2017 in classical music explained
This article lists major events and other topics related to the year 2017 in classical music.
Events
- 1 January – Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New Year's Day concert of the Vienna Philharmonic for the first time, the youngest conductor in the history of this event.[1] He also conducted the Vienna Philharmonic concerts of this same programme on 30 December 2016 and 31 December 2016.
- 5 January – The Royal Danish Opera announces that its artistic director, Sven Müller, is to stand down from the post in the summer of 2017, 3 years ahead of the previously scheduled conclusion of his contract in 2020.[2]
- 11 January
- 12 January – The City of London Corporation announces a pledge of £2.5M to a feasibility study, previously halted in November 2016, for a proposed new London concert hall.[7]
- 13 January – The Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst announces the appointment of Francesco Angelico as the next Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Hessischen Staatstheater Kassel, effective with the 2017–2018 season.[8]
- 17 January – The American Composers Orchestra announces the appointment of Edward Yim as its next president, effective 21 February 2017.[9]
- 18 January
- Scottish Opera announces the winners of its 'Opera Sparks 2018' competition:
- Henry McPherson – Maud
- Lewis Murphy and Laura Attridge – untitled work
- Matthew Whiteside and Helene Grøn – Little Black Lies
- The Ojai Music Festival announces that Patricia Kopatchinskaja is to be the festival's music director in 2018, ahead of her originally scheduled season in 2020. Kopatchinskaja replaces Esa-Pekka Salonen, the originally scheduled music director for 2018, who withdrew from his scheduled appointment because of his composition schedule.[10]
- 20 January
- The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Kahchun Wong as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season.[11]
- Eugene Opera announces the suspension of the remainder of its season, because of lack of funds.[12]
- 22 January – Simultaneous announcements by the Shanghai Symphony, the Guangzhou Symphony, and the China Philharmonic Orchestras report the cancellation of scheduled concert appearances with Korean soprano Sumi Jo, without formal explanation. This follows a comparable announcement from the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra of the replacement of Korean pianist Kun-woo Paik for a scheduled March 2017 concert. The political context has been reported to concern political tensions between the South Korean and Chinese governments with respect to the planned deployment of the Thaad missile-defence system by the South Korean government.[13]
- 24 January
- The University Musical Society of the University of Michigan announces the appointment of Matthew VanBesien as its next president, effective July 2017.[14]
- The New York Philharmonic announces that Matthew VanBesien is to step down as its president in the spring of 2017, one year ahead of his scheduled contract date of 2018, to take up the post of president of the University Musical Society of the University of Michigan.[15]
- 25 January
- The London Festival of Baroque Music announces that Lindsay Kemp is to stand down as artistic director, and Lucy Bending is to stand down as festival manager, in May 2017, at the conclusion of the 2017 festival.[16]
- The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center announces its award of the 2017 Elise L. Stoeger Prize, for contributions to chamber music composition, to Huw Watkins.[17]
- 26 January
- 29 January – The Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim complete their live concert cycle of the symphonies of Anton Bruckner at Carnegie Hall, the first live Bruckner symphony cycle ever performed in the USA.[20] The cycle began on 19 January 2017, and the 20 January 2017 concert also marked the 60th anniversary of Barenboim's first appearance at Carnegie Hall.
- 2 February
- Graz Opera announces the appointment of Oksana Lyniv as its next Generalmusikdirektorin (GMD), effective with the 2017–2018 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.[21]
- The Duisburger Philharmoniker announces the appointment of Axel Kober as its interim chief conductor, scheduled through September 2019.[22]
- The Boston Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of James Burton as the new conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and as the newly created BSO Choral Director, both with immediate effect.[23]
- North Carolina Opera announces the scheduled departure of its artistic and music director, Timothy Myers, at the end of September 2017.[24]
- 3 February
- A report in Le Figaro states that the Belvédère-musée Maurice Ravel in Montfort-l'Amaury has been suddenly closed, for an indefinite period, and that its custodian, Madame Claude Moreau, was dismissed by the town authorities on 1 February 2017, both without advance notice.[25]
- The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Otto Tausk as its next music director, effective 1 July 2018.[26]
- 4 February – Chicago Opera Theater announces that Andreas Mitisek is to stand down as its general director at the expiration of his contract in September 2017. Douglas Clayton, the current executive director of the company, is to replace Mitisek in the post.[27]
- 5 February
- The Budapest Festival Orchestra gives the first concert of its 2017 United States tour at Lincoln Center in New York City, following the initial denial of entry of one of the orchestra's musicians into the US in the aftermath of Executive Order 13769.[28]
- The inaugural Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition announces its inaugural first-prize winner, Sirena Huang.[29]
- 7 February – Grand Rapids Opera announces the appointment of James Meena as its next artistic director, effective with the 2017–2018 season.[30]
- 8 February – Musicians from the Seattle Symphony perform a concert of music by composers from, and featuring musicians born in, several of the seven nations mentioned in Executive Order 13769, in protest against the executive order.[31] [32]
- 10 February – The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival announces composer Samy Moussa as the recipient of its Hindemith Prize for 2017.[33]
- 13 February
- The European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO) announces its intention to relocate to AMUZ (Augustinus Muziekzentrum), Antwerp, in 2018, in the wake of the Brexit referendum. In parallel, the EUBO announces its plan to discontinue the EUBO Mobile Baroque Academy (EMBA) project at the end of March 2017.[34]
- Fort Worth Opera announces the departure of Darren K. Woods as the company's general director, with immediate effect.[35]
- 20 February – The inaugural Basel Composition Competition announces its inaugural prize winners:[36]
- First prize: Víctor Ibarra – In memoriam
- Second prize: Pasquale Corrado – After last October
- Third prize: Hannah Hanbiel Choi – Hide and seek
- 21 February – Fresno Grand Opera (FGO) and Townsend Opera announce the departure of Matthew Townsend as general director of both opera companies, effective 28 February 2017. In parallel, FGO music director Ryan Murray is to become artistic director of the two opera companies, and Matthew Altamura is to become managing director of FGO.[37]
- 25 February
- News articles in Austrian media report that composer Klaus Lang was denied entry to the US, where he had intended to attend rehearsals and a concert featuring his work missa beati pauperes spiritu. Lang postulated that this entry denial was because of a 2013 visit that he made to Iran, one of the seven countries named in Executive Order 13769.[38]
- Calgary Opera announces that Bob McPhee, its general director, is to retire effective 3 March 2017.[39]
- 28 February – The St Paul's Cathedral Choir announces the appointment of Carris Jones to its roster, the first female chorister in the choir's recorded history, effective 1 September 2017, as alto vicar choral.[40]
- 1 March – Birmingham Conservatoire and Birmingham School of Acting announce that the two institutions are to merge, effective September 2017.[41]
- 2 March
- The Academy of Ancient Music announces the appointment of Alexander Van Ingen as its new chief executive.[42]
- The BBC announces the appointment of Neil Ferris as the new chorus director of the BBC Symphony Chorus, effective May 2017. In parallel, Grace Rossiter is to join the chorus as deputy chorus director.[43]
- 4 March – The first concert at the new Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin takes place, under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.[44]
- 7 March
- 56 years after being denied the opportunity to perform as a piano soloist with the Cape Town Philharmonic in the Piano Concerto No 23 of Mozart, because of his 'coloured' status under apartheid racial policies, Reggie Dreyer, a retired school teacher in South Africa, performs the same concerto with current musicians of the Cape Town Philharmonic at a lunchtime concert at the Artscape Theatre Centre.[45]
- Fresno Grand Opera announces cancellation of the remainder of its 2016–2017 season and its intention to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The day before, 6 March, the board of Fresno Grand Opera announced the termination of its contract with company music director Ryan Murray.[46]
- 8 March – New Music Scotland presented the inaugural Scottish Awards for New Music:[47]
- Achievement in New Music: Allie Robertson
- Award for Community / Education Project: Drake Music Scotland – 'Wagner's School of Cool'
- Large Scale Work: Helen Grime – Two Eardley Pictures: Catterline in Winter and Snow
- New Music Performer(s) of the Year: Red Note Ensemble
- Recorded New Work: Robert Irvine, Songs and Lullabies (Delphian Records)
- Small/medium Scale Work: David Fennessy – Panopticon
- 9 March – The Stadttheater Klagenfurt announces the appointment of Nicholas Carter as the new chief conductor of both the Stadttheater Klagenfurt and its resident orchestra, the Kärntnersinfonieorchester, effective September 2018, with an initial contract of 3 years.[48]
- 15 March – The New York Philharmonic announces the appointment of Deborah Borda as its next president and chief executive officer, her scheduled second tenure in the posts, effective 1 September 2017.[49]
- 17 March – The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra announces that its music director, André Raphel, is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the end of the 2017–2018 season.[50]
- 22 March – The MDR announces that Kristjan Järvi is to conclude his tenure as chief conductor of the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra after the close of the 2017–2018 season.[51]
- 23 March – The Rossini Opera Festival announces the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI as its new principal orchestra, following the withdrawal of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna.[52]
- 25 March – The Memphis Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Robert Moody as its next music director, effective with the 2017–2018 season, with an initial contract of 6 seasons.[53]
- 27 March – The Théâtre du Capitole announces the appointment of Christophe Ghristi as its next artistic director.[54]
- 31 March – The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony announces the appointment of Andrei Feher as its next music director, effective August 2018.[55]
- 3 April – DeFilharmonie announces its renaming as the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.[56]
- 4 April – A news report indicates that the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra has postponed a scheduled concert for the summer of 2017 that had a composition by Hooshyar Khayam on the programme, because of uncertainty on Khayam's ability to travel to the US in the context of Executive Order 13780.[57]
- 5 April
- 7 April – The Staatskapelle Halle announces that Josep Caballé-Domenech is to stand down as its chief conductor at the conclusion of his current contract for the 2017–2018 season.[60]
- 12 April
- 18 April – Opera North announces the resignation of Aleksandar Marković as its music director, with his contract formally to terminate in July 2017, but where he is not to appear with the company for the remainder of the 2016–2017 season.[63]
- 19 April – The Opéra Royal de Wallonie announces the appointment of Speranza Scappucci as its new principal conductor, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective with the 2017–2018 season.[64]
- 20 April – Opera Australia announces the appointment of Rory Jeffes as its new chief executive officer, effective 31 July 2017.[65]
- 21 April – The Seattle Symphony announces that Ludovic Morlot is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the end of the 2018–2019 season.[66]
- 25 April
- Den Norske Opera announces that the company's music director, Karl-Heinz Steffen, is to stand down from the post at the end of his current contract in 2018.[67]
- The Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra announces suspension of its 2017–2018 season.[68]
- 26 April – The Eugene Symphony announces the appointment of Francesco Lecce-Chong as its new music director, effective 1 July 2017, with an initial contract of 4 years.[69]
- 2 May – The Leeds International Piano Competition announces that Murray Perahia is to be its new patron, effective 1 June 2017.[70]
- 3 May
- The Festival d'Île-de-France announces that it is ceasing operations.[71]
- The Orchestra of St. Luke's announces the appointment of Bernard Labadie as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 4 years.[72]
- 5 May
- 8 May – The Komische Oper Berlin announces the appointment of Ainārs Rubiķis as its next GMD, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.[75]
- 9 May
- The BBC announces the appointment of Sofi Jeannin as the next chief conductor of the BBC Singers, the first woman to be named to the post, effective July 2018.[76]
- The Deutsche Philharmonie Merck announces the appointment of Ben Palmer as its next chief conductor.[77]
- 10 May – The Juilliard School announces the appointment of Damian Woetzel as its seventh president, effective July 2018.[78]
- 11 May
- The Washington Chorus announces the appointment of Christopher Bell as its next artistic director, effective with the 2017–2018 season.[79]
- The National Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Ben Folds as its artistic adviser, effective with the 2017–2018 season, for a term of 3 seasons.[80]
- 15 May – The Swedish Chamber Orchestra announces the appointment of Martin Fröst as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.[81]
- 17 May – The Glimmerglass Festival announces the appointment of Eric Owens as its artistic advisor.[82]
- 18 May
- The Finnish National Opera and Ballet announces the appointment of Gita Kadambi as its next general director, effective January 2018. In parallel, Kadambi is to stand down from her current post as general manager of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.[83]
- The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra announces that its current president, Amy Adkins, is to stand down from the post in July 2017, to move to the position of president of the All Saints Health Foundation in Fort Worth, Texas.[84]
