Overview of the events of 2015 in classical music
January 14 – Opening night gala concert at thePhilharmonie de Paris [ 1] January 15 – TheAlabama Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment ofCarlos Izcaray as its next music director, as of September 2015.[ 2] January 19 – The Basel Sinfonietta announces the appointment of Baldur Brönnimann as its first-ever principal conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season.[ 3] January 23The Konzert Theater Bern announces the appointment of Kevin John Edusei as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2015–2016 season.[ 4] The city ofBrandenburg an der Havel announces the appointment ofPeter Gülke as the next chief conductor of theBrandenburger Theater and of theBrandenburger Symphoniker , effective with the 2015–2016 season.[ 5] January 28 February 6:The Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra (Düsseldorfer Symphoniker ) announces the appointment ofÁdám Fischer as its next principal conductor.[ 8] TheNew York Philharmonic announces thatAlan Gilbert is to conclude his tenure as the orchestra's music director after the 2016–2017 season.[ 9] February 8 – First US performance of the Felix Mendelssohn edition (1841, Leipzig) of the JS BachSt Matthew Passion [ 10] February 12 February 18 – TheNational Symphony Orchestra and theJohn F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announce thatChristoph Eschenbach is to conclude his music directorship of both organisations after the 2016–2017 season.[ 13] February 22 – TheBruckner Orchestra Linz and Linz Opera announce the appointment ofMarkus Poschner as their next chief conductor, effective in 2017.[ 14] February 26 – TheBBC Philharmonic announces the appointment ofMark Simpson as its next Composer-in-Association, effective September 2015.[ 15] February 27: March 3 – TheLondon Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of SirSimon Rattle as its next music director, effective September 2017, with an initial contract of five years.[ 19] March 4 – The New York Philharmonic announces thatDavid Geffen is to donate $100M USD to the orchestra for the renovation ofAvery Fisher Hall , with the proviso that the hall be renamed "David Geffen Hall" and bear the new name in perpetuity.[ 20] March 6 – Palm Beach Opera announces the appointment of David Stern as its next music director, effective June 1, 2015.[ 21] March 9 March 11 March 16 –Alan Buribayev becomes principal conductor of the Astana Opera House, Kazakhstan.[ 26] March 18 – TheBirmingham Conservatoire announces the appointment ofJulian Lloyd Webber as its next Principal, after the scheduled retirement of David Saint, the current Principal, in June 2015.[ 27] March 19 – TheMontreal Symphony Orchestra announces a new five-year recording contract with Decca Records.[ 28] [ 29] April 3 April 9 – TheAdelaide Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Nicholas Carter as its next chief conductor, with an initial contract of two years.[ 32] April 14 – TheGlenn Gould Foundation announces its selection ofPhilip Glass as the Eleventh Glenn Gould Prize Laureate.[ 33] April 20 – TheJapan Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment ofPietari Inkinen as its next chief conductor, effective September 2016, with an initial contract of three seasons.[ 34] April 21 –Scottish Opera announces the appointment of Stuart Stratford as its next music director, effective June 1, 2015.[ 35] April 24 – TheRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic announces the appointment of SirAndrew Davis as its new Conductor Emeritus.[ 36] April 28 – TheZurich Chamber Orchestra announces the appointment ofDaniel Hope as its next music director, effective in 2016.[ 37] May 1 – The 2015 Malko Competition for conductors announces Tung-Chieh Chuang as this year's winner.[ 38] May 8 –Symphony Number One gives its debut concert at the Baltimore War Memorial.[ 39] [ 40] May 12 – TheBBC National Orchestra of Wales announces the appointment ofHuw Watkins as its next Composer-in-Association, for the period 2015–2018.[ 41] May 26 – TheBBC announces the appointment of David Pickard as the next Director of theBBC Proms .[ 42] June 3 – TheOrchester Musikkollegium Winterthur announces the appointment ofThomas Zehetmair as its next principal conductor, effective September 2016, with an initial contract of three seasons.[ 43] June 9 – TheRAI National Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment ofJames Conlon as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season.[ 44] June 10 – TheRegina Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Gordon Gerrard as its next music director, effective with the 2016–2017 season.[ 45] June 11 – TheOrchestre de Paris announces the appointment ofDaniel Harding as its 9th principal conductor, effective September 2016.[ 46] June 12 – Queen's Birthday Honours 2015[ 47] June 17 – TheResidentie Orchestra announces the appointment ofNicholas Collon as its co-principal conductor, effective August 1, 2016, for a minimum term of three years.[ 48] June 19 – Jongmin Park wins the Song Prize in the 2015Cardiff Singer of the World competition .[ 49] June 21 June 22 – TheBerlin Philharmonic announces its election ofKirill Petrenko as its next chief conductor.[ 51] June 29 June 30 – TheSinfonieorchester Basel announces the appointment ofIvor Bolton as its next chief conductor, as of the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of four years.