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2023 in classical music

Overview of the events of 2023 in classical music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.

A

  • Julian Anderson – ECHOES[200]
  • Mark Andre – Echographien 4 [201]
  • Newton Armstrong – The Book of the Sediments'[203]

B

  • Joanna Bailie – 1979'[206]
  • Olivia Belli – Limina Luminis[209]
  • Laura Bowler – Advert[210]
  • Lee Bradshaw – Resolve (for string quartet)[211]
  • Linda Buckley – Mallacht[215]
  • Arturas Bumšteinas – Stand-by for Minna[216]

C

  • Griiffin Candey – What I Didn't Know Before (text by Ada Limón)[217]
  • Anne Cawrse – Dare to Declare (marimba concerto)[218]
  • Ryan Chase – Piano Quintet[219]
  • Ke-Chia Chen – Ebbs and Flows[220]
  • Douglas J. Cuomo – Proverb[222]
  • Jonathan Cziner – Nifrach[223]

D

  • Steven Daverson – La Nitroglycérine des Lumières[216]
  • Taylor Scott Davis
  • Angharad Davies – Empty Spaces[216]
  • Justin Dello Joio – Oceans Apart (Concerto for Piano and Orchestra)[226]
  • Bernd Richard Deutsch – Con moto[106]

E

  • Rufus Isabel Elliot – the stones in the river by our camp in the forest / the space on the ground where we lay[215]
  • Amir ElSaffar – Dhikra[228]
  • Randall Eng – Miracles (text by Walt Whitman)[217]
  • Peter Eötvös – LIGETIDYLL[229]
  • Peter Evans – Animations[230]

F

  • Mary Finsterer
    • MYSTERIUM I[231]
    • Stabat Mater ad Honorem Beatæ Mariæ Virginis[232]
  • Alissa Firsova – A Spell for Creation [197]
  • Bohdana Frolyak – Let There Be Light[108]

G

  • Álvaro Gallegos – Oración a Maria Goretti[233]
  • Jannik Giger – Troisième œil'[234]
  • Maria Grenfell – Bitter Tears (for piano trio)[235]

H

  • Sadie Harrison – The River Dreams of Winter (first public performance)[237]
  • Alex Ho (music) and Elayce Ismail (text) – The Glass Eye[240]
  • David Horne – Different Ghosts (Clarinet Quintet)[237]
  •  Toshio Hosokawa – Invisible Angels[241]
  • Jack Hughes – Three Ways of Getting There[242]
  • Oswald Huỳnh – Then, as if breathing, the sea swelled beneath us[243]

I

J

K

  • Elena Kats-Chernin – Violin Concerto[245]
  • Guillermo Klein – The Kingdom[242]
  • Noriko Koide – Güiro Güiro[247]

L

  • Catherine Lamb – Portions Transparent/Opaque[249]
  • Thomas Larcher – String Quartet No. 5 ("Out of the Bluest Blue")[251]
  • Ingrid Laubrock – Thinking Holes[230]
  • James Lee III
    • Visions of Cahokia[252]
    • Breaths of Universal Longings[253]
  • George E. Lewis – Weathering[242]
  • Sarah Lianne Lewis – The Sky Didn't Fall[255]
  • José Lezcano – Concierto Hispanoamericano[256]
  • Lei Liang – Silk and Bamboo Concerto[257]
  • Magnus Lindberg – Quintet for Piano and Winds[219]
  • Ryan Lindveit – Small Things[219]
  • Giulia Lorusso – Grain / Stream[258]
  • May Lyon – Forces of Nature[259]

M

  • Philipp Maintz – liebeslieder. fünf lieder auf gedichte von elisabeth plessen[260]
  • Jessie Marino – Murder Ballads: Volume II - The Positive Reinforcement Campaign[261]
  • Christian Mason (music) and Paul Griffiths (text) – The Singing Tree [262]
  • Scott McLaughlin – The Dirac Sea: Folds in continuous fields[215]
  • Bart Michiels – De Profundis[265]
  • Cassandra Miller
    • I cannot love without trembling (viola concerto)[266]
    • The City, Full of People[267]
    • Swim[268]
  • David Moliner
  • Reinaldo Moya – Rise (for cello and orchestra)[272]

