2019 in classical music explained
This article lists major events and other topics related to classical music in 2019.
Events
- 1 January – The founders of Wichita Grand Opera, Margaret Ann Pent and Parvan Bakardiev, formally retire from the company.[1]
- 3 January
- The Royal College of Organists announces Hans Fagius and Nicolas Kynaston as the recipients of the RCO Medal for 2019.[2]
- Wichita Grand Opera announces the appointment of Alan Held as its new artistic director, effective 2 January 2019.[3]
- 8 January – The Artemis Quartet announces the appointment of Suyoen Kim as its new violinist and Harriet Krijgh as its new cellist, effective June 2019.[4]
- 10 January – The Brodsky Quartet announces the appointment of Gina McCormack as its new violinist, to replace the departing Daniel Rowland.[5]
- 11 January – The Orchestre national de France announces the appointment of Johannes Neubert as its next general director, effective 1 September 2019.[6]
- 14 January – The Gran Teatre del Liceu announces the appointment of Víctor Garcia de Gomar as its next artistic director, effective with the 2019–2020 season.[7]
- 15 January
- Wexford Festival Opera announces the appointment of Rosetta Cucchi as its next artistic director, effective November 2019, with an initial contract of 6 years.[8]
- Cal Performances announces the appointment of Jeremy Geffen as its next executive and artistic director, effective 1 April 2019.[9]
- 16 January
- 17 January
- The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation announces Rebecca Saunders as the recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis 2019, the second woman and the first female composer ever to be honoured with the award.[12]
- The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra announces the appointment of Richard Egarr as its next music director, effective with the 2021–2022 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.[13]
- 18 January – The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival announces Aigerim Seilova as the recipient of its Hindemith-Preis 2019.[14]
- 19 January
- 21 January – The Barbican Centre, London Symphony Orchestra, and Guildhall School of Music and Drama jointly unveil initial designs for the proposed privately funded centre for music in the City of London.[17]
- 22 January – WFMT announces the appointment of George Preston as its new vice-president and general manager, effective 1 March 2019.[18]
- 24 January
- 25 January
- 26 January
- 27 January – Bernard Haitink conducts his final concert with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
- 29 January
- Through the auspices of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, over 5000 papers and sketches by Giuseppe Verdi become available to scholars for the first time.[26]
- Police in Ann Arbor, Michigan arrest David Daniels and his husband, Scott Walters, on charges of second-degree assault, following allegations by Samuel Schultz that the couple assaulted him in 2010.[27]
- 30 January – The Colorado Music Festival announces the appointment of Peter Oundjian as its next music director.[28]
- 1 February
- 6 February – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announces the appointment of Henry Timms as its next president and chief executive officer, effective May 2019.[32]
- 8 February – The Spanish National Orchestra announces the elevation of its principal conductor David Afkham to the posts of chief conductor and artistic director, effective 1 September 2019, through the 2020–2021 season.[33]
- 12 February – The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Steven Sloane as its next music director, effective with the 2019–2020 season.[34]
- 13 February
- The Polar Music Prize announces Anne-Sophie Mutter as one of the three winners of the 2019 Polar Music Prize.[35]
- Annapolis Opera announces that Ronald Gretz, its current artistic director, is to retire from the post effective 30 June 2020.[36]
- 14 February
- The Boston Symphony Orchestra and its principal flautist, Elizabeth Rowe, reach a confidential, undisclosed settlement on her pay discrimination lawsuit against the orchestra filed originally in July 2018.[37]
- The Bozeman Symphony announces the resignation of Matthew Savery as its music director, following allegations of bullying and verbal harassment against him by musicians and past orchestra staff.[38]
- 19 February – The Louisville Orchestra announces the appointment of Robert Massey as its new chief executive officer, effective March 2019.[39]
- 20 February – Future Talent announces Sheku Kanneh-Mason as its newest Ambassador.[40]
- 21 February
- The Stichting Praemium Erasmianum announces John Adams as the recipient of the Erasmus Prize 2019.[41]
- Florentine Opera announces the appointment of Maggey Oplinger as its new general director and chief executive officer, effective 1 March 2019.[42]
- 22 February
- Opera Australia announces the awarding of its Opera Australia Trophy to Elijah Moshinsky, the second recipient of the honour in the history of the company.[43]
- The city of Hanau announces Olli Mustonen as the recipient of its Hindemith-Preis der Stadt Hanau for 2019.[44]
- The Segerstrom Center for the Arts announces the departure of Terrence Dwyer as its president, with immediate effect.[45]
- 25 February – Young Concert Artists announces the appointment of Daniel Kellogg as its new president, effective 1 July 2019.[46]
- 27 February – The Duisburg Philharmonic announces the appointment of Axel Kober as its next Generalmusikdirektor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.[47]
- 28 February
- The Deutscher Musikautorenpreis announces Wolfgang Rihm as the recipient of the Deutscher Musikautorenpreis 2019 for his life's work.[48]
- At an internal company meeting, San Francisco Opera indicates that it is to make redundant its director of communications and public affairs, Jon Finck, and its director of development, Andrew Morgan, with those posts not to be re-staffed, others to be abolished, and four open positions not to be filled.[49]
- 1 March
- The Dresdner Musikfestspiele announces Joshua Bell as the recipient of its Glashütte Original Musikfestspielepreis 2019.[50]
- The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra announces that its concertmaster (leader) emeritus, Jonathan Lees, is to retire from the orchestra, as a result of persistent nerve injuries in his left hand.[51]
- The La Jolla Music Society announces the appointment of Ted DeDee as its next chief executive officer and president, effective 1 April 2019.[52]
- 4 March – Scala Radio, a new classical radio station, begins transmission in the UK.[53]
- 8 March A British Phonographic Industry report indicates that with respect to music provision, UK state schools have seen a 21% decrease over the past 5 years, compared to a net increase of 7% in independent schools during the same period.[54]
- Birmingham Contemporary Music Group announces the appointment of Seb Huckle as its new executive director.[55]
- Never heard during the composer's lifetime, Roland Furieux by Augusta Holmès receives its world premiere performance by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Valentina Peleggi, following reconstruction of the full orchestral score.[56]
- The opera Das Schloß Dürande, with music by Othmar Schoeck, unstaged since its 1943 premiere, receives the first performance in its second-ever production, by the Staatstheater Meiningen, with a revised libretto by Francesco Micieli.[57]
- Cincinnati Opera announces that its general director, Patricia Beggs, is to retire from the post in August 2020.[58]
- 11 March – The musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra take industrial action, in protest at proposed changes by management to the musicians' pension structure.[59]
- 13 March – The Vienna Philharmonic announces the election of Bernard Haitink as an honorary member of the orchestra.[60]
- 14 March – The Tulsa Symphony announces the appointment of Keith C. Elder as its next executive director, effective 5 August 2019.[61]
- 17 March – The Borletti-Buitoni Trust announces the Quartetto di Cremona as the recipient of the Franco Buitoni Award 2019.[62]
- 18 March – The board of directors of the Teatro alla Scala votes to return €3 million of funds to Saudi Arabia, following protests at the attempted donation.[63]
- 19 March
- 20 March – The Flanders Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Kristiina Poska as its next chief conductor, the first female conductor to be named to the post, effective with the 2019–2020 season.[66]
- 21 March – Seattle Opera announces the appointment of Christina Scheppelmann as its next general director, effective August 2019.[67]
- 25 March – The Regensburger Domspatzen announces the appointment of Christian Heiss as its next director, effective September 2019.[68]
- 26 March
- The Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg announces the appointment of Leo McFall as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2020–2021 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.[69]
- The San Antonio Symphony announces that Sebastian Lang-Lessing is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2019–2020 season.[70]
- 27 March – Edita Gruberová sings her final opera performance, as Elizabetta in Donizetti's Roberto Devereux, at the Bavarian State Opera.[71]
- 29 March
- The Armenia National Opera and Ballet Theatre terminates the contract of Constantine Orbelian as its director.[72]
- The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra announces the resignation of Christopher T. Barton as its executive director, and the appointments of Mary Palmer and Mark Fischer as co-interim executive directors.[73]
- 2 April – The Musikverein announces the appointment of Stephan Pauly as its new Intendant, effective 1 July 2020.[74]
- 5 April
- The Argovia Philharmonic announces the appointment of Rune Bergmann as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2020–2021 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.[75]
- The Shed officially opens in New York City, including the performance exhibit Reich Richter Pärt.[76]
- 7 April – Opera San José announces simultaneously the retirement of its current general director, Larry Hancock, as of 30 June 2020, and the appointment of Khori Dastoor as its new general director, effective 1 July 2020.[77]
- 8 April
- 12 April – The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO) announces that Hannu Lintu is to conclude his chief conductorship of the FRSO at the close of the 2020–2021 season.[80]
- 13 April – Yo-Yo Ma performs at Tres Laredos Park in Laredo, Texas, USA, near the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge, as part of his 'Bach Project', and part of the 'Day of Action' activities between the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.[81]
- 16 April – Gautier Capuçon performs Après un rêve by Gabriel Fauré outside of Notre-Dame de Paris, one day after the Notre-Dame fire.[82]
- 17 April
- The Staatstheater Cottbus announces the appointment of Stephan Märki as its new Intendant and director of opera, effective with the 2020–2021 season.[83]
- English National Opera announces the resignation of Daniel Kramer as its artistic director, effective at the end of July 2019.[84]
- The Court of Appeal unanimously upholds the earlier ruling by the High Court of Justice in the case of Christopher Goldscheider v. Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation, in favour of Goldscheider.[85]
- The Berkeley Symphony announces the appointment of Joseph Young as its new music director, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.[86]
- 20 April – At the Cour des Invalides, a benefit concert occurs for the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris after the Notre-Dame fire, including participation from classical music artists Pretty Yende, Julie Fuchs, Gautier Capuçon, Lang Lang, Jakub Józef Orliński, and musicians from the Orchestre National de France and the Chœur et de la Maîtrise de Radio France, conducted by Václav Luks.[87]
- 23 April – The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (KCO) and Daniele Gatti issue a joint, final statement of partial conciliation, following the August 2018 dismissal by the KCO of Gatti as its chief conductor in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct by Gatti.[88]
- 24 April
- 25 April – The Development Management Sub-Committee of the City of Edinburgh Council approves plans for the construction of Dunard Centre, the first purpose-built music and performance venue in Edinburgh in over 100 years.[91]
