2008 in classical music

none 2008 classical music 2008 Events January 1 – Julia Fischer makes her début as a concert pianist, performing Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie at the Alte Oper, Frankfurt. The concert was conducted by Matthias Pintscher, who replaced Sir Neville Marriner. On the same occasion she also performed the Violin Concerto no. 3 in B minor by Camille Saint-Saëns.Arno Widmann: "Julia Fischer: Virtuosissima!!!", Frankfurter Rundschau, 2 January 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012 January 5 – The Salzburg Festival launches the "Herbert von Karajan Jubilee Year" with a concert in Salzburg's Grosses Festspielhaus.Agence France Presse, January 4, 2008. April 22 – Andrey Baranov of Russia wins First Prize in the Second Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition in London.Main International Violin Competitions https://web.archive.org/web/20110407003318/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html April 7, 2011 ; The Second Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition, London, April 14–22, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20091227101901/http://www.britten-competition.co.uk/ December 27, 2009 . November 1–9 – The Southbank Centre in London, UK, presents "Klang: A Tribute to Stockhausen", a festival curated by Oliver Knussen, with a series of concerts focusing on works from the composer's last decade, including the world premieres of Urantia and Zodiac for Orchestra, as well as late-night performances, lectures, and master classes."News: Stockhausen Tribute in the UK", Computer Music Journal 33, no. 2 (2009): 6. November 6 – Michael Tilson Thomas makes his Philadelphia Orchestra subscription-concert conducting debut.Peter Dobrin, "After 23 Years, a Return to Phila.", The Philadelphia Inquirer (November 8, 2008): E04. November 17 – Korean violinist Hyun-Su Shin wins First Prize in the Jacques Thibaud International Violin Competition in Parishttp://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#24 Main International Violin Competitions Violina2z.com 2012-09-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120918085047/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html September 18, 2012 November 24 – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Pinchas Zukerman as principal guest conductor, to begin in January 2009.Dave Itzkoff, "Zukerman Appointed To Royal Philharmonic", The New York Times (November 24, 2008): C2. December 4 – Elliott Carter's Interventions for Piano and Orchestra receives its premiere at Symphony Hall, Boston, United States, with Daniel Barenboim as the soloist.http://archive.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/12/05/the_composer_in_cambridge_carter_looks_back/ The composer in Cambridge: Carter looks back Guerrieri Matthew December 5, 2008 The Boston Globe August 6, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20081209035720/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/12/05/the_composer_in_cambridge_carter_looks_back/?page=full December 9, 2008 live unknown date – The Annex String Quartet is formed in Toronto, Canada.Anastasia Tsioulcas The Kronos Quartet: Creating, and Passing on a Legacy Ariama 2012 New works March 2025 March 2025 The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation. A B Birke J. Bertelsmeier – Quartettstück for string quartet Martin Bresnick – Joaquin is Dreaming (for guitar)http://www.carlfischer.com/shop/joaquin-is-dreaming-solo-gtr.html?SID=31q7fb1qgfs2lin0n2k1rd74t0 Joaquin is Dreaming – Solo Gtr www.carlfischer.com 2016-10-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20161020050502/http://www.carlfischer.com/shop/joaquin-is-dreaming-solo-gtr.html?SID=31q7fb1qgfs2lin0n2k1rd74t0 2016-10-20 dead C Elliott Carter Flute ConcertoCarter Elliott Elliott Carter 2008 Flute Concerto Boosey & Hawkes http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Elliott-Carter-Flute-Concerto/52833 January 30, 2016 Duetto for violin and cello (first of the Due Duetti) On Conversing with Paradise, for baritone and chamber orchestra Poems of Louis Zukofsky, for mezzo-soprano and clarinet Tinntinabulation, for percussion sextet Wind Rose, for wind ensemble D Joël-François Durand – Le Tombeau de Rameau, for flute, viola and harp E F Lorenzo Ferrero Freedom Variations, for trumpet and chamber ensemblehttps://www.villacomposers.org/composers/ferrero-lorenzo-1951-torino.php Catalogue for Lorenzo Ferrero Villa Composers 15 November 2024 2 Agosto. Prima variazione (from Quatro variazioni su un tema di Banchieri), for organ and orchestra G H Jennifer Higdon – Violin ConcertoHigdon, Jennifer (2008). Violin Concerto: Program Note. Retrieved August 2, 2015. (premiered 2009) Mehdi Hosseini – Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra I J Karl Jenkins Stabat Mater Te DeumShakespeare at War: A Material History Cambridge University Press 2023 9781009050791 133 K Wojciech Kilar Paschalis Hymn for mixed choir a cappellahttps://culture.pl/en/artist/wojciech-kilar Wojciech Kilar - Biography Culture.pl 15 November 2024 Te Deum, for 4 solo voices, choir and orchestra Veni Creator, for mixed choir and string orchestra L M N O P Arvo Pärt – Symphony No. 4 (premiered 2009)https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/arts/music/10arvo.html Arvo Pärt's Fourth Symphony Review Cd 2010-10-08 The New York Times 0362-4331 2016-11-24 Q R S Anno Schreier – Berceuse (to words by Paul Verlaine) for violin, clarinet, alto-saxophone and pianohttps://www.schott-music.com/en/berceuse-no417566.html Berceuse Schott 15 November 2024 T Tan Dun – Piano Concerto The Firehttp://www.langlang.com/sites/langlang.com/files/pressmaterials/pdf/intpiano2.pdf Tan Dun's Piano Concerto to receive its UK premiere by Lang Lang in April Leung Cecilia March–April 2008 International Piano 3 25 January 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110428031239/http://www.langlang.com/sites/langlang.com/files/pressmaterials/pdf/intpiano2.pdf 28 April 2011 U V W X Y Z Opera premieres Operas which premiered in 2008 include: Louis Andriessen – La CommediaMark Swed 20 June 2008 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jun-20-et-commedia20-story.html 'Commedia' is more than a little divine Los Angeles Times 23 January 2017 Harrison Birtwistle – The Minotaurhttps://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/arts/21iht-loomis.html George Loomis The Minotaur: A masterful retelling of a classic Greek myth The New York Times 21 April 2008 Willem Jeths – Hôtel de Pékinhttp://www.nationalereisopera.nl/en/programma/archief/producties/hotel_de_pekin/ https://archive.today/20130624230721/http://www.nationalereisopera.nl/en/programma/archief/producties/hotel_de_pekin/ dead 2013-06-24 Background Nationale Reisopera 14 November 2024 Howard Shore – The Fly https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/arts/music/09fly.html The Song of the Brundlefly 14 November 2024 New York Times 8 September 2008 Tommasini Anthony Albums Alpha and Omega (February) – Tonus Peregrinushttps://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/latejunction/pip/jniyf/ Radio 3 - Late Junction - 5 February 2008 BBC 2008-02-05 2012-01-13 Pagina de Buenos Aires – Fernando Oterohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/5c25/ BBC Music Review: Fernando Otero - Pagina de Buenos Aires Tim Nelson January 25, 2008 Songs of Joy & Peace (October 14) – Yo-Yo MaKen Dryden Review: Songs of Joy & Peace album r1448432 yes AllMusic July 16, 2009 Stabat Mater (10 March) – Karl JenkinsBoosey & Hawkes Composers, Classical Music and Jazz Repertoire https://www.boosey.com/cr/perusals/score?id=1182 18 March 2021 www.boosey.com Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night (9 September) – Conspirarehttp://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2008/12/tis_the_season_for_choral_musi.html 'Tis the season for choral music Venutolo Anthony 1 December 2008 The Star-Ledger 2 February 2011 5 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110805110833/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2008/12/tis_the_season_for_choral_musi.html live Musical films Life. 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Support.Music MUBI 14 November 2024 Yandé Codou, la griotte de SenghorUNESCO, Égalité des genres: patrimoine et créativité, UNESCO (2014), p. 109, 9789232000392 (Retrieved 2 June 2019) Deaths January 13 – Sergejus Larinas, 51, Russian tenor January 25 – Evelyn Barbirolli, 97, British oboist February 10 – Inga Nielsen, 61 (cancer), Danish soprano February 21 – Neil Chotem, 87, Canadian conductor and composer February 27 – Ivan Rebroff, 76, German singer of traditional Russian music March 3 – Giuseppe Di Stefano, 86, Italian tenorhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/03/classicalmusicandopera.comment Obituary: Opera singer Giuseppe di Stefano, 1921-2008 TheGuardian.com 3 March 2008 March 4 – Leonard Rosenman, 83 (heart attack), American composer March 10 – Dennis Irwin, 56, American double-bass player March 12 – Alun Hoddinott, 78, Welsh composerhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/14/obituaries.mainsection Alun Hoddinott: Prodigy who became a prolific composer and patriarchal figure in Welsh music The Guardian Lewis, Geraint 14 March 2008 6 February 2011 April 24 – Tristram Cary, 82, British composer April 26 – Henry Brant, 94, American composer April 27 – Frances Yeend, 95, American soprano May 15 – Alexander Courage, 88, American composerhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053003013.html Alexander Courage; Composed Theme to TV Show 'Star Trek' May 31, 2008 The Washington Post Adam Bernstein May 31, 2008 May 17 – Wilfrid Mellers, 94, British musicologist and composer May 21 – Siegmund Nissel, 86, Austrian violinistSiegmund Nissel, 86, of Amadeus Group, Is Dead New York Times 24 May 2008 June 16 – Margaret Kitchin, 94, Swiss pianist June 19 – Antonio Bibalo, 86. Italian-born pianist and composerhttp://www.nrk.no/arkiv/artikkel/antonio-bibalo-er-dod-1.6092084 Antonio Bibalo er død no Anne Christine Bratt Ragnhild Veire NRK 2008-06-23 2017-03-14 June 27 – Leonard Pennario, 83, American pianist (Parkinson's disease) July 18 Tauno Marttinen, 95, Finnish composer Dennis Townhill, 83, British organist and composer July 24 – Norman Dello Joio, 95, American composerDaniel J. Wakin https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/nyregion/27dellojoio.html?ex=1374897600&en=c6e3999c17257f1a&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Norman Dello Joio, Prolific and Popular Composer, Is Dead at 95 The New York Times 27 July 2008 July 27 – Horst Stein, 80, German conductorhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/aug/06/classicalmusicandopera.germany Horst Stein 6 August 2008 Barry Millington The Guardian 15 November 2024 August 3 – Louis Teicher, 83, American pianist August 4 – Nicola Rescigno, 92, Italian American conductorhttps://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/arts/music/06rescigno.html?ref=obituaries Nicola Rescigno, Who Helped Found Opera Companies in Chicago and Dallas, Dies at 92 The New York Times 6 August 2008 15 November 2024 Martin Douglas August 10 – Alexander Slobodyanik, 66, Ukrainian pianist August 12 – Donald Erb, 81, American composerDonald Erb: Avant-Guard [sic] Composer, Conductor https://web.archive.org/web/20090309151519/http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2008/08/donald_erb_avantguard_composer.html 2009-03-09 http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2008/08/donald_erb_avantguard_composer.html Cleveland Plain Dealer August 12, 2008 August 25 – Pehr Henrik Nordgren, 64, Finnish composerRickards Guy Pehr Henrik Nordgren https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/08/classicalmusicandopera.finland 17 November 2024 The Guardian Guardian Media Group 8 October 2008 en September 7 – Peter Glossop, 80, British opera singerhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2712488/Peter-Glossop.html Obituary: Peter Glossop The Daily Telegraph 31 10 September 2008 15 November 2024 September 10 – Vernon Handley, 77, British conductorhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/12/classicalmusicandopera Vernon Handley 12 September 2008 John Amis John Amis The Guardian 19 August 2019 September 16 – Andrei Volkonsky, 75, Russian (émigré/defector) composer, conductor and harpsichordist September 25 – Horațiu Rădulescu, 66, Romanian composer September 26 Bernadette Greevy, 68, Irish mezzo-sopranohttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/21/obituary-bernadette-greevy-singer Bernadette Greevy 21 November 2008 Barry Millington The Guardian 15 November 2024 Yonty Solomon, 71, South African pianisthttps://www.thejc.com/news/obituaries/obituary-yonty-solomon-klnt605t Obituary: Yonty Solomon Jewish Chronicle 13 November 2008 15 November 2024 November 4 – Alan Hazeldine, 60, Scottish conductor and pianistAnonymous obituary, The Times (November 22,): Features, p. 89. November 23 – Richard Hickox, 60, British conductor2008-11-25 Obituary: Richard Hickox http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/25/obituary-richard-hickox 2022-01-28 The Guardian en November 26 – Pekka Pohjola, 56, Finnish composerhttps://www.allaboutjazz.com/remembering-pekka-pohjola-pekka-pohjola-by-anthony-shaw Remembering Pekka Pohjola 1 February 2009 Anthony Shaw 13 November 2024 December 27 – Roque Cordero, 91, Panamanian composerDecember 29, 2008 https://pantagraph.com/news/local/obituaries/roque-cordero/article_b4bc335d-dee3-5787-af65-977ecc125834.html Roque Cordero The Pantagraph November 17, 2024 Major awards Classical Brits Source:https://www.classicalsource.com/concert/classical-brit-awards-2008/ Classical Brit Awards 2008 Classical Source 8 May 2008 14 November 2024 Male of the Year — Sir Colin Davis Female of the Year — Anna Netrebko Young British Classical Performer — Nicola Benedetti Album of the Year — Blake – Blake Soundtrack of the Year — Blood Diamond – James Newton Howard Critics' Award — Steven Isserlis – Bach: Cello Suites Lifetime Achievement In Music — Andrew Lloyd Webber Grammy Awards See 51st Grammy Awards See also 2008 in music References 2 Classical Category:Classical music by year