2018, from day to day
2018. With other artists, Krzysztof Penderecki, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Stephen Sondheim influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Montserrat Caballé. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 2018 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 140 of these moments for 2018.
The year 2018 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
03
Death of Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva That year: 2018, Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator (born in 1930)
09
Death of Aleksandr Vedernikov That year: 2018, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (1927-2018) (born in 1927)
12
Death of Pierre Pincemaille That year: 2018, Classical music, French organist (born in 1956)
14
Death of François Morel That year: 2018, Classical music, Canadian classical music composer and educator (born in 1926)
17
Death of Ernő Tálas That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1926)
26
Death of Igor Zhukov That year: 2018, Classical music, Russian pianist and conductor (1936-2018) (born in 1936)
30
Death of James McCray That year: 2018, Classical music, American opera singer (1934-2018) (born in 1934)
Death of Andrzej Malinowski That year: 2018, Classical music, Polish opera singer (1949-2018) (born in 1949)
February
02
Death of Zinaida Didenko That year: 2018, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (1938-2018) (born in 1938)
09
Death of Jóhann Jóhannsson That year: 2018, Classical music, Icelandic musician and composer (born in 1969)
10
Death of Raimund Herincx That year: 2018, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1927)
15
Death of Tamara Nizhnikova That year: 2018, Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator (born in 1925)
Death of Milan Křížek That year: 2018, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1926)
18
Death of Elahiu von Erlenbach That year: 2018, Classical music, conductor (born in 1965)
19
Death of Evžen Zámečník That year: 2018, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, music educator and composer (1939-2018) (born in 1939)
27
Death of Hartmut Bauer That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1939)
March
02
Death of Jesús López Cobos That year: 2018, Classical music, Spanish conductor (1940-2018) (born in 1940)
Death of Tahir Akber That year: 2018, Classical music, composer, singer, lecturer (born in 1946)
03
Death of Virgilijus Noreika That year: 2018, Classical music, Lithuanian singer (born in 1935)
04
Death of Klaus K. Hübler That year: 2018, Classical music, composer (1956-2018) (born in 1956)
05
Death of Kjerstin Dellert That year: 2018, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1925)
08
Death of Milko Kelemen That year: 2018, Classical music, Croatian composer (1924-2018) (born in 1924)
13
Death of Olly Wilson That year: 2018, Classical music, African American composer (1937-2018) (born in 1937)
16
Death of Otomar Kvěch That year: 2018, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and university educator (1950-2018) (born in 1950)
20
Death of Dejan Bravničar That year: 2018, Classical music, Slovenian musician (1937-2018) (born in 1937)
Death of Ariel Bybee That year: 2018, Classical music, singer (1943-2018) (born in 1943)
24
Death of José Antonio de Abreu That year: 2018, Classical music, Venezuelan musician (1939-2018) (born in 1939)
Death of John Hsu That year: 2018, Classical music, American academic (born in 1931)
26
Death of Hermann Keller That year: 2018, Classical music, German pianist (born in 1945)
April
01
Death of Michel Sénéchal That year: 2018, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1927)
06
Death of Sevda Aydan That year: 2018, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (born in 1930)
09
Death of Ruth Stewart That year: 2018, Classical music, American singer (born in 1916)
10
Death of Viliam Karmažin That year: 2018, Classical music, Slovak composer and conductor (born in 1922)
13
Death of Zbigniew Bujarski That year: 2018, Classical music, Polish composer (1933–2018) (born in 1933)
14
Death of Jean-Claude Malgoire That year: 2018, Classical music, French musician (1940-2018) (born in 1940)
Death of Pavlina Apostolova That year: 2018, Classical music, Yugoslav opera singer (born in 1927)
21
Death of Huguette Tourangeau That year: 2018, Classical music, French-Canadian operatic mezzo-soprano (born in 1938)
26
Death of Donald Whitton That year: 2018, Classical music, Canadian classical cellist (born in 1923)
27
Death of Maýa Gulyýewa That year: 2018, Classical music, Soviet and Turkmen opera singer and actress (1920–2018) (born in 1920)
May
01
Death of Wanda Wiłkomirska That year: 2018, Classical music, Polish classical violinist and academic teacher (1929--2018) (born in 1929)
02
Death of Herman Krebbers That year: 2018, Classical music, Dutch musician (born in 1923)
04
Death of Jeffrey Lawton That year: 2018, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1939)
13
Death of Glenn Branca That year: 2018, Classical music, American composer and guitarist (1948-2018) (born in 1948)
20
Death of Dieter Schnebel That year: 2018, Classical music, German composer (1930-2018) (born in 1930)
Death of Hristina Angelakova That year: 2018, Classical music, Bulgarian female opera singer (1944-2018) (born in 1944)
25
Death of Piet Kee That year: 2018, Classical music, Dutch organist and composer (born in 1927)
28
Death of Mati Palm That year: 2018, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (born in 1942)
29
Death of Shūya Matsushita That year: 2018, Classical music, Japanese cellist (1929-2018) (born in 1929)
Also in May
Death of Vincenzo Manno That year: 2018, Classical music, American tenor (1949-2018) (born in 1949) .