- 26 April – Following mediation by Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago Federation of Musicians and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Association announce a tentative agreement to their labour dispute, with the Chicago Symphony musicians scheduled to vote on the agreement on 27 April 2019.[92]
- 27 April – The musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra vote to ratify, and the CSO Association board of trustees vote to approve, a five-year contract agreed upon the day before, to resolve the 7-week labour dispute at the orchestra.[93]
- 29 April
- The PRS Foundation announces that Vanessa Reed is to stand down as its executive director, effective with the summer of 2019.[94]
- New Music USA announces the appointment of Vanessa Reed as its new president and chief executive officer, effective 12 August 2019.[95]
- 30 April – The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Osmo Vänskä as its next music director, effective January 2020, with an initial contract of 3 years.[96]
- 2 May – The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Nicholas Collon as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2021–2022 season, the first non-Finnish conductor ever to be named chief conductor of the FRSO.[97]
- 3 May – At Tulsa Opera, Lucia Lucas sings the role of Don Giovanni in the first night of its new production of the Mozart opera, the first transgender woman to sing a leading role in an American opera production.[98]
- 6 May – The Phoenix Chorale announces the appointment of Christopher Gabbitas as its new artistic director, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.[99]
- 7 May
- BBC Radio 3 announces the musicians for its New Generation Artists scheme from 2019 to 2021:[100]
- Eric Lu, piano
- Alexander Gadjiev, piano
- Timothy Ridout, viola
- Consone Quartet
- Johan Dalene, violin
- Rob Luft, jazz guitar
- Ema Nikoslovska, mezzo-soprano
- The Metropolitan Opera announces Lisette Oropesa as the recipient of its 2019 Beverly Sills Artist Award.[101]
- 9 May – Finnish National Opera and Ballet announces the appointment of Hannu Lintu as its next chief conductor, effective from 1 January 2022 to 30 June 2026.[102]
- 10 May
- 13 May
- The Song Company announces that it has entered voluntary administration, with the prospect of bankruptcy and dissolution of the organisation.[106]
- The Washington Chorus announces that Christopher Bell is to conclude his tenure as its artistic director at the close of the 2019–2020 season.[107]
- The second Scottish Awards for New Music took place in Drygate, Glasgow, run by New Music Scotland. Hosted by Kate Molleson the winners were Garth Knox, Red Note Ensemble, Helen Grime, James Dillon, Ailie Robertson, Grit Orchestra, Pippa Murphy, Sean Shibe, sound Festival, Nevis Ensemble, Scanner and Simon Thacker[108]
- The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra announces that Ward Stare is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2020–2021 season.[109]
- 14 May
- The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra announces that Mary Steffek Blaske is to retire as its executive director.[110]
- Scottish Awards for New Music:[111]
- New Music Performer of the Year – Garth Knox
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) Award for Contribution to New Music in Scotland – Red Note Ensemble
- Award for Large Scale New Work – Helen Grime: Woven Space
- Dorico Award for Small Scale New Work – James Dillon: Quartet No. 9
- Recorded New Work – (Sean Shibe, Delphian Records)
- The Good Spirits Company Award for Innovation in New Traditional Music – Ailie Robertson: Seven Sorrows; Grit Orchestra: Bothy Culture (joint winners)
- EVM Award for Electroacoustic/Sound Art Work – Pippa Murphy: Breathe in me
- Creative Programming – sound
- RCS Award for Making It Happen – Nevis Ensemble
- Community/Education Project – Lost At Sea East Neuk Festival / Scanner / Svend McEwan-Brown
- RCS Award for Collaboration in New Music – Simon Thacker: Svara-Kanti
- 15 May – Following legal proceedings, Julie Fuchs receives from the Hamburg State Opera her full artist's fee, following their sudden 2018 cancellation of her scheduled appearances in their production of The Magic Flute, when she was four months pregnant.[112]
- 16 May – Susan Wadsworth formally concludes her 58-year tenure as director of Young Concert Artists.[113]
- 17 May – The Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst announces the appointment of Georg Fritzsch as the new Generalmusikdirektor of the city of Karlsruhe, which includes the chief conductorship of the Badischen Staatskapelle.[114]
- 20 May
- The China International Music Competition announces the laureates of its first-ever competition:[115]
- First prize – Tony Siqi Yun
- Second prize – Alexander Malofeev
- Third prize – MacKenzie Melemed
- The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie announces the appointment of Jonathon Hayward as its next chief conductor, effective 1 January 2021.[116]
- 22 May
- The Philharmonia Orchestra announces the appointment of Santtu-Matias Rouvali as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2021–2022 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.[117]
- The Benedetti Foundation announces the appointment of Michael Garvey as its first-ever executive director.[118]
- The BBC National Orchestra of Wales announces that Michael Garvey is to stand down as director of the BBC NOW and the BBC National Chorus of Wales.[119]
- The Bach Choir of Bethlehem announces that Bridget George is to retire as its executive director in December 2020, and that Greg Funfgeld is to retire as its artistic director and conductor in June 2021.[120]
- 23 May – The Utah Symphony announces that Thierry Fischer is to conclude his tenure as its music director at the end of the 2021–2022 season.[121]
- 30 May – The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra announces the reduction of its season to 40 weeks from 52 weeks, and the cancellation of its previously scheduled summer concerts for 2019, without prior warning from orchestra management to the orchestra musicians.[122]
- 31 May – The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra announces that Jan Raes is to stand down as its managing director at the end of 2019.[123]
- 3 June – Musica Viva Australia announces the appointment of Paul Kildea as its new artistic director, in succession to Carl Vine.[124]
- 5 June – The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces that Kelly Tweedale is to stand down as its president and chief executive officer, as of the end of August 2019.[125]
- 6 June – Over 100 years after its composition, the of Charlotte Sohy receives its premiere performance, with the Orchestre Victor-Hugo Franche-Comté conducted by .[126]
- 7 June
- 10 June – The Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo announces the appointment of Thierry Fischer as its next music director, effective in 2020, with an initial contract through 2024.[129]
- 11 June – The first night of a new production of Meredith Monk's opera Atlas occurs, the second-ever production of the opera, and the first production staged independently of Monk, by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.[130]
- 12 June
- In an article from De Volksrant, Bernard Haitink states that his final concert as conductor is to be in September 2019, formalising his previously announced sabbatical into retirement.[131]
- The Iceland Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Eva Ollikainen as its next chief conductor and artistic advisor, the first female conductor ever named to the posts, effective with the 2020–2021 season, with an initial contract through 2024.[132]
- The Canada Council announces composer Alexina Louie as a recipient of one of the 2019 Molson Prizes.[133]
- 13 June – The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Andris Poga as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2021–2022 season.[134]
- 15 June – Bernard Haitink conducts his final concert in The Netherlands and final concert with a Dutch orchestra, with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.[135]
- 16 June – The management of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra takes industrial action and locks out the orchestra musicians, with effective cessation of payment to the musicians.[136]
- 17 June – The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) announces the appointments of Alexander Goehr and Sir David Pountney as honorary members of the RPS.[137]
- 18 June
- The Song Company announces formally that it has resumed trading and operations, which officially recommenced on 7 June 2019.[138]
- The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, announces that Alexander Pereira is to stand down as general director of La Scala at the end of the 2019–2020 season.[139]
- 19 June
- 20 June – The Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach announces the appointment of Markus Huber as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 5 seasons.[141]
- 21 June – Various media reports indicate that Teodor Currentzis has resigned as artistic director of the Perm State Opera and Ballet Theater.[142]
- 22 June – The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019 competition results are announced:
- 24 June
- 25 June – The city of Leipzig announces the nomination of Tobias Wolff as the next Intendant of Oper Leipzig, subject to approval by the Leipzig city council.[148]
- 26 June
- 27 June
- A news report from the Spanish classical music journal Scherzo states that Radu Lupu has announced his retirement from the concert platform.[151]
- The Chicago Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Ken-David Masur as the next principal conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, effective with the 2019–2020 season.[152]
- 28 June – La Scala and Milan mayor Giuseppe Sala announce the appointment of Dominique Meyer as the next general director of La Scala. Meyer is to join the company in 2020, with an arrangement for Meyer and current general director Alexander Pereira to share joint responsibilities for the company until Pereira's scheduled departure after the 2021 season.[153]
- 1 July
- 2 July – The Orchestre Régional Avignon-Provence announces the appointment of as its next music director, the first female conductor to be named to the post, effective 1 September 2020, with an initial contract of 3 years.[157]
- 3 July
- The Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen announces the appointment of Barbara Frey as the new Intendantin of the Ruhrtriennale Festival, with an initial contract from 2021 through 2023.[158]
- 8 July – The Singapore Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Hans Graf as its new chief conductor, effective with the 2020–2021 season.[159]
- 10 July – A statement from Pope Francis announces that Massimo Palombella has stood down as director of the Choir of the Sistine Chapel, in the wake of accusations of financial fraud on the part of Palombella and of choir manager Michelangelo Nardella.[160]
- 11 July – San Diego Opera announces the appointment of Yves Abel as its new principal conductor, effective with the 2020–2021 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.[161]
- 16 July
- The National Philharmonic at Strathmore announces plans to cease operations, because of lack of financial support.[162]
- The Chicago Sinfonietta announces that Jim Hirsch is to conclude his executive directorship of the orchestra on 1 July 2020.[163]
- Portland Opera announces that Christopher Mattaliano is to stand down as its general director.[164]
- 17 July – Fabio Luisi submits his resignation as music director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, with immediate effect.[165]
- 18 July – The recipients of the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors are announced and include Michael Tilson Thomas.[166]
- 19 July – Karina Canellakis conducts the First Night of the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, the first female conductor ever to conduct the First Night.[167]
- 24 July
- The Opéra National de Paris announces the appointment of Alexander Neef as its next general director, effective with the 2021–2022 season.[168]
- The Canadian Opera Company announces that Alexander Neef is to conclude his tenure as its general director at the close of the 2021–2022 season.[169]
- Santa Fe Opera announces that Alexander Neef is to stand down as its artistic director in 2021, in the wake of his appointment to the Opéra National de Paris.[170]
- 25 July – The London Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Edward Gardner as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2021–2022 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.[171]