[ 55] July 2 – TheBeethoven Orchester Bonn announces the appointment ofChristof Perick as its interimGeneralmusikdirektor for the 2016–2017 season.[ 56] July 3 – TheDeutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar announce the appointment ofKirill Karabits as its nextGeneralmusikdirektor (GMD) and chief conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of three years.[ 57] July 10 –English National Opera announces the departure of John Berry as artistic director.[ 58] August 6 – TheAmes Stradivarius violin, stolen fromRoman Totenberg in 1980, is returned to Totenberg's family in New York City.[ 59] August 7 – The Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra announces thatSarah Ioannides is to conclude her tenure with the orchestra after the 2016–2017 season.[ 60] August 13 August 17 – TheLahti Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Dima Slobodeniouk as its next principal conductor, effective in the autumn of 2016, with an initial contract of three seasons.[ 63] August 24 – TheTheater Bonn announces the appointment ofJacques Lacombe as the new chief conductor of Bonn Opera, effective with the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of two years.[ 64] September 2 –La Monnaie announces the appointment ofAlain Altinoglu as its next music director, effective January 2016.[ 65] September 3 – TheLeipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra announces thatRiccardo Chailly is to conclude his tenure asGewandhauskapellmeister in June 2016, four years ahead of their most recent contract agreement.[ 66] September 4At a conference of the International Musicological Society in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Natalya Braginskaya announced the re-discovery of an early orchestral work ofIgor Stravinsky ,Pogrebal'naya Pesnya (Funeral Song ), which had gone missing since its only performance in January 1909.[ 67] TheLucerne Festival announces the appointments ofWolfgang Rihm as the new director of theLucerne Festival Academy , and ofMatthias Pintscher as principal conductor of the Lucerne Festival Academy.[ 68] September 7 – TheBamberg Symphony announces the appointment ofJakub Hrůša as its next chief conductor, as of the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of five seasons.[ 69] September 9 – The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra announces the appointment ofAndris Nelsons as its 21stGewandhauskapellmeister , effective with the 2017–2018 season, with an initial contract of five seasons.[ 70] September 11:Arvo Pärt 's 80th birthday is celebrated worldwide.[ 71] The Zuger Sinfonietta announces the appointment of Daniel Huppert as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season.[ 72] September 13 – TheChineke! Orchestra , the first black and minority ethnic orchestra in Europe, gives its ensemble debut concert at theQueen Elizabeth Hall , London.[ 73] September 15The Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment ofStefan Sanderling as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season.[ 74] TheColorado Symphony Orchestra announces that Andrew Litton is to stand down from his post as the orchestra's music director after the 2015–2016 season, and to become the orchestra's artistic advisor and principal guest conductor through the 2017–2018 season.[ 75] September 16 – TheCabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music announces thatMarin Alsop is to conclude her tenure as its director in August 2016.[ 76] September 18 – TheBerlin Radio Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment ofVladimir Jurowski as its next chief conductor.[ 77] September 21:English National Opera formalises the full appointments of Harry Brünjes as chairman, with immediate effect, and of Cressida Pollock as chief executive officer, for an additional three years.[ 78] TheMunich Chamber Orchestra announces the appointment of Clemens Schuldt as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of three years.[ 79] The Dalasinfoniettan announces the appointment of Daniel Blendulf as its next chief conductor, with immediate effect, with an initial contract of three years.[ 80] September 22 –San Francisco Opera announces the appointment of Matthew Shivlock as its 7th general director, effective July 2016.[ 81] September 23 –Welsh National Opera announces the appointments of Tomáš Hanus as its next music director as of the 2016–2017 season, and of Carlo Rizzi as its conductor laureate with immediate effect.[ 82] September 27 – The world premiere of the eight-hour version ofSleep , composed by Max Richter in collaboration with David Eagleman, occurred at theWellcome Collection and was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, the single longest musical composition ever broadcast live in the history of the BBC.[ 83] October 1:Gotham Chamber Opera announces immediate cessation of operations, because of a fiscal deficit that the company judged itself unable to redeem.[ 84] The Memphis Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Robert Moody as its new principal conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of two years.[ 85] PIAS officially takes full control of the music assets of harmonia mundi.[ 86] October 5 – Camerata Notturna announces the appointment of Gemma New as its next principal conductor.[ 87] October 6 – TheIceland Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment ofYan Pascal Tortelier as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of three years.