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Events

New works

  • Michel van der Aa – Violin Concerto
  • Matthew Aucoin
    • Three Études for solo piano
    • The Orphic Moment, dramatic cantata for countertenor, solo violin, and chamber ensemble
    • Celan Fragments, violin and piano
    • Piano Trio
  • Vykintas Baltakas – Redditio 2[39]
  • Friedrich Cerha
    • Tagebuch für Orchester[40]
    • Drei Orchesterstücke[41]
  • Arvo PärtSwan Song[42]
  • Henryk Górecki – Symphony No. 4[43]
  • Philip Glass – String Quartet No. 7
  • Martin Schüttler – MEUTEN[44]
  • Adam Stern (conductor) – Spirits of the Dead (after Edgar Allan Poe) for narrator and orchestra
  • Annesley Black – A Piece That Is a Size That Is Recognised as Not a Size but a Piece[44]
  • Christoph Ogiermann – Inner Empire II[44]
  • Brice Pauset – Arbeiten[44]
  • Hans Thomalla – Wonderblock[44]
  • Hannes Seidl – Mehr als die Hälfte[44]
  • Peter Gahn – Nachtsicht II[44]
  • Jay SchwartzDelta – Music for Orchestra IV[44]
  • Christian Billian – Unwuchten[44]
  • Jagoda Szmytka – Empty Music[44]
  • Georg Friedrich Haas
    • Dark Dreams[45]
    • Concerto Grosso No 1[46]
    • Concerto Grosso No 2[47]
  • James HornerPas de Deux[48]
  • James MacMillan – Viola Concerto[49]
  • Matthias PintscherIdyll for orchestra
  • John Tavener
    • Gnosis[50]
    • Requiem Fragments[51]
  • Simon HoltMorpheus Wakes[52]
  • Gabriel Prokofiev – Violin Concerto[53]
  • Jonathan DoveGaia Theory[54]
  • Benedict MasonMeld[55]
  • Judith WeirDay Break Shadows Flee[56]
  • Gavin Higgins – Velocity[57]
  • Kaija SaariahoMaan Varjot[58]
  • Aulis Sallinen – String Quartet No. 6, Op. 103[59]
  • Ryan Wigglesworth – Violin Concerto[60]
  • Julia WolfeAnthracite Fields[61]
  • Unsuk Chin – Clarinet Concerto[62]

Opera premieres

Albums

Deaths

  • January 6 – H. Owen Reed, American composer, conductor and educator, 103[70]
  • January 10 – Aram Gharabekian, Armenian conductor, 58[71]
  • January 19 – Udo Kasemets, Estonian-born Canadian composer, 94[72]
  • January 20 – Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor, 80[73]
  • January 28 – Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor, 83[74]
  • January 31 – Alexander Ivashkin, Russian cellist, 65 (cancer)[75]
  • February 1 – Elisabetta Barbato, Italian soprano, 92[76]
  • February 2 – Gerd Albrecht, German conductor, 78[77]
  • February 14 – Martha Goldstein, American harpsichordist, 94[78]
  • February 15 – Dénes Zsigmondy, Hungarian violinist and music educator, 91.[79]
  • February 24 – Nicolae Herlea, Romanian baritone, 86[80]
  • March 6 – Marion Stein (Thorpe), British pianist, 87[81]
  • April 1 – Anker Buch, Danish violinist, 74[82]
  • April 2 – Harris Goldsmith, American pianist and critic, 77[83]
  • April 18 – Brian Priestman, conductor (Denver Symphony Orchestra), 87[84]
  • April 24 – Konstantin Orbelyan, Armenian composer and conductor, 85[85]
  • May 6 – Antony Hopkins, British composer, conductor and pianist, 93[86]
  • May 7 – Sir George Christie, manager of Glyndebourne Opera, 79[87])
  • May 19 – Franz-Paul Decker, German-born Canadian conductor, 90[88]
  • June 3 – Elodie Lauten, French-born minimalist composer, 63[89]
  • June 8 – Ivo Vinco, Italian operatic bass, 86[90]
  • June 9 – Gerd Zacher, German organist, composer and author, 84[91]
  • June 11 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer, 80 (cancer)[92]
  • June 16 – Pierre D'Archambeau, Belgian-born American violin virtuoso and pedagogue, 87[93]
  • June 26 – Julius Rudel, Austrian-born American Grammy Award-winning conductor and director, 93[94]
  • July 1 – Oscar Yatco, Filipino conductor and violinist, 83[95]
  • July 9 – Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín, Paraguayan composer and violinist, 87[96]
  • July 13 – Lorin Maazel, French-born American conductor, violinist, composer and music director, 84[97]
  • July 24 – Nataša Danilović, Serbian composer, author of the orchestral piece Horror Vacui, 45[98]
  • July 25 – Carlo Bergonzi, Italian operatic tenor, 90[99]
  • August 7 – Cristina Deutekom, Dutch coloratura soprano opera singer, 82[100]
  • August 8 – Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer[101]
  • August 13 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist, 79[102]
  • August 15 – Licia Albanese, Italian-born American operatic soprano, 105[103]
  • September 19 – Francisco Feliciano, Filipino composer and conductor, 73[104]
  • September 24 – Christopher Hogwood, English conductor, harpsichordist, writer, and musicologist, 73
  • October 4 – Konrad Boehmer, German-born Dutch composer and writer, 73[105]
  • October 11
  • October 20 – Pavle Merkù, Slovene composer, 87[108]
  • October 21 – Stephen Paulus, American composer, 65[109]
  • October 31 – Ian Fraser, English composer and conductor, 81[110]
  • November 3 – Augusto Martelli, Italian composer, conductor, arranger and television personality, 74[111]
  • November 5 – Manitas de Plata, guitarist, 93
  • November 11 – James Erb, US composer, arranger and musicologist, 88[112]
  • November 20 – Arthur Butterworth, English composer and conductor, 91[113]
  • November 21 – Wang Kun, Chinese opera singer and educator, 89[114]
  • November 25 – Petr Hapka, Czech composer, 70[115]
  • December 1 – Mario Abramovich, Argentine violinist and composer, 88
  • December 5 – Manuel De Sica, Italian composer, 65 (heart attack)[116]
  • December 8
  • December 9 – José Feghali, Brazilian pianist, 53 (suicide)[119] (body discovered on this date)
  • December 11 – Hans Wallat, German conductor and music director, 85[120]
  • December 14 – William Stokking, American orchestral cellist, 81[121]
  • December 15
    • Chakri, Indian film composer and playback singer, 40 (heart attack)[122]
    • Janis Martin, American opera singer, 75[123]
    • Ray Steadman-Allen, British composer and Salvation Army officer, 92[124]
  • December 23 – Jerzy Semkow, Polish conductor, 86[125]
  • December 27 – Claude Frank, American pianist, 89[126]
  • December 30 – Patrick Gowers, British composer, 78[127]
  • December 31 – Michael Kennedy, British music critic and writer, 86[128]

