Significant classical music anniversaries in 2020
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This page lists significant anniversaries for the year 2020, taken from Classical Music Daily's database of approximately 6000 entries, with contemporary (living) musicians shown first. Use the links above and below to future years to find out whose major anniversaries could be celebrated in the future, or to plan concerts, festivals and other events.
Richard Bonynge (born 1930) (90th birthday in 2020)
Stephen Kovacevich (born 1940) (80th birthday in 2020)
Arturo Márquez (born 1950) (70th birthday in 2020)
Elena Firsova (born 1950) (70th birthday in 2020)
James Conlon (born 1950) (70th birthday in 2020)
Tony Westerman (born 1950) (70th birthday in 2020)
Gordon Rumson (born 1960) (60th birthday in 2020)
Deborah Voigt (born 1960) (60th birthday in 2020)
George Benjamin (born 1960) (60th birthday in 2020)
Susan Graham (born 1960) (60th birthday in 2020)
Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960) (60th birthday in 2020)
Andrew Smith (born 1970) (50th birthday in 2020)
Anne Akiko Meyers (born 1970) (50th birthday in 2020)
Clara Rodríguez (born 1970) (50th birthday in 2020)
Rustem Kudoyarov (born 1970) (50th birthday in 2020)
Domingo Hindoyan (born 1980) (40th birthday in 2020)
Missy Mazzoli (born 1980) (40th birthday in 2020)
Jack Liebeck (born 1980) (40th birthday in 2020)
Anna Clyne (born 1980) (40th birthday in 2020)
Rafael Payare (born 1980) (40th birthday in 2020)
Carlos Cipa (born 1990) (30th birthday in 2020)
Anna Tsybuleva (born 1990) (30th birthday in 2020)
Adrian Rumson (born 2000) (20th birthday in 2020)
Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720-1795) (300 years since birth in 2020)
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) (250 years since death in 2020)
Gottlieb Muffat (1690-1770) (330 years since birth and 250 years since death in 2020)
Antonin Reicha (1770-1836) (250 years since birth in 2020)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (250 years since birth in 2020)
Georg Abraham Schneider (1770-1839) (250 years since birth in 2020)
Charles Avison (1709-1770) (250 years since death in 2020)
Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770-1846) (250 years since birth in 2020)
Friedrich Witt (1770-1836) (250 years since birth in 2020)
Franz Lehár (1870-1948) (150 years since birth in 2020)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) (150 years since birth in 2020)
Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) (150 years since birth in 2020)
Josef Strauss (1827-1870) (150 years since death in 2020)
Alister Proctor (1870-1942) (150 years since birth in 2020)
Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870) (150 years since death in 2020)
Michael William Balfe (1808-1870) (150 years since death in 2020)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) (150 years since birth in 2020)
Walter Arlen (1920-2023) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Harold Shapero (1920-2013) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Gwyneth George (1920-2016) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Fedora Barbieri (1920-2003) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Isaac Stern (1920-2001) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Eileen Farrell (1920-2002) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Luciano Chailly (1920-2002) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Yara Bernette (1920-2002) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Max Bruch (1838-1920) (100 years since death in 2020)
Alicia Alonso (1920-2019) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Alexander Arutiunian (1920-2012) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Hephzibah Menuhin (1920-1981) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Ray Still (1920-2014) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Charles Griffes (1884-1920) (100 years since death in 2020)
Guido Cantelli (1920-1956) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Howard Cable (1920-2016) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Bruno Maderna (1920-1973) (100 years since birth in 2020)
Donald Hunt (1930-2018) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Donald Hazelwood (1930-2025) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Gerardo Guevara (1930-2024) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Ruth-Margret Pütz (1930-2019) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Gordon Langford (1930-2017) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Lalgudi Jayaraman (1930-2013) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Peter G Howell (1930-2021) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Vernon Handley (1930-2008) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Mario Bernardi (1930-2013) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Romuald Twardowski (1930-2024) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Peter Hurford (1930-2019) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Dan Iordăchescu (1930-2015) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Heather Harper (1930-2019) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Pedro Lavirgen (1930-2023) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Robert Ashley (1930-2014) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Roman Semenovich Ledenev (1930-2019) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Lorin Maazel (1930-2014) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Kresimir Sipusch (1930-2014) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Ulf Söderblom (1930-2016) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Piero Buscaroli (1930-2016) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Ivan Moravec (1930-2015) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Xiomara Alfaro (1930-2018) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Jerzy Artysz (1930-2024) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Dick Raaijmakers (1930-2013) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Igor Kipnis (1930-2002) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Lazar Berman (1930-2005) (90 years since birth in 2020)
