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The project has taken care of articles about people who recently died, consistently so since 2019. Some appeared in the related section (RD) on the Main page. Some appeared in the Did you know ...? (DYK) section, before or after.

Deaths, with thanks for what they did in life

In the following table, the second column shows an image if available, the third the date of the person's birth, the fourth the date of death, the fifth the day the article expansion began, the sixth when it appeared on the Main page among the recent deaths (RD), the eighths interlanguage links (de stands for German, a + notes that there's another language, and ++ that there are even more other languages), and the last column contains notes, such as that the article was new, and a DYK entry with a preceding date.

Recently

Name Date of birth Date of death Article RD {{ill}} Notes
Sigrid Kehl 23 Nov 1929 18 Dec 2024 19 Dec 22-26 Dec de++
Wolfgang Becker 22 Jun 1954 12 Dec 2024 17 Dec 18-21 Dec de++
Marcel Marnat 1929 17 Dec 2024 20 Dec fr++
Thomas Hertel 1951 9 Dec 2024 11 Dec 14-19 Dec de
Michael Ruetz 4 Apr 1940 2 Dec 2024 5 Dec 9-14 Dec de++
Marianne Preger-Simon 6 Mar 1929 22 Nov 2024 4 Dec 7-9 Dec
Rohan de Saram 9 March 1939 29 Sep 2024 4 Oct 6–11 Oct de++ 7 Dec 2024 ... that cellist Rohan de Saram's background as a geta bera drummer inspired Luciano Berio's Sequenza XIV?
Siegfried Thiele 28 Mar 1934 24 Nov 2024 27 Nov 1-7 Dec de+
Odile Bailleux 30 Dec 1939 19 Nov 2024 23 Nov 27 Nov - 1 Dec de++
Jürgen Becker 10 Jul 1932 7 Nov 2024 12 Nov 14-17 Nov de++
Barbara Aland 12 Apr 1937 10 Nov 2024 13 Nov 13-15 Nov de++
Johannes Beutler 3 Oct 1933 6 Nov 2024 11 Nov 13-15 Nov de++
Madeleine Riffaud 23 Aug 1924 6 Nov 2024 8 Nov 9-10 Nov de++

2006 – 2023

In the following table, the second column shows an image if available, the third the date of the person's birth, the fourth the date of death, and the last column contains notes, such as that the article was new, and a DYK entry with date. The former more detailed table was archived in 2023 because Wikipedia's style changed.

The table goes initially generally by date of death, 2006 · 2009 · 2011 · 2012 · 2014 · 2015 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023.

Name born died DYK
Michael Robinson 13 Dec 1924 20 Jul 2006 20 Dec 2018 ... that Rabbi Michael Robinson and 15 other Reform rabbis were arrested and jailed after answering Martin Luther King's call to stand with him for civil rights in St. Augustine, Florida?
Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg 1 Jan 1915 27 Jul 2006 26 Jul 2011 ... that Princess Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg turned the East Wing of Schloss Johannisberg (pictured) into a concert hall for the Rheingau Musik Festival?
Hans Otto Jung 17 Sep 1920 22 Apr 2009 29 Dec 2017 ... that Hans Otto Jung was a jazz musician during World War II, ran a winery from the Boosenburg, and was co-founder of the Rheingau Musik Festival?
Bernhard Blume 8 Sep 1937 1 Sep 2011 8 Sep 2011 ... that the art photographers Anna and Bernhard Blume created Kitchen Frenzy and Pure Reason? (new)
Guido Dessauer 7 Nov 1915 13 Jan 2012 23 Jan 2012 ... that Guido Dessauer (pictured), a German executive and art collector, registered more than 30 patents in paper technology and started the career of Horst Janssen as a lithographer? (new)
Erhard Egidi 23 Apr 1929 8 Sep 2014 23 Apr 2013 ... that Erhard Egidi conducted at the Neustädter Kirche both the first performance after more than 300 years of a funeral music by the church's first organist and Bach's Mass in B minor?
Maria Radner 7 May 1981 24 Mar 2015 11 Apr 2015 ... that the contralto Maria Radner, who died in the Germanwings plane crash, performed Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder at his villa, Wahnfried? (new)
Frank Stähle 12 Jul 1942 10 Dec 2015 15 Jan 2016 ... that director Frank Stähle revived the choir and orchestra of Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium and conducted them in Mozart's Requiem for the centenary of the Lutherkirche? (new)
Walter Fink 16 Aug 1930 13 Apr 2018 16 Aug 2010 ... that today, the 80th birthday of Walter Fink is celebrated at the Rheingau Musik Festival with compositions of Kirchner, Lachenmann, Rihm, Widmann and Hosokawa?
Inge Borkh 26 May 1921 26 Aug 2018
Fylbecatulous 29 Oct 2018 her edit notice: "I contribute here for happiness; as an enchantment against sorrow."
Raymond Arritt 19 Sep 1957 14 Nov 2018 12 Jan 2019 ... that after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shared the Nobel Peace Prize, contributing author Raymond Arritt said, "It's kind of neat: I have, like, .002 percent of a Nobel prize now"?
Sylvia Geszty 28 Feb 1934 13 Dec 2018 28 Jun 2019 ... that the Hungarian coloratura soprano Sylvia Geszty (pictured) was a member of the Berlin State Opera in East Germany before joining the Stuttgart State Opera in the West?
Johann Georg Reißmüller 20 Feb 1932 10 Dec 2018 17 Jan 2019 ... that the journalist Johann Georg Reißmüller, a co-publisher of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, is credited with playing an important part in Germany's recognition of Croatia and Slovenia? (new)
F. W. Bernstein 4 Mar 1938 20 Dec 2018 25 Jan 2019 ... that the poet, cartoonist, and satirist F. W. Bernstein (pictured) was appointed professor of caricature and comics in Berlin in 1984, the only such chair in the world at the time?
Carlos Feller 30 Jul 1923 21 Dec 2018 3 Feb 2019 ... that bass singer Carlos Feller made his debut at the Teatro Colón in 1946, and at the Metropolitan Opera in 1988 in his signature role of Don Alfonso in Mozart's Così fan tutte?
Amos Oz 4 May 1939 28 Dec 2018
Theo Adam 1 Aug 1926 10 Jan 2019
Wilma Lipp 26 Apr 1925 26 Jan 2019
Jean Guillou 18 Apr 1930 26 Jan 2019
Leonie Ossowski 15 Aug 1925 4 Feb 2019
Tomi Ungerer 28 Nov 1931 8 Feb 2019
Hans Stadlmair 3 May 1929 13 Feb 2019 12 Jul 2011 ... that Hans Stadlmair, conductor of the Münchener Kammerorchester for almost four decades, in 1971 premiered Wilhelm Killmayer's Fin al punto, of which the composer said, "The calm already contains the catastrophe"?
Bruno Ganz 22 Mar 1941 16 Feb 2019
Jörg Streli 26 Mar 1940 13 Feb 2019 23 Feb 2019 ... that architect Jörg Streli and his two colleagues designed the Sankt-Margarethen-Kapelle (pictured) in Tyrol, which rises like a tower on a circular floor? (new)
Ekkehard Wlaschiha 28 May 1938 20 Feb 2019
Hilde Zadek 15 Dec 1917 21 Feb 2019
Margaret Scott 26 Apr 1922 24 Feb 2019
Lothar Zenetti 6 Feb 1926 24 Feb 2019 15 Jul 2016 ... that songs by Lothar Zenetti appear in current Protestant and Catholic hymnals, and are performed by singer-songwriters such as Konstantin Wecker? new: Das Weizenkorn muss sterben
Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde 19 Sep 1930 25 Feb 2019
Werner Schneyder 25 Jan 1937 2 Mar 2019 8 Jun 2019 .. that Werner Schneyder performed political kabarett programs with Dieter Hildebrandt and provided television commentary on boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics?
Klaus Kinkel 17 Dec 1936 4 Mar 2019
Jacques Loussier 26 Oct 1934 5 Mar 2019
Michael Gielen 20 Jul 1927 8 Mar 2019 new: Ein Traumspiel
Wolfgang Meyer 13 Aug 1954 17 Mar 2019 13 May 2019 ... that Wolfgang Meyer, who recorded Mozart's Clarinet Concerto on a historical basset clarinet, played his last concert with jazz saxophonist Peter Lehel?
Friedrich Achleitner 23 May 1930 27 Mar 2019 26 Apr 2019 ... that Friedrich Achleitner, a concrete poet and architecture critic, wrote over decades about Austrian architecture in the 20th century, visiting each building he described?
Heinz Winbeck 11 Feb 1946 26 Mar 2019 11 Sep 2011 ... that Dennis Russell Davies conducted the premiere of the Fifth Symphony Now and in the hour of death by Heinz Winbeck, which reflects Bruckner's Ninth Symphony?
