2010 in classical music

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Events

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]

New works

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

A

B

Steven Bryant – Concerto for Wind Ensemble^[4]

C

D

E

F

G

H

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

I

J

K

Wojciech Kilar – The Solemn Overture, for symphony orchestra

L

Fred Lerdahl – Arches

M

Bruno Mantovani – Concerto de chambre nos 1 and 2

N

O

P

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

Q

R

Steve Reich – WTC 9/11

S

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

T

Manfred Trojahn – Herbstmusik, for orchestra

U

V

W

Graham Waterhouse – Chinese Whispers

X

Y

Z

Opera premieres

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

Albums

Jack Cooper – The Chamber Wind Music of Jack Cooper
Jackie Evancho – O Holy Night
Jon Lord – To Notice Such Things
Frederik Magle – Like a Flame
Maksim Mrvica – Appassionata
Les Prêtres – Spiritus Dei

Musical films

Kinshasa Symphony

Deaths

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

Major awards

Pulitzer Prize in Music

Jennifer Higdon – Violin Concerto

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

See 52nd Grammy Awards

Composer's Guild Grand Prize

Greg Danner

References

^ 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.
^ "Kaija Saariaho". Music & History. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
^ James, Mark. "Esa-Pekka Salonen :: Nyx". www.esapekkasalonen.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-03-19.