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* [[Julian Anderson]] – ''In lieblicher Bläue'' (Violin Concerto)<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/11471532/London-Philharmonic-Orchestra-and-Carolin-Widmann-Royal-Festival-Hall-review-divine.html | title=London Philharmonic Orchestra and Carolin Widmann, Royal Festival, Hall, review: 'divine' | work=Telegraph | author=Ivan Hewett | date=2015-03-15 | accessdate=2015-03-15}}</ref> |
* [[Julian Anderson]] – ''In lieblicher Bläue'' (Violin Concerto)<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/11471532/London-Philharmonic-Orchestra-and-Carolin-Widmann-Royal-Festival-Hall-review-divine.html | title=London Philharmonic Orchestra and Carolin Widmann, Royal Festival, Hall, review: 'divine' | work=Telegraph | author=Ivan Hewett | date=2015-03-15 | accessdate=2015-03-15}}</ref> |
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* [[Sally Beamish]] – "Be still" (Introit)<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05406wk BBC Radio 3, ''Choral Evensong'', 4 March 2015]</ref> |
* [[Sally Beamish]] – "Be still" (Introit)<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05406wk BBC Radio 3, ''Choral Evensong'', 4 March 2015]</ref> |
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⚫ | * [[Luke Bedford]] - ''Instability''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/03/bbc-philharmonic-mena-prom20-review | title=BBC Philharmonic/Mena review – a palpable sense of commitment | work=The Guardian | author=George Hall | date=2015-08-03 | accessdate=2015-08-03}}</ref> |
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* [[Judith Bingham]] |
* [[Judith Bingham]] |
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** ''Ghostly Grace''<ref>[http://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/gramophone-guest-blog/how-i-wrote-the-music-for-the-reinterment-of-king-richard-iii Judith Bingham, "How I wrote the music for the reinterment of King Richard III". ''Gramophone'' blog entry, 18 March 2015]</ref> |
** ''Ghostly Grace''<ref>[http://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/gramophone-guest-blog/how-i-wrote-the-music-for-the-reinterment-of-king-richard-iii Judith Bingham, "How I wrote the music for the reinterment of King Richard III". ''Gramophone'' blog entry, 18 March 2015]</ref> |
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* [[Elliott Carter]] – ''The American Sublime''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/arts/music/review-elliott-carter-premiere-and-levine-withdrawal-with-met-chamber-ensemble.html|title=Review: Elliott Carter Premiere and Levine Withdrawal With Met Chamber Ensemble|work=The New York Times|author=David Allen|date=2015-03-09|accessdate=2015-03-19}}</ref> |
* [[Elliott Carter]] – ''The American Sublime''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/arts/music/review-elliott-carter-premiere-and-levine-withdrawal-with-met-chamber-ensemble.html|title=Review: Elliott Carter Premiere and Levine Withdrawal With Met Chamber Ensemble|work=The New York Times|author=David Allen|date=2015-03-09|accessdate=2015-03-19}}</ref> |
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* [[Unsuk Chin]] – ''Mannequin''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/10/national-youth-orchestra-great-britain-ilan-volkov-pery-grainger-bela-bartok | title=National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Volkov review – a musical bomb showering its listeners with shrapnel | work=The Guardian | author=Alfred Hickling | date=2015-04-10 | accessdate=2015-04-12}}</ref> |
* [[Unsuk Chin]] – ''Mannequin''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/10/national-youth-orchestra-great-britain-ilan-volkov-pery-grainger-bela-bartok | title=National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Volkov review – a musical bomb showering its listeners with shrapnel | work=The Guardian | author=Alfred Hickling | date=2015-04-10 | accessdate=2015-04-12}}</ref> |
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* Pete Churchill - ''Echoes: A Song of Poland''<ref name="HerefordTimes">{{cite news | url=http://www.herefordtimes.com/leisure/threechoirsfestival/13423975.display/ | title=Three Choirs Festival presents the following events for today | work=Hereford Times | author= | date=2015-08-01 | accessdate=2015-08-03}}</ref> |
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* [[Anna Clyne]] - ''The Seamstress''<ref>[http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2015/05/clynes-introspective-seamstress-could-use-more-stitchwork-in-mixed-cso-premiere/ Lawrence A Johnson, 'Clyne's ''Seamstress'' could use more stitchwork in mixed CSO premiere'. ''Chicago Classical Review'', 29 May 2015]</ref> |
