2012, from day to day
2012. With other artists, Pierre Boulez, Claudio Abbado and James Horner influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Galina Vishnevskaya. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 2012 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 180 of these moments for 2012.
The year 2012 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Death of Alojz Zupan That year: 2012, Classical music, Slovene musician (1935-2012) (born in 1935)
02
Death of Helmut Müller-Brühl That year: 2012, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1933)
04
Death of Jiří Bárta That year: 2012, Classical music, Czech pianist and composer (1935-2012) (born in 1935)
05
Death of Hikaru Hayashi That year: 2012, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1931)
Death of Gordon W. Bowie That year: 2012, Classical music, Composer, conductor, trombonist (born in 1944)
08
Death of Alexis Weissenberg That year: 2012, Classical music, Bulgarian musician (born in 1929)
09
Death of Magda Marsay That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher (1927-2012) (born in 1927)
12
Death of Sadao Bekku That year: 2012, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1922)
16
Death of Gustav Leonhardt That year: 2012, Classical music, Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor (born in 1928)
20
Death of Ruthilde Boesch That year: 2012, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1918)
21
Death of Edouard Bartlett That year: 2012, Classical music (born in 1920)
22
Death of Rita Gorr That year: 2012, Classical music, Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano singer (born in 1926)
Death of Christa Maria Ziese That year: 2012, Classical music, German singer, opera singer and music educator (1924-2012) (born in 1924)
24
Death of Patricia Neway That year: 2012, Classical music, American operatic and musical theatre singer (1919-2012) (born in 1919)
25
Death of Paavo Berglund That year: 2012, Classical music, Finnish conductor and violinist (born in 1929)
26
Death of Robert Turner That year: 2012, Classical music, composer (1920-2012) (born in 1920)
29
Death of Camilla Williams That year: 2012, Classical music, American operatic soprano (1919-2012) (born in 1919)
Also in January
Death of Doris Brasch That year: 2012, Classical music, South African opera singer (born in 1929) . Death of John Jenkins That year: 2012, Classical music, conductor of the Treorchy Male Choir .
February
01
Death of Rimas Geniušas That year: 2012, Classical music, conductor, pianist (born in 1920)
Death of Andrij Dobriansky That year: 2012, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (1930–2012) (born in 1930)
05
Death of Jiang Ying That year: 2012, Classical music, Chinese singer (1919-2012) (born in 1919)
08
Death of Giangiacomo Guelfi That year: 2012, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1924-2012) (born in 1924)
10
Death of Edith Kertész-Gabry That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (1927-2012) (born in 1927)
12
Death of Elena Kittnarová That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1931)
15
Death of Charles Anthony That year: 2012, Classical music, American opera singer (1929-2012) (born in 1929)
16
Death of Ethel Stark That year: 2012, Classical music, Canadian violinist and conductor (1910–2012) (born in 1910)
18
Death of Elizabeth Connell That year: 2012, Classical music, South African-born operatic soprano (1946-2012) (born in 1946)
19
Death of Leonas Baltrus That year: 2012, Classical music, Lithuanian singer (1933-2012) (born in 1933)
22
Death of Giovanni Consiglio That year: 2012, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1923-2012) (born in 1923)
23
Death of Dmitri Nabokov That year: 2012, Classical music, Opera singer and author (born in 1934)
25
Death of Maurice Andrés That year: 2012, Classical music, French trumpeter born in Occitania (1933-2012) (born in 1933)
28
Premiere of Le diable dans le beffroi That year: 2012, Classical music (Song, lied), Claude Debussy
29
Death of Miloš Vacek That year: 2012, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1928)
March
06
Death of Nejiko Suwa That year: 2012, Classical music, Japanese classical violinist (1920–2012) (born in 1920)
07
Death of Tonka Stetic That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1923)
09
Death of Agustí Cohí Grau That year: 2012, Classical music, Spanish composer and educationist (1921-2012) (born in 1921)
10
Death of Pol Mule That year: 2012, Classical music, French conductor (1926-2012) (born in 1926)
14
Death of Margarete Sjöstedt That year: 2012, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1923)
21
Death of Heinz Imdahl That year: 2012, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1924-2012) (born in 1924)
25
Death of Anatoly Shevchenko That year: 2012, Classical music, musician and painter (1938-2012) (born in 1938)
27
Death of Irma Kolassi That year: 2012, Classical music, Greek singer and pianist (born in 1918)
28
Death of Alexander Arutiunian That year: 2012, Classical music, Armenian composer, pianist (born in 1920)
Also in March
Dissolution: Orchestre de chambre de Paris That year: 2012, Classical music .