[ 88] October 8 – TheDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin announces the appointment ofRobin Ticciati as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2017–2018 season, with an initial contract of five years.[ 89] October 13 – The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra announces that Kirill Petrenko is formally to begin his tenure as its new chief conductor with the 2019–2020 season.[ 90] October 14 –Opera Lyra Ottawa announces immediate cessation of operations, citing insufficient revenue and funding.[ 91] October 23 – TheQueensland Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment ofAlondra de la Parra as its first-ever music director, effective in 2017, the first conductor ever to have the title of music director with an Australian orchestra, and the orchestra's first female conductor in a leadership post.[ 92] November 5 – TheRoyal Philharmonic Society announces Martha Argerich as the 101st recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal.[ 93] November 9 –Opera Theatre of Saint Louis announces that music director Stephen Lord is to stand down from the post after the 2017 season, and to take the title of music director emeritus.[ 94] November 11 – Orchestras Live announces the appointment of Sarah Derbyshire as its next chief executive.[ 95] November 16 – TheNew Jersey Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment ofXian Zhang as its 14th music director, as of the 2016–2017 season, with an initial contract of four years.[ 96] November 17 –Glyndebourne Festival Opera announces the appointment of Sebastian F. Schwarz as its next general director, effective in May 2016.[ 97] November 18 November 24 – The Grawemeyer Foundation announcesHans Abrahamsen as the winner of the 2016 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, for his song cyclelet me tell you .[ 100] December 1 – TheBBC National Orchestra of Wales announces the appointment ofXian Zhang as its next principal guest conductor, the first female conductor ever named to a titled post with any BBC orchestra.[ 101] December 2 –Birmingham Contemporary Music Group announces the appointment of Christoph Trestler as its new chair.[ 102] December 3 – TheDetroit Symphony Orchestra announces thatLeonard Slatkin is to conclude his tenure as the orchestra's music director after the 2017–018 season, and subsequently to take the title of music director emeritus.[ 103] December 5 –Nikolaus Harnoncourt announces via his website that he is retiring from conducting, the day before his 86th birthday, wi–h a handwritten note scanned to his website. This note is reproduced in the concert programme of theConcentus Musicus Wien the next day at the Musikverein, Vienna, on the actual day of his 86th birthday.[ 104] December 8 – The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra announces Bethan Morgan-Williams as the winner of its first annual Christopher Brooks Composition Prize.[ 105] December 9 – The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden announces thatKasper Holten is to leave the post of Director of Music in March 2017.[ 106] December 16 – TheBulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Rossen Gergov as its next chief conductor, effective January 2016.[ 107] December 22 –Anonymous 4 gives their final live concert performance at theMetropolitan Museum of Art in New York City before formally disbanding.[ 108] December 29 –Myung-whun Chung submits his resignation as music director of theSeoul Philharmonic Orchestra .[ 109] December 30 –Angela Hewitt is appointed aCompanion of the Order of Canada .[ 110] December 31 The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.
Marc Monnet –bourdonnement, bruissement, bruit, chuchotage, chuchoterie, chuchotis, frémissement, gazouillement, gazouillis, murmure, susurrement... [ 147] Listed by composer surname.
Havergal Brian –The Tigers (first commercially issued recording, from 1983 BBC performance)[ 254] Kaija Saariaho –Émilie Suite; Quatre Instants; Terra Memoria [ 255] Ēriks Ešenvalds – "Northern Lights" (Hyperion)[ 256] Rebecca Saunders ,Fletch ;Benedict Mason , Second String Quartet;Luke Bedford ,Wonderful Four-Headed Nightingale ;John Zorn ,Pandora's Box –Arditti Quartet , Sarah Maria Sun (Col Legno)[ 257] Johann Adolph Hasse –Siroe [ 258] Liza Lim –The Compass ;Pearl, Ochre, Hair String ;The Guest [ 259] Kevin Volans – Trio Concerto; Piano Concerto; Symphony "Daar kom die Alibama"[ 260] Mario Capuana ,Bonaventura Rubino – Requiem Masses (Namur Chamber Choir)[ 261] Agostino Steffani –Niobe, regina di Tebe [ 262] Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Violin Concerto No 2 (I Profeti ),Concerto Italiano [ 263] Nikolai Medtner – Piano Sonatas, 'Ein Idyll'[ 264] Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Thomas Hoppe (piano) –Romance oubliée (Myrios Classics)[ 265] Donnacha Dennehy –Crane ;O ;The Vandal ;Hive [ 266] Ricky Ian Gordon andRoyce Vavrek –27 [ 267] Marc Andre –...auf... [ 268] Félicien David –Le Désert [ 269] Michael Gordon –Dystopia ;Rewriting Beethoven's Seventh Symphony [ 270] Tchaikovsky –Piano Concerto No. 1 (world premiere recording of 1879 version) /Prokofiev –Piano Concerto No. 2 (Myrios Classics)[ 271] Hans Abrahamsen –Zählen und Erzählen [ 272] Missy Mazzoli –Vespers for a New Dark Age [ 273] Théodore Dubois –Musique Sacrée et Symphonique [ 274] Wolfgang Rihm –Et Lux [ 275] Judith Weir –Storm [ 276] Krzysztof Penderecki –Magnificat ,Kadisz [ 277] Harrison Birtwistle –Angel Fighter ,In Broken Images ,Virelais [ 278] Lotta