* [[Anna Clyne]] - ''The Seamstress''<ref>[http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2015/05/clynes-introspective-seamstress-could-use-more-stitchwork-in-mixed-cso-premiere/ Lawrence A Johnson, 'Clyne's ''Seamstress'' could use more stitchwork in mixed CSO premiere'. ''Chicago Classical Review'', 29 May 2015]</ref> |
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* [[Bryce Dessner]] - ''Quilting''<ref name="Swed">{{cite news | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-phil-premieres-review-20150530-column.html | title=L.A. Phil explores Minimalism to maximal effect at Disney Hall | work=Los Angeles Times | author=Mark Swed | date=2015-05-29 | accessdate=2015-06-22}}</ref> |
* [[Bryce Dessner]] - ''Quilting''<ref name="Swed">{{cite news | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-phil-premieres-review-20150530-column.html | title=L.A. Phil explores Minimalism to maximal effect at Disney Hall | work=Los Angeles Times | author=Mark Swed | date=2015-05-29 | accessdate=2015-06-22}}</ref> |
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* [[Mohammed Fairouz]] – ''Locales'' (composed 2014; premiered 14 February 2015)<ref>[http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2015/2/14/0800/PM/Ian-Shafer-Oboe-Voxare-String-Quartet/ Ian Shafer, oboe; Voxare String Quartet. Carnegie Hall programme, 14 February 2015]</ref> |
* [[Mohammed Fairouz]] – ''Locales'' (composed 2014; premiered 14 February 2015)<ref>[http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2015/2/14/0800/PM/Ian-Shafer-Oboe-Voxare-String-Quartet/ Ian Shafer, oboe; Voxare String Quartet. Carnegie Hall programme, 14 February 2015]</ref> |
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* [[Ivan Fedele]] – ''Hommagesquisse''<ref name="ParisBoulez"/> |
* [[Ivan Fedele]] – ''Hommagesquisse''<ref name="ParisBoulez"/> |
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* [[David Fennessy]] - ''Hirta Rounds''<ref>{{cite news | urlhttp://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/vorbericht-musiker-jetzt-uebernehmt-ihr-1.2544203 | title="Musiker, jetzt übernehmt ihr!" | work=Süddeutsche Zeitung | author=Rita Argauer | date=2015-06-30 | accessdate=2015-08-03}}</ref> |
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* [[Cheryl Frances-Hoad]] - ''From the Beginning of the World''<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/embfxj#b062jlwm BBC Proms 2015, 20 July 2015 programme, Cadogan Hall]</ref> |
* [[Cheryl Frances-Hoad]] - ''From the Beginning of the World''<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/embfxj#b062jlwm BBC Proms 2015, 20 July 2015 programme, Cadogan Hall]</ref> |
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* [[Peter Fribbins]] – Violin Concerto<ref>[http://seenandheard-international.com/2015/02/an-excellent-new-violin-concerto-unveiled-in-london/ Seen and Heard International Blog, "An Excellent New Violin Concerto Unveiled in London". 19 February 2015]</ref> |
* [[Peter Fribbins]] – Violin Concerto<ref>[http://seenandheard-international.com/2015/02/an-excellent-new-violin-concerto-unveiled-in-london/ Seen and Heard International Blog, "An Excellent New Violin Concerto Unveiled in London". 19 February 2015]</ref> |
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* [[Magnus Lindberg]] – ''Accused''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/29/lpo-jurowski-review-magnus-lindberg | title=LPO/Jurowski review – all on the cool side | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2015-01-29 | accessdate=2015-02-20}}</ref> |
* [[Magnus Lindberg]] – ''Accused''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/29/lpo-jurowski-review-magnus-lindberg | title=LPO/Jurowski review – all on the cool side | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2015-01-29 | accessdate=2015-02-20}}</ref> |
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* [[Steven Mackey]] - ''Mnemosyne's Pool''<ref name="Swed"/> |
* [[Steven Mackey]] - ''Mnemosyne's Pool''<ref name="Swed"/> |
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* [[James MacMillan]] |
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** ''A Little Mass''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/30/rlpo-james-macmillan-review-liverpool | title=RLPO/MacMillan review – an uncompromising tapestry of orchestral colour | work=The Guardian | author=Alfred Hickling | date=2015-03-30 | accessdate=2015-04-04}}</ref> |
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** Symphony No 4 |
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* [[Philippe Manoury]] – ''Chaconne''<ref name="ParisBoulez"/> |
* [[Philippe Manoury]] – ''Chaconne''<ref name="ParisBoulez"/> |
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* [[Bruno Mantovani]] – ''B''<ref name="ParisBoulez"/> |
* [[Bruno Mantovani]] – ''B''<ref name="ParisBoulez"/> |
