The year 2021 in classical music and in lyrical art
2021. With other artists, Louis Andriessen, Stephen Sondheim and Luis de Pablo influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Mikis Theodorakis.
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 120 of these moments for 2021.
2021, from day to day
January
02
Death of Tasso AdamopoulosThat year: 2021, Classical music, French musician (born in 1944)
Death of Tamara SorokinaThat year: 2021, Classical music, operatic singer (born in 1931)
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)
10
Death of Ignas MisiūraThat year: 2021, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (born in 1963)
13
Death of Rostyslav BabychThat year: 2021, Classical music, composer, conductor, music pedagogue (born in 1937)
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)
Death of Anatolii BoikoThat year: 2021, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (born in 1945)
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)
Death of Toktonali SeytalievThat year: 2021, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (born in 1937)
Also in February
Dissolution: Endellion QuartetThat year: 2021, Classical music .
March
01
Death of Agim KrajkaThat year: 2021, Classical music, Albanian pianist (born in 1937)
04
Death of Helmut WinschermannThat year: 2021, Classical music, German conductor and oboist (born in 1920)
Death of Sándor PalcsóThat year: 2021, Classical music, Hungarian actor (born in 1929)
06
Death of Renée DoriaThat year: 2021, Classical music, French singer (born in 1921)
Death of Martin BoykanThat year: 2021, Classical music, American composer (born in 1931)
07
Death of Dimitri BashkirovThat year: 2021, Classical music, Russian pianist (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)
11
Death of Viktor LebedevThat year: 2021, Classical music, Soviet composer (1935-2021) (born in 1935)
17
Death of Antón García AbrilThat year: 2021, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1933)
20
Death of Yevgeny NesterenkoThat year: 2021, Classical music, Russian singer (born in 1938)
Death of Taryn FiebigThat year: 2021, Classical music, Australian opera soprano (born in 1972)
Death of Milan KopackaThat year: 2021, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1932)
24
Death of Kim Byong-hwaThat year: 2021, Classical music, North Korean conductor (born in 1936)
Death of Richard StokerThat year: 2021, Classical music, British composer (born in 1938)
Death of Paul W. WhearThat year: 2021, Classical music, American composer (born in 1925)
31
Death of Jadwiga WysoczanskáThat year: 2021, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1927)
April
02
Death of Simon BainbridgeThat year: 2021, Classical music, British composer (born in 1952)
07
Death of Rudolf KelterbornThat year: 2021, Classical music, Swiss composer (born in 1931)
19
Death of Jim SteinmanThat year: 2021, Classical music, American composer, lyricist, record producer, and playwright (born in 1947)
23
Death of MilvaThat year: 2021, Classical music, Italian singer and actress (1939-2021) (born in 1939)
24
Death of Christa LudwigThat year: 2021, Classical music, German mezzo-soprano (born in 1928)
Death of Dominique PreschezThat year: 2021, Classical music, French organist, pianist, composer, poet and writer (born in 1954)
29
Death of Kazimierz KordThat year: 2021, Classical music, Polish conductor (born in 1930)
30
Death of Anthony PayneThat year: 2021, Classical music, British composer (born in 1936)
May
06
Death of Bolesław PawlusThat year: 2021, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1929)
10
Death of Pauline TinsleyThat year: 2021, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1928)
14
Death of Ester MägiThat year: 2021, Classical music, Estonian composer (born in 1922)
15
Death of Mildred AllenThat year: 2021, Classical music, soprano (born in 1929)
18
Death of Franco BattiatoThat year: 2021, Classical music, Italian singer-songwriter, composer, and filmmaker (1945-2021) (born in 1945)
Death of Milan NovákThat year: 2021, Classical music, composer (born in 1927)
19
Death of Martin TurnovskýThat year: 2021, Classical music, Czech conductor (born in 1928)
23
Death of Cristóbal HalffterThat year: 2021, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1930)
27
Death of William SydemanThat year: 2021, Classical music, American composer (born in 1928)
June
02
Death of Henn PaiThat year: 2021, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (born in 1937)
03
Death of Karla BurnsThat year: 2021, Classical music, American singer and actress (born in 1954)
06
Death of Rimma VolkovaThat year: 2021, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1940)
11
Death of Heribert BeisselThat year: 2021, Classical music, German musician (born in 1933)
20
Death of Jeanne LamonThat year: 2021, Classical music, American-born Canadian violinist and conductor (born in 1949)
Death of Gianna RolandiThat year: 2021, Classical music, American soprano singer (born in 1952)
22
Death of Hans DrewanzThat year: 2021, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1929)
26
Death of Frederic RzewskiThat year: 2021, Classical music, American musician (born in 1938)
30
Death of Dominique DuprazThat year: 2021, Classical music, French composer (born in 1947)
July
01
