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2010 in classical music
Overview of the events of 2010 in classical music
- March 22 – Daniel Barenboim is awarded the Otto Hahn Peace Medal for his work with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
- March 29 – Protesters interrupt a concert by the Jerusalem Quartet at London's Wigmore Hall.[1]
- June 8 – The Gregynog Music Festival opens; performers include Emma Kirkby, Catrin Finch and The Academy of Ancient Music.[2]
- July 11 – Rachel Barton Pine gives a three-part performance at Chicago's Millennium Park as part of the "Great Performers of Illinois" celebration.
- August – Frank Huang leaves the Ying Quartet.
- August 13 – The Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir give their first concert, at Tewkesbury Abbey, performing Handel’s "Zadok the Priest", "Water Music (Suite No 2 in D)" and "My Heart is Inditing", and Bach’s "Magnificat", accompanied by the Corelli Chamber Orchestra.[3]
- 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
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- 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
- Alison Stephens, English mandolin player, 40 (cervical cancer)
- Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano, 83
- 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
Pulitzer Prize in Music
Classical Brits
- Composer of the Year – Thomas Adès
- Male Artist of the Year – Vasily Petrenko
- Female Artist Of The Year – Angela Gheorghiu
- Critics' Award – Antonio Pappano
Grammy Awards
- Charlotte Higgins (March 30, 2010). "Arts Diary". The Guardian. UK. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
- 2010 Festival Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
- "Three Choirs Festival website". Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
- Battisti, Frank L. (April 1, 2012). Winds of Change II: The New Millennium: A Chronicle of the Continuing Evolution of the Contemporary American Wind/Band Ensemble. Meredith Music. ISBN 1574632043.
- "July 25, 2010". Music & History. Retrieved 29 April 2019.[permanent dead link]
- James, Mark. "Esa-Pekka Salonen :: Nyx". www.esapekkasalonen.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-03-19.