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==Events==
*February – The [[Juilliard String Quartet]] receives the NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award for its outstanding contributions to recorded classical music.
*[[May 12]] – The Classical Brit Awards are presented by [[Myleene Klass]] at London's Royal Albert Hall.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1386455/Classical-BRIT-Awards-2011-Katherine-Jenkins-leads-glamour-backless-silver-gown.html "Katherine Jenkins leads the glamour at the Classical BRITs as she shows off her slender figure in backless silver gown", ''Daily Mail'', 13 May 2011]</ref>

==New works==
*[[Kalevi Aho]] – Trumpet Concerto
*[[Elliott Carter]] – ''[[Two Controversies and a Conversation]]''<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Steve |title=Poems in Four Voices, a Concerto in Two: New York Philharmonic's Contact! Series at the Met |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 10, 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/arts/music/new-york-philharmonics-contact-series-at-the-met.html |accessdate=July 10, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Julius Dobos]] – ''Hymn to The Fukushima 50''
*[[Francesco Filidei]] – Ballata, for organ, ensemble and live electronics
*[[Philip Glass]] – [[Symphony No. 9 (Glass)|Symphony No. 9]]
*[[Mehdi Hosseini]] – ''[[Monodies]]''
*[[Iamus (computer)]] – ''[[Hello World! (composition)|Hello World!]]''
*[[Peter Jarvis]] – ''Controlled Improvisation Number 1'', Op. 17
*[[Paul Mealor]] – ''[[Ubi Caritas et Amor]]''
*[[Per Nørgård]] – Symphony No. 8
*[[Christopher Rouse (composer)|Christopher Rouse]]
**''[[Prospero's Rooms]]''<ref>{{cite web |last=Levere |first=Jane |title=New York Philharmonic To Perform All-American Program With Joshua Bell And Christopher Rouse Premiere |work=[[Forbes]] |date=April 17, 2013 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/janelevere/2013/04/17/new-york-philharmonic-to-perform-all-american-program-with-joshua-bell-and-christopher-rouse-premiere/ |accessdate=May 25, 2015}}</ref>
**[[Symphony No. 3 (Rouse)|Symphony No. 3]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Sarah Bryan |title=BSLSO concludes season with Rouse's Symphony No. 3 |work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=May 1, 2011 |url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/slso-concludes-season-with-rouse-s-symphony-no/article_d18ea80e-279f-524f-a4f5-c4c35d5b08c6.html |accessdate=May 25, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Steven Stucky]] – ''[[Silent Spring (composition)|Silent Spring]]''<ref>{{cite web |last=Druckenbrod |first=Andrew |title=Composer Steven Stucky's new piece will honor Rachel Carson's work |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=February 12, 2012 |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/composer-steven-stuckys-new-piece-will-honor-rachel-carsons-work-51905/ |accessdate=May 25, 2015}}</ref>

==Opera premieres==

{| class="wikitable"
!Date!!Opera!!Composer!!Theatre
|-
|17 February||''[[Anna Nicole]]''||[[Mark-Anthony Turnage]]||[[Royal Opera House]]
|-
|18 March||''[[Kommilitonen!]]''||[[Peter Maxwell Davies]]||[[Royal Academy of Music]]
|-
|26 March||''[[Risorgimento! (opera)|Risorgimento!]]''||[[Lorenzo Ferrero]]||[[Teatro Comunale Modena]]<ref>[http://www.teatrocomunalemodena.it/scheda_evento.php?idevento=13&id=opere&s=biglietteria ''Risorgimento! – Il prigioniero''] at the Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti (Modena)</ref>
|-
|April||''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (opera)|The Importance of Being Earnest]]''||[[Gerald Barry (composer)|Gerald Barry]]||[[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] (concert performance)
|-
|9 & 10 April||''[[Sonntag aus Licht|Sonntag]] aus [[Licht]]''||[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]||Staatenhaus of the [[koelnmesse|Kölner Messe]] (auspices of the [[Cologne Opera]])
|-
|13 April||''[[The Juniper Passion]]''||Michael F. Williams||Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, [[University of Waikato]]
|-
|9 June||''[[Rockland the Opera]]''||[[Jukka Linkola]]||[[Nivala]] Ice Arena, Finland
|-
|24 June||''[[Two Boys]]''||[[Nico Muhly]]||[[English National Opera]]
|-
|1 July||''[[Dr Dee]]''||[[Damon Albarn]]||[[Palace Theatre, Manchester]], 2011 [[Manchester International Festival]]
|-
|30 July||''[[Mansfield Park (opera)|Mansfield Park]]''||[[Jonathan Dove]]||[[Boughton House]]
|-
|11 September||''[[Manifest Destiny 2011]]''||[[Keith Burstein]]||[[King's Head Theatre]], London
|-
|15 October||''[[One Night Stand (opera)|One Night Stand]]''||[[Olli Kortekangas]]||[[Helsinki Music Centre]]
|-
|1 November||''[[Heart of Darkness (opera)|Heart of Darkness]]''||[[Tarik O'Regan]]||[[Linbury Studio Theatre]], Royal Opera House
|-
|12 November||''[[Silent Night (opera)|Silent Night]]''||[[Kevin Puts]]||[[Ordway Center for the Performing Arts]], Saint Paul, Minnesota
|-
|31 December||''[[The Enchanted Island (opera)|The Enchanted Island]]''||[[George Frideric Handel|Handel]], [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]], [[Jean-Philippe Rameau|Rameau]]||[[Metropolitan Opera]]
|}