April
02
Death of Szilárd Sziklavári That year: 2012, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (1980-2012) (born in 1980)
Death of Arne Tyrén That year: 2012, Classical music, Swedish singer (born in 1928)
03
Death of Yury Vlasenko That year: 2012, Classical music, musician (born in 1962)
09
Death of Neven Valent That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1964)
10
Death of Lili Chookasian That year: 2012, Classical music, American contralto opera singer (born in 1921)
Death of Gleb Serafimovich Sedelʹnikov That year: 2012, Classical music, Soviet composer and poet (1944-2012) (born in 1944)
12
Death of Stefánia Moldován That year: 2012, Classical music, Hungarian singer (1929-2012) (born in 1929)
Death of Hedy Fassler That year: 2012, Classical music, Austrian actor, singer and opera singer (1922-2012) (born in 1922)
13
Death of Margarita Lilova That year: 2012, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1935)
Death of Heinz Holecek That year: 2012, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1938)
Death of Eunice Alberts That year: 2012, Classical music, Contralto (born in 1927)
16
Death of Sári Barabás That year: 2012, Classical music, Hungarian operatic soprano (born in 1914)
17
Death of Milivoj Bacanovic That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1921)
20
Death of Leandra Overmann That year: 2012, Classical music, Serbian singer, opera singer and university teacher (1956-2012) (born in 1956)
23
Death of Veriano Luchetti That year: 2012, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1939)
Death of Igor Kuschpler That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1949)
24
Death of William Chapman That year: 2012, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1923)
May
02
Death of Claude Lefebvre That year: 2012, Classical music, composer and poet from France (born in 1931)
04
Death of Felix Werder That year: 2012, Classical music, Australian composer (1922–2012) (born in 1922)
08
Death of Roman Totenberg That year: 2012, Classical music, Polish-American musician (born in 1911)
14
Death of Derek Hammond-Stroud That year: 2012, Classical music, English opera singer (born in 1926)
16
Death of Maria Bieșu That year: 2012, Classical music, Moldovan opera singer (1935-2012) (born in 1935)
17
Death of France Clidat That year: 2012, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1932)
18
Death of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau That year: 2012, Classical music, German lyric baritone and conductor (1925-2012) (born in 1925)
28
Death of Judith Nelson That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (1939-2012) (born in 1939)
29
Death of Mark Minkov That year: 2012, Classical music, Russian music composer (1944-2012) (born in 1944)
31
Death of Sergey Popov That year: 2012, Classical music, trumpeter (born in 1914)
June
03
Death of Sergio Tedesco That year: 2012, Classical music, Italian actor, voice actor and tenor (born in 1928)
08
Death of Leonid Skirko That year: 2012, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1939)
16
Death of Klavdia Kudriashova That year: 2012, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1925-2012) (born in 1925)
22
Death of Maria Sigri That year: 2012, Classical music, Swiss opera singer (1908-2012) (born in 1908)
23
Death of Brigitte Engerer That year: 2012, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1952)
Death of Franz Crass That year: 2012, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1928)
24
Death of Jean Cox That year: 2012, Classical music, American operatic tenor (1922-2012) (born in 1922)
Death of Jacques Taddei That year: 2012, Classical music, French organist and pianist (1946-2012) (born in 1946)
28
Birth of Stelios Kerasidis That year: 2012, Classical music, Greek pianist and composer
