2011 in classical music

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The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.

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Opera premieres

DateOperaComposerTheatre[ citation needed ]
17 February Anna Nicole Mark-Anthony Turnage Royal Opera House [ citation needed ]
18 March Kommilitonen! Peter Maxwell Davies Royal Academy of Music [ citation needed ]
26 March Risorgimento! Lorenzo Ferrero Teatro Comunale Modena [5]
April The Importance of Being Earnest Gerald Barry Los Angeles Philharmonic (concert performance)[ citation needed ]
9 & 10 April Sonntag aus Licht Karlheinz Stockhausen Staatenhaus of the Kölner Messe (auspices of the Cologne Opera)[ citation needed ]
13 April The Juniper Passion Michael F. WilliamsGallagher Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato [ citation needed ]
9 June Rockland the Opera Jukka Linkola Nivala Ice Arena, Finland[ citation needed ]
24 June Two Boys Nico Muhly English National Opera [ citation needed ]
1 July Dr Dee Damon Albarn Palace Theatre, Manchester, 2011 Manchester International Festival [ citation needed ]
30 July Mansfield Park Jonathan Dove Boughton House [ citation needed ]
11 September Manifest Destiny 2011 Keith Burstein King's Head Theatre, London[ citation needed ]
15 October One Night Stand Olli Kortekangas Helsinki Music Centre [ citation needed ]
1 November Heart of Darkness Tarik O'Regan Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House[ citation needed ]
12 November Silent Night Kevin Puts Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Saint Paul, Minnesota[ citation needed ]
31 December The Enchanted Island Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau Metropolitan Opera [ citation needed ]

Albums

Musical films

Deaths

Major awards

International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – Piano

International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – Violin

2011 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition

Classical Brits

Grammy Awards

References

  1. Smith, Steve (June 10, 2012). "Poems in Four Voices, a Concerto in Two: New York Philharmonic's Contact! Series at the Met". The New York Times . Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. Levere, Jane (April 17, 2013). "New York Philharmonic To Perform All-American Program With Joshua Bell And Christopher Rouse Premiere". Forbes . Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  3. Miller, Sarah Bryan (May 1, 2011). "BSLSO concludes season with Rouse's Symphony No. 3". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  4. Druckenbrod, Andrew (February 12, 2012). "Composer Steven Stucky's new piece will honor Rachel Carson's work". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  5. Risorgimento! – Il prigioniero at the Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti (Modena)
  6. 作曲家の三木稔さんが死去 オペラや現代邦楽. 47news.jp. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2011-12-09.