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Overview of the events of 2014 in classical music
Events
January 1 - The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra gives its annual New Year Concert at the Musikverein ; Daniel Barenboim conducts a programme that includes Josef Strauss 's "Friedenspalmen", in recognition of the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War .[ 1] January 14 - The musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra ratify a new contract, ending a 15-month lockout.[ 2] January 23 - English National Opera announces simultaneously that Edward Gardner is conclude his tenure as music director in 2015, and that Mark Wigglesworth is to succeed Gardner as ENO Music Director.[ 3] January 26 - At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards ,[ 4] Maria Schneider 's Winter Morning Walks wins two awards.[ 5] February 18 - Violinist Vanessa-Mae competes for Thailand at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[ 6] March 26 - The Orchestra Haydn announces the appointment of Arvo Volmer as its next chief conductor, effective 1 September 2014, with an initial contract of 3 years.[ 7] April 1 - A 90th birthday concert for Sir Neville Marriner is held by the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields at the Royal Festival Hall , with soloists Joshua Bell and Murray Perahia .[ 8] April 22 - The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra announces that Mariss Jansons is to conclude his chief conductorship of the orchestra after the 2014–2015 season.[ 9] April 24
April 28 - Julian Lloyd Webber announces his retirement from playing cello and performance owing to a herniated disc in his neck which has reduced the power of his bowing arm.[ 12] May 6 - The Munich Radio Orchestra announces that Ulf Schirmer is to conclude this tenure as its chief conductor at the end of the 2016–2017 season.[ 13] May 13 - Anonymous 4 announces that the 2015–2016 season is to be their final season before disbanding the ensemble.[ 14] May 28 - The Royal Northern Sinfonia announces the appointment of Lars Vogt as its next music director, effective September 2015.[ 15] June 6 - The Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Gustavo Gimeno as its next music director, effective with the 2015-2016 season.[ 16] June 21 - Zubin Mehta receives a lifetime achievement award at the 42nd Istanbul Music Festival.[ 17] July 17 - Roger Wright concludes his tenure as Controller of BBC Radio 3 and Controller of The Proms , with Edward Blakeman becoming interim Controller of The Proms.[ 18] July 22 - Judith Weir formally takes up the post of Master of the Queen's Music , the first woman ever to hold the title.[ 19] August 31 - The Danish National Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Fabio Luisi as its next principal conductor, effective in 2017, with an initial contract through 2020.[ 20] September 1 - The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Susanna Mälkki as its next chief conductor, effective in the autumn 2016, with an initial contract of 3 years.[ 21] September 5
The I,CULTURE Orchestra announces the appointment of Kirill Karabits as its new artistic director.[ 22]
Franz Welser-Möst resigns as Generalmusikdirektor of the Vienna State Opera, with immediate effect.[ 23] September 8 - Han-na Chang resigns as music director of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra with immediate effect, the day after the orchestra's debut at The Proms .[ 24] September 13 - The Last Night of the Proms is held at the Royal Albert Hall , with Sakari Oramo conducting his first Last Night and Roderick Williams as the soloist for "Rule Britannia".[ 25] September 17 - Sinfonia ViVA announces the appointment of Duncan Ward as its next principal conductor, effective in January 2015, for an initial contract of 2 years.[ 26] September 26 - The BBC announces the appointment of Alan Davey as the next Controller of Radio 3, effective January 2015.[ 27] October 3 - The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra announces the appointment of Daniele Gatti as its 7th chief conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season.[ 28] October 8 - The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra announces that Jacques Lacombe is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra after the 2015–2016 season.[ 29] October 20 - The first Metropolitan Opera performance of The Death of Klinghoffer [ 30] October 22
