2004, from day to day
2004. With other artists, Mikis Theodorakis, Paco de Lucía and Giya Kancheli influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Jerry Goldsmith. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Piano Concerto No. 2, “After Lewis and Clark”” de Philip Glass, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 2004 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 210 of these moments for 2004.
The year 2004 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
02
Death of Etta Moten Barnett That year: 2004, Classical music, American singer, actress, activist (1901-2004) (born in 1901)
Death of Francis Bayer That year: 2004, Classical music, French composer and musicologist (born in 1938)
04
Death of Norman Platt That year: 2004, Classical music, British conductor (1920-2004) (born in 1920)
08
Death of Ivo Jirásek That year: 2004, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer (1920-2004) (born in 1920)
11
Death of Sylvie Pécot-Douatte That year: 2004, Classical music, performer (born in 1957)
Death of Johannes Lükki That year: 2004, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (born in 1913)
14
Death of Joaquín Nin-Culmell That year: 2004, Classical music, American composer and pianist of Cuban descent (1908-2004) (born in 1908)
Birth of Paul Ji That year: 2004, Classical music, American-Chinese pianist
17
Birth of Antony Fragakis That year: 2004, Classical music, Greek musician
18
Death of Gérard Jarry That year: 2004, Classical music, violinist (born in 1936)
Death of David Hite That year: 2004, Classical music, clarinetist (1923-2004) (born in 1923)
Death of Giuse Gerbino That year: 2004, Classical music, Italian operatic mezzo-soprano (1925-2004) (born in 1925)
20
Death of François-Louis Deschamps That year: 2004, Classical music, Belgian singer (1919-2004) (born in 1919)
27
Inauguration: Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall That year: 2004, Classical music (Baku, Azerbaijan)
28
Death of Esther Réthy That year: 2004, Classical music, (1912–2004) singer (born in 1912)
29
Death of Serafim Tulikov That year: 2004, Classical music, Russian composer (1914-2004) (born in 1914)
February
01
Death of Juan Carlos Gebelin That year: 2004, Classical music, Lyric singer (born in 1937)
02
Death of William McAlpine That year: 2004, Classical music, British tenor (born in 1922)
05
Death of Birutė Almonaitytė That year: 2004, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (born in 1934)
08
Death of Gérard Serkoyan That year: 2004, Classical music, French opera singer (1922-2004) (born in 1922)
20
Death of Ørnulf Gulbransen That year: 2004, Classical music, Norwegian musician (born in 1916)
22
Birth of Shannon Rioux-Smith That year: 2004, Classical music, composer
24
Death of Virtú Maragno That year: 2004, Classical music, Argentinian composer (born in 1928)
27
Inception: Orquesta Sinfónica de Yucatán That year: 2004, Classical music (Mexico)
29
Death of Witold Rudziński That year: 2004, Classical music, Polish conductor and composer (born in 1913)
March
01
Death of Massimo de Bernart That year: 2004, Classical music, Italian conductor (born in 1950)
11
Death of Jiří Berdych That year: 2004, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer (1931-2004) (born in 1931)
15
Death of Eva Likova That year: 2004, Classical music, Czech -born American operatic soprano singer (born in 1919)
16
Death of Vilém Tauský That year: 2004, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer (1910-2004) (born in 1910)
18
Death of Erna Spoorenberg That year: 2004, Classical music, Dutch singer and opera singer (1926-2004) (born in 1926)
19
Death of Alice Samter That year: 2004, Classical music, German composer (born in 1908)
20
Death of Bernhard Christensen That year: 2004, Classical music, Danish musician (1906-2004) (born in 1906)
26
Death of Vladimir Ivanovsky That year: 2004, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1912-2004) (born in 1912)
27
Birth of Amira Willighagen That year: 2004, Classical music, Dutch-South African singer
Death of H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins That year: 2004, Classical music, British chemist and psychologist (1923-2004) (born in 1923)
Death of Alė Kalvaitytė That year: 2004, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (born in 1908)
28
Death of Maliq Herri That year: 2004, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1923)
Death of Howard Mawson That year: 2004, Classical music, Canadian singer and opera singer (1920-2004) (born in 1920)
Also in March
Death of Janina Garścia That year: 2004, Classical music, Polish composer (1920-2004) (born in 1920) .
