Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Recent deaths

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