- 19 May – The Albany Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Anna Kuwabara as its next executive director, effective 3 July 2017.[85]
- 22 May
- The Theater St. Gallen announces the appointment of Modestas Pitrenas as its next chief conductor, effective 1 August 2018, with an initial contract of 5 years.[86]
- The Jenaer Philharmonie announces the appointment of Simon Gaudenz as its next Generalmusikdirektor, effective with the 2018–2019 season.[87]
- The Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria announces the appointment of Karel Mark Chichon as its next chief conductor and artistic director, effective with the 2017–2018 season, with an initial contract of 3.5 years.[88]
- The Cincinnati World Piano Competition announces cessation of operations, with scheduled legal dissolution of the organisation to be completed by June 2017.[89]
- The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra announces that Alexander Mickelthwate is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2017–2018 season.[90]
- The Oklahoma City Philharmonic announces the appointment of Alexander Mickelthwate as its next music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season.[91]
- 23 May – The Cleveland Orchestra announces that Robert Porco is to step down as its director choruses at the conclusion of the 2018–2019 season.[92]
- 24 May – The Grand Théâtre de Genève announces the appointment of Aviel Cahn as its next artistic director, effective with the 2019–2020 season.[93]
- 25 May
- The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) announces the appointment of Thomas Søndergård as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season. In parallel, Peter Oundjian is to conclude his music directorship of the RSNO at the close of the 2017–2018 season.[94]
- The Phoenix Chorale announces that Charles Bruffy is to conclude his tenure as its artistic director at the end of October 2017.[95]
- 29 May – Giorgio Battistelli announces his departure as artistic director of the Opera di Roma, effective 31 May 2017.[96]
- 30 May – The West Virginia Symphony announces the appointment of Lawrence Loh as its next music director.[97]
- 31 May – The Toronto Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Sir Andrew Davis as its interim artistic director for two seasons, effective with the 2017–2018 season.[98]
- 3 June – Musicians from the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, along with musicians from Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico, Sweden, and the US, perform a concert in Tijuana, Mexico, under the title '#teardownthiswall', in protest at US proposals for a border wall between Mexico and the USA.[99]
- 5 June – The National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, DC, USA) announces the appointment of Gary Ginstling as its next executive director.[100]
- 6 June – The Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Rei Hotoda as its next music director, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective with the 2017–2018 season.[101]
- 7 June
- Glyndebourne Opera announces the appointment of Nicholas Jenkins as its new chorus master, effective 4 September 2017.[102]
- The St Louis Symphony announces the appointment of Stéphane Denève as its next music director, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons. In parallel, the orchestra announces a revision to the scheduled conclusion of the tenure of David Robertson as its music director, to the conclusion of the 2017–2018 season.[103]
- 8 June – The NDR announces the appointment of Klaas Stok as the new chief conductor of the NDR Chorus, effective with the 2018–2019 season.[104]
- 9 June – The Toledo Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Alain Trudel as its next music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.[105]
- 10 June
- 12 June – Queen's Birthday Honours[108]
- 13 June – The Nordic Chamber Orchestra (Nordiska Kammarorkestern) announces the appointment of Eva Ollikainen as its next chief conductor, the first female conductor to be named to this post, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.[109]
- 14 June – The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Jonathan Martin as its next president, effective September 2017.[110]
- 15 June – The Residentie Orchestra announces the appointment of Nicholas Collon as its sole chief conductor and artistic advisor, effective 1 August 2018, in a reinstatement of the previously eliminated post with the orchestra.[111]
- 16 June – The Bremer Philharmoniker announces the appointment of Marko Letonja as its next Generalmusikdirektor (GMD), effective with the 2018–2019 season.[112]
- 19 June
- 20 June
- 21 June – Washington National Opera announces that its music director, Philippe Auguin, is to conclude his tenure with the organisation at the close of the 2017–2018 season.[117]
- 22 June – The Royal College of Music Philharmonic Orchestra presents a benefit concert for residents left homeless after the Grenfell Tower fire.[118]
- 23 June – The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra announces the appointment of Alan Gilbert as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 5 seasons.[119]
- 24 June – The Staatsoper Berlin performs the first night of the new Wim Wenders production of The Pearl Fishers, Wenders' first-ever opera as a stage director.[120]
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- The New Mexico Philharmonic announces the appointment of Roberto Minczuk as its first-ever music director, as of the 2017–2018 season.[122]
- 29 June
- 3 July – The Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Thomas Sanderling as its next chief conductor and music director, effective August 2017.[125]
- 6 July – The Orquesta de Valencia announces the appointment of Ramón Tébar as its next music director, effective 1 September 2017, with an initial contract of 4 years.[126]
- 7 July – The San Francisco Symphony announces the appointment of Mark C. Hanson as its next executive director, effective 1 September 2017.[127]
- 11 July
- The Kammeroper Rheinsberg announces that Frank Matthus is to stand down as its artistic director after the close of the 2017–2018 season.[128]
- The Macon Symphony Orchestra announces that it is to cease operations in October 2017.[129]
- 14 July – Fort Worth Opera announces the appointments of Tuomas Hiltunen as its new general director, and of Joe Illick as its new artistic director.[130]
- 19 July – The San Antonio Express-News reports that the Symphony Society of San Antonio is to cease operations over the San Antonio Symphony on 31 August 2017, and to turn over operations of the orchestra over to a new charitable organisation, Symphonic Music for San Antonio.[131]
- 21 July
- The Cecilia String Quartet announces that it is to disband after the 2017–2018 season.[132]
- Opera Tampa announces the resignation of Daniel Lipton as its artistic director, with immediate effect.[133]
- 25 July – The first night of the new Bayreuth Festival production of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg takes place, directed by Barrie Kosky, the first Jewish director ever engaged for the Bayreuth Festival in its history.[134]
- 26 July – The Sydney Symphony Orchestra announces that David Robertson is to conclude his tenure as its chief conductor at the end of December 2019.[135]
- 27 July – The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Curtis S. Long as its next president and chief executive officer, effective 1 September 2017.[136]
- 28 July – The Württembergischen Kammerorchesters Heilbronn announces the appointment of Case Scaglione as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 4 seasons.[137]
- 30 July – At The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Xian Zhang conducts the annual Prom which includes the Symphony No. 9 of Beethoven, the first woman conductor ever to do so.[138]
- 31 July – The Vienna State Opera announces the appointment of Philippe Jordan as its next music director, effective with the 2020–2021 season.[139]
- 9 August The Reverend David Ingall of the St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church in London (known as the National Musicians' Church) announces that the church is to close its hiring programme and acceptance of new bookings effective 2018.[140]
- Music Theatre Wales announces the appointment of Richard Baker as its consultant music director, with immediate effect.[141]
- 11 August – Santa Fe Opera announces that Charles MacKay is to stand down as its general director after the 2018 season.[142]
- 15 August – The Royal Philharmonic Society announces Charles Dutoit as the recipient of the 103rd RPS Gold Medal. The RPS presented Dutoit with the medal at the 17 August 2017 performance by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at The Proms, at the Royal Albert Hall.[143]
- 16 August – The Sydney Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Emma Dunch as its next chief executive officer, effective January 2018.[144]
- 20 August – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announces the cancellation of a scheduled tour by the new Venezuelan Youth Orchestra.[145]
- 26 August – Rains from Hurricane Harvey cause damage and flooding to Jones Hall, home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, and the Wortham Center, home to Houston Grand Opera.[146]
- 27 August – The Oregon Bach Festival announces the termination of the contract of Matthew Halls as its artistic director, with immediate effect.[147]
- 29 August – The Chiara String Quartet announces that the 2017–2018 season is to be its final season as an ensemble, before disbanding to pursue individual careers.[148]
- 1 September – OperaDelaware announces the appointment of Anthony Barrese as its new music director, with immediate effect.[149]
- 4 September – The Opéra de Toulon announces the appointment of Jurjen Hempel as its next music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season.[150]
- 13 September – The Orchestre national de Lorraine announces the appointment of David Reiland as its next music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season.[151]
- 18 September
- Houston Grand Opera announces that damage to its venue, the Wortham Center, from Hurricane Harvey is more extensive than previously reported, and has forced the company to shutter the venue for repairs, and to begin searching for alternative venues for season performances.[152]
- Meredith Monk is announced as the recipient of the 2017 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.[153]
- 19 September
- Janelle Gelfand, the classical music critic and journalist for The Cincinnati Enquirer and the final remaining arts writer for the newspaper, is made redundant from her position.[154]
- The Spokane Symphony announces that Eckart Preu is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2018–2019 season.[155]
- 21 September
- 25 September – Houston Grand Opera announces the location of a temporary venue for its first mainstage productions of the 2017–2018 season, Exhibition Hall A3 of the George R Brown Convention Center in Houston, with the space dubbed the 'HGO Resilience Theater'.[159]
- 27 September – The Brno Philharmonic announces the appointment of Dennis Russell Davies as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 4 seasons[160]
- 28 September – The Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and Awards announces the appointment of Pierre van der Westhuizen as its next director, effective 2 January 2018.[161]
- 30 September – Never performed complete live during the composer's lifetime, the opera Borgia Infami, with music by Harold Blumenfeld and libretto by Charles Kondek, receives its first complete performance at Washington University in St. Louis.[162]
- 3 October
- 6 October – Following $143M (USD) of renovations, Music Hall in Cincinnati reopens, with a concert by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.[165]
- 11 October
- The Stuttgarter Kammerorchester announces the appointment of Thomas Zehetmair as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.[166]
- The European Union Youth Orchestra announces its intention to relocate its administrative functions to Ferrara and Rome, Italy, in the wake of the Brexit referendum.[167]
- 12 October
- Hackney Empire announces the cancellation of its scheduled presentation of the opera The Golden Dragon by Peter Eötvös in the production by Music Theatre Wales, following protests at the lack of Asian singers in the production.[168]
- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announces the cancellation of a scheduled tour to Asia by the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, one week before the tour was scheduled to begin.[169]
- Never heard during the composer's lifetime, the Piano Concerto by Ton de Leeuw, originally composed in 1948–1949, receives its world premiere, by the Residentie Orchestra and pianist Ralph van Raat.[170]
- 13 October
- 14 October – The Sapporo Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Matthias Bamert as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.[173]
- 16 October – The Czech Philharmonic announces the appointment of Semyon Bychkov as its next chief conductor and music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season.[174]
- 17 October — The Staatsoperette Dresden announces the appointment of Kathrin Kondaurow as its new Intendantin, effective with the 2019–2020 season.[175]
- 24 October – The Staatstheater Nurnberg announces the appointment of Joana Mallwitz as its next general music director (Generalmusikdirektorin), the first female conductor to be named to this post, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.[176]
- 25 October – The Sarasota Orchestra announces that Anu Tali is to conclude her music directorship of the orchestra after the close of the 2018–2019 season.[177]
- 31 October – The San Francisco Symphony announces that Michael Tilson Thomas is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2019–2020 season, and subsequently is to take the title of music director laureate.[178]
- 3 November – The Brahms-Gesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein announces Christiane Karg as the recipient of its Brahms-Preis 2018 (Brahms Prize 2018).[179]
- 13 November
- The Konzerthausorchester Berlin announces the appointment of Christoph Eschenbach as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.[180]
- The Cathedral Choral Society (Washington, DC, USA) announces the appointment of Steven Fox as its next music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season.[181]
- 14 November – Lincoln Center announces the discontinuation of its summer Lincoln Center Festival, and that executive director Jane Moss is to assume control of summer programmes for Lincoln Center.[182]
- 16 November
- The Los Angeles Philharmonic announces the appointment of Simon Woods as its next president and chief executive officer, effective 22 January 2018.[183]
- The Seattle Symphony announces that Simon Woods is to conclude his tenure as its president and chief executive officer, as of 19 January 2018.[184]
- 17 November
- Cecilia Bartoli becomes the first woman ever to sing at the Sistine Chapel, in collaboration with the Pontifical Choir of the Sistine Chapel.[185]