- 26 July – The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra awards honorary membership of the orchestra to Herbert Blomstedt.[172]
- 1 August – Opera Theatre of Saint Louis announces the appointments of Patricia Racette as its Artistic Director of Young Artist Programs, and of Damon Bristo as its new Director of Artistic Administration.[173]
- 6 August – The Metropolitan Opera and James Levine announce settlement of their legal claims against each other, in the wake of accusations of past sexual misconduct against Levine.[174]
- 13 August
- 16 August – The 3. Kammer des Berliner Verwaltungsgerichts (Third Chamber of the Berlin Administrative Court) dismisses a gender-discrimination lawsuit against the Berliner Knabenchor, on behalf of a 9-year-old girl who wished to sing with the choir, but had been denied admission.[177]
- 28 August – The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino announces the appointment of Alexander Pereira as its next superintendent, with an initial contract of 5 years.[178]
- 29 August – The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin announces that Alexander Steinbeis is to stand down as its managing director in the summer of 2020.[179]
- 1 September – The Banff International String Quartet Competition announces the Marmen Quartet and the Viano String Quartet as joint winners of the 2019 competition, the first time the festival has awarded first prize to two string quartets.[180]
- 3 September – At the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Bernard Haitink conducts his 90th, and final, Proms concert, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Emanuel Ax.[181]
- 6 September – At the Lucerne Festival at the KKL, Bernard Haitink conducts his final orchestral concert, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Emanuel Ax.[182]
- 9 September – The Kansas City Symphony announces that Michael Stern is to conclude his tenure as its music director at the close of the 2022–2023 season.[183]
- 11 September
- The BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) announces the appointment of Ryan Bancroft as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2020–2021 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.[184]
- WDR announces the appointment of Nicolas Fink as the next chief conductor of the WDR Rundfunkchor, effective with the 2020–2021 season.[185]
- 12 September
- Lyric Opera of Chicago simultaneously announces the appointment of Enrique Mazzola as its next music director, effective with the 2021–2022 season, and the scheduled conclusion of the tenure of Sir Andrew Davis as its music director, effective at the close of the 2020–2021 season.[186]
- The Boston Symphony Orchestra announces the retirement of Malcolm Lowe as its concertmaster (leader), after 35 years in the post.[187]
- 13 September – Elim Chan conducts the opening night of the 2019–2020 season of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the first female conductor ever to do so.[188]
- 16 September
- The BBC announces the appointment of Lisa Tregale as the new Director of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC National Chorus of Wales, effective in 2020. Tregale is the first woman to be named to the post.[189]
- The Orchestre Métropolitain announces that Yannick Nézet-Séguin is to continue as its principal conductor on a lifetime contract.[190]
- Wigmore Hall awards Iestyn Davies the Wigmore Medal, after a concert at Wigmore Hall on his 40th birthday.[191]
- The Los Angeles Philharmonic announces the resignation of Simon Woods as its president and chief executive officer, with immediate effect.[192]
- 17 September – The Japan Art Association announces Anne-Sophie Mutter as the 31st Praemium Imperiale Laureate in Music.[193]
- 22 September – At the Zondagmatinees in De Paulus Oegstgeest series, the String Quartet No. 2, op. 35, of Leander Schlegel, receives its world premiere, after being lost for decades and being rediscovered at the Netherlands Music Institute in The Hague.[194]
- 23 September The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ratifies a one-year contract between orchestra management and musicians that reduces the number of paid musician weeks to 40 weeks, with compensation from separate dedicated funds for the 12 non-performing weeks.[195]
- The Minnesota Orchestra announces the appointment of Jon Kimura Parker as its first-ever Creative Partner for summer programming, with immediate effect.[196]
- 24 September – Following cumulative and multiple historical accusations of sexual harassment against Plácido Domingo, the Metropolitan Opera announces the withdrawal of Domingo from its production of Verdi's Macbeth, the day before its scheduled first night of the season. Domingo indicated his intention no longer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera.[197]
- 25 September – Utah Symphony | Utah Opera announces that chief executive officer and president Paul Meecham is to stand down from the post, effective 30 September 2019.[198]
- 2 October – Los Angeles Opera announces the resignation of Plácido Domingo as its general director, following cumulative and multiple historical accusations of sexual harassment against him. The announcement includes his withdrawal from all of his remaining engagements with the company, his most recent then-scheduled US engagements.[201]
- 3 October – The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Karl-Heinz Steffens as its next principal conductor and artistic advisor, effective with the 2020–2021 season.[202]
- 4 October – The Copenhagen Opera Festival announces the appointment of Amy Lane as its new festival director, the first woman and the first non-Dane named to the post.[203]
- 5 October – At English National Opera, Lucia Lucas sings the role of Public Opinion in the new ENO production of Orpheus in the Underworld, the first transgender singer to sing a featured role at ENO.[204]
- 6 October – The Metropolitan Opera gives its first-ever Sunday matinee opera performance, of Puccini's Turandot, under its most recent contract.
- 7 October
- The Teatro San Carlo announces the appointment of Stéphane Lissner as its new Intendant, effective in April 2020.[205]
- Los Angeles Opera announces the consolidation of its general director post into the posts of president and chief executive, with Christopher Koelsch in the combined posts, with immediate effect, following the resignation of Plácido Domingo as its general director.[206]
- Den Norske Opera announces that Annilese Miskimmon is to stand down as its director of opera in the summer of 2020.[208]
- 9 October
- The Orchestre de Chambre de Paris announces the appointment of Lars Vogt as its next music director, effective with the 2020–2021 season.[209]
- The Takács Quartet announces the appointment of Richard O'Neill as its new violist, and in parallel, the retirement of Geraldine Walther as its violist, effective June 2020.[210]
- 10 October – WNYC announces its intention to discontinue production and broadcast of its contemporary music programme 'New Sounds', as of the end of 2019.[211]
- 17 October L'Opéra de Québec announces simultaneously that Grégoire Legendre is to stand down as its current artistic director, and that Jean-François Lapointe is to become its next artistic director, effective September 2020.[212]
- The Ojai Festival announces the appointment of Ara Guzelimian as its next artistic director, effective in 2020.[213]
- The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces the appointment of Anna Kajtar as its next executive director, effective 4 November 2019.[214]
- 18 October – The Staatskapelle Dresden announces the appointment of Adrian Jones as its next orchestra director, effective 13 January 2020.[215]
- 19 October – The Ravinia Festival announces that Welz Kauffman is to stand down as its president and chief executive officer, after the 2020 season.[216]
- 21 October
- The Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur announces the appointment of Bertrand Rossi as its next general director.[217]
- Following protests by artists, composers, WNYC listeners and WNYC staff, WNYC reverses its earlier decision of 11 October to discontinue its 'New Sounds' radio programme.[218]
- 22 October – The Opéra National de Lyon announces the appointment of Richard Brunel as its next general director, effective 1 September 2021.[219]
- 24 October
- SWR announces the appointment of Yuval Weinberg as the next chief conductor of the SWR Vokalensembles (SWR Vocal Ensembles), effective 1 September 2020, with an initial contract of 3 years.[220]
- Portland Opera announces the promotion of Sue Dixon from interim general director to general director of the company, with immediate effect.[221]
- gives its final concert, at the Issue Project Room in New York City, before disbanding.[222]
- 28 October – Vancouver Opera announces that Kim Gaynor is to stand down as its general director as of 1 November 2019, and that Tom Wright is to become its interim general director.[223]
- 29 October – The Eastman School of Music announces the cancellation of the planned tour of China by the Eastman Philharmonia, following the denial of visas by China to 3 South Korean members of the student orchestra.[224]
- 30 October – SWR announces Éliane Radigue as the recipient of the Giga-Hertz-Preis 2019.[225]
- 31 October – A news report indicates that Hugo Reyne, the founder of La Simphonie du Marais, is to dissolve the ensemble and to give its final performances in September 2020.[226]
- 5 November – The California Symphony announces the appointment of Lisa Dell as its new executive director, effective 15 November 2019.[227]
- 12 November
- The Orchestre National de France (ONF) announces the appointment of Cristian Măcelaru as its next music director, effective 1 September 2021, with an initial contract of 4 years. In parallel, Emmanuel Krivine is scheduled to stand down as music director of the ONF at the close of the 2020–2021 season.[230]
- The Slovak Philharmonic announces the appointment of Daniel Raiskin as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2021–2022 season. In parallel, James Judd is scheduled to conclude his chief conductorship of the orchestra as of the close of the 2020–2021 season.[231]
- 13 November – The MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Dennis Russell Davies as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2020–2021 season, with an initial contract of 4 years.[232]
- 14 November – The city of Leipzig announces Angela Hewitt as the next recipient of the Leipziger Bach-Medaille (Leipzig Bach Medal), the first woman to receive the award.[233]
- 15 November – OPERA San Antonio announces the appointments of E. Loren Meeker as its general and artistic director, and of Francesco Milioto as its music director, with immediate effect.[234]
- 18 November
- The Staatstheater Kassel announces the appointment of Florian Lutz as its next Intendant, effective with the 2021–2022 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.[235]
- The Interlochen Center for the Arts announces the appointment of Cristian Măcelaru as the inaugural artistic advisor and principal conductor of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra, based at Interlochen, with immediate effect.[236]
- 19 November – The Ashgabat State Theatre in Turkmenistan presents a staging of Pagliacci, the first opera staging in Turkmenistan since a government-imposed ban on opera productions instigated in 2001.[237]
- 20 November – The BBC Concert Orchestra announces the appointment of Anna-Maria Helsing as its next principal guest conductor, the first female conductor ever named to the post, and the third female conductor to be named to a titled post with a BBC orchestra.[238]
- 21 November
- 22 November
- The Brahms-Gesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein announces Midori as the recipient of the Brahms-Preis (Brahms Prize) 2020.[242]
- The Orchestra della Toscana announces the appointments of Eva Ollikainen as its next principal conductor, and of Beatrice Venezi and Nil Venditti as its next principal guest conductors, effective with the 2020–2021 season. All three conductors are the first female conductors to be appointed to their respective posts with the orchestra. In parallel, Daniele Rustioni is to conclude his tenure as principal conductor of the orchestra as of the close of the 2019–2020 season.[243]
- 23 November – The Metropolitan Opera presents Akhnaten of Philip Glass as part of its Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series to cinemas, with Karen Kamensek as conductor, the second female conductor ever to be featured in the series.
