Significant classical music anniversaries in 2026

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This page lists significant anniversaries for the year 2026, 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.

Betsy Jolas (born 1926) (100th birthday in 2026)

György Kurtág (born 1926) (100th birthday in 2026)

Zubin Mehta (born 1936) (90th birthday in 2026)

Steve Reich (born 1936) (90th birthday in 2026)

Gilbert Amy (born 1936) (90th birthday in 2026)

John Tomlinson (born 1946) (80th birthday in 2026)

Pēteris Vasks (born 1946) (80th birthday in 2026)

Anne Boyd (born 1946) (80th birthday in 2026)

Barbara Harbach (born 1946) (80th birthday in 2026)

Edward Higginbottom (born 1946) (80th birthday in 2026)

Michael Finnissy (born 1946) (80th birthday in 2026)

Andreas Nicolai Tarkmann (born 1956) (70th birthday in 2026)

Adrian Vernon Fish (born 1956) (70th birthday in 2026)

Ricky Ian Gordon (born 1956) (70th birthday in 2026)

Sally Beamish (born 1956) (70th birthday in 2026)

Nigel Kennedy (born 1956) (70th birthday in 2026)

Adrian Williams (born 1956) (70th birthday in 2026)

Barbara Bonney (born 1956) (70th birthday in 2026)

Imbi Tarum (born 1956) (70th birthday in 2026)

Teun Van de Steeg (born 1956) (70th birthday in 2026)

Mary Plazas (born 1966) (60th birthday in 2026)

Stephen Layton (born 1966) (60th birthday in 2026)

Christopher Tin (born 1976) (50th birthday in 2026)

Vasily Petrenko (born 1976) (50th birthday in 2026)

Lucas Ball (born 1976) (50th birthday in 2026)

James Ehnes (born 1976) (50th birthday in 2026)

Carlos Simon (born 1986) (40th birthday in 2026)

Gity Razaz (born 1986) (40th birthday in 2026)

 

Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677-1726) (300 years since death in 2026)

Charles Burney (1726-1814) (300 years since birth in 2026)

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) (240 years since birth and 200 years since death in 2026)

Louise Reichardt (1779-1826) (200 years since death in 2026)

Julius Stockhausen (1826-1906) (200 years since birth and 120 years since death in 2026)

Hermann Mendel (1834-1876) (150 years since death in 2026)

Pau Casals (1876-1973) (150 years since birth in 2026)

Lionel Tertis (1876-1975) (150 years since birth in 2026)

Havergal Brian (1876-1972) (150 years since birth in 2026)

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) (150 years since death in 2026)

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) (150 years since birth and 80 years since death in 2026)

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) (150 years since birth in 2026)

Vittorio Gnecchi (1876-1954) (150 years since birth in 2026)

Garbis Aprikian (1926-2024) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Theodore Lettvin (1926-2003) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Edwin Carr (1926-2003) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Lee Hoiby (1926-2011) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Joan Sutherland (1926-2010) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Derek Hammond-Stroud (1926-2012) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Huang Zhun (1926-2024) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Lars Johan Werle (1926-2001) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Friedrich Cerha (1926-2023) (100 years since birth in 2026)

H C Robbins Landon (1926-2009) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Marcello Abbado (1926-2020) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Rita Gorr (1926-2012) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Hugh Maguire (1926-2013) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Galina Vishnevskaya (1926-2012) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Denis Vigay (1926-2015) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Joseph Horovitz (1926-2022) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Mario Abramovich (1926-2014) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Bruno Bartoletti (1926-2013) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Alexander Gibson (1926-1995) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Hansheinz Schneeberger (1926-2019) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Gervase de Peyer (1926-2017) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Marion Stein (1926-2014) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Michael Kennedy (1926-2014) (100 years since birth in 2026)

François Morel (1926-2018) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Herbert Handt (1926-2023) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Jacques Castérède (1926-2014) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Ronald Senator (1926-2015) (100 years since birth in 2026)

George Hurst (1926-2012) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Jon Vickers (1926-2015) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Alexander Kok (1926-2015) (100 years since birth in 2026)

James Erb (1926-2014) (100 years since birth in 2026)

Vaja Azarashvili (1936-2024) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Dilbar Abdurahmonova (1936-2018) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Hans Zender (1936-2019) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Aribert Reimann (1936-2024) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Rémy Stricker (1936-2019) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Rodney Milnes (1936-2015) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Juan Carlos Zorzi (1936-1999) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Yuri Falik (1936-2009) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Rachel Yakar (1936-2023) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Paul Freeman (1936-2015) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Nicola Ghiuselev (1936-2014) (90 years since birth in 2026)

George Cleve (1936-2015) (90 years since birth in 2026)

György Pauk (1936-2024) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Anthony Payne (1936-2021) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Suna Kan (1936-2023) (90 years since birth in 2026)

James Anderson DePreist (1936-2013) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Carl Davis (1936-2023) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Norman Scribner (1936-2015) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Ruth Hesse (1936-2024) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Chen Mao-shuen (1936-2023) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Patrick Gowers (1936-2014) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Toshiaki Tsushima (1936-2013) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Colin Mawby (1936-2019) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Margarita Voites (1936-2024) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Éric Gaudibert (1936-2012) (90 years since birth in 2026)

Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012) (90 years since birth in 2026)

André Watts (1946-2023) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Heinz Winbeck (1946-2019) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Elena Mauti Nunziata (1946-2024) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Elijah Moshinsky (1946-2021) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946-2001) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Yevgeny Kolobov (1946-2003) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Jirí Belohlávek (1946-2017) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Ludmila Brzhazovskaya (1946-2023) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Carol Neblett (1946-2017) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Alexander Maykapar (1946-2021) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Liana Isakadze (1946-2024) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Peter Lieberson (1946-2011) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Ladislav Kubík (1946-2017) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Seán Keane (1946-2023) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Andrew Massey (1946-2018) (80 years since birth in 2026)