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* [[Colin Matthews]] and [[Michael Morpurgo]] – ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/09/pied-piper-of-hamelin-colin-matthews-lpo-jurowski-review | title=The Pied Piper of Hamelin review – Matthews’s tale is beautifully judged | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2015-02-09 | accessdate=2015-02-10}}</ref> |
* [[Colin Matthews]] and [[Michael Morpurgo]] – ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/09/pied-piper-of-hamelin-colin-matthews-lpo-jurowski-review | title=The Pied Piper of Hamelin review – Matthews’s tale is beautifully judged | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2015-02-09 | accessdate=2015-02-10}}</ref> |
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* [[David Matthews (composer)|David Matthews]] – Symphony No 8<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/news/effortless-yet-highly-accomplished-invention-david-matthews-symphony-no-820042015 Faber Music page on David Matthews' Symphony No 8, 20 April 2015]</ref> |
* [[David Matthews (composer)|David Matthews]] – Symphony No 8<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/news/effortless-yet-highly-accomplished-invention-david-matthews-symphony-no-820042015 Faber Music page on David Matthews' Symphony No 8, 20 April 2015]</ref> |
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* [[Anna Meredith]] - ''Smatter Hauler''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/03/aurora-orchestra-collon-prom-22-review | title=Aurora Orchestra/Collon review – memorable for all the right reasons | work=The Guardian | author=George Hall | date=2015-08-03 | accessdate=2015-08-03}}</ref> |
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* Marc Monnet – ''bourdonnement, bruissement, bruit, chuchotage, chuchoterie, chuchotis, frémissement, gazouillement, gazouillis, murmure, susurrement...''<ref name="ParisBoulez"/> |
* Marc Monnet – ''bourdonnement, bruissement, bruit, chuchotage, chuchoterie, chuchotis, frémissement, gazouillement, gazouillis, murmure, susurrement...''<ref name="ParisBoulez"/> |
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* [[Nico Muhly]] |
* [[Nico Muhly]] |
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** ''Sentences''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/07/britten-sinfonia-davies-muhly-review-alan-turing | title=Britten Sinfonia/Davies/Muhly review – Turing tribute celebratory yet sorrowful | work=The Guardian | author=Tim Ashley | date=2015-06-07 | accessdate=2015-06-14}}</ref> |
** ''Sentences''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/07/britten-sinfonia-davies-muhly-review-alan-turing | title=Britten Sinfonia/Davies/Muhly review – Turing tribute celebratory yet sorrowful | work=The Guardian | author=Tim Ashley | date=2015-06-07 | accessdate=2015-06-14}}</ref> |
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* [[Enno Poppe]] – ''Zwölf''<ref name="ParisBoulez"/> |
* [[Enno Poppe]] – ''Zwölf''<ref name="ParisBoulez"/> |
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* [[Torsten Rasch]] - ''A Welsh Night''<ref name="HerefordTimes"/> |
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* [[Wolfgang Rihm]] |
* [[Wolfgang Rihm]] |
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** Violin Concerto No 6 (''Gedicht des Malers''; composed in 2014, premiered in 2015)<ref>[http://www.wienersymphoniker.at/concert/pid/000000e9h5850001b9d7 Vienna Symphony Fridays@7 programme, 9 January 2015]</ref> |
** Violin Concerto No 6 (''Gedicht des Malers''; composed in 2014, premiered in 2015)<ref>[http://www.wienersymphoniker.at/concert/pid/000000e9h5850001b9d7 Vienna Symphony Fridays@7 programme, 9 January 2015]</ref> |
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** ''Über die Linie VIII''<ref>[http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/programm/info/1891/ Staatstheater Karlsruhe page on 8/9 March 2015 programme]</ref> |
** ''Über die Linie VIII''<ref>[http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/programm/info/1891/ Staatstheater Karlsruhe page on 8/9 March 2015 programme]</ref> |
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** ''Con Piano? Certo!''<ref>[http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/programm/info/1904/ Badische Staatskapelle programme, 23 June 2015]</ref> |
** ''Con Piano? Certo!''<ref>[http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/programm/info/1904/ Badische Staatskapelle programme, 23 June 2015]</ref> |
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** ''Funde im Verscharrten''<ref>[http://www.nmz.de/online/die-liederwerkstatt-des-kissinger-sommers-ist-immer-fuer-ueberraschungen-gut 'Die "LiederWerkstatt" des Kissinger Sommers ist immer für Überraschungen gut'. NMZ Online, 8 July 2015]</ref> |
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* [[Albert Schnelzer]] – ''Tales from Suburbia''<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/edb38g#p02ltrmf BBC Symphony Orchestra, 13 March 2015]</ref> |
