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Birthdays
- Jason Rudolf (1986)
- Diana Rotaru (1981)
- Roger Julià Satorra (1981)
- Elizabeth Olivia Walling (1981)
- Kerry Cobuccio (1980)
- Barry Griffin (1979)
- Greg Robbin (1975)
- Tim Benjamin (1975)
- Marie-Angélique Bueler (1975)
- Miguel Angel Botello D’Mendo Boteli (1974)
- Dennis DeSantis (1973)
- Brian P. Gillett (1972)
- Lior Navok (1971)
- Pèter Köszeghy (1971)
- Pawel Lukaszewski (1968)
- Vincent Ghadimi (1968)
- Shawn Patterson (1965)
- Paul Steenhuisen (1965)
- John Roscigno (1964)
- Robert Zuidam (1964)
- Luca Belcastro (1964)
- Mia Zabelka (1963)
- Daniele Corsi (1963)
- Sophie Lacaze (1963)
- Steve Markowitz (1963)
- Paul Tobey (1962)
- Alain De Ley (1961)
- Michael Torke (1961)
- Annie Gosfield (1960)
- Urmas Sisask (1960)
- Detlev Glanert (1960)
- Mark Gustavson (1959)
- Tim Knight (1959)
- Mark Kilstofte (1958)
- Gregg Wager (1958)
- Hermann Seidl (1958)
- Sergio Fidemraizer (1958)
- Miguel del Aguila (1957)
- Carlos Sandoval (1956)
- Steve Perillo (1955)
- Uwe Warneke (1955)
- Robert Avalon (1955)
- Daniel Palkowski (1955)
- Joël-François Durand (1954)
- Robert Livingston Aldridge (1954)
- Timothy Kucij (1954)
- Joel Hoffman (1953)
- John Zorn (1953)
- Joseph Waters (1952)
- Charles Callahan (1951)
- Steph K. Waller (1951)
- Arrigo Barnabé (1951)
- David DeBoor Canfield (1950)
- Eric Funk (1949)
- Raimo Kangro (1949)
- Wayne Peppercorn (1949)
- Keith Gates (1948)
- Betty Wishart (1947)
- Jean Jacques Lamoureux (1946)
- Stephen Truelove (1946)
- Kyriakos Sfetsas (1945)
- John Rutter (1945)
- Thomas Oboe Lee (1945)
- Canary Burton (1942)
- Tomás Marco (1942)
- Eduardo Mata (1942)
- Zygmunt Krauze (1939)
- Yuji Takahashi (1938)
- Henri-Claude Fantapié (1938)
- Reinbert de Leeuw (1938)
- Joan Tower (1938)
- Piotr de Peslin Lachert (1938)
- Valentin Silvestrov (1937)
- Jean Chatillon (1937)
- Vladislav Aleksandrovich Uspensky (1937)
- Arvo Pärt (1935)
- Otto Ketting (1935)
- Geoffrey Grey (1934)
- Vassil Kazandjiev (1934)
- Fisher Tull (1934)
- Peter Maxwell Davies (1934)
- Leonardo Balada (1933)
- Giacomo Manzoni (1932)
- Glenn Gould (1932)
- Theo Loevendie (1930)
- Andrey Pavlovich Petrov (1930)
- Dick Raaijmakers (1930)
- Albert Biales (1929)
- Serge Garant (1929)
- Akio Yashiro (1929)
- Karl Haus (1928)
- Robert Helps (1928)
- Evgeny (Yevgeny) Svetlanov (1928)
- Graham Whettam (1927)
- Arthur Oldham (1926)
- Cromwell Everson (1925)
- Harry Somers (1925)
- Boris Tchaikovsky (1925)
- Ernest Tomlinson (1924)
- Maurice Jarre (1924)
- Anton Heiller (1923)
- Madeleine Winefride Isabelle Dring (1923)
- Wolfgang Hofmann (1922)
- Alexander Árutiunian (1920)
- Alexander Lazarevich Lokshin (1920)
- Peter Racine Fricker (1920)
- Vaclav Nelhybel (1919)
- Lex van Delden (1919)
- Henryk Szeryng (1918)
- Paul Bonneau (1918)
- Isang Yun (1917)
- Rene Touzet (1916)
- Grigori Frid (1915)
- Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914)
- Guillermo Graetzer (1914)
- Vivian Fine (1913)
- Henry Brant (1913)
- Tauno Marttinen (1912)
- John Cage (1912)
- Jan Mul (1911)
- Gustaf Allan Pettersson (1911)
- Soulima Igorevich Stravinsky (1910)
- Meinrad Schütter (1910)
- Josef Tal (1910)
- Rolf Liebermann (1910)
- Eugen Suchon (1908)
