 2020, Classical music, Polish singer and actor (born in 1922)
27
Death of Camil MarinescuThat year: 2020, Classical music, Romanian conductor (born in 1964)
28
Death of Bent FabricThat year: 2020, Classical music, Danish pianist and composer (born in 1924)
Death of Bálint HorváthThat year: 2020, Classical music, (1937--2020) opera singer (born in 1937)
August
02
Death of Leon FleisherThat year: 2020, Classical music, American conductor and pianist (born in 1928)
03
Death of Inés RivadeneiraThat year: 2020, Classical music, Spanish mezzosoprano (1928-2020) (born in 1928)
05
Death of Peter BedjaničThat year: 2020, Classical music, Slovenian singer (born in 1933)
06
Death of Eldar AlievThat year: 2020, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1971)
08
Death of Anatoliy DudaThat year: 2020, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (born in 1946)
10
Death of Kurt AzesbergerThat year: 2020, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1960)
12
Death of Josef BulvaThat year: 2020, Classical music, (1943--2020) classical pianist (born in 1943)
14
Death of Julian BreamThat year: 2020, Classical music, English classical guitarist and lutenist (born in 1933)
15
Death of Monika Swarowska-WalawskaThat year: 2020, Classical music, Polish opera singer
17
Death of Bohdan BazylykutThat year: 2020, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (born in 1938)
22
Death of Anatoliy PonomarenkoThat year: 2020, Classical music, (1945--2020) opera singer (born in 1945)
26
Death of Joyce WrightThat year: 2020, Classical music, English singer (born in 1922)
September
06
Death of Christiane Eda-PierreThat year: 2020, Classical music, French soprano (born in 1932)
09
Death of Patrick DavinThat year: 2020, Classical music, Belgian conductor (born in 1962)
11
Death of Annette JahnsThat year: 2020, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1958)
13
Death of B. Shankar RaoThat year: 2020, Classical music, Indian musician (born in 1922)
15
Death of Jan KrenzThat year: 2020, Classical music, Polish conductor and composer (born in 1926)
Death of Paul MéfanoThat year: 2020, Classical music, French composer (born in 1937)
24
Death of Vyacheslav VoynarovskyThat year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet and Russian opera singer, actor (born in 1946)
Also in September
Death of Rinat IbragimovThat year: 2020, Classical music, Russian contrabassist (born in 1960) .
October
03
Death of Karel FialaThat year: 2020, Classical music, Czech actor and opera singer (born in 1925)
06
Death of Tommy RallThat year: 2020, Classical music, American actor and dancer (born in 1929)
Death of Vladislav PyavkoThat year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (born in 1941)
08
Death of Erin WallThat year: 2020, Classical music, Canadian musician (born in 1975)
09
Death of Ruth FalconThat year: 2020, Classical music, American operatic soprano and pedagogue (born in 1942)
11
Death of Emmy LiskenThat year: 2020, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1939)
15
Death of Ricardo VisusThat year: 2020, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (born in 1931)
17
Death of Juliusz ŁuciukThat year: 2020, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1927)
19
Death of Vaclovas DaunorasThat year: 2020, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (born in 1937)
25
Death of Rosanna CarteriThat year: 2020, Classical music, singer (born in 1930)
27
Death of Yukinori TezukaThat year: 2020, Classical music, Japanese conductor (born in 1940)
29
Death of Alexander VedernikovThat year: 2020, Classical music, Russian conductor (born in 1964)
Death of Béla SíkiThat year: 2020, Classical music, Hungarian-Swiss pianist and music pedagogue (born in 1923)
Death of Avni MulaThat year: 2020, Classical music, Albanian singer, musician (born in 1928)
Also in October
Dissolution: Quatuor ManfredThat year: 2020, Classical music .
November
01
Death of Pedro IturraldeThat year: 2020, Classical music, Spanish musician (born in 1929)
Death of Eva ZikmundováThat year: 2020, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1932)
14
Death of Eugenia RattiThat year: 2020, Classical music, Operatic soprano (born in 1933)
Death of Claude MéloniThat year: 2020, Classical music, French baritone of the Paris Opera (born 1940) (born in 1940)
17
Death of Gabriel ChmuraThat year: 2020, Classical music, Polish conductor (born in 1946)
Death of Roland HermannThat year: 2020, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1936)
25
Death of Camilla WicksThat year: 2020, Classical music, American musician (born in 1928)
Death of Anatoliĭ SukhorukovThat year: 2020, Classical music, horn player (born in 1942)
26
Death of Kamen TchanevThat year: 2020, Classical music, Bulgarian tenor (born in 1964)
December
03
Death of Noah CreshevskyThat year: 2020, Classical music, American composer (born in 1945)
06
Death of Klaus OfczarekThat year: 2020, Classical music, Austrian actor and opera singer (born in 1939)
07
Death of Albert KhachatryanThat year: 2020, Classical music, Armenian singer (born in 1935)
08
Death of Tito Del BiancoThat year: 2020, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1932)
13
Death of Leonard MrózThat year: 2020, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1947)
22
Death of Ernst SchützThat year: 2020, Classical music, Austrian singer and actor (born in 1938)
Death of Roman BergerThat year: 2020, Classical music, Polish musician (born in 1930)
Death of Mirosław PietkiewiczThat year: 2020, Classical music, organist (born in 1933)
23
Death of Rebecca LukerThat year: 2020, Classical music, American actress, singer and recording artist (born in 1961)
24
Death of Ivry GitlisThat year: 2020, Classical music, Israeli violinist (born in 1922)
Death of Mojmir SepeThat year: 2020, Classical music, Slovene conductor and composer (born in 1930)
25
Death of Jaan RäätsThat year: 2020, Classical music, Estonian composer (born in 1932)
28
Death of Fou Ts'ongThat year: 2020, Classical music, Chinese-British pianist (born in 1934)
This was also in 2020
Inauguration: Huong River Opera HouseThat year: 2020, Classical music . Inauguration: Performing Arts CenterThat year: 2020, Classical music (Manhattan, United States of America). Death of Kenneth WoollamThat year: 2020, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1937).