March 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.
March 2025 : essential commemorations
2025 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In March 2025, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Robert Hanell (100th anniversary, Birth), Moritz Moszkowski (100th anniversary, Death), Eleonore Schoenfeld (100th anniversary, Birth), Éva Lehoczky (100th anniversary, Birth), Bruna Rizzoli (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. April 2025? ... In a year? March 2026...
Day by day, all celebrations for March 2025
Kurt Weill , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, German composer (1900–1950)
125th anniversary (Birth)
Robert Hanell , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, German composer and conductor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Carmen” , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music
Premiere in 1875 (150th anniversary)
Opéra-Comique
Song, lied
Premiere in 1875 (150th anniversary)
Maurizio Baglini , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Italian pianist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Moritz Moszkowski , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, German composer, pianist and teacher
100th anniversary (Death)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Canadian conductor and pianist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Eleonore Schoenfeld , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, American musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
James Rhodes , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, British-Spanish musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Marina Tchebourkina , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, French-Russian concert organist and musicologist
60th anniversary (Birth)
Margaret Dumont , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, American actress (1882–1965)
60th anniversary (Death)
Maurice Ravel , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, French composer (1875-1937)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Sviatoslav Richter , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Soviet pianist (1915-1997)
110th anniversary (Birth)
Stefan Klaverdal , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, composer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Éva Lehoczky , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Franco Alfano , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Italian composer and pianist
150th anniversary (Birth)
Martin Shaw , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, British composer, theatre producer and conductor
150th anniversary (Birth)
Tamara Nizhnikova , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator
100th anniversary (Birth)
Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, French composer (1790-1875)
150th anniversary (Death)
Alexander Goldenweiser , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Russian musician (1875-1961)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Andreas Hallén , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Swedish romantic composer, conductor and music teacher (1846-1925)
100th anniversary (Death)
Eugene Ormandy , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Hungarian conductor and violinist
40th anniversary (Death)
Helga Pilarczyk , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, German operatic soprano
100th anniversary (Birth)
August Manns , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, German conductor in Crystal Palace (1825-1907)
200th anniversary (Birth)
Anders J. Dahlin , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Swedish singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Jennifer Vyvyan , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, British opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jan Štěrba , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, pedagogue, opera singer, museologist, teacher
100th anniversary (Death)
Work for soloist
“Holberg Suite, "From Holberg's Time", Opp. 40” , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music
Premiere in 1885 (140th anniversary)
Work for orchestra with soloist
“Totentanz. Paraphrase on Dies Irae” , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music
Premiere in 1865 (160th anniversary)
Eduard Strauss , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Austrian composer
190th anniversary (Birth)
Teresa Berganza , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Spanish mezzo-soprano
90th anniversary (Birth)
Paolo Montarsolo , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Italian singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Lubomír Železný , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Czech composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, French musician
360th anniversary (Birth)
Ferdinand Laub , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Bohemian violinist and composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Charles Wehle , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Czech composer and pianist
200th anniversary (Birth)
Jean-Christophe Benoît , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, French opéra singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Luca Salsi , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“L'enfant et les sortilèges, Op. 71” , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music
Premiere in 1925 (100th anniversary)
Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Johann Sebastian Bach , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, German composer (1685–1750)
340th anniversary (Birth)
Marie Brema , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, British opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Goran Bregović , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, musician and composer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
75th anniversary (Birth)
Franco Battiato , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Italian singer-songwriter and musician (1945-2021)
80th anniversary (Birth)
Miroslav Srnka , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Czech composer and musicologist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Léon Melchissédec , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, French opera singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Monica Sinclair , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, British contralto
100th anniversary (Birth)
Adelina Paschalis , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Polish soprano
100th anniversary (Death)
Nikola Nikolov , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Bulgarian operatic tenor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Pierre Boulez , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, French composer, conductor and writer (1925–2016)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Stefan Haag , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Australian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Liselotte Maikl , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Austrian opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Arthur Bliss , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, English composer and conductor (1891–1975)
50th anniversary (Death)
Maria Ewing , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, American opera singer (soprano/mezzo-soprano)
75th anniversary (Birth)
Frank Lewin , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, American composer (1925-2008)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Work for orchestra with soloist
“Concerto for trumpet in E-flat” , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music
Premiere in 1800 (225th anniversary)
Burgtheater
Dmytro Hnatyuk , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Ukrainian singer (1925-2016)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Johannes Andreas Amon , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, German musician
200th anniversary (Death)
Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, French composer, pianist, and salonnière
200th anniversary (Death)
Ivo Malec , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, Croatian French composer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Marie Pleyel , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, French pianist, composer and music educator
150th anniversary (Death)
Bruna Rizzoli , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Opera
“Platée or Junon jalouse” , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music
Premiere in 1745 (280th anniversary)
Opera
“Fisch-Ton-Kan” , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music
Premiere in 1875 (150th anniversary)
Franz Abt , Celebrations (March 2025), Classical music, German composer and choral conductor
140th anniversary (Death)