* [[Albert Schnelzer]] – ''Tales from Suburbia''<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/edb38g#p02ltrmf BBC Symphony Orchestra, 13 March 2015]</ref> |
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* [[Pascal Schumacher]] – ''Windfall Concerto'' (for vibraphone and orchestra)<ref name="Luxembourg"/> |
* [[Pascal Schumacher]] – ''Windfall Concerto'' (for vibraphone and orchestra)<ref name="Luxembourg"/> |
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* Shiori Usui: ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l.''<ref name="Clements2015"/> |
* Shiori Usui: ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l.''<ref name="Clements2015"/> |
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* [[Judith Weir]] - ''Good Morning, Midnight''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/08/aurora-orchestra-collon-connolly-good-morning-midnight-wigmore-hall-review | title=Aurora Orchestra/Collon/Connolly review – Weir's song cycle is sweet but never saccharine | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2015-06-08 | accessdate=2015-06-14}}</ref> |
* [[Judith Weir]] - ''Good Morning, Midnight''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/08/aurora-orchestra-collon-connolly-good-morning-midnight-wigmore-hall-review | title=Aurora Orchestra/Collon/Connolly review – Weir's song cycle is sweet but never saccharine | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2015-06-08 | accessdate=2015-06-14}}</ref> |
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* [[Hugh Wood]] - ''Epithalamion''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/23/prom-7-bbc-symphony-orchestra-davis-simpson-review | title=Prom 7: BBCSO/Davis/Simpson review - Hugh Wood draws inspiration from Donne | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2015-07-23 | accessdate=2015-08-03}}</ref> |
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* [[Hugh Wood]] - ''Epithalamion'' |
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==Opera== |
==Opera== |
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* Jeremy Howard Beck and Stephanie Fleischmann - ''The Long Walk''<ref>[http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts/review-the-long-walk-opera-saratoga-71015/38454/ Joseph Dalton, "Review: “The Long Walk” @ Opera Saratoga 7/10/15". ''Albany Times-Union'' (blog post), 11 July 2015]</ref> |
* Jeremy Howard Beck and Stephanie Fleischmann - ''The Long Walk''<ref>[http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts/review-the-long-walk-opera-saratoga-71015/38454/ Joseph Dalton, "Review: “The Long Walk” @ Opera Saratoga 7/10/15". ''Albany Times-Union'' (blog post), 11 July 2015]</ref> |
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* Gilda Lyons and Tammy Ryan - ''A New Kind of Fallout''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://triblive.com/aande/music/8737351-74/alice-opera-act#axzz3gfRVzD7S | title=Review: Compelling new opera, 'Fallout,' revisits 1960s, dangers of pesticides | work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | author=Mark Kanny | date=2015-07-19 | accessdate=2015-07-22}}</ref> |
* Gilda Lyons and Tammy Ryan - ''A New Kind of Fallout''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://triblive.com/aande/music/8737351-74/alice-opera-act#axzz3gfRVzD7S | title=Review: Compelling new opera, 'Fallout,' revisits 1960s, dangers of pesticides | work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | author=Mark Kanny | date=2015-07-19 | accessdate=2015-07-22}}</ref> |
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* Jennifer Higdon and [[Gene Scheer]] - ''[[Cold Mountain (opera)|Cold Mountain]]''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/cold-mountain-opera-review-long-lost-love-among-the-ruins/article_0a701696-2671-5d57-bb71-121d8e05864b.html | title='Cold Mountain' opera review: Long-lost love among the ruins | work=Santa Fe New Mexican | author=James M Keller | date=2015-08-02 | accessdate=2015-08-03}}</ref> |
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==Albums== |
==Albums== |
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Events
- January 9 – Composers nominated for BAFTA awards for their film scores are Antonio Sánchez (Birdman), Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Hans Zimmer (Interstellar), Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything) and Mica Levi (Under the Skin).[1]
- January 14 – Opening night gala concert at the Philharmonie de Paris[2]
- January 15 – The Alabama Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Carlos Izcaray as its next music director, as of September 2015.[3]
- January 28
- The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande announces the appointment of Jonathan Nott as its 10th music director and artistic director, effective January 2017.[4]