Hans Günter Nöcker 22 Jan 1927 20 Mar 2019 4 May 2019 ... that the bass-baritone Hans Günter Nöcker appeared in several world premieres of operas in Berlin, Schwetzingen, and Munich, where he created a stirring portrayal of Gloucester in Reimann's Lear? (new)
Ruth-Margret Pütz 26 Feb 1930 1 Apr 2019 11 Jun 2019 ... that Ruth-Margret Pütz was considered one of the leading coloratura sopranos of the 1960s? (new)
Werner Bardenhewer 30 Jan 1929 10 Apr 2019 30 Jan 2020 ... that a clinic in Mopti, Mali, is named after Werner Bardenhewer, born 90 years ago today, who was for decades priest of St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, and then founded a charity group? new: Christus, der uns selig macht
Jörg Demus 2 Dec 1928 16 Apr 2019
Hannelore Elsner 26 Jul 1942 21 Apr 2019 25 May 2019 ... that Hannelore Elsner, who first appeared in film in 1959, received international attention for her role in No Place to Go at the Cannes Festival in 2000?
Heather Harper 8 May 1930 22 Apr 2019
Ellen Schwiers 11 Jun 1930 26 Apr 2019 19 Jun 2019 ... that Ellen Schwiers, who starred as Buhlschaft at the Salzburg Festival and in a film in 1961, founded a touring theatre company with her husband and daughter?
Sylvia Bretschneider 14 Nov 1960 28 Apr 2019
Joseph Ward 22 May 1932 27 Apr 2019
Deborah Cook 6 Jul 1938 22 Apr 2019
Georg Katzer 10 Jan 1935 7 May 2019 19 Aug 2019 ... that librettist Gerhard Müller and composer Georg Katzer wrote Antigone oder die Stadt in East Germany, but it premiered at the Komische Oper Berlin only after reunification? (new)
Jens Beutel 12 Jul 1946 8 May 2019
Anatol Herzfeld 21 Jan 1931 10 May 2019
Unita Blackwell 10 Apr 1919 13 May 2019 26 April 2017 ... that civil rights activist Unita Blackwell (pictured) was the first African-American woman to be elected mayor in the state of Mississippi? (GA by Coffee)
Wibke Bruhns 8 Sep 1938 20 Jun 2019 10 Aug 2019 ... that Wibke Bruhns (pictured), the first female German television news presenter, was a correspondent for Stern in Jerusalem and wrote the biography of her father, who was executed by the Nazis?
Iván Erőd 2 Jan 1936 27 Jun 2019 17 Aug 2011 ... that Iván Erőd composed a Sinfonietta called Minnesota Sinfonietta, an opera titled Silk Worms, and a song cycle for soprano and chamber orchestra, named Baby Tooth Songs?
Louis Thiry 15 Feb 1935 29 Jul 2019
Eberhard Havekost 1967 5 Jul 2019
Werner Müller 15 Feb 1935 1 Jun 1946 3 Sep 2019 ... that Werner Müller managed a reduction in Germany's dependence on coal in a socially responsible way as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy and as CEO of major energy companies?
Johnny Clegg 7 Jun 1953 16 Jul 2019
Peter Hamm 27 Feb 1937 22 Jul 2019 4 Sep 2019 ... that Peter Hamm, a successful writer, literary critic, and jury member for literary prizes, dropped out of school when he was 14? (new)
Brigitte Kronauer 29 Dec 1940 22 Jul 2019 17 Sep 2019 ... that writer Brigitte Kronauer (pictured), who won the Georg Büchner Prize, the Jean Paul Prize, and the Thomas Mann Prize, was described as both "a master of spite" and having "great kindness"?
Siegfried Strohbach 27 Nov 1929 11 Jul 2019 2 Dec 2011 ... that Siegfried Strohbach composed a program of music for Advent for the Knabenchor Hannover, performed today at the Marktkirche?
Peter Lindbergh 23 Nov 1944 3 Sep 2019
Irina Bogacheva 2 Mar 1939 20 Sep 2019
Sigmund Jähn 13 Feb 1937 21 Sep 2019
Lutz-Michael Harder 4 Sep 1942 24 Aug 2019
Jessye Norman 15 Sep 1945 30 Sep 2019 29 Mar 2020 ... that soprano Jessye Norman, whose voice was described as a "grand mansion of sound", performed at U.S. presidential inaugurations and sang La Marseillaise at the French Revolution's bicentennial?
Hevrin Khalaf 15 Nov 1984 12 Oct 2019 19 Nov 2019 ... that Kurdish civil engineer and politician Hevrin Khalaf, who worked for tolerance among Christians, Arabs, and Kurds, was killed in the 2019 Turkish offensive into Syria?
Erhard Eppler 9 Dec 1926 19 Oct 2019
Márta Kurtág 1 Oct 1927 17 Oct 2019 3 Nov 2019 ... that Hungarian pianists Márta Kurtág and her husband performed together for 60 years, often from his collection entitled Játékok (Games)?
Raymond Leppard 11 Aug 1927 22 Oct 2019
Hans Zender 22 Nov 1936 22 Oct 2019
Rolando Panerai 17 Oct 1924 22 Oct 2019
Hans-Peter Uhl 5 Aug 1944 27 Oct 2019
Gert Boyle 6 Feb 1924 3 Nov 2019
Stephen Cleobury 31 Dec 1948 22 Nov 2019
Colin Mawby 9 May 1936 24 Nov 2019 9 Dec 2011 ... that the prolific composer and Westminster Cathedral conductor Colin Mawby said, "I cannot write choral music unless I work with choirs ... I have to write for particular people"?
Mariss Jansons 14 Jan 1943 30 Nov 2019
Johann Baptist Metz 5 Aug 1928 2 Dec 2019
Herbert Joos 21 Mar 1940 7 Dec 2019
Brian Boulton 9 Dec 2019 dedicated: Vespro della Beata Vergine for which he collected sources that he shared
Klaus Uwe Ludwig 16 Sep 1943 20 Dec 2019 5 May 2016 ... that Klaus Uwe Ludwig played the complete organ works by Bach and Reger at the Lutherkirche in Wiesbaden?
Peter Schreier 29 Jul 1935 25 Dec 2019
Manfred Stolpe 16 May 1936 30 Dec 2019
Harry Kupfer 12 Aug 1935 30 Dec 2019 3 Oct 2018 ... that Harry Kupfer, the stage director at the Komische Oper Berlin for decades, presented Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer at the 1978 Bayreuth Festival as a psychological drama?
Wolfgang Dauner 30 Dec 1935 10 Jan 2020
Franz Mazura 22 Apr 1924 23 Jan 2020
Gudrun Pausewang 3 Mar 1928 23 Jan 2020 11 Feb 2020 ... that Die Wolke (The Cloud), a young-adult novel by Gudrun Pausewang written after the Chernobyl disaster, was translated into English as Fall-Out?
Herbert Baumann 31 Jul 1925 29 Jan 2020 16 Feb 2020 ... that in his ballet Alice im Wunderland, composer Herbert Baumann made the story's author a character?
Wolfgang J. Fuchs 16 Sep 1945 20 Jan 2020 7 Feb 2020 ... that Wolfgang J. Fuchs, an early German comics scholar who co-wrote a 1971 standard work on the topic, translated Garfield and Mom's Cancer?
Peter Serkin 24 Jun 1942 1 Feb 2020
Volker David Kirchner 25 Jul 1935 4 Feb 2020 25 Jun 2018 ... that Volker David Kirchner, who composed operas for the Wiesbaden State Theatre and a mass for the Mainz Cathedral, was the first recipient of the Rheingau Musikpreis?
Nello Santi 22 Sep 1931 6 Feb 2020
Lucille Eichengreen 1 Feb 1925 7 Feb 2020
Volker Spengler 16 Feb 1939 8 Feb 2020
Mirella Freni 27 Feb 1939 9 Feb 2020
Joseph Vilsmaier 24 Jan 1939 11 Feb 2020
Ror Wolf 29 Jun 1932 17 Feb 2020
Sonja Ziemann 8 Feb 1926 17 Feb 2020
Peter Dreher 26 Aug 1932 20 Feb 2020
Lisel Mueller 8 Feb 1924 21 Feb 2020
Burkhard Driest 29 Jul 1935 27 Feb 2020 13 Mar 2020 ... that as a law student, Burkhard Driest robbed a savings bank shortly before an examination, and later wrote a book and a film script about his experiences?
Carsten Bresch 5 Sep 1921 1 Mar 2020
Freimut Duve 26 Nov 1936 3 Mar 2020 21 Apr 2020 ... that Freimut Duve became the first OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media after serving as a member of the Bundestag from 1980 to 1998?
