2013 In Classical Music

Events

* January 10 – Richard Dare resigns as president of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, following reports of a prior accusation of a sexual offense in 1996 and of exaggerations of his business accomplishments.
* January 16 – The Houston Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Andrés Orozco-Estrada as its next music director, effective with the 2014–2015 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.
* February 18 – The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Edward Gardner as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2015–2016 season.
* March 18 – The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Stefan Solyom as its next chief conductor, as of the 2014–2015 season.
* April 25 – Santa Fe Opera announces the appointment of Harry Bicket as its next chief conductor, effective 1 October 2013.
* May 19 – James Levine conducts his first concert after an absence of two years, with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
* June 22 – American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton wins the "Song Prize" at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.
* July 1 – Jaime Martín formally becomes principal conductor of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra.
* August 20 – The Colorado Symphony Orchestra elevates Andrew Litton from its music advisor to Music Director, with immediate effect.
* September 7 – American orchestral conductor Marin Alsop becomes the first woman to conduct the Last Night of The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
* November 29 – The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces that Bramwell Tovey is to conclude his tenure as VSO music director after the 2017–2018 season.
* December 10 – La Scala announced the appointment of Riccardo Chailly as its next music director, effective 1 January 2017 through 31 December 2022.

New works

* Hans Abrahamsen – ''Let Me Tell You'', for soprano and orchestra
*Mark Adamo – ''Aristotle''
*John Adams – Saxophone Concerto
*Thomas Ades – ''Totentanz''
*Matej Bonin – ''Mouvements''
* Benet Casablancas
**''Tres Interludios'', for orchestra
**''Obertura Festiva'', for orchestra
*Bryce Dessner – ''Murder Ballads''
*Brian Elias – ''Once Did I Breathe Another's Breath''
* Lorenzo Ferrero – ''Venice 1976 (A Parody)'', for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano
*Francesco Filidei
**''Ballata No. 3'', for piano and ensemble
**''Due Trascrizioni da Merula e Trabaci'', for string quartet
**''Poemetto'', for ensemble
**''Silence = Death (Democracy)'', for 4 percussionists
*Graham Fitkin – ''Panufnik Variations''
*Cheryl Frances-Hoad – ''Katharsis''
*Gabriela Lena Frank – ''Karnavalito No. 1''
* Philip Glass
**String Quartet No. 6
**''Two Movements for Four Pianos''
*Edward Gregson – ''Aztec Dances (concerto for flute and ensemble)'' (2010)
* Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – ''Together or Not''
*David Philip Hefti – ''Éclairs''
*Wojciech Kilar – ''A prayer to St. Therese the Little Flower'', for mixed choir a cappella
*Missy Mazzoli – ''Heartbreaker''
* Steve Reich – ''Radio Rewrite''
* Christopher Rouse
** Symphony No. 4
**'' Thunderstuck''
*Poul Ruders
**String Quartet No. 4 (2012)
**''Schrödinger's Cat'' (2012)
*Aulis Sallinen – ''Five Portraits of Women'', Op. 100
*Mark-Anthony Turnage – ''Speranza''
* Ian Venables – ''The Song of The Severn'', Op. 43
* Param Vir – ''Cave of Luminous Mind''
*Judith Weir – ''Blue-Green Hill'' (2013)

Opera

* Gerald Barry – ''The Importance of Being Earnest'': premiere staged performance, 17 March 2013, Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy
* Terence Blanchard – ''Champion''
* Raymond Deane – ''The Alma Fetish'' (2012), concert performance, Dublin, National Concert Hall, 17 September 2013
* Ivan Fischer – ''The Red Heifer''
* Philip Glass – '' The Perfect American''
* André Tchaikowsky – premiere of ''The Merchant of Venice'' at the Bregenz Festival, 18 July (opera written 1968–82)
* Šimon Voseček – ''Biedermann und die Brandstifter''

Albums

*Plácido Domingo – ''Verdi''
*Ludovico Einaudi – ''In a Time Lapse''
* Howard Goodall – ''Inspired''
*Tine Thing Helseth – ''Tine''

Musical films

*''A Late Quartet''

Deaths

* January 10 – Franz Lehrndorfer, German organist and composer, 84
* February 3 – Oscar Feltsman, Russian composer, 91
*February 8 – James DePreist, US conductor, 76
* February 15 – Antonín Kohout, Czech cellist, member of the Smetana Quartet, 93
* February 22 – Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist, 89
* February 27 – Van Cliburn, US pianist, 78
* February 28
**William Bennett, American oboist ( San Francisco Symphony), 56 (cerebral hemorrhage)
**Armando Trovajoli, Italian film composer and pianist, 95
*March 1 – Rafael Puyana, Colombian harpsichordist, 81
*March 9 – Tengiz Amirejibi, Georgian pianist. 89
*March 21 – Jean-Michel Damase, French composer, pianist, and teacher, 85
* April 4 – Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-born Australian composer, arranger and orchestra conductor, 84
*April 10 – Thomas Hemsley, English opera singer, 85
* April 13 – Stephen Dodgson, composer, 89
*April 14 – Sir Colin Davis, British conductor, 85
*April 15 – Jean-François Paillard, French classical conductor, 85
*April 22 – Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist, 82
*April 25 – Jacob Avshalomov, Chinese-born American conductor and composer, 94
*May 6 – Steve Martland, British composer, 53
* May 8 – Delia Rigal, Argentine operatic soprano, 92
*May 9 – Michael Earl, British opera and ballet actor, 84
*May 15 – Albert Lance – Harold Shapero, American composer and pianist, 93
*May 20 – Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer, 66
*May 22 – Henri Dutilleux, French composer, 97
*June 1 – Paul Olefsky, US cellist ( Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra), 87
*June 2
**Mario Bernardi

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