- The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces the appointment of Mason Bates as its first-ever composer-in-residence, effective with the 2015–2016 season, for a term of 3 years.[5]
- February 6 – The New York Philharmonic announces that Alan Gilbert is to conclude his tenure as the orchestra's music director after the 2016–2017 season.[6]
- February 8 – First US performance of the Felix Mendelssohn edition (1841, Leipzig) of the JS Bach St Matthew Passion[7]
- February 12
- Arts Council England announces its intention to remove English National Opera from its national portfolio of regularly funded UK arts organisations, and to change its funding arrangement from a 3-year plan to a 2-year plan, with stipulations that ENO reform its current business model.[8]
- The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra announces that Edo de Waart is to conclude his tenure as the orchestra's music director after the 2016–2017 season.[9]
- February 18 – The National Symphony Orchestra and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announce that Christoph Eschenbach is to conclude his music directorship of both organisations after the 2016–2017 season.[10]
- February 26 – The BBC Philharmonic announces the appointment of Mark Simpson as its next Composer-in-Association, effective September 2015.[11]
- February 27 – The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra announces the appointment of Giordano Bellincampi as its next music director, effective in 2016, with an initial contract of 3 years.[12]
- March 3 – The London Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Sir Simon Rattle as its next music director, effective September 2017, with an initial contract of 5 years.[13]
- March 4 – The New York Philharmonic announces that David Geffen is to donate $100M USD to the orchestra for the renovation of Avery Fisher Hall, with the proviso that the hall be renamed "David Geffen Hall" and bear the new name in perpetuity.[14]
- March 9
- English National Opera announces the appointment of Cressida Pollock, a management consultant, as its interim CEO.[15]
- The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia announces the appointments of Roberto Abbado and Fabio Biondi as its next joint music directors, and of Ramón Tebar as its next principal guest conductor.[16]
- March 11
- The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Thomas Dausgaard as its 11th chief conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season.[17]
- Simon Halsey is announced as the recipient of the Queen's Medal for Music 2014.[18]
- March 16 – Alan Buribayev becomes principal conductor of the Astana Opera House, Kazakhstan.[19]
- March 18 – The Birmingham Conservatoire announces the appointment of Julian Lloyd Webber as its next Principal, after the scheduled retirement of David Saint, the current Principal, in June 2015.[20]
- March 19 – The Montreal Symphony Orchestra announces a new five-year recording contract with Decca Records.[21][22]
- April 3 – The Boston Symphony Orchestra announces a new recording partnership with Deutsche Grammophon that focuses on the music of Dmitri Shostakovich.[23]
- April 14 – The Glenn Gould Foundation announces its selection of Philip Glass as the Eleventh Glenn Gould Prize Laureate.[24]
- April 21 – Scottish Opera announces the appointment of Stuart Stratford as its next music director, effective 1 June 2015.[25]
- April 24 – The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic announces the appointment of Sir Andrew Davis as its new Conductor Emeritus.[26]
- April 28 – The Zurich Chamber Orchestra announces the appointment of Daniel Hope as its next music director, effective in 2016.[27]
- May 1 – The 2015 Malko Competition for conductors announces Tung-Chieh Chuang as this year's winner.[28]
- May 12 – The BBC National Orchestra of Wales announces the appointment of Huw Watkins as its next Composer-in-Association, for the period 2015-2018.[29]
- May 26 - The BBC announces the appointment of David Pickard as the next Director of the BBC Proms.[30]
- June 3 - The Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur announces the appointment of Thomas Zehetmair as its next principal conductor, effective September 2016, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.[31]
- June 9 - The RAI National Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of James Conlon as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2016-2017 season.[32]
- June 11 - The Orchestre de Paris announces the appointment of Daniel Harding as its 9th principal conductor, effective September 2016.[33]
- June 12 - Queen's Birthday Honours 2015[34]
- James MacMillan and Karl Jenkins are each made Knight Bachelor.
- Sir Neville Marriner is made a Companion of Honour.