- The Dallas Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Kim Noltemy as its next chief executive officer, effective 22 January 2018.[186]
- The Ojai Music Festival announces that Thomas W Morris is to retire as its artistic director after the 2019 season.[187]
- 23 November
- 27 November – The Grawemeyer Foundation announces Bent Sørensen as the recipient of the 2018 Grawemeyer Award Winner in Music, for his triple concerto L'isola della Città.[190]
- 28 November – The Association of British Orchestras (ABO) announces the election of Gavin Reid as its new chair.[191]
- 29 November – The Minnesota Orchestra announces that Kevin Smith is to stand down as its president and chief executive officer in August 2018.[192]
- 30 November – The[193]
- 1 December – The WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne announces that Jukka-Pekka Saraste is to stand down as its chief conductor at the end of the 2018–2019 season.[194]
- 3 December – The Metropolitan Opera announces the suspension of its relationship with its music director emeritus, James Levine, after allegations against Levine of past sexual misconduct.[195]
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- The Ravinia Festival announces the termination of its prior appointment of James Levine as its conductor laureate, and its severance "of all ties" with Levine, following allegations against Levine of past sexual misconduct.[195]
- 5 December – The Royal Philharmonic Society announces that Rosemary Johnson is to stand down as its executive director in the summer of 2018.[197]
- 6 December
- The Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo announces that Marin Alsop is to stand down as its chief conductor in December 2019, and subsequently to take the title of honorary conductor.[198]
- The Boston Symphony Orchestra announces its intention never again to engage its former music director James Levine for any conducting appearances with the orchestra, following allegations against Levine of past sexual misconduct.[199]
- 8 December – David Patrick Stearns, one of the two classical music reporters for The Philadelphia Inquirer, is made redundant from his position.[200]
- 9 December – Welt am Sonntag reported that Thomas Hengelbrock intends to depart as chief conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in the summer of 2018, one year earlier than originally reported, because of his dissatisfaction with the timing of the announcement of his designated successor, Alan Gilbert, shortly after the original announcement of the previously scheduled conclusion of his tenure.[201]
- 13 December – The Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival announces Clara Iannotta as the recipient of its Hindemith-Preis 2018 (Hindemith Prize 2018).[202]
- 15 December
- The Cheltenham Music Festival announces the appointment of Alison Balsom as its next artistic director, effective in 2018, the first woman to hold the post.[203]
- Sinfonia Cymru announces the appointment of Peter Bellingham as its next chief executive. In parallel, Sophie Lewis is to stand down as the ensemble's chief executive at the end of January 2018.[204]
- Calgary Opera announces the appointment of Keith Cerny as its next general director, effective January 2018.[205]
- Dallas Opera announces the resignation of Keith Cerny as its general director.[206]
- 19 December – The Theater Erfurt announces the appointment of Myron Michailidis as its next general music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season.[207]
- 20 December The Neuen Lausitzer Philharmonie announces the appointment of Ewa Strusińska as its next general music director (Generalmusikdirektorin), effective with the 2018–2019 season.[208]
- The Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra announces the appointment of Manuel Hernández-Silva as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season.[209]
- The Göttinger Symphonie Orchester announces the appointment of Nicholas Milton as its next chief conductor, as of the 2018–2019 season.[210]
- 21 December
- The Theater an der Wien announces the appointment of Stefan Herheim as its next Intendanz (artistic director), effective with the 2022–2023 season.[211]
- The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra announces the cancellation of concert appearances by principal conductor and artistic director Charles Dutoit, pending the resolution of sexual assault allegations against him.[212]
- 22 December – The Philadelphia Orchestra announces the discontinuation of its relationship with Charles Dutoit and the revocation of his title as its conductor laureate, with immediate effect, in the wake of allegations against him of sexual assault.[213]
- 29 December — New Year's Honours 2018[214]
New works
- John Abram – Start[215]
- John Adams – I Still Play[216]
- Samuel Adams – many words of love[217]
- Julia Adolphe – Equinox[218]
- Richard Allain – Videte Miraculum
- Julian Anderson – The Imaginary Museum (Piano Concerto)[219]
- Laurie Anderson – Song for Bob[216]
- Timo Andres
- Louis Andriessen – Rimsky or La Monte Young[216]
- Kerry Andrew
- Archbishop Parker's Psalme 150
- No Place Like[221]
- Clarice Assad – Hocus Pocus[222]
- Lera Auerbach – NYx: Fractured Dreams[223]
- John Barber – Sicut Lilium
- Gerald Barry – Canada[224]
- Sally Beamish and David Harsent – The Judas Passion[225]
- David Bednall – The Mower
- Jonathan Berger
- Rime Sparse[226]
- My Lai (text by Harriet Scott Chessman)[227]
- Julien Bilodeau – La fantasie du pendu[228]
- Judith Bingham – Ceaselessly Weaving Your Name[229]
- Harrison Birtwistle – Deep Time[230]
- Rolf Boon – Hyacinth Caelum[231]
- Johannes Boris Borowski – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
- Laura Bowler – navigating the dog watch[232]
- Charlotte Bray – Blaze and Fall[233]
- Dirk Brossé – Pictures at an Exhibition[234]
- Courtney Bryan – Soli Deo Gloria[222]
- Wolfram Buchenberg – Dum Medium Silentium[235]
- Eivind Buene – Lessons in Darkness
- Ken Burton – Many are the Wonders
- Édith Canat de Chizy – En Noir Et Or (for string quartet)[236]
- Alejandro Castaños – Puntos de inflexión[237]
- Philip Cashian – Piano Concerto ('The Book of Ingenious Devices')[238]
- John Casken – Clarinet Quintet[239]
- Alejandro Civilotti – Aché[240]
- Anna Clyne – Beltane[241]
- Gilad Cohen – Around the Cauldron[242]
- Francisco Coll – Harpsichord Concerto[243]
- Marisa Cornford – The Stations of the Cross
- Arturo Corrales – Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
- Tom Coult
- Two Games and a Nocturne
- St John's Dance[244]
- Lyell Cresswell – Llanto (Clarinet Concerto)
- Gordon Crosse – Symphony No 3 ('Between Despair and Dawn')[245]
- Sara Cubarsi – Exvot[246]
- Arturo Cuellar – Concertino for Strings[247]
- Chaya Czernowin – The Guardian
- Tansy Davies – Forest (Concerto for four horns and orchestra)[248]
- Miguel Del Aguila – DISAGREE![249]
- Donnacha Dennehy – Her Wits (About Him)[216]
- Christopher Deviney – Imaginary Day – Duo Concerto for Vibraphone and Marimba (arrangement for percussion and orchestra of original music by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays)[250]
- Andreas Dohmen – a doppio movimento[251]
- Jonathan Dove – Vadam et circuibo
- Laurent Durupt – Grids for Greed[252]
- Hanna Eimermacher
- Brian Elias
- Harry Escott – O Light of Light
- Mohammed Fairouz – Diversions[255]
- Alfred Felder – Wasser (Water; music for orchestra)[256]
- Frank Ferko – Reflection on Thomas Tallis' "If Ye Love Me"
- Edmund Finnis – The Air, Tuning[257]
- Elena Firsova – Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra[258]
- Graham Fitkin – Recorder Concerto[259]
- Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Invocatio[260]
- Vivian Fung – Clarinet Quintet: 'Frenetic Memories'[261]
- Marco Galvani – On Christmas Morn[262]
- Philip Glass
- Alexander Goehr – The Waking[239]
- Elliot Goldenthal – For Trumpet and Strings[265]
- Lori Goldston – That Sunrise (for cello and orchestra)[266]
- Michael Zev Gordon – Violin Concerto[267]
- Helen Grime
- Diego Grossmann – æquilibrium[251]
- HK Gruber – Piano Concerto[270]
- Sofia Gubaidulina – Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Bayan[271]
- Édgar Guzmán: Phantasy on a[237]
- Georg Friedrich Haas – Release[272]
- Mika Haasler – Fugue for Pamela[260]
- Emily Hall – Advert – wedding dress
- Alexandra Harwood – Sinfonia Concertante (The Secret Ball)[273]
- David Hertzberg – Chamber Symphony[274]
- Alice Ping Ye Ho – The Madness of Queen Charlotte
- Simon Holt – Bagatelarañas[275]
- Zaid Jabri – A Garden Among the Flames[276]
- Gabriel Jackson – Chorale Prelude on 'Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen'[277]
- Mårten Jansson – 'Tonight I Dance Alone'[278]
- Joel Jarventausta – Cantus[118]
- Thurídur Jónsdóttir – Cylinder 49[279]
- Hannah Kendall – The Spark Catchers[280]
- Aaron Jay Kernis
- Violin Concerto[281]
- Legacy (Concerto for Horn, Strings, Harp and Percussion)[282]
- Amy Beth Kirsten – QUIXOTE[283]
- William Knight – Psalm 21[255]
- David Knotts – At the Mid Hour of Night[260]
- Oliver Knussen – O Hototogisu – fragment of a Japonisme[284]
- Dmitri Kourliandski – Maps of non-existent cities: Donaueschingen[251]
- Hanna Kulenty – Concerto Rosso for string quartet and string orchestra[285]
- Guillermo Lago – The Wordsworth Poems[286]
- Bernhard Lang – DW28 "… loops for Davis"[251]
- David Lang – if i sing[255]
- Elena Langer – RedMare[287]
- Vanessa Lann – Rise (concerto for two bassoons and orchestra)[288]
- Joanna Lee – Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn
- Nicola LeFanu – The Crimson Bird[289]
- Ray Leung – Waiting
- Stephen Lias – All the Songs That Nature Sings[290]
- Cecilia Livingston – Leap of the Heart[291]
- Nicole Lizée
- Alexina Louie – Triple Concerto for Three Violins and Orchestra[231]
- Frederik Magle – The Fairest of Roses (Den yndigste rose) for two trumpets and organ[294]
- Bunita Marcus – White Butterflies[251]
- Joanna Marsh – Flare[295]
- Grace Evangeline Mason – RIVER[296]
- Robert Matthew-Walker – A Bad Night in Los Angeles[297]
- Colin Matthews – It Rains[275]
- Cecilia McDowall – To a Nightingale
- Stuart McIntosh – A Song for St. Cecilia's Day[298]
- Gordon McPherson – Williams Machine
- Thomas Meadowcroft – The News in Music (Tabloid Lament)[251]
- Brad Mehldau – In Dreams, the Piano[216]
- Jessica Meyer – Through Which We Flow[299]
- Cassandra Miller – Round[293]
- Jared Miller – Buzzer Beater[231]
- Misato Mochizuki – Têtes[251]
- Giulia Monducci – Versus[300]
- Claudia Montero – Concierto en Blanco y Negro[301]
- Zad Moultaka – Sakata[255]
- Nico Muhly
- Kelly-Marie Murphy – Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark[291]
- Ivan Naranjo – to what[237]
- Angélica Negrón – Mapping[302]
- Marc Neikrug – String Trio
- Randy Newman – Recessional[216]
- Alasdair Nicolson
- Piano Concerto No. 2 (The Haunted Ebb)[303]
- The Ebb Variations[304]
- Kris Oelbrand – Catharsis[305]
- Elizabeth Ogonek – All These Lighted Things[306]
- Jordan Pal – Iris[307]
- Owen Pallett – Songs from an Island[281]
- Roxanna Panufnik
- Votive[260]
- Unending Love
- A Cradle Song
- Ben Parry – Out of the Deep[308]
- Gemma Peacocke (music) and Eliza Griswold (text) – Waves + Lines[309]
- Ofer Pelz – Repetition Blidness[310]
- Joseph Phibbs – Clarinet Concerto[311]
- Julian Philips – Winter Music[312]
- Boris Pigovat – ...therefore choose life...[313]
- Matthias Pintscher – un despartar (for cello and orchestra)[314]
- Yannick Plamondon – Wīhtikōw[291]
- Matan Porat – String Quartet 'Otzma'[315]
- Francis Pott – La chiesa del sole – in memoriam John Scott[316]
- Paola Prestini
- André Previn – Ten by Yeats[318]
- Deborah Pritchard – Edge
- Gabriel Prokofiev – Concerto for trumpet, percussion, turntables and orchestra
- Robert Quinney – Chorale Prelude on 'Nun lob, mein' Seel', den Herren'[277]
- Steve Reich – For Bob[216]
- Emma-Ruth Richards – Sciamachy[319]
- Wolfgang Rihm
- Colin Riley – Double Concerto for Two Cellos[321]
- Sarah Rimkus – Mater Dei[322]
- Marina Rosenfeld – Deathstar Orchestration[251]
- Alec Roth
- Night Prayer
- A Road Less Travelled (poems by Edward Thomas)[323]
- Joey Roukens – Boundless (Homage to L.B.)[324]
- Glen Roven – The Hillary Speeches[325]
- Simon Rowland-Jones – Close Shave[286]
- Edwin Roxburgh – Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra[326]
- Oliver Rudland – Eventide[327]
- Daryl Runswick – Concerto for Piano and Nine Instruments[328]
- Esa-Pekka Salonen – Cello Concerto[329]
- James Saunders – "know that your actions reflect within the group"[251]
- Andy Scott – Guitar Concerto[330]
- Martin Schüttler – "My mother was a piano teacher [...]"[251]
- Evelin Seppar – Psalm 129[255]
- Caroline Shaw
- Howard Shore (music) and Elizabeth Cotnoir (text) – L'Aube[215]
- Arlene Sierra – Nature Symphony[332]
- Thomas Simaku – The Scream[333]
- Andrew Smith – Lux[334]
- Martin Smolka – The Name Emmanuel[335]
- Bent Sørensen – Evening Land[336]
- Mauricio Sotelo – String Quartet No 4 ('Quasals vB-131')[337]
- Andrew Staniland – Reflections on "O Canada" after Truth and Reconciliation[307]
- Harry Stafylakis – Shadows Radiant[281]
- Christopher Stark – This Is Not A Story[338]
- Franz-Josef Stoiber – Chorale Prelude on 'O heiliger Geist, O heiliger Gott'[277]
- Morton Subotnick – Crowds and Power[339]
- Giles Swayne – Everybloom[340]
- William Sweeney – Eòlas nan Ribheid (The Wisdom of the Reeds; concertino for clarinet and orchestra)[241]
- Diana Syrse – Connected Identities (Identidades Conectadas)[237]
- Chiyoko Szlavnics – Memory Spaces (appearances)[251]
- Dobrinka Tabakova – Orpheus' Comet[341]
- Tanya Tagaq, Christine Duncan, and Jean Martin (orchestration by Christopher Mayo) – Qiksaaktuq[307]
- Matthew Taylor
- Goddess Excellently Bright[342]
- String Quartet No 8 ('Salutations and celebrations')[343]
- Phil Taylor – of embers and aspen leaves (String Quartet No 2)[344]
- Andrew Thomas – The Sound of Waves[345]
- Øyvind Torvund – Archaic Jam[251]
- Mark-Anthony Turnage
- Remembering (In Memoriam Evan Scofield)[346]
- Col[347]
- Michel van der Aa – Shelter[255]
- Patrick van Deurzen – Rotterdam Concerto No. 6 ("Invisible Cities")
- Matthijs Van Dijk – But All I Wanna Do Is Dance[348]
- Francesca Verunelli – Man sitting at the piano I[251]
- Julian Wachner
- Gaudé
- Tallis Variations
- Regina Coeli à 8 after Victoria
- Freya Waley-Cohen
- Felipe Waller – Echo Chambers Chronicles[237]
- Joanna Ward – She Adored[322]
- Huw Watkins – Symphony[349]
- Lotta Wennäkoski – Flounce[350]
- Trevor Weston – Flying Fish[274]
- Kate Whitley (music) and Malala Yousafzai (text) – Speak Out[351]
- Matthew Whiteside – Repercussive[352]
- Jörg Widmann – ARCHE[353]
- Nolan Williams Jr. – Hold Fast to Dreams[354]
- Roderick Williams – 'Là ci darem la mano'[355]
- Isidora Žebeljan – Psalmo 78[255]
New operas
Albums
- Leopold Kozeluch – Piano Concertos Nos 1, 5 and 6
- Renée Fleming – Distant Light (vocal works of Anders Hillborg, Samuel Barber, and Björk)[390]
- Richard Dubugnon – Arcanes Symphoniques[391]
- Walter Zimmermann – Voces Abandonadas[392]
- Peter Maxwell Davies – Piano Trio, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Sonata for Violin Alone, Dances from The Two Fiddlers[393]
- Eva-Maria Houben – Livres d'Heures[394]
- Hélène de Montgeroult – works for piano (Edna Stern, piano)[395]
- Kenneth Leighton – Complete Organ Works[396]
