2007 in classical music
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- January 1 — George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Commonwealth New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame. Imogen Cooper and John Rutter are appointed CBE.[1]
- February – A lightning strike severely damages the ageing organ at Llandaff Cathedral, which has to be replaced.[2]
- February 26 – Gramophone magazine reports on its website a confession by William Barrington-Coupe that he released recordings by other pianists under the name of his wife Joyce Hatto, claiming that she was unaware of the deception.[3]
- April 29 – The first precollege music conservatory for the Arab-speaking population of Israel opens in Shfaram.[4]
- May 16–20 – The European Festival of Youth Choirs is held in Basel, Switzerland.
- 4–August 11 – The Three Choirs Festival is held at Gloucester, with a programme including Benjamin Britten's War Requiem and Mahler's Symphony No 8.[5]
- 24 August – The Faenol Festival in North Wales, masterminded by Bryn Terfel, opens with a concert featuring Girls Aloud. Other artists appearing during the weekend include Rebecca Evans, Carlos Alvarez, and Michael Ball.[6]
- September 22–29 – The 35th North Wales International Music Festival is held at St Asaph.
- November 9 – At the Hindu Novemberfest, Carnatic vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan and Western Classical pianist Anil Srinivasan première tracks from their collaborative album Colour of Rain.[7]
New works
The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.
A
- Kalevi Aho – Oboe Concerto[8]
- Lera Auerbach – Symphony No. 1 "Chimera"
B
C
D
E
F
- Lorenzo Ferrero – Fantasy Suite, for flute, violoncello and piano
G
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Ravvedimento, for cello and four guitars
- In Tempus Praesens, concert for violin and orchestra
H
- Nigel Hess – Piano Concerto
I
J
K
- Wojciech Kilar – Symphony No. 5 Advent Symphony, for choir and orchestra or instrumental ensemble
L
- Claude Ledoux – Canto a due for B♭ clarinet and cello
M
N
O
P
- Martijn Padding – And Trees Would Sing, for counter tenor/high tenor and trombone quartet
- Brice Pauset – Vier variationen, for flute, percussion, piano and string trio
Q
R
S
- Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klang[10]
- Balance, for flute, English horn, and bass clarinet
- Glück (Bliss), for oboe, English horn, and bassoon
- Hoffnung (Hope), for violin, viola, and cello
- Glanz (Brilliance), for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and viola
- Treue (Fidelity), for E-flat clarinet, basset horn, and bass clarinet
- Erwachen (Awakening), for soprano saxophone, trumpet, and cello
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Opera premieres
- Alice in Wonderland (Unsuk Chin, David Henry Hwang; June 30)[11]
- Appomattox (Philip Glass, Christopher Hampton; October 5)[12]
- Frau Margot (Thomas Pasatieri, Frank Corsaro; June 2)[13]
- Monkey: Journey to the West (Chen Shi-Zheng, Damon Albarn; 28 June)[14]
Ballet
Albums
Musical films
Deaths
- January 1 – Julius Hegyi, American conductor, 83[20]
- January 3 – János Fürst, Hungarian conductor and violinist, 71[21]
- January 21 – Mina Foley, New Zealand coloratura soprano, 76[22]
- January 28 – Karel Svoboda, Czech songwriter and composer, 68 (suicide)[23]
- December 5 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German avant-garde composer, 79[24]
- December 16 – Harald Genzmer, German composer and academic, 98[25]