- 2 December
- The Staatstheater Cottbus announces the appointment of Alexander Merzyn as its next Generalmusikdirektor, effective with the 2020–2021 season.[244]
- Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic announce new renovation plans for David Geffen Hall, scheduled to commence in 2022.[245]
- 3 December
- Monte-Carlo Opera announces the appointment of Cecilia Bartoli as its new director, the first woman to be named to the post, effective 1 January 2023.[246]
- The University of Louisville announces Lei Liang as the winner of the 2020 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, for his composition A Thousand Mountains, A Million Streams, premiered in 2018.[247]
- The San Francisco Symphony announces simultaneously that Sakurako Fisher is to stand down as its president in December 2020, and that Priscilla B. Geeslin is to become the orchestra's new president in December 2020.[248]
- The board of the Grand Teton Music Festival reinstates musicians Kristen Linfante, Juan de Gomar and Jennifer Ross for the scheduled 2020 festival season, following protests by music director Donald Runnicles, past festival board members, and current festival musicians at attempts to dismiss the three musicians.[249]
- 4 December – The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Olari Elts as its next music director and chief conductor, effective with the 2020–2021 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons. In parallel, Neeme Järvi is scheduled to stand down as music director and chief conductor, and to take the title of honorary conductor for life at the close of the 2019–2020 season.[250]
- 5 December
- The Hr-Sinfonieorchester announces the appointment of Alain Altinoglu as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2021–2022 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons. In parallel, Andrés Orozco-Estrada is to conclude his chief conductorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2020–2021 season.[251]
- San Francisco Opera announces the appointment of Eun Sun Kim as its next music director, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective 1 August 2021, with an initial contract of 5 years.[252]
- The University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music announces the winners of the 2019 Alexander Zemlinsky Prizes for composition:
- First Prize – Aya Yoshida: double-face
- Second Prize – Tomasz Skweres: über das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne...
- Third Prize – Joel Järventausta: Cantus
- 8 December – The world premiere of the opera Orlando, by Olga Neuwirth and Catherine Filloux, takes place at the Vienna State Opera, the first opera by a female composer ever to be presented at the Vienna State Opera.[253]
- 9 December – The Yehudi Menuhin School announces the appointment of Tasmin Little as its new co-president.[254]
- 11 December – The Ministry of Culture, France announces the appointment of Émilie Delorme as the new director of the Conservatoire de Paris, the first woman ever named to the post.[255]
- 13 December – The Grand Teton Music Festival announces the resignation of Andrew Palmer Todd as its executive director and chief executive officer.[256]
- 14 December – The Sydney Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Simone Young as its next chief conductor, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective in 2022, with an initial contract of 3 years.[257]
- 16 December – Symphony Nova Scotia announces the appointment of Holly Mathieson as its next music director, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective January 2020, with an initial contract of 3 years.[258]
- 17 December
- The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra announces the appointment of its current business director, David Bazen, as its interim managing director, effective 1 January 2020.[259]
- The Orchestra of St. Luke's announces the appointment of Alex Johnston as the new director of the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, effective 6 January 2020.[260]
- National Sawdust announces that Alex Johnston is to stand down as its general manager in January 2020.
- 18 December Cincinnati Opera announces the appointment of Christopher Milligan as its next general director and chief executive officer, effective 2 March 2020.[261]
- The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Paul Helfrich as its new executive director, effective February 2020.[262]
- Never heard live during the composer's lifetime, the world premieres of The Black Tower Variations and Invoking Sonic Stone by Bernard Benoliel take place in The Netherlands at Tivoli Vredenburg, with the ensemble Insomnio under the direction of Ulrich Pöhl.[263]
- 20 December – The Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie announces the appointment of Vahan Mardirossian as its next music director, effective 1 January 2020, with an initial contract of 5 years through 31 December 2024.[264]
- 21 December – The Opéra national du Rhin announces the appointment of Alain Ferroux as its next general director, effective January 2020.[265]
- 27 December – UK New Year's Honours 2020:[266]
- 28 December – The Governor General of Canada announces the appointments of Eric Friesen and alcides lanza each as a Member of the Order of Canada.[267]
- 31 December
- The Thomaskirche, Leipzig suffers severe damage to 25 stained glass panes dating from the 19th and 20th centuries.[268]
- Martin Baker resigns as Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, in protest at changes to the Westminster Cathedral Choir School timetable and its potential effects on the school's music programme.[269]
New works
- John Adams – Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? (piano concerto)[270]
- Thomas Adès – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra[270]
- Kalevi Aho, Sally Beamish, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Richard Blackford, Gavin Bryars, Brett Dean, Dai Fujikura, Wim Henderickx, Colin Matthews, Anthony Payne, John Pickard, David Sawer, Iris ter Schiphorst and Judith Weir – Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M.C.B. (New 'Enigma' Variations)[271]
- Patricia Alessandrini – Ada's Song[272]
- Dieter Ammann – Piano Concerto[273]
- Mark Andre – rwh 1[274]
- Lera Auerbach – Eve's Lament – O Flowers, That Never Will Grow
- Gerald Barry – Viola Concerto[275]
- Jeff Beal (music), Della Holsinger and Joan Beal (text) – The Paper Lined Shack[276]
- Sally Beamish – Nine Fragments (for string quartet)[277]
- Lembit Beecher – Say Home[278]
- Michael Berkeley – Epitaphs of War[279]
- Sir Harrison Birtwistle
- Duet for 8 Strings (for viola and cello)[280]
- when falling asleep[281]
- Daniel Bjarnason – From Space I saw Earth[282]
- Mark David Boden – Descent[283]
- Seóirse Bodley – Love After Chagall[284]
- Fabrice Bollon – Dogmatic Pleasures: 'Scales and Chords', 'Marriage in B Flat Major'[285]
- Johannes Boris Borowski – Allein[286]
- David Bruce – Out of Hours
- Gavin Bryars – A Native Hill[287]
- Linda Buckley – Oscillate[288]
- Rodrigo Bussad – Kodama[289]
- Jay Capperauld – Egalitair[290]
- John Casken – Madonna of Silence (Trombone Concerto)[291]
- Richard Causton – Ik zeg: NU[292]
- Anne Cawrse – Flame and Shadow (text by Sara Teasdale)[293]
- Deborah Cheetham
- Eumeralla: a war requiem for peace[294]
- Gulaga[295]
- Yekaterina Chemberdzhi – Double Concerto for violin, piano, string orchestra and percussion[296]
- Phyllis Chen – Roots of Interior[297]
- Unsuk Chin – Frontispiece
- George S. Clinton – The Rose of Sonora (violin concerto)[298]
- Anna Clyne
- Timothy Cooper – ...shadows that in darkness dwell…
- George Crumb – KRONOS-KRYPTOS[301]
- Sebastian Currier
- Brett Dean – String Quartet No 3[304]
- Paul Dean – Clarinet Concerto[305]
- Jan-Peter de Graaff – Jutters[306]
- David Del Tredici – Monsters[307]
- Adrián Demoč – Neha (Tenderness)[308]
- Bryce Dessner – Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)[309]
- Samuel Dickenson – Returning to the Sand[310]
- Zosha Di Castri – Long Is The Journey – Short Is The Memory[167]
- Jonathan Dove
- Accordion Concerto ('Northern Lights')[311]
- We Are One Fire[273]
- – Helvetia II. Via Lemanica
- Melissa Dunphy – Waves of Gallipoli[312]
- David Dzubay – String Quartet No. 2[313]
- Du Yun and Khaled Jarrar – Where We Lost Our Shadows[314]
- George Ellis (music) and Justine Clarke (text) – Mimi's Symphony[315]
- Thorsten Encke – Clarinet Concerto[316]
- Sebastian Fagerlund – Nomade[317]
- David Fennessy – The Ground[318]
- Samantha Fernando – Breathing Space[319]
- Shiva Feshareki – Perpetual Motion[272]
- Jürg Frey – Elemental Realities (for orchestra)[320]
- Álvaro Gallegos – Irlanda[321]
- Herschel Garfein (music) and KC Trommer (texts) – Three Rides[322]
- Stacy Garrop – Shiva Dances[323]
- Arne Gieshoff – Burr[324]
- Gina Gillie – Philharmonic Fanfare
- Philip Glass
- Symphony No 12 ('Lodger', after David Bowie)[325]
- King Lear Overture[326]
- Geoffrey Gordon – Thorn
- Konstantia Gourzi – Call of the Bees[327]
- Iain Grandage – Orphée (English horn concerto)[328]