June
03
Death of Isabelle Andréani That year: 2018, Classical music, French mezzo-soprano (born in 1923)
09
Death of Crawford Gates That year: 2018, Classical music, American composer (born in 1921)
Death of Kristine Ciesinski That year: 2018, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1952)
10
Death of Neal E. Boyd That year: 2018, Classical music, American opera singer, winner of Season 3 of America's Got Talent (1975-2018) (born in 1975)
12
Death of Bonaldo Giaiotti That year: 2018, Classical music, Italian operatic bass (born in 1932)
16
Death of Gennady Rozhdestvensky That year: 2018, Classical music, Russian conductor and composer (1931-2018) (born in 1931)
Death of Bjørn Lie-Hansen That year: 2018, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (1937-2018) (born in 1937)
Death of Ryszard Wrzaskala That year: 2018, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1932)
18
Death of Barry McDaniel That year: 2018, Classical music, American baritone (1930-2018) (born in 1930)
29
Death of Franz Beyer That year: 2018, Classical music, musicologist, viola player (1922-2018) (born in 1922)
30
Death of Claudio Desderi That year: 2018, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1943)
July
08
Death of Oliver Knussen That year: 2018, Classical music, British composer and conductor (1952-2018) (born in 1952)
17
Death of Katharina Dau That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1944)
18
Death of Izabella Nawe-Spychalska That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1943)
25
Death of Guy Fallot That year: 2018, Classical music, French cellist (1927-2018) (born in 1927)
30
Death of Khayyam Mirzazade That year: 2018, Classical music, film score composer (born in 1935)
August
01
Death of Gaqo Çako That year: 2018, Classical music, musical artist (1935-2018) (born in 1935)
03
Death of Michèle Le Bris That year: 2018, Classical music, French soprano (born in 1935)
04
Death of Romuald Spychalski That year: 2018, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1928)
14
Death of Valentina Levko That year: 2018, Classical music, Russian opera and chamber singer (born in 1926)
Death of Teo Maiste That year: 2018, Classical music, Estonian opera singer and actor (1932-2018) (born in 1932)
15
Death of Marie-Françoise Bucquet That year: 2018, Classical music, French classical pianist (born in 1937)
25
Death of Noam Sheriff That year: 2018, Classical music, Israeli composer (born in 1935)
26
Death of Inge Borkh That year: 2018, Classical music, German soprano (born in 1921)
Death of Hideyuki Nishimura That year: 2018, Classical music, Japanese bass vocalist, choir conductor, and composer (born in 1976)
Also in August
Death of Arthur Davies That year: 2018, Classical music, Welsh tenor singer (born in 1941) . Death of Ruth Hesse That year: 2018, Classical music, German operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto (born in 1936) .
