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Events
- February - Andrea Bocelli stars in two performances of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. He cancels a third after suffering voice strain.[1]
- April 10 - A terminally-ill Robin Gibb is unable to attend the première of his new work, the Titanic Requiem, at the Central Hall, Westminster, London.
- April 26 - Kurt Masur, conducting the Orchestre National de France in Paris, falls from the podium and is rushed to hospital, where he is found to have broken his shoulder.[2]
- May 7 - Sir Colin Davis, conducting the Sachsische Staatskapelle at the Semper Oper in Dresden, stumbles and almost falls from the podium.[3]
- July 25 - The Classic Brits award ceremony for 2012, originally due to take place on this date, is postponed to October 2.
- August 22 - Nearly five years after the composer's death, on what would have been his 84th birthday, Karlheinz Stockhausen's opera Mittwoch aus Licht is performed in its entirety for the first time, by the UK's Birmingham Opera Company, as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
- September 9 - A day after her performance at the Last Night of The Proms, Nicola Benedetti's album, The Silver Violin, becomes the highest new entry by a solo instrumentalist in the UK Official Album Chart since 1991.[4]
- September 15 - The Jozsef Szigeti International Violina and Viola Competition, held in Budapest, is jointly won by Aleksandra Kuls and Wang Xiao.[5]
New works
According to the League of American Orchestras, North American orchestras premiered 165 new works in the 2012-13 season.[6]
Opera premieres
| Date | Opera | Composer | Theatre |
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| 9 February | Thelma | Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | Surrey Opera, Ashcroft Theatre, London |
| 8 August | The Francis Bacon Opera | Stephen Crowe | Camden Arts Centre, London |
| 22 August | Mittwoch aus Licht | Karlheinz Stockhausen | Birmingham Opera Company, Argyle Works, Digbeth, Birmingham, UK |
| 30 August | Ghost Patrol | Stuart MacRae | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh |
| ? July | Written on Skin | George Benjamin | Aix-en-Provence Festival |
| 7 July | Swindon: The Opera | Betty Roe | Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK |
| 29 September | Dog Days | David T. Little | Peak Performances, Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair State University, New Jersey |
Films
Albums
Deaths
- January 9 - Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican contralto and politician, 92
- January 18 - Anthony Gonsalves, Indian violinist and composer, 84
- January 20 - Ruthilde Boesch, 94, Austrian soprano
- January 22 - Rita Gorr, 85, Belgian mezzo-soprano
- January 24 - Patricia Neway, US operatic soprano and musical theatre actress, 92
- January 29 - Camilla Williams, 92, American soprano
- February 1 - Andrij Dobriansky, 81, Ukrainian American bass-baritone[17]
- February 8 - Giangiacomo Guelfi, 87, Italian baritone
- February 14 - Charles Anthony, 82, American tenor
- February 16 - Ethel Stark, Canadian violinist and conductor, 101
- February 18 - Elizabeth Connell, South African operatic soprano, 65
- February 24 - István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer, 92
- April 8 - George Wilberforce Kakoma, Ugandan composer, 89
- April 10 - Lili Chookasian, 90, American contralto
- April 12 - Stefánia Moldován, 80, Hungarian soprano
- April 16 - Alan Hacker, English clarinettist, 73
- April 16 - Sári Barabás, 98, Hungarian soprano
- April 20 - Leandra Overmann, 55, Serbian mezzo-soprano/contralto
- April 30 - Finn Benestad, Norwegian musicologist, 82
- May 2 - Zvi Zeitlin, Russian violinist and music teacher, 90
- May 3 - Felix Werder, Australian composer, 90
- May 16 - Maria Bieșu, 76, Moldovan soprano
- May 18 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German lyric baritone and conductor, 86
- May 29 - Mark Minkov, Russian composer, 67
- June 4 - Eduard Khil, Russian baritone, 77
- June 13 - Jože Humer, Slovenian composer and choirmaster, 76
- June 14
- June 23 - Franz Crass, German operatic bass, 84
- June 24 - Jean Cox, US operatic tenor, 90
- June 28 - Éric Gaudibert, Swiss composer, 75
- July 1 - Evelyn Lear, 86, American soprano
- July 10 - Viktor Suslin, Russian composer, 70[19]
- July 16
- Jon Lord, English composer, 71[21]
- July 17 - İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish-born American composer and record producer, 86[22]
- July 22 - Nan Merriman, 92, American mezzo-soprano
- August 2
- August 6 - Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist, 94[25]
- August 7 - Sabahattin Kalender, Turkish composer, 93[26]
- August 7 - Karl Helm, 73, German bass
- August 11 - Carlo Curley, American classical organist, 59[27]
- August 16 - Bystrík Režucha, Slovak conductor, 77[28]
- August 23 - Marlise Wendels, 89, German soprano
- September 1 - Amanda Thane, 59, Australian soprano[29]
- September 2 - Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese composer, 71[30]
- September 4 - Ian Parrott, British composer and academic, 96[31]
- September 12 - William Schatzkamer, American pianist and conductor, 96[32]
- September 13 - William Duckworth, US composer, 69
- September 15
- September 18 - Leo Goeke, US operatic tenor, 74[35]
- September 22 - Grigory Frid, 97, Russian composer
- September 30 - Walter Dicks, 99, German baritone
- October 9
- October 12 - Geraldine Mucha, Scottish composer, 95[38]
- October 15 - Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Danish composer, 87[39]
- October 20 - Przemysław Gintrowski, Polish composer and musician, 60[40]
- October 27 - Hans Werner Henze, 86, German composer
- November 5
- November 18 - Sir Philip Ledger, British composer and academic, 74[43]
