July 2024: the main classical music anniversaries to celebrate
Every month, composers and musicians to remember! Classical music and opera have brought out tens of thousands of artists, are performed in thousands of venues and their composers have written scores in great numbers throughout 10 centuries of history. From January 1 to December 31, there are therefore many opportunities to remember a composer or discover an artist, to explore a genre or to expand a work' s knowledge.
July 2024 : essential commemorations
2024 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In July 2024, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Medea Borelli (100th anniversary, Death), Leone Giraldoni (200th anniversary, Birth), János Starker (100th anniversary, Birth), Jean Périsson (100th anniversary, Birth), Pierre Cochereau (100th anniversary, Birth).
There are many more: 1924, 1824, 1724...
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. August 2024? ... In a year? July 2025...
Day by day, all celebrations for July 2024
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, German composer, organist, harpsichordist (1710-1784)
240th anniversary (Death)
Pierre Monteux , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, French conductor (1875-1964)
60th anniversary (Death)
Zsigmond Vincze , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Hungarian composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Christoph Willibald von Gluck , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, German opera composer (1714–1787)
310th anniversary (Birth)
Medea Borelli , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, singing teacher, soprano (1861-1924)
100th anniversary (Death)
Leoš Janáček , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Czech composer (1854–1928)
170th anniversary (Birth)
Franz Bendel , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, German musician
150th anniversary (Death)
Louis-Claude Daquin , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, French composer
330th anniversary (Birth)
Leone Giraldoni , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Italian operatic baritone
200th anniversary (Birth)
Eduard Mantius , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1806-1874)
150th anniversary (Death)
Libuše Domanínská , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Czech opera singer and music educator
100th anniversary (Birth)
Annie Fischer , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, classical pianist (1914–1995)
110th anniversary (Birth)
János Starker , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Hungarian-American cellist (1924–2013)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Mourad Amirkhanian , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Armenian lyric artist residing in France
50th anniversary (Birth)
Jean Périsson , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, French conductor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Joaquín Rodrigo , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Spanish composer, best known for his Concierto de Aranjuez
25th anniversary (Death)
Gabriella Di Laccio , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Brazilian operatic soprano
50th anniversary (Birth)
Mourad Amirkhanian , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Armenian lyric artist residing in France
50th anniversary (Birth)
Pierre Cochereau , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue
100th anniversary (Birth)
Amy Shuard , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Ludmilla Issakova , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, music teacher, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Work for orchestra
“Persian March, Op. 89” , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music
Premiere in 1864 (160th anniversary)
Pavlovsk vauxhall
Émile Bourdon , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, French organist and composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Adolphe Samuel , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Belgian composer, conductor and critic
200th anniversary (Birth)
Liliane Berton , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, French opera singer (1924-2009)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Van Cliburn , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, American pianist
90th anniversary (Birth)
Carlo Bergonzi , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Italian opera singer (1924-2014)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Carlos Kleiber , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, German-born Austrian conductor
20th anniversary (Death)
Lorin Maazel , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, French-American conductor (1930-2014)
10th anniversary (Death)
Christa Maria Ziese , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, German singer, opera singer and music educator (1924-2012)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Elza Szamosi , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Harrison Birtwistle , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, English composer (1934–2022)
90th anniversary (Birth)
Goffredo Petrassi , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Italian composer
120th anniversary (Birth)
Cipriano Martínez Rücker , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Spanish composer (1861-1924)
100th anniversary (Death)
Zdeněk Švehla , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Claude Abravanel , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Swiss-Israeli pianist and composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Lilian Benningsen , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Austrian singer, opera singer and music educator
100th anniversary (Birth)
Vítězslav Novák , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Czech composer and pedagogue (1870-1949)
75th anniversary (Death)
Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, German composer, opera singer and librettist (1724-1780)
300th anniversary (Birth)
Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, singer (1886-1974)
50th anniversary (Death)
Ramin Djawadi , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, German score composer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Jerry Goldsmith , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, American film composer (1929–2004)
20th anniversary (Death)
Anny Felbermayer , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, soprano, opera singer and concert singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Maria João Pires , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Portuguese pianist
80th anniversary (Birth)
Anne McKnight , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, operatic singer from the US
100th anniversary (Birth)
Serge Koussevitzky , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Russian-born American conductor, composer and musician (1874–1951)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Ferruccio Busoni , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, born 1866
100th anniversary (Death)
Otar Taktakishvili , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Georgian composer (1924-1989)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Lisandro Abadie , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Argentinian opera singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Austrian composer, teacher and performer; youngest son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791-1844)
180th anniversary (Death)
Anatoliy Solovyanenko , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Ukrainian singer (1932-1999)
25th anniversary (Death)
Lev Knipper , Celebrations (July 2024), Classical music, Russian composer and secret police agent
50th anniversary (Death)