Significant classical music anniversaries in 2023
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This page lists significant anniversaries for the year 2023, 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.
Elly Ameling (born 1933) (90th birthday in 2023)
Janet Baker (born 1933) (90th birthday in 2023)
H K Gruber (born 1943) (80th birthday in 2023)
John Eliot Gardiner (born 1943) (80th birthday in 2023)
Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943) (80th birthday in 2023)
David Matthews (born 1943) (80th birthday in 2023)
Morten Lauridsen (born 1943) (80th birthday in 2023)
Sarah Leonard (born 1953) (70th birthday in 2023)
Riccardo Chailly (born 1953) (70th birthday in 2023)
Richard Jones (born 1953) (70th birthday in 2023)
Valery Gergiev (born 1953) (70th birthday in 2023)
András Schiff (born 1953) (70th birthday in 2023)
Roberto Sierra (born 1953) (70th birthday in 2023)
John Luther Adams (born 1953) (70th birthday in 2023)
Malcolm Singer (born 1953) (70th birthday in 2023)
Myung-whun Chung (born 1953) (70th birthday in 2023)
Robert Saxton (born 1953) (70th birthday in 2023)
Sarah Connolly (born 1963) (60th birthday in 2023)
Graham Fitkin (born 1963) (60th birthday in 2023)
Thomas Dausgaard (born 1963) (60th birthday in 2023)
Theodore Kuchar (born 1963) (60th birthday in 2023)
Geraint Bowen (born 1963) (60th birthday in 2023)
Valentina Lisitsa (born 1973) (50th birthday in 2023)
Leon McCawley (born 1973) (50th birthday in 2023)
Lera Auerbach (born 1973) (50th birthday in 2023)
Iyad Sughayer (born 1993) (30th birthday in 2023)
Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) (400 years since death in 2023)
William Byrd (died 1623) (400 years since death in 2023)
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) (300 years since birth in 2023)
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773) (250 years since death in 2023)
Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) (200 years since birth in 2023)
Francisco Barbieri (1823-1894) (200 years since birth in 2023)
Theodor Kirchner (1823-1903) (200 years since birth and 120 years since death in 2023)
Fyador Chaliapin (1873-1938) (150 years since birth in 2023)
Clara Butt (1873-1936) (150 years since birth in 2023)
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) (150 years since birth and 80 years since death in 2023)
Max Reger (1873-1916) (150 years since birth in 2023)
Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873-1945) (150 years since birth in 2023)
Daniel Gregory Mason (1873-1953) (150 years since birth and 70 years since death in 2023)
Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) (150 years since birth in 2023)
Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) (100 years since death in 2023)
Victor Hochhauser (1923-2019) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Alirio Díaz (1923-2016) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Arthur Butterworth (1923-2014) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Chou Wen-chung (1923-2019) (100 years since birth in 2023)
David L Kaplan (1923-2015) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Heinz Wallberg (1923-2004) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Herman Krebbers (1923-2018) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Flavio Testi (1923-2014) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Siegfried Köhler (1923-2017) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Menahem Pressler (1923-2023) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Vasilije Mokranjac (1923-1984) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Leslie Bassett (1923-2016) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Louis Lane (1923-2016) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Maria Callas (1923-1977) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Gerhard Wimberger (1923-2016) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Serge Collot (1923-2015) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Ursula Mamlok (1923-2016) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Ned Rorem (1923-2022) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Allan Wicks (1923-2010) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Alicia de Larrocha (1923-2009) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Victoria de los Ángeles (1923-2005) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Franz-Paul Decker (1923-2014) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Robert Craft (1923-2015) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Åke Hermanson (1923-1996) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Lawrence Leonard (1923-2001) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Franco Zeffirelli (1923-2019) (100 years since birth in 2023)
György Ligeti (1923-2006) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Madeleine Dring (1923-1977) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Stanisłav Skrowaczewski (1923-2017) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Patrick Moore (1923-2012) (100 years since birth in 2023)
Jan Henrik Kayser (1933-2016) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Colin Tilney (1933-2024) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Wolfgang Gönnenwein (1933-2015) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Libor Pešek (1933-2022) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Ton Hartsuiker (1933-2015) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Teresa Berganza (1933-2022) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Miriam Brickman (1933-2015) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Marcel Marnat (1933-2024) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Jacques Charpentier (1933-2017) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Colin Brumby (1933-2018) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Darijan Božič (1933-2018) (90 years since birth in 2023)
William Francis McBeth (1933-2012) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Phill Niblock (1933-2024) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Julian Bream (1933-2020) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Helmut Müller-Brühl (1933-2012) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Maurice André (1933-2012) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Arif Melikov (1933-2019) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Uña Ramos (1933-2014) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Ilkka Kuusisto (1933-2025) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Claudio Abbado (1933-2014) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Anatoly Kremer (1933-2015) (90 years since birth in 2023)
François-René Tranchefort (1933-2019) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Justin Connolly (1933-2020) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Montserrat Caballé (1933-2018) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1933-2014) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Easley Blackwood (1933-2023) (90 years since birth in 2023)
Royston Nash (1933-2016) (90 years since birth in 2023)
José Evangelista (1943-2023) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Albert Mayr (1943-2024) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Roger Smalley (1943-2015) (80 years since birth in 2023)
William Duckworth (1943-2012) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Kenneth Montgomery (1943-2023) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Werner Hink (1943-2024) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Mariss Jansons (1943-2019) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Bill Hopkins (1943-1981) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Ryland Davies (1943-2023) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Paul Zukofsky (1943-2017) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Evgeny Shiryaev (1943-2023) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Jorge Arriagada (1943-2024) (80 years since birth in 2023)