Elinor Ross 1 Aug 1926 6 Mar 2020
Burkhard Hirsch 29 May 1930 11 Mar 2020
Charles Wuorinen 9 Jun 1938 11 Mar 2020 26 Apr 2020 ... that Haroun and the Sea of Stories, an opera by Charles Wuorinen, is based on a children's novel by Salman Rushdie about free imagination in battle with thought control? (new)
Giwi Margwelaschwili 14 Sep 1927 13 Mar 2020
Willigis Jäger 7 Mar 1925 20 Mar 2020 11 Apr 2020 ... that Willigis Jäger, a German Benedictine friar, studied Zen for six years with Yamada Koun in Japan and introduced it to his order?
Anatoliy Mokrenko 22 Jan 1933 24 Mar 2020 2 May 2020 ... that Anatoliy Mokrenko, a baritone and future director of the Ukrainian National Opera, performed in a Russian film based on Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor? (new)
Jennifer Bate 11 Nov 1944 25 Mar 2020
Naomi Munakata 31 May 1955 26 Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 ... that Naomi Munakata, who sang in choir from age seven, was the choral conductor of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo from 1995 to 2013? (new)
Rolf Huisgen 13 Jun 1920 26 Mar 2020
Krzysztof Penderecki 23 Nov 1933 29 Mar 2020 28 Apr 2020 ... that a recording of Credo, composed by Krzysztof Penderecki (pictured) for five soloists, choirs and orchestra for the 1998 Oregon Bach Festival, won a Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance? (new)
Thomas Schäfer 22 Feb 1966 28 Mar 2020 new
Francis Rapp 27 Jun 1926 29 Mar 2020 25 Apr 2020 ... that the medievalist Francis Rapp (pictured), who taught at three universities in Strasbourg, focused on the history of Alsace?
Zoltán Peskó 15 Feb 1937 31 Mar 2020 9 Jun 2020 ... that for the centenary of Stravinsky's death, Zoltán Peskó conducted three of the composer's stage works—The Flood, Renard, and Mavra—directed by Peter Ustinov at La Scala?
Reimar Lüst 25 Mar 1923 31 Mar 2020
Ellis Marsalis Jr. 14 Nov 1934 1 Apr 2020
Dmitri Smirnov 2 Nov 1948 9 Apr 2020 26 May 2020 ... that the Triple Concerto No. 2 was composed by Dmitri Smirnov for the centenary concert of the London Symphony Orchestra, with principal violinist, harpist and double bassist as soloists? (new)
Kerstin Meyer 3 Apr 1928 14 Apr 2020
Ulrich Kienzle 9 May 1936 16 Apr 2020
Alexander Vustin 24 Apr 1943 19 Apr 2020 11 Jun 2020 ... that the opera The Devil in Love by Alexander Vustin took 15 years to be completed and 30 more years to be premiered, at the centenary of a Moscow theatre? (new)
Norbert Blüm 21 Jul 1934 23 Apr 2020
Alan Abel 6 Dec 1928 25 Apr 2020 22 Apr 2017 ... that Alan Abel served as a percussionist for the Philadelphia Orchestra for 38 years?
Hans-Karl von Kupsch 7 Mar 1937 26 Apr 2020 8 Apr 2022 ... that Hans-Karl von Kupsch, who was instrumental in the unification of the East and West German booksellers' associations, ran a gallery of contemporary art together with his wife? (new)
Martin Lovett 3 Mar 1927 29 Apr 2020
Norbert Balatsch 10 Mar 1928 6 May 2020
Roy Horn 3 Oct 1944 8 May 2020
Gabriel Bacquier 17 May 1924 13 May 2020
Ezio Bosso 13 Sep 1971 15 May 2020
Renate Krößner 17 May 1945 25 May 2020 new: Fünf letzte Tage
Philipp Harnoncourt 9 Feb 1931 25 May 2020 30 May 2021 ... that Philipp Harnoncourt (pictured) initiated the restoration of a Gothic chapel with a triangle floorplan, which was reopened on Trinity Sunday?
... that the Heiligen-Geist-Kapelle in Bruck, a unique late-Gothic chapel with a star rib vault, was almost demolished to make room for a highway? (new)
Irm Hermann 4 Oct 1942 26 May 2020
Mady Mesplé 7 Mar 1931 30 May 2020
Marcello Abbado 7 Oct 1928 4 Jun 2020
Anna Blume 21 Apr 1936 18 Jun 2020 8 Sep 2011 ... that the art photographers Anna and Bernhard Blume created Kitchen Frenzy and Pure Reason?
Jürgen Holtz 10 Aug 1932 21 Jun 2020 21 Jul 2020 ... that Jürgen Holtz played the title role in Brecht's Leben des Galilei with the Berliner Ensemble at age 86, sometimes appearing naked?
Nicolas Joel 6 Feb 1953 19 Jun 2020 16 Aug 2019 ... that Nicolas Joel, general manager of the Paris Opera from 2009 to 2014, directed Wagner's Ring in 1979 after having assisted Patrice Chéreau for the cycle's centenary?
Ludwig Finscher 14 Mar 1930 30 Jun 2020 24 Jul 2020 ... that the German musicologist Ludwig Finscher was the editor of Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, an encyclopedia in 28 volumes, placing music in cultural, social and historic context?
Nikolai Kapustin 22 Nov 1937 2 Jul 2020
Claude Mercier-Ythier 1931 3 Jul 2020 27 Jul 2020 ... that harpsichords built and restored by Claude Mercier-Ythier were played in thousands of concerts and hundreds of recordings? (new)
Ennio Morricone 10 Nov 1928 6 Jul 2020
Gabriella Tucci 4 Aug 1929 11 Jul 2020
Eleanor Sokoloff 16 Jun 1914 12 Jul 2020
Zizi Jeanmaire 29 Apr 1924 17 Jul 2020
Bernard Ładysz 24 Jul 1922 25 Jul 2020 21 Aug 2020 ... that Bernard Ładysz, a bass-baritone who performed in world premieres of music by Krzysztof Penderecki in Hamburg and in Salzburg, was the only Polish singer to appear with Maria Callas?
Hans-Jochen Vogel 3 Feb 1926 26 Jul 2020
Herbert Leuninger 8 Sep 1932 28 Jul 2020 31 Aug 2020 ... that Catholic priest Herbert Leuninger, a co-founder and speaker of Pro Asyl, is remembered as a "loudspeaker" for the interests of refugees? (new)
Maria Friesenhausen 23 Mar 1932 31 Jul 2020 10 Jul 2017 ... that Maria Friesenhausen sang soprano solo with the NDR Chor in the 1950s and trained students of the University of Dortmund for an opera performance in 2001?
Leon Fleisher 23 July 1928 2 Aug 2020 12 Sep 2020 ... that Klaviermusik mit Orchester, a 1923 piano concerto for the left hand by Paul Hindemith, was first performed in 2004 by Leon Fleisher and the Berlin Philharmonic?
Jerome Kohl 27 Nov 1946 4 Aug 2020 28 Jan 2021 ... that Jerome Kohl, a music theorist of the University of Washington, was recognized internationally as an authority of the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, publishing a book on his Zeitmaße in 2017?
... that In Freundschaft was composed in friendship by Karlheinz Stockhausen as a clarinet solo for Suzanne Stephens, and later adapted to the instruments of other friends? (new)
Erich Gruenberg 12 Oct 1924 8 Aug 2020
Jürgen Schadeberg 18 Mar 1931 29 Aug 2020
Annette Jahns 24 Jun 1958 11 Sep 2020 2 Oct 2020 ... that when Annette Jahns portrayed Bettina von Arnim in an opera by Friedrich Schenker, the role required her to scream as well as to sing?
... that in Bettina, the chamber opera's only solo singer portrays both Bettina von Arnim and Karoline von Günderrode, reflecting their friendship and Günderrode's suicide? (new)
Gerhard Weber 3 Jun 1941 24 Sep 2020 6 Oct 2020 ... that Gerhard Weber signed tennis player Steffi Graf, at age 17 before her international success, to be an ambassador for the Gerry Weber fashion brand he had co-founded? (new)
Herbert Feuerstein 15 Jun 1937 6 Oct 2020
Folker Bohnet 7 Aug 1937 6 Oct 2020 4 November 2020 ... that Folker Bohnet, who acted in Bernhard Wicki's 1959 film Die Brücke while still studying, toured for 13 years with a comedy play that he co-authored? (new)
Jon Gibson 11 Mar 1940 12 Oct 2020
Rosanna Carteri 14 Dec 1930 25 Oct 2020
Alexander Vedernikov 11 Jan 1964 29 Oct 2020
Faustas Latėnas 16 May 1956 3 Nov 2020 16 November 2020 ... that Faustas Latėnas, who was vice-minister of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture, composed incidental music, film scores and a string quartet subtitled "In loving memory"? (new)
Gernot Roll 9 Apr 1939 12 Nov 2020 6 January 2021 ... that Gernot Roll, considered an expert in literary adaptations, was the cinematographer for the 11-part television series The Buddenbrooks based on Thomas Mann's novel?