==Albums==
*[[Nicola Benedetti]] – ''Italia''
*[[Andrea Bocelli]] – ''[[Concerto: One Night in Central Park]]''
*[[Joseph Calleja]] – ''The Maltese Tenor''
*[[Jackie Evancho]] – ''[[Dream With Me]]''
*[[Wynne Evans]] – ''[[A Song In My Heart]]''
*[[Angela Gheorghiu]] – ''Homage to [[Maria Callas]]''
*[[Katherine Jenkins]] – ''[[Daydream (Katherine Jenkins album)|Daydream]]''
*[[Miloš Karadaglić]] – ''The Guitar''
* [[Oregon Symphony]] – ''[[Music for a Time of War]]''
*[[André Rieu]] & the [[Johann Strauss Orchestra]] – ''Moonlight Serenade''

==Musical films==
*''[[Violin (film)|Violin]]''

==Deaths==
*[[January 24]] – [[Bhimsen Joshi]], Indian classical vocalist, 88
*[[January 28]] – Dame [[Margaret Price]], Welsh operatic soprano, 69
*[[February 2]] – [[Armando Chin Yong]], 52, Malaysian opera singer
*[[February 5]] – [[Beatrice Krebs]], 86, American mezzo-soprano
*[[February 6]] – [[Per Grundén]], 88, Swedish tenor
*[[February 10]] – [[Claus Helmut Drese]], 88, German opera manager
*[[February 21]] – [[Antonín Švorc]], 77, Czech bass-baritone
*[[February 26]] – [[Eugene Fodor (violinist)|Eugene Fodor]], US violinist, 60
*[[March 13]] – {{Interlanguage link multi|Hans Christian (baritone)|de|3=Hans Christian|lt=Hans Christian}}, 81, Austrian baritone
*[[March 22]] – [[Victor Bouchard]], Canadian pianist and composer, 84
*[[March 28]] – [[Lee Hoiby]], 85, American composer and pianist
*[[March 29]] – [[Robert Tear]], Welsh operatic tenor and conductor, 72
*[[April 8]] – [[Donald Shanks (bass-baritone)|Donald Shanks]], 70, Australian bass-baritone
*[[April 8]] – [[Daniel Catán]], 62, Mexican composer
*[[April 15]] – [[Vincenzo La Scola]], Italian operatic tenor, 53 (heart attack)
*[[May 7]] – [[Jane Rhodes]], 82, French soprano/mezzo-soprano
*[[May 30]] – [[Giorgio Tozzi]], 88, American bass
*[[July 4]] – [[Gerhard Unger]], 95, German tenor
*[[July 6]] – [[Josef Suk (violinist)|Josef Suk]], Czech violinist and conductor, 81
*[[July 23]] – [[David Aiken (baritone)|David Aiken]], 93, American baritone
*[[July 26]] – [[Denise Scharley]], French operatic contralto, 94
*[[August 1]] – [[Milada Šubrtová]], Czech operatic soprano, 87
*[[August 2]] – [[Ralph Berkowitz]], US composer and painter, 100
*[[August 25]] – [[Anne Sharp]], 94, Scottish coloratura soprano
*[[September 5]] – [[Salvatore Licitra]], 43, Italian tenor
*[[September 29]] – [[Vera Veljkov-Medaković]], Serbian pianist and piano teacher, 88
*[[October 8]] – [[Ingvar Wixell]], Swedish operatic baritone, 80
*[[October 19]] – [[James Yannatos]], US composer conductor, violinist and teacher, 82
*[[October 29]] – [[Walter Norris]], American pianist and composer, 79
*[[November 22]] – [[Sena Jurinac]], Bosnian operatic soprano, 90
*[[November 23]] – [[Montserrat Figueras]], Catalan operatic soprano, 70
*[[December 5]] – [[Violetta Villas]], Polish coloratura soprano, cabaret star, singer, actress, composer and songwriter, 73
*[[December 8]] – [[Minoru Miki]], 81, Japanese composer

==Major awards==

===[[International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – Piano]]===
*[[Daniil Trifonov]]

===[[International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – Violin]]===
*No first prize awarded. [[Sergey Dogadin]] and [[Itamar Zorman]] share second prize.

===[[2011 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition]]===
*[[Masataka Goto]]

===[[BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition]]===
*[[Valentina Naforniţă]]

===Classical Brits===
*Composer of the Year – [[Arvo Pärt]]
*Male Artist of the Year – [[Antonio Pappano]]
*Female Artist Of The Year – [[Alison Balsom]]
*Critics' Award – [[Tasmin Little]]
*Artist of the Decade – [[Il Divo]]

===Grammy Awards===
*''See [[53rd Grammy Awards]]''

==References==
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==See also==
* [[2011 in opera]]

==External links==

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