David Maslanka (1943-2017) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Vakhtang Jordania (1943-2005) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Jeffrey Tate (1943-2017) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Paul Reale (1943-2020) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Zoltán Jeney (1943-2019) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Ariel Bybee (1943-2018) (80 years since birth in 2023)
Harry van Hoof (1943-2024) (80 years since birth in 2023)
James Horner (1953-2015) (70 years since birth in 2023)
Rolf Smedvig (1953-2015) (70 years since birth in 2023)
András Ligeti (1953-2021) (70 years since birth in 2023)
László Melis (1953-2018) (70 years since birth in 2023)
Claire van Kampen (1953-2025) (70 years since birth in 2023)
Bramwell Tovey (1953-2022) (70 years since birth in 2023)
Graham Vick (1953-2021) (70 years since birth in 2023)
John Bell Young (1953-2017) (70 years since birth in 2023)
Marcello Giordani (1963-2019) (60 years since birth in 2023)
Oleksandr Kozarenko (1963-2023) (60 years since birth in 2023)
James Whitbourn (1963-2024) (60 years since birth in 2023)
Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973) (50 years since death in 2023)
Pau Casals (1876-1973) (50 years since death in 2023)
Bruno Maderna (1920-1973) (50 years since death in 2023)
Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) (50 years since death in 2023)
Herbert Howells (1892-1983) (40 years since death in 2023)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) (40 years since death in 2023)
Georges Auric (1899-1983) (40 years since death in 2023)
William Walton (1902-1983) (40 years since death in 2023)
Igor Markevitch (1912-1983) (40 years since death in 2023)
Finn Mortensen (1922-1983) (40 years since death in 2023)
David Wynne (1900-1983) (40 years since death in 2023)
Cathy Berberian (1925-1983) (40 years since death in 2023)
Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983) (40 years since death in 2023)
Adrian Boult (1889-1983) (40 years since death in 2023)
Mary Jarred (1899-1993) (30 years since death in 2023)
Joan Cross (1900-1993) (30 years since death in 2023)
Boris Christoff (1914-1993) (30 years since death in 2023)
Frank Zappa (1940-1993) (30 years since death in 2023)
Yvonne Desportes (1907-1993) (30 years since death in 2023)
Daniel Jones (1912-1993) (30 years since death in 2023)
John Browning (1933-2003) (90 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2023)
Dino Yannopoulos (1919-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Catharine Crozier (1914-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Goffredo Petrassi (1904-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Ljubica Marić (1909-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Edwin Carr (1926-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Susan Chilcott (1963-2003) (60 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2023)
Fedora Barbieri (1920-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Tibor Varga (1921-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Theodore Lettvin (1926-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Nina Simone (1933-2003) (90 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2023)
John Shaw (1924-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Moses Hogan (1957-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Harold Schonberg (1915-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Malcolm Williamson (1931-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Dika Rancigaj (1931-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
John Bingham (1942-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Yevgeny Kolobov (1946-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Hans Hotter (1909-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
John Lanchbery (1923-2003) (100 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2023)
Kent Kennan (1913-2003) (110 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2023)
Amil Biswas (1914-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Luciano Berio (1925-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Renata Babak (1934-2003) (20 years since death in 2023)
Tom Krause (1934-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
John Amis (1922-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Toshiaki Tsushima (1936-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Ratiba El-Hefny (1931-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
János Starker (1924-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Oralia Domínguez (1925-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
M S Gopalakrishnan (1931-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Stephen Dodgson (1924-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Robert Weisz (1925-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923-2013) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2023)
Bernard Parmegiani (1927-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
William Bennett (1956-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Hugh Maguire (1926-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Colin Davis (1927-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Aase Nordmo Løvberg (1923-2013) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2023)
Conrad Susa (1935-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Steve Martland (1959-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Elliot del Borgo (1938-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Rafael Puyana (1931-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Robert Allman (1927-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Ilja Hurník (1922-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Richard Angas (1942-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Makoto Moroi (1930-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Setrak Setrakian (1938-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Lisa Otto (1919-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Peter Aston (1938-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Harold Shapero (1920-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Regina Resnick (1922-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Dick Raaijmakers (1930-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
John Tavener (1944-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Lalgudi Jayaraman (1930-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Egil Hovland (1924-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Bruno Bartoletti (1926-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Jean-Michel Damase (1928-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Yuli Turovsky (1939-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Rudolf Kehrer (1923-2013) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2023)
Ava June (1931-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Sybil Michelow (1925-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
John Hopkins (1927-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Risë Stevens (1913-2013) (110 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2023)
Henrik Otto Donner (1939-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Richard Marlow (1939-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Zbigniew Karkowski (1958-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Sándor Szokolay (1931-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
James Anderson DePreist (1936-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Larry Lake (1943-2013) (80 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2023)
Harvey Lavan Cliburn (1934-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Jacob Avshalomov (1919-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
Bernard Roberts (1933-2013) (90 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2023)
Mario Bernardi (1930-2013) (10 years since death in 2023)
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