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- Events
- New works
- Opera premieres
- 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
- See also
- External links
{{Year nav topic5|2011|classical music}}{{YYYY music|2011}}Events- February – The Juilliard String Quartet receives the NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award for its outstanding contributions to recorded classical music.
- May 12 – The Classical Brit Awards are presented by Myleene Klass at London's Royal Albert Hall.[1]
New works- Kalevi Aho – Trumpet Concerto
- Elliott Carter – Two Controversies and a Conversation[2]
- Julius Dobos – Hymn to The Fukushima 50
- Francesco Filidei – Ballata, for organ, ensemble and live electronics
- Philip Glass – Symphony No. 9
- Mehdi Hosseini – Monodies
- Iamus (computer) – Hello World!
- Wojciech Kilar –
- Lumen for mixed a cappella choir
- Piano Concerto No. 2
- Paul Mealor – Ubi Caritas et Amor
- Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 8
- Christopher Rouse
- Prospero's Rooms[3]
- Symphony No. 3[4]
- Steven Stucky – Silent Spring[5]
Opera premieresDate | Opera | Composer | Theatre | 17 February | Anna Nicole | Mark-Anthony Turnage | Royal Opera House | 18 March | Kommilitonen! | Peter Maxwell Davies | Royal Academy of Music | 26 March | Risorgimento! | Lorenzo Ferrero | Teatro Comunale Modena[6] | April | The Importance of Being Earnest | Gerald Barry | Los Angeles Philharmonic (concert performance) | 9 & 10 April | Sonntag aus Licht | Karlheinz Stockhausen | Staatenhaus of the Kölner Messe (auspices of the Cologne Opera) | 13 April | The Juniper Passion | Michael F. Williams | Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato | 9 June | Rockland the Opera | Jukka Linkola | Nivala Ice Arena, Finland | 24 June | Two Boys | Nico Muhly | English National Opera | 1 July | Dr Dee | Damon Albarn | Palace Theatre, Manchester, 2011 Manchester International Festival | 30 July | Mansfield Park | Jonathan Dove | Boughton House | 11 September | Manifest Destiny 2011 | Keith Burstein | King's Head Theatre, London | 15 October | One Night Stand | Olli Kortekangas | Helsinki Music Centre | 1 November | Heart of Darkness | Tarik O'Regan | Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House | 12 November | Silent Night | Kevin Puts | Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Saint Paul, Minnesota | 31 December | The Enchanted Island | Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau | Metropolitan Opera |
Albums- Nicola Benedetti – Italia
- Andrea Bocelli – One Night in Central Park
- Joseph Calleja – The Maltese Tenor
- Jackie Evancho – Dream With Me
- Wynne Evans – A Song In My Heart
- Angela Gheorghiu – Homage to Maria Callas
- Katherine Jenkins – Daydream
- Miloš Karadaglić – The Guitar
- Oregon Symphony – Music for a Time of War
- André Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra – Moonlight Serenade
Musical filmsDeaths- January 24 – Bhimsen Joshi, Indian classical vocalist, 88
- January 28 – Dame Margaret Price, Welsh operatic soprano, 69
- February 2 – Armando Chin Yong, 52, Malaysian opera singer
- February 5 – Beatrice Krebs, 86, American mezzo-soprano
- February 6 – Per Grundén, 88, Swedish tenor
- February 10 – Claus Helmut Drese, 88, German opera manager
- February 21 – Antonín Švorc, 77, Czech bass-baritone
- February 26 – Eugene Fodor, US violinist, 60
- March 13 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Hans Christian (baritone)|de|3=Hans Christian|lt=Hans Christian}}, 81, Austrian baritone
- March 22 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer, 84
- March 28 – Lee Hoiby, 85, American composer and pianist
- March 29 – Robert Tear, Welsh operatic tenor and conductor, 72
- April 8 – Donald Shanks, 70, Australian bass-baritone
- April 8 – Daniel Catán, 62, Mexican composer
- April 15 – Vincenzo La Scola, Italian operatic tenor, 53 (heart attack)
- May 7 – Jane Rhodes, 82, French soprano/mezzo-soprano
- May 30 – Giorgio Tozzi, 88, American bass
- July 4 – Gerhard Unger, 95, German tenor
- July 6 – Josef Suk, Czech violinist and conductor, 81
- July 23 – David Aiken, 93, American baritone
- July 26 – Denise Scharley, French operatic contralto, 94
- August 1 – Milada Šubrtová, Czech operatic soprano, 87
- August 2 – Ralph Berkowitz, US composer and painter, 100
- August 25 – Anne Sharp, 94, Scottish coloratura soprano
- September 5 – Salvatore Licitra, 43, Italian tenor
- September 29 – Vera Veljkov-Medaković, Serbian pianist and piano teacher, 88
- October 8 – Ingvar Wixell, Swedish operatic baritone, 80
- October 19 – James Yannatos, US composer conductor, violinist and teacher, 82
- October 29 – Walter Norris, American pianist and composer, 79
- November 22 – Sena Jurinac, Bosnian operatic soprano, 90
- November 23 – Montserrat Figueras, Catalan operatic soprano, 70
- December 5 – Violetta Villas, Polish coloratura soprano, cabaret star, singer, actress, composer and songwriter, 73
- December 8 – Minoru Miki, 81, Japanese composer
Major awardsInternational Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – PianoInternational Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – Violin- No first prize awarded. Sergey Dogadin and Itamar Zorman share second prize.
2011 International Franz Liszt Piano CompetitionBBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitionClassical Brits- Composer of the Year – Arvo Pärt
- Male Artist of the Year – Antonio Pappano
- Female Artist Of The Year – Alison Balsom
- Critics' Award – Tasmin Little
- Artist of the Decade – Il Divo
Grammy AwardsReferences1. ^"Katherine Jenkins leads the glamour at the Classical BRITs as she shows off her slender figure in backless silver gown", Daily Mail, 13 May 2011 2. ^{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Steve |title=Poems in Four Voices, a Concerto in Two: New York Philharmonic's Contact! Series at the Met |work=The New York Times |date=June 10, 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/arts/music/new-york-philharmonics-contact-series-at-the-met.html |accessdate=July 10, 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web |last=Levere |first=Jane |title=New York Philharmonic To Perform All-American Program With Joshua Bell And Christopher Rouse Premiere |work=Forbes |date=April 17, 2013 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/janelevere/2013/04/17/new-york-philharmonic-to-perform-all-american-program-with-joshua-bell-and-christopher-rouse-premiere/ |accessdate=May 25, 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Sarah Bryan |title=BSLSO concludes season with Rouse's Symphony No. 3 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=May 1, 2011 |url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/slso-concludes-season-with-rouse-s-symphony-no/article_d18ea80e-279f-524f-a4f5-c4c35d5b08c6.html |accessdate=May 25, 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web |last=Druckenbrod |first=Andrew |title=Composer Steven Stucky's new piece will honor Rachel Carson's work |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=February 12, 2012 |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/composer-steven-stuckys-new-piece-will-honor-rachel-carsons-work-51905/ |accessdate=May 25, 2015}} 6. ^Risorgimento! – Il prigioniero at the Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti (Modena)
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