Wennäkoski –Soie ,Hava ,Amor Omnia Suite[ 279] Wartime Consolations : Shostakovich – Sonata for Violin and Piano (unfinished) /Mieczysław Weinberg –Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (orchestral version) /Karl Amadeus Hartmann –Concerto funebre [ 280] Roger Sacheverell Coke –Preludes and Variations [ 281] Václav Tomášek – Songs[ 282] Bob Chilcott –The Angry Planet [ 283] Jörg Widmann – String Quartets[ 284] John Adams –Absolute Jest ,Grand Pianola Music [ 285] Grażyna Bacewicz – String Quartets, Vol 1[ 286] Christopher Simpson –Ayres [ 287] Sadie Harrison – 'Solos and Duos for Piano and Strings'[ 288] Boris Tischenko – Piano Sonatas Nos 7 and 8[ 289] Brett Dean – String Quartets Nos 1 & 2;Five Epitaphs [ 290] David Lang,Luciano Berio ,Betty Olivero –Song of Songs [ 291] Paul Hindemith –The Long Christmas Dinner [ 292] Cheryl Frances-Hoad ,Gordon Crosse ,Piers Hellawell –Bach 2 the Future (Fenella Humphreys, violin)[ 293] Wim Henderickx –Triptych [ 294] Morton Feldman –For Bunita Marcus [ 295] Jonathan Rathbone –Under the Shadow of His Wing [ 296] Heinz Holliger –Machaut Transcriptions [ 297] John Luther Adams –Ilimaq [ 298] Charles Gounod –La Colombe [ 299] Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) –Take Two (including music by Jorge Sanchez-Chiong et al)[ 300] Toshio Hosokawa –Voyage VIII et al.[ 301] Michael Nyman –War Work [ 302] Robin de Raaff –Waiting for Miss Monroe [ 303] Jürg Frey – Third String Quartet[ 304] Joseph Kuridka –Beauty and Industry [ 305] January 2 –Bob Gilmore , British musicologist, 53[ 306] January 6 –Lawrence Gushee , American musicologist, 83[ 307] January 9 –Colin Sauer , British violinist, 90[ 308] January 10 – CountessYoko Nagae Ceschina , Japanese-born Italian aristocrat and patroness of classical music, 82[ 309] January 12 –Elena Obraztsova , Russian operatic mezzo-soprano, 75[ 310] January 13 –Frank Glazer , American pianist, 99[ 311] January 19 January 29 –Israel Yinon , Israeli conductor, 59[ 314] February 1 –Aldo Ciccolini , Italian-born French pianist, 89[ 315] February 3 –Andrew Patner , American music critic, 55[ 316] February 9 –Marvin David Levy , American composer, 82[ 317] February 13 –John McCabe , British composer and pianist, 75[ 318] February 28 –Ezra Laderman , American composer, 90[ 319] March 1 –Jennifer Ward Clarke , British cellist, 79[ 320] March 19 –Peter Katin , British pianist, 84[ 321] March 22 –Norman Scribner , American choral conductor, 79[ 322] March 24 (killed in the crash ofGermanwings Flight 9525 ):[ 323] March 28 –Ronald Stevenson , British composer and pianist, 87[ 324] March 29 – Ronald Knudsen, American orchestral violinist and conductor, 83[ 325] April 2 –Dennis Marks , British radio & television producer and opera administrator, 66[ 326] April 3 –Andrew Porter , British music critic, librettist, scholar and editor, 86[ 327] April 5 –Claudio Prieto , Spanish composer, 80[ 328] April 17 –Brian Couzens , British record producer and founder of Chandos Records, 82[ 329] April 27 –Rolf Smedvig , American trumpeter, 62[ 330] April 29 May 2 –Clarice Carson , Canadian soprano, 85[ 332] May 3 –Margaret Garwood , American composer, 88[ 333] May 10 May 28 –Steven Gerber , American composer, 66[ 336] May 29 –Peter Cropper , British violinist and leader of theLindsay Quartet , 69[ 337] May 31 –Nico Castel , American tenor, comprimario and vocal coach, 83[ 338] June 2 – Günther Schneider-Siemssen, German opera stage designer, 88[ 339] June 3 –Margaret Juntwait , American radio broadcaster and host of theMetropolitan Opera radio transmissions, 58[ 340] June 12 –Ernest Tomlinson , British composer, 90[ 341] June 13 – Ronald Wilford, American artist agency manager and executive, 87[ 342] June 14 –Walter Weller , Austrian conductor and violinist, 75[ 343] June 17 – Neil Courtney, American orchestral double bass player, 82[ 344] June 21 –Gunther Schuller , American composer, conductor, teacher and author, 89[ 345] June 22 July 1 –Edward Greenfield , British music critic, 86[ 348] July 7 – Friedemann Weigle, German violist and member of the Artemis Quartet, 52[ 349] July 10 –Jon Vickers , Canadian tenor, 88[ 350] July 15 –Alan Curtis , American harpsichordist, conductor and scholar, 80[ 351] July 19 –David Roth , American opera administrator, 56[ 352] July 21 July 26 –Vic Firth , American orchestral timpanist and percussionist, 85[ 355] July 27 –Ivan Moravec , Czech pianist, 84[ 356] August 2 –J. Durward Morsch , American composer, 94[ 357] August 12 –John Scott , British-born organist and choirmaster resident in the USA, 59[ 358] August 18 –Roger Smalley , British-born composer resident in Australia, 72[ 359] August 22: August 27 –George Cleve , Austrian-born American conductor, 79[ 362] August 30 –Natalia Strelchenko (Strelle), Russian-born pianist, 38[ 363] August 31 – Bruce Lawrence, American orchestral double bassist, 88[ 364] September 5 –Jacques Israelievitch , French-born Canadian orchestral violinist, 67[ 365] September 7 September 17 – SirDavid Willcocks , British choirmaster, 95[ 368] September 28 –Alexander Faris , Irish composer and conductor, 94[ 369] October 1 – Dieter Kober, German conductor, 95[ 370] October 5 – Reinhardt Elster, American opera orchestra harpist, 101[ 371] October 13 –Duncan Druce , British musicologist, 76[ 372] November 2 – Richard Horowitz, American opera orchestra timpanist and crafter of conductor batons, 91[ 373] November 10 –Robert Craft , American classical music writer, conductor, and amanuensis