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** The Opera di Firenze announces the appointment of [[Fabio Luisi]] as its next music director, the first conductor to hold that title with the company, and in parallel, as director of the [[Maggio Musicale Fiorentino]], as of April 2018, with an initial contract of 5 years. In parallel, [[Zubin Mehta]], the company's principal conductor, is to take the title of principal conductor emeritus.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2016/1/News/Fabio_Luisi_Opera_di_Firenze_Musical_Director.html | title=Fabio Luisi Named as Music Director Designate of Florence's Opera di Firenze and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino | work=Opera News | author= | date=2016-01-28 | accessdate=2016-01-30}}</ref>
** The Opera di Firenze announces the appointment of [[Fabio Luisi]] as its next music director, the first conductor to hold that title with the company, and in parallel, as director of the [[Maggio Musicale Fiorentino]], as of April 2018, with an initial contract of 5 years. In parallel, [[Zubin Mehta]], the company's principal conductor, is to take the title of principal conductor emeritus.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2016/1/News/Fabio_Luisi_Opera_di_Firenze_Musical_Director.html | title=Fabio Luisi Named as Music Director Designate of Florence's Opera di Firenze and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino | work=Opera News | author= | date=2016-01-28 | accessdate=2016-01-30}}</ref>
* [[January 29]] - The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation announces [[Per Nørgård]] as the recipient of the 2016 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize.<ref>[http://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en/prize/prizes/prize-winner/norgard.html Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation page on Per Nørgård]</ref>
* [[January 29]] - The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation announces [[Per Nørgård]] as the recipient of the 2016 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize.<ref>[http://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en/prize/prizes/prize-winner/norgard.html Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation page on Per Nørgård]</ref>
* [[February 2]] - The [[Utah Symphony]] announces the appointment of Paul Meecham as the next president and chief executive officer of Utah Symphony and Utah Opera.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://usuo.org/files/Feb2_CEOannoucement.pdf | title=Paul Meecham Named President and CEO of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera | publisher=Utah Symphony | date=2016-02-02 | accessdate=2016-02-06}}</ref>
* [[February 4]]
* [[February 4]]
** The [[City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]] announces the appointment of [[Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla]] as its next music director, effective September 2016, with an initial contract of 3 years.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://cbso.co.uk/news/musicdirector | title=New Music Director Announced | publisher=City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | date=2016-02-04 | accessdate=2016-02-05}}</ref>
** The [[City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]] announces the appointment of [[Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla]] as its next music director, effective September 2016, with an initial contract of 3 years.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://cbso.co.uk/news/musicdirector | title=New Music Director Announced | publisher=City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | date=2016-02-04 | accessdate=2016-02-05}}</ref>
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* René Wohlhauser - ''Une Nuit toute passionée''
* René Wohlhauser - ''Une Nuit toute passionée''
* Iris Szeghy - ''It-Movements''
* Iris Szeghy - ''It-Movements''
* Kevin Malone - ''Unsung HerStories''
* [[Donnacha Dennehy]]: ''Tessellatum''<ref>[http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/8914/Music/donnacha-dennehys-emtessellatum-em Symphony Space page on ''Tessellatum'']</ref>
* Edmund Finnis - ''Parallel Colour''<ref>[http://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/birmingham-concerts-2015-16/parallel-colour/ Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, 6 February 2016 programme]</ref>
* Edmund Finnis - ''Parallel Colour''<ref>[http://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/birmingham-concerts-2015-16/parallel-colour/ Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, 6 February 2016 programme]</ref>
* [[Sally Beamish]] - ''Chaconne'' (for organ)<ref>[http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/david-titterington-organ-2015-90288 South Bank Centre programme, 8 February 2016]</ref>