- Simon Halsey and Mark-Anthony Turnage are each made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
- June 19 - Jongmin Park wins the Song Prize in the 2015 Cardiff Singer of the World competition.[35]
- June 21
- Nadine Koutcher wins the final, Main Prize of the 2015 Cardiff Singer of the World competition.[36]
- Amartuvshin Enkhbat is the winner of the Audience Prize of the 2015 Cardiff Singer of the World competition.[36]
- June 22 - The Berlin Philharmonic announces its election of Kirill Petrenko as its next chief conductor.[37]
- June 29
- The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Edo de Waart as its next music director, effective in 2016.[38]
- The Bayreuth Festival announces the appointment of Christian Thielemann as its music director.[39]
- The European Union Youth Orchestra announces the appointments of Vasily Petrenko as its next chief conductor effective September 2015, and of Bernard Haitink as its conductor laureate with immediate effect.[40]
- June 30 - The Sinfonieorchester Basel announces the appointment of Ivor Bolton as its next chief conductor, as of the 2016-2017 season, with an initial contract of 4 years.[41]
- July 3 - The Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar announce the appointment of Kirill Karabits as its next Generalmusikdirector (GMD) and chief conductor, effective with the 2016-2017 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.[42]
- July 10 - English National Opera announces the departure of John Berry as artistic director.[43]
New works
- John Adams
- John Luther Adams - Across the Distance[46]
- Julian Anderson – In lieblicher Bläue (Violin Concerto)[47]
- Sally Beamish – "Be still" (Introit)[48]
- Luke Bedford - Instability[49]
- Judith Bingham
- Ghostly Grace[50]
- Zodiack
- Harrison Birtwistle - The Cure[51]
- Mark Bowden and Owen Sheers – A Violence of Gifts[52]
- Gary Carpenter - Dadaville[53]
- Elliott Carter – The American Sublime[54]
- Unsuk Chin – Mannequin[55]
- Pete Churchill - Echoes: A Song of Poland[56]
- Anna Clyne - The Seamstress[57]
- Bryce Dessner - Quilting[58]
- Richard Dünser – Entreacte[59]
- Hugues Dufourt – Ombre portée[60]
- Frédéric Durieux – Entscheiden[60]
- Thierry Escaich – Concerto for Orchestra[2]
- Mohammed Fairouz – Locales (composed 2014; premiered 14 February 2015)[61]
- Ivan Fedele – Hommagesquisse[60]
- David Fennessy - Hirta Rounds[62]
- Cheryl Frances-Hoad - From the Beginning of the World[63]
- Peter Fribbins – Violin Concerto[64]
- Vivian Fung – Violin Concerto No 2 ('Of Snow and Ice')[65]
- Michael Gandolfi – Ascending Light[66]
- Philip Glass - Concerto for Two Pianos[58]
- Helen Grime – Concerto for clarinet and trumpet[67]
- HK Gruber - into the open...[68]
- Georg Friedrich Haas
- Chris Paul Harman – Lieder und Arien[71]
- Jennifer Higdon
- Robin Holloway
- Soldered Schumann
- Silvered Schubert[74]
- James Horner – Collage: A Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra[75]
- Emily Howard – Afference[76]
- James Newton Howard – Violin Concerto[77]
- Philippe Hurel – Inserts[60]
- Betsy Jolas – Ravery Pour Pierre en ce jour[60]
- Darryl Kubian – O for a Muse of Fire[78]
- Libby Larsen - The Birth Song Cycle[79]
- Joanna Lee: Hammer of Solitude[80]
- Georges Lentz – Jerusalem (after Blake) (composed 2011-2014; premiered 16 January 2015)[81]
- Mica Levi – Greezy[82]
- Magnus Lindberg – Accused[83]
- Steven Mackey - Mnemosyne's Pool[58]
- James MacMillan
- A Little Mass[84]
- Symphony No 4
- Philippe Manoury – Chaconne[60]
- Bruno Mantovani – B[60]
- Colin Matthews and Michael Morpurgo – The Pied Piper of Hamelin[85]
- David Matthews – Symphony No 8[86]
- Anna Meredith - Smatter Hauler[87]
- Marc Monnet – bourdonnement, bruissement, bruit, chuchotage, chuchoterie, chuchotis, frémissement, gazouillement, gazouillis, murmure, susurrement...[60]
- Nico Muhly
- Enno Poppe – Zwölf[60]
- Torsten Rasch - A Welsh Night[56]
- Wolfgang Rihm
- Albert Schnelzer – Tales from Suburbia[95]
- Pascal Schumacher – Windfall Concerto (for vibraphone and orchestra)[81]
- Sean Shepherd - Concerto for Ensemble[96]
- Mark Simpson
- Johannes Maria Staud
- Tan Dun – The Wolf (concerto for double bass and orchestra; composed in 2014, premiered in 2015)[100]