toIgor Stravinsky , 92[ 374] November 16 –Seymour Lipkin , American pianist and conductor, 88[ 375] November 21 –Joseph Silverstein , American orchestra leader (concertmaster) and conductor, 83[ 376] November 23 –Jouni Kaipainen , Finnish composer, 58[ 377] November 28 –Luc Bondy , Swiss theatre and opera stage director, 67[ 378] December 2 –John Eaton , US composer, 80[ 379] December 4 –Rodney Milnes , British opera critic and translator, 79[ 380] December 8 –Mattiwilda Dobbs , American opera singer and recitalist, 90[ 381] December 15 –Stella Doufexis , German mezzo-soprano of Greek ancestry, 47[ 382] December 16 –Aafje Heynis , Dutch soprano, 91[ 383] December 18 –Luc Brewaeys , Belgian composer, 56[ 384] December 19 –Kurt Masur , German conductor, 88[ 385] December 22 –John Duffy , American composer and music administrator, 89[ 386] Classical Albums of the Year:
Classical Composition of the Year: Brian Current –Airline Icarus (Naxos)
Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2015 [ edit ] Baroque Instrumental: JS Bach – Cello Suites; David Watkin, violoncello (Resonus) Baroque Vocal: Monteverdi –Vespri solenni per la festa di San Marco ; Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve) Chamber: Smetana – String Quartets Nos 1 & 2; Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon) Choral: Elgar –The Dream of Gerontius /Sea Pictures ; Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis (Chandos) Concerto: Beethoven – Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4; Maria João Pires, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (Onyx) Contemporary: Per Nørgård – Symphonies Nos 1 & 8; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (Dacapo) Early Music: 'The Spy's Choirbook'; Alamire, English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, David Skinner (Obsidian) Instrumental: JS Bach – English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5; Piotr Anderszewski (Warner Classics) Opera: Richard Strauss –Elektra ; Evelyn Herlitzius, Waltraud Meier, Adrianne Pieczonka, Mikhail Petrenko, Tom Randle, Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen; Stage director – Patrice Chéreau; Video director – Stéphane Metge (Bel Air Classique) Orchestral: Bruckner – Symphony No 9; Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon) Recital: 'A French Baroque Diva'; Carolyn Sampson, Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore (Hyperion) Solo Vocal: Schubert – 'Nachtviolen'; Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber (Sony Classical) Recording of the Year: Bruckner – Symphony No 9; Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon) Young Artist of the Year: Joseph Moog Label of the Year: Channel Classics Artist of the Year:Paavo Järvi Lifetime Achievement Award: Bernard Haitink British Composer Awards [ edit ] Amateur or Young Performers:Kate Whitley –Alive Choral:James Dillon –Stabat Mater dolorosa Community or Educational Project:Stuart Hancock –Snapshot Songs Contemporary Jazz Composition: Trish Clowes –The Fox, The Parakeet & The Chestnut Large Chamber:Sinan Savaskan –Many stares (through semi-nocturnal Zeiss-Blink) – Module 30 Liturgical: Michael Finnissy –John the Baptist Orchestral: Harrison Birtwistle –Responses: Sweet disorder and the carefully careless Small Chamber: Julian Anderson –String Quartet No. 2 Solo or Duo: Michael Finnissy –Beat Generation Ballads Sonic Art: Yann Seznec –Currents Stage Works: Julian Anderson –Thebans Wind Band or Brass Band: Rory Boyle –Muckle Flugga ^a b Tom Service ,"La Philharmonie de Paris: is this a new musical and social future for Paris?" 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RetrievedOctober 3, 2015 . ^ Scott Cantrell (January 31, 2015)."Opera: Trouble on the operatic mountains" .Dallas Morning News . RetrievedFebruary 10, 2015 . ^ Georgia Rowe (June 13, 2015)."Two Women (La Ciociara)" .Opera News . RetrievedJune 20, 2015 . ^ Philip Kennicott (July 12, 2015)." .Washington Post . RetrievedAugust 8, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (January 14, 2015)."Havergal Brian: The Tigers CD review – 1983 recording is vivid rather than refined" .The Guardian . RetrievedJanuary 21, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (January 15, 2015)."Kaija Saariaho: Émilie Suite; Quatre Instants; Terra Memoria CD review – in a pastel mood" .The Guardian . RetrievedJanuary 21, 2015 . ^ Stephen Pritchard (January 25, 2015)."Eriks Esenvalds: Northern Lights CD review – relentless rapture" .The Observer . RetrievedFebruary 10, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (January 29, 2015)."Saunders: Fletch; Mason: String Quartet No 2 etc CD review – naggingly memorable" .The Guardian . RetrievedJanuary 31, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (January 29, 2015)."Hasse: Siroe, re di Persia CD review – more bravura than refinement" .The Guardian . RetrievedFebruary 6, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (January 29, 2015)."Lim: The Compass; Pearl, Ochre, Hair String; The Guest CD review – ambitious, eruptive orchestral works" .The Guardian . RetrievedFebruary 6, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (February 5, 2015)."Volans: Trio Concerto; Symphony: Daar kom die Alibama etc CD review – exhilarating and dramatic" .The Guardian . RetrievedFebruary 6, 2015 . ^ Stephen Pritchard (February 8, 2015)."Capuano, Rubino: Requiem CD review – a tale of two Sicilian requiems" .The Observer . RetrievedFebruary 10, 2015 . ^ Tim Ashley (February 12, 2015)."Steffani: Niobe, Regina di Tebe CD review – awkwardness and elegance in an early music curio" .The Guardian . RetrievedFebruary 15, 2015 . ^ Tim Ashley (February 12, 2015)."Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Violin Concerto No 2 I Profeti; Concerto Italiano CD review – Tianwa Yang shows prowess" .The Guardian . RetrievedFebruary 15, 2015 . ^ Tim Ashley (February 12, 2015)."Medtner: Piano Sonatas; Ein Idyll CD review – Alessandro Taverna goes from strength to strength" .The Guardian . RetrievedFebruary 15, 2015 . ^ Fiona Maddocks (February 12, 2015)."Romance oubliée CD review – miniatures as rich as stories" .The Guardian . RetrievedFebruary 15, 2015 .^ Andrew Clements (February 19, 2015)."Dennehy: Crane; O; The Vandal; Hive CD review – impressive range from the Irish composer" .The Guardian . RetrievedFebruary 20, 2015 . ^ Sarah Bryan Miller, "Opera Theatre of St. Louis has a release party for '27' CD".Saint Louis Post-Dispatch , "Culture Club" blog, 19 February 2015 ^ Andrew Clements (February 26, 2015)."Andre: ...auf... CD review – alienated textures" .The Guardian . RetrievedFebruary 28, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (February 26, 2015)."David: Le Desert CD review – coherent and compact" .The Guardian . RetrievedFebruary 28, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (March 4, 2015)."Gordon: Dystopia; Rewriting Beethoven's Seventh Symphony CD review – moments of striking beauty" .The Guardian . RetrievedMarch 8, 2015 . ^ Fiona Maddocks (March 15, 2015)."Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 (1879 version) CD review – refinement, strength and commitment" .The Observer . RetrievedMarch 15, 2015 .^ Andrew Clements (March 18, 2015)."Abrahamsen: Four Pieces for Orchestra; Piano Concerto etc CD review – surprising and satisfying reworkings" .The Guardian . RetrievedMarch 19, 2015 . ^ Nate Chinen (March 30, 2015)."Review: Missy Mazzoli's Unsettling 'Vespers for a New Dark Age' .The New York Times . RetrievedApril 4, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (April 9, 2015)."Dubois: Musique Sacrée et Symphonique CD review – top-class performances but the music is only occasionally striking" .The Guardian . RetrievedApril 18, 2015 . ^ Kate Molleson (April 9, 2015)."Wolfgang Rihm: Et Lux CD review – broad, generous textures" .The Guardian . RetrievedApril 12, 2015 . ^ Erica Jeal (April 30, 2015)."Storm: Judith Weir CD review – the BBC singers are invigorating and vibrant" .The Guardian . RetrievedMay 2, 2015 . ^ Kate Molleson (May 7, 2015)."Penderecki: Magnificat CD review – a peculiar and gripping mix played at full throttle" .The Guardian . RetrievedMay 23, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (May 14, 2015)."Birtwistle: Angel Fighter; In Broken Images; Virelais CD review – spare and strikingly original" .The Guardian . RetrievedMay 23, 2015 . ^ Erica Jeal (June 11, 2015)."Wennäkoski: Soie CD review – a major addition to the flute concerto repertoire" .The Guardian . RetrievedJune 14, 2015 . ^ Nicholas Kenyon (June 28, 2015)."Various: Wartime Consolations CD review – gloomy meditations and fascinating finds" .The Observer . RetrievedJune 29, 2015 . ^ Stephen Pritchard (July 5, 2015)."Coke: Preludes and Variations review – fevered chromaticism" .The Observer . RetrievedJuly 7, 2015 . ^ Erica Jeal (July 9, 2015)."Renata Pokupić: Songs by Tomášek CD review – the eloquent mezzo shines a light on an eclipsed composer" .The Guardian . RetrievedJuly 12, 2015 . ^ Stephen Pritchard (July 12, 2015)."Bob Chilcott: The Angry Planet review – touching innocence of young choirs" .The Observer . RetrievedJuly 12, 2015 . ^ Kate Molleson (July 16, 2015)."Widmann: String Quartets CD review – jaw-dropping beauty, haunting textures" .The Guardian . RetrievedJuly 22, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (July 29, 2015)."Adams: Absolute Jest; Grand Pianola Music CD review – musically serious but still enormous fun" .The Guardian . RetrievedJuly 29, 2015 . ^ Erica Jeal (August 6, 2015)."Bacewicz: String Quartets Vol 1 CD review – joyful sonorities and dance rhythms" .The Guardian . RetrievedAugust 8, 2015 . ^ Erica Jeal (August 6, 2015)."Chelys: Ayres by Christopher Simpson CD review – bringing the 17th-century viol to wonderfully supple life" .The Guardian . RetrievedAugust 8, 2015 . ^ Fiona Maddocks (August 23, 2015)."Sadie Harrison: Solos and Duos for Piano and Strings CD review – glittering intensity" .The Observer . RetrievedAugust 25, 2015 .^ Kate Molleson (August 27, 2015)."Tishchenko: Piano Sonatas 7 & 8 CD review – fearless and penetrating playing" .The Guardian . RetrievedAugust 31, 2015 . ^ Fiona Maddocks (August 30, 2015)."Brett Dean: Epitaphs, Eclipse (String Quartet No 1) etc CD review – tense, tender and original" .The Observer . RetrievedAugust 31, 2015 .^ Fiona Maddocks (August 30, 2015)."Lang, Berio, Olivero: Song of Songs CD review – full of surprises" .The Observer . RetrievedAugust 31, 2015 .