July 2025: 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 2025 : essential commemorations
2025 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In July 2025, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Erik Satie (100th anniversary, Death), Laureano Fuentes (200th anniversary, Birth), Cathy Berberian (100th anniversary, Birth), Hjalmar Borgstrøm (100th anniversary, Death), József Réti (100th anniversary, Birth).
There are many more: 1925, 1825, 1725...
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. August 2025? ... In a year? July 2026...
Day by day, all celebrations for July 2025
Erik Satie , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, French composer and pianist (1866-1925)
100th anniversary (Death)
Work for orchestra
“Finlandia, Op. 26” , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music
Premiere in 1900 (125th anniversary)
Jacobus Gallus , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Slovenian Renaissance composer
475th anniversary (Birth)
Laureano Fuentes , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Cuban musician
200th anniversary (Birth)
Cathy Berberian , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, American mezzo-soprano and composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Gilda dalla Rizza , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Operatic soprano
50th anniversary (Death)
Nikolaj Znaider , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Danish violinist
50th anniversary (Birth)
William Crotch , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, English composer, organist and artist (1775-1847)
250th anniversary (Birth)
Hjalmar Borgstrøm , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Norwegian composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Swiss composer, musician and music educator (1865-1950)
160th anniversary (Birth)
Władysław Szpilman , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Polish pianist, composer, Holocaust survivor
25th anniversary (Death)
Vito Frazzi , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Italian musician
50th anniversary (Death)
George Antheil , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, American avant-garde composer, pianist, author and inventor
125th anniversary (Birth)
József Réti , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Hungarian singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Work for choir
“Messe solenelle” , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music
Premiere in 1825 (200th anniversary)
Ludwig Fischer , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, German bass opera singer
200th anniversary (Death)
Carl Orff , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, German composer (1895–1982)
130th anniversary (Birth)
Marguerite Sylva , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Belgian opera singer (1875–1957)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Henryk Wieniawski , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Russian-Polish musician
190th anniversary (Birth)
Mattiwilda Dobbs , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, American coloratura soprano singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Nicolai Gedda , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Swedish opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Evaristo Felice dall'Dall'Abaco , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Italian composer and violinist
350th anniversary (Birth)
Kirsten Flagstad , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (1895-1962)
130th anniversary (Birth)
Albert Lance , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, French opera singer (1925-2013)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Yasushi Akutagawa , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Japanese composer and conductor (1925–1989)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Raisa Sergienko , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1925-1987)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Clemens von und zu Franckenstein , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, German composer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Georg Simon Loehlein , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, German pianist, composer and music educator
300th anniversary (Birth)
Dmitry Belosselskiy , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Russian operatic bass singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Donald Tovey , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, British composer, musicologist and pianist (1875–1940)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Dragiša Ognjanović , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Slovene-Serb opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Wilhelm Dubravčić , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Croatian violinist and conductor
100th anniversary (Death)
Uljas Pulkkis , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Finnish composer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Aile Asszonyi , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Estonian soprano
50th anniversary (Birth)
Wu Bixia , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Chinese soprano singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Adele Addison , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, American opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Anna de La Grange , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, French opera singer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Jacopo Foroni , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Italian composer
200th anniversary (Birth)
Mario del Del Monaco , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Italian opera singer
110th anniversary (Birth)
Claudia Pinza Bozzolla , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, American opera singer (1925-2017)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Miklós Rózsa , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Hungarian-American composer (1907–1995)
30th anniversary (Death)
Johann Sebastian Bach , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, German composer (1685–1750)
275th anniversary (Death)
André Boucourechliev , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, French composer of Bulgarian origin, music writer (1925-1997)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Lianna Haroutounian , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Armenian opera singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Paul Bender , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, German opera singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Alexander Glazunov , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Russian composer, music teacher and conductor (1865-1936)
160th anniversary (Birth)
Mikis Theodorakis , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Greek composer (1925–2021)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Antoine Duhamel , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, French composer (1925–2014)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Holger Gilbert-Jespersen , Celebrations (July 2025), Classical music, Danish musician
50th anniversary (Death)