David Tunley (1930-2024) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Peter Feuchtwanger (1930-2016) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Veljo Tormis (1930-2017) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Dieter Schnebel (1930-2018) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Peter Katin (1930-2015) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Malcolm Troup (1930-2021) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Lamara Chkhonia (1930-2024) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Barry McDaniel (1930-2018) (90 years since birth in 2020)
David Mayer Epstein (1930-2002) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Makoto Moroi (1930-2013) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Nancy Van de Vate (1930-2023) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Władysław Słowiński (1930-2024) (90 years since birth in 2020)
Alexander Yossifov (1940-2016) (80 years since birth in 2020)
Roy Wales (1940-2024) (80 years since birth in 2020)
Huguette Tourangeau (1940-2018) (80 years since birth in 2020)
Mary Mogil (1940-2024) (80 years since birth in 2020)
Frank Zappa (1940-1993) (80 years since birth in 2020)
Rudolf Jansen (1940-2024) (80 years since birth in 2020)
Jesús López Cobos (1940-2018) (80 years since birth in 2020)
Coriún Aharonián (1940-2017) (80 years since birth in 2020)
Manfred Jung (1940-2017) (80 years since birth in 2020)
Elodie Lauten (1950-2014) (70 years since birth in 2020)
Sofia Propişcean (1950-2024) (70 years since birth in 2020)
Eugene Sârbu (1950-2024) (70 years since birth in 2020)
Otomar Kvěch (1950-2018) (70 years since birth in 2020)
Andrew Downes (1950-2023) (70 years since birth in 2020)
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (1950-2018) (70 years since birth in 2020)
Mats Rondin (1960-2014) (60 years since birth in 2020)
Oleg Bryzhak (1960-2015) (60 years since birth in 2020)
Lars Vogt (1970-2022) (50 years since birth in 2020)
Vytautas Bacevicius (1905-1970) (50 years since death in 2020)
Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970) (50 years since death in 2020)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970) (50 years since death in 2020)
Heino Eller (1887-1970) (50 years since death in 2020)
Walter Bricht (1904-1970) (50 years since death in 2020)
George Szell (1897-1970) (50 years since death in 2020)
Antonio Molina (1894-1980) (40 years since death in 2020)
Archibald James Potter (1918-1980) (40 years since death in 2020)
Gustaf Allan Pettersson (1911-1980) (40 years since death in 2020)
Walter Susskind (1913-1980) (40 years since death in 2020)
William Dawson (1899-1990) (30 years since death in 2020)
John Russell (1916-1990) (30 years since death in 2020)
Eva Turner (1892-1990) (30 years since death in 2020)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) (120 years since birth and 30 years since death in 2020)
Patrick Piggott (1915-1990) (30 years since death in 2020)
Reginald Goodall (1901-1990) (30 years since death in 2020)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) (30 years since death in 2020)
Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) (30 years since death in 2020)
Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Leonard Salzedo (1921-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Victor Borge (1909-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Gerhard Schedl (1957-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Joan Trimble (1915-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
William Glock (1908-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000) (90 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2020)
John Arab (1930-2000) (90 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2020)
Jean Papineau-Couture (1916-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Olivier Greif (1950-2000) (70 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2020)
Bengt Hambraeus (1928-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Francesco Pennisi (1934-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Tommy Reilly (1919-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Anthony Scott (died 2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Franco Donatoni (1927-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
David Golub (1950-2000) (70 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2020)
William Ferris (1937-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Götz Friedrich (1930-2000) (90 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2020)
Violet Archer (1913-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Louis Quilico (1925-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Herbert O Fox (1918-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Joel Revzen (1945-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Gene Gutchë (1907-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Aage Haugland (1944-2000) (20 years since death in 2020)
Earl Wild (1915-2010) (10 years since death in 2020)
Allan Wicks (1923-2010) (10 years since death in 2020)
David Fanshawe (1942-2010) (10 years since death in 2020)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (1940-2010) (80 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2020)
David Wilkins (1956-2010) (10 years since death in 2020)
Geoffrey Burgon (1941-2010) (10 years since death in 2020)
Benjamin Lees (1924-2010) (10 years since death in 2020)
John Jeffreys (1927-2010) (10 years since death in 2020)
Kenneth McKellar (1927-2010) (10 years since death in 2020)
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (1925-2010) (10 years since death in 2020)
Alfons Kontarsky (1932-2010) (10 years since death in 2020)
Joan Sutherland (1926-2010) (10 years since death in 2020)
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