Composer events for 1988

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Birthdays

• Giovanni Andrea Sechi ()

Dying days

• Enrique de Marchena ()
• Joly Braga Santos ()
• Rogier van Otterloo (29 January)
• Henryk Szeryng (8 March)
• Marcel Poot (12 June)
• Lex van Delden (1 July)
• Giacinto Scelsi (9 August)
• Kenneth Leighton (24 August)
• Rezső Sugár (22 September)
• Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (15 October)
• Herman Strategier (26 October)
• Yves Baudrier (9 November)
• Antal Dorati (13 November)
• Pablo Sorozabal (26 December)

Music events

• Premiere of the piano concerto (parts 4 and 5), in Vienna, Austria. (29 February) → György Sándor Ligeti
• Premiere of the Chiffre-Zyklus, in Witten, Germany. (23 April) → Wolfgang Rihm
• First performance of "The total distruction of modern classical music, yeah!", in Falun, Sweden. (27 April) → Peter Wallin
• First performances of "Symphony No. 1" and "The Symphony Race" (as soundtrack to the motion picture "the Visitors"), in cinemas in Sweden. (29 April) → Peter Wallin
• Premiere of Montag aus LICHT, in Milan, Italy. (7 May) → Karlheinz Stockhausen
• Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in Vienna, Austria. (23 May) → Gottfried von Einem
• Premiere of Wachsfigurenkabinett, in Munich, Germany. (29 May) → Karl Amadeus Hartmann
• Premiere of Nouveaux Divertissements, in Dresden, Germany. (1 June) → Udo Zimmermann
• Premiere of Birthday Flourish, in San Francisco, USA. (4 July) → Elliott Carter
• Premiere of Symeon der Stylit, in Salzburg, Austria. (27 July) → Ernst Krenek
• Premiere of Stichyra..., in Moscow, Russia. (18 August) → Rodion Shchedrin
• Premiere of Passacaglia, in Luzern, Switzerland. (20 August) → Krzysztof Penderecki
• Premiere of Resurrection, in Darmstadt, Germany. (18 September) → Peter Maxwell Davies
• Premiere of “Tantz-Schul” Ballet d'Action, in Vienna, Austria. (18 September) → Mauricio Kagel
• Premiere of Concerto pour piano, in Paris, France. (3 November) → Luciano Berio
• Premiere of Concerto Grosso no. 4 (Symphony no. 5), in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (10 November) → Alfred Schnittke
• Premiere of Different Trains, in Cologne, Germany. (19 November) → Steve Reich
• Premiere of Un Vitrail et des Oiseaux, in Paris, France. (26 November) → Olivier Messiaen