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 and 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

Avery Fisher Prize

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  77. ^ Zemřel Gerd Albrecht, dirigent, který rozděloval Českou filharmonii (in Czech)
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  83. ^ Remembering Harris Goldsmith
  84. ^ Brian Priestman, 87, former Denver Symphony conductor
  85. ^ Famous Armenian composer Konstantin Orbelian died in Los Angeles at 86
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  87. ^ George Christie obituary (The Guardian)
  88. ^ Franz-Paul Decker, 90: The old-school conductor who nurtured the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in the Expo years
  89. ^ Elodie Lauten obituary (New York Times)
  90. ^ Italian bass Ivo Vinco dies at 86 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  91. ^ Forschungsplatz Orgelbank: Gerd Zacher (1929–2014) (in German)
  92. ^ Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos – obituary
  93. ^ Belgian violinist Pierre D’Archambeau Has Died – Aged 87
  94. ^ Julius Rudel, Longtime City Opera Impresario, Dies at 93
  95. ^ Maestro Oscar Yatco passes away
  96. ^ Fallece el gran violinista Lorenzo Álvarez (in Spanish)
  97. ^ Lorin Maazel, Intense and Enigmatic Conductor, Dies at 84
  98. ^ Preminula naša koleginica Nataša Danilović (in Serbian)
  99. ^ Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi, has died; starred at Lyric Opera
  100. ^ Sopraan Cristina Deutekom (82) overleden (in Dutch)
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  102. ^ Frans Brüggen obituary (The Guardian)
  103. ^ Licia Albanese 1913–2014
  104. ^ National Artist for Music Francisco Feliciano dies
  105. ^ Componist Konrad Boehmer (73) overleden (in Dutch)
  106. ^ Anita Cerquetti obituary (Telegraph)
  107. ^ Cellisten och dirigenten Mats Rondin död Archived October 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  108. ^ Poslovil se je Pavle Merkù (in Slovene)
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  110. ^ Ian Fraser, famed composer who worked alongside Julie Andrews, dead at 81
  111. ^ Muore Augusto Martelli, una vita in musica da Mina alla Tv (in Italian)
  112. ^ ERB, JAMES
  113. ^ Death of Arthur Butterworth
  114. ^ Folk Vocalist Wang Kun Dies, 89 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  115. ^ Zemřel hudební skladatel a zpěvák Petr Hapka (in Czech)
  116. ^ Morto d’infarto il musicista Manuel De Sica, fratello di Christian (in Italian)
  117. ^ Carnatic vocalist Nedanuri Krishnamurthy dies
  118. ^ Knut Nystedt er død (in Norwegian)
  119. ^ Cliburn Piano Winner And TCU Professor José Feghali Has Died
  120. ^ Hans Wallat starb mit 85 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in German)
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  122. ^ Telugu Music Composer Chakri Dies of Heart Attack: Celebrities Condole his Death
  123. ^ Janis Martin, operatic mezzo turned soprano, is dead at 75
  124. ^ Death of Lt. Col. Ray Steadman-Allen
  125. ^ Jerzy Semkow, ninth music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, dies
  126. ^ Pianist Claude Frank, a master Mozartean, 89
  127. ^ Patrick Gowers obituary (The Guardian)
  128. ^ Michael Kennedy – obituary