July 2020: 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 2020 : essential commemorations
2020 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In July 2020, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Henri Legay (100th anniversary, Birth), Herta Talmar (100th anniversary, Birth), Karl-Friedrich Hölzke (100th anniversary, Birth), Marcel Merkès (100th anniversary, Birth), Alois Jeřábek (100th anniversary, Birth).
There are many more: 1920, 1820, 1720...
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. August 2020? ... In a year? July 2021...
Day by day, all celebrations for July 2020
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Swiss composer, musician and music educator (1865-1950)
70th anniversary (Death)
Henri Legay , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, French opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Work for orchestra
“Finlandia, Op. 26” , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music
Premiere in 1900 (120th anniversary)
Henri Demarquette , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, French cellist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Carlos Kleiber , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, German-born Austrian conductor
90th anniversary (Birth)
Audra McDonald , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, American actress and singer (born 1970)
50th anniversary (Birth)
Louise Fribo , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Danish opera singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Herta Talmar , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (1920-2010)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jemal Gokieli , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Georgian conductor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jan Kubelík , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (1880–1940)
140th anniversary (Birth)
David Saperton , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, American pianist
50th anniversary (Death)
Karl-Friedrich Hölzke , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, German singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Władysław Szpilman , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Polish pianist, composer, Holocaust survivor
20th anniversary (Death)
Gustav Mahler , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Austrian late-Romantic composer (1860–1911)
160th anniversary (Birth)
Marcel Merkès , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Opera tenor
100th anniversary (Birth)
George Antheil , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, American avant-garde composer, pianist, author and inventor
120th anniversary (Birth)
Harald Pröglhöf , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Austrian opera singer (1920-1988)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Neil Nongkynrih , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Indian musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Carl Orff , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, German composer (1895–1982)
125th anniversary (Birth)
László Domahidy, Sr. , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, (1920-1996) opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Eric Owens , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, American bass-baritone
50th anniversary (Birth)
Ballet
“Le Bœuf sur le toit, Op. 58” , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music
Premiere in 1920 (100th anniversary)
Kirsten Flagstad , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (1895-1962)
125th anniversary (Birth)
Keith Andes , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, actor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Julian Wagstaff , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Scottish composer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Luis Mariano , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Spanish operetta singer and actor (1914–1970)
50th anniversary (Death)
Katija Dragojevic , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano
50th anniversary (Birth)
Leopold von Auer , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Hungarian violinist, conductor and composer (1845–1930)
90th anniversary (Death)
Ivo Jirásek , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer (1920-2004)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Ludvík Vítězslav Čelanský , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Czech conductor, theater manager, music educator, composer and director conductor of Czech philharmony
150th anniversary (Birth)
Giovanni Bononcini , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Italian composer (1670–1747)
350th anniversary (Birth)
Richard Leveridge , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, English composer
350th anniversary (Birth)
Aldo Protti , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Italian opera singer (1920-1995)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Bernhard Landauer , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Austrian opera singer
50th anniversary (Birth)
Alois Jeřábek , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Isaac Stern , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, American musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Manuel Valls i Gorina , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Catalan composer and musicologist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Josef Strauss , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Austrian composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Amália Rodrigues , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Portuguese recording artist, fado singer, actress (1920-1999)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Ernest Bloch , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, American composer (1880-1959)
140th anniversary (Birth)
Osvaldo Pugliese , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Argentine pianist and tango composer
25th anniversary (Death)
Miklós Rózsa , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Hungarian-American composer (1907–1995)
25th anniversary (Death)
Johann Sebastian Bach , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, German composer (1685–1750)
270th anniversary (Death)
Riccardo Muti , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Italian conductor
80th anniversary (Birth)
John Barbirolli , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, British conductor and cellist (1899-1970)
50th anniversary (Death)
Herbert Kegel , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, German conductor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jonel Perlea , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, Romanian conductor (1900-1970)
50th anniversary (Death)
George Szell , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, American conductor
50th anniversary (Death)
Ljubo Kobal , Celebrations (July 2020), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)