- Johannes Brahms
- String Sextets – Cypress String Quartet (the quartet's final recording), Barry Shiffman, Zuill Bailey
- Symphonies Nos 3 and 4 – NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Thomas Hengelbrock (first commercial recordings made in the Elbphilharmonie)
- Olav Anton Thommessen – The Hermaphrodite[397]
- Mauricio Kagel – The 8 Pieces of the Wind Rose[398]
- William Alwyn – String Quartets Nos 10–13[399]
- Tarik O'Regan – A Celestial Map of the Sky[400]
- John Joubert – Jane Eyre[401]
- Linda Catlin Smith – Drifter[402]
- Kate Whitley – I Am I Say[403]
- Szymon Laks – Chamber Works[404]
- Dimitar Nenov – Piano Concerto; Ballade No 2[405]
- Louis Andriessen, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, David Lang, Howard Skempton, Michael Gordon, Paul Hillier, Kevin Volans, Gabriel Jackson, Pablo Ortiz – First Drop[406]
- Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Stolen Rhythm[407]
- Cipriani Potter – Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 4[408]
- Detlev Glanert – Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch[409]
- Peter Fribbins – Dances, Elegies and Epitaphs[410]
- Stephen Wilkinson – The Sunlight on the Garden (songs)[411]
- Morton Feldman – For Bunita Marcus[412]
- Heinrich Isaac – The Time of Lorenzo de' Medici and Maximilian I[413]
- Elliott Carter – Late Works[414]
- Judith Wegmann – Le Souffle du Temps[415]
- Gregory Spears (music) and Greg Pierce (libretto) – Fellow Travelers[416]
- Louis Andriessen – Theatre of the World[417]
- Eliane Radigue – Occam Ocean 1[418]
- John Cage – Concert for Piano / Christian Wolff – Resistance[419]
- Ned Rorem (music) and J. D. McClatchy (libretto) – Our Town[420]
- Hans Abrahamsen – String Quartets[421]
- Berlioz – Les Troyens (Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Michael Spyres, Joyce DiDonato et al.; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra; John Nelson, conductor)[422]
- Verdi – Rigoletto (Dmitri Hvorostovsky [his final recording], Nadine Sierra, Francesco Demuro et al.; Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor)[423]
- Kelly Moran – Bloodroot[424]
- The John Adams Edition (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings)[424]
- Roscoe Mitchell – Discussions[424]
- Stephen Hartke – The Ascent of the Equestrian in a Balloon[424]
- Calmus Ensemble – Luther Collage[424]
- Alex Mincek – Torrent[424]
- Judd Greenstein, Annie Gosfield et al. – Unbound (Jasper String Quartet)[424]
- Roderick Williams – 'Sacred Choral Works'[425]
Deaths
- 1 January – Stuart Hamilton, Canadian opera coach, pianist and radio broadcaster, 87[426]
- 5 January – Géori Boué, French soprano, 98[429]
- 8 January – Nicolai Gedda, Swedish tenor, 91[430]
- 9 January – George Silfies, American orchestral clarinetist, 88[431]
- 12 January – Rosemarie Lang, German mezzo-soprano, 69[432]
- 13 January – José Vicente Asuar, Chilean composer, 83
- 15 January – Richard Divall, Australian conductor and musicologist, 71[433]
- 18 January – Roberta Peters, American soprano, 86[434]
- 20 January – Max Wilcox, American record producer and engineer, 88[435]
- 21 January – Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer, 86[436]
- 27 January – Henry-Louis de La Grange, French music scholar and Gustav Mahler expert, 92[437]
- 30 January – Walter Hautzig, Austrian-born Israeli pianist, 95[438]
- 2 February – Sidney Rothstein, American conductor, 80[439]
- 3 February – Gervase de Peyer, British clarinetist, 90[440]
- 11 February – Harvey Lichtenstein, American arts administrator, 87[441]
- 12 February – David Rumsey, Australian organist, 77[442]
- 17 February – Eugene Philips, American violinist, pedagogue, and composer, 97[443]
- 20 February – Huang Feili, Chinese conductor, 99[444]
- 21 February – Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Polish-American conductor and composer, 93[445]
- 5 March
- 6 March – Alberto Zedda, Italian conductor and musicologist, 89[448]
- 7 March – Francis Thorne, American composer and music administrator, 94[449]
- 12 March – Laura Flax, American clarinetist and pedagogue, 64[450]
- 13 March – David Arben, Polish-born American orchestral violinist, 91[451]
- 16 March – Roberta Knie, American soprano and voice teacher, 79[452]
- 20 March – Louis Frémaux, French conductor, 95[453]
- 21 March – Luis Zett, German composer, 71[454]
- 27 March – Rainer Kussmaul, German orchestral violinist and past first concertmaster (leader) of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 70[455]
- 30 March – Thomas Brandis, German orchestral violinist and past first concertmaster (leader) of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 81[456]
- 10 April – David Angel, British violinist and founding member of the Maggini Quartet, 62[457]
- 12 April – Kathleen Cassello, American soprano, 58[458]
- 13 April – Nona Liddell, violinist, 89[459]
- 14 April – Manfred Jung, German tenor, 76[460]
- 18 April – Gordon Langford, British composer, 86[461]
- 21 April – Kristine Jepson, American mezzo-soprano, 52[462]
- 26 April – Endrik Wottrich, German tenor, 52[463]
- 28 April – Keith Harvey, British cellist, member of the Gabrieli Quartet, 79[464]
- 30 April – June LeBell, American radio announcer, 73[465]
- 2 May
- 22 May
- 28 May – Elisabeth Chojnacka, Polish harpsichordist, 78[470]
- 31 May – Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech conductor, 71[471]
- 2 June
- 6 June – Paul Zukofsky, American violinist and conductor, 73[474]
- 13 June – Philip Gossett, American musicologist, 75[475]
- 14 June – Deborah Lamprell, British opera house staff member at Holland Park Opera, 45[476]
- 15 June – Kyla Greenbaum, British pianist and composer, 95[477]
- 18 June – Joan Krueger, American vocal coach and pianist, 64[478]
- 19 June – Richard Toop, British-born musicologist resident in Australia, 71[479]
- 21 June – Ludger Rémy, German harpsichordist and conductor, 68[480]
- 6 July – Pierre Henry, French composer, 89[481]
- 11 July – Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Italian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist and composer, 87[482]
- 22 July
- 26 July – Paul Angerer, Austrian violist, conductor, composer and radio presenter, 90[485]
- 3 August – Émile Belcourt, Canadian operatic tenor, 91[486]
- 4 August – Walter Levin, American violinist and founding member of the LaSalle Quartet, 92[487]
- 5 August – Lee Blakeley, British opera director, 45[488]
- 6 August – Juan Carlos Cadenas, Spanish orchestral violinist, 50[489]
- 10 August – Olga Semouchina, Russian-born pianist active in Spain, 54[490]
- 20 August
- 22 August – Aloys Kontarsky, German pianist, 87[493]
- 25 August – Enzo Dara, Italian operatic bass, 78[494]
- 27 August – Irene Salemka, Canadian operatic soprano, 86[495]
- 29 August – Dmitri Kogan, Russian violinist, 38[496]
- 2 September – Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-American composer, 96[497]
- 6 September – Derek Bourgeois, British composer, 75[498]
- 7 September – John Maxwell Geddes, Scottish composer, 76[499]
- 8 September – Pierre Bergé, French fashion executive and opera administrator, 86[500]
- 11 September – Sir Peter Hall, British theatre and opera director, 86[501]
- 12 September
- 16 September – Brenda Lewis, American soprano, 96[504]
- 18 September – Zurab Sotkilava, Georgian-Russian opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR, 80[505]
- 19 September – Leonid Kharitonov, Russian opera singer, soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble (1953–1972) and People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1986), 84[506]
- 27 September – Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichordist, 90[507]
- 28 September – Donald Mitchell, British musicologist, writer, and publisher, 92[508]
- 29 September – Dmitry Smolsky, Belarusian composer and teacher, 80[509]
- 8 October – Vincent La Selva, American opera impresario and conducting teacher, 88[510]
- 16 October – Heather Slade-Lipkin, British pianist, harpsichordist and pedagogue, 70
- 17 October – Ingvar Lidholm, Swedish composer, 96[511]
- 27 October – Brian Galliford, British tenor, 53[512]
- 30 October – Johannes Felsenstein, German opera and theatre director and administrator, 73[513]
- 6 November – Helmut Roehrig, American choral conductor and music professor, 86[514]
- 7 November – Robert De Cormier, American choral conductor and composer, 95[515]
- 11 November – Frank Corsaro, American opera director, 92[516]
- 12 November – Eric Salzman, American composer and music critic, 84[517]
- 13 November – Paul Brown, British opera and theatre stage designer, 57[518]
- 17 November – William Mayer, American composer, 91[519]
- 22 November – Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian baritone, 55[520]
- 23 November – Carol Neblett, American soprano, 71[521]
- 24 November – Clotilde Rosa, Portuguese harpist, music educator and composer, 87[522]
- 5 December – Claudine Arnaud, Belgian soprano, 77[523]
- 9 December – Joey Corpus, Filipino-born American violinist, violin teacher and coach, 59[524]
- 11 December – Bruce Rankin, British tenor, 65[525]
- 16 December – Simonetta Puccini (born Giurumello), Italian teacher, caretaker of the legacy of and the final known legally recognised descendant of Giacomo Puccini, 89[526]
- 18 December – Roberto Álvarez, Spanish orchestral French horn player, 46[527]
- 20 December – Marilyn Tyler, American soprano and voice professor, 91[528]
Major awards
Grammy Awards
- Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Third Coast Percussion – Steve Reich (Çedille Records)
- Best Choral Performance: Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Warsaw Philharmonic Choir; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director; Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor (Warner Classics)
- Best Classical Compendium: Michael Daugherty – Tales of Hemingway, American Gothic, Once Upon A Castle; Zuill Bailey, cello; Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Naxos)
- Best Classical Instrumental Solo and Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Michael Daugherty – Tales of Hemingway; Zuill Bailey, cello; Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Naxos)
- Best Classical Solo Vocal Album (tie)
- Best Opera Recording and Best Engineered Album, Classicsl: John Corigliano, The Ghosts of Versailles; Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, singers; Los Angeles Opera Chorus and Orchestra; James Conlon, conductor (Pentatone Music)
- Best Orchestral Performance: Dmitri Shostakovich – Under Stalin's Shadow – Symphonies No. 5, 8 & 9; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
- Best Surround Sound Album: Henri Dutilleux – Sur Le Même Accord, Les Citations, Mystère De L'instant, Timbres, Espace, Mouvement; Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony Media)
- Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Royal Philharmonic Society Awards
- Audiences and Engagement: East Neuk Festival, in collaboration with 14–18 NOW – Memorial Ground (David Lang)
- Chamber Music and Song: Fretwork
- Chamber-Scale Composition: Rebecca Saunders – Skin
- Concert Series and Festivals: Lammermuir Festival
- Conductor: Richard Farnes
- Creative Communication: Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet by Edward Dusinberre (Faber)
- Ensemble: Manchester Camerata
- Instrumentalist: James Ehnes
- Large-Scale Composition: Philip Venables – 4.48 Psychosis
- Learning and Participation: South-West Open Youth Orchestra
- Opera and Music Theatre: Opera North – Ring Cycle
- Singer: Karita Mattila
- Young Artists: Joseph Middleton
Juno Awards
Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2017
- Baroque Instrumental: 'The Italian Job'; La Serenissima; Adrian Chandler, violin (Avie)
- Baroque Vocal: J.S. Bach – Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170; Iestyn Davies, countertenor; Arcangelo; Jonathan Cohen, director (Hyperion)
- Chamber: Grażyna Bacewicz – Complete String Quartets; Silesian Quartet (Chandos)
- Choral: Mozart – Mass in C minor, K427 / Exsultate, jubilate, K165; Carolyn Sampson, Olivia Vermeulen, Makoto Sakurada, Christian Immler, singers; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor (BIS)
- Concerto: Mozart – Violin Concertos Nos 1–5 / Adagio, K261 / Rondos – K269; K373; Isabelle Faust, violin; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (harmonia mundi)
- Contemporary: George Benjamin – Palimpsests / Ligeti – Lontano / Tristan Murail – Le désenchantement du monde; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sir George Benjamin, conductor (Neos)
- Early Music: Dowland – Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares; Phantasm; Elizabeth Kenny, lute (Linn)
- Instrumental: JS Bach – Six French Suites, BWV 812–817; Murray Perahia, piano (Deutsche Grammophon)
- Opera: Berg – Wozzeck; Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie), Brandon Jovanovich (Drum Major); Chorus of Zurich Opera; Philharmonia Zurich; Fabio Luisi, conductor (Accentus)
- Orchestral: 'Haydn 2032 – No 4, Il distratto'; Riccardo Novaro, baritone; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (Alpha)
- Recital: 'In War & Peace'; Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; Il Pomo d'Oro' Maxim Emelyanychev, harpsichord and director (Erato)
- Solo Vocal: Brahms – Lieder und Gesänge, Op 32; Vier ernste Gesänge, Op 121. Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine; Matthias Goerne, baritone; Christoph Eschenbach, piano (harmonia mundi)
- Recording of the Year: Mozart – Violin Concertos Nos 1–5 / Adagio, K261 / Rondos – K269; K373; Isabelle Faust, violin; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (harmonia mundi)
- Young Artist of the Year: Beatrice Rana
- Label of the Year: Signum Classics
- Artist of the Year: Vasily Petrenko
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
- Special Achievement Award: Colin Matthews
- Special Anniversary Award: Classic FM
Musical America Awards
List published by Musical America[529]
- Artist of the Year: Andris Nelsons
- Composer of the Year: Mason Bates
- Instrumentalist of the Year: Augustin Hadelich
- Vocalist of the Year: Sondra Radvanovsky
- Educator of the Year: Francisco J Nuñez
British Composer Awards
- Amateur or Young Performers: Kerry Andrew – Who We Are
- Chamber Ensemble: Rebecca Saunders – Skin
- Choral: Andrew Hamilton – Proclamation of the Republic
- Community or Educational Project: Brian Irvine – Anything but Bland
- Contemporary Jazz Composition: Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian – Muted Lines
- Orchestral: Emily Howard – Torus (Concerto for Orchestra)
- Small Chamber: Robin Haigh – In Feyre Foreste
- Solo or Duo: Deborah Pritchard – Inside Colour
- Sonic Art: Kathy Hinde – Luminous Birds
- Stage Works: Philip Venables – 4.48 Psychosis
- Wind Band or Brass Band: Kenneth Hesketh – In Ictu Oculi
- British Composer Award for Innovation: Shiva Feshareki
- British Composer Award for Inspiration: Nigel Osborne MBE
Notes and References
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- Transitioning to EUBO @ AMUZ . European Union Baroque Orchestra . 13 February 2017 . 2017-02-22 . 22 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170222195044/http://eubo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/EUBO-at-AMUZ-news-Feb2017.pdf . dead .