April
01
Death of Annette Daniels That year: 2004, Classical music, singer (1961-2004) (born in 1961)
02
Birth of Hayden Roberts That year: 2004, Classical music, composer
04
Death of Nikita Bogoslovsky That year: 2004, Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer, conductor, pianist, writer (born in 1913)
06
Death of Ruth Stuber Jeanne That year: 2004, Classical music, Classical Percussionist (born in 1910)
08
Death of Peter Elvins That year: 2004, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1934)
10
Death of Marita Napier That year: 2004, Classical music, South African singer (born in 1939)
11
Death of Paul Hamburger That year: 2004, Classical music, British musician (born in 1920)
16
Death of Vlada Mikštaitė That year: 2004, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1924)
21
Death of Tui St. George Tucker That year: 2004, Classical music, American composer (1924-2004) (born in 1924)
25
Death of Margot Guilleaume That year: 2004, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1910)
Death of Gisela Scherzer-Rening That year: 2004, Classical music, German actress (born in 1925)
29
Death of Emil Klein That year: 2004, Classical music, Romanian conductor (born in 1955)
30
Death of Boris Piergamienszczikow That year: 2004, Classical music, Russian composer and musician (born in 1948)
May
02
Death of Aldo Bertocci That year: 2004, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1915)
05
Death of František Sláma That year: 2004, Classical music, Czech music educator, educator and violoncellist (born in 1923)
Death of Maurice Allard That year: 2004, Classical music, French musician (1923-2004) (born in 1923)
15
Death of Marius Constant That year: 2004, Classical music, French composer (1925-2004) (born in 1925)
16
Death of Riccardo Brengola That year: 2004, Classical music, Italian violinist and music teacher (1917-2004) (born in 1917)
17
Death of Susana Baron Supervielle That year: 2004, Classical music, Argentinian composer (born in 1910)
23
Death of Adele Leigh That year: 2004, Classical music, British operatic soprano (1928-2004) (born in 1928)
25
Death of Ludmilla Issakova That year: 2004, Classical music, music teacher, opera singer (born in 1924)
27
Death of Denis ApIvor That year: 2004, Classical music, British composer (born in 1916)
31
Death of Pierre Duval That year: 2004, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1932)
June
02
Death of Nicolai Ghiaurov That year: 2004, Classical music, opera singer (1929-2004) (born in 1929)
04
Death of Vladislav Uspensky That year: 2004, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1937)
05
Death of Iona Brown That year: 2004, Classical music, British violinist and conductor (born in 1941)
13
Death of Mary LeSawyer That year: 2004, Classical music, singer (born in 1917)
19
Death of Peter Guth That year: 2004, Classical music, concertmaster (born in 1953)
23
Birth of Alexandra Trusova That year: 2004, Classical music, Russian figure skater (born 2004)
24
Death of Trudeliese Schmidt That year: 2004, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1941)
25
Death of Tigran Levonyan That year: 2004, Classical music, opera singer, actor, director (born in 1936)
27
Death of Fausto Romitelli That year: 2004, Classical music, Italian composer (1963-2004) (born in 1963)
Also in June
Inception: The Heritage Orchestra That year: 2004, Classical music (United Kingdom) .
July
01
Death of Todor Skalovski That year: 2004, Classical music, Macedonian composer, choir and orchestra conductor (born in 1909)
03
Death of Kemble Stout That year: 2004, Classical music, composer (born in 1916)
04
Death of Jean-Marie Auberson That year: 2004, Classical music, Swiss musician (born in 1920)
Death of Jean-Louis Florentz That year: 2004, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1947)
05
Death of Tapani Valtasaari That year: 2004, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1941)
06
Death of Pavel Lisitsian That year: 2004, Classical music, Russian singer (1911-2004) (born in 1911)
Death of Arkadij Sawczenko That year: 2004, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1936-2004) (born in 1936)
13
Death of Carlos Kleiber That year: 2004, Classical music, German-born Austrian conductor (born in 1930)
14
Death of Bianca Berini That year: 2004, Classical music, Italian mezzo-soprano (born in 1928)
Death of Gábor Andrássy That year: 2004, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (1943-2004) (born in 1943)
15
Death of Yoko Watanabe That year: 2004, Classical music, singer (1953-2004) (born in 1953)
18
Death of Ksenija Vidali That year: 2004, Classical music, musician, opera singer, music teacher (born in 1913)
21
