2010 in classical music
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Overview of the events of 2010 in classical music
New works [ edit ] Steven Bryant – Concerto for Wind Ensemble [4] Mehdi Hosseini Taleshi Hava , for solo violin and bassoon An Unfinished Draft , for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello and baritone Pause , for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello and tubular bells Wojciech Kilar – The Solemn Overture , for symphony orchestra Fred Lerdahl – Arches Bruno Mantovani – Concerto de chambre nos 1 and 2 Krzysztof Penderecki Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott for mixed choir, brass, percussion and string orchestra Powiało na mnie morze snów... Pieśni zadumy i nostalgii (A sea of dreams did breathe on me... Songs of reverie and nostalgia) Duo concertante , for violin and double bass Tanz , for solo viola Steve Reich – WTC 9/11 Kaija Saariaho – Mirages [5] Esa-Pekka Salonen – Nyx , for orchestra[6] Johannes Maria Staud On Comparative Meteorology , for orchestra Contrebande (On Comparative Meteorology II) , for orchestra Tondo Preludio , for orchestra Chant d'amour , for ensemble Manfred Trojahn – Herbstmusik , for orchestra Graham Waterhouse – Chinese Whispers Opera premieres [ edit ] Date Opera Composer Theatre 18 January The Child Dreams Gil Shohat Israeli Opera 25 February Il caso Mortara Francesco Cilluffo Dicapo Opera 26 February Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera David T. Little Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts 1 March Émilie Kaija Saariaho Opéra National de Lyon 7 March Le Bal Oscar Strasnoy Hamburg State Opera 12 March Bliss Brett Dean Sydney Opera House 3 March Knight Crew Julian Philips Glyndebourne 17 April Shadowboxer Frank Proto University of Maryland School of Music , Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center 30 April Moby-Dick Jake Heggie Dallas Opera 7 May Queen of Knives Eric Stern Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center , Portland, Oregon 8 May Amelia Daron Hagen Seattle Opera 13 June The Golden Ticket Peter Ash Opera Theatre of Saint Louis 4 July Un Retour Oscar Strasnoy Aix-en-Provence Festival 24 July Life is a Dream Lewis Spratlan Santa Fe Opera 7 August Sonya's Story Neal Thornton Riverside Studios , London 10 September ’u’ Eef van Breen Theater Zeebelt, The Hague 25 September Gisela! Hans Werner Henze Maschinenhalle Zeche Zweckel [de ] , Gladbeck , Germany 8 October Pecan Summer Deborah Cheetham WestSide Performing Arts Centre, Mooroopna , Australia 22 October Río de Sangre Don Davis Florentine Opera , Milwaukee, Wisconsin , United States
Musical films [ edit ] January 8 – Otmar Suitner , Austrian conductor, 87 January 22 – Surendran Reddy , South African pianist and composer, 47 January 23 – Earl Wild , US pianist, 94 February 2 – Nelli Shkolnikova , Russian violinist, 81 February 9 – Jacques Hétu , Canadian composer and music teacher, 71 February 11 – Irina Arkhipova , Russian operatic mezzo-soprano and later contralto, 85 February 17 – Kathryn Grayson , 88, American soprano and film star February 18 – Ariel Ramírez , Argentine composer, 88 March – Farman Behboud , Iranian pianist and piano teacher, 63 March 4 – Amalie Christie , Norwegian classical pianist, author and anthroposophist, 96 March 5 – Philip Langridge , English operatic tenor, 70 March 17 – Ştefan Gheorghiu , Romanian violinist, 83 March 23 – Blanche Thebom , 91, American mezzo-soprano April 1 – Morag Beaton , 83, Scottish-Australian soprano April 10 – William Walker , 78, American baritone and General Director of the Fort Worth Opera April 27 – Morris Pert , Scottish percussionist, pianist and composer, 62 April 29 – Johannes Fritsch , German composer, 68 May 5 – Giulietta Simionato , Italian operatic mezzo-soprano, 99 May 17 – Yvonne Loriod , French pianist, teacher, and composer, 86 May 24 – Anneliese Rothenberger , 83, German soprano May 25 – Siphiwo Ntshebe , South African operatic tenor, 35 (meningitis) June 2 – Giuseppe Taddei , Italian operatic baritone, 93 June 5 – Arne Nordheim , Norwegian composer, 78 June 12 – Fuat Mansurov , Russian conductor, 82 June 14 – Giacinto Prandelli , Italian operatic tenor, 96 June 18 – Kalmen Opperman , American clarinetist, teacher, conductor and instrument maker, 90 July 1 – John Paynter , British composer and music educator, 78 July 5 – Cesare Siepi , 87, Italian bass July 12 – John Douglas , American conductor, voice teacher and accompanist, 54 (melanoma) July 14 – Sir Charles Mackerras , Australian conductor, 84 July 15 – Luo Pinchao , Chinese opera singer, 98 June 16 – Maureen Forrester , 79, Canadian contralto July 21 – Anthony Rolfe Johnson , British tenor, 69 August 6 – Cacilda Borges Barbosa , Brazilian pianist, conductor and composer, 96 September 11 – Herbert Grossman , American conductor, 83 September 12 – Charles Ansbacher , American conductor, 67 September 19 – László Polgár , Hungarian operatic bass, 63 September 21 – Geoffrey Burgon , British film and TV score composer, 69 September 28 – Dolores Wilson , American operatic soprano, 82 October 10 October 30 – Morris Pert , Scottish composer, drummer /percussionist and pianist, 62 November 2 – Rudolf Barshai , Russian violist and composer, 86 November 5 – Shirley Verrett , American mezzo-soprano, 79 November 12 – Henryk Górecki , Polish composer, 74 November 30 – Peter Hofmann , German operatic tenor, 66 December 6 – Hugues Cuénod , Swiss operatic tenor, 108 December 7 – Sergiu Luca , Romanian violinist, 67 December 15 – Hilde Rössel-Majdan , Austrian operatic contralto, 89 December 16 – Richard Adeney , British flautist, 90 Major awards [ edit ] Pulitzer Prize in Music [ edit ] Classical Brits [ edit ] Grammy Awards [ edit ] Composer's Guild Grand Prize [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]