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- WSO Letzte Spielzeit für Kristjan Järvi . MDR . 22 March 2017 . 2017-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170409021419/http://www.mdr.de/kultur/themen/jaervi-letzte-spielzeit-100.html . 9 April 2017 . dead.
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- News: Wei-Huan Chen . Harvey forces Houston Grand Opera to set up shop in the GRB . Houston Chronicle . 2017-09-25 . 2017-09-30.
- Uměleckým ředitelem a šéfdirigentem Filharmonie Brno je Dennis Russell Davies. Světoznámý umělec povede orchestr od příští sezony . Brno Philharmonic . 27 September 2017 . 2017-09-30.
- Pierre van der Westhuizen Named Director of The Gilmore Festival and Awards . Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and Awards . 28 September 2017 . 2017-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171001030838/https://www.thegilmore.org/blog/van-der-westhuizen-named-director/ . 1 October 2017 . dead.
- News: Liam Otten . A singer's opera – World premiere of Harold Blumenfeld's Borgia Infami in Edison Theatre 30 Sept., 1 Oct. . The Source (Washington University) . 2017-09-19 . 2017-09-30.
- News: Michael Cooper . Lincoln Center Scraps a $500 Million Geffen Hall Renovation . The New York Times . 2017-10-03 . 2017-10-07.
- News: Melinda Bargreen . Seattle Symphony picks Thomas Dausgaard to succeed Ludovic Morlot as music director . Seattle Times . 2017-10-03 . 2017-10-07.
- News: Michael Cooper . As Geffen Hall's Renovation Stumbles, Cincinnati Shows the Way . The New York Times . 2017-10-17 . 2017-10-21.
- News: Thomas Zehetmair neuer Chef des Stuttgarter Kammerorchesters – Der Solist als Dirigent . WDR . 2017-10-11 . 2017-11-04 . 8 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171108003603/https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik/thomas-zehetmair-neuer-chef-des-stuttgarter-kammerorchesters-der-solist-als-dirigent/-/id=661124/did=20435392/nid=661124/11p0bb4/index.html . dead .
- News: Mark Brown . EU youth orchestra to quit UK for Italy over Brexit . The Guardian. 2017-10-11 . 2017-12-16.
- News: Damien Gayle . Hackney Empire pulls out of Chinese takeaway opera over all-white cast . The Guardian . 2017-10-12 . 2017-10-28.
- News: Venezuela's Government Cancels Another Gustavo Dudamel Tour . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 2017-10-12 . 2017-10-21.
- https://www.dedoelen.nl/agenda/13298/Wereldpremiere_Pianoconcert_Ton_de_Leeuw/Residentie_Orkest_Ralph_van_Raat/ Residentie Orkest programme, 12 October 2017, De Doelen, Rotterdam
- Lorenzo Viotti appointed Music Director of the Gulbenkian Orchestra . Gulbenkian Orchestra . 13 October 2017 . 2017-10-21.
- News: Star-Geiger Daniel Hope wird Künstlerischer Leiter an Dresdner Frauenkirche . Deutsche Welle . 2017-10-13 . 2017-12-30.
- News: Matthias Bamert à Sapporo . Crescendo Magazine . Michelle Debra . 2017-10-15 . 2017-10-21.
- News: Semyon Bychkov to take top job at Czech Philharmonic . Gramophone . Martin Cullingford . 2017-10-16 . 2017-10-21.
- News: Staatsoperette Dresden künftig unter weiblicher Führung . MDR . 2017-10-17 . 2017-12-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171231051613/https://www.mdr.de/kultur/themen/kathrin-kondaurow-wird-intendantin-an-staatsoperette-dresden-100.html . 31 December 2017 . dead .
- Joana Mallwitz ab 2018/2019 GMD am Staatstheater Nurnberg – Zum ersten Mal wird eine Frau Orchesterchefin in Nürnberg . Staatstheater Nurnberg . 24 October 2017 . 2017-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201347/https://www.staatstheater-nuernberg.de/index.php?page=service,aktuelles,joana_mallwitz_ab_2018_2019_gmd_am_staatstheater,1882 . 2017-10-28 . dead .
- News: Susan Rife . Music director leaving Sarasota Orchestra in 2019 . Sarasota Herald Tribune . 2017-10-26 . 2015-10-28.
- Michael Tilson Thomas Announces Plans to Conclude His 25-Year Tenure as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Following the 2019–2020 Season . San Francisco Symphony . 31 October 2017 . 2017-11-04 . 7 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010125/http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Press-Room/Press-Releases/MTT-Announcement . dead .
- News: Christiane Karg Erhält Brahms-Preis 2018 . Bavarian Radio . 2017-11-06 . 2017-12-28.
- News: Christoph Eschenbach übernimmt den Taktstock . Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg . 2017-11-13 . 2017-11-18 .
- Music Director Announcement . Cathedral Choral Society . 13 November 2017 . 2017-11-18.
- News: Lincoln Center to End Its Namesake Summer Festival . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 2017-11-14 . 2017-11-18.
- LA Phil Names New CEO . Los Angeles Philharmonic . 16 November 2017 . 2017-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031232/https://www.laphil.com/press/la-phil-names-new-ceo. 2017-12-01.
- President & CEO Simon Woods Named Chief Executive Officer of Los Angeles Philharmonic . Seattle Symphony . 16 November 2017 . 2017-11-18.
- News: Cecilia Bartoli: 'Canterò nella Cappella Sistina – La prima volta di una donna' . Corriere della Serra . Valerio Cappelli . 2017-11-14 . 2017-12-29.
- Kim Noltemy Named President & CEO of Dallas Symphony Association . Dallas Symphony Orchestra . 17 November 2017 . 2017-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031232/https://www.laphil.com/press/la-phil-names-new-ceo . 1 December 2017 . dead.
- Thomas W. Morris announces retirement as Artistic Director of the Ojai Music Festival . Ojai Music Festival . 17 November 2017 . 2017-11-18.
- News: BBC Concert Orchestra names new Principal Conductor . Gramophone . Martin Cullingford . 2017-11-21 . 2017-11-28.
- Mariss Jansons Awarded RPS Gold Medal . Royal Philharmonic Society . 23 November 2017 . 2017-11-28.
- News: Bent Sorensen wins Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition . University of Louisville News . Niki King . 2017-11-27 . 2017-12-02.
- Association of British Orchestras Announces New Chair, New Board Members, And Annual Conference Speakers . Association of British Orchestras . 28 November 2017 . 2017-12-02 . 3 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171203153806/http://abo.org.uk/media/128397/ABO-BOARD-announcement-Conf-press_.pdf . dead .
- Minnesota Orchestra Reports Fiscal 2017 Balanced Budget . Minnesota Orchestra . 29 November 2017 . 2017-12-02.
- Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz: Fehlmann wird neuer Intendant . taatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz . 30 November 2017 . 2017-12-26.
- "Man soll aufhören, wenn es am schönsten ist" . WDR . 1 December 2017 . 2017-12-16.
- News: Met Opera Reels as Fourth Man Accuses James Levine of Sexual Abuse . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 2017-12-04 . 2017-12-16.
- Sebastian F. Schwarz steps down as General Director of Glyndebourne . Glyndebourne Opera . 4 December 2017 . 2017-12-20.
- Rosemary Johnson to stand down as Executive Director of RPS . Royal Philharmonic Society . 5 December 2017 . 2017-12-16.
- News: Marin Alsop será regente de honra da Osesp a partir de 2020 . Estadão . João Luiz Sampaio . 2017-12-06 . 2017-12-16.
- News: Following Assault Allegations, BSO Says It Will Never Employ Levine Again . WAMC . Jim Levulis . 2017-12-06 . 2017-12-16.
- http://www.artsjournal.com/condemned/2017/11/another-classical-music-critic-is-sent-into-the-night-and-this-time-its-me/ David Patrick Stearns, 'Another classical music critic is sent into the night...and this time it's me.' 'Condemned to Music' blog (ArtsJournal.com), 16 November 2017
- News: Nach Streit: Hengelbrock verlässt Elbphilharmonie schon 2018 . Hamburger Abendblatt . 2017-12-09 . 2017-12-16.
- News: Hindemith-Preis 2018 an Clara Iannotta: Kompromisslose Musiksprache . SWR2 . 2017-12-13 . 2017-12-27 . 28 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171228013922/https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik/hindemith-preis-2018-iannotta/-/id=661124/did=20801612/nid=661124/v14f40/index.html . dead .
- Alison Balsom OBE appointed as Cheltenham Music Festival Artistic Director . Cheltenham Music Festival . 15 December 2017 . 2017-12-20.
- News: Sinfonia Cymru appoints Peter Bellingham as new chief executive . Classical Music Magazine . Katy Wright . 2017-12-15 . 2017-12-26.
- News: Calgary Opera hires new CEO after international search . Calgary Herald . Michele Jarvie . 2017-12-15 . 2017-12-16.
- Announcing the Resignation of General Director and CEO Keith Cerny . Dallas Opera . 15 December 2017 . 2017-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014059/https://dallasopera.org/news/2017/12/15/announcing-the-resignation-of-general-director-and-ceo-keith-cerny/ . 17 December 2017 . dead.
- Michailidis wird neuer Generalmusikdirektor . Theater Erfurt . 19 December 2017 . 2017-12-20.
- News: Ewa Strusinska wird Generalmusikdirektorin . Welt (N24) . 2017-12-20 . 2017-12-20.
- Hernández-Silva será el nuevo director titular de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra a partir de la temporada 2018/2019 . City of Navarra . 20 December 2017 . 2017-12-20.
- Nicholas Milton wird neuer Chefdirigent des Göttinger Symphonie Orchesters ab der Saison 2018/2019 . Göttinger Symphonie Orchester . 20 December 2017 . 2017-12-31.
- Stefan Herheim übernimmt ab 2022/23 die Intendanz des Theater an der Wien – Roland Geyer bleibt bis zur Spielzeit 2021/22 . Theater an der Wien . 21 December 2017 . 2017-12-26.
- Web site: Charles Dutoit: Conductor relieved of duties after sex assault claims. BBC. 21 December 2017.
- Follow-Up Statement from The Philadelphia Orchestra Association Regarding Charles Dutoit Allegations . Philadelphia Orchestra . 22 December 2017 . 2017-12-26.
- The New Year's Honours list 2018 . Cabinet Office, Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Health, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Home Office, United Kingdom . 29 December 2017 . 2017-12-30.
- https://www.tso.ca/concert/tribute-maureen-forrester Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 19 October 2017 programme
- News: Philip Glass, Pat Metheny, k.d. lang, Audra McDonald all turn out for a tribute to a Nonesuch guy . Los Angeles Times . Mark Swed . 2017-04-03 . 2017-04-08.
- http://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2016-17/chicago-symphony-orchestra/muti-beethoven-uchida/?perfNo=7851 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 16 March 2017 programme
- Web site: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 4–5 November 2017 programme note . 2 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171203020309/http://cincinnatisymphony.org/program-notes/17-18/storm-that-built-music-hall/ . 3 December 2017 . dead .
- News: Andrew Clements . BBC Scottish Symphony/Volkov review – a beguiling odyssey into sea, song and Czech water wells . The Guardian . 2017-07-27 . 2017-07-31.
- https://www.brittensinfonia.com/event/john-adams-70/ Britten Sinfonia, 25 February 2017 programme
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e6zn3d BBC Proms, Prom 11 programme, 23 July 2017
- News: Guitarists Duo Noire get 'a little weird' at Ethical Society concert . Saint Louis Post-Dispatch . John Huxhold . 2017-01-29 . 2017-02-01.