^ Andrew Clements (September 2, 2015)."Hindemith: The Long Christmas Dinner CD review – preserves the subtlety of his last opera" .The Guardian . RetrievedSeptember 4, 2015 . ^ Erica Jeal (September 3, 2015)."Fenella Humphreys: Bach 2 the Future CD review – companion commissions rise to the challenge" .The Guardian . RetrievedSeptember 4, 2015 . ^ Erica Jeal (October 1, 2015)."Henderickx: Triptych CD review – beguiling Eastern soundscapes" .The Guardian . RetrievedOctober 3, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (October 8, 2015)."Feldman: For Bunita Marcus review – fluidity and impatience from pianist Ivan Ilić" .The Guardian . RetrievedOctober 17, 2015 . ^ Stephen Pritchard (October 18, 2015)."Jonathan Rathbone: Under the Shadow of His Wing CD review – seductively lush" .The Observer . RetrievedOctober 24, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (November 12, 2015)."Holliger: Machaut Transcriptions review – two worlds collide" .The Guardian . RetrievedNovember 16, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (November 18, 2015)."Adams: Ilimaq review – work of great power and surprising stark beauty" .The Guardian . RetrievedNovember 21, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (November 25, 2015)."Gounod: La Colombe CD review: a charming rarity well served by Elder" .The Guardian . RetrievedNovember 26, 2015 . ^ Erica Jeal (November 26, 2015)."Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Take Two CD review – beautifully played" .The Guardian . RetrievedNovember 26, 2015 . ^ Kate Molleson (December 3, 2015)."Hosokawa: Voyage VIII; Stunden-Blumen; Voyage X etc review – airy and alert" .The Guardian . RetrievedDecember 17, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (December 9, 2015)."Nyman: War Work review – an elegy to a lost generation" .The Guardian . RetrievedDecember 17, 2015 . ^ Andrew Clements (December 16, 2015)."De Raaff: Waiting for Miss Monroe CD review – songs haunted by the ghost of Norma Jean" .The Guardian . RetrievedDecember 17, 2015 . ^ Kate Molleson (December 17, 2015)."Jürg Frey: Third String Quartet CD review – an audaciously fragile performance" .The Guardian . RetrievedDecember 19, 2015 . ^ Kate Molleson (December 17, 2015)."Kudirka: Beauty and Industry CD review – slow and starkly beautiful" .The Guardian . RetrievedDecember 19, 2015 . ^ Bob Gilmore (1961–2015) ^ Lawrence Gushee ^ "Colin Sauer, violinist – obituary" .Telegraph . April 30, 2015. RetrievedMay 2, 2015 .^ Margalit Fox (January 18, 2015)."Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Countess and Fairy Godmother to the Arts, Dies at 82" .The New York Times . RetrievedJanuary 21, 2015 .^ "Mezzo Elena Obraztsova has died" .Gramophone . January 12, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 15, 2015 .^ Bob Keyes (January 13, 2015)."Maine pianist, Bates artist-in-residence Frank Glazer dies at 99" .Portland Press-Herald . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2015 . ^ "Tribute to Vera Gornostayeva" . Archived fromthe original on February 1, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 31, 2015 .^ Adam Bernstein (January 20, 2015)."Ward Swingle, musician who made Bach swing, dies at 87" .Washington Post . RetrievedJanuary 21, 2015 . ^ "Conductor Israel Yinon has died" .Gramophone . January 30, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 31, 2015 .^ Morto Aldo Ciccolini, Il Grande Pianista Che Amava Firenze. Aveva 90 Anni (in Italian) ^ Maureen O'Donnell and Miriam Di Nunzio (February 3, 2015)."Arts critic Andrew Patner dies at 55; versatile Chicago writer, radio host" .Chicago Sun-Times . RetrievedFebruary 6, 2015 . ^ Margalit Fox (February 15, 2015)."Marvin David Levy, Opera Composer Who Became a Felon, Is Dead at 82" .The New York Times . RetrievedFebruary 15, 2015 .^ "Composer and pianist John McCabe dies aged 75" .BBC News Archived from the original on May 16, 2023.^ In memoriam: composer Ezra Laderman, 90 ^ David Allen (March 15, 2015)."Jennifer Ward Clarke, cellist – obituary" .Telegraph . RetrievedMarch 19, 2015 . ^ Peter Katin, pianist – obituary ^ Choral Arts' Norman Scribner: 1936–2015 ^ Tim Ashley (March 25, 2015)."Opera world pays tribute to Germanwings crash victims Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak" .The Guardian . RetrievedMarch 28, 2015 . ^ Alasdair Steven (March 31, 2015)."Obituary: Ronald Stevenson, composer and pianist" .The Scotsman . RetrievedApril 4, 2015 . ^ "Long-serving Boston Symphony violinist Ronald Knudsen dies aged 83" .The Strad . April 2, 2015. Archived fromthe original on April 6, 2015. RetrievedApril 4, 2015 .^ John Abulafia and Humphrey Burton (April 9, 2015)."Dennis Marks obituary" .The Guardian . RetrievedApril 12, 2015 . ^ William R Braun (April 3, 2015)."Andrew Porter, 86, Longtime New Yorker Critic Whose Prose and Musical Discoveries Changed Opera, Has Died" .Opera News . RetrievedApril 12, 2015 . ^ Fallece a los 80 años el compositor palentino Claudio Prieto (in Spanish) ^ Martin Cullingford (April 17, 2015)."Brian Couzens, founder of Chandos, has died" .Gramophone . RetrievedApril 18, 2015 . ^ Margalit Fox (May 1, 2015)."Rolf Smedvig, Trumpeter in the Empire Brass, Dies at 62" .The New York Times . RetrievedApril 12, 2015 .^a b "Famed Composer, Wife Killed In Yonkers House Fire". CBS TV, Channel 2 (New York City, NY, USA), 30 April 2015 ^ "Clarice Carson, Canadian soprano and opera great, dead at 85" .CBC . May 3, 2015. RetrievedMay 23, 2015 .