Robert Hammerstiel 18 Feb 1933 23 Nov 2020 21 Dec 2020 ... that Robert Hammerstiel (pictured) wrapped the Ringturm tower in Vienna in a painting showing stations of human life in simplified figures in bright colours?
Hella Brock 3 Oct 1919 30 Nov 2020
Jutta Lampe 13 Dec 1937 3 Dec 2020 8 January 2021 ... that at the Schaubühne in Berlin, Jutta Lampe played Ophelia "as if in a trance", and male and female roles on a time voyage as the only actor in the premiere of Robert Wilson's Orlando?
Gotthilf Fischer 11 Feb 1928 11 Dec 2020 25 Jan 2021 ... that Gotthilf Fischer (pictured) founded the Fischer-Chöre, who appeared with 1,500 singers at the final of the 1974 FIFA World Cup?
Fanny Waterman 22 Mar 1920 20 Dec 2020
Osian Ellis 8 Feb 1928 5 Jan 2021
Biserka Cvejić 5 Nov 1923 8 Jan 2021 18 Feb 2021 ... that Biserka Cvejić (pictured), a mezzo-soprano from Serbia who appeared at the Vienna State Opera in 372 performances, made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1960, as Amneris in Verdi's Aida?
Yoninah 22 Mar 2020 WP:QAI/Psalms
Arik Brauer 4 Jan 1929 24 Jan 2021 17 Feb 2021 ... that Universalkünstler Arik Brauer (pictured) created paintings in Fantastic Realism, songs in Austropop, stage sets for the Paris Opera, and house facades in Austria and Israel?
Wilhelm Knabe 22 Mar 1920 8 Oct 2023 26 Jan 2021 ... that Wilhelm Knabe (pictured), a co-founder of the Greens in Germany and a "green" mayor of Mülheim, participated in Fridays For Future with the slogan "Opa For Future"?
Libuše Domanínská 4 July 1924 2 Feb 2021 25 Feb 2021 ... that Libuše Domanínská, a soprano of the Prague National Theatre, performed in all operas by Janáček, and a recording as his Jenůfa made his works better known beyond their home country?
Vera Wülfing-Leckie 1954 8 Feb 2021 2 Mar 2021 ... that Vera Wülfing-Leckie translated in Senegal a novel by Boubacar Boris Diop written in the Wolof language, titled Doomi Golo: The Hidden Notebooks in English? (new)
Andréa Guiot 11 Jan 1922 15 Feb 2021 8 Mar 2021 ... that Andréa Guiot appeared internationally in French soprano roles such as Mireille, Marguerite, Manon, and Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen, which she recorded alongside Maria Callas in the title role? (new)
Wolfgang Boettcher 30 Jan 1935 24 Feb 2021
Helmut Winschermann 22 Mar 1922 4 Mar 2021
Dmitri Bashkirov 1 Nov 1931 7 Mar 2021
Yevgeny Nesterenko 8 Jan 1938 20 Mar 2021
Taryn Fiebig 1 Feb 1972 20 Mar 2021
Uta Ranke-Heinemann 2 Oct 1927 25 Mar 2021
Veronica Dunne 2 Aug 1927 5 Apr 2021
Hans Küng 19 Mar 1928 6 Apr 2021
Grischa Huber 18 Sep 1944 6 Apr 2021 6 May 2021 ... that Grischa Huber (pictured) played Grischa in Under the Pavement Lies the Strand, regarded as "a cult film in the feminist movement"? (new)
Thomas Fritsch 16 Jan 1944 21 Apr 2021 24 May 2021 ... that Thomas Fritsch, a film actor who charmed the teens of the 1960s, was the German voice of Russell Crowe, Scar and Diego, a Smilodon?
Milva 17 Jul 1939 24 Apr 2021
Christa Ludwig 16 Mar 1928 24 Apr 2021
Anne Buydens 23 Apr 1919 29 Apr 2021
Anthony Payne 2 Aug 1936 30 Apr 2021
Karl-Günther von Hase 15 Sep 1917 9 May 2021 12 Jun 2021 ... that Karl-Günther von Hase (pictured), who had served as spokesman of the German government under three chancellors, became director of the ZDF broadcaster?
Raimund Hoghe 12 May 1949 14 May 2021 9 Jun 2021 ... that Raimund Hoghe, who was awarded the German Dance Prize in 2020, made a self-portrait documentary film Der Buckel (The Hunchback)? (new)
Carla Fracci 20 Aug 1936 27 May 2021
Robert Rutman 15 May 1931 2 Jun 2021 12 Dec 2016 ... that Robert Rutman invented the steel cello, a giant sheet metal instrument?
Friederike Mayröcker 20 Dec 1924 4 Jun 2021
Gottfried Böhm 23 Jan 1920 9 Jun 2021 10 Feb 2020 ... that Maria, Königin des Friedens (pictured), a Brutalist pilgrimage church in Neviges, Germany, has become architect Gottfried Böhm's signature building? (new)
Gianna Rolandi 16 Aug 1952 20 Jun 2021
Louis Andriessen 6 Jun 1939 1 Jul 2021
Bill Ramsey 17 Apr 1931 2 Jul 2021
Didi Contractor 1929 5 Jul 2021
Michael Horovitz 4 Apr 1935 7 Jul 2021
Esther Béjarano 15 Dec 1924 10 Jul 2021
Heribert Beissel 27 Mar 1933 11 Jun 2021 15 Sep 2021 ... that the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn (pictured), a symphony orchestra founded and conducted by Heribert Beissel, has a tradition of playing a concert series at more than ten major halls of Germany? (new)
Hans Drewanz 2 Dec 1929 22 Jun 2021 17 Sep 2021 ... that when conductor Hans Drewanz, a personal assistant to Georg Solti at the Oper Frankfurt, became Generalmusikdirektor in Darmstadt, he was the youngest GMD in Germany?
Jean Kraft 9 Jan 1927 15 Jul 2021
Alfred Biolek 10 Jul 1934 23 Jul 2021 29 Aug 2021 ... that in Bio's Bahnhof, a German live music talk show presented by Alfred Biolek (pictured) in a former train depot, Kate Bush made her first television appearance? (new)
Herbert Köfer 17 Feb 1921 24 Jul 2021
Ben Wagin 25 Mar 1930 28 Jul 2021
Martin Perscheid 16 Feb 1966 31 Jul 2021
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz 10 Apr 1928 31 Jul 2021
Kazimierz Kowalski 30 Jul 1951 1 Aug 2021 26 Aug 2021 ... that when bass singer Kazimierz Kowalski was general director of the Grand Theatre in Łódź, Moniuszko's The Haunted Manor was broadcast worldwide?
Karl Heinz Bohrer 26 Sep 1932 4 Aug 2021
Peter Fleischmann 26 Jul 1937 11 Aug 2021 14 Sep 2011 ... that Peter Fleischmann directed the cult film The Hamburg Syndrome, that foresaw a similar scenario to the COVID-19 pandemic as early as 1979?
Kurt Biedenkopf 28 Jan 1930 12 Aug 2021
Franz Josef Altenburg 15 Mar 1941 18 Aug 2021 9 Sep 2021 ... that the ceramicist Franz Josef Altenburg was honoured with an exhibition of his art at Austria's Kaiservilla where he was born?
Gunilla Bergström 3 Jul 1942 25 Aug 2021 30 Jan 2010 ... that the Alfie Atkins children's book series by Swedish author Gunilla Bergström has been translated into twenty-nine different languages and sold over eight million copies worldwide?
Siegfried Matthus 13 Apr 1939 27 Aug 2021
Teresa Żylis-Gara 23 Jan 1930 28 Aug 2021
Gerhard Erber 21 Nov 1934 4 Sep 2021 19 Jul 2020 ... that as the pianist for the ensemble Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler, Gerhard Erber was among the first East German musicians to tour beyond the Iron Curtain?
Amanda Holden 19 Jan 1948 9 Sep 2021
Jean-Paul Jeannotte 9 Mar 1926 9 Sep 2021 25 Sep 2021 ... that Jean-Paul Jeannotte, founder and first artistic director of the Opéra de Montréal, performed the role of Bobino more than 100 times, in the premiere on CBC TV and on stages on a Canada tour? (new)
Norman Bailey 23 Mar 1933 15 Sep 2021
Sylvano Bussotti 1 Oct 1931 19 Sep 2021 24 Oct 2021 ... that the title of La Passion selon Sade, an opera by Sylvano Bussotti, caused a scandal at its premiere and had to be changed for the next performance? (new)
András Ligeti 5 Aug 1953 19 Sep 2021
Karan Armstrong 14 Dec 1941 28 Sep 2021
Eberhard Jüngel 5 Dec 1934 28 Sep 2021
Carlisle Floyd 11 Jun 1926 30 Sep 2021
Eberhard Panitz 16 Apr 1932 1 Oct 2021 28 Oct 2021 ... that Eberhard Panitz wrote his novel, My Father's Tram, with autobiographic elements around his father—a tram conductor in Dresden?
