2010 in classical music
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Events
- March 22 - Daniel Barenboim is awarded the Otto Hahn Peace Medal for his work with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
- March 29 – Protesters interrupt a concert by the Jerusalem Quartet at London's Wigmore Hall.[1]
- June 8 - The Gregynog Music Festival opens; performers include Emma Kirkby, Catrin Finch and The Academy of Ancient Music.[2]
- July 11 - Rachel Barton Pine gives a three-part performance at Chicago's Millennium Park as part of the "Great Performers of Illinois" celebration.
- August - Frank Huang leaves the Ying Quartet.
- August 13 - The Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir give their first concert, at Tewkesbury Abbey, performing Handel’s "Zadok the Priest", "Water Music (Suite No 2 in D)" and "My Heart is Inditing", and Bach’s "Magnificat", accompanied by the Corelli Chamber Orchestra.[3]
New works
- Steven Bryant - Concerto for Wind Ensemble[4]
- Mehdi Hosseini - Taleshi Hava
- Fred Lerdahl - Arches
- Bruno Mantovani - Concerto de chambre nos 1 and 2
- Steve Reich - WTC 9/11
- Johannes Maria Staud
- On Comparative Meteorology, for orchestra
- Contrebande (On Comparative Meteorology II), for orchestra
- Tondo Preludio, for orchestra
- Chant d'amour, for ensemble
- Graham Waterhouse - Chinese Whispers
Opera premieres
| Date | Opera | Composer | Theatre |
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| 18 January | The Child Dreams | Gil Shohat | Israeli Opera |
| 26 February | Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera | David T. Little | Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts |
| 1 March | Émilie | Kaija Saariaho | Opéra National de Lyon |
| 12 March | Bliss | Brett Dean | Sydney Opera House |
| 3 March | Knight Crew | Julian Philips | Glyndebourne |
| 17 April | Shadowboxer | Frank Proto | University of Maryland School of Music, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center |
| 30 April | Moby-Dick | Jake Heggie | Dallas Opera |
| 7 May | Queen of Knives | Eric Stern | Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, Oregon |
| 8 May | Amelia | Daron Hagen | Seattle Opera |
| 13 June | The Golden Ticket | Peter Ash | Opera Theatre of Saint Louis |
| 24 July | Life is a Dream | Lewis Spratlan | Santa Fe Opera |
| 7 August | Sonya's Story | Neal Thornton | Riverside Studios, London |
| 10 September | ’u’ | Eef van Breen | Theater Zeebelt, The Hague |
| 25 September | Gisela! | Hans Werner Henze | Maschinenhalle Zeche Zweckel, Gladbeck, Germany |
| 8 October | Pecan Summer | Deborah Cheetham | WestSide Performing Arts Centre, Mooroopna, Australia |
Albums
- Jack Cooper - The Chamber Wind Music of Jack Cooper
- Jackie Evancho - O Holy Night
- Jon Lord - To Notice Such Things
- Frederik Magle - Like a Flame
- Maksim Mrvica - Appassionata
- Les Prêtres - Spiritus Dei
Musical films
Deaths
- January 8 - Otmar Suitner, Austrian conductor, 87
- January 22 - Surendran Reddy, South African pianist and composer, 47
- January 23 - Earl Wild, US pianist, 94
- February 2 - Nelli Shkolnikova, Russian violinist, 81
- February 9 - Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and music teacher, 71
- February 11 - Irina Arkhipova, Russian operatic mezzo-soprano and later contralto, 85
- February 17 - Kathryn Grayson, 88, American soprano and film star
- February 18 - Ariel Ramírez, Argentine composer, 88
- March - Farman Behboud, Iranian pianist and piano teacher, 63
- March 4 - Amalie Christie, Norwegian classical pianist, author and anthroposophist, 96
- March 5 - Philip Langridge, English operatic tenor, 70
- March 17 - Ştefan Gheorghiu, Romanian violinist, 83
- March 23 - Blanche Thebom, 91, American mezzo-soprano
- April 1 - Morag Beaton, 83, Scottish-Australian soprano
- April 10 - William Walker, 78, American baritone and General Director of the Fort Worth Opera
- April 27 - Morris Pert, Scottish percussionist, pianist and composer, 62
- April 29 - Johannes Fritsch, German composer, 68
- May 5 - Giulietta Simionato, Italian operatic mezzo-soprano, 99
- May 17 - Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, teacher, and composer, 86
- May 24 - Anneliese Rothenberger, 83, German soprano
- May 25 - Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African operatic tenor, 35 (meningitis)
- June 2 - Giuseppe Taddei, Italian operatic baritone, 93
- June 5 - Arne Nordheim, Norwegian composer, 78
- June 12 - Fuat Mansurov, Russian conductor, 82
- June 14 - Giacinto Prandelli, Italian operatic tenor, 96
- June 18 - Kalmen Opperman, American clarinetist, teacher, conductor and instrument maker, 90
- July 1 - John Paynter, British composer and music educator, 78
- July 5 - Cesare Siepi, 87, Italian bass
- July 12 - John Douglas, American conductor, voice teacher and accompanist, 54 (melanoma)
- July 14 - Sir Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor, 84
- July 15 - Luo Pinchao, Chinese opera singer, 98
- June 16 - Maureen Forrester, 79, Canadian contralto
- July 21 - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, British tenor, 69
- August 6 - Cacilda Borges Barbosa, Brazilian pianist, conductor and composer, 96
- September 11 - Herbert Grossman, American conductor, 83
- September 12 - Charles Ansbacher, American conductor, 67
- September 19 - László Polgár, Hungarian operatic bass, 63
- September 21 - Geoffrey Burgon, British film and TV score composer, 69
- September 28 - Dolores Wilson, American operatic soprano, 82
- October 10
- Alison Stephens, English mandolin player, 40 (cervical cancer)
- Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano, 83
- October 30 - Morris Pert, Scottish composer, drummer /percussionist and pianist, 62
- November 2 - Rudolf Barshai, Russian violist and composer, 86
- November 5 - Shirley Verrett, American mezzo-soprano, 79
- November 12 - Henryk Górecki, Polish composer, 74
- November 30 - Peter Hofmann, German operatic tenor, 66
- December 6 - Hugues Cuénod, Swiss operatic tenor, 108
- December 7 - Sergiu Luca, Romanian violinist, 67
- December 15 - Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Austrian operatic contralto, 89
- December 16 - Richard Adeney, British flautist, 90
Major awards
Pulitzer Prize in Music
Classical Brits
- Composer of the Year - Thomas Adès
- Male Artist of the Year - Vasily Petrenko
- Female Artist Of The Year - Angela Gheorghiu
- Critics' Award - Antonio Pappano
Grammy Awards
Composer's Guild Grand Prize
References
- ↑ Charlotte Higgins (March 30, 2010). "Arts Diary". The Guardian. UK. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
- ↑ 2010 Festival
- ↑ Three Choirs Festival website
- ↑ Battisti, Frank L. (April 1, 2012). Winds of Change II - The New Millennium: A Chronicle of the Continuing Evolution of the Contemporary American Wind/Band Ensemble. Meredith Music. ISBN 1574632043.
See also
External links
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