Ik-Hwan Bae (1956-2014) (70 years since birth in 2026)

David Wilkins (1956-2010) (70 years since birth in 2026)

Pierre Pincemaille (1956-2018) (70 years since birth in 2026)

Amaury du Closel (1956-2024) (70 years since birth in 2026)

Israel Yinon (1956-2015) (70 years since birth in 2026)

Romana Vaccaro (1956-2024) (70 years since birth in 2026)

William Bennett (1956-2013) (70 years since birth in 2026)

John Scott (1956-2015) (70 years since birth in 2026)

Armin Kircher (1966-2015) (60 years since birth in 2026)

Eugene Alcalay (1966-2019) (60 years since birth in 2026)

Paul Robeson (1898-1976) (50 years since death in 2026)

Jean Martinon (1910-1976) (50 years since death in 2026)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) (50 years since death in 2026)

Maurice Jacobson (1896-1976) (130 years since birth and 50 years since death in 2026)

Lily Pons (1898-1976) (50 years since death in 2026)

Natalia Strelle (1976-2015) (50 years since birth in 2026)

Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976) (50 years since death in 2026)

Antonio Lauro (1917-1986) (40 years since death in 2026)

Benny Goodman (1909-1986) (40 years since death in 2026)

Sarah Gibson (1986-2024) (40 years since birth in 2026)

Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986) (40 years since death in 2026)

Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986) (40 years since death in 2026)

Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986) (40 years since death in 2026)

Pierre Fournier (1906-1986) (120 years since birth and 40 years since death in 2026)

Dag Wirén (1905-1986) (40 years since death in 2026)

Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996) (30 years since death in 2026)

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) (30 years since death in 2026)

Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996) (30 years since death in 2026)

Tera de Marez Oyens (1932-1996) (30 years since death in 2026)

Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) (30 years since death in 2026)

Louise Talma (1906-1996) (120 years since birth and 30 years since death in 2026)

Vagn Holmboe (1909-1996) (30 years since death in 2026)

Berthold Goldschmidt (1903-1996) (30 years since death in 2026)

Joan Hammond (1912-1996) (30 years since death in 2026)

Niccolò Castiglioni (1932-1996) (30 years since death in 2026)

Åke Hermanson (1923-1996) (30 years since death in 2026)

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Michael Hurd (1928-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Astrid Varnay (1918-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

György Ligeti (1923-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Anna Moffo (1932-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Sarah Caldwell (1924-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Thomas Stewart (1928-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Hrachya Melikyan (1947-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Charles Barr (died 2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Nam June Paik (1932-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Erik Bergman (1911-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915-2006) (20 years since death in 2026)

Patrice Munsel (1925-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Harry Rabinowitz (1916-2016) (110 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2026)

Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Oleg Karavaichuk (1927-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Elisabeth Carron (1922-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Allan Zavod (1945-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Gegham Grigoryan (1951-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Saulius Sondeckis (1928-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Alirio Díaz (1923-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Steven Stucky (1949-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Jan Henrik Kayser (1933-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Ulf Söderblom (1930-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Guy Woolfenden (1937-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Roland Dyens (1955-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Sidney Mear (1918-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Zoltán Kocsis (1952-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Josef Anton Riedl (1929-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Denise Duval (1921-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Royston Nash (1933-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Russell Oberlin (1928-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Karel Husa (1921-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Anti Marguste (1931-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Mei Baojiu (1934-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Gabriele Sima (1955-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Andre Hajdu (1932-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Johan Botha (1965-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Daniela Dessì (1957-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Joel Hastings (1969-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Leslie Bassett (1923-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Bram Beekman (1949-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Howard Cable (1920-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Ursula Mamlok (1923-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Louis Lane (1923-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Aleksei Maslennikov (1929-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Gilberto Mendes (1922-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Aurèle Nicolet (1926-2016) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2026)

Hidayat Inayat Khan (1917-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Raymond Daveluy (1926-2016) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2026)

Miriam Pirazzini (1918-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Charles Chaynes (1925-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Jean-Claude Risset (1938-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Bernard Zaslav (1926-2016) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2026)

Ofelya Hambardzumyan (1925-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Pompeiu Hărăşteanu (1935-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Peter Reynolds (1958-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Francisco Kraus Trujillo (1926-2016) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2026)

Knut Wiggen (1927-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Mark Taimanov (1926-2016) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2026)

Donald H White (1921-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Peter Feuchtwanger (1930-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Piero Buscaroli (1930-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Gerhard Wimberger (1923-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Brian Asawa (1966-2016) (60 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2026)

Alexander Yossifov (1940-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Leif Solberg (1914-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Antonio Membrado (1935-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Neville Marriner (1924-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Gwyneth George (1920-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Elliott Schwartz (1936-2016) (90 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2026)

Gigliola Frazzoni (1927-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Ida Levin (died 2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Pascal Bentoiu (1927-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Edoardo Müller (1938-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Julia Gomelskaya (1964-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Heinrich Schiff (1951-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Zhou Xiaoyan (1917-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Sergei Cortez (1935-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

John Reilly Lewis (1944-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Dmytro Hnatyuk (1925-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Phyllis Curtin (1921-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Neil Black (1932-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Andjelko Klobuchar (1931-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Kamilló Lendvay (1928-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Jules Eskin (1931-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Thomas Round (1915-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Valery Khalilov (1952-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Michael Tremberth (died 2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Eri Klas (1939-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Howard Quilling (1935-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Gilbert Kaplan (1941-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

Weston Noble (1922-2016) (10 years since death in 2026)

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