September
01
Death of Carlo Cava That year: 2018, Classical music, bas (1928-2018) (born in 1928)
04
Death of Roman Maiboroda That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1943)
06
Death of Claudio Scimone That year: 2018, Classical music, Italian conductor (1934-2018) (born in 1934)
16
Death of Isao Matsushita That year: 2018, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1951)
Death of Mikhail Lukonin That year: 2018, Classical music, Russian opera singer (1959-2018) (born in 1959)
18
Death of Piotr Lachert That year: 2018, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1938)
Death of David DiChiera That year: 2018, Classical music, American composer and opera manager (1935-2018) (born in 1935)
24
Death of Vicente Bianchi Alarcón That year: 2018, Classical music, Chilean pianist, composer and chef (born in 1920)
Death of Terry Moore That year: 2018, Classical music, Canadian broadcaster, actor, opera singer, author, and television personality (born in 1936)
25
Death of Vladimir Bukin That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1950)
October
03
Death of Bent Lorentzen That year: 2018, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1935)
06
Death of Montserrat Caballé That year: 2018, Classical music, Spanish operatic soprano (born in 1933)
Inauguration: Haus der Musik Innsbruck That year: 2018, Classical music (Innsbruck, Austria)
07
Death of Hildegard Hillebrecht That year: 2018, Classical music, German operatic soprano (1927-2018) (born in 1927)
12
Death of Vladimir Gaykov That year: 2018, Classical music, russian musician (born in 1945)
Death of Nada Zrimšek-Slana That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1930)
21
Death of Gaël Liardon That year: 2018, Classical music, composer (born in 1973)
29
Death of Herbert Doussant That year: 2018, Classical music, American operatic tenor (born in 1931)
November
04
Death of Nina Markiewicz-Mikołajczyk That year: 2018, Classical music, Polish opera singer
Death of Fernando Mattos That year: 2018, Classical music, composer (born in 1963)
06
Death of Yoshiko Nakura That year: 2018, Classical music, Japanese violinist (born in 1945)
07
Death of Francis Lai That year: 2018, Classical music, Academy Award-winning French composer (born in 1932)
Death of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin That year: 2018, Classical music, Irish musician (1950-2018) (born in 1950)
Death of Allan Evans That year: 2018, Classical music, American bass-baritone (1941-2018) (born in 1941)
11
Death of Carl Zytowski That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1921)
16
Death of Tatjana Kralj That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1932)
17
Death of Diana Petrynenko That year: 2018, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer and music educator (born in 1930)
18
Death of Ed Evanko That year: 2018, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1938)
Death of Maria Zielinska That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1924)
20
Death of Aili Purtonen That year: 2018, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1928)
21
Death of Jan Rybarski That year: 2018, Classical music, conductor, choir director, composer, organist, music teacher (born in 1941)
22
Death of Vera Schlosser That year: 2018, Classical music, Swiss opera singer (1929-2018) (born in 1929)
24
Death of Huguette Rivière That year: 2018, Classical music, French singer (born in 1922)
25
Death of Harras Hursti That year: 2018, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1926)
Death of Victor Martens That year: 2018, Classical music, Canadian classical singer (born in 1931)
26
Death of Umberto Borsò That year: 2018, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1923-2018) (born in 1923)
29
Death of Masaru Kawasaki That year: 2018, Classical music, Japanese composer, conductor and musicologist (1924-2018) (born in 1924)
December
02
Death of Dorothy Irving That year: 2018, Classical music, Swedish-British singer (born in 1927)
Death of Dimi Palos That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1941)
03
Death of Gordon Sandison That year: 2018, Classical music, operatic singer, baritone (1949-2018) (born in 1949)
06
Death of Andrew Frierson That year: 2018, Classical music, American opera singer (1924-2018) (born in 1929)
11
Death of Ryan Allen That year: 2018, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1943)
12
Death of Gianfranco Cecchele That year: 2018, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1938)
13
Death of Josef Vodák That year: 2018, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (1927-2018) (born in 1927)
14
Death of Eythor Thorlaksson That year: 2018, Classical music, Icelandic musician (born in 1930)
Death of Hasan Kami That year: 2018, Classical music, Egyptian opera singer and actor (born in 1936)
15
Death of Sylvia Geszty That year: 2018, Classical music, Hungarian singer and opera singer (born in 1934)
Death of Werner Völschow That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer, cultural studies scholar (born in 1933)
16
Death of Leonid Borysovych Zatulovskyi That year: 2018, Classical music, Ukrainian conductor and composer (born in 1935)
22
Death of Gérard Devos That year: 2018, Classical music, French conductor (1927-2018) (born in 1927)
26
Death of Theodoros Antoniou That year: 2018, Classical music, Greek composer and conductor (1935-2018) (born in 1935)
29
Death of Aldo Parisot That year: 2018, Classical music, Brazilian-American music educator and cellist (born in 1918)
30
Death of Larry Austin That year: 2018, Classical music, American composer (born in 1930)
This was also in 2018
Inception: Carousel Ensemble That year: 2018, Classical music. Death of Irina Bossini That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1970) . Death of Johannes Goritzki That year: 2018, Classical music, cellist (born in 1942) . Closing: Teatro Cressoni That year: 2018, Classical music (Como, Italy). Dissolution: Collegium Instrumentale Brugense That year: 2018, Classical music (Belgium). Death of Hee Cheol Kim That year: 2018, Classical music, composer (born in 1954) . Death of Joyce Blackham That year: 2018, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1934) . Inception: Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie That year: 2018, Classical music.