October 30 - Conductor and composer Michael Gielen announces his retirement from the concert platform on health grounds.[ 33] November 3 - The Basque National Orchestra (Euskadiko Orkestra) announces the appointment of Jun Märkl as chief conductor with immediate effect, through the 2015–2016 season.[ 34] November 5 - The Berlin Radio Choir announces the appointment of Gijs Leenaars as its next principal conductor, effective August 2015.[ 35] November 8 - Ratification of a new contract by the musicians of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra , ending a 2-month lockout.[ 36] December 7 - Violence breaks out on the opening night of the La Scala opera season, traditionally used by political demonstrators to draw attention to their causes. The audience at the performance of Fidelio Daniel Barenboim , includes Giorgio Armani , Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano , and prime minister Matteo Renzi .[ 37] December 20 - The Hilliard Ensemble give their final concert at Wigmore Hall before disbanding.[ 38]
New works
Opera premieres
Albums
Deaths
January 6 - H. Owen Reed , American composer, conductor and educator, 103[ 68] January 10 - Aram Gharabekian , Armenian conductor, 58[ 69] January 19 - Udo Kasemets , Estonian-born Canadian composer, 94[ 70] January 20 - Claudio Abbado , Italian conductor, 80January 28 - Dwight Gustafson , American composer and conductor, 83[ 71] January 31 - Alexander Ivashkin , Russian cellist, 65 (cancer)[ 72] February 1 - Elisabetta Barbato , Italian soprano, 92[ 73] February 2 - Gerd Albrecht , German conductor, 78[ 74] February 14 - Martha Goldstein , American harpsichordist, 94[ 75] February 15 - Dénes Zsigmondy , Hungarian violinist and music educator, 91.[ 76] February 24 - Nicolae Herlea , Romanian baritone, 86[ 77] March 6 - Marion Stein (Thorpe), British pianist, 87[ 78] April 1 - Anker Buch , Danish violinist, 74[ 79] April 2 - Harris Goldsmith , American pianist and critic, 77[ 80] April 18 - Brian Priestman , conductor (Denver Symphony Orchestra ), 87[ 81] April 24 - Konstantin Orbelyan , Armenian composer and conductor, 85[ 82] May 6 - Antony Hopkins , British composer, conductor and pianist, 93[ 83] May 7 - Sir George Christie , manager of Glyndebourne Opera, 79[ 84] May 19 - Franz-Paul Decker , German-born Canadian conductor, 90[ 85] June 3 - Elodie Lauten , French-born minimalist composer, 63[ 86] June 8 - Ivo Vinco , Italian operatic bass, 86[ 87] June 9 - Gerd Zacher , German organist, composer and author, 84[ 88] June 11 - Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos , Spanish conductor and composer, 80 (cancer)[ 89] June 16 - Pierre D'Archambeau , Belgian-born American violin virtuoso and pedagogue, 87[ 90] June 26 - Julius Rudel , Austrian-born American Grammy Award -winning conductor and director, 93[ 91] July 1 - Oscar Yatco , Filipino conductor and violinist, 83[ 92] July 9 - Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín , Paraguayan composer and violinist,87[ 93] July 13 - Lorin Maazel , French-born American conductor, violinist, composer and music director, 84 [ 94] July 24 - Nataša Danilović , Serbian composer, author of the orchestral piece Horror Vacui, 45[ 95] July 25 - Carlo Bergonzi , Italian operatic tenor, 90[ 96] August 7 - Cristina Deutekom , Dutch coloratura soprano opera singer, 82[ 97] August 8 - Peter Sculthorpe , Australian composer[ 98] August 13 - Frans Brüggen , Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist, 79[ 99] August 15 - Licia Albanese , Italian-born American operatic soprano, 105[ 100] September 19 - Francisco Feliciano , Filipino composer and conductor, 73[ 101] September 24 - Christopher Hogwood , English conductor, harpsichordist, writer, and musicologist, 73October 4 - Konrad Boehmer , German-born Dutch composer and writer, 73[ 102] October 11