- Philip Grange – Violin Concerto[329]
- Jonny Greenwood – Horror vacui[330]
- Helen Grime – Percussion Concerto[324]
- Matthew Grouse – Daily Rituals
- Georg Friedrich Haas – Iguazú superior, antes de descender por la Garganta del Diablo[289]
- Saed Haddad – Melancholie (for chromatic harmonica and orchestra)[320]
- Robin Haigh – Grin[331]
- Juliana Hall (music) and Caitlin Vincent (text) – Godiva[332] [333]
- Juliana Hall (music) and Kathleen Kelly (text) – Tornado[334]
- Jake Heggie – Full Circle Fifty[335]
- Matouš Hejl – Crossings
- Peter Henderson – Sun Valley: Sunset, Moonrise, and Milky Way[336]
- Sarah Hennies – Reservoir 2: Intrusion[297]
- Gavin Higgins – The Book of Miracles (Trombone Concerto)[337]
- Anders Hillborg – Sound Atlas[324]
- Robin Holloway – Phaeton's Journey: Son of the Sun (trumpet concerto)[338]
- Dani Howard
- Emily Howard (music) and Michael Symmons Roberts (text) – The Anvil – An elegy for Peterloo[341]
- Emily Howard
- Antisphere[342]
- 'But then, what are these numbers?'[272]
- – Air in Motion[335]
- Mårten Jansson (music) and Charles Anthony Silvestri (text) – Hope[343]
- Maya Miro Johnson – "wherever you go, there you are"[278]
- Gordon Kampe
- Il cappello magico (saxophone concerto)
- Remember Me[274]
- Daniel Kellogg – The Golden Spike[344]
- Aaron Jay Kernis – Venit Illuminatio[345]
- Daniel Kidane – Woke
- Graeme Koehne – Socrates Garden[346]
- Nicholas Korth – Harmoniae Naturales VI[347]
- Hanna Kulenty – Flute Concerto No 3[348]
- Sophie Lacaze – Après avoir contemplé la lune, for orchestra [349]
- Felipe Lara – Ó, for eight amplified singers, two choirs, chamber orchestra and pre-recorded sounds [350]
- James Ledger – Viola Concerto[351]
- Joanna Lee – 'At this man's hand'[352]
- Jonathan Leshnoff – Suite for Cello, Strings and Timpani[353]
- Lowell Liebermann – Five Songs on Poems by Jean Starr Untermeyer[354]
- Catherine Likhuta[355]
- Rituals of Heartland
- Dreams of a Wombat
- Nicole Lizée – Sepulchre
- Hannibal Lokumbe – Healing Tones[356]
- Jimmy López (music) and Nilo Cruz (text) – Dreamers[357]
- Jimmy López – Aurora (violin concerto)[358]
- Luca Luciano – Clarinet Sonata No. 8
- David Ludwig (music) and Ray Owen (texts) – Songs of the Spirit of Turpentine[322]
- Sky Macklay – Swarm Collecting[359]
- Sir James MacMillan – Symphony No 5 ('Le grand Inconnu')[360]
- Stuart MacRae
- Joanna Marsh – O Magnum Mysterium
- Grace-Evangeline Mason – Midnight Spires[363]
- James Matheson – Pessoa Songs[322]
- Colin Matthews – Octet[364]
- Liam Mattison – Violet[365]
- Cathy Millken – WEAVE[366]
- Alex Mills – Crossing Over[367]
- Gabriela Montero – My Venezuelan childhood portraits[368]
- Kate Moore – String Quartet No 3 (Cicadidae)[369]
- Philip Moore – The angel Gabriel[370]
- Nico Muhly – Tambourin[361]
- Jeffrey Mumford – Within Diffuse Echoes[371]
- Thea Musgrave – Trumpet Concerto
- Nicolas Namoradze – Arabesque[372]
- Sergei Newski – 18 Episodes for Orchestra[373]
- Akira Nishimura – Azure Dragon (for string quartet)
- Matthew Olyver – Concerto in Clockwork[374]
- Martijn Padding – Three Birthday Pieces for Louis Andriessen[375]
- Michael Pelzel – Mysterious Benares Bells (for orchestra and electronics)[376]
- Camille Pépin – Laniakea[377]
- Tom Poster – The Turning Year[378]
- Sophya Polevaya – Spellbound Tableaux[379]
- André Previn and Tom Stoppard (realised by David Fetherolf) – Penelope[380]
- Hilary Purrington – Harp of Nerves (for guitar and orchestra)[381]
- Kevin Puts
- The Brightness of Light (text based on correspondence of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz)[382]
- Virelai (after Guillaume de Machaut)[383]
- Robin de Raaff – Violin Concerto No. 2 ('North Atlantic Light')
- Bernard Rands – DREAM[384]
- Emanuel Reichert-Lübbert – Diplomatie II[385]
- Eva Reiter – WÄCHTER (for contrabassoon and pipe orchestra)[320]
- Ailie Robertson – Chaconne[361]
- Christopher Rouse – Symphony No. 6 (his final composition)[386]
- Kareem Roustom – Turn to the World: A Whitman Cantata[387]
- Marc Sabat – Partite Requiem[359]
- Esa-Pekka Salonen – Gemini
- Adam Schoenberg – Losing Earth (percussion concerto)[388]
- Nina Šenk – T. E. R. R. A. II[286]
- Heather Shannon
- Caroline Shaw – Watermark (for piano and orchestra)[390]
- Matthew Shlomowitz – Glücklich, Glücklich, Freude, Freude (for keyboard instruments and orchestra)[376]
- Carmel Smickersgill – Charcoal[391]
- Gabriella Smith – f(x) = sin²x – 1/x[392]
- Simon Steen-Andersen – TRIO (for big band, chorus, orchestra, and video)[376]
- James Stephenson – Bass Trombone Concerto[393]
- Lisa Streich – Laster[394]
- Joby Talbot – A Sheen of Dew on Flowers[395]
- Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir – Enigma (String Quartet No 1)[396]
- George Tsontakis – Violin Concerto No. 3
- Calliope Tsoupaki
- Mark-Anthony Turnage
- Massarosa (for bassoon and string quartet)
- Refugee (for tenor and chamber orchestra; texts by Emily Dickinson, Benjamin Zephaniah, W.H. Auden, and Brian Bilson)[399]
- Bram van Camp – Träume (texts by Rainer Maria Rilke and Theodor Storm)[400]
- Michel van der Aa – akin (double concerto for violin, cello and orchestra)[401]
- Rick van Veldhuizen – cōnflārī[402]
- Jana Vöröšová – Písně Vrbovýho (Orpingalik's Songs)[308]
- Freya Waley-Cohen
- Naiad[403]
- Conjure (for string trio)
- Errollyn Wallen – This Frame Is Part of the Painting[404]
- Huw Watkins – The Moon[405]
- Judith Weir – The Prelude[406]
- Jessica Wells – Night Parrot[407]
- Matthew Whiteside
- Ryan Wigglesworth – Piano Concerto[411]
- Scott Wilson – À Mezza Voce[412]
- Stevie Wishart – The Last Dance? (a baroque tango)[361]
- Julia Wolfe – Fire in My Mouth[413]
- John Woolrich – A Book of Inventions[412]
- Alex Woolf – Fairfield Fanfare[414]
- Nina C. Young – The Glow that Illuminates, the Glare that Obscures[415]
- Pamela Z – Louder, Warmer, Denser[297]
- Lidia Zielińska – Klangor (for orchestra)[320]
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Viva! Boston Musica Viva[302]
New operas
Albums
- Messa per Rossini[454]
- Julia Kent – Temporal[455]
- George Antheil – Archipelago / Symphony No 3 / Symphony No 6 / Hot-Time Dance / Spectre of the Rose Waltz[456]
- Franz Liszt: Sardanapalo (first recording) / Mazeppa[457]
- Max Bruch (music) and Emanuel Geibel (libretto) – Die Loreley (first complete recording)[458]
- Bernard Rands – Chains Like the Sea / Cello Concerto / Danza Petrificada[459]
- Michael Tippett – Symphony in B (first recording) / Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4[460]
- Grace Williams – Chamber Works[461]
- Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers[462]
- Jean Barraqué – Espaces imaginaires (oeuvres pour piano)[463]
- Esa-Pekka Salonen – Cello Concerto
- Benet Casablancas – 7 Haikus / Six Glosses on texts by Cees Nooteboom / Pastorale. Concertino for saxo alt & ensemble / Two pieces for clarinet and piano/ Albumblätt für Arriaga / Ricercare para Chillida, for cello solo
- Othmar Schoeck – Das Schloß Dürande (first recording; revised libretto by Francesco Micieli)
- Josef Mysliveček – Complete Music for Keyboard (first integral recording)[464]
- Swan Hennessy – Complete String Quartets and String Trio,[465] world premier recordings
- Stefan Prins – Augmented
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Bach to the Future (Olivier Latry, organ; the last recording made at Notre-Dame de Paris before the Notre-Dame fire)
- Giorgio Netti – necessità d'interrogare il cielo
- Lisa Streich – Augenlieder
- Mieczysław Weinberg – Symphonies Nos. 2 and 21 (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica; Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor; her first DG recording)
- Kurt Sander – The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
- American Rapture: Jennifer Higdon – Harp Concerto (first recording), Samuel Barber – Symphony No. 1, Patrick Harlin – Rapture (first recording)
- Avner Dorman – Letters from Gettysburg
- Laura Kaminsky (music), Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed (libretto) – As One (first recording)
- Sir George Benjamin and Martin Crimp – Lessons in Love and Violence (first recording)
- Pierluigi Billone – FACE / PHACE
- Antón García Abril – Six Partitas (Hilary Hahn, violin)
- Kaija Saariaho – True Fire / Trans / Ciel d'hiver
- Carl Hockh, Violin Sonatas (Mikołaj Zgółka, Jarosław Thiel, Aleksandra Rupocińska)
- Antony Panteras – Collected Works Vol. II (2005–2018)
- Antonio Salieri and Pierre Beaumarchais – Tarare (first recording)[466]
- Charles Gounod and Adolphe d'Ennery – Le tribut de Zamora (first recording)[467]
- Hans Gál and Karl Michael von Levetzow – Das Lied der Nacht (first recording)[468]
- Thomas Arne (music) and William Congreve (text) – The Judgment of Paris (first recording of reconstructed work)[469]
- Poul Ruders (music), David Starobin and Becky Starobin (libretto) – The Thirteenth Child (first recording)[470]
- John Luther Adams – Become Desert (first recording)[471]
- Wynton Marsalis
- Violin Concerto / Fiddle Dance Suite (first recordings)[472]
- Symphony No 3 ('Swing Symphony'; first recording)
- Heinz Holliger, György Kurtág – Zwiegespräche[473]
