Overview of the events of 2013 in classical music
Hans Abrahamsen – Let Me Tell You , for soprano and orchestraMark Adamo – Aristotle John Adams – Saxophone ConcertoThomas Ades – Totentanz Matej Bonin – Mouvements Benet Casablancas Tres Interludios , for orchestraObertura Festiva , for orchestraBryce Dessner – Murder Ballads Brian Elias – Once Did I Breathe Another's Breath Lorenzo Ferrero – Venice 1976 (A Parody) , for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and pianoFrancesco Filidei Ballata No. 3 , for piano and ensembleDue Trascrizioni da Merula e Trabaci , for string quartetPoemetto , for ensembleSilence = Death (Democracy) , for 4 percussionistsGraham 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 cappellaMissy 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. 100Mark-Anthony Turnage – Speranza Ian Venables – The Song of The Severn , Op. 43Param Vir – Cave of Luminous Mind Judith Weir – Blue-Green Hill (2013)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, 68November 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] [ 70]
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, producersBest Classical Contemporary Composition : "Meanwhile – Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays" – Stephen Hartke , composerOther national awards [ edit ] Spanish National Music Prize: Award for Composition: "Darkness visible – Nocturne for Orchestra after Milton/Pessoa" – Benet Casablancas , composer[ 71] [ 72] ^ Ronni Reich & Peggy McGlone (2013-01-12). "New NJ Symphony president resigns after past controversies resurface" . The Star-Ledger . Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2015-04-18 . ^ "Houston Symphony Orchestra announcement of appointment of Andrés Orozco-Estrada, 16 January 2013" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015 .^ Bodil Garvik (2013-02-18). "Sponser ny sjefdirigent" . Bergens Tidende . Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2015-04-18 . ^ Alexander Agrell (2013-03-18). "Solyom ny chefsdirigent för HSO" . Sydsvenska Dagbladet . Archived from the original on 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2015-04-18 . ^ "Chief Conductor Announced" (Press release). Santa Fe Opera. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2015-04-18 .^ Anthony Tommasini (2013-05-20). "With Wheelchair and Lively Baton, Levine Commands Carnegie Hall" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2015-04-20. 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"Big Deal: A first-time festival from the Philharmonic offers new music from around the world" . The New Yorker Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015 . ^ Huizenga, Tom (September 3, 2014). "Great Expectations: A New Season Of New Music" . NPR Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015 . ^ "The Alma Fetish - Wide Open Opera" . Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-02-08 .^ "An Opera Fights Hungary's Rising Anti-Semitism", New York Times , 20 October 2013 Archived 28 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 20 December 2013^ Keller, Matthias. "Franz Lehrndorfer Langjähriger Organist des Münchner Doms gestorben" (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk . Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013 . ^ Oscar Feltsman, author of Yury Gagarin's song, dies at 92 Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine , Pravda, 4 February 2013^ "New York Times , 9 February 2013" . Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2017 .^ Antonín Kohout obituary Archived 2018-05-28 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian ^ Midgette, Anne (February 24, 2013). "Wolfgang Sawallisch, German Conductor, Dies at 89" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2017 . ^ "American pianist Van Cliburn, whose 1958 triumph at a Moscow competition impressed world, dies". [dead link The Washington Post , February 27, 2013.^ "Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle (February 28, 2013)" . Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2013 .^ Addio al maestro Armando Trovajoli, è stato la musica e l'anima di Roma Archived 2013-03-04 at the Wayback Machine |La Repubblica ^ "Rafael Puyana, un virtuoso de la música barroca – Noticias de Entretenimiento, Espectáculos, Arte y Cultura en Colombia |Eltiempo.Com" . Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2013-03-03 .^ 85 წლის ასაკში მუსიკოსი თენგიზ (გიზი) ამირეჯიბი გარდაიცვალა Archived 2019-02-12 at the Wayback Machine FrontNews.ge, 10 March 2013 (Georgian)^ Le compositeur et pianiste Jean Michel Damase est mort hier | Radio France Musique Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine ^ "Australian composer Tommy Tycho dies" . Archived from the original on 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2013-04-28 .^ "Thomas Hemsley" . Archived from the original on 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2013-04-28 .^ "Stephen Dodgson obituary" . Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2016-12-13 .^ "Sir Colin Davis obituary" . Archived from the original on 2020-04-30. Retrieved 2016-12-13 .^ "Disparition de Jean-François Paillard" . Archived from the original on 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-04-28 .^ "Lalgudi Jayaraman passes away; music world mourns the legend's death" . Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2013-04-28 .^ "Jacob Avshalomov, longtime director of Portland Youth Philharmonic, dies" . The Oregonian . April 26, 2013. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013 .^ Clive Paget "Steve Martland has died" Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine , Limelight magazine, 7 May 2013 ^ Delia Rigal: una larga vida dedicada a la ópera y a la enseñanza – 14.05.2013 – lanacion.com Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish) ^ Equity activist Michael Earl dies – News – The Stage ^ Australian-French operatic tenor Albert Lance dies, Global Post, 16 May 2013 Archived September 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine ^ "Sequenza21/ » Harold Shapero, Dead at 93" . Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2013-05-23 .^ "Obituary: Anders Eliasson, composer" . Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-05-23 .^ "Le compositeur français Henri Dutilleux est mort" . Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2013-05-23 .^ "Paul Olefsky, a Cellist and Educator, Dies at 87" . Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2017-02-26 .^ "NAC Orchestra founding conductor Mario Bernardi dies" . Archived from the original on 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2013-07-11 .^ "In memoriam: Keith Wilson, Professor Emeritus of Clarinet" . Archived from the original on 2020-09-06. Retrieved 2013-06-19 .^ "Arnold Eidus, 90, Adman With Stradivarius, Dies" . Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2017-02-26 .^ "Bruno Bartoletti, Maestro Who Shaped Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dies at 86" . Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2017-02-26 .^ "Richard Marlow, a force behind Portland's William Byrd Festival, dies" . Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-06-19 .^ Henrik Otto Donner on kuollut Archived 2013-07-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish) ^ "John Amis obituary" . Archived from the original on 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2016-12-13 .^ "Acclaimed Seattle musician Toby Saks dies" . Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-08-02 .^ Lutto nel mondo del teatro, morto l'attore-regista Lamberto Puggelli Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian) ^ Muziekpionier Dick Raaijmakers (83) overleden Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch) ^ "Peter Aston" . Archived from the original on 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2018-04-03 .^ "Renowned Egyptian opera singer Ratiba El-Hefny passes away" . Archived from the original on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2013-09-19 .^ Ex-Thomaskantor Hans-Joachim Rotzsch ist 84-jährig gestorben Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in German) ^ French Helmer Patrice Chereau Dies at 68 Archived 2017-01-24 at the Wayback Machine .^ 85 سال ویولن نوازی + فیلم Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Persian) ^ Addio a Gianni Ferrio Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian) ^ Der Pianist Rudolf Kehrer ist tot Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine (in German)^ "Sir John Tavener: Composer dies at 69" . BBC News Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-11-12 .^ "Obituary: Robert Allman OBE AM" . Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2013-12-20 .^ Oopperalaulaja Tom Krause on kuollut Archived 2016-09-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish) ^ "Cantonese opera singer Hung Sin-nui dies at age of 88" . Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. 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