Mordechai Geldman 16 Apr 1946 8 Oct 2021
Evelyn Richter 31 Jan 1930 10 Oct 2021
Luis de Pablo 28 Jan 1930 10 Oct 2021
Gerd Ruge 9 Aug 1928 15 Oct 2021 15 Nov 2021 ... that German reporter Gerd Ruge received a twelve year entry ban to the Soviet Union for having helped Russian author Boris Pasternak financially?
Edita Gruberová 23 Dec 1946 18 Oct 2021
Hans Haselböck 26 Jul 1928 20 Oct 2021 4 Nov 2021 ... that Hans Haselböck (pictured), later an international concert organist and professor at the Vienna Music Academy, began 65 years as organist at the Dominican Church, Vienna, on 4 November 1949?
Bernard Haitink 4 Mar 1929 21 Oct 2021
Udo Zimmermann 6 Oct 1943 22 Oct 2021 19 Nov 2018 ... that Udo Zimmermann composed two operas about the resistance group White Rose, one while he was a student?
Alfredo Diez Nieto 25 Oct 1918 25 Oct 2021
Nelson Freire 18 Oct 1944 31 Oct 2021
Doğan Akhanlı 18 Mar 1957 31 Oct 2021
Aga Mikolaj 7 Mar 1971 11 Nov 2021 18 Apr 2021 ... that Aga Mikolaj, a soprano who studied with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, appeared as Mozart's Donna Elvira from San Francisco to Tokyo, and sang the Four Last Songs with "a degree of abandon and rapture"?
Hermann Bausinger 17 Sep 1926 24 Nov 2021 20 Dec 2021 ... that the cultural scholar Hermann Bausinger wrote a book about the history of literature from Swabia from the 18th century to the present, published for his 90th birthday?
Dieter B. Herrmann 3 Jan 1939 25 Nov 2021
Rudolf Pohl 5 Nov 1924 1 Dec 2021 1 Jan 2022 ... that conductor Rudolf Pohl, a member of the Aachen Cathedral choir as a boy, brought the Charlemagne-era choir to international recognition in the 1960s? (new)
Christine Haidegger 27 Feb 1942 5 Dec 2021 15 Jan 2022 ... that the novel Mama Dear by Christine Haidegger (pictured) details her childhood in post–World War II Austria?
Günther Rühle 3 Jun 1924 10 Dec 2021 20 Dec 2021 ... that Günther Rühle wrote two books covering the history of theatre in Germany, its events and its people, from 1887 to 1966? (new)
Stefan Keil 20 Mar 1958 16 Dec 2021 7 Jan 2022 ... that when Stefan Keil moved to Yekaterinburg, Russia, as the German consul general, one of his first appearances was at the European Christmas market, dressed as Saint Nicholas? (new)
George Alexander Albrecht 15 Feb 1935 21 Dec 2021 9 Jan 2022 ... that in Die Schneekönigin, an opera for children by George Alexander Albrecht after Andersen's "The Snow Queen", members of a children's choir play the roles of birds and ice crystals?
... that after George Alexander Albrecht collapsed when conducting Beethoven's Ninth Symphony during a New Year's concert, he returned to composing and began hospice work? (new)
Gwendolyn Killebrew 26 Aug 1941 24 Dec 2021 31 Mar 2014 ... that soon after starting her career at the Met, Gwendolyn Killebrew appeared as a valkyrie in Wagner's Die Walküre in a live broadcast alongside Birgit Nilsson in the title role?
Herbert Achternbusch 23 Nov 1938 10 Jan 2022
Erwin Eisch 18 Apr 1927 25 Jan 2022
Heinz Werner Zimmermann 11 Aug 1930 25 Jan 2022
Georg Christoph Biller 20 Sep 1955 27 Jan 2022 18 Apr 2010 ... that Georg Christoph Biller is the Thomaskantor, the conductor of the Thomanerchor in Leipzig, the 16th successor of Johann Sebastian Bach in this position?
(new) ... that in 2002, Georg Christoph Biller and others conceived the Forum Thomanum as a new music educational campus for the Thomanerchor, Bach's choir dating back to 1212?
Hans Neuenfels 31 May 1941 6 Feb 2022
George Crumb 24 Oct 1924 6 Feb 2022
Franz Grave 25 Nov 1932 19 Feb 2022 17 Mar 2022... that Franz Grave, the first bishop of Essen born in Essen, focused on intercultural dialogue with Latin America? (new)
Peter Merseburger 9 May 1928 19 Feb 2022 31 Mar 2022 ... that Peter Merseburger refused to host a 1974 edition of German political TV magazine Panorama after a report by Alice Schwarzer (pictured) on an abortion was cancelled by authorities?
... that after a career as political journalist, Peter Merseburger wrote biographies of Der Spiegel founder Rudolf Augstein and chancellor Willy Brandt? (new)
Christian Herwartz 16 Apr 1943 20 Feb 2022 13 Apr 2022 ... that Christian Herwartz, a Jesuit who lived in an open community in Berlin from 1978 to 2016, held "street exercises" and peace prayers? (new)
Antonietta Stella 15 Mar 1929 23 Feb 2022
Eleonore Schönborn 14 Apr 1920 25 Feb 2022 28 Mar 2022 ... that Eleonore Schönborn, who had to leave Czechoslovakia in 1945 with two young children, received an Austrian award in 2013 for cultural and social improvement?
Yvonne Ciannella 25 Jul 1926 1 Mar 2022 6 Feb 2016 ... that Yvonne Ciannella, who performed the title roles of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Puccini's Suor Angelica, recorded Telemann's cantata Ino with "dramatic colouring"?
Inge Deutschkron 23 Aug 1923 9 Mar 2022
Maks Levin 7 Jul 1981 13 Mar 2022 25 Apr 2022 ... that a photograph by Maks Levin, showing destroyed buildings in Kyiv, was featured on the cover of a March 2022 edition of the German magazine Der Spiegel? (new)
Oksana Shvets 10 Feb 1955 17 Mar 2022 15 Apr 2022 ... that Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets, who was killed in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, starred in the 2013 joint Ukrainian–Russian television family saga House with Lilies alongside Russian actors? (new)
Artem Datsyshyn 26 Jan 1979 17 Mar 2022 16 Apr 2022 ... that Artem Datsyshyn, the National Opera of Ukraine's principal dancer in ballets such as Swan Lake and La Bayadère, is said to have danced with "romantic sublimity" and "psychological depth"? (new)
Michail Jurowski 25 Dec 1945 19 Mar 2022
Serhiy Kot 22 Jun 1958 28 Mar 2022 16 May 2022 ... that Serhiy Kot was editor for Ukrainian Question, a book collection of articles about the status of Ukraine in the 1930s? (new)
Birgit Nordin 22 Feb 1934 7 Apr 2022
Hellmuth Matiasek 15 May 1931 7 Apr 2022
Philippe Boesmans 17 May 1936 10 Apr 2022
Larysa Khorolets 25 Aug 1948 12 Apr 2022
Radu Lupu 30 Nov 1945 17 Apr 2022
Harrison Birtwistle 15 Jul 1934 17 Apr 2022
Renate Holm 10 Aug 1931 21 Apr 2022
Ursula Lehr 5 Jun 1930 25 Apr 2022
Qin Yi 4 Feb 1922 9 May 2022 31 Mar 2015... that Premier Zhou Enlai called Qin Yi the most beautiful woman in China?
William Bennett 7 Feb 1936 11 May 2022
Teresa Berganza 16 Mar 1933 13 May 2022
Klara Höfels 5 Apr 1945 15 May 2022 14 Jun 2022 ... that actress Klara Höfels, known for her roles in television crime series, also produced, directed, and starred in world premieres of theatre projects in Berlin? (new)
Thomas Resetarits 25 Nov 1939 18 May 2022 22 Jun 2022 ... that Burgenland Croat sculptor Thomas Resetarits created Stations of the Cross (example sculpture pictured)? (new)
Horst Sachtleben 24 Sep 1930 22 May 2022
Victor von Halem 26 Mar 1940 28 May 2022
Friedrich Christian Delius 13 Feb 1943 30 May 2022
Kai Bumann 16 Aug 1961 2 Jun 2022 14 Sep 2022 ... that the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1969 for members from all four Swiss language regions, and meets twice a year for rehearsals and a tour program? (new)
Erasmus Schöfer 4 Jun 1931 7 Jun 2022 24 Jul 2022 ... that Erasmus Schöfer chronicled the resistance in Germany, from the protests of 1968 to German reunification, in a tetralogy of novels? (news)
Christof May 8 Apr 1973 8 Jun 2022 (new)
Ivonne Haza 15 Feb 1935 16 Jun 2022
Hans-Dieter Bader 16 Feb 1938 18 Jun 2022 3 May 2016 ... that Hans-Dieter Bader performed the title role of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera Sly, recorded live at the Staatsoper Hannover, "as written", while Plácido Domingo had to cut and change the part?
