Significant classical music anniversaries in 2022
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This page lists significant anniversaries for the year 2022, 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.
Lalo Schifrin (born 1932) (90th birthday in 2022)
Éliane Radigue (born 1932) (90th birthday in 2022)
John Williams (born 1932) (90th birthday in 2022)
Rodion Shchedrin (born 1932) (90th birthday in 2022)
Michel Tabachnik (born 1942) (80th birthday in 2022)
Roger Woodward (born 1942) (80th birthday in 2022)
Allan Rae (born 1942) (80th birthday in 2022)
Daniel Barenboim (born 1942) (80th birthday in 2022)
Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952) (70th birthday in 2022)
Dominic Muldowney (born 1952) (70th birthday in 2022)
Andrew Millington (born 1952) (70th birthday in 2022)
Martin Roscoe (born 1952) (70th birthday in 2022)
Steven Block (born 1952) (70th birthday in 2022)
Judith Bingham (born 1952) (70th birthday in 2022)
Dolora Zajick (born 1952) (70th birthday in 2022)
Peter Garland (born 1952) (70th birthday in 2022)
Graham Waterhouse (born 1962) (60th birthday in 2022)
Roger Argente (born 1962) (60th birthday in 2022)
Rodolfo Saglimbeni (born 1962) (60th birthday in 2022)
Steve Hansen Smythe (born 1962) (60th birthday in 2022)
Isabelle Faust (born 1972) (50th birthday in 2022)
John Osborn (born 1972) (50th birthday in 2022)
Vladimir Jurowski (born 1972) (50th birthday in 2022)
Mark Bebbington (born 1972) (50th birthday in 2022)
Lawrence Brownlee (born 1972) (50th birthday in 2022)
Gabriela Lena Frank (born 1972) (50th birthday in 2022)
Gillian Keith (born 1972) (50th birthday in 2022)
Carson Cooman (born 1982) (40th birthday in 2022)
Noriko Koide (born 1982) (40th birthday in 2022)
Kit Armstrong (born 1992) (30th birthday in 2022)
Johannes Kuhnau (1660-1722) (300 years since death in 2022)
Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694-1772) (250 years since death in 2022)
John Stephen Carbonell (1694-1772) (250 years since death in 2022)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) (230 years since birth and 200 years since death in 2022)
Joachim Raff (1822-1882) (200 years since birth and 140 years since death in 2022)
César Franck (1822-1890) (200 years since birth in 2022)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) (150 years since birth in 2022)
Michele Enrico Carafa di Colobrano (1787-1872) (150 years since death in 2022)
Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872) (150 years since death in 2022)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) (150 years since birth in 2022)
George Walker (1922-2018) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Ilja Hurník (1922-2013) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Alexandru Ţitruş (1922-1989) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Weston Noble (1922-2016) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Regina Resnick (1922-2013) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Ester Mägi (1922-2021) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Antonio Bibalo (1922-2008) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Elisabeth Carron (1922-2016) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Gilberto Mendes (1922-2016) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Francis Thorne (1922-2017) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Jean Ritchie (1922-2015) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Halina Czerny-Stefanska (1922-2001) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Andrzej Koszewski (1922-2015) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Manuel Oltra (1922-2015) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Zhu Jian Er (1922-2017) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Franz Beyer (1922-2018) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Ronald Smith (1922-2004) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Ray Steadman-Allen (1922-2014) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Ivry Gitlis (1922-2020) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Finn Mortensen (1922-1983) (100 years since birth in 2022)
John Amis (1922-2013) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Lukas Foss (1922-2009) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Fredell Lack (1922-2017) (100 years since birth in 2022)
Andre Hajdu (1932-2016) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Neil Black (1932-2016) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Patrick Thomas (1932-2017) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Oldřich Semerák (1932-2024) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Heli Lääts (1932-2018) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Alan Stout (1932-2018) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Anna Moffo (1932-2006) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Bill Newman (1932-2015) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Konrad Ragossnig (1932-2018) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Wilhelm Brückner (1932-2025) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Marvin David Levy (1932-2015) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Gilles Tremblay (1932-2017) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Paul Walter Myers (1932-2015) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Tod Dockstader (1932-2015) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Anton Nanut (1932-2017) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Nam June Paik (1932-2006) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Malcolm Lipkin (1932-2017) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Tera de Marez Oyens (1932-1996) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Ivan Davis (1932-2018) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Kenneth Bowen (1932-2018) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Alfons Kontarsky (1932-2010) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Michael Rayner (1932-2015) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Alexander Goehr (1932-2024) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Niccolò Castiglioni (1932-1996) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013) (90 years since birth in 2022)
Julia Ionides (1942-2015) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Richard Gaddes (1942-2023) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Sven-David Sandström (1942-2019) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Karunamoy Goswami (1942-2017) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Vardo Rumessen (1942-2015) (80 years since birth in 2022)
John Bingham (1942-2003) (80 years since birth in 2022)
John Tyrrell (1942-2018) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Anatol Ugorski (1942-2023) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Jan Stulen (1942-2017) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Richard Angas (1942-2013) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Valery Lagunov (1942-2023) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Aleksey Nasedkin (1942-2014) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Fereydoon Shahbazyan (1942-2025) (80 years since birth in 2022)