Death of Louis AndriessenThat year: 2021, Classical music, Dutch composer, pianist and university lecturer (born in 1939)
10
Death of Jeff ManookianThat year: 2021, Classical music, American composer (born in 1953)
15
Death of Jean KraftThat year: 2021, Classical music, American operatic singer (1927-2021) (born in 1927)
28
Death of Giuseppe GiacominiThat year: 2021, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1940)
August
01
Death of Kazimierz KowalskiThat year: 2021, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1951)
06
Death of Wang WenjuanThat year: 2021, Classical music, Chinese actress (born in 1926)
11
Death of Gianluigi GelmettiThat year: 2021, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (born in 1945)
13
Death of Vladimir MendelssohnThat year: 2021, Classical music, Romanian composer and violist (born in 1949)
14
Death of Igor OistrakhThat year: 2021, Classical music, Ukrainian musician (born in 1931)
Death of R. Murray SchaferThat year: 2021, Classical music, Canadian composer (born in 1933)
22
Death of Charles BurlesThat year: 2021, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1936)
24
Death of Pierre DutotThat year: 2021, Classical music, French classical trumpeter (born in 1946)
25
Death of Max CryerThat year: 2021, Classical music, New Zealand musician and broadcaster (born in 1935)
27
Death of Siegfried MatthusThat year: 2021, Classical music, German composer (born in 1934)
28
Death of Teresa Żylis-GaraThat year: 2021, Classical music, Polish operatic soprano (born in 1935)
September
02
Death of Mikis TheodorakisThat year: 2021, Classical music, Greek composer and politician (born in 1925)
Death of Michel CorbozThat year: 2021, Classical music, Swiss conductor (born in 1934)
05
Death of Carmen BalthropThat year: 2021, Classical music, American opera singer from Maryland (born in 1948)
16
Death of Norman BaileyThat year: 2021, Classical music, English singer (born in 1933)
19
Death of Sylvano BussottiThat year: 2021, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1931)
28
Death of Karan ArmstrongThat year: 2021, Classical music, Operatic soprano (born in 1941)
29
Death of Bronius KutavičiusThat year: 2021, Classical music, Lithuanian composer (born in 1932)
30
Death of Carlisle FloydThat year: 2021, Classical music, American composer (born in 1926)
October
09
Death of Gilbert PyThat year: 2021, Classical music, French singer (born in 1933)
10
Death of Luis de PabloThat year: 2021, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1930)
11
Death of Lukas DavidThat year: 2021, Classical music, Austrian violinist (born in 1934)
Death of Barry MoraThat year: 2021, Classical music, New Zealand opera singer (born in 1944)
13
Death of Bela Andreevna RoedenkoThat year: 2021, Classical music, Russian music educator (born in 1933)
18
Death of Edita GruberováThat year: 2021, Classical music, (1946–2021) Slovak-born Austrian opera singer (born in 1946)
19
Death of Hanuš DomanskýThat year: 2021, Classical music, Slovakian composer and pianist (born in 1944)
21
Death of Bernard HaitinkThat year: 2021, Classical music, Dutch conductor and violinist (1929-2021) (born in 1929)
22
Death of Udo ZimmermannThat year: 2021, Classical music, German composer, musicologist, opera director, and conductor (born in 1943)
30
Death of Aleksandra Bubicz-MojsaThat year: 2021, Classical music, Polish soprano opera singer (born in 1967)
Also in October
Death of Edith ÁgostonThat year: 2021, Classical music, (1939 - 2021) opera singer; voice teacher (born in 1939) .
November
01
Death of Nelson FreireThat year: 2021, Classical music, Brazilian pianist (1944–2021) (born in 1944)
03
Death of Joanna BruzdowiczThat year: 2021, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1943)
04
Death of Mario LavistaThat year: 2021, Classical music, Mexican composer (born in 1943)
05
Death of Joan CarlyleThat year: 2021, Classical music, English opera singer (born in 1931)
07
Death of Béla KovácsThat year: 2021, Classical music, (1937–2021) clarinetist (born in 1937)
08
Death of Teréz KarikóThat year: 2021, Classical music, (1932–2021) opera singer (born in 1932)
11
Death of Aga MikolajThat year: 2021, Classical music, Polish singer and opera singer (born in 1971)
16
Death of Jean MicaultThat year: 2021, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1924)
18
Death of Daphne EvangelatosThat year: 2021, Classical music, Greek singer and opera singer (born in 1946)
21
Death of Paulos RaptisThat year: 2021, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1936)
Death of Hans KraemmerThat year: 2021, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1934)
23
Death of Nikolay GolyshevThat year: 2021, Classical music, opera singer, professor, department of Solo Singing, Ural State Conservatory (born in 1929)
26
Death of Stephen SondheimThat year: 2021, Classical music, American composer and lyricist (born in 1930)
Also in November
Death of Clifford GrantThat year: 2021, Classical music, Australian operatic bass singer (born in 1930) .
December
19
Death of Carlos MarínThat year: 2021, Classical music, Spanish singer (1968-2021) (born in 1968)
24
Death of Gwendolyn KillebrewThat year: 2021, Classical music, American contralto (born in 1939)
This was also in 2021
Closing: Teatro Comunale FlorenceThat year: 2021, Classical music (Florence, Italy).