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Overview of the events of 2014 in classical music
Events
New works
Opera
Albums
Deaths
January 6 - H. Owen Reed , American composer, conductor and educator, 103[ 15] January 10 - Aram Gharabekian , Armenian conductor, 58[ 16] January 19 - Udo Kasemets , Estonian-born Canadian composer, 94[ 17] January 20 - Claudio Abbado , Italian conductor, 80January 28 - Dwight Gustafson , American composer and conductor, 83[ 18] January 31 - Alexander Ivashkin , Russian cellist, 65 (cancer)[ 19] February 1 - Elisabetta Barbato , Italian soprano, 92[ 20] February 2 - Gerd Albrecht , German conductor, 78[ 21] February 14 - Martha Goldstein , American harpsichordist, 94[ 22] February 15 - Dénes Zsigmondy , Hungarian violinist and music educator, 91.[ 23] February 24 - Nicolae Herlea , Romanian baritone, 86[ 24] March 6 - Marion Stein (Thorpe), British pianist, 87[ 25] April 1 - Anker Buch , Danish violinist, 74[ 26] April 2 - Harris Goldsmith , American pianist and critic, 77[ 27] April 18 - Brian Priestman , conductor (Denver Symphony Orchestra ), 87[ 28] April 24 - Konstantin Orbelyan , Armenian composer and conductor, 85[ 29] May 6 - Antony Hopkins , British composer, conductor and pianist, 93[ 30] May 7 - Sir George Christie , manager of Glyndebourne Opera, 79[ 31] May 19 - Franz-Paul Decker , German-born Canadian conductor, 90[ 32] June 3 - Elodie Lauten , French-born minimalist composer, 63[ 33] June 8 - Ivo Vinco , Italian operatic bass, 86[ 34] June 9 - Gerd Zacher , German organist, composer and author, 84[ 35] June 11 - Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos , Spanish conductor and composer, 80 (cancer)[ 36] June 16 - Pierre D'Archambeau , Belgian-born American violin virtuoso and pedagogue, 87[ 37] June 26 - Julius Rudel , Austrian-born American Grammy Award -winning conductor and director, 93[ 38] July 1 - Oscar Yatco , Filipino conductor and violinist, 83[ 39] July 9 - Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín , Paraguayan composer and violinist,87[ 40] July 13 - Lorin Maazel , French-born American conductor, violinist, composer and music director, 84 [ 41] July 25 - Carlo Bergonzi , Italian operatic tenor, 90[ 42] August 7 - Cristina Deutekom , Dutch coloratura soprano opera singer, 82[ 43] August 8 - Peter Sculthorpe , Australian composer[ 44] August 15 - Licia Albanese , Italian-born American operatic soprano, 105[ 45] September 19 - Francisco Feliciano , Filipino composer and conductor, 73[ 46] October 4 - Konrad Boehmer , German-born Dutch composer and writer, 73[ 47] October 11
October 20 - Pavle Merkù , Slovene composer, 87[ 50] October 31 - Ian Fraser , English composer and conductor, 81[ 51] November 3 - Augusto Martelli , Italian composer, conductor, arranger and television personality, 74[ 52] November 5 - Manitas de Plata , guitarist, 93November 11 - James Erb , US composer, arranger and musicologist, 88[ 53] November 20 - Arthur Butterworth , English composer and conductor, 91[ 54] November 21 - Wang Kun , Chinese opera singer and educator, 89[ 55] November 25 - Petr Hapka , Czech composer, 70[ 56] December 1 - Mario Abramovich , Argentine violinist and composer, 88December 5 - Manuel De Sica , Italian composer, 65 (heart attack)[ 57]
Major awards
Classical Brits
Grammy Awards
Best Classical Contemporary Composition - Maria Schneider , Winter Morning Walks
Best Orchestral Performance - Osmo Vänskä (conductor) and the Minnesota Orchestra , Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
Best Opera Recording - Adès : The Tempest
Best Choral Performance - Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) (with Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis), Pärt : Adam's Lament
Best Classical Vocal Solo - Dawn Upshaw , Winter Morning Walks
Best Classical Instrumental Solo - Evelyn Glennie , Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto for Percussionist & String Orchestra
Best Classical Compendium - Christoph Eschenbach , Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic ; Konzertmusik
