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Charles Ives award for James Matheson posted 10 Jan 2012

Kravis Prize for New Music to Dutilleux posted 9 Jan 2012

Grétry work rediscovered posted 6 Jan 2012

Legacy gift of over $14 million from Ann Southam posted 26 Oct 2011

Upcoming concerts →

Sun 12 Feb: IN DEEP SILENCE II Kasteel Cortewalle, Beveren, België

Tue 14 Feb: MEDEA for music theatre Stadsschouwburg, Leidseplein 26, Amsterdam, Nederland

Thu 16 Feb: MEDEA for music theatre NTGent, Sint Baafsplein 17, Gent, België

Sat 18 Feb: Centenary celebration Yvre l'Eveque, Le Mans, France

Sat 18 Feb: 2012 Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition Carnegie Hall 881 7th Ave New York

Today → (12 Feb)

Birthdays:

Juan García de Salazar

Jan Ladislav Dušek

Dying days:

Agostino Steffani

Armand-Louis Couperin

Frantisek Xaver Dušek

Ambroise Thomas

Charles-Emile Waldteufel

Events:

(1867) Jacques Offenbach: Premiere of La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, in Paris, France.

(1924) George (Jacob) Gershwin: Premiere of Rhapsody in Blue, in New York, USA, with Gershwin at the piano.

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Latest changes →

Wenzel Müller (10 Feb)

Alexander Moyzes (10 Feb)

Mikuláš Moyzes (10 Feb)

Ján Cikker (10 Feb)

Dezider Kardoš (10 Feb)

Eugen Suchoň (10 Feb)

Avraham Chachamovits (10 Feb)

Leslie Mazur-Park (8 Feb)

Eda Rapoport (8 Feb)

John Linton Gardner (8 Feb)

Best visited →

Wolfgang Amadeus [Amadé] Mozart [1016]

Antonio Vivaldi [1001]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [770]

Ludwig van Beethoven [502]

Johann Sebastian Bach [489]

Johann Nepomuk Hummel [472]

Johannes Brahms [461]

Antonio Salieri [460]

Gustav Mahler [458]

Georges Bizet [446]

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Birthdays

Jacob Obrecht (1458)
Franz (Frantisek) Benda (1709)
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710)
Konradin Kreutzer (1780)
José Augusto Ferreira Veiga, Visconde do Arneiro (1838)
Julio Salvador Sagreras Ramirez (1879)
Hugo Godron (1900)
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901)
Benjamin Britten (1913)
Fikret Amirov (1922)
Axel Borup-Jorgensen (1924)
Gunther Schuller (1925)
Hans Zender (1936)
Frank Wallace (1952)
Vasil Tole (1963)
Mark Fish (1969)
Isabel Pires (1970)

Dying days

MusicAtlas events

(1709) → Benátky nad Jizerou → Franz (Frantisek) Benda
(1710) → Weimar → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
(1710) → Köthen → Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
(1780) Talmühle → Messkirch → Konradin Kreutzer
(1913) Britten House → Lowestoft, Suffolk → Benjamin Britten

Music events

Premiere of Il Pastor Fido, in London, England. (1712) → Georg Friedrich [George Frideric] Händel
Premiere of Boléro, in Paris, France. (1928) → Maurice Ravel
Premiere of Man of La Mancha, in New York, USA. (1965) → Mitch Leigh

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