Composer events for 18 October

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– Philip Glass gets commission from NYC Opera 30 Sep 2008
– Mauricio Kagel dies in Cologne at 76 19 Sep 2008
– New Mozart tune found in France 18 Sep 2008
– Nathan Currier wins International Sackler Award 18 Sep 2008

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– Sun 12 Oct: Stern Showcase Recital Palace Theater 61 Atlantic Street, Stamford CT 06901
– Sun 12 Oct: Birthday Tribute to Luciano Pavarotti Ventura College Theater,Ventura, California, USA
– Wed 15 Oct: Iron Rain Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland
– Wed 15 Oct: Opera For Piano Mannes College of Music, Manhattan, New York City, USA
– Thu 16 Oct: thingNY does Berio Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY (USA)

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Today → (11 Oct)

Birthdays:
– Angelo Mariani
– Robert Nathaniel Dett
– Jan van Vlijmen
Dying days:
– Franz Christoph Neubauer
– Samuel Wesley
– Anton Bruckner
– Léon Boëllmann
Events:
– (1830) Frédéric François Chopin: Premiere of piano concerto no. 1 in e minor op. 11, in Warsaw, Poland, with Chopin at the piano.
– (1897) Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin: Premiere of piano concerto in f sharp minor op. 20, in Odessa, Ukraine.
– (1952) Sergey Prokofiev: Premiere of Symphony no. 7, in Moscow, Russia.
– (1953) Olivier Messiaen: Premiere of Réveil des Oseaux, in Donaueschingen, Germany.

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– Sergio Fidemraizer (10 Oct)
– Giovanni Giovenale Ancina (9 Oct)
– Jan Adams (Johann Adam) Reinken (8 Oct)
– Richard Englefield (8 Oct)
– John Arrigo-Nelson (8 Oct)
– Arthur Butterworth (8 Oct)
– George Butterworth (8 Oct)
– Luís Carvalho (8 Oct)
– Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann (2 Oct)
– Josef Antonín Gurecký (2 Oct)

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Birthdays

Dying days

Music events

Premiere of Maria Stuarda, in Naples, Italy. (1834) → Gaetano Donizetti
Premiere of Schicksalslied op. 54, in Karlsruhe, Germany, with Brahms conducting. (1871) → Johannes Brahms
Premiere of string quartet in a minor op. 51/2, in Berlin, Germany. (1873) → Johannes Brahms
Premiere of Brahms' Doppelkonzert for violin and cello in a minor op. 102, in Cologne, Germany, with Joachim playin the violin and Brahms conducting. (1887) → Johannes Brahms
Premiere of Brahms' Doppelkonzert for violin and cello in a minor op. 102, in Cologne, Germany, with Joachim playin the violin and Brahms conducting. (1887) → Joseph Joachim
Premiere of Symphony no. 5 in c sharp minor, in Cologne, Germany, with Mahler conducting. (1904) → Gustav Mahler
Premiere of violin concerto no. 1 in D major op. 19, in Paris, France. (1923) → Sergey Prokofiev

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