Death of Jerry Goldsmith That year: 2004, Classical music, American film composer (1929–2004) (born in 1929)
23
Death of Carlos Paredes That year: 2004, Classical music, Portuguese musician (born in 1925)
Death of Ferry Gruber That year: 2004, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1926)
24
Death of Claude Ballif That year: 2004, Classical music, French composer (born in 1924)
26
Death of Gloria Agostini That year: 2004, Classical music, Canadian harpist and teacher (born in 1923)
30
Death of Jan Hanuš That year: 2004, Classical music, Czech composer (1915-2004) (born in 1915)
August
09
Death of Bogusław Madey That year: 2004, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1932)
10
Death of Václav Lídl That year: 2004, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1922)
11
Death of Mária Kišonová-Hubová That year: 2004, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer and music educator (born in 1915)
Death of Vladilen Grigorevitsj Gritsjuk That year: 2004, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1933)
13
Death of Stefan Dimitrov That year: 2004, Classical music, Bulgarian singer (1939-2004) (born in 1939)
Death of Sei Ikeno That year: 2004, Classical music, Japanese composer (1931-2004) (born in 1931)
15
Death of Semiha Berksoy That year: 2004, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (born in 1910)
17
Death of Gérard Souzay That year: 2004, Classical music, French opera singer (1918-2004) (born in 1918)
18
Death of Elmer Bernstein That year: 2004, Classical music, American composer and conductor (1922-2004) (born in 1922)
29
Death of Hans Vonk That year: 2004, Classical music, Dutch conductor (1942-2004) (born in 1942)
September
01
Death of Delkash That year: 2004, Classical music, Iranian musician (1924-2004) (born in 1924)
02
Death of Kieth Engen That year: 2004, Classical music, singer (born in 1925)
03
Death of André Dumortier That year: 2004, Classical music, Belgian musician (born in 1910)
04
Death of William Zakariasen That year: 2004, Classical music, American opera singer (1930-2004) (born in 1930)
05
Death of Vaska Bidzhova That year: 2004, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1924)
15
Death of Gunilla Söderström That year: 2004, Classical music, Swedish actress (born in 1943)
19
Death of Kenneth Sandford That year: 2004, Classical music, British actor and opera singer (1924-2004) (born in 1924)
27
Death of Fred Nachbaur That year: 2004, Classical music, composer (born in 1951)
28
Death of István Ruha That year: 2004, Classical music, Romanian-born Hungarian violinist (born in 1931)
29
Death of Heinz Wallberg That year: 2004, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1923)
October
05
Death of Magafur Khismatullin That year: 2004, Classical music, Soviet Bashkir singer (born in 1915)
14
Death of Rohan Joseph de Saram That year: 2004, Classical music, Sri Lankan musician (1953-2004) (born in 1953)
16
Death of Jon Bratt Otnes That year: 2004, Classical music, Norwegian diplomat and opera singer (born in 1919)
17
Death of Rudolf Alari That year: 2004, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (1911-2004) (born in 1911)
19
Death of Urszula Mitrega That year: 2004, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1948)
20
Death of William Brown That year: 2004, Classical music, African-American operatic tenor (born in 1938)
23
Death of Robert Merrill That year: 2004, Classical music, American opera singer (1917-2004) (born in 1917)
26
Death of Ricardo Odnoposoff That year: 2004, Classical music, Argentine-born violinist (1914-2004) (born in 1914)
27
Death of Claude Helffer That year: 2004, Classical music, French musician (born in 1922)
28
Death of Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster That year: 2004, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1916)
29
Death of Pierre Thibaud That year: 2004, Classical music, French trumpeter and music educator (born in 1929)
31
Death of Egon Schulz That year: 2004, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1934)
November
08
Death of Bruno Bettinelli That year: 2004, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1913)
09
Death of Ravil Martynov That year: 2004, Classical music, Russian conductor (1946–2004) (born in 1946)
16
Death of Massimo Freccia That year: 2004, Classical music, American conductor (1906-2004) (born in 1906)
21
Death of Zina Krelja That year: 2004, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1925)
26
Death of Phyllis Mailing That year: 2004, Classical music, Canadian mezzo-soprano (born in 1929)
28
Birth of Andrew Farn That year: 2004, Classical music, composer
Also in November
Inauguration: Bizkaia Arena That year: 2004, Classical music (Barakaldo, Spain) .