==Opera premieres==
==New operas==
* [[Du Yun]] and [[Royce Vavrek]]: ''[[Angel's Bone]]''<ref>[http://prototypefestival.org/show/angels-bone1/ Prototype Festival programme]</ref>
* [[Du Yun]] and [[Royce Vavrek]]: ''[[Angel's Bone]]''<ref>[http://prototypefestival.org/show/angels-bone1/ Prototype Festival programme]</ref>
* Luna Pearl Woolf and Caitlin Vincent: ''Better Gods''<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/deposed-queen-leads-valiant-but-flawed-better-gods-at-wno/2016/01/10/a5b56eaa-b7b5-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html | title=Deposed queen leads valiant but flawed 'Better Gods at WNO | work=Washington Post | author=Anne Midgette | date=2016-01-10 | accessdate=2016-01-23}}</ref>
* Luna Pearl Woolf and Caitlin Vincent: ''Better Gods''<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/deposed-queen-leads-valiant-but-flawed-better-gods-at-wno/2016/01/10/a5b56eaa-b7b5-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html | title=Deposed queen leads valiant but flawed 'Better Gods at WNO | work=Washington Post | author=Anne Midgette | date=2016-01-10 | accessdate=2016-01-23}}</ref>
* [[Stuart MacRae (composer)|Stuart MacRae]] and [[Louise Welsh]] - ''The Devil Inside''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/22/the-devil-inside-scottish-opera-music-theatre-wales-stuart-macrae-louise-welsh | title='We talked diseases for days': the making of a modern opera | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2016-01-22 | accessdate=2016-01-23}}</ref>
* [[Stuart MacRae (composer)|Stuart MacRae]] and [[Louise Welsh]] - ''The Devil Inside''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/22/the-devil-inside-scottish-opera-music-theatre-wales-stuart-macrae-louise-welsh | title='We talked diseases for days': the making of a modern opera | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2016-01-22 | accessdate=2016-01-23}}</ref>
* [[Toshio Hosokawa]] and Hannah Duebgen - ''Stilles Meer''<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/9/show,334806.html Schott Music page on ''Stilles Meer'']</ref>
* [[Toshio Hosokawa]] and Hannah Duebgen - ''Stilles Meer''<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/9/show,334806.html Schott Music page on ''Stilles Meer'']</ref>
* [[Emily Hall]] - ''[[Found and Lost (opera)|Found and Lost]]''. 25 January, [[Corinthia Hotel London]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/28/found-and-lost-review-opera-installation-corinthia-hotel-emily-hall | title=Found and Lost review – the scenery steals the scene | work=The Guardian | author=John Lewis | date=2016-01-28 | accessdate=2016-01-30}}</ref>
* [[Emily Hall]] - ''[[Found and Lost (opera)|Found and Lost]]''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/28/found-and-lost-review-opera-installation-corinthia-hotel-emily-hall | title=Found and Lost review – the scenery steals the scene | work=The Guardian | author=John Lewis | date=2016-01-28 | accessdate=2016-01-30}}</ref>


==Albums==
==Albums==
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* [[January 24]] - Jacques Brourman, American conductor, 84<ref>{{cite news | url=http://triblive.com/obituaries/newsstories/9873252-74/brourman-music-son | title=Conductor loved bringing music to people | work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | author=Tony Raap | date=2016-01-28 | accessdate=2016-01-30}}</ref>
* [[January 24]] - Jacques Brourman, American conductor, 84<ref>{{cite news | url=http://triblive.com/obituaries/newsstories/9873252-74/brourman-music-son | title=Conductor loved bringing music to people | work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | author=Tony Raap | date=2016-01-28 | accessdate=2016-01-30}}</ref>
* [[January 25]]
* [[January 25]]
** [[Denise Duval]], French soprano, 94<ref>[http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2016/1/News/Denise_Duval.html French Soprano Denise Duval, 94, Muse to Poulenc, Has Died]</ref>
** [[Denise Duval]], French soprano, 94<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2016/1/News/Denise_Duval.html | title=French Soprano Denise Duval, 94, Muse to Poulenc, Has Died | work=Opera News | author=Patrick Dillon | date=2016-01-26 | accessdate=2016-01-27}}</ref>
** [[Leif Solberg]], Norwegian composer and organist, 101<ref>[http://www.oa.no/musikk/kultur/lena/komponist-leif-solberg-101-er-dod/s/5-35-226866 Komponist Leif Solberg (101) er død] {{no icon}}</ref>
** [[Leif Solberg]], Norwegian composer and organist, 101<ref>[http://www.oa.no/musikk/kultur/lena/komponist-leif-solberg-101-er-dod/s/5-35-226866 Komponist Leif Solberg (101) er død] {{no icon}}</ref>
* [[January 29]] - [[Aurèle Nicolet]], Swiss flautist, 90<ref>[https://www.codalario.com/aurele-nicolet/noticias/muere-aurele-nicolet--el-titan-de-la-flauta-que-discutio-con-herbert-von-karajan_3662_3_10057_0_1_in.html Muere Aurèle Nicolet, el titán de la flauta que discutió con Herbert von Karajan] {{es icon}}</ref>
* [[January 29]] - [[Aurèle Nicolet]], Swiss flautist, 90<ref>[https://www.codalario.com/aurele-nicolet/noticias/muere-aurele-nicolet--el-titan-de-la-flauta-que-discutio-con-herbert-von-karajan_3662_3_10057_0_1_in.html Muere Aurèle Nicolet, el titán de la flauta que discutió con Herbert von Karajan] {{es icon}}</ref>
* [[February 3]] - [[Saulius Sondeckis]], Lithuanian violinist and conductor, 87<ref>[http://kultura.lrytas.lt/scena/mire-dirigentas-saulius-sondeckis.htm Mirė dirigentas Saulius Sondeckis] {{lt icon}}</ref>
* [[February 3]] - [[Saulius Sondeckis]], Lithuanian violinist and conductor, 87<ref>[http://kultura.lrytas.lt/scena/mire-dirigentas-saulius-sondeckis.htm Mirė dirigentas Saulius Sondeckis] {{lt icon}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] - [[Ulf Söderblom]], Finnish conductor, 85<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/a1454562493402 | title=Kapellimestari Ulf Söderblom on kuollut | work=Helsingin Samonat | author=Virve Rissanen | date=2016-02-04 | accessdate=2016-02-06}}</ref>