- Joaquín Nin Culmell (1908)
- Jaroslav Ježek (1906)
- Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (1906)
- Bertus van Lier (1906)
- Alexander Moyzes (1906)
- Franz Xaver Biebl (1906)
- Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov (1904)
- Walter Bricht (1904)
- Richard Hall (1903)
- Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno (1903)
- Ernst Pepping (1901)
- William Levi Dawson (1898)
- George (Jacob) Gershwin (1898)
- Salvador Bacarisse (1898)
- Gaspar Cassadó (1897)
- Pablo Sorozabal (1897)
- Francisco Paolo Mignone (1897)
- Roberto Gerhard (1896)
- Hekel Tavares (1896)
- Karol Rathaus (1895)
- Willem Pijper (1894)
- Arthur Benjamin (1893)
- Hendrik Andriessen (1892)
- Darius Milhaud (1892)
- Czeslaw Marek (1891)
- Frank Martin (1890)
- Nadia (Juliette) Boulanger (1887)
- Othmar Schoeck (1886)
- Artur Lemba (1885)
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885)
- Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884)
- Floro Meliton Ugarte (1884)
- Charles Edward "C.E." Duble (1884)
- Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson (1883)
- Emil Ábrányi (1882)
- Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880)
- Cyril Scott (1879)
- Luiz Costa (1879)
- Rhené-Bâton (1879)
- Joaquín Nin y Castellanos (1878)
- Mikalojus Ciurlionis (1875)
- Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874)
- Gustav Theodore Holst (1874)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Florent Schmitt (1870)
- Jan Willem Frans Brandts Buys (1868)
- Amy Marcy Beach (1867)
- Edwin Henry Lemare (1865)
- Horatio Parker (1863)
- Isodor Philipp (1863)
- Léon Boëllmann (1862)
- Alphons Diepenbrock (1862)
- Julius Klengel (1859)
- Jeno Hubay (1858)
- Catharinus Elling (1858)
- Achille Abbati (1857)
- Michele Esposito (1855)
- Engelbert Humperdinck (1854)
- Charles Villiers Stanford (1852)
- Antonín Dvořák (1841)
- Johan Severin Svendsen (1840)
- Johan Adam Krygell (1835)
- Francis Edward Bache (1833)
- Jaime Nuno-Roca (1824)
- Anton Bruckner (1824)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
- Theodor Kullak (1818)
- Mihaly Mosonyi (1814)
- Saverio Rafaele Mercadante (1795)
- Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791)
- George Frederic Pinto (1786)
- Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (1786)
- Jacques (Féréol) Mazas (1782)
- Anton Diabelli (1781)
- Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768)
- Luigi Cherubini (1760)
- Christian Kalkbrenner (1755)
- Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752)
- Johann Anton Sulzer (1752)
- José Joaquim dos Santos (1747)
- Jerónimo Francisco Lima (1741)
- Vaclav (Wenzel) Pichl (1741)
- Michael Haydn (1737)
- Johann Christian Bach (1735)
- Anton Filtz|Fils (1733)
- François-André Philidor (1725)
- Ignaz (Ignace) Vitzthumb (1724)
- Ferdinand Zellbell (der Jüngere) (1719)
- Nicoló Jommelli (1714)
- Ignaz Holzbauer (1711)
- William Boyce (1711)
- François Francoeur (1698)
- Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695)
- František Václav Míča (1694)
- Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684)
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683)
- Johann Mattheson (1681)
- Jacques (Jean) Martin Hotteterre (1674)