- Joseph Phibbs – Clarinet Concerto (first recording)
- Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann – Piano Concerto et al. (Isata Kanneh-Mason; Decca Classics)
- Mark Andre – hij 1 / hij 2 (Wergo)
- Luke Bedford – Through His Teeth
- Christopher Cerrone – The Pieces That Fall to Earth
- Pauline Viardot (music) and Ivan Turgenev (libretto) – Le Dernier Sorcier (first recording)[474]
- Andrew Anderson – Piano Quartets Nos 1 and 2 (Navona)[475]
- Ellen Reid (music) and Roxie Perkins (libretto) – p r i s m (first recording)
- John Harbison – Requiem[476]
- Pascal Dusapin (music) and Beate Haeckl (libretto) – Penthesilea (first recording)[477]
- Elena Kats-Chernin – The Little Green Road to Fairyland, with Katie Noonan[478]
- Morton Feldman: Piano[479]
- Julia Wolfe – Fire in My Mouth (first recording)
- Bruckner – Symphony No. 6 (first recording of new Urtext edition by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs; London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle) (LSO Live)
- Camille Saint-Saëns – Ascanio (first recording of reconstructed edition)[480]
- Chaya Czernowin, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Mirela Ivičević, Liza Lim, Rebecca Saunders – Speak, Be Silent (Riot Ensemble)
- Zosha Di Castri — Tachitipo et al. (Ekmeles, ICE, JACK Quartet, Talea Ensemble, Yarn/Wire, Julia Den Boer)
- Andrew Norman – Sustain
- Qasim Naqvi, Lisa Bielawa, Du Yun, Tyshawn Sorey, Nina Young, Wang Lu, Vijay Iyer, Missy Mazzoli – Limitless (Jennifer Koh, violin)
- Peter Eötvös – Halleluja / Alle Vittime Senza Nome[481]
- Allan Segall, Bart Spaan, Jan Vriend, Jan-Peter de Graaff, Ned McGowan, Piet-Jan van Rossum – Halo (contemporary Dutch compositions for piccolo and piano) (Ilonka Kolthof, piccolo, and Ralph van Raat, piano)
- Olga Neuwirth – ...miramondo multiplo... / Remnants of Songs, Masaot / Clocks without Hands (Ingo Metzmacher / Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra / Håkan Hardenberger; Susanna Mälkki / ORF Radio Symphony / Antoine Tamestit; Daniel Harding / Vienna Philharmonic) (Kairos)
- Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – For Violin and Orchestra / A.G. Madsen – Nachtmusik (Danish National Symphony / Ryan Bancroft / Nicholas Collon / Christine Åstrand / Per Salo) (Da Capo)
- Avet Terterian – Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits) (Chandos)
- Martinů – Divadlo za bránou (1956 Czech Radio recording; first commercial release)[482]
- Matthew Whiteside – Entangled (the Aurea Quartet)[483]
Deaths
- 1 January – Joan Guinjoan, Spanish composer and pianist, 87[484]
- 3 January – Donald Froud, British orchestral administrator and French horn player, and first general manager of the Ulster Orchestra, 86
- 7 January – John Joubert, South Africa-born British composer, 91[485]
- 10 January – Theo Adam, German bass-baritone, 92[486]
- 14 January – Rüdiger Trantow, German composer, conductor and pedagogue, 93[487]
- 21 January – Eva Bernáthová, Czech pianist, 96[488]
- 26 January – Jean Guillou, French composer, organist and pianist, 88[489]
- 27 January – Wilma Lipp, Austrian operatic soprano, 93[490]
- 28 January – Noel Rawsthorne, British organist, 89[491]
- 29 January – Sanford Sylvan, American baritone, 65[492]
- 31 January – Francesco Bissolotti, Italian violin maker/luthier and teacher, 89[493]
- 6 February – Gerald English, British tenor, 93[494]
- 13 February – Hans Stadlmair, German conductor and composer, 89[495]
- 18 February – Mary Ann Feldman, American classical music programme annotator and speaker for the Minnesota Orchestra, 85[496]
- 20 February – Dominick Argento, American composer, 91[497]
- 21 February
- 25 February – Hans Kox, Dutch composer, 88[500]
- 27 February
- Jerry Horner, American violist and past member of the Fine Arts Quartet, 83[501]
- Viktor Moučka, Czech cellist and last founding member of the Vlach Quartet, 93[502]
- 28 February – André Previn, German-born American conductor, composer, and pianist, 89[503]
- 1 March – Joseph Flummerfelt, American choral conductor, 82[504]
- 3 March
- Peter Hurford, British organist, choir director, and composer, 88[505]
- Dominic Gregorio, Canadian choral conductor, 41[506]
- 6 March – Grayston Burgess, English countertenor and conductor, 86[507]
- 8 March
- 16 March – Hans-Wolfgang Dünschede, German orchestral flautist and piccolo player, 69[510]
- 17 March
- 21 March – James Winn, American humanities scholar and amateur flautist, 71[513]
- 22 March – Victor Hochhauser, Czechoslovakia-born British impresario, 95[514]
- 25 March
- Luis Biava, American violinist, conductor, and university pedagogue, 85[515]
- Anatolijus Šenderovas, Lithuanian composer, 73[516]
- 26 March – Heinz Winbeck, German composer, 73[517]
- 29 March – Joshua Hecht, American-born bass and vocal coach active in Australia, 91[518]
- 1 April – Vladimir Orloff, Ukraine-born cellist resident in Canada, 90[519]
- 4 April – Marilyn Mason, American concert organist and university pedagogue, 93[520]
- 5 April
- Sam Pilafian, American tuba player and founding member of the Empire Brass Quintet, 69[521]
- Pavel Farkas, Czech-born orchestral violinist resident in the United States, 77[522]
- 6 April – Yu Zhao Gu, China-born American orchestral violinist, 60[523]
- 8 April – Sue Revill, British classical record company financial administrator, 63[524]
- 16 April – Jörg Demus, Austrian pianist, 90[525]
- 22 April
- 24 April – Françoise Barrière, French electro-acoustic composer, 74[528]
- 7 May – Georg Katzer, German electro-acoustic composer, 84[529]
- 9 May – Arif Malikov, Azerbaijani composer, People's Artist of the USSR (1986), 85[530]
- 11 May – James Arkatov, Russia-born American cellist and founder of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, 98[531]
- 17 May – Patrick Wedd, Canadian composer, organist, and conductor, 71[532]
- 20 May – Mira Zakai, Israeli contralto, 76[533]
- 22 May – François-René Tranchefort, French musicologist, 86[534]
- 25 May – Alice Schoenfeld, Yugoslavia-born American violinist and pedagogue, 98[535]
- 30 May – Eva Kleinitz, German opera administrator, 47[536]
- 4 June – Roger Covell, Australian musicologist, 88[537]
- 7 June – Yuri Sheykhet, Russian orchestral violinist resident in the US, 85[538]
- 8 June – Lazar Gosman, Russia-born violinist resident in America, 93
- 10 June
- 15 June
- Franco Zeffirelli, Italian opera, theatre, and film director, 96[541]
- Michael Jaffee, American lutenist, guitarist, and co-founder of the Waverly Consort, 81[542]
- 19 June – Jack Renner, American classical recording engineer and co-founder of Telarc Records, 84[543]
- 23 June – Spiro Malas, American bass, 86[544]
- 27 June – Louis Thiry, French organist and composer, 84[545]
- 1 July – Bogusław Schaeffer, Polish composer, 90
- 2 July
- 4 July – Vivien Perlis, American musicologist and music historian, 91[548]
- 9 July – Aaron Rosand, American concert violinist, 92[549]
- 12 July
- 22 July
- Hansgeorg Schmeiser, Austrian flautist and pedagogue, 63[554]
- Allan Ulrich, American arts and classical music critic, 78[555]
- 25 July
- Anner Bylsma, Dutch cellist, 85[556]
- M. Owen Lee, American-born Roman Catholic priest, scholar, and opera commentator, 89[557]
- Walter Homburger, Canadian arts administrator and impresario, 95[558]
- 26 July – Christian Stadelmann, German orchestral violinist and section leader of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 60[559]
- 1 August
- 15 August – Julien Gauthier, Canadian composer, 44[562]
- 17 August – Rosemary Kuhlmann, American mezzo-soprano, 97[563]
- 18 August – Helmuth Froschauer, Austrian conductor, 85[564]
- 23 August – Mario Davidovsky, American composer, 85[565]
- 26 August – Richard Conrad, American opera singer and impresario, 84[566]
- 1 September – Gagik Hovunts, Armenian composer, 89[567]
- 7 September – Roger Boutry, French composer, pianist, and music administrator, 87[568]
- 17 September – Dina Ugorskaja, Russian-born pianist active in Germany, 46[569]
- 21 September – Christopher Rouse, American composer, 70[386]
- 25 September – Paul Badura-Skoda, Austrian pianist and music scholar, 91[570]
- 26 September
- Martin Wesley-Smith, Australian composer, 74[571]
- Quita Chavez, British classical publications manager, 100[572]
- Myron Bloom, American orchestral French horn player and past principal French horn of The Cleveland Orchestra, 93[573]
- 29 September – Martin Bernheimer, American classical music and opera critic, 83[574]
- 30 September – Jessye Norman, American soprano, 74[575]
- 2 October – Giya Kancheli, Georgian composer, 84[576]
- 5 October – Marcello Giordani, Italian tenor, 56[577]
- 10 October – Richard Ortner, American classical music education administrator, 71[578]
- 13 October – Theo Verbey, Dutch composer, 60[579]
- 14 October – Leyna Gabriele, American soprano, 95[580]
- 16 October – Kees Olthuis, Dutch bassoonist and past bassoonist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 78[581]
- 17 October – Márta Kurtág, Hungarian pianist, teacher, and muse to her husband György Kurtág, 92[582]
- 18 October – Wolf Erichson, German recording producer, 91[583]