- Augusta Read Thomas - Of Being Is a Bird[101]
- Shiori Usui: Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l.[80]
- Judith Weir - Good Morning, Midnight[102]
- Hugh Wood - Epithalamion[103]
Opera
- Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer – Everest[104]
- Mauricio Soleto and Andrés Ibáñez – El Público[105]
- Ben Moore and Nahma Sandrow - Enemies, a Love Story[106]
- Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell – The Manchurian Candidate[107]
- Tansy Davies and Nick Drake – Between Worlds[108]
- Matt Rogers and Sally O'Reilly – The Virtues of Things[109]
- Per Bloland and Paul Schick - Pedr Solis[110]
- Matthew Aucoin - Crossing[111]
- Daniel Schnyder and Bridgette A. Wimberly - Charlie Parker's Yardbird[112]
- Marco Tutino and Fabio Ceresa - La Ciociara (Two Women)[113]
- Ricky Ian Gordon and William M. Hoffman – Morning Star[114]
- Charlotte Bray and Amy Rosenthal - Entanglement[115]
- Jeremy Howard Beck and Stephanie Fleischmann - The Long Walk[116]
- Gilda Lyons and Tammy Ryan - A New Kind of Fallout[117]
- Jennifer Higdon and Gene Scheer - Cold Mountain[118]
Albums
- Ji Liu (piano) – Piano Encores[119]
- Havergal Brian – The Tigers (first commercially issued recording, from 1983 BBC performance)[120]
- Kaija Saariaho – Émilie Suite; Quatre Instants; Terra Memoria[121]
- Ēriks Ešenvalds – "Northern Lights" (Hyperion)[122]
- Rebecca Saunders, Fletch; Benedict Mason, Second String Quartet; Luke Bedford, Wonderful Four-Headed Nightingale; John Zorn, Pandora's Box – Arditti Quartet, Sarah Maria Sun (Col Legno)[123]
- Johann Adolf Hasse – Siroe (first complete recording)[124]
- Liza Lim – The Compass; Pearl, Ochre, Hair String; The Guest[125]
- Kevin Volans – Trio Concerto; Piano Concerto; Symphony "Daar kom die Alibama"[126]
- Mario Capuana, Bonaventura Rubino – Requiem Masses (Namur Chamber Choir)[127]
- Agostino Steffani – Niobe, Regina di Tebe[128]
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Violin Concerto No 2 (I Profeti), Concerto Italiano[129]
- Nikolai Medtner – Piano Sonatas, 'Ein Idyll'[130]
- Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Thomas Hoppe (piano) – Romance oubliée (Myrios Classics)[131]
- Donnacha Dennehy – Crane; O; The Vandal; Hive[132]
- Ricky Ian Gordon and Royce Vavrek – 27[133]
- Marc Andre – ...auf...[134]
- Félicien David – Le Désert[135]
- Michael Gordon – Dystopia; Rewriting Beethoven's Seventh Symphony[136]
- Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 (world premiere recording of 1879 version) / Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 2 (Myrios Classics)[137]
- Hans Abrahamsen – Zählen und Erzählen[138]
- Missy Mazzoli – Vespers for a New Dark Age[139]
- Théodore Dubois – Musique Sacrée et Symphonique[140]
- Wolfgang Rihm – Et Lux[141]
- Judith Weir – Storm[142]
- Krzysztof Penderecki – Magnificat, Kadisz[143]
- Harrison Birtwistle – Angel Fighter, In Broken Images, Virelais[144]
- Lotta Wennäkoski - Soie, Hava, Amor Omnia Suite[145]
- Wartime Consolations : Shostakovich - Sonata for Violin and Piano (unfinished) / Mieczyslaw Weinberg - Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (orchestral version) / Karl Amadeus Hartmann - Concerto funebre[146]
- Roger Sacheverell Coke - Preludes and Variations[147]
- Václav Tomášek - Songs[148]
- Bob Chilcott - The Angry Planet[149]
- Jörg Widmann - String Quartets[150]
- John Adams - Absolute Jest, Grand Pianola Music[151]
Deaths
- January 2 – Bob Gilmore, British musicologist, 53[152]
- January 6 – Lawrence Gushee, American musicologist, 83[153]
- January 9 – Colin Sauer, British violinist, 90[154]
- January 10 – Countess Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Japanese-born Italian aristocrat and patroness of classical music, 82[155]
- January 12 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian operatic mezzo-soprano, 75[156]
- January 13 – Frank Glazer, American pianist, 99[157]
- January 19
- Vera Gornostayeva, Russian pianist and piano teacher, 85[158]
- Ward Swingle, American singer, 87[159]
- January 29 – Israel Yinon, Israeli conductor, 59[160]
- February 1 – Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-born French pianist, 89[161]
- February 3 – Andrew Patner, American music critic, 55[162]