^ David Patrick Stearns (May 7, 2015)."Composer Margaret Garwood dies at 88" .Philadelphia Inquirer . Archived fromthe original on May 16, 2015. RetrievedMay 23, 2015 . ^ "Arts icon" Jack Body has died' ^ Margalit Fox (May 23, 2015)."Victor Salvi, Who Played Harps and Made Them Too, Dies at 95" .The New York Times . RetrievedMay 23, 2015 . ^ Steven Gerber Obituary ^ Tully Potter and John Caskem (June 4, 2015)."Peter Cropper obituary" . RetrievedJune 7, 2015 . ^ Margalit Fox (June 3, 2015)."Nico Castel, Tenor and Diction Coach at the Met, Dies at 83" .The New York Times . RetrievedJune 7, 2015 . ^ Michael Cooper (June 3, 2015)."Günther Schneider-Siemssen Dies at 88; Envisioned Elaborate Opera Stage Sets" .The New York Times . RetrievedJune 7, 2015 . ^ James Barron (June 4, 2015)."Margaret Juntwait, the Voice of the Met on Radio, Dies at 58" .The New York Times . RetrievedJune 7, 2015 . ^ Katy Wright (June 12, 2015)."Ernest Tomlinson (1924–2015) has died at 90" .Classical Music Magazine . Archived fromthe original on June 14, 2015. RetrievedJune 14, 2015 . ^ Michael Cooper (June 13, 2015)."Ronald Wilford, Manager of Legendary Maestros, Dies at 87" .The New York Times . RetrievedJune 14, 2015 . ^ Conrad Wilson (June 17, 2015)."Walter Weller" .The Herald . RetrievedJune 20, 2015 . ^ Peter Dobrin (June 19, 2015)."Neil Courtney, prominent bassist, dead at 82" .Philadelphia Inquirer . RetrievedJune 20, 2015 . ^ Allan Kozinn (June 21, 2015)."Gunther Schuller Dies at 89; Composer Synthesized Classical and Jazz" .The New York Times . RetrievedJune 22, 2015 .^ Peter Dobrin (June 23, 2015)."Noted violist Joseph de Pasquale dies at 95" .Philadelphia Inquirer . RetrievedJune 29, 2015 . ^ Jessica Duchen ,'Farewell to a wonderful clarinettist' (blog entry), 23 July 2015^ David McKie and Meirion Bowen (July 2, 2015)."Edward Greenfield obituary" .The Guardian . RetrievedJuly 7, 2015 . ^ 'Hommage à l'altiste du Quatuor Artemis', France Musique, 13 September 2015 ^ William R Braun (July 11, 2015)."Jon Vickers, 88, Heroic Canadian Tenor, Has Died" .Opera News . Archived fromthe original on July 12, 2015. RetrievedJuly 12, 2015 . ^ Alan Curtis, scholar, harpsichordist and conductor, has died ^ Elizabeth Kramer (July 20, 2015)."Ky Opera's Roth recalled as artistic risk-taker" .Louisville Courier Journal . RetrievedSeptember 1, 2015 . ^ Chicago Sinfonietta founder Maestro Paul Freeman dies ^ William Grimes (July 22, 2015)."Vera Stern, Arts Advocate Who Helped Save Carnegie Hall, Dies at 88" .The New York Times . RetrievedDecember 30, 2015 .^ Jeremy Eichler (July 29, 2015)."Vic Firth, 85; was celebrated BSO timpanist and drumstick maker" .Boston Globe . RetrievedJuly 29, 2015 . ^ James Jolly (July 27, 2015)."Pianist Ivan Moravec has died" .Gramophone . RetrievedJuly 29, 2015 . ^ "J. Durward Morsch" . Archived fromthe original on September 5, 2015. RetrievedAugust 8, 2015 .^ Malcolm Archer (August 19, 2015)."John Scott obituary" .The Guardian . RetrievedAugust 31, 2015 . ^ Meirion Bowen (September 1, 2015)."Roger Smalley obituary" .The Guardian . 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RetrievedSeptember 14, 2015 . ^ 'In Memoriam: Violinist Jacques Israelievitch (May 6 1948 – Sept. 5 2015)'.La Scena Musicale blog, 6 September 2015 ^ Susan Allen, harpist, died at 64 ^ Cor Edskes overleden Archived October 3, 2015, at theWayback Machine (in Dutch) ^ Robert Tear (September 17, 2015)."Sir David Willcocks obituary" .The Guardian . RetrievedSeptember 18, 2015 . ^ Alexander Faris, composer – obituary ^ John von Rhein (October 7, 2015)."Dieter Kober, longtime conductor of Chicago Chamber Orchestra, dies at 95" .Chicago Tribune . RetrievedOctober 10, 2015 . ^ Metropolitan Opera, 'Reinhardt Elster, 1914–2015'. October 2015 ^ "Duncan Druce, composer – obituary" .Telegraph . October 16, 2015. RetrievedOctober 17, 2015 .^ Margalit Fox (November 11, 2015)."Richard Horowitz, Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors' Batons, Dies at 91" .The New York Times . RetrievedNovember 16, 2015 . ^ Margalit Fox (November 15, 2015)."Robert Craft, Stravinsky Adviser and Steward, Dies at 92" .The New York Times . RetrievedNovember 16, 2015 . ^ Margalit Fox (November 19, 2015)."Seymour Lipkin, Understated Pianist and Conductor, Dies at 88" .The New York Times . RetrievedNovember 21, 2015 . ^ Jeremy Eichler (November 24, 2015)."Joseph Silverstein, 83; renowned violinist, BSO concertmaster" .Boston Globe . RetrievedNovember 26, 2015 . ^ Vesa Sirén (November 24, 2015)."Jouni Kaipainen" .Helsingin Sanomat . RetrievedNovember 26, 2015 . ^ Bruce Weber (December 1, 2015)."Luc Bondy, Swiss-Born Theater and Opera Director, Dies at 67" .The New York Times . RetrievedDecember 5, 2015 . ^ Moog Music, 'In Memoriam: John Eaton (1935–2015)' ^ "Rodney Milnes, opera critic – obituary" .Telegraph . December 7, 2015. RetrievedDecember 17, 2015 .^ Margalit Fox (December 10, 2015)."Mattiwilda Dobbs, Soprano and Principal at Met, Dies at 90" .The New York Times . RetrievedDecember 12, 2015 . ^ "Manuel Brug, 'Stella Doufexis ist tot: eine meisterlich vielseite Mezzosopranistin'.Die Welt (Brugs Klassiker blog), 16 December 2015" . Archived fromthe original on December 19, 2015. RetrievedDecember 17, 2015 .^ Thiemo Wind (December 18, 2015)."Zangeres Aafje Heynis overleden" .De Telegraaf . RetrievedDecember 30, 2015 . ^ Alan Hope (December 21, 2015)."Flemish composer Luc Brewaeys dies aged 56" .Flanders Today . Archived fromthe original on May 5, 2016. RetrievedDecember 30, 2015 . ^ Margalit Fox (December 19, 2015)."Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic" .The New York Times . RetrievedDecember 19, 2015 . ^ William Grimes (December 28, 2015)."John Duffy, a Composer Who Gave His Peers a Platform, Dies at 89" .The New York Times . RetrievedDecember 30, 2015 .^ The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners – Music ^ "The Grawemeyer Awards, 'Rihm wins music prize for piece evoking "dark colors"', 1 December 2014" . 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