2021. With other artists, Antón García García, Osian Ellis and Josep Maria Mestres i Quadreny 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 Levine.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 2021 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 30 of these moments for 2021.
2021, from day to day
January
02
Death of Tamara SorokinaThat year: 2021, Classical music, operatic singer (born in 1931)
03
Death of Tasso AdamopoulosThat year: 2021, Classical music, French musician (born in 1944)
05
Death of Osian EllisThat year: 2021, Classical music, Welsh harpist and composer (born in 1928)
Death of Raúl JaurenaThat year: 2021, Classical music, Uruguayan composer (born in 1941)
07
Death of Biserka CvejićThat year: 2021, Classical music, Serbian mezzo-soprano (born in 1923)
14
Death of Gertrud FreedmannThat year: 2021, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1933)
18
Death of Josep Maria Mestres i QuadrenyThat year: 2021, Classical music, Catalan composer (born in 1929)
22
Death of Elizabeth KingdonThat year: 2021, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1928)
23
Death of Margherita RobertiThat year: 2021, Classical music, American opera singer
24
Death of Zbigniew CiechanThat year: 2021, Classical music, composer (born in 1929)
26
Death of Cara O'SullivanThat year: 2021, Classical music, Irish singer (born in 1962)
27
Death of Benedykt KonowalskiThat year: 2021, Classical music, conductor (born in 1928)
30
Death of Michel TrempontThat year: 2021, Classical music, Belgian operatic baritone (born in 1928)
February
02
Death of Libuše DomanínskáThat year: 2021, Classical music, Czech opera singer and music educator (born in 1924)
15
Death of Andréa GuiotThat year: 2021, Classical music, French singer (born in 1928)
Death of Steuart BedfordThat year: 2021, Classical music, (1939--2021) conductor, classical pianist (born in 1939)
16
Death of Atsutada OtakaThat year: 2021, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1944)
24
Death of Wolfgang BoettcherThat year: 2021, Classical music, German editor, musician and music educator (born in 1935)
Also in February
Dissolution: Endellion QuartetThat year: 2021, Classical music .
March
04
Death of Helmut WinschermannThat year: 2021, Classical music, German conductor and oboist (born in 1920)
06
Death of Renée DoriaThat year: 2021, Classical music, French singer (born in 1921)
07
Death of Dimitri BashkirovThat year: 2021, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1931)
09
Death of James LevineThat year: 2021, Classical music, American conductor and pianist (born in 1943)
Death of Maarja HaamerThat year: 2021, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (born in 1938)
17
Death of Antón García GarcíaThat year: 2021, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1933)