- News: Review: The New York Philharmonic Plays a Piece Inspired by Night . The New York Times . Anthony Tommasini . 2017-03-02 . 2017-03-04.
- News: Andrew Clements . Prom 50: CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – fierce solos and jagged riffs, superbly played . The Guardian . 2017-08-23 . 2017-08-31.
- News: Andrew Clements . The Judas Passion review – Beamish and Harsent bring new perspectives to an ancient story . The Guardian . 2017-09-25 . 2017-09-30.
- http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2017/03/a-world-premiere-and-intense-mendelssohn-from-chamber-music-society/ John Y. Lawrence, 'A world premiere and intense Mendelssohn from Chamber Music Society'. Chicago Classical Review blog, 9 March 2017
- News: Review: Kronos Quartet Revisits Vietnam Horror in My Lai . The New York Times . James R Oestreich . 2017-09-28 . 2017-09-30.
- Web site: Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 9 and 11 November 2017 programme . 2 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171203013823/https://www.tso.ca/sites/default/files/program-afghanistan-requiem.pdf . 3 December 2017 . dead.
- News: Music review: St. Louis Chamber Chorus premieres a new masterpiece . Saint Louis Post-Dispatch . Sarah Bryan Miller . 2017-05-29 . 2017-06-03.
- News: Andrew Clements . Staatskapelle Berlin/Barenboim review – magnificent UK Birtwistle premiere . The Guardian . 2017-07-17 . 2017-07-31.
- Web site: Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 27/28/30 September 2017 programme . 23 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170923194027/https://www.tso.ca/sites/default/files/program-brahms-german-requiem.pdf . 23 September 2017 . dead.
- https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2017/event/crouch-end-festival-chorus-porgy-and-bess Barbican Centre, 20 October 2017 programme
- https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/jacquin-trio-eunsley-park-maria-tarasewicz St John's Smith Square, 27 April 2017 programme
- https://www.kimmelcenter.org/events-and-tickets/201617/chamber/beethoven-and-brosses-pictures-at-an-exhibition/ The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, 14 May 2017 programme
- News: St. Louis Chamber Chorus offers well-sung Christmas mystery . St Louis Post-Dispatch . Sarah Bryan Miller . 2017-12-18 . 2017-12-26.
- Web site: Town Hall / Symphony Hall Birmingham, 23 October 2017 programme . 28 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201632/https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/bc-2017-18-quatuor-van-kuijk . 28 October 2017 . dead.
- Web site: Los Angeles Philharmonic, 17 October 2017 programme . 23 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170923194030/https://www.laphil.com/tickets/cdmx-new-music-from-mexico/2017-10-17 . 23 September 2017 . dead.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/epgv2m BBC Symphony Orchestra, 20 January 2017 programme
- Web site: Wigmore Hall, 20 September 2017 programme . 23 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170923193957/https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/nash-ensemble-201709201930 . 23 September 2017 . dead.
- https://cbso.co.uk/event/reichs-six-marimbas City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, 2 November 2017 programme
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ehdv2m BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 9 December 2017 programme
- https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/3/14/0730/PM/CAG-Encores/ Carnegie Hall, 14 March 2017 programme
- Web site: Britten Sinfonia, 3/4 February 2017 programme note . 6 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170206202309/https://www.brittensinfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mahan-Esfahani-programme-Lo-Res.pdf . 6 February 2017 . dead.
- News: Proms get political as Ode to Joy features on first night . The Guardian . Erica Jeal . 2017-07-14 . 2017-07-17.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/emncd4 BBC Symphony Orchestra, 6 October 2017 programme
- Web site: St Johns Smith Square, 6 April 2017 programme . 8 April 2017 . 9 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170409112544/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/ensemble-xy . dead .
- https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/classical/camerata-tchaikovsky-directed-yuri-zhislin-karin-dahlberg-soprano/ Camerata Tchaikovsky, 17 December 2017 programme, King's Place, London
- News: Philharmonia/Salonen review – inventive energy animates Tansy Davies premiere . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 2017-02-22 . 2017-05-14.
- http://www.chamber-music.org/event/under-ligurian-sun-part-ii SOLI Chamber Ensemble, 'Under the Ligurian Sun, Part II', 15 May 2017 programme
- News: Jazz gets outclassed at the Philadelphia Orchestra . Philadelphia Inquirer . David Patrick Stearns . 2017-03-31 . 2017-04-01.
- https://www.swr.de/-/id=20451126/property=download/nid=2136962/1ujzr18/donaueschinger-musiktage-2017-programmheft-pdf.pdf Donaueschinger Musiktage 2017 programme
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/evvq9r BBC Proms, 'Proms at ... Cadogan Hall, PCM 2' programme, 24 July 2017
- Web site: Britten Sinfonia, 19–25 April 2017 programme notes . 15 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170416074746/https://www.brittensinfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/At-Lunch-Three-prog-online.pdf . 16 April 2017 . dead.
- News: BBCNOW/Wigglesworth review – the best of British . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 2017-08-10 . 2017-08-19.
- News: Hear 9 New Psalm Settings for Challenging Times . The New York Times . Joshua Barone . 2017-10-31 . 2017-11-11.
- http://www.musikkollegium.ch/event-detail?event=19094 Musikkollegium Winterthur, 8 January 2017 programme
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e55p6q BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 23 February 2017 programme
- https://www.dso-berlin.de/content/e43/e272/index_ger.html DSO Berlin, 30 June 2017 programme
- News: BBCNOW/Evans review – Fitkin's new recorder concerto appeals and impresses . The Guardian . Rian Evans . 2017-05-30 . 2017-06-03.
- https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/wihan-quartet-201709271300 Wihan Quartet, 27 September 2017 programme, Wigmore Hall
- http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2017/11/fung-premiere-headlines-chamber-music-society-program-of-new-works/ David Wright, 'Fung premiere headlines Chamber Music Society program of new works'. New York Classical Review, 10 November 2017
- http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/the-sixteen-171219/ Cadogan Hall, The Sixteen, 18–19 December 2017 programme
- https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/1/31/0730/PM/Bruckner-Orchestra-Linz/ Carnegie Hall, January 31 2017 programme
- http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2017/09/dinnerstein-brings-a-personal-touch-to-glass-concerto-premiere/ George Grella, 'Dinnerstein brings a personal touch to Glass concerto premiere'. New York Classical Review blog, 29 September 2017
- News: Chamber Orchestra starts season with voices in the wilderness . Philadelphia Inquirer . David Patrick Stearns . 2017-10-01 . 2017-10-07.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e342mb BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 6 May 2017 programme, City Halls, Glasgow (19:00)
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/egrfxj#p04rpdvw BBC Symphony Orchestra, 3 February 2017 programme
- Web site: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, 5 March 2017 programme . 4 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170305040316/http://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/birmingham-concerts-2016-17/oliver-knussen-conducts-grime/ . 5 March 2017 . dead.
- https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/icalrepeat.detail/2017/09/14/705/-/2017-18-season-launch-new-music-britain.html London Symphony Orchestra, 14 September 2017 programme
- News: Review: Concert Hall, Meet Cabaret . The New York Times . Anthony Tommasini . 2017-01-06 . 2017-01-10.
- News: Review: The Boston Symphony's Radiant Precision . The New York Times . Zachary Woolfe . Zachary Woolfe . 2017-03-03 . 2017-03-04.
- https://www2.elbphilharmonie.de/en/whats-on/ensemble-resonanz-unknown-space/7363 Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival programme, 20 January 2017
- Web site: St John's Smith Square, 4 November 2017 programme . 11 November 2017 . 11 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171111205511/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/i-musicanti-3 . dead .
- News: Review: An American Composers Orchestra Concert Pays a Bracing Tribute . The New York Times . Anthony Tommasini . 2017-03-26 . 2017-04-01.
- Web site: Wigmore Hall, 21 March 2017 programme . 18 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170319022734/https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/nash-inventions-201703211930 . 19 March 2017 . dead.
- News: How Brahms's A German Requiem Became an Anthem for Our Time . The New York Times . James R. Oestreich . 2017-05-12 . 2017-05-14.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08pxcwy BBC Radio 3, 18 May 2017 programme, St Giles Cripplegate
- News: St. Louis Chamber Chorus begins a season of music for the dance . Saint Louis Post-Dispatch . Sarah Bryan Miller . 2017-10-02 . 2017-10-07.
- Web site: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, 11 April 2017 Green Umbrella programme . 18 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170628165637/http://www.laphil.com/tickets/green-umbrella-reykjavik-festival/2017-04-11 . 28 June 2017 . dead.
- News: RSPO/Oramo/Chineke!/Edusei review – rounded, exquisite, played to perfection . The Guardian . Martin Kettle . 2017-08-31 . 2017-08-31.
- https://www.tso.ca/concert/james-ehnes Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 8 March 2017 programme
- http://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/uploads/pdf/Manfred-Symphony.pdf Grant Park Music Festival, 11–12 August 2017 programme
- Web site: Montclair State University, Peak Performances series, information on QUIXOTE . 1 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170402082718/http://www.peakperfs.org/peak-programming-2016-17/quixote/ . 2 April 2017 . dead.
- Web site: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, 23 June 2017 programme . 28 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222101725/http://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/bcmg-on-tour-2016-17/bcmg-knussen . 22 December 2017 . dead.
- http://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/5816 Narodowe Forum Muzyki, 3 December 2017 programme
- Web site: St John's Smith Square, 23 April 2017 programme . 29 April 2017 . 10 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170910002414/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/ferio-saxophone-quartet-0 . dead .
- http://www.londonpianofestival.com/#two-piano-marathon London Piano Festival, 7 October 2017 programme
- http://donemus.nl/world-premiere-vanessa-lan-rise-for-two-bassoons-and-amateur-orchestra/ 'World premiere Vanessa Lann – Rise for two bassoons and (amateur) orchestra'. Donemus website, 7 November 2017
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e5gv2m BBC Symphony Orchestra, 17 February 2017 programme, Barbican Centre
- Web site: Boulder Philharmonic, 25 March 2017 programme . 15 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170416045031/http://boulderphil.org/concerts/past-concerts/163-nature-music . 16 April 2017 . dead.
- Web site: Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 22/23 September 2017 programme . 23 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170923194047/https://www.tso.ca/sites/default/files/program-glenn-gould.pdf . 23 September 2017 . dead.
- https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/13700 National Arts Centre Orchestra, 23 February 2017 programme
- https://www.tso.ca/concert/kronos-quartet Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 11 March 2017 programme
- Web site: Frederik Magle – The Fairest of Roses (2017) . Editions Wilhelm Hansen / Music Sales Classical . 2018-08-19.
- News: Your guide to the BBC Proms in the UAE . The National . Rob Garratt . 2017-03-20 . 2017-04-29.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08xxddp BBC Radio 4, 17 July 2017 programme
- News: LA club experience inspired composer's disco-style piece . Birmingham Post . Christopher Morley . 2017-01-19 . 2017-02-06.
- News: Contemplating time and music with St. Louis Chamber Chorus . Saint Louis Post-Dispatch . Sarah Bryan Miller . 2017-11-13 . 2017-11-18.
- News: Intoned Absurdity: This Week's 8 Best Classical Music Moments – 'Appealing Astringency' . The New York Times . James R. Oestreich . 2017-05-19 . 2017-05-27.
- Web site: Sheldonian Theatre, 21 January 2017 programme . 5 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170105182328/http://www.venues.ox.ac.uk/event/martha-argerich-and-oxford-philharmonic-orchestra/ . 5 January 2017 . dead.
- Web site: 'It's a huge thrill for myself and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra to go to Galway'. 15 June 2017. Charlie McBride. Galway Advertiser. 12 September 2021.
- News: Hell or High Water, an Orchestra Celebrates the Erie Canal . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 2017-07-07 . 2017-07-17.
- http://www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/whatson/academy-of-st-martin-ss17 Wiltshire Music Centre, 14 March 2017 programme
- http://sound-scotland.co.uk/event/christian-wilson-organ Sound Festival 2017, 7 November 2017 programme
- http://donemus.nl/world-premiere-of-catharsis-by-kris-oelbrandt/ "World Premiere of Catharsis by Kris Oelbrandt". Donemus website, 31 January 2017
- https://cso.org/globalassets/pdfsshared/program-notes/2017-18/programnotes_muti_bruckner4.pdf Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 28–30 September 2017 programme
- https://www.tso.ca/concert/tanya-tagaq Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 4 March 2017 programme
- Web site: St Johns Smith Square, 12 April 2017 programme . 8 April 2017 . 9 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170409112555/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/national-youth-chamber-choir . dead .
- News: Women's Voices of Afghanistan Rise in Gemma Peacocke's Song Cycle . The New York Times . Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim . 2017-06-14 . 2017-06-18.
- News: Review: A Riveting Piano Recital in a Harlem Crypt . The New York Times . Anthony Tommasini . 2017-09-29 . 2017-09-30.
- https://www.philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/1864 Philharmonia Orchestra, 4 November 2017 programme, The Anvil, Basingstoke
- Web site: St John's Smith Square, 12 January 2017 programme . 5 January 2017 . 5 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170105183841/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/oliver-wass . dead .
- https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/production/52541 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 22–24 September 2017 programme
- https://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/79685 Boston Symphony Orchestra programme, 23 March 2017
- https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/cuarteto-casals-201709111930 Wigmore Hall, 11 September 2017 programme
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b095qhsk BBC Radio 3, Radio 3 in Concert, 'Thomas Trotter at Manchester Cathedral', 26 September 2017 programme
- News: New Works for a New Year at Trinity Wall Street' s Festival . The New York Times . Zachary Woolfe . Zachary Woolfe . 2017-01-04 . 2017-01-05.