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance - Roomful of Teeth
Other National Awards
References
^ Vienna Philharmonic website: The New Year's Concert . Accessed 12 January 2014^ Jon Weisman, Grammy Awards Set for Jan. 26 , Los Angeles Times , May 13, 2013
^ 56th Annual Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees, January 27, 2014^ Chadband, Ian (18 February 2014). "Vanessa-Mae slowest in giant slalom..." The Telegraph . London . Retrieved 18 February 2014 . ^ Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Sir Neville Marriner's Birthday Celebration Concert . Accessed 10 September 2014^ "Canadian Tenor Ben Heppner Announces Retirement From Singing", Opera News , 24 April 2014 . Accessed 7 November 2014^ Mark Brown (2014-10-18). "Julian Lloyd Webber 'devastated' over end of cello career" . The Guardian . Retrieved 2014-10-18 . ^ "42nd Festival Honours Gülsin Onay and Zubin Mehta" . Accessed 7 Nov 2014^ "BBC Two - BBC Proms, 2014 Season, Last Night of the Proms - Part 1" . BBC . Retrieved 13 September 2014 .^ Norman Lebrecht, "Time to say goodbye: Top conductor retires", Slipped Disc , 30 Oct 2014 . Accessed 7 November 2014^ Southbank Centre website . Accessed 12 January 2014^ Southbank Centre: LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 2013/14 . Accessed 12 January 2014^ [1] . Accessed 8 December 2014^ Hughes, Hilary (27 January 2014). "Everything You Wanted to Know About the Breaking Bad Opera" . Esquire . Retrieved 11 June 2014
^ Brother H.O. Reed Passes at 103 ^ Conductor Aram Gharabekian Passes Away ^ Udo Kasemets ^ Dwight Gustafson, former BJU fine arts dean, remembered as Renaissance man ^ Sad news: Death of an international cellist ^ Musica, morta Elisabetta Barbato Template:It icon ^ Zemřel Gerd Albrecht, dirigent, který rozděloval Českou filharmonii Template:Cs icon ^ Seattle Times Obituary ^ Elhunyt Zsigmondy Dénes , Fidelio , 16 February 2014. Template:Lang-icon ^ An epic Figaro has died ^ Sombre news: Marion Thorpe has died .^ Death of a Galamian disciple ^ Remembering Harris Goldsmith ^ Brian Priestman, 87, former Denver Symphony conductor ^ Famous Armenian composer Konstantin Orbelian died in Los Angeles at 86 ^ Obituary in The Guardian , accessed May 22 2014^ "Sad news: Glyndebourne boss has died" , on artsjournal.com, Accessed 7 May 2014^ Franz-Paul Decker, 90: The old-school conductor who nurtured the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in the Expo years ^ One of the Greats: Elodie Lauten, 1950-2014 ^ Italian bass Ivo Vinco dies at 86 ^ Forschungsplatz Orgelbank: Gerd Zacher (1929-2014) Template:De icon ^ Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos - obituary ^
Belgian violinist Pierre D’Archambeau Has Died – Aged 87
^ Julius Rudel, Longtime City Opera Impresario, Dies at 93 ^ Maestro Oscar Yatco passes away ^ Fallece el gran violinista Lorenzo Álvarez Template:Es icon ^ Lorin Maazel, Intense and Enigmatic Conductor, Dies at 84 ^ Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi, has died; starred at Lyric Opera ^ Sopraan Cristina Deutekom (82) overleden Template:Nl icon ^ "Obituary: Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe" . ABC News . 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014 .^ Licia Albanese 1913-2014 ^ National Artist for Music Francisco Feliciano dies ^ Componist Konrad Boehmer (73) overleden Template:Nl icon ^ She was Callas’s deputy ^ Cellisten och dirigenten Mats Rondin död Template:Sv icon ^ Poslovil se je Pavle Merkù Template:Sl icon ^ Ian Fraser, famed composer who worked alongside Julie Andrews, dead at 81 ^ Muore Augusto Martelli, una vita in musica da Mina alla Tv Template:It icon ^ ERB, JAMES ^ Death of Arthur Butterworth ^ Folk Vocalist Wang Kun Dies, 89 ^ Zemřel hudební skladatel a zpěvák Petr Hapka Template:Cs icon ^ Morto d’infarto il musicista Manuel De Sica, fratello di Christian Template:It icon
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