October 20 - Pavle Merkù , Slovene composer, 87[ 105] October 21 - Stephen Paulus , American composer, 65[ 106] October 31 - Ian Fraser , English composer and conductor, 81[ 107] November 3 - Augusto Martelli , Italian composer, conductor, arranger and television personality, 74[ 108] November 5 - Manitas de Plata , guitarist, 93November 11 - James Erb , US composer, arranger and musicologist, 88[ 109] November 20 - Arthur Butterworth , English composer and conductor, 91[ 110] November 21 - Wang Kun , Chinese opera singer and educator, 89[ 111] November 25 - Petr Hapka , Czech composer, 70[ 112] December 1 - Mario Abramovich , Argentine violinist and composer, 88December 5 - Manuel De Sica , Italian composer, 65 (heart attack)[ 113] December 8
December 9 - José Feghali , Brazilian pianist, 53 (suicide)[ 116] December 11 - Hans Wallat , German conductor and music director, 85[ 117] December 14 - William Stokking, American orchestral cellist, 81[ 118] December 15
December 23 - Jerzy Semkow , Polish conductor, 86[ 122] December 27 - Claude Frank , American pianist, 89[ 123] December 30 - Patrick Gowers , British composer, 78[ 124] December 31 - Michael Kennedy , British music critic and writer, 86[ 125]
Major awards
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
References
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"Prom 15 BBCSO/Pons review – harmonic and orchestral sophistication" . The Guardian . Retrieved 2015-04-08 . ^ Review of Prom 41, 2014 (The Guardian) ^ Benjamin Grosvenor (2014-08-29). "Proms 2014: when Benjamin Grosvenor met Judith Weir" . The Guardian . Retrieved 2015-04-08 . ^ Tim Ashley (2014-09-14). "The Last Night of the Proms review – Oramo is the perfect maitre d' . The Guardian . Retrieved 2015-04-08 . ^ [1] . Accessed 8 December 2014^ Kimito Island Music Festival 8.7.2014 Kimito church. Sonja Korkeala, Katinka Korkeala (violin), Hariolf Schlichtig (viola), Samuli Peltonen (cello) ^ "Hallé/Wigglesworth – review" (The Guardian), 18 February 2014 ^ Oteri, Frank J. (April 20, 2015). "Julia Wolfe Wins 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Music" . NewMusicBox . Retrieved May 25, 2015 . ^ Göteborgs Symfoniker programme, 10 May 2014 ^ Thebans review (The Guardian)^ 27 review (Saint Louis Post-Dispatch)^ Richard Fairman (2014-04-06). 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^ 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 ^ Alexander Ivashkin obituary (The Guardian) ^ 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:Link language ^ Nicolae Herlea obituary Template:Ro icon ^ Marion Thorpe obituary (The Guardian) .^ Anker Buch obituary (The Strad) ^ 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^ George Christie obituary (The Guardian) ^ Franz-Paul Decker, 90: The old-school conductor who nurtured the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in the Expo years ^ Elodie Lauten obituary (New York Times) ^ 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 ^ Preminula naša koleginica Nataša Danilović Template:Sr icon ^ 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 .^ Frans Brüggen obituary (The Guardian) ^ Licia Albanese 1913-2014 ^ National Artist for Music Francisco Feliciano dies ^ Componist Konrad Boehmer (73) overleden Template:Nl icon ^ Anita Cerquetti obituary (Telegraph) ^ Cellisten och dirigenten Mats Rondin död Archived October 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Template:Sv icon ^ Poslovil se je Pavle Merkù Template:Sl icon ^ William Yardley (2014-10-21). "Stephen Paulus, Classical Composer Rich in Lyricism, Dies at 65" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2015-04-08 . ^ 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 ^ Carnatic vocalist Nedanuri Krishnamurthy dies ^ Knut Nystedt er død Template:No icon ^ Cliburn Piano Winner And TCU Professor José Feghali Has Died ^ Hans Wallat starb mit 85 Template:De icon ^ David O'Reilly (2014-12-21). "William Stokking, 81, Phila. Orchestra cellist" . Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved 2015-04-08 . ^ Telugu Music Composer Chakri Dies of Heart Attack: Celebrities Condole his Death ^ Janis Martin, operatic mezzo turned soprano, is dead at 75 ^ Death of Lt. Col. Ray Steadman-Allen ^ Jerzy Semkow, ninth music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, dies ^ Pianist Claude Frank, a master Mozartean, 89 ^ Patrick Gowers obituary (The Guardian) ^ Michael Kennedy - obituary
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