March 2023: 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 2023 : essential commemorations
2023 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In March 2023, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Pierre-Jean Garat (200th anniversary, Death), Karl Adolf Lorenz (100th anniversary, Death), Dora Pejačević (100th anniversary, Death), Stella Czajkowska (100th anniversary, Birth), Nikos Zaccaria (100th anniversary, Birth).
There are many more: 1923, 1823, 1723...
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. April 2023? ... In a year? March 2024...
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Day by day, all celebrations for March 2023
Opera
“Der Karneval in Rom”, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music
Premiere in 1873 (150th anniversary)
Girolamo Frescobaldi, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Italian composer (1583–1643)
380th anniversary (Death)
Pierre-Jean Garat, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, French singer
200th anniversary (Death)
Goffredo Petrassi, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Italian composer
20th anniversary (Death)
Karl Adolf Lorenz, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Alexis de Castillon, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, French composer
150th anniversary (Death)
Paul Kletzki, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, conductor and composer from Poland
50th anniversary (Death)
Sergei Prokofiev, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Ukrainian & Russian Soviet pianist and composer
70th anniversary (Death)
Dora Pejačević, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Croatian composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Opera
“La traviata”, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music
Premiere in 1853 (170th anniversary)
Teatro La Fenice
Igor Markevitch, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Ukrainian conductor and composer
40th anniversary (Death)
William Walton, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, English composer
40th anniversary (Death)
Stella Czajkowska, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Work for choir
“Joshua”, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music
Premiere in 1748 (275th anniversary)
Nikos Zaccaria, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Greek opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Vladimir Vavilov, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Russian guitarist, lutenist and composer
50th anniversary (Death)
Work for chamber orchestra
“Fanfare for the Common Man”, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music
Premiere in 1943 (80th anniversary)
Norbert Brainin, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Austrian musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Teresa Berganza, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Spanish mezzo-soprano
90th anniversary (Birth)
Lillian Blauvelt, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, operatic soprano singer (1873-1947)
150th anniversary (Birth)
Heinz Wallberg, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, German conductor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Dimitry Markevitch, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Russian musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Lauritz Melchior, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Danish opera singer (1890-1973)
50th anniversary (Death)
Eduardo García Berges, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Spanish singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Work for orchestra
“Bride of Messina overture, Op. 100”, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music
Premiere in 1803 (220th anniversary)
Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar
Max Reger, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, German composer, pianist and conductor
150th anniversary (Birth)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor
150th anniversary (Birth)
Helen Landis ((1923-2015)), Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, English opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Peter Pratt, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, British opera singer and actor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, English composer and impresario of musical theatre (born 1948)
75th anniversary (Birth)
José Sosa Esquivel, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Mexican opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Johann Gottfried Walther, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, German musician and composer
275th anniversary (Death)
Noël Coward, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer (1899-1973)
50th anniversary (Death)
Giannina Russ, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, singer
150th anniversary (Birth)
Rudolf Serkin, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Concert Pianist
120th anniversary (Birth)
Johann Christoph Bach I, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, German composer and organist
320th anniversary (Death)
Domenico Donzelli, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Italian opera singer
150th anniversary (Death)
Clemens Krauss, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, Austrian conductor
130th anniversary (Birth)
Kurt Thomas, Celebrations (March 2023), Classical music, German composer, conductor, music educator
50th anniversary (Death)