- 20 October – Herbert Chappell, British composer and classical music television programme producer, 85[584]
- 22 October
- 23 October
- 28 October
- Zoltán Jeney, Hungarian composer, 76[591]
- Jitka Šuranská, Czech singer and violinist, 41[592]
- 3 November – Friedemann Layer, Austrian conductor, 78[593]
- 6 November – John Curro, Australian conductor and founder of Queensland Youth Orchestras, 86[594]
- 10 November – Werner Andreas Albert, German conductor, 84[595]
- 12 November
- 19 November – Rémy Stricker, French musicologist, 83[598]
- 22 November – Sir Stephen Cleobury, British choral conductor, 70[599]
- 27 November – Sir Jonathan Miller, British theatre and opera director, satirist, and physician, 85[600]
- 28 November – Christopher Finzi, British conductor and son of Gerald Finzi, 85
- 29 November – Ruth Anderson, American electronic music composer and academic, 91[601]
- 1 December – Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor, 76[602]
- 7 December – Simon Streatfeild, British conductor resident in Canada, 90[603]
- 12 December – Dalton Baldwin, American pianist and lieder accompanist, 87[604]
- 17 December – László Heltay, Hungarian-born choral conductor active in the UK, 89[605]
- 18 December – Abbey Simon, American pianist, 99[606]
- 19 December – Michael Grebanier, American orchestral cellist and principal cello of the San Francisco Symphony, 82[607]
- 20 December – Robert Creech, Canadian horn player and music pedagogue, 91[608]
- 25 December – Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor, 84[609]
- 26 December – Toos Onderdenwijngaard, Dutch pianist, 93[610]
- 28 December – Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer, 72[611]
- 29 December – Susanne Beer, German-born orchestral cellist resident in the United Kingdom and principal cello of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, 52[612]
- 30 December
Major awards
- 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Music: Ellen Reid – p r i s m (libretto by Roxie Perkins)
Grammy Awards
- Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Laurie Anderson – Landfall; Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
- Best Choral Performance: Lansing McLoskey – Zealot Canticles; The Crossing; Donald Nally, conductor (Innova Recordings)
- Best Classical Compendium: Kenneth Fuchs – Piano Concerto ('Spiritualist') / Poems Of Life / Glacier / Rush; Jeffrey Biegel, Timothy McAllister, D.J. Sparr, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen; London Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Naxos)
- Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Aaron Jay Kernis, James Newton Howard – Violin Concertos / Bramwell Tovey – Stream of Light; James Ehnes; Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor / Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Cristian Măcelaru, conductor (Onyx)
- Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Aaron Jay Kernis – Violin Concerto; James Ehnes; Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Onyx)
- Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Monteverdi, Caccini, D'India and Landi – Songs Of Orpheus; Karim Sulayman; Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (Avie Records)
- Best Opera Recording: Mason Bates – The (R)evolution Of Steve Jobs; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu; Michael Christie, conductor; The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra
- Best Engineered Album, Classical: Shostakovich – Symphonies No. 4 and 11; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
- Best Orchestral Performance: Shostakovich – Symphonies No. 4 and 11; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
- Producer of the Year, Classical: Blanton Alspaugh
Victoires de la musique classique
- Victoire d'honneur: Lang Lang
- Recording of the Year: Berlioz – Les Troyens; Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Stéphane Degout, Marianne Crebassa et al., Rhine Opera Chorus, Badischer Staatsopernchor, Strasbourg Philharmonic Choir, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra; John Nelson, conductor (Erato)
- Artiste Lyrique: Stéphane Degout
- Instrumental soloist: Nicholas Angelich
- Composer: Guillaume Connesson
- Révélation Artiste Lyrique – Eléonore Pancrazi
- Révélation Soliste Instrumental – Thibaut Garcia[615]
Royal Philharmonic Society Awards
- RPS Gold Medal: Sofia Gubaidulina
- Chamber-Scale Composition: Tansy Davies – Cave
- Concert Series & Events: The Cumnock Tryst
- Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
- Ensemble – Aurora Orchestra
- Gamechanger: Chineke!
- Impact: BSO Change Makers and Resound
- Instrumentalist: Alina Ibragimova
- Large-Scale Composition: Rebecca Saunders – Yes
- Opera & Music Theatre: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk – Birmingham Opera Company
- Singer: Nina Stemme
- Storytelling: Michael Tippett: The Biography – Oliver Soden
- Young Artists: Castalian String Quartet
Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2019
- Chamber: Debussy – 'Les Trois Sonates (The Late Works)'; Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov, Tanguy de Williencourt, Magali Mosnier, Antoine Tamestit, Xavier de Maistre, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Javier Perianes (Harmonia Mundi)
- Choral: Buxtehude – Abendmusiken; Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier, Ensemble Masque, Oliver Fortin (Alpha Classics)
- Concerto: Saint-Saëns – Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 5 / Works for solo piano; Bertrand Chamayou, Orchestre national de France, Emmanuel Krivine (Erato)
- Contemporary: Brett Dean (music) and Matthew Jocelyn (libretto) – Hamlet; Allan Clayton (Hamlet), Sarah Connolly (Gertrude), Barbara Hannigan (Ophelia), Rod Gilfry (Claudius), Kim Begley (Polonius), John Tomlinson (Ghost/Grave-Digger/Player-King, Jacques Imbrailo (Horatio); London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus; Vladimir Jurowski (Opus Arte, DVD)
- Early Music: Manuel Cardoso – Requiem, Lamentations, Magnificat, Motets; Cupertinos, Luís Toscano (Hyperion)
- Instrumental: Yuja Wang, The Berlin Recital (Deutsche Grammophon)
- Opera: Halévy – La Reine de Chype; Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Étienne Dupuis, Éric Huchet, Christophoros Stamboglis, Artavazd Sargsya, Tomislav Lavoie; Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Chœur de la Radio Flamande, Hervé Niquet (Bru Zane)
- Orchestral: Rued Langgaard – Symphonies Nos 2 and 6; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (Dacapo)
- Recital: Cavalli – "Ombra mai fu"; Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Artarsere (Erato)
- Solo Vocal: Robert Schumann – Frage; Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber (Sony Classical)
- Concept Album: Sean Shibe –
- Recording of the Year: Saint-Saëns – Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 5 / Works for solo piano; Bertrand Chamayou, Orchestre national de France, Emmanuel Krivine (Erato)
- Young Artist of the Year: Jakub Józef Orliński
- Label of the Year: PENTATONE
- Artist of the Year: Víkingur Ólafsson
- Orchestra of the Year: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
- Special Achievement: Birgit Nilsson Foundation
- Lifetime Achievement: Emma Kirkby
Musical America Awards
- Composer of the Year: Joan Tower
- Ensemble of the Year: Danish String Quartet
- Festival of the Year: The Salzburg Festival at 100
- Instrumentalist of the Year: Sharon Isbin
- Vocalist of the Year: Peter Mattei
Juno Awards
- Classical Album of the Year, Solo or Chamber: The End of Flowers: Works by Clarke & Ravel – Gryphon Trio
- Classical Album of the Year, Large Ensemble: Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Flos Campi, Piano Concerto, Oboe Concerto – Carla Huhtanen, Emily D'Angelo, Lawrence Wiliford, Tyler Duncan (solo singers); Sarah Jeffrey (oboe); Teng Li (viola); Louis Lortie (piano); Elmer Iseler Singers; Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Peter Oundjian, conductor
- Classical Album of the Year, Vocal or Choral: Vienna: Fin de siècle – Barbara Hannigan and Reinbert de Leeuw
- Classical Composition of the Year: Ana Sokolović – Golden Slumbers Kiss your Eyes
Ivors Composer Awards
- Amateur or Young Performers: Edward Gregson – The Salamander and the Moonraker
- Chamber Ensemble: Dai Fujikura – Flute Concerto
- Choral: Geoff Hannan – Pocket Universe
- Community or Educational Project: Charlotte Harding – Convo
- Innovation – Anna Meredith
- Jazz Composition for Large Ensemble: Laura Jurd – Jumping In
- Jazz Composition for Small Ensemble: Alison Rayner – There Is A Crack in Everything
- Lifetime Achievement – Erika Fox
- Orchestral: Gavin Higgins – The Book of Miracles (Trombone Concerto)
- Small Chamber: James Weeks – Leafleoht
- Solo or Duo: Charlotte Bray – Invisible Cities
- Sonic Art: Martin Green – Aeons: A Sound Walk for Newcastle
- Stage Works: Hilda Paredes – Harriet ('Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman')
Notes and References
- Founders of Wichita Grand Opera Retire Jan. 1, 2019 . Wichita Grand Opera . 18 December 2018 . 26 January 2019.