Wilma Schmidt 27 Jun 1926 18 Jun 2022 20 Jul 2022 ... that the favourite role of Wilma Schmidt, who performed at the Staatsoper Hannover for more than five decades in German, Italian and Slavic repertoire, was the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier? (new)
Kurt Equiluz 13 Jun 1929 20 Jun 2022 10 Apr 2010 ... that tenor Kurt Equiluz was the Evangelist in the first recording of Bach's St John Passion on period instruments with the Concentus Musicus Wien, Vienna?
Ernst Jacobi 11 Jul 1933 23 Jun 2022 19 Jul 2022 ... that Ernst Jacobi, known for portraying Gauleiter Löbsack in Volker Schlöndorff's film The Tin Drum, played more than 200 roles as a television actor?
Katja Husen 12 Jun 1976 28 Jun 2022 1 Aug 2022 ... that Katja Husen was the speaker of the Green Youth, a member of the Hamburg Parliament, and the CEO of the Centre for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg? (new)
Richard Taruskin 2 Apr 1945 1 Jul 2022
Peter Brook 21 Mar 1925 2 Jul 2022
Alfred Koerppen 16 Dec 1926 5 Jul 2022 6 Sep 2021 ... that Alfred Koerppen, who taught music theory and composition at the Musikhochschule Hannover, wrote the text and music of a 1951 opera after Virgil?
Hans-Joachim Hespos 13 Mar 1938 18 Jul 2022
Alice Harnoncourt 26 Sep 1930 20 Jul 2022
Ruslana Pysanka 17 Nov 1965 20 Jul 2022 10 Aug 2022 ... that Ruslana Pysanka, who hosted a Ukrainian television program together with Volodymyr Zelenskyy from 2008, died as a refugee in Germany?
Stefan Soltész 6 Jan 1949 22 Jul 2022
Maria Frisé 1 Jan 1926 31 Jul 2022
Anastasiya Kobzarenko 8 May 1934 1 Aug 2022
Eike Christian Hirsch 6 Apr 1937 7 Aug 2022
Zofia Posmysz 23 Aug 1923 8 Aug 2022 16 Mar 2018 ... that Zofia Posmysz (pictured), Auschwitz inmate No. 7566, wrote an audio play on her memories, which became the basis for her 1962 novel Passenger, a 1963 film, and a 1968 opera?
Jean-Jacques Sempé 17 Aug 1932 11 Aug 2022 4 Sep 2022 ... that The Story of Mr Sommer, a 1991 novella by Patrick Süskind with illustrations by Sempé, has been described as "a children's tale for adults"? (new)
Matti Lehtinen 24 Apr 1922 17 Aug 2022 7 Sep 2022 ... that Matti Lehtinen, a baritone of the Finnish National Opera and professor of singing at the Sibelius Academy, was the voice of God at age 93? (new)
Theo Sommer 10 Jun 1930 22 Aug 2022
Ruth Lapide 1929 30 Aug 2022
Lars Vogt 8 Sep 1970 5 Sep 2022 ... that concerts of the Spannungen festival of chamber music, founded by pianist Lars Vogt in 1998, are played in a power plant?
... that the eight original Francis turbines of Kraftwerk Heimbach (pictured), a hydro-electric power station that opened in 1905 as then the largest in Europe, served until 1974? (new)
Mariella Mehr 26 Sep 1947 5 Sep 2022
Jörg Faerber 18 Jun 1929 13 Sep 2022 2 Apr 2013 ... that Jörg Faerber was the artistic director of the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn for more than four decades and recorded piano concertos by Shostakovich and Haydn with Martha Argerich?
Barbara Stamm 29 Oct 1944 5 Oct 2022
Leon Schidlowsky 21 Jul 1931 10 Oct 2022 28 Dec 2022 ... that Leon Schidlowsky wrote the Misa sine nomine in memory of Víctor Jara for speaker, choirs, organ and percussion, juxtaposing mass texts with contemporary poetry and Torah verses? (new)
Bernardo Adam Ferrero 28 Feb 1942 12 Oct 2022 4 Dec 2022 ... that Bernardo Adam Ferrero wrote compositions such as Danzas alicantinas for Spanish civil and military bands that he conducted?
Mariana Nicolesco 28 Nov 1948 14 Oct 2022
Michael Ponti 29 Oct 1937 17 Oct 2022
Galina Pisarenko 24 Jan 1934 23 Oct 2022
Libor Pešek 22 Jun 1933 23 Oct 2022
Pierre Soulages 24 Dec 1919 26 Oct 2022
Hannah Pick-Goslar 12 Nov 1928 28 Oct 2022
Werner Schulz 22 Jan 1950 9 Nov 2022
Wolf Schneider 7 May 1925 10 Nov 2022
Azio Corghi 9 Mar 1937 17 Nov 2022 17 Dec 2022 ... that Azio Corghi composed his second and third operas with author José Saramago – the second for La Scala in Milan, and the third for a 1993 premiere at the Theater Münster?
Ned Rorem 23 Oct 1923 18 Nov 2022
Michael Hampe 3 Jun 1935 18 Nov 2022 11 Apr 2021 ... that Michael Hampe, who directed the Cologne Opera for 20 years, was the stage director for the world premiere of Henze's adaptation of Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria at the Salzburg Festival?
Hans Magnus Enzensberger 11 Nov 1929 24 Nov 2022
Jens Bullerjahn 15 Jul 1962 26 Nov 2022
Christiane Hörbiger 13 Oct 1938 30 Nov 2022
Volodymyr Kozhukhar 16 Mar 1941 3 Dec 2022 12 Jan 2023 ... that Volodymyr Kozhukhar, chief conductor of the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv, led Lysenko's opera Taras Bulba and Shchedrin's ballet Carmen Suite?
Quentin Oliver Lee 28 Jan 1988 1 Dec 2022 30 Dec 2022 ... that Quentin Oliver Lee landed a title role in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess on Broadway after a casting agent had spotted him singing in a subway station?
Wolf Erlbruch 30 Jun 1948 11 Dec 2022
Werner Leich 31 Jan 1927 17 Dec 2022
Dieter Henrich 5 Jan 1927 17 Dec 2022
Wim Henderickx 17 Mar 1962 18 Dec 2022
Manfred Messerschmidt 1 Oct 1926 19 Dec 2022
Pope Benedict XVI 16 Apr 1927 31 Dec 2022
Kurt Horres 28 Nov 1932 2 Jan 2023
Andrew Downes 20 Aug 1950 2 Jan 2023
Rosi Mittermaier 5 Aug 1950 4 Jan 2023
Siegfried Kurz 18 Jul 1930 8 Jan 2023
Hans Krieger 13 Mar 1933 9 Jan 2023 4 Dec 2011 ... that Hans Krieger, an award-winning German essayist, influential in papers such as Die Zeit, wrote the text for a Christmas cantata by Graham Waterhouse that premieres today?
Lothar Blumhagen 16 Jul 1927 10 Jan 2013
José Evangelista 5 Aug 1943 10 Jan 2023
Carl Hahn 1 Jul 1926 14 Jan 2023
Clytus Gottwald 20 Nov 1925 18 Jan 2023 19 Jul 2012 ... that Clytus Gottwald has arranged compositions for an a cappella group of up to 16 voices, re-creating them "in a magical choral world"?
Melitta Muszely 13 Sep 1927 18 Jan 2023 19 Mar 2019 ... that the soprano Melitta Muszely appeared as the four women Hoffmann loves in Felsenstein's production at the Komische Oper Berlin in 1958, and still sang recitals at age 80?
Gero Storjohann 12 Feb 1958 29 Jan 2023
Jürgen Flimm 17 July 1941 4 Feb 2023
Friedrich Cerha 17 Feb 1926 14 Feb 2023
Nadja Tiller 16 Mar 1929 21 Feb 2023
Günther von Lojewski 11 Jul 1935 26 Feb 2023
Mary Bauermeister 7 Sep 1934 2 Mar 2023
Heinz Schwarz 24 Jul 1928 6 Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 ... that Heinz Schwarz attended all CDU party conventions from the first ever in 1950 to 2020?