- News: Renée Fleming premieres André Previn's first-rate new song cycle . Philadelphia Inquirer . David Patrick Stearns . 2017-10-16 . 2017-10-28.
- Web site: Britten Sinfonia, 2 December 2017 programme note . 2 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171202221728/https://www.brittensinfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/17-12-Chichester-Psalms-LO-RES.pdf . 2 December 2017 . dead.
- http://www.br-chor.de/konzert/5709/ Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, 3 March 2017 programme
- Web site: Manchester Camerata, 8 June 2017 programme . 3 June 2017 . 14 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170914220343/http://www.manchestercamerata.co.uk/whats-on/concerts/the-play-off . dead .
- http://www.cambridgechorale.org.uk/concerts/hymns-to-the-mother-of-christ Cambridge Chorale, 25 March 2017 programme
- http://www.malvern-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/sacconi-string-quartet/ Autumn in Malvern Festival, 24 September 2017 programme
- https://nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1718/JoeyRoukensBoundlessHomeagetoLB.pdf New York Philharmonic, 25–31 October 2017 programme note
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- https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/london-choral-sinfonia St John's Smith Square, 11 March 2017 programme
- Web site: Cadogan Hall, 6 June 2017 programme . 3 June 2017 . 8 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170608082202/http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/gala-concert-with-the-kings-singers-170606/ . dead .
- Web site: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 9 March 2017 programme . 18 March 2017 . 19 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170319112928/http://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2016-17/chicago-symphony-orchestra/salonen-and-yo-yo-ma/?perfNo=7847 . dead .
- Web site: Northern Chamber Orchestra, 3 November 2017 programme . 4 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015355/http://www.ncorch.co.uk/events/craig-ogden-rodrigo-chethams-stoller-hall/ . 7 November 2017 . dead.
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- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/egjcd4 BBC Philharmonic, 25 November 2017 programme
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- https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/trio-mediaeval-nils-okland-201712131930 Wigmore Hall, 13 December 2017 programme
- http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3430&artikel=6429276 Baltic Sea Festival, 27 August 2017 programme
- http://www.nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1718/Bent-Sorenson-Evening-Land.ashx New York Philharmonic, 30 November – 2 December 2017 programme note
- https://www.auditori.cat/uploads/20170929/WEB_CAMBRA_QUARTET_CASALS.pdf L'Auditori, Barcelona, 3 October 2017 programme
- http://www.mochambermusic.org/current-season.html Missouri Chamber Music Festival, June 2017 programme
- http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2017/07/plugged-in-from-the-start-morton-subotnick-performs-a-classic-and-premiere-at-lincoln-center-festival/ George Grella, 'Plugged in from the start, Morton Subotnick performs a classic and world premiere at Lincoln Center Festival'. New York Classical Review, 21 July 2017
- https://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets/events/renaissance-reimagined-new-cambridge-singers 'Renaissance Reimagined – New Cambridge Singers', 1 April 2017 programme, Trinity College, Cambridge
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09gyf0r BBC Concert Orchestra, Euroradio 50th Anniversary Concert programme, 27 November 2017
- Web site: Cadogan Hall, 13 May 2017 programme, Constanza Chorus and London Mozart Players . 20 May 2017 . 13 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170513013114/http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/constanza-chorus-london-mozart-players-170513/ . dead .
- http://www.editionpeters.com/newsdetails.php?articleID=IN01164 'Matthew Taylor Featured Composer In Hertfordshire'. Edition Peters page, 19 May 2017
- News: Tonal vision: The 2017 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival . Santa Fe New Mexican . James M Keller . 2017-07-14 . 2017-08-07.
- News: St Magnus Festival review: Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall; Duo Van Vliet and Joseph Shiner, St Magnus Cathe . The Herald . Hazel Rowland . 2017-06-21 . 2017-11-11.
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- Web site: St John's Smith Square, 8 January 2017 programme . 5 January 2017 . 6 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170106010648/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/i-musicanti . dead .
- http://www.halle.co.uk/whats-on/brahms-watkins-berlioz/ Hallé, 22 April 2017 programme
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- News: BBCNOW/Zhang – Malala's message is set to music . The Guardian . Rian Evans . 2017-03-09 . 2017-03-11.
- http://www.matthewwhiteside.co.uk/?event=new-work-for-rte-symphony-orchestra 'Repercussive for RTÉ Symphony Orchestra
- Web site: Elbphilharmonie programme, 13 January 2017 . 10 January 2017 . 13 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170113033006/https://www2.elbphilharmonie.de/en/whats-on/hamburg-philharmonic-state-orchestra-kent-nagano/6935 . dead .
- News: Philly astronaut Bluford gets his props at the Mann – and a soaring orchestral number in his honor . Philadelphia Inquirer . Peter Dobrin . 2017-07-26 . 2017-07-31.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e88d4f BBC Proms, Cadogan Hall programme, 17 July 2017
- News: Cast finds gold in Girls of the Golden West . San Francisco Chronicle . Steven Winn . 2017-11-09 . 2017-11-11.
- News: Review: The man, the machine and now Steve Jobs, the opera . Los Angeles Times . Mark Swed . 2017-07-27 . 2017-08-31.
- News: Festival d'Aix-en-Provence: 'Pinocchio' de Philippe Boesmans. Une féroce allégresse. Une réussite totale. . RTBF . Christian Jade . 2017-07-05 . 2017-07-17.
- News: 'Riders of the Purple Sage' is Arizona Opera's first-ever world premiere . Arizona Republic . Kerry Lengel . 2017-02-20 . 2017-04-29.
- News: Minnesota Opera's 'Dinner at Eight' is distinctly American 'Broadway/opera hybrid' . Minneapolis Star-Tribune . Terry Blain . 2017-03-09 . 2017-04-29.
- News: Kokoschka's Doll review – musical portrait of Alma Mahler misses the macabre . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 2017-07-11 . 2017-08-07.
- Web site: Infinite now. Chaya Czernowin. en-US. 2017-12-05.
- News: Hamlet review – Brett Dean conjures spectres, swordfights and swapped soliloquies . The Guardian . Erica Jeal . 2017-06-12 . 2017-06-12.
- News: Shahrazad review at Leighton House, London – 'impressive singing' . The Stage . Edward Bhesania . 2017-02-14 . 2017-02-23.
- Web site: Finnish National Opera page on Höstsonaten . 16 September 2017 . 16 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170916225316/https://oopperabaletti.fi/en/repertoire/hostsonaten-autumn-sonata/ . dead .
- News: Opera as lively art – or not-so-lively . The Washington Post. Anne Midgette . 2017-01-15 . 2017-01-20.
- News: Trompe-la-Mort at the Palais Garnier: a pithy, gripping opera . Financial Times . Shirley Apthorp . 2017-03-19 . 2017-04-15.
- News: After Years of Fumbling, HGO May Have Landed A Holiday Winner . Houstonia . Sydney Boyd . 2017-12-01 . 2017-12-26.
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- https://www.wno.org.uk/event/worlds-wife-opera-tom-green-and-carol-ann-duffy Welsh National Opera, page on The World's Wife
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- http://www.theatersg.ch/spielplan/annas-maske Theater St. Gallen page on Annas Maske
- News: The Wake World – Philadelphia, Opera Philadelphia, 9/16/17 . Opera News . David Shengold . 2017-09-16 . 2017-09-23.
- News: Review: Mata Hari, a Different Kind of Queen of the Night . The New York Times . Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim . 2017-01-06 . 2017-01-10.
- Web site: Harlequin Theatre, "Surrey Opera: The Life to Come" . 7 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170808033044/http://www.harlequintheatre.co.uk/whats-on/on-stage/Surrey-Opera-The-Life-to-Come/ . 8 August 2017 . dead.
- http://www.teatro-real.com/es/temporada-16-17/opera/la-ciudad-de-las-mentiras/ Teatro Real page on La ciudad de las mentiras
- http://burycourtopera.org/index.php/articles/mad-king-suibhne-an-exciting-new-commission-for-our-2017-season Bury Court Opera, '"Mad King Suibhne": An exciting new commission for our 2017 Season'
- News: Sex, sadism, blackmail: Nico Muhly on why Hitchcock's Marnie is an explosive heroine . The Guardian . Nico Muhly . 2017-11-10 . 2017-11-18.
- New opera on forced migration to premiere at Glyndebourne in November . Glyndebourne Opera . 2 October 2017 . 2017-12-26.
- News: The 8th Door/Bluebeard's Castle review – Scottish Opera's compelling tour of Bartók's horrors . The Guardian . Kate Molleson . 2017-03-30 . 2017-04-01.
- News: BambinO, plus Albert Herring; Turandot review – opera for real beginners . The Observer . Fiona Maddocks. Fiona Maddocks . 2017-07-14 . 2017-08-07.
- http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about_the_school/view_all_events/?tx_julleevents_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=4880 Guildhall School of Music, 27 February 2017 Opera and Vocal programme. Silk Street Theatre
- News: Elizabeth Cree – Philadelphia, Opera Philadelphia, 9/14/17 . Opera News . David Shengold . 2017-09-14 . 2017-09-23.
- http://www.shermantheatre.co.uk/performance/music/y-twr/ Sherman Theatre, 19 & 20 May 2017 programme page on Y Tŵr
- News: We Shall Not Be Moved – Philadelphia, Opera Philadelphia, 9/16/17 . Opera News . David Shengold . 2017-09-16 . 2017-09-23.
- News: Laura Schwendinger's Opera Artemisia Slated for New York Premiere . University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mead Whitter School of Music . Michael Cooper . 2016-12-05 . 2017-01-05.
- http://www.planethugill.com/2017/02/striking-trilogy-snow-new-opera-in.html Robert Hugill, 'Striking trilogy: Snow, a new opera in three acts with three composers'. "Planet Hugill" blog, 21 February 2017
- https://nationalsawdust.org/event/opera-prototype-presents-rev-23/ National Sawdust, 14 January 2017 programme
- News: Rory Kinnear on his opera debut: 'If it's a disaster, I apologise' . The Guardian . Kate Molleson . 2017-02-14 . 2017-02-18.
- News: Hillborg: The Strand Settings, etc CD review – Renée Fleming is ravishing . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 2017-01-11 . 2017-01-12.
- News: Richard Dubugnon: Arcanes Symphoniques CD review – joy in the orchestra's swooning sonic possibilities . The Guardian . Erica Jeal . 2017-01-12 . 2017-01-12.
- News: Zimmermann/Hodges: Voces Abandonadas CD review – poetic and hugely rewarding . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 2017-01-18 . 2017-01-20.
- News: Peter Maxwell Davies: Chamber music CD review – austere, resolute and personal . The Guardian . Kate Molleson . 2017-01-19 . 2017-01-24.
- News: Eva-Maria Houben: Livres d'Heures CD review – serene, tantalising restraint . The Guardian . Kate Molleson . 2017-01-19 . 2017-01-24.
- News: Hélène de Montgeroult CD review – forgotten musician ahead of her time . The Guardian . Erica Jeal . 2017-01-26 . 2017-01-28.
- News: Kenneth Leighton: Complete Organ Works CD review – a towering triumph . The Observer . Stephen Pritchard . 2017-01-29 . 2017-02-07.
- News: Thommessen: The Hermaphrodite CD review – lusty, intense and strung-out . The Guardian . Kate Molleson . 2017-02-02 . 2017-02-07.
- News: Kagel: The 8 Pieces of the Wind Rose CD review – a musical journey to be savoured . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 2017-02-08 . 2017-02-11.
- News: Alwyn: Quartets 10–13 CD review – intriguing works of a prolific perfectionist . The Guardian . Erica Jeal . 2017-02-10 . 2017-02-11.
- News: Tarik O'Regan: A Celestial Map of the Sky CD review – luminous beauty . The Observer . Stephen Pritchard . 2017-02-19 . 2017-02-22.
- News: Joubert: Jane Eyre CD review – April Fredrick gleams in Charlotte Brontë role . The Guardian . Erica Jeal . 2017-03-09 . 2017-03-18.
- News: Linda Catlin Smith: Drifter CD review – beautiful, poised and thoughtful . The Guardian . Kate Molleson . 2017-03-16 . 2017-03-18.
- News: Kate Whitley: I Am I Say CD review – unpretentious and appealingly vigorous music . The Guardian . Kate Molleson . 2017-03-30 . 2017-04-01.
- News: Szymon Laks: Chamber Works review – backwards glances from a Holocaust survivor . The Guardian . Erica Jeal . 2017-06-15 . 2017-06-18.
- News: Nenov: Piano Concerto; Ballade No 2 CD review – revelatory Bulgarian modernism . The Observer . Stephen Pritchard . 2017-06-18 . 2017-06-18.
- News: First Drop CD review – from Skempton to Reich via 12 immaculate voices . The Observer . Fiona Maddocks. Fiona Maddocks . 2017-07-02 . 2017-08-07.
- News: Frances-Hoad: Stolen Rhythm review – melodic invention from distinctive composer . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 2017-07-06 . 2017-08-07.
- News: Potter: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 CD review – a little gem . The Observer . Stephen Pritchard . 2017-07-09 . 2017-08-07.
- News: Glanert: Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch CD review – a work of great power and intensely vivid invention . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 2017-07-13 . 2017-08-07.