N

  • Angélica Negrón – Arquitecta[273]
  • Lisa Neher – A Sonnet at the Edge of the Reef (text by Craig Santos Perez)[217]
  • Edward Newton-Rex – I Stand in the Library[224]
  • Ailís Ní Ríain – The Land Grows Weary of its Own[197]
  •  Akira Nishimura – Triple Concerto (“Dream of Butterfly”) [274]
  • Jesper Nordin – Convergence (violin concerto)[275]

O

  • Kris Oelbrandt – Psalm 125[265]

P

  • Younghi Pagh-Paan – Frau, warum weinst du? Wen suchst du?[278]
  • Joseph Phibbs – Flame and Shadow[280]
  • Paul Pinto – The Approach[281]
  • Victoria Vita Polevá – The Bell (Symphony No. 4 for Cello and Orchestra)[282]

Q

R

  • Éliane Radigue and Carol Robinson – Occam Océan Cinquanta[284]
  • Jüri Reinvere – On the Ship of Fools[286]
  • Alexey Retinsky – La Commedia für Orchester [201]
  • Damien Ricketson – Hectic Tulips[287]
  • Colin Riley – Hearing Places[288]
  • Matana Roberts – Elegy for Tyre: "Welcome to the World through my eyes..."[284]

S

  • Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini –- Orkus[289]
  • Andrew Schultz – Graceful to Galloping (bassoon concerto)[290]
  • Jay Schwartz – Theta[291]
  • Bakudi Scream – In My Heart, And Still[258]
  • Charlotte Seither
    • glashaus[292]
    • Spurenelemente for Inside Piano[292]
  • Elnaz Seyedi (music) and Anja Kampmann (text) – Dunst - als käme alles zurück [293]
  • Sean Shepherd – An Einem Klaren Tag – On a Clear Day (texts by Ulla Hahn)[294]
  • Carlos Simon
    • Four Black American Dances[295]
    • Songs of Separation (text by Coleman Barks)[296]
  • Derrick Skye – Nova Plexus[297]
  • Angela Elizabeth Slater – Where skies aflame[219]
  • Gabriella Smith – Lost Coast (cello concerto version)[298]
  • Tyshawn Sorey – For Ross Gay [230]
  • Miroslav Srnka – Superorganisms[299]
  • Christopher Stark – Other Pines[219]

T

  • Craig Taborn – Busy Griefs and Endangered Charms[301]
  • Steven Kazuo Takasugi – Concerto for Piano, Orchestra and Electronics[278]
  • Outi Tarkiainen – Milky Ways (English horn concerto)[303]
  • Iris ter Schiphorst (music) and Felicitas Hoppe (text) – Was wird hier eigentlich gespielt? Doppelbiographie des 21sten Jahrhunderts [293]
  • Louisa Trewartha – Weave Magic Secrets[308]

U

  • Motoki Ueda
    • Dreams of Vague Memories[309]
    • Reliving the Imagination[309]

V

  • Rick van Veldhuizen – Magyar újrakeverés[310]
  • Francesca Verunelli – Tune and Retune II [278]

W

  • Lotta Wennäkoski – Prosoidia (violin concerto)[311]
  • Trevor Weston – American Lamentations[312]
  • James B. Wilson – Eden[314]

X

Y

  • Nina C. Young
    • Out of whose womb came the ice (text by Young and David Tinervia)[242]
    • Traces (violin concerto)[316]
  • Joji Yuasa – Locus of the Orchestra[317]

Z

  • Aaron Zigman (music), Mark Campbell and Brock Walsh (text) – Émigré[318]
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Major awards

Grammy Awards

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Caroline ShawEvergreen; Attacca Quartet (Nonesuch)
  • Best Choral Performance: Michael Gilbertson and Edie Hill – Born; The Crossing, Donald Nally, conductor (Navona Records)
  • Best Classical Compendium: Kitt Wakeley – An Adoption Story
  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Letters for the Future (works by Jennifer Higdon and Kevin Puts); Time for Three, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Xian Zhang (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Kevin Puts – Contact; Time for Three, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Xian Zhang (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene; Renée Fleming and Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Decca Classics)
  • Best Opera Recording: Terence Blanchard and Kasi LemmonsFire Shut Up In My Bones; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, Walter Russell III; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (David Frost, producer)
  • Best Engineered Album, Classical: Mason Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique – The Making of the Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Edwin Outwater, conductor; Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post and Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Sony)
  • Best Orchestral Performance: Works by Florence Price, Valerie Coleman and Jessie Montgomery; New York Youth Symphony, Michelle Cann, piano, Michael Repper, conductor (Avie)
  • Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman[453]