- Nicolas de Grigny (1672)
- Antoine Forqueray (1671)
- Johann Christoph Pezel (1664)
- Count Pirro Capacelli Albergati (1663)
- Georg Böhm (1661)
- Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656)
- Vincent Lübeck (1654)
- Johann Pachelbel (1653)
- Juan Bautista José Cabanilles (1644)
- Isabella Leonarda (1620)
- Joan Cererols (1618)
- Nicholas Lanier (1588)
- Francesca Caccini (1587)
- Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583)
- Adriano Banchieri (1568)
- Hernando de Cabezón (1541)
- Hildegard von Bingen (1098)
Dying days
- Neville Bower (2007)
- Jean-Louis Dhaine (2006)
- Malcolm Arnold (2006)
- Clermont Pépin (2006)
- Harry Freedman (2005)
- Rowan Taylor (2005)
- Joep (Joseph Willem Frederik) Straesser (2004)
- Reginald Smith-Brindle (2003)
- Herman Berlinski (2001)
- Louis Thomas Hardin (1999)
- William Albright (1998)
- Jean Françaix (1997)
- Otto Luening (1996)
- Lee Gannon (1996)
- Vagn Holmboe (1996)
- Georgi Tutev (1994)
- Eugène Bozza (1991)
- Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1991)
- Virgil Thomson (1989)
- Irving Berlin (1989)
- Géza Frid (1989)
- Rezső Sugár (1988)
- Gunnar de Frumerie (1987)
- Wolfgang Fortner (1987)
- Morton Feldman (1987)
- Robert Elmore (1985)
- Dane Rudhyar (1985)
- William Alwyn (1985)
- Frederick May (1985)
- Franco Ferrara (1985)
- Léon Orthel (1985)
- Federico Moreno Torroba (1982)
- Tadeusz Baird (1981)
- Miloslav Kabeláč (1979)
- Ronald Binge (1979)
- Bruce Montgomery (1978)
- Harry Partch (1974)
- Robert Casadesus (1972)
- Kees van Baaren (1970)
- Karl Ranki (1968)
- Juan José Castro (1968)
- Ernest Steffan (1967)
- Henri Mulet (1967)
- Julián Carrillo (1965)
- George Dyson (1964)
- Joseph Marx (1964)
- Otto Olsson (1964)
- Hanns Eisler (1962)
- Maurice Delage (1961)
- Leó Weiner (1960)
- Ennio Porrino (1959)
- Joseph Matthias Hauer (1959)
- Gerard Bunk (1958)
- Jean Sibelius (1957)
- Gerald Finzi (1956)
- Felix Borowski (1956)
- Roger Quilter (1953)
- Nikos Skalkottas (1949)
- Henri Rabaud (1949)
- Richard Strauss (1949)
- Paul Lincke (1946)
- Moritz (Maurycy) Rosenthal (1946)
- Béla Bartók (1945)
- Anton Webern (1945)
- Väinö Raitio (1945)
- František Drdla (1944)
- Rhené-Bâton (1940)
- Cornelis Dopper (1939)
- Henry Kimball Hadley (1937)
- Edwin Henry Lemare (1934)
- Jean Cras (1932)
- Julius Röntgen (1932)
- Engelbert Humperdinck (1921)
- Rudi Stephan (1915)
- Stevan Mokranjac (1914)
- Albéric Magnard (1914)
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1912)
- Pablo Martin Melinton Sarasate de Navasquez (1908)
- José de la Cruz Mena (1907)
- Ignaz Brüll (1907)
- Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1907)
- Theodor Kirchner (1903)
- Iosef Ivanovici (1902)
- Horace Poussard (1898)
- Antonio Carlos Gomes (1896)
- Emmanuel Alexis Chabrier (1894)
- Friedrich Kiel (1885)
- Peter Arnold Heise (1879)
- Julius Rietz (1877)
- Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter (1871)
- William Henry Fry (1864)
- Aleksey Nikolayevitch Verstovsky (1862)
- Johann Strauss Sr. (1849)
- Alessandro Rolla (1841)
- Gertrude van den Bergh (1840)
- Carl Friedrich Ebers (1836)
- Vincenzo Bellini (1835)
- Peter Hansel (1831)
- Stanislas Champein (1830)
- André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1813)