Marek Kopelent 28 Apr 1932 12 Mar 2023
Antje Vollmer 31 May 1941 15 Mar 2023
James Bowman 6 Nov 1941 27 Mar 2023
Horst Milde 6 Apr 1923 29 Mar 2023
Andreas K. W. Meyer 2 Jun 1958 8 Apr 2023
Huub Oosterhuis 1 Nov 1933 9 Apr 2023 7 Sep 2019 ... that the melody of the Christian hymn "Ik sta voor U in leegte en gemis" is written without bar lines, reflecting the singer's insecurity and questions?
... that the 1965 song "Wie als een God wil leven" written by Huub Oosterhuis was listed in 2013 among hymns in German successful with young people?
Karl Berger 30 Mar 1935 9 Apr 2023
Irma Blank 1934 14 Apr 2023 (new) 21 May 2023 ... that the art of Irma Blank (pictured), of "drawing languages without words" and including sounds, was recognised in the 1970s but fell into obscurity until a rediscovery in the 2010s?
Martin Petzold 25 Jun 1955 19 Apr 2023 13 Sep 2012 ... that tenor Martin Petzold, a former member of the boys' choir Thomanerchor, sang Bach's Evangelist parts with the group?
Sergio Rendine 7 Sep 1954 21 Apr 2023
Manfred Weiss 12 Feb 1935 25 Apr 2023
Menahem Pressler 16 Dec 1936 6 May 2023
Grace Bumbry 4 Jan 1937 7 May 2023
Soňa Červená 9 Sep 1925 7 May 2023 29 Jun 2023 ... that international opera singer Soňa Červená (pictured) won the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Actress at age 83?
Günter Wewel 29 Nov 1934 9 May 2023
Sibylle Lewitscharoff 16 Apr 1954 13 May 2023
Maria Mies 6 Feb 1931 15 May 2023
Javier Álvarez 8 May 1956 23 May 2023
Mordechai Rechtman 16 May 1926 27 May 2023
Harald zur Hausen 11 Mar 1936 29 May 2023 13 Oct 2008 ... that virologist Harald zur Hausen is recipient of both the Gairdner Foundation International Award and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008?
Kurt Widmer 28 Dec 1940 31 May 2023
Françoise Gilot 26 Nov 1921 6 Jun 2023
Suna Kan 21 Oct 1936 11 Jun 2023
Cornel Țăranu 20 Jun 1934 18 Jun 2023 (new) that Romanian musicologist Cornel Țăranu completed unfinished scores by George Enescu, namely those which Enescu himself did not wish to publish?
Bernd Schroeder 6 Jun 1944 18 Jun 2023 28 Feb 2020 ... that Alte Liebe (Old Love) is a novel about a couple married for 40 years, told by a couple married longer but separated, with chapters written alternately by wife and husband?
Gabriele Schnaut 24 Feb 1951 19 Jun 2023 17 Dec 2013 ... that Gabriele Schnaut recorded alto parts in Bach cantatas in the 1970s, and appeared as Waltraute and Second Norne in the Jahrhundertring film in 1980, as Isolde in 1985, and as Turandot in 2002?
Doris Stockhausen 28 Feb 1924 20 Jun 2023 28 Feb 2021 ... that Doris Stockhausen's husband}} dedicated several compositions to her, beginning with Chöre für Doris in 1950 before they married?
Peter Brötzmann 6 Mar 1941 22 Jun 2023
Rachel Yakar 3 Mar 1936 24 Jun 2023 17 Nov 2023 ... that soprano Rachel Yakar, who received international attention in 1977 as Poppea with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, was also described as an "ideal" Mélisande and "a Mozartian at heart and in style"?
Clarence Barlow 27 Dec 1945 29 Jun 2023
Anthony Gilbert 26 Jul 1934 5 Jul 2023
Graham Clark 10 Nov 1941 6 Jul 2023 17 Sep 2023 ... that the tenor Graham Clark appeared at the Bayreuth Festival in 16 seasons, portraying the characters Loge and Mime in the 1988 Ring cycle?
Violeta Hemsy de Gainza 25 Jan 1929 7 Jul 2023
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky 10 Dec 1933 10 Jul 2023 27 Jul 2023 ... that in 1973 Luten Petrowsky (pictured) played the saxophone in a quartet that made the first record with jazz musicians from both East and West Germany?
Christian Quadflieg 11 Apr 1945 16 Jul 2023
Valentin Gheorghiu 21 Mar 1928 17 Jul 2023
Heide Simonis 4 Jul 1943 12 Jul 2023
Silvana Lattmann 8 Nov 1918 19 Jul 2023
Martin Walser 24 Mar 1927 28 Jul 2023
Nancy Van de Vate 30 Dec 1930 29 Jul 2023
Mariana Sîrbu 1948 or 1949 1 Aug 2023
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse 30 Jul 1929 5 Aug 2023
Renata Scotto 24 Feb 1934 16 Aug 2023
Berit Lindholm 18 Oct 1934 12 Aug 2023 30 Aug 2023
Gloria Coates 10 Oct 1933 19 Aug 2023
Robert Hale 22 Aug 1933 23 Aug 2023 14 Oct 2023 ... that when Robert Hale performed as Wagner's Wotan in Washington, a reviewer noted that he commanded "the spirit, from tragic grandeur to ironic detachment, from flooding tenderness to grim rage"?
Milka Stojanović 13 Jan 1937 1 Sep 2023
Walter Arlen 31 Jul 1920 2 Sep 2023
Anatol Ugorski 28 Sep 1942 5 Sep 2023
Margherita Rinaldi 12 Jan 1935 7 Sep 2023
Stephen Gould 24 Jan 1962 19 Sep 2023 7 Feb 2024 ... that Stephen Gould performed three roles at the 2022 Bayreuth Festival: Tannhäuser, Siegfried and Tristan, earning him nicknames such as "Iron Man"?
Felix Ayo 1 Jul 1933 24 Sep 2023
François Glorieux 27 Aug 1932 23 Sep 2023 29 Nov 2023 (new) ... that François Glorieux was a Belgian pianist and improvisor, conductor of the BBC Radio Orchestra and Stan Kenton's band, and arranger for Michael Jackson?
Russell Sherman 25 Mar 1930 30 Sep 2023
Claus Wisser 30 Jun 1942 4 Oct 2023 30 Jun 1918 ... that Claus Wisser founded the services company Wisag, and co-founded the Rheingau Musik Festival which staged a concert of Orff's Carmina Burana for his 60th birthday?
Jacqueline Dark 1967 4 Oct 2023
Maurice Bourgue 6 Nov 1939 6 Oct 2023
Reiner Goldberg 17 Oct 1939 7 Oct 2023
Jorge Lavelli 11 Nov 1932 9 Oct 2023
Hatto Beyerle 20 Jun 1933 15 Oct 2023
Carmen Petra Basacopol 5 Sep 1926 15 Oct 2023
Carla Bley 11 May 1936 17 Oct 2023
István Láng 1 Mar 1933 23 Oct 2023
Zdeněk Mácal 8 Jan 1936 25 Oct 2023
Lea Ackermann 2 Feb 1937 31 Oct 2023 23 Nov 2023 ... that Lea Ackermann (pictured), a German nun of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, fought against forced prostitution and sex tourism in East Africa?
Ryland Davies 9 Feb 1943 5 Nov 2023 9 Jan 2024 ... that a 1974 recording of Mozart's Così fan tutte with Ryland Davies as Ferrando was used in a 1995 film by the Salzburg Marionette Theatre?
Harald Heckmann 6 Dec 1924 5 Nov 2023
Claude Kahn 9 Nov 1935 17 Nov 2023
Colette Maze 16 Jun 1914 19 Nov 2023
Douglas Ahlstedt 16 Mar 1945 24 Nov 2023
Medea Amiranashvili 10 Oct 1935 2 Dec 2023
Wolfgang Wieland 16 Mar 1948 5 Dec 2023
Gunther Emmerlich 18 Sep 1944 19 Dec 2023
Rebekka Habermas 3 Jul 1959 21 Dec 2023
Heike Matthiesen 27 Jun 1964 22 Dec 2023
Hermann Baumann 1 Aug 1934 29 Dec 2023
Chris Karrer 20 Jan 1946 2 Jan 2024
Tamara Milashkina 13 Sep 1934 10 Jan 2024 23 Apr 2013 ... that the Soviet soprano Tamara Milashkina performed Tchaikowsky operas alongside her husband Vladimir Atlantov at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1975?
Romuald Twardowski 17 Jun 1930 13 Jan 2024
Gerd Uecker 15 Sep 1946 17 Jan 2024
Ewa Podleś 26 Apr 1952 19 Jan 2024
Oskar Negt 1 Aug 1934 2 Feb 2024
Helga Paris 21 May 1938 5 Feb 2024
Seiji Ozawa 1 Sep 1935 6 Feb 2024
Alfred Grosser 1 Feb 1925 7 Feb 2024
Johanna von Koczian 30 Oct 1933 10 Feb 2024
Ladislav Burlas 3 Apr 1927 11 Feb 2024 3 Apr 2024 ... that Ladislav Burlas, a musicologist at the Slovak Academy of Sciences for almost 40 years, wrote more than 150 works during his career?