29
Death of Werner Haseleu That year: 2012, Classical music, German musician, singer and opera singer (1935-2012) (born in 1935)
July
01
Death of Evelyn Lear That year: 2012, Classical music, American operatic soprano (1926-2012) (born in 1926)
06
Death of Dick Visser That year: 2012, Classical music, composer (born in 1926)
10
Death of Viktor Suslin That year: 2012, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1942)
17
Death of İlhan Mimaroğlu That year: 2012, Classical music, Turkish musician (born in 1926)
19
Death of Teresa May-Czyżowska That year: 2012, Classical music, Polish opera singer (1935-2012) (born in 1935)
Death of Eleonora Andreeva That year: 2012, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (born in 1930)
21
Death of Heinz Wehrle That year: 2012, Classical music, instrumentalist, composer (born in 1921)
22
Death of Nan Merriman That year: 2012, Classical music, American operatic mezzo-soprano singer (born in 1920)
24
Death of Florence Kopleff That year: 2012, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1924)
31
Dissolution: Barcarole That year: 2012, Classical music
August
01
Death of Douglas Townsend That year: 2012, Classical music, American classical composer (born in 1921)
02
Death of Mihaela Ursuleasa That year: 2012, Classical music, pianist (1978-2012) (born in 1978)
Death of Marguerite Piazza That year: 2012, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1921)
05
Death of Lubomír Procházka That year: 2012, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1922)
06
Death of Marvin Hamlisch That year: 2012, Classical music, American composer and conductor (1944-2012) (born in 1944)
Death of Ruggiero Ricci That year: 2012, Classical music, American classical violinist (born in 1918)
07
Death of Karl Helm That year: 2012, Classical music, German opera singer (1938-2012) (born in 1938)
Death of Noreen Berry That year: 2012, Classical music, South African opera singer (born in 1931)
16
Death of Bystrík Režucha That year: 2012, Classical music, Slovak conductor (born in 1935)
23
Death of Marlise Wendels That year: 2012, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1923)
24
Death of Elisabeth Schärtel That year: 2012, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1919)
27
Death of Mirela Zafiri That year: 2012, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (born in 1971)
29
Death of Anne McKnight That year: 2012, Classical music, operatic singer from the US (born in 1924)
September
01
Death of Amanda Thane That year: 2012, Classical music, Australian opera singer (born in 1953)
02
Death of Emmanuel Nunes That year: 2012, Classical music, Portuguese composer and music teacher (born in 1941)
07
Death of Pierre Duré That year: 2012, Classical music, Belgian singer (1946-2012) (born in 1946)
17
Death of Jean Wallet That year: 2012, Classical music, organist (born in 1930)
18
Death of Leo Goeke That year: 2012, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1937)
21
Death of Zdzisław Nikodem That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1931)
22
Death of Grigory Frid That year: 2012, Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer (1915—2012) (born in 1915)
24
Death of Helena Salonius That year: 2012, Classical music, actor (1930-2012) (born in 1930)
25
Death of Miguel Ángel Fúster Coll That year: 2012, Classical music, Composer of soundtracks (1933-2012) (born in 1933)
29
Death of Dušan Vrchoslav That year: 2012, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and educator (born in 1924)
30
Death of Walter Wilhelm Dicks That year: 2012, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1913)
Also in September
Inception: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra That year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America) .