December
02
Death of Vladimir Filippov That year: 2004, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1920-2004) (born in 1920)
03
Death of Marek Stachowski That year: 2004, Classical music, Polish composer and music teacher (1936-2004) (born in 1936)
Death of Aleksandrs Daškovs That year: 2004, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1914-2004) (born in 1914)
04
Death of Elena Souliotis That year: 2004, Classical music, Greek operatic soprano singer (1943-2004) (born in 1943)
05
Death of Giuseppe Campora That year: 2004, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1923-2004) (born in 1923)
12
Death of Sheila Jones Harms That year: 2004, Classical music, singer (born in 1931)
15
Death of Sidonie Goossens That year: 2004, Classical music, British musician (born in 1899)
Death of Nüzhet Öyken That year: 2004, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (born in 1946)
17
Inauguration: Sage Gateshead That year: 2004, Classical music (Gateshead, United Kingdom)
19
Death of Renata Tebaldi That year: 2004, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1922)
28
Death of Noni Žunec That year: 2004, Classical music, Slovene opera singer (born in 1921)
This was also in 2004
Inauguration: Theater Magdeburg That year: 2004, Classical music (Magdeburg, Germany). Inauguration: ARTSaha! That year: 2004, Classical music (Omaha, United States of America). Inception: Opera Company of Middlebury That year: 2004, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Taplow Choirs That year: 2004, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Bray Youth Choir That year: 2004, Classical music. Inception: Artists' Vocal Ensemble That year: 2004, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Wollongong Symphony Orchestra That year: 2004, Classical music (Australia). Inception: Quatuor Voce That year: 2004, Classical music. Inauguration: Festliche Tage Neuer Musik That year: 2004, Classical music (Brunswick, Germany). Death of Hans Herbert Fiedler That year: 2004, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1907) . Inception: Bulgarian Children's Chorus and School Gergana, New York That year: 2004, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Gümüşlük International Classical Music Festival That year: 2004, Classical music (Bodrum, Turkey). Inauguration: The Princeton Festival That year: 2004, Classical music (Princeton Meadows, United States of America). Inception: CBSO Youth Orchestra That year: 2004, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Ibrahim Tukiçi That year: 2004, Classical music, Albanian singer (born in 1926) . Birth of Ezra Anderson That year: 2004, Classical music, composer . Inception: Soul Sounds That year: 2004, Classical music. Dissolution: The Women's Philharmonic That year: 2004, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Barocco sempre giovane That year: 2004, Classical music. Inception: Accessible Contemporary Music That year: 2004, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Michel Debost That year: 2004, Classical music, French musician (born in 1934) . Inception: Swansea City Opera That year: 2004, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Trio Talweg That year: 2004, Classical music. Inauguration: Nox Illuminata That year: 2004, Classical music (Basel, Switzerland). Inauguration: Lavaux Classic That year: 2004, Classical music (Cully, Switzerland). Death of John McHugh That year: 2004, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1911) . Inception: Northern Spirit That year: 2004, Classical music. Inception: Eden Sinfonia That year: 2004, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Kenyan Boys Choir That year: 2004, Classical music. Inception: Vox Luminis That year: 2004, Classical music (Belgium). Inception: Vienna Girls' Choir That year: 2004, Classical music (Austria). Inception: Lake Murray Symphony Orchestra That year: 2004, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Alfred Orda That year: 2004, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1915) . Inception: Trilogy: An Opera Company That year: 2004, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Quatuor Tana That year: 2004, Classical music. Inauguration: Musique des Lumières That year: 2004, Classical music (Sorèze, France). Inception: Van Baerle Trio That year: 2004, Classical music. Inception: Ensemble Santenay That year: 2004, Classical music (Germany). Inception: La Rêveuse That year: 2004, Classical music (France). Inauguration: Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Hall That year: 2004, Classical music (Katedralna, Poland). Inception: Opera Gold That year: 2004, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Orchestra Mozart Academy That year: 2004, Classical music. Inception: The 5 Browns That year: 2004, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Second Movement Opera That year: 2004, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Anneli Aarika-Szrok That year: 2004, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1924) . Inception: Manhattan Piano Trio That year: 2004, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: MusicAeterna That year: 2004, Classical music. Inauguration: East Neuk Festival That year: 2004, Classical music (East Neuk, United Kingdom). Inception: Orchestra Mozart That year: 2004, Classical music. Inception: Amiina That year: 2004, Classical music (Iceland). Inception: Les Dissonances That year: 2004, Classical music (France). Inauguration: Musique de chambre à Giverny That year: 2004, Classical music (Giverny, France). Inception: Skipton Building Society Camerata That year: 2004, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: L'Armonia Sonora That year: 2004, Classical music. Inception: Camerata Klaipėda That year: 2004, Classical music. Inception: Cello Fury That year: 2004, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Viktor Galkin That year: 2004, Classical music, Russian hornist (born in 1947) . Death of Jovan Šajnović That year: 2004, Classical music, Serbian conductor (born in 1924) . Inception: CityMusic Cleveland That year: 2004, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: OrgelArena That year: 2004, Classical music (Thuringia, Germany). Inception: Chelsea Opera That year: 2004, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Ensemble Cinquecento That year: 2004, Classical music (Austria). Inception: Discovery Gospel Choir That year: 2004, Classical music. Inauguration: Great Mountains Music Festival & School That year: 2004, Classical music (Pyeongchang County, South Korea). Death of Angelika Harutyunyan That year: 2004, Classical music, Soviet singer (born in 1926) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen (age 76)
- Klavierstück XVIII, Op. 73 2/3 (Work for soloist)
- Mittwoch-Formel, Op. 73 1/2 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Philip Glass (1937-0000)
- Piano Concerto No. 2, “After Lewis and Clark” (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Orion (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (Film score)
- Secret Window (Film score)
- Taking Lives (Film score)
- Undertow (Film score)