January 10 – Richard Dare resigns as president of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, following reports of a prior accusation of a sexual offense in 1996 and of exaggerations of his business accomplishments.
January 16 – The Houston Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Andrés Orozco-Estrada as its next music director, effective with the 2014-2015 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.
February 18 - The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Edward Gardner as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2015-2016 season.
March 18 - The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Stefan Solyom as its next chief conductor, as of the 2014-2015 season.
April 25 - Santa Fe Opera announces the appointment of Harry Bicket as its next chief conductor, effective 1 October 2013.
May 19 - James Levine conducts his first concert after an absence of two years, with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
June 22 – American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton wins the "Song Prize" at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.
July 1 - Jaime Martín formally becomes principal conductor of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra.
August 20 - The Colorado Symphony Orchestra elevates Andrew Litton from its music advisor to Music Director, with immediate effect.
September 7 - American orchestral conductor Marin Alsop becomes the first woman to conduct the Last Night of The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
November 29 - The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces that Bramwell Tovey is to conclude his tenure as VSO music director after the 2017-2018 season.
December 10 - La Scala announced the appointment of Riccardo Chailly as its next music director, effective 1 January 2017 through 31 December 2022.
Hans Abrahamsen
Wald (2009)
let me tell you (2013), for soprano and orchestra
Mark Adamo – Aristotle
John Adams – Saxophone Concerto
Thomas Ades – Totentanz
Matej Bonin - Mouvements
Benet Casablancas
Tres Interludios, for orchestra
Obertura Festiva, for orchestra
Bryce Dessner – Murder Ballads
Brian Elias – Once did I breathe another's breath
Lorenzo Ferrero – Venice 1976 (A Parody), for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano
Francesco Filidei
Ballata No. 3, for piano and ensemble
Due Trascrizioni da Merula e Trabaci, for string quartet
Poemetto, for ensemble
Silence = Death (Democracy), for 4 percussionists
Graham Fitkin – Panufnik Variations
Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Katharsis
Gabriela Lena Frank – Karnavalito No. 1
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 6
Two Movements for Four Pianos
Edward Gregson – Aztec Dances (concerto for flute and ensemble) (2010)
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – Together or Not
David Philip Hefti – Éclairs
Missy Mazzoli – Heartbreaker
Steve Reich – Radio Rewrite
Christopher Rouse
Symphony No. 4
Thunderstuck
Poul Ruders
String Quartet No. 4 (2012)
Schrödinger's Cat (2012)
Aulis Sallinen – Five Portraits of Women, Op. 100
Mark-Anthony Turnage – Speranza
Ian Venables – The Song of The Severn, Op. 43
Param Vir – Cave of Luminous Mind
Judith Weir – Blue-Green Hill (2013)
Gerald Barry - The Importance of Being Earnest: premiere staged performance, 17 March 2013, Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy.
Terence Blanchard - Champion
Ivan Fischer – The Red Heifer
Philip Glass – The Perfect American
André Tchaikowsky - premiere of The Merchant of Venice at the Bregenz Festival, July 18.(Opera written 1968-1982)
Šimon Voseček – Biedermann und die Brandstifter
Plácido Domingo – Verdi
Ludovico Einaudi – In a Time Lapse
Howard Goodall – Inspired
Tine Thing Helseth – Tine
A Late Quartet
January 10 – Franz Lehrndorfer, German organist and composer, 84
February 3 – Oscar Feltsman, Russian composer, 91
February 8 – James DePreist, US conductor, 76
February 22 – Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist, 89
February 27 – Van Cliburn, US pianist, 78
February 28
William Bennett, American oboist (San Francisco Symphony), 56 (cerebral hemorrhage)
Armando Trovajoli, Italian film composer and pianist, 95
March 1 – Rafael Puyana, Colombian harpsichordist, 81
March 9 – Tengiz Amirejibi, Georgian pianist. 89
March 21 – Jean-Michel Damase, French composer, pianist, and teacher, 85
April 4 – Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-born Australian composer, arranger and orchestra conductor, 84
April 10 – Thomas Hemsley, English opera singer, 85
April 13 – Stephen Dodgson, composer, 89
April 14 – Sir Colin Davis, British conductor, 85
April 15 – Jean-François Paillard, French classical conductor, 85
April 22 – Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist, 82
April 25 – Jacob Avshalomov, Chinese-born American conductor and composer, 94
May 6 – Steve Martland, British composer, 53
May 8 – Delia Rigal, Argentine operatic soprano, 92
May 9 – Michael Earl, British opera and ballet actor, 84
May 15 – Albert Lance, Australian-born French opera singer, 87
May 17 – Harold Shapero, American composer and pianist, 93
May 20 – Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer, 66
May 22 – Henri Dutilleux, French composer, 97
June 1 – Paul Olefsky, US cellist (Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra), 87
June 2
Mario Bernardi, Canadian conductor and pianist, 82
Keith Wilson, US classical musician, teacher and conductor, 96
June 3 – Arnold Eidus, US violinist, 90
June 9 – Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor, 86
June 16 – Richard Marlow, English organist and choral director, 74
June 27 – Henrik Otto Donner, Finnish composer and music industry executive, 73
August 1
John Amis, British broadcaster, classical music critic and opera singer, 91
Toby Saks, American cellist, founder of the Seattle Chamber Music Society, 71 (pancreatic cancer)
August 11 – Lamberto Puggelli, Italian stage and opera director, 75
September 4 – Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer, theater maker and theorist, 83
September 13 – Peter Aston, English composer, 74
September 16 – Ratiba El-Hefny, Egyptian opera singer and director of Cairo Opera House, 82
September 25 – Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, German choral conductor, 84
October 7 – Patrice Chéreau, French film and opera director, 68
October 19 – Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian traditional musician, 93
October 21 – Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer, conductor and music arranger, 88
October 29 – Rudolf Kehrer, German classical pianist, 90
November 8 – Arnold Rosner, American composer, 68
November 12 – Sir John Tavener, English composer of religious music, 69
December 4 – Robert Allman, Australian operatic baritone, 86
December 6 – Tom Krause, Finnish opera singer, 79
December 8
Hung Sin-nui, Chinese Cantonese opera singer and actress, 88
Sándor Szokolay, Hungarian composer and professor, 82
Edward Williams, English composer, 92 (Life on Earth).
December 9 – Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, 83, Polish classical pianist, 83
December 12 – Zbigniew Karkowski, Polish composer, 55
December 19 – Winton Dean, English musicologist, 97
December 21 – Lars Edlund, Swedish organist and composer, 91
December 29 – Wojciech Kilar, Polish composer, 81
International Artist of the Year – Lang Lang
Breakthrough Artist of the Year – Amy Dickson
Composer – Hans Zimmer
Female Artist – Nicola Benedetti
Male Artist – Daniel Barenboim
Critics' Award – Jonas Kaufmann
Album of the Year – André Rieu, Magic of the Movies
Best Orchestral Performance: "Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine" – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Best Opera Recording: "Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen" – James Levine & Fabio Luisi, conductors; Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance: "Life & Breath – Choral Works By René Clausen" – Charles Bruffy, conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: "Meanwhile" – Eighth Blackbird
Best Classical Instrumental Solo – "Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola" – Kim Kashkashian
Best Classical Vocal Solo: "Poèmes" – Renée Fleming (Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)
Best Classical Compendium: Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis – Antoni Wit, conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, producers
Best Classical Contemporary Composition: "Meanwhile – Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays" – Stephen Hartke, composer
Spanish National Music Prize: Award for Composition: "Darkness visible – Nocturne for Orchestra after Milton/Pessoa" – Benet Casablancas, composer
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