- Pavel (Paul) Vranický (1808)
- Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1807)
- François Devienne (1803)
- Hyacinthe Jadin (1800)
- William Billings (1800)
- Benjamin Cooke (1793)
- Franz Xaver Richter (1789)
- Luka Sorkočević (1789)
- Johann Ernst Bach (1777)
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (1764)
- Francesco Geminiani (1762)
- Francesco Durante (1755)
- Giuseppe Matteo Alberti (1751)
- Henri (Henry) Desmarest|Desmarets (1741)
- Reinhard Keiser (1739)
- François Couperin (1733)
- Johann Christoph Pezel (1716)
- Pietro Antonio Fiocco (1714)
- Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1700)
- Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (1693)
- Johann Rosenmüller (1684)
- Marcin Mielczewski (1651)
- Bellerofonte Castaldi (1649)
- William Lawes (1645)
- Carlo Gesualdo (1613)
- Leon(h)ard Lechner (1606)
- Manuel Mendes (1605)
- Gerard van Turnhout (1580)
- Cipriano de Rore (1565)
- Nicolas (Clais) Champion (1533)
- Gilles Binchois (1460)
- Francesco Landini (1397)
- Hildegard von Bingen (1179)
Music events
- (2006) → Philip Glass
- Premiere of The Flames of Quietude, in Den Haag, The Netherlands. (2006) → Vanessa Lann
- First complete performance of "The Mouse", in Ribe, Denmark. (2005) → Peter Wallin
- First performances of "Clouds", "Syn" & "Concerto for Maxi Bebsophones" (Bebsophone Concerto No. 3), in Lund, Sweden. (2005) → Peter Wallin
- First performance of "Skjern Gardens jubilæumsmarch" (Jubilee March), in Skjern, Denmark. (2005) → Peter Wallin
- First performances of "Concerto for Mega Bebsophones" (Bebsophone Concerto No. 2) & "Allegro con Capricciosa", in Lund, Sweden. (2004) → Peter Wallin
- Premiere of Poème symphonique op.18, in Paris, France. (2003) → Jean-Louis Florentz
- First performance of "Crushing Borders", in Vejle, Denmark. (2003) → Peter Wallin
- Premiere of second symphony in e flat minor, in Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, conducted by Donato Renzetti. (2000) → Gioacchino Angelo
- First performances of "Duet No. 3" & "Beyond...", in Skjern, Denmark. (1997) → Peter Wallin
- Premiere of Das Schloß, in Berlin, Germany. (1992) → Aribert Reimann
- Premiere of Invasion (vom Dienstag aus LICHT), in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (1991) → Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Premiere of Fantasma, in Cardiff, Wales. (1991) → Toru Takemitsu
- Premiere of Symphony for Strings “Voices”, in Kokkola, Finland. (1991) → Peteris Vasks
- Premiere of piano concerto, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (1990) → Albert Biales
- First performance of "Hansson", in Lund, Sweden. (1989) → Peter Wallin
- Premiere of symphony no. 4, in London, England. (1989) → Peter Maxwell Davies
- Premiere of Resurrection, in Darmstadt, Germany. (1988) → Peter Maxwell Davies
- Premiere of “Tantz-Schul” Ballet d'Action, in Vienna, Austria. (1988) → Mauricio Kagel
- Premiere of Der Rattenfänger, in Graz, Austria. (1987) → Friedrich Cerha
- Premiere of Ein Apokalyptisches Fragment, in Berlin, Germany. (1987) → Aribert Reimann
- Premiere of Symphony V, in Berlin, Germany. (1987) → Isang Yun
- Premiere of “Stimmen... Verstummen”, in Berlin, Germany. (1986) → Sofia Gubaidulina