October
04
Death of David Atkinson That year: 2012, Classical music, Canadian opera singer and musical theatre actor (1921-2012) (born in 1921)
08
Death of Michel Schwalbé That year: 2012, Classical music, Polish violinist and concertmaster (born in 1919)
12
Death of Geraldine Mucha That year: 2012, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1917)
22
Death of Henry Peyrottes That year: 2012, Classical music, French singer (1927-2012) (born in 1927)
24
Death of Vera Little That year: 2012, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano (born in 1928)
Death of Jonas Jocys That year: 2012, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (1929-2012) (born in 1929)
27
Death of Hans Werner Henze That year: 2012, Classical music, German composer (1926–2012) (born in 1926)
Death of Nada Ruždjak That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1934)
Death of Diva Pieranti That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1930)
28
Death of Karl-Friedrich Hölzke That year: 2012, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1920)
31
Death of Zdenko Mikula That year: 2012, Classical music, composer, conductor (born in 1916)
November
03
Death of Anne-Lise Berntsen That year: 2012, Classical music, Norwegian soprano (born in 1943)
05
Death of Elliott Carter That year: 2012, Classical music, American composer (born in 1908)
06
Death of Carmen Martínez Sierra That year: 2012, Classical music, Spanish actress (1904-2012) (born in 1904)
21
Death of Mladen Bašić That year: 2012, Classical music, Croatian conductor (born in 1917)
25
Death of Simeon ten Holt That year: 2012, Classical music, Dutch modern classical composer (1923-2012) (born in 1923)
26
Death of Suzanne Joly That year: 2012, Classical music, French pianist (1914-2012) (born in 1914)
28
Death of Gloria Davy That year: 2012, Classical music, singer (1931-2012) (born in 1931)
Death of Franco Ventriglia That year: 2012, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1922)
December
02
Death of Maria Fołtyn That year: 2012, Classical music, Polish singer, opera singer and music educator (born in 1924)
03
Death of Helena Vinkka That year: 2012, Classical music, Finnish opera singer and actress (born in 1925)
04
Death of Jonathan Harvey That year: 2012, Classical music, British composer (1939-2012) (born in 1939)
08
Death of George Pappas That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (bass) (born in 1938)
09
Death of Charles Rosen That year: 2012, Classical music, American pianist and writer on music (born in 1927)
10
Death of Lisa della Della Casa That year: 2012, Classical music, Swiss soprano (1919-2012) (born in 1919)
Death of Diane Loomer That year: 2012, Classical music, conductor (born in 1940)
11
Death of Galina Vishnevskaya That year: 2012, Classical music, Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist (born in 1926)
Death of Toni Blankenheim That year: 2012, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1921)
14
Death of Claude Abravanel That year: 2012, Classical music, Swiss-Israeli pianist and composer (born in 1924)
18
Death of Beatrisa Okulova That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (born in 1938)
20
Death of Victor Merzhanov That year: 2012, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1919)
24
Death of Richard Rodney Bennett That year: 2012, Classical music, British composer and pianist (1936-2012) (born in 1936)
Death of Christer Solén That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1939)
28
Death of John Carol Case That year: 2012, Classical music, English baritone (1923-2012) (born in 1923)
This was also in 2012
Inception: Il Pomo d'Oro That year: 2012, Classical music. Inauguration: Stavanger Konserthus That year: 2012, Classical music (Stavanger Municipality, Norway). Inception: Insula Orchestra That year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: Leonore Piano Trio That year: 2012, Classical music. Dissolution: Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 2012, Classical music (Bulgaria). Inauguration: Ziggo Dome That year: 2012, Classical music (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Death of Licinio Montefusco That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1936) . Inception: National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America That year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Gjenovefa Heba That year: 2012, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1933) . Inception: Royal Mail Choir That year: 2012, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: On Site Opera That year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Ensemble Supersonus That year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: Games Maker Choir That year: 2012, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Busch Trio That year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: The Clare Memory Orchestra That year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: Ensemble Desmarest That year: 2012, Classical music (France). Inception: Dresdner Festspielorchester That year: 2012, Classical music (Germany). Inception: Opera Lyrica That year: 2012, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Limburgs Symfonie Orkest That year: 2012, Classical music. Closing: Stadttheater Mönchengladbach That year: 2012, Classical music (Mönchengladbach, Germany). Inception: Mill City Summer Opera That year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Gezeitenkonzerte in Ostfriesland That year: 2012, Classical music (Lower Saxony, Germany). Inception: Quatuor Van Kuijk That year: 2012, Classical music (France). Dissolution: Wisconsin Cream City Chorus That year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Triptyq That year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Irena Jurkiewicz That year: 2012, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1932) . Inception: I Giardini That year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: British Paraorchestra That year: 2012, Classical music (United Kingdom). Dissolution: Orchestra Nova San Diego That year: 2012, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Rewire Festival That year: 2012, Classical music (The Hague, Netherlands). Dissolution: Florestan Trio That year: 2012, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Mili That year: 2012, Classical music (Japan). Inception: ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 2012, Classical music. Inception: Quatuor Giardini That year: 2012, Classical music.