- RCO Medal awarded to distinguished musicians . Royal College of Organists . 3 January 2019 . 5 January 2019.
- WGO Names Opera Singer, Alan Held, as New Artistic Director . Wichita Grand Opera . 3 January 2019 . 26 January 2019 . 26 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190126221007/https://wichitagrandopera.org/2019/01/03/wgo-names-opera-singer-alan-held-as-new-artistic-director/ . dead .
- The Artemis Quartet welcomes new members Suyoen Kim and Harriet Krijgh . Artemis Quartet . 8 January 2019 . 12 January 2019 . 13 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190113102438/http://www.artemisquartet.com/data/pages/pages-en/news.php#n08012018-1 . dead .
- News: Brodsky Quartet announces new member . Classical Music Magazine . Lucy Thraves . 10 January 2019 . 12 January 2019.
- Johannes Neubert nommé Délégué Général de l'Orchestre National de France . Orchestre national de France . 11 January 2019 . 19 January 2019.
- Víctor García de Gomar, future artistic director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu . Gran Teatre del Liceu . 14 January 2019 . 19 January 2019.
- News: Wexford Festival Opera appoints new artistic director . Irish Times . Michael Dervan . 15 January 2019 . 19 January 2019.
- Jeremy N. Geffen Announced As Cal Performances' Next Executive And Artistic Director . Cal Performances . 15 January 2019 . 19 January 2019.
- Antje Weithaas and Oliver Wille Take Over Artistic Directorship of Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover . Stiftung Niedersachsen . 16 January 2019 . 19 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190119230714/https://www.stnds.de/meta/presse/antje_weithaas_und_oliver_wille_uebernehmen_kuenstlerische_leitung/antje_weithaas_and_oliver_wille_take_over_artistic_directorship- . 19 January 2019 . dead .
- Jaime Martín becomes Chief Conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra . Raidió Teilifís Éireann . 16 January 2019 . 19 January 2019.
- News: British composer Rebecca Saunders wins Ernst von Siemens Music prize. The Guardian. Mark Brown . 17 January 2019 . 19 January 2019.
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale names Richard Egarr as next Music Director, its second in their nearly 40-year history . Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra . 17 January 2019 . 19 January 2019.
- News: Komponistin Aigerim Seilova erhält Hindemith-Preis 2019 . Die Welt . 18 January 2019 . 19 January 2019.
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra gains a home of its own . Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra . 15 January 2019 . 2 February 2019 . 2 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190602054033/https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/royal-concertgebouw-orchestra-gains-a-home-of-its-own . dead .
- Former general manager Ashley Magnus named GM of Chicago Opera theater . Chicago Opera Theater . 19 January 2019 . 26 January 2019.
- First Concept Designs Released For London Centre For Music Project As Next Steps Announced . Barbican Centre . 21 January 2019 . 26 January 2019.
- WFMT welcomes George Preston as Vice President and General Manager . WFMT . 22 January 2019 . 26 January 2019.
- News: Tasmin Little announces retirement from the concert platform . The Strad . 25 January 2019 . 26 January 2019.
- Handel and Haydn Society Announces 2019–20 Season; Artistic Director Harry Christophers Will Step Down Following 2020–21 Season . Handel and Haydn Society . 24 January 2019 . 2020-12-22.
- News: Dalia Stasevska joins BBC Symphony Orchestra as principal guest conductor. The Guardian. Imogen Tilden . 25 January 2019 . 26 January 2019.
- News: Ulster Orchestra baton handed over as Italian is named new conductor . Belfast Telegraph . Alf McCreary . 25 January 2019 . 26 January 2019.
- John Rutter erhält den Preis der Europäischen Kirchenmusik 2019 . Schwäbisch Gmünd . 25 January 2019 . 26 January 2019.
- Australia Day 2019 Honours List . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Australia . 26 January 2019 . 2 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190323114545/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2019/xklw-03mcv/Gazette%20-%20Order%20of%20Australia.pdf . 23 March 2019 . dead .
- News: Yvonne Kenny: The 2019 UK Australian of the Year . Limelight. Jo Litson . 7 February 2019 . 9 February 2019.
- News: 5,000 Pages of Verdi's Drafts, Long Hidden, Will Be Made Public. The New York Times. Elisabetta Povoledo . 25 January 2019 . 2 February 2019.
- News: David Daniels arrested on charges of sexual assault . Michigan Daily . Rachel Cunningham . 30 January 2019 . 2 February 2019.
- Peter Oundjian Appointed Music Director of Colorado Music Festival . Schwäbisch Gmünd . 30 January 2019 . 2 February 2019.
- Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla signs to Deutsche Grammophon . Gramophone. 1 February 2019 . 2 February 2019.
- Stefan Vladar wird ab der Spielzeit 2019/20 Generalmusikdirektor in Lübeck . Theater Lübeck . 1 February 2019 . 2 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190824074618/http://www.theaterluebeck.de/index.php?seid=1823 . 24 August 2019 . dead .
- Barbara Hannigan awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2020 . Léonie Sonning Music Foundation . 1 February 2019 . 9 February 2019.
- News: Lincoln Center Finds Its Next President at the 92nd Street Y . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 6 February 2019 . 9 February 2019.
- David Afkham nombrado director Titular y director Artístico . Spanish National Orchestra . 8 February 2019 . 16 February 2019.
- Steven Sloane is the new Music Director of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra . Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra . 12 February 2019 . 16 February 2019.
- Polar Music Prize: Anne-Sophie Mutter . Polar Music Prize . 13 February 2019 . 16 February 2019 . 17 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190217030158/https://www.polarmusicprize.org/wordpress3/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ASM_bio.pdf . dead .
- Artistic Director to Depart After 37 Years . Annapolis Opera . 13 February 2019 . 9 March 2019 . 12 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200912213256/http://annapolisopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Retiring-press-release-1.pdf . dead .
- News: Star Flutist Settles Pay Equity Suit Against Boston Symphony . The New York Times . Jennifer Schuessler . 21 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- News: Bozeman Symphony conductor resigns amid misconduct allegations . Bozeman Daily Chronicle . Rachel Hergett . 15 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- Louisville Orchestra Names Robert Massey As Its New CEO . Louisville Orchestra . 19 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- Sheku Kanneh-Mason joins Future Talent . Future Talent . 20 February 2019 . 2 March 2019 . 6 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111354/https://futuretalent.org/news/sheku-kanneh-mason-joins-future-talent . dead .
- Erasmusprijs 2019 toegekend aan John Adams . Stichting Praemium Erasmianum . 21 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- The Florentine Opera Announces Maggey Oplinger as its new General Director & CEO . The Florentine Opera . 21 February 2019 . 23 February 2019 . 24 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190224062427/http://www.florentineopera.org/Oplinger . dead .
- Legendary director Elijah Moshinsky to be honoured with Opera Australia Trophy . Opera Australia . 21 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- News: Hanauer Hindemith-Preis 2019 für Olli Mustonen: Der finnische Hindemith . SWR2 . 22 February 2019 . 23 February 2019 . 24 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190224022019/https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik/der-finnische-hindemith/-/id=661124/did=23493554/nid=661124/f2it75/index.html . dead .
- News: Segerstrom Center for the Arts announces sudden exit of Terrence W. Dwyer . Orange County Register . Megan Barnes . 23 February 2019 . 