Victoires de la musique classique 2023

  • Soliste instrumental: Bertrand Chamayou
  • Artiste lyrique: Marina Viotti
  • Révélation, soliste instrumental: Aurélien Pascal
  • Révélation, artiste lyrique: Alexandra Marcellier
  • Révélation, chef d’orchestre: Victor Jacob, Lucie Leguay
  • Composer: Fabien Waksman – L’Île du temps (concerto for accordion & orchestra; from Warner Classics album J’ai deux amours)
  • Recording: Johann Sebastian Bach – Matthäus-Passion (Pygmalion. Raphaël Pichon)

2023 Gramophone Classical Music Awards

  • Choral: John Cage – Choral works; Latvian Radio Choir / Sigvards Kļava (Ondine)
  • Concerto: Elgar – ‘Viola Concerto’ / Bloch - Suite For Viola and Orchestra; Timothy Ridout, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (harmonia mundi)
  • Chamber: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintets No 3 (K. 515) and No 4 (K. 516); Ébène Quartet with Antoine Tamestit (Erato)
  • Concept Album: '‘Battle Cry: She Speaks'’; Helen Charlston and Toby Carr (Delphian)
  • Contemporary: Lotta Wennäkoski – Sigla / Flounce / Sedecim; Sivan Magen, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (Ondine)
  • Early Music: Ludwig Daser – Polyphonic Masses; Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
  • Instrumental: Bartók, Eötvös, Ligeti, Veress: Music for Solo Violin and Viola; Nurit Stark (BIS)
  • Opera: Michael TippettThe Midsummer Marriage; Robert Murray, Rachel Nicholls, Ashley Riches, Jennifer France, Toby Spence, Claire Barnett-Jones, Susan Bickley, Joshua Bloom; English National Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Edward Gardner (LPO)
  • Orchestral: Carl Nielsen – Symphonies Nos 4 ('The Inextinguishable') and 5; Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Piano: Karol Szymanowski – Piano Works; Krystian Zimerman (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Song: Gabriel Fauré – Complete Songs; Cyrille Dubois and Tristan Raës (Aparté)
  • Spatial Audio: Richard WagnerDie Walküre, James King, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig, Régine Crespin, Gottlob Frick et al., Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Georg Solti (Decca)
  • Voice and Ensemble: Rivales; Véronique Gens, Sandrine Piau, Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin (Alpha)
  • Recording of the Year: Carl Nielsen – Symphonies Nos 4 ('The Inextinguishable') and 5; Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Lifetime Achievement: Dame Felicity Lott
  • Label of the Year: BIS Records
  • Young Artist of the Year: Stella Chen – ‘Stella x Schubert’ (Schubert: Fantasie, D.934; Rondo brillant, D. 895; 'Sei mir gegrüsst', D. 741; 'Ständchen', D. 920); Stella Chen and Henry Kramer (Platoon)
  • Artist of the Year: Véronique Gens
  • Orchestra of the Year: Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

2023 Ivors Classical Awards

  • Best Chamber Ensemble Composition: Thomas Adès – Növények
  • Best Choral Composition: Ben Nobuto – Sol
  • Best Community and Composition Competition: Dobrinka Tabakova – Swarm Fanfares
  • Best Large Ensemble Competition: Hannah Kendall – shouting forever into the receiver
  • Best Orchestral Composition: Brett Dean – Cello Concerto
  • Best Small Chamber Composition: Josephine Stephenson – Comme l’espoir/you might all disappear
  • Best Sound Art: Olivia Loulel – LOL
  • Best Stage Work: Brian Irvine – Least Like the Other: Searching for Rosemary Kennedy
  • Academy Fellowship: John Rutter
  • Outstanding Works Collection: Tansy Davies
  • Innovation Award: Matthew Herbert[454]
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