- February 9 – Marvin David Levy, American composer, 82[163]
- February 13 – John McCabe, British composer and pianist, 75[164]
- February 28 – Ezra Laderman, American composer, 90[165]
- March 1 – Jennifer Ward Clarke, British cellist, 79[166]
- March 19 – Peter Katin, British pianist, 84[167]
- March 22 – Norman Scribner, American choral conductor, 79[168]
- March 24 (killed in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525):[169]
- Oleg Bryjak, Kazakh-born German opera singer, 54
- Maria Radner, German opera singer, 33
- March 28 – Ronald Stevenson, British composer and pianist, 87[170]
- March 29 – Ronald Knudsen, American orchestral violinist and conductor, 83[171]
- April 2 – Dennis Marks, British radio & television producer and opera administrator, 66[172]
- April 3 – Andrew Porter, British music critic, librettist, scholar and editor, 86[173]
- April 5 – Claudio Prieto, Spanish composer, 80[174]
- April 17 – Brian Couzens, British record producer and founder of Chandos Records, 82[175]
- April 27 – Rolf Smedvig, American trumpeter, 62[176]
- April 29
- Ronald Senator, British-born composer resident in the USA, 89[177]
- Miriam Brickman, American pianist, 81[177]
- May 2 – Clarice Carson, Canadian soprano, 85[178]
- May 3 – Margaret Garwood, American composer, 88[179]
- May 10
- Jack Body, New Zealand composer, 70[180]
- Victor Salvi, American-born harpist and harp manufacturer, 95[181]
- May 28 – Steven Gerber, American composer, 66[182]
- May 29 - Peter Cropper, British violinist and leader of the Lindsay Quartet, 69[183]
- May 31 - Nico Castel, American tenor, comprimario and vocal coach, 83[184]
- June 2 - Günther Schneider-Siemssen, German opera stage designer, 88[185]
- June 3 - Margaret Juntwait, American radio broadcaster and host of the Metropolitan Opera radio transmissions, 58[186]
- June 12 - Ernest Tomlinson, British composer, 90[187]
- June 13 - Ronald Wilford, American artist agency manager and executive, 87[188]
- June 14 - Walter Weller, Austrian conductor and violinist, 75[189]
- June 17 - Neil Courtney, American orchestral double bass player, 82[190]
- June 21 - Gunther Schuller, American composer, conductor, teacher and author, 89[191]
- June 22
- July 1 - Edward Greenfield, British music critic, 86[194]
- July 10 - Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor, 88[195]
- July 15 - Alan Curtis, American harpsichordist, conductor and scholar, 80[196]
- July 21 - Paul Freeman, American music conductor, founder of Chicago Sinfonietta, 79[197]
- July 26 - Vic Firth, American orchestral timpanist and percusssionist, 85[198]
- July 27 - Ivan Moravec, Czech pianist, 84[199]
Major awards
Grammy Awards
- Best Orchestral Performance: John Adams – City Noir, Saxophone Concerto – St. Louis Symphony; David Robertson, conductor (Nonesuch)
- Best Opera Recording: Marc-Antoine Charpentier – La descente d'Orphée aux enfers; Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble and Vocal Ensemble; Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs, conductors (CPO)
- Best Choral Performance: The Sacred Spirit of Russia – Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (harmonia mundi)
- Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores – Hilary Hahn and Cory Smythe (Deutsche Grammophon)
- Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Play – Jason Vieaux (Azica Records)
- Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Douce France – Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg et al. (Naïve)
- Best Classical Compendium: Harry Partch – Plectra and Percussion Dances (Bridge Records)
- Best Contemporary Classical Composition: John Luther Adams – Become Ocean – Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Cantaloupe Music)
Juno Awards
Classical Albums of the Year:
- Solo or Chamber Ensemble: Béla Bartók – Chamber Works for Violin, Volume 3; James Ehnes et al. (Chandos)
- Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concertos Nos 22 & 24; Angela Hewitt, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (Hyperion)
- Vocal or Choral Performance: Franz Schubert – Winterreise; Gerald Finley, Julius Drake (Hyperion)
Classical Composition of the Year: Brian Current – Airline Icarus (Naxos)
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