- News: Peter Fribbins: Dances, Elegies and Epitaphs CD review – clear, sinuous melody . The Observer . Stephen Pritchard . 2017-07-23 . 2017-08-07.
- News: Stephen Wilkinson: Songs CD review – highly persuasive English lyricism . The Guardian . Erica Jeal . 2017-07-27 . 2017-08-07.
- News: Feldman: For Bunita Marcus CD review – immaculate care with colour and nuance . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 2017-07-30 . 2017-08-07.
- News: Isaac: The Time of Lorenzo de' Medici and Maximilian I CD review – Savall and co excel . The Observer . Nicholas Kenyon . 2017-07-30 . 2017-08-07.
- News: Elliott Carter: Late Works CD review – constant surprises and explosive energy . The Guardian . Andrew Clements . 2017-08-02 . 2017-08-07.
- News: Judith Wegmann: Le Souffle du Temps review – elusive and meticulous prepared piano . The Guardian . Kate Molleson . 2017-08-03 . 2017-08-07.
- News: Cincinnati Opera releases Fellow Travelers recording . City Beat . Anne Arenstein . 2017-09-14 . 2017-09-30.
- News: Andrew Clements . Andriessen: Theatre of the World CD review – a superb, surreal journey . The Guardian . 2017-09-28 . 2017-09-30.
- News: Éliane Radigue: Occam Ocean 1 CD review – ultra-slow, ephemeral and virtuosic . The Guardian . Kate Molleson . 2017-10-26 . 2017-10-28.
- News: Cage: Concert for Piano; Wolff: Resistance CD review – playful, quick-witted and magnetic . The Guardian . Kate Molleson . 2017-10-26 . 2017-10-28.
- News: Rorem: Our Town. Opera News . Joshua Rosemblum . November 2017 . 2017-11-19.
- News: Andrew Clements . Abrahamsen: String Quartets CD review – definitive recordings of a vital series . The Guardian . 2017-11-16 . 2017-11-18.
- News: Andrew Clements . Berlioz: Les Troyens CD review – electrifying performances set a new benchmark . The Guardian . 2017-11-22 . 2017-11-27.
- News: Fred Cohn . Verdi: Rigoletto . Opera News . December 2017 . 2017-12-16.
- News: Anthony Tommasini. James R. Oestreich. David Allen. Seth Colter Walls. Joshua Barone . The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 . The New York Times . 2017-12-13 . 2017-12-16.
- News: Erica Jeal . Roderick Williams: Sacred Choral Works review – well-crafted and vibrant . The Guardian . 2017-12-14 . 2017-12-26.
- News: Opera community mourns loss of Canadian vocal coach Stuart Hamilton . CBC . Lauren Pelley . 2017-01-02 . 2017-01-10.
- http://www.blic.rs/vesti/drustvo/umro-clan-sanu-vlastimir-trajkovic/jwc2xhr Umro član SANU Vlastimir Trajković
- News: Georges Prêtre, French Conductor Known for Interpretation, Dies at 92 . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 2017-01-04 . 2017-01-05.
- https://www.opera-online.com/fr/articles/deces-de-geori-boue-lune-des-plus-grandes-sopranos-francaises-nous-quitte-a-lage-de-98-ans 'Décès de Geori Boué: l’une des plus grandes sopranos françaises nous quitte à l’âge de 98 ans' Opera-Online website
- News: Nicolai Gedda, 91, Versatile Tenor Whose Career Spanned Fifty Years, Has Died . Opera News . Peter G Davis . 2017-02-09 . 2017-02-11.
- News: George Silfies, longtime principal clarinet of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, dies . Saint Louis Post-Dispatch . Sarah Bryan Miller . 2017-01-24 . 2017-02-01.
- News: Rosemarie Lang im Alter von 69 Jahren gestorben . Berliner Zeitung . 2017-01-18 . 2017-04-22.
- News: Richard Divall, renowned conductor and composer, dies aged 71 . Sydney Morning Herald . Hannah Francis . 2017-01-15 . 2017-01-20.
- News: Roberta Peters, 86, Sparkling Soprano Whose Fairytale Met Debut Led to a Five-Decade Career, has Died . Opera News . Ira Siff . 2017-01-19 . 2017-01-20.
- News: Max Wilcox, Grammy-Winning Record Producer, Dies at 88. The New York Times. Sam Roberts. Sam Roberts (newspaper journalist). 2017-01-31. 2017-02-01.
- News: Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer whose works gave voice to revolution, dies at 86 . The Washington Post. Michael Tarm . 2017-01-24 . 2017-01-28.
- https://www.francemusique.fr/chanson/henry-louis-de-la-grange-est-mort-specialiste-gustav-mahler 'Henry-Louis de La Grange est mort, disparition du plus grand spécialiste de Gustav Mahler'. France Musique website, 27 January 2017
- News: Walter Hautzig, Pianist Whose Talent Helped Him Flee Nazis, Dies at 95. The New York Times. Sam Roberts. Sam Roberts (newspaper journalist). 2017-02-04. 2017-02-06.
- News: Sidney Rothstein, former Reading Symphony Orchestra conductor, dies at 80 . Reading Eagle . Susan L. Pena . 2017-02-02 . 2017-02-22.
- http://www.lso.co.uk/more/news/625-obituary-gervase-de-peyer-1926-2017.html London Symphony Orchestra, 'Obituary: Gervase de Peyer (1926–2017)'. 6 February 2017
- News: Harvey Lichtenstein, Who Led Brooklyn Academy of Music's Rebirth, Dies at 87 . The New York Times . Robert Berkvist . 2017-02-11 . 2017-02-18.
- News: David Rumsey, organ pioneer, dies aged 77 . Sydney Morning Herald . Peter McCallum . 2017-02-14 . 2017-03-04.
- News: Obituary: Eugene Phillips / Former PSO violinist shared his gift with students . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Sean D. Hamill . 2017-04-13 . 2017-05-14.
- News: Musician who brought classics to communist China dies aged 99 . South China Morning Post . Oliver Chou . 2017-02-21 . 2017-02-23.
- News: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Minnesota musical giant, dead at 93 . Minneapolis Star-Tribune . Jenna Ross . 2017-02-21 . 2017-02-22 . 22 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170222173736/http://www.startribune.com/stanislaw-skrowaczewski-minnesota-musical-giant-dead-at-93/414391273/#1 . dead .
- Zum Tod von KS Kurt Moll . Vienna State Opera . 7 March 2017 . 2017-03-11.
- News: Fiora Corradetti Contino, Opera Maestra, Dies at 91. The New York Times. Sam Roberts. Sam Roberts (newspaper journalist). 2017-03-15. 2017-03-18.
- http://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/17_marzo_07/morto-maestro-alberto-zedda-rossini-opera-festival-pesaro-direttore-e3c03fca-031f-11e7-abb5-4486feee70af.shtml?refresh_ce-cp Lutto nel mondo della lirica, è morto il maestro Alberto Zedda
- In Memoriam: Francis B. Thorne, Jr., ACO's Co-Founder . American Composers Orchestra . 13 March 2017 . 2017-03-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170319023212/http://www.americancomposers.org/2017/03/13/in-memoriam-francis-b-thorne-jr-acos-co-founder/ . 19 March 2017 . dead.
- News: Obituary: Laura Flax 1952–2017 . The Juilliard Journal . April 2017 . 2017-05-14.
- News: Remembering a Philly musician who survived the Holocaust to find poetry . Philadelphia Inquirer . Peter Dobrin . 2017-03-28 . 2017-04-01.
- News: Roberta Knie, leading Wagnerian soprano and Philadelphia voice teacher . Philadelphia Inquirer . David Patrick Stearns . 2017-03-28 . 2017-04-01.
- News: Le chef d'orchestre Louis Frémaux est mort à 95 ans . Le Monde . Marie-Aude Roux . 2017-03-27 . 2017-04-01.
- https://www.breitkopf.com/news/2017/breitkopf-haertel-mourns-the-death-of-piano-composer-luis-zett 'Mourning for Luis Zett'
- News: Rainer Kussmaul ist tot . Süddeutsche Zeitung . Harald Eggebrecht . 2017-03-29 . 2017-04-08.
- Trauer um Thomas Brandis . Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra . 3 April 2017 . 2017-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170404130503/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/news/detail/trauer-um-thomas-brandis/ . 4 April 2017 . dead .
- News: British violinist David Angel has died . Classical Music Magazine . Katy Wright . 2017-04-12 . 2017-04-15.
- http://www.olyrix.com/articles/actu-des-artistes/948/disparition-dune-des-3-sopranos-kathleen-cassello-deces-mort-chanteuse-americaine-colorature-opera-de-marseille-manon-thais-elisabetta-roberto-devereux-marguerite-faust-madame-butterfly-donizetti-kallen-esperian-cynthia-lawrence-don-giovanni Charles Arden, 'Disparition de l'une des "3 sopranos": Kathleen Cassello'. Ôlyrix website, 14 April 2017
- News: Nona Liddell obituary . The Guardian . Anne Inglis . 2017-05-08 . 2017-05-27.
- News: Sänger Manfred Jung gestorben: Trauer um Bayreuth-Star . BR-Klassik . Maximilian Maier . 2017-04-18 . 2017-04-22 .
- News: Gordon Langford, composer of the Test Card music – obituary . Telegraph . 2017-05-01 . 2017-05-27.
- http://operawire.com/obituary-remembering-mezzo-soprano-kristine-jepson/ Francisco Salazar, 'Obituary: Remembering Mezzo-Soprano Kristine Jepson' Opera Wire blog, 21 April 2017
- News: Opernwelt trauert um Wagner-Tenor Endrik Wottrich . Welt . 2017-04-29 . 2017-04-29.
- News: Keith Harvey, cellist – obituary . Telegraph . William Grimes . 2017-05-05 . 2017-05-24.
- News: June LeBell, Pioneering Radio Announcer, Dies at 73 . The New York Times . Sam Roberts . 2017-05-02 . 2017-05-06.
- https://dailynewshungary.com/violinist-peter-komlos-dies-81/ Violinist Péter Komlós dies at 81
- News: Celebrated Grimsby opera singer Norma Procter dies at 89 . Grimsby Telegraph . Alex Thorp . 2017-05-10 . 2017-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510141323/http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/celebrated-grimsby-opera-singer-norma-procter-dies-at-89/story-30320154-detail/story.html . 2017-05-10 . dead .
- News: Barbara Smith Conrad, Singer at Center of Integration Dispute, Dies at 79 . The New York Times . William Grimes . 2017-05-24 . 2017-05-26.
- News: Helen Kwalwasser, Temple violin professor for nearly half a century . Philadelphia Inquirer . Peter Dobrin . 2017-06-08 . 2017-06-12.
- http://www.rdc.pl/informacje/nie-zyje-elzbieta-chojnacka-znakomita-polska-klawesynistka/ Nie żyje Elżbieta Chojnacka. "Znakomita polska klawesynistka"
- News: Jiří Bělohlávek obituary . The Guardian . David Nice . 2017-06-01 . 2017-06-03.
- News: Carola Große . Sir Jeffrey Tate ist tot . Der Spiegel . 2017-06-02 . 2017-06-03.
- News: Malcolm Lipkin, composer – obituary . Telegraph . 2017-06-08 . 2017-06-18.
- News: Paul Zukofsky, Prodigy Who Became, Uneasily, a Virtuoso Violinist, Dies at 73. The New York Times. Margalit Fox. Margalit Fox. 2017-06-20. 2017-06-25.
- News: Philip Gossett, Scholar Who Brought Operas Back to Life, Dies at 75 . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 2017-06-15 . 2017-06-18.
- News: Grenfell Tower four weeks on: What is known about the victims so far . Herald Scotland . 2017-07-12 . 2017-07-17.
- News: Kyla Greenbaum . The Times . 2017-06-20 . 2017-09-30.
- News: Joan Krueger, Voice Professor, has passed away . Purchase College . Jacque Trussel . 2017-06-19 . 2017-06-25.
- News: Richard Toop has died . Limelight. Angus McPherson . 2017-06-20 . 9 May 2022.
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- Death of Ernst Ottensamer . Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra . 23 July 2017 . 2017-07-24 . 1 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170801090837/http://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/orchestra/philharmonic-journal/year/2017/month/6/blogitemid/1249/page/1/pagesize/20 . dead .
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- News: Lee Blakeley – Opera and theatre director, Born August 16 1971; died August 5 2017 . Neil Cooper . The Herald . 2017-08-14 . 2017-08-19.
- News: Miguel Rojo . Muere a los 50 años el músico Juan Carlos Cadenas, violonchelista de la OSPA . El Comercio . 2017-08-06 . 2017-12-20.
- News: Carla Coalla . Asturias despide a la mujer de sonrisa infinita . El Comercio . 2017-08-11 . 2017-12-20.
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- http://lebenswege.faz.net/traueranzeige/prof-aloys-kontarsky/50995413 Prof. Aloys Kontarsky : Traueranzeige
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- http://operawire.com/obituary-canadian-soprano-irene-salemka-mcgillivray-dies-at-86/ Obituary: Canadian Soprano Irene Salemka McGillivray Dies At 86
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- Web site: People's Artist of USSR Zurab Sotkilava dies at 80 . 2017-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171002101004/http://en.apa.az/world-news/cis-countries-news/people-s-artist-of-ussr-zurab-sotkilava-dies-at-80.html . 2017-10-02 . dead .
- http://www.classicalmusicnews.ru/news/leonid-haritonov-passed/ Скончался Леонид Харитонов
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- https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=198245&lang=ru Скончался композитор Дмитрий Смольский
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