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Composer birthdays

Anže Rozman (1989) 36 years ago

Osmo Tapio Räihälä (1964) 61 years ago

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Michele Marrocu (1960) 65 years ago

Aaron Jay Kernis (1960) 65 years ago

Peter Coukis (1955) 70 years ago

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Composers death today

Mario Kuri-Aldana (2013) 12 years ago

Alice Jordan (2012) 13 years ago

Jan Pasveer (2005) 20 years ago

Zeno Vancea (1990) 35 years ago

Zeno Vancea

Nina Makarova (1976) 49 years ago

Premieres today

Charles Gounod (1858) 167 years ago

Premiere of Le Médecin Malgré Lui, in Paris, France.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1890) 135 years ago

Premiere of The Sleeping Beauty, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Samuel Barber (1958) 67 years ago

Premiere of Vanessa, in New York, USA.

Gabriel Pierné (1923) 102 years ago

Premiere of the ballet Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied at the Paris Opera, France, with Camille Chevillard conducting.

Recent changes

Victor Fenigstein 1924 –2022

Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson 1938 –2013

Sveinbjörn Sveinbjornsson 1847 –1927

Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson

Rodion Shchedrin 1932

Rodion Shchedrin

Siegfried Burger 1925 –2025

Giorgio Nottoli 1945

Giorgio Nottoli

William Lovelady 1945

Ragnar Soderlind 1945

Latest news

Monday, December 9, 2024 - 15:37

Scheuer wins Hindemith Prize 2025

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 16:14

French Prize of the President to Elżbieta Sikora

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - 15:13

Karl Jenkins wins European Church Music Award

Monday, February 5, 2024 - 10:52

Unsuk Chin receives Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

Friday, October 20, 2023 - 15:57

Austrian State Prize for Gerd Kühr

Friday, October 20, 2023 - 15:35

Tristan Murail wins Wihuri Sibelius Prize

Friday, October 13, 2023 - 11:59

Alex Paxton wins composition prize

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 - 16:07

Sparkassen-Kulturpreis for composer Hauschka

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