- Premiere of Evas Lied (Szene aus Evas Zweigeburt), in Berlin, Germany. (1986) → Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Premiere of Tonscherben, in Geneva, Switzerland. (1985) → Heinz Holliger
- Premiere of Prometeo (final version), in Milan, Italy. (1985) → Luigi Nono
- Premiere of Polish Requiem, in Stuttgart, Germany. (1984) → Krzysztof Penderecki
- Premiere of Die Gespenstersonate, in Berlin, Germany. (1984) → Aribert Reimann
- Premiere of Répons (extended version), in Turin, Italy. (1984) → Pierre Boulez
- Premiere of Laboratorium for 10 instruments, in Toronto, Canada. (1984) → Vinko Globokar
- Premiere of Symphony no. 3, in Chicago, USA. (1983) → Witold Lutosławski
- Premiere of Epitaffi, in Reggio Emilia, Italy. (1983) → Edison Denisov
- Premiere of Fratres for 12 cellos, in Berlin, Germany. (1982) → Arvo Pärt
- Premiere of Tehillim, in Houston, USA. (1982) → Steve Reich
- Premiere of The Lighthouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland. (1980) → Peter Maxwell Davies
- Premiere of Music On Open Strings (Symphony no. 1) composed in 1973, at Warsaw Autumn, by the Polish Chamber Orchestra under Jerzy Maksymiuk, in Warsaw, Poland. (1978) → Gloria Coates
- Premiere of Essay for Orchestra no. 3, in New York, USA. (1978) → Samuel Barber
- Premiere of Symphony no. 12, in Stockholm, Sweden. (1977) → Gustaf Allan Pettersson
- Premiere of Turnus, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (1974) → Klaus Huber
- Premiere of Jot oder Wann Kommt der Herr Zurück, in Berlin, Germany. (1973) → Klaus Huber
- Premiere of Lorenzaccio, in Venice, Italy. (1972) → Sylvano Bussotti
- Premiere of Symphony no. 14, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (1969) → Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 2, in Bielefeld, Germany. (1968) → Hans Werner Henze
- Premiere of Antony and Cleopatra, in New York, USA. (1966) → Samuel Barber
- Premiere of Der Traum des Liu-Tung, in Berlin, Germany. (1965) → Isang Yun
- Premiere of La Passion selon Sade, in Palermo, Italy. (1965) → Sylvano Bussotti
- Premiere of Available Forms I, in Darmstadt, Germany. (1961) → Earle Brown
- Premiere of Strophen, in Warsaw, Poland. (1959) → Krzysztof Penderecki
- Premiere of Threni: id est Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae, in Venice, Italy, with Stravinsky conducting. (1958) → Igor Stravinsky
- Premiere of West Side Story, in New York, USA. (1957) → Leonard Bernstein
- Premiere of Concerto per Orchestra no. 6, in London, England. (1957) → Goffredo Petrassi
- Premiere of König Hirsch, in Berlin, Germany. (1956) → Hans Werner Henze
- Premiere of Orchester-Ornament op. 44, in Venice, Italy. (1953) → Boris Blacher
- Premiere of Preußisches Märchen, in Berlin, Germany. (1952) → Boris Blacher
- Premiere of harpsichord concerto, in Venice, Italy. (1952) → Frank Martin
- Premiere of The Rake's Progress, in Venice, Italy. (1951) → Igor Stravinsky
- Premiere of Coro di Morti, in Venice, Italy. (1941) → Goffredo Petrassi
- Premiere of Die Vier Temperamente, in Boston, USA. (1940) → Paul Hindemith
- Premiere of string quartet op. 28, in Pittsfield, Mass., USA (1938) → Anton Webern
- Premiere of Porgy and Bess, in New York, USA. (1935) → George (Jacob) Gershwin
