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Overview of the events of 2013 in classical music
Events
New works
Hans Abrahamsen – Let Me Tell You , for soprano and orchestra
Mark Adamo – Aristotle
John Adams – Saxophone Concerto
Thomas Ades – Totentanz
Matej Bonin – Mouvements
Benet Casablancas
Tres Interludios , for orchestra
Obertura Festiva , for orchestra
Bryce Dessner – Murder Ballads
Brian Elias – Once Did I Breathe Another's Breath
Lorenzo Ferrero – Venice 1976 (A Parody) , for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano
Francesco Filidei
Ballata No. 3 , for piano and ensemble
Due Trascrizioni da Merula e Trabaci , for string quartet
Poemetto , for ensemble
Silence = Death (Democracy) , for 4 percussionists
Graham Fitkin – Panufnik Variations
Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Katharsis
Gabriela Lena Frank – Karnavalito No. 1
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 6
Two Movements for Four Pianos
Edward Gregson – Aztec Dances (concerto for flute and ensemble) (2010)
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – Together or Not
David Philip Hefti – Éclairs
Wojciech Kilar – A prayer to St. Therese the Little Flower , for mixed choir a cappella
Missy Mazzoli – Heartbreaker
Steve Reich –
Radio Rewrite
Christopher Rouse
Poul Ruders
String Quartet No. 4 (2012)
Schrödinger's Cat (2012)
Aulis Sallinen – Five Portraits of Women , Op. 100
Mark-Anthony Turnage – Speranza
Ian Venables – The Song of The Severn , Op. 43
Param Vir – Cave of Luminous Mind
Judith Weir – Blue-Green Hill (2013)
Opera
Albums
Musical films
Deaths
January 10 –
Franz Lehrndorfer , German organist and composer, 84
[16]
February 3 –
Oscar Feltsman , Russian composer, 91
[17]
February 8 –
James DePreist , US conductor, 76
[18]
February 15 –
Antonín Kohout , Czech cellist, member of the Smetana Quartet, 93
[19]
February 22 –
Wolfgang Sawallisch ,
German conductor and pianist, 89
[20]
February 27 –
Van Cliburn , US pianist, 78
[21]
February 28
March 1 –
Rafael Puyana , Colombian harpsichordist, 81
[24]
March 9 –
Tengiz Amirejibi , Georgian pianist. 89
[25]
March 21 –
Jean-Michel Damase , French composer, pianist, and teacher, 85
[26]
April 4 –
Tommy Tycho , Hungarian-born Australian composer, arranger and orchestra conductor, 84
[27]
April 10 –
Thomas Hemsley , English opera singer, 85
[28]
April 13 –
Stephen Dodgson , composer, 89
[29]
April 14 – Sir
Colin Davis , British conductor, 85
[30]
April 15 –
Jean-François Paillard , French classical conductor, 85
[31]
April 22 –
Lalgudi Jayaraman , Indian violinist, 82
[32]
April 25 –
Jacob Avshalomov , Chinese-born American conductor and composer, 94
[33]
May 6 –
Steve Martland , British composer, 53
[34]
May 8 –
Delia Rigal , Argentine operatic soprano, 92
[35]
May 9 –
Michael Earl , British opera and ballet actor, 84
[36]
May 15 –
Albert Lance , Australian-born French opera singer, 87
[37]
May 17 –
Harold Shapero , American composer and pianist, 93
[38]
May 20 –
Anders Eliasson , Swedish composer, 66
[39]
May 22 –
Henri Dutilleux , French composer, 97
[40]
June 1 –
Paul Olefsky , US cellist (
Philadelphia Orchestra ,
Detroit Symphony Orchestra ), 87
[41]
June 2
June 3 –
Arnold Eidus , US violinist, 90
[44]
June 9 –
Bruno Bartoletti , Italian conductor, 86
[45]
June 16 –
Richard Marlow , English organist and choral director, 74
[46]
June 27 –
Henrik Otto Donner , Finnish composer and music industry executive, 73
[47]
August 1
August 11 –
Lamberto Puggelli , Italian stage and opera director, 75
[50]
September 4 –
Dick Raaymakers , Dutch composer, theater maker and theorist, 83
[51]
September 13 –
Peter Aston , English composer, 74
[52]
September 16 –
Ratiba El-Hefny , Egyptian opera singer and director of
Cairo Opera House , 82
[53]
September 25 –
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch , German choral conductor, 84
[54]
October 7 –
Patrice Chéreau , French film and opera director, 68
[55]
October 19 –
Mahmoud Zoufonoun , Iranian traditional musician, 93
[56]
October 21 –
Gianni Ferrio , Italian composer, conductor and music arranger, 88
[57]
October 29 –
Rudolf Kehrer , German classical pianist, 90
[58]
November 8 –
Arnold Rosner , American composer, 68
November 12 – Sir
John Tavener , English composer of religious music, 69
[59]
December 4 –
Robert Allman , Australian operatic baritone, 86
[60]
December 6 –
Tom Krause , Finnish opera singer, 79
[61]
December 8
December 9 –
Barbara Hesse-Bukowska , 83, Polish classical pianist, 83
[65]
December 12 –
Zbigniew Karkowski , Polish composer, 55
[66]
December 19 –
Winton Dean , English musicologist, 97
[67]
December 21 –
Lars Edlund , Swedish organist and composer, 91
[68]
December 29 –
Wojciech Kilar , Polish composer, 81
[69]
Major awards
Classical Brits
[70]
Grammy Awards
Best Orchestral Performance : "Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine" –
Michael Tilson Thomas , conductor (
San Francisco Symphony )
Best Opera Recording : "
Wagner :
Der Ring Des Nibelungen " –
James Levine &
Fabio Luisi , conductors; Hans-Peter König,
Jay Hunter Morris ,
Bryn Terfel &
Deborah Voigt ;
Jay David Saks , producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance : "Life & Breath – Choral Works By René Clausen" –
Charles Bruffy , conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson;
Kansas City Chorale )
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance : "Meanwhile" –
Eighth Blackbird
Best Classical Instrumental Solo – "Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola" –
Kim Kashkashian
Best Classical Vocal Solo : "Poèmes" –
Renée Fleming (
Alan Gilbert &
Seiji Ozawa ;
Orchestre National De France &
Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France )
Best Classical Compendium : Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis –
Antoni Wit , conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, producers
Best Classical Contemporary Composition : "Meanwhile – Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays" –
Stephen Hartke , composer
Other national awards
Spanish National Music Prize: Award for Composition: "Darkness visible – Nocturne for Orchestra after Milton/Pessoa" –
Benet Casablancas , composer
[71]
[72]
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