- December 4
- December 5 - Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer, 91
- December 10 - Lisa Della Casa, 93, Swiss soprano
- December 11
- December 13 - Otto Ketting, Dutch composer, 77[48]
- December 20 - Victor Merzhanov, Russian classical pianist, 93[49]
- December 24 - Richard Rodney Bennett, 76, British composer
Major awards
Classical Brits
Grammy Awards
See also
References
- ↑ "Salta "Romeo et Juliette" a Genova: Andrea Bocelli non ce la fa". Pisa Today. 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
- ↑ David Ng (2012-04-30). "Injured conductor Kurt Masur withdraws from concerts through June". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
- ↑ Greg Cahill (2013-04-15). "Sir Colin Davis, 1927-2013". Strings. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
- ↑ "Nicola Benedetti, Classical Violinist, Hits The UK Album Charts (Ahead of Justin Bieber)", Billboard.com, 14 September 2012. Accessed 21 January 2014
- ↑ "Violinists Wang Xiao and Aleksandra Kuls win Joseph Szigeti competition" The Strad, 18 September 2012. Accessed 1 August 2013
- ↑ League of American Orchestras, "North American Orchestras Will Perform 165 Premieres in 2012-2013," press release,
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/arts/music/brooklyn-philharmonic-and-brooklyn-youth-chorus-at-roulette.html
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/arts/music/brooklyn-philharmonic-and-brooklyn-youth-chorus-at-roulette.html
- ↑ Jones, Lucy, "Classical music dead? Nico Muhly proves it isn't", The Telegraph, May 28, 2012
- ↑ NPR music - "Max Richter Recomposes 'The Four Seasons'". Accessed 13 January 2013
- ↑ Rhein, John von (December 22, 2012). "World ends with a jazzy bang in Rouse concerto for CSO's Martin". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ↑ Deemer, Rob (April 19, 2013). "Caroline". NewMusicBox. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ↑ Ng, David (September 26, 2012). "Steven Stucky marks return to L.A. with his very own 'Symphony'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/arts/music/song-from-the-uproar-at-the-kitchen.html?_r=0
- ↑ "Andrea Bocelli: Love In Portofino", The Guardian. Accessed 9 February 2013
- ↑ "2013 Grammy Awards Winners: The Complete List". E!. February 10, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
- ↑ Fox, Margolit (7 March 2012). "Andrij Dobriansky Dies at 81; Sang at the Met More Than 900 Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "Karl-Heinz Kämmerling ist tot" (in German). www.br.de. 15 June 2012.
- ↑ SMP media GmbH, Hamburg & SMP systems GbR, Berlin - http://www.smpmedia.biz. "Viktor Suslin profile". Sikorski.de. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- ↑ "Morre o compositor e arranjador Ed Lincoln, aos 80 anos". O Globo (in Portuguese). 16 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ↑ "Deep Purple's Jon Lord dies". NME. IPC Media. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ↑ Ilhan Mimaroglu, Composer and Producer, Is Dead at 86
- ↑ Bradley, Barbara. "Soprano, fundraiser and Memphis icon Marguerite Piazza dies". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- ↑ Dowling, Siobhan (August 3, 2012). "Romanian concert pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa dies, aged 33". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- ↑ Ruggiero Ricci obituary
- ↑ SLC Internet Solutions. "Sabahattin Kalender vefat etti". Andante.com.tr. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
- ↑ James Jolly (2012-08-13). "The organist Carlo Curley has died". Gramophone. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
- ↑ Slovak News Agency (SITA) (20 August 2012). "ÚMRTIE: Zomrel dirigent a pedagóg Bystrík Režucha" (in Slovak). Slovenský rozhlas.
- ↑ "Message from the Artistic Director", Art Song NSW, accessed 4 October 2012
- ↑ "Morreu o compositor Emmanuel Nunes". Público. 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
- ↑ "IAN PARROTT : Obituary". BMDs Online. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
- ↑ "William Schatzkamer, a pianist who helped found Gateway Festival Orchestra, dies". Stltoday. 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
- ↑ "Legendary ballet dancer Olga Ferri dies". Buenos Aires Herald. 17 September 2012.
- ↑ "George Hurst". London: The Telegraph. September 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
- ↑ "American Tenor Leo Goeke, Much-Admired as Glyndebourne's Tom Rakewell, has Died". Opera News. 21 September 2012.
- ↑ In Memoriam Luna Alcalay (German), oe1.orf.at, Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ↑ "La música de su guitarra nunca morirá" (in Spanish). Elnuevodia.com. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ↑ Czech News Agency (16 October 2012). "Geraldine Mucha dies at 95".
- ↑ "Axel Borup-Jørgensen" (in Danish). Politiken.dk. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ↑ "Przemysław Gintrowski nie żyje. Miał 61 lat". wyborcza.pl. 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ↑ "Tin Pan Alley Composer Bernie Bierman Dies At 104". NY1.com. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ↑ "Composer Elliott Carter dies at 103". Boston.com. 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ↑ "Sir Philip Ledger". London: The Telegraph. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ↑ Richard Morrison (2012-09-26). "British composer Jonathan Harvey dies". The Times. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ↑ "Trauer - Hamburger Kammersänger Toni Blankenheim ist tot" (in German). Abendblatt.de. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
- ↑ "Pandit Ravi Shankar passes away". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
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