Ira von Fürstenberg 17 Apr 1940 19 Feb 2024
Rudolf Jansen 19 Jan 1940 12 Feb 2024
Gabriela Grillo 19 Aug 1952 25 Feb 2024
Günther Leib 12 Apr 1927 3 Mar 2024 8 Aug 2018 ... that Günther Leib, who often sang at the Halle Handel Festival, was called a "first rate Beckmesser" by The New York Times when he first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera?
Françoise Garner 17 October 1933 7 Mar 2024
Guy Touvron 15 Feb 1950 9 Mar 2024
Aribert Reimann 4 Mar 1936 9 Mar 2024 22 Aug 2017 ... that Aribert Reimann composed Medea for the Vienna State Opera, based on the drama by Franz Grillparzer?
Maurizio Pollini 5 Jan 1942 23 Mar 2024 24 Feb 2019 ... that ... sofferte onde serene ... ("serene waves suffered") is a composition for piano and tape written by Luigi Nono in collaboration with pianist Maurizio Pollini?
Péter Eötvös 2 Jan 1944 24 Mar 2024 28 Oct 2018 ... that in his opera Tri sestry (Three Sisters), composer Péter Eötvös wants the three sisters from Chekhov's play to be sung by countertenors?
Judith Hemmendinger 2 Oct 1922 24 Mar 2024 14 Dec 2016 ... that at age 22, Judith Hemmendinger helped rehabilitate nearly 100 child survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp, among them Elie Wiesel?
Hans Joachim Meyer 13 Oct 1936 29 Mar 2024
Notker Wolf 21 Jun 1940 2 Apr 2024
Gerhard Lohfink 29 Aug 1934 2 Apr 2024
Kalevi Kiviniemi 30 Jun 1959 3 Apr 2024
Joe Viera 4 Sep 1932 7 Apr 2024
Michael Boder 9 Nov 1958 7 Apr 2024
Dieter Rexroth 6 May 1941 9 Apr 2024
Samuel Kummer 10 Mar 1938 13 Apr 2024 30 May 2024 ... that for his first recital as the organist of the restored Frauenkirche in Dresden, Samuel Kummer chose music by Bach, Brahms, Max Reger, Louis Vierne, and Samuel Kummer?
Lorenzo Palomo 10 Mar 1938 13 Apr 2024
Andrew Davis 2 Feb 1944 20 Apr 2024
Peter Demetz 21 Oct 1922 30 Apr 2024 5 Jun 2024 ... that Peter Demetz, who taught German literature at Yale University from 1956 to 1991, was born in Prague where he was persecuted under the Nazis and escaped the Communist regime in 1949?
Gerhard Müller 10 May 1929 10 May 2024
Willi Brokmeier 8 Apr 1928 18 May 2024 22 Sep 2021 ... that Willi Brokmeier, who participated in the world premiere of Die Soldaten at the Cologne Opera, appeared as Beethoven's Jaquino on a tour to Japan?
Rolf-Ernst Breuer 3 Nov 1937 22 May 2024
Hugues Gall 18 Mar 1940 25 May 2024
Alexander Lang 24 Sep 1941 31 May 2024
Jürgen Moltmann 8 Apr 1926 3 Jun 2024
Éric Tappy 19 May 1931 11 Jun 2024
Jodie Devos 10 Oct 1988 16 Jun 2024
Gerhard Klingenberg 11 May 1929 18 Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 ... that during his tenure as the manager of Austria's Burgtheater from 1971 to 1976, Gerhard Klingenberg often directed plays with analogies of a divided Europe?
Lothar Gall 3 Dec 1936 20 Jun 2024
Margarita Voites 30 Oct 1936 20 Jun 2024
Lando Bartolini 11 Apr 1937 28 Jun 2024
Martti Wallén 20 Nov 1948 29 Jun 2024
Liana Isakadze 2 Aug 1946 5 Jul 2024
Marina Kondratyeva 1 Feb 1934 8 Jul 2024
Thomas Hoepker 10 Jun 1936 10 Jul 2024
Ruth Hesse 18 Sep 1936 13 Jul 2024 2 Jun 2019 ... that a critic at The Musical Times described Ruth Hesse's performance as the Nurse in Die Frau ohne Schatten as "tirelessly ingenious"?
Sarah Gibson 21 May 1986 14 Jul 2024 8 Aug 2024 ... that Sarah Gibson, who formed a piano duo with Thomas Kotcheff, composed warp & weft inspired by the art of Miriam Schapiro, to be played today by the BBC Philharmonic at The Proms?
April Cantelo 2 Apr 1928 16 Jul 2024
Eugene Sârbu 6 Sep 1950 21 Jul 2024
Jerzy Artysz 18 Nov 1928 22 Jul 2024 28 Aug 2024 ... that Jerzy Artysz was given a gala concert on his 70th birthday by the Chopin University of Music?
Elena Mauti Nunziata 28 Aug 1946 22 Jul 2024
Wolfgang Rihm 13 Mar 1952 27 Jul 2024 26 Aug 2024 ... that Wolfgang Rihm said of the music of his 1987 opera Oedipus: "Sound is a weapon here – or a scalpel?" (earlier: Die Hamletmaschine (opera), Dionysos
Jürgen Ahrend 28 Apr 1930 1 Aug 2024
Antônio Meneses 23 Aug 1957 3 Aug 2024
Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez 17 Sep 1949 4 Aug 2024
Kasper König 21 Nov 1943 9 Aug 2024
Celestina Casapietra 23 Aug 1938 10 Aug 2024 24 May 2019 ... that Celestina Casapietra, an Italian soprano at the Berlin State Opera, and the conductor Herbert Kegel were regarded as the glamour couple of the GDR in the 1960s?
Maryvonne Le Dizès 25 Jun 1940 9 Aug 2024 3 Oct 2024 ... that Maryvonne Le Dizès commissioned a trio for saxophone, trombone and violin during her time as a violinist with the Ensemble intercontemporain?
Christof Nel 7 Apr 1944 6 Aug 2024 10 Nov 2019 ... that Christof Nel staged the world premiere of Thomas Brasch's play Rotter and the first production in German of Aulis Sallinen's opera Kullervo?
Alexander Goehr 10 Aug 1932 26 Aug 2024 1 Nov 2016 ... that the opera Behold the Sun by Alexander Goehr, about the Anabaptists in Münster, was premiered in an abridged version in German, but the BBC aired it in full in English?
Friedrich Schorlemmer 16 May 1944 9 Sep 2024
Caterina Valente 14 Apr 1931 9 Sep 2024
Beppe Menegatti 6 Sep 1929 17 Sep 2024
Benny Golson 27 Jan 1928 21 Sep 2024
Norbert Lohfink 28 Jul 1928 23 Sep 2024
Siegfried Lorenz 30 Aug 1945 24 Aug 2024 12 Feb 2018 ... that Siegfried Lorenz, the first lyrical baritone of the Berlin State Opera, recorded 151 songs by Schubert and sang "with an enviable control of line and dynamics", according to Alan Blyth?
Michael Sladek 27 Jan 1928 24 Sep 2024
Stoika Milanova 5 Aug 1945 29 Sep 2024
Rohan de Saram 9 March 1939 29 Sep 2024 plan ... that Sequenza XIV for solo cello by Luciano Berio, in 2002 the last work in a series begun in 1958, was inspired by the artistry of Rohan de Saram including traditional Kandyan drumming?
Helmut Bauer 18 Mar 1933 5 Oct 2024 20 Nov 2024 ... that Helmut Bauer confirmed around 150,000 young people, including 500 in Tanzania?
Amaury du Closel 6 Feb 1956 7 Oct 2024 25 Nov 2024 ... that Amaury du Closel founded the Forum Voix Etouffées to revive music that was suppressed by 20th-century totalitarian regimes?
Leif Segerstam 2 Mar 1944 9 Oct 2024
Barbara Owen 25 Jan 1933 14 Oct 2024
Garbis Aprikian 1926 15 Oct 2024
Janusz Olejniczak 2 Oct 1952 20 Oct 2024
Walter Jacob 13 Mar 1930 20 Oct 2024
Barbara Kolb 10 Feb 1939 21 Oct 2024
Edzard Reuter 16 Feb 1928 27 Oct 2024
Franz Kamphaus 2 Feb 1932 28 Oct 2024 2 Feb 2014... that Bishop Franz Kamphaus}} opposed the pope, "convinced that our way of counselling women would save the lives of many more children"?
Christine Görner 15 Jun 1930 30 Oct 2024
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