==Major awards==
==Major awards==

Revision as of 16:33, 6 February 2016

List of years in classical music
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2015 in music
By location
By genre
By topic

Events

New works

  • Ryan Francis - Anthem (for violin and electronics)[22]
  • Anna Clyne - This Lunar Beauty[23]
  • Desmond Clarke - Viola Concerto[24]
  • Richard Danielpour - The Wounded Healer (percussion concerto)[25]
  • Jean-Luc Darbellay - Miroirs
  • Markus Hofer - Duo
  • Jeffrey Mumford - Three Windows (texts by Sonia Sanchez)[26]
  • Adam Schoenberg - Tres Mujeres (texts by Janine Salinas Schoenberg)[26]
  • Sleeping Giant (composers' collective; individual composers and works listed below): Ash[27]
  • Michael Zev Gordon - In the Middle of Things[28]
  • Wolfgang Rihm - Toccata capricciosa
  • Jeremy Gill - Serenada Concertante for Oboe and Orchestra[29]
  • Gene Pritsker - Spirits
  • René Wohlhauser - Une Nuit toute passionée
  • Iris Szeghy - It-Movements
  • Kevin Malone - Unsung HerStories
  • Donnacha Dennehy: Tessellatum[30]
  • Edmund Finnis - Parallel Colour[31]
  • Sally Beamish - Chaconne (for organ)[32]

New operas

Albums

Deaths

Major awards

  • 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Music: TBD
  • 2016 Grawemeyer Award Winner in Music: Hans Abrahamsen - let me tell you