David Fanshawe (1942-2010) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Montserrat Figueras (1942-2011) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Maurizio Pollini (1942-2024) (80 years since birth in 2022)
Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) (70 years since birth in 2022)
Zoltán Kocsis (1952-2016) (70 years since birth in 2022)
Valery Khalilov (1952-2016) (70 years since birth in 2022)
Lee Hyla (1952-2014) (70 years since birth in 2022)
Paul Zicheng Fu (1952-2021) (70 years since birth in 2022)
Alexander Toradze (1952-2022) (70 years since birth in 2022)
Simon Bainbridge (1952-2021) (70 years since birth in 2022)
Oliver Knussen (1952-2018) (70 years since birth in 2022)
Ovidiu Badila (1962-2001) (60 years since birth in 2022)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962-2017) (60 years since birth in 2022)
Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972) (120 years since birth and 50 years since death in 2022)
Havergal Brian (1876-1972) (50 years since death in 2022)
Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972) (50 years since death in 2022)
Victor Babin (1908-1972) (50 years since death in 2022)
Gavriil Popov (1904-1972) (50 years since death in 2022)
Carl Orff (1895-1982) (40 years since death in 2022)
Ben Thapa (1982-2024) (40 years since birth in 2022)
Anatoly Alexandrov (1886-1982) (40 years since death in 2022)
Humphrey Searle (1915-1982) (40 years since death in 2022)
Glenn Gould (1932-1982) (90 years since birth and 40 years since death in 2022)
Poul Rovsing Olsen (1922-1982) (100 years since birth and 40 years since death in 2022)
William Mathias (1934-1992) (30 years since death in 2022)
Constança Capdeville (1937-1992) (30 years since death in 2022)
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) (30 years since death in 2022)
Geraint Evans (1922-1992) (100 years since birth and 30 years since death in 2022)
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) (30 years since death in 2022)
William Schuman (1910-1992) (30 years since death in 2022)
Maurice Ohana (1913-1992) (30 years since death in 2022)
Jovdat Hajiyev (1917-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Yuan Shihai (1916-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Derek Bell (1935-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
George Guest (1924-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Mehli Mehta (1908-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Günter Wand (1912-2002) (110 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2022)
Ralph Shapey (1921-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Alan Shulman (1915-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Alan Lomax (1915-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Leo Ornstein (1895-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Michael Oliver (1937-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Eileen Farrell (1920-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Nathan Perelman (1906-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Rudolf Bruči (1917-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
David Mayer Epstein (1930-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Luciano Chailly (1920-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Dorothy DeLay (1917-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Ivan Karabits (1945-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002) (110 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2022)
Monica Sinclair (1925-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Igor Kipnis (1930-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Vlado Perlemuter (1904-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Anthony Milner (1925-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Lucio San Pedro (1913-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Yara Bernette (1920-2002) (20 years since death in 2022)
Mark Ermler (1932-2002) (90 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2022)
Camilla Williams (1919-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Helmut Müller-Brühl (1933-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Jalal Zolfonun (1937-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Éric Gaudibert (1936-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Carlo Curley (1952-2012) (70 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2022)
Elliott Carter (1908-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Jacques Barzun (1907-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Hikaru Hayashi (1931-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Ryosuke Hatanaka (1922-2012) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2022)
Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Edvard Mirzoyan (1921-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Maurice André (1933-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Sadao Bekku (1922-2012) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2022)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Tamara Brooks (1941-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Lisa Della Casa (1919-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Philip Ledger (1937-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Grigori Frid (1915-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Rita Gorr (1926-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Felix Werder (1922-2012) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2022)
William Francis McBeth (1933-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Alexis Weissenberg (1929-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
George Hurst (1926-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Paavo Berglund (1929-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Derek Hammond-Stroud (1926-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
David Warren Brubeck (died 2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
David Craighead (1924-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Charles Rosen (1927-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Mihaela Ursuleasa (1978-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Rosalind Runcie (1932-2012) (90 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2022)
Ruggiero Ricci (1918-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Alexander Arutiunian (1920-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Galina Vishnevskaya (1926-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Gustav Leonhardt (1928-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
William Duckworth (1943-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Patrick Moore (1923-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
Piero Bellugi (1924-2012) (10 years since death in 2022)
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