- Premiere of Zwei Herzen in Dreivierteltakt, in Zürich, Switzerland. (1933) → Robert Stolz
- Premiere of Bachiana Brasileira no. 1, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (1932) → Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Premiere of concert for 2 pianos and orchestra, in Venice, Italy. (1932) → Francis Poulenc
- Premiere of Pomp and Circumstance March in C major op. 39/5, in London, England. (1930) → Edward Elgar
- Premiere of Istar, in Prague, Czech Republic. (1924) → Bohuslav Martinů
- Premiere of A Colour Symphony, in Gloucester, England. (1922) → Arthur Bliss
- Premiere of Happy End, in Berlin, Germany. (1922) → Kurt Weill
- Premiere of L'Histoire du Soldat, in Lausanne, Switzerland. (1918) → Igor Stravinsky
- Premiere of Mona Lisa, in Stuttgart, Germany. (1915) → Max von Schillings
- Premiere of Fünf Orchesterstücke op. 16, in London, England. (1912) → Arnold Schoenberg
- Premiere of Symphony no. 8 in E flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”, in Munich, Germany, with Mahler conducting. (1910) → Gustav Mahler
- Premiere of Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, in Gloucester, England. (1910) → Thomas Tallis
- Premiere of Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, in Gloucester, England. (1910) → Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Premiere of Symphony no. 7 in e minor, in Prague, Czech Republic, with Mahler conducting. (1908) → Gustav Mahler
- Premiere of Mass in e minor, in Linz, Austria. (1869) → Anton Bruckner
- Premiere of Rheingold, in Munich, Germany. (1869) → Richard Wagner
- Premiere of Die Schöne Galathee, in Vienna, Austria. (1865) → Franz von Suppé
- Premiere of Les Pêcheurs de Perles, in Paris, France. (1863) → Georges Bizet
- Premiere of Faust Symphony, in Weimar, Germany, with Liszt conducting. (1857) → Ferenc (Franz) Liszt
- Premiere of Si J'Étais Roi, in Paris, France. (1852) → Adolphe-Charles Adam
- Premiere of Benvenuto Cellini, in Paris, France. (1838) → Hector Berlioz
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 2 in d minor op. 40, in Birmingham, England. (1837) → Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
- Premiere of Lucia di Lammermoor, in Naples, Italy. (1835) → Gaetano Donizetti
- Premiere of Mass in C major D 452, in Vienna, Austria. (1825) → Franz Schubert
- Premiere of violin concerto no. 8 in a minor op. 47 “Gesangsszene”, in Milan, Italy. (1816) → Louis Spohr
- Premiere of Le Calife de Bagdad, in Paris, France. (1800) → François-Adrien Boïeldieu
- Premiere of Die Zauberflöte, in Vienna, Austria. (1791) → Wolfgang Amadeus (Amadé) Mozart
- Premiere of La Clemenza di Tito, in Prague, Czech Republic, with Mozart conducting. (1791) → Wolfgang Amadeus (Amadé) Mozart
- Premiere of Il Barbiere de Siviglia, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (1782) → Giovanni Paisiello
- Premiere of I Due Litiganti, in Milan, Italy. (1782) → Giuseppe Sarti
- Premiere of Armide, in Paris, France. (1777) → Christoph Willibald von Gluck
- Premiere of Le Pescatrici, in Eszterháza, Hungary. (1770) → Franz Joseph Haydn
- Premiere of Pimpinone, in Hamburg, Germany. (1725) → Georg Philipp Telemann
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