Grammy Awards

Juno Awards

Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2016

British Composer Awards

References

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  3. ^ Michael Cooper (2016-01-12). "New York City Opera Will Return, and Soon, Under Reorganization Plan". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  4. ^ "Chetham's School of Music appoints new Head" (Press release). Chetham's School of Music. 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  5. ^ "Minnesota Opera Names Ryan Taylor President and General Director" (PDF) (Press release). Minnesota Opera. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  6. ^ David Ng (2016-01-14). "Composer-conductor Matthew Aucoin is tapped to join L.A. Opera as an artist in residence". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  7. ^ "Violinist Anthea Kreston joins Artemis Quartet following death of violist Friedemann Weigle". The Strad. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  8. ^ Dana Oland (2016-01-19). "Boise Philharmonic music director, Robert Franz, announces departure". Idaho Statesman. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
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  10. ^ "Berklee and The Boston Conservatory Agree to Merger, Set the Stage for New International Standard in Performing Arts Education" (Press release). Berklee College of Music. 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  11. ^ Anthony Tommasini (2016-01-21). "Review: Tosca, From NYCO Renaissance, Puts a Grand Ambition to the Test". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  12. ^ "Nieuwe koers Orkest van het Oosten" (Press release). Orkest van het Oosten. 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  13. ^ "Leonidas Kavakos announced as winner of Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2017" (Press release). Léonie Sonning Music Foundation. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  14. ^ Michael Cooper (2016-01-27). "New York Philharmonic Taps Jaap van Zweden as Its Next Maestro". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
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  18. ^ Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation page on Per Nørgård
  19. ^ "Paul Meecham Named President and CEO of Utah Symphony" (PDF) (Press release). Utah Symphony. 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-02-06. {{cite press release}}: Text "Utah Opera" ignored (help)
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  21. ^ Zachary Woolfe (2016-02-04). "Fabio Luisi's Future Looks Bright, Wherever It Is". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  22. ^ Zachary Woolfe (2016-01-10). "Review: 'Au Revoir, Pierre,' a Celebration of Boulez". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  23. ^ Britten Sinfonia programme, 15-20 January 2016
  24. ^ Barbican Centre, Melos Sinfonia programme, 15 January 2016
  25. ^ James C Taylor (2016-01-19). "New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's vigorous 'Wounded Healer' powered by Lisa Pegher's percussion". Newark Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  26. ^ a b Anne Midgette (2016-01-21). "Alyson Cambridge offers ambitious but flawed recital". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  27. ^ Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim (2016-01-17). "Composers' Collectives Offer Creativity and Challenges". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  28. ^ St John's Smith Square, 24 January 2016 programme
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  30. ^ Symphony Space page on Tessellatum
  31. ^ Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, 6 February 2016 programme
  32. ^ South Bank Centre programme, 8 February 2016
  33. ^ Prototype Festival programme
  34. ^ Anne Midgette (2016-01-10). "Deposed queen leads valiant but flawed 'Better Gods at WNO". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  35. ^ Kate Molleson (2016-01-22). "'We talked diseases for days': the making of a modern opera". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  36. ^ Schott Music page on Stilles Meer
  37. ^ John Lewis (2016-01-28). "Found and Lost review – the scenery steals the scene". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  38. ^ James Jolly (2016-01-05). "Happy Birthday, Alfred Brendel!". Gramophone. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  39. ^ Andrew Clements (2016-01-06). "Braunfels: Don Juan; Symphonic Variations review – silenced by the Nazis, a Romantic regains his voice". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  40. ^ Andrew Clements (2016-01-07). "Rihm: Two Other Movements; Abkehr; Schattenstück review – fine first-ever recordings". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  41. ^ Kate Molleson (2016-01-14). "Abrahamsen: Let Me Tell You review – a spellbindingly beautiful song cycle". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  42. ^ Daniel Stephen Johnson (2016-01-18). "Humor and Fiendish Difficulty in Spektral Quartet's 'Serious Business'". WQXR. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  43. ^ Erica Jeal (2016-01-21). "Amy Dickson: Island Songs CD review – an intriguing and serious collection". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  44. ^ Nicholas Kenyon (2016-01-24). "Robert De Visée: Intimité et grandeur CD review – exquisite theorbo works". The Observer. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  45. ^ Andrew Clements (2016-01-27). "Hillborg: Sirens; Cold Heat; Beast Sampler CD review – there's no doubt orchestras enjoy playing his music". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  46. ^ Kate Molleson (2016-01-28). "Elena Langer: Landscape with Three People CD review – nimble and light performances". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  47. ^ Andrew Clements (2016-02-03). "Chagrin: Symphonies Nos 1 and 2 CD review – defining works by an intriguing creative figure". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  48. ^ Erica Jeal (2016-02-04). "Liberté, Égalité, Sororité CD review – graceful and impressive". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  49. ^ Nate Chinen (2016-02-04). "Review: In Gabriel Kahane's 'The Fiction Issue,' Timelessness and Sept. 11". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  50. ^ Michael Cooper (2016-01-06). "Alan S. Gordon, Longtime Union Leader, Dies at 70". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  51. ^ Margalit Fox (2016-01-06). "Gilbert E. Kaplan, Publisher and Improbable Conductor, Dies at 74". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  52. ^ Roger Nichols (2016-01-06). "Pierre Boulez obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  53. ^ Garry Humphries (2016-01-24). "Marion Studholme: Stalwart of Sadler's Wells Opera who also featured regularly on television and radio during the 1950s". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  54. ^ Bogusław Kaczyński nie żyje. Miał 73 lata Template:Pl icon
  55. ^ Sam Roberts (2016-01-27). "Robert Tuggle, Longtime Archivist of the Metropolitan Opera, Dies at 83". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  56. ^ Tony Raap (2016-01-28). "Conductor loved bringing music to people". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  57. ^ Patrick Dillon (2016-01-26). "French Soprano Denise Duval, 94, Muse to Poulenc, Has Died". Opera News. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  58. ^ Komponist Leif Solberg (101) er død Template:No icon
  59. ^ Muere Aurèle Nicolet, el titán de la flauta que discutió con Herbert von Karajan Template:Es icon
  60. ^ Mirė dirigentas Saulius Sondeckis Template:Lt icon
  61. ^ Virve Rissanen (2016-02-04). "Kapellimestari Ulf Söderblom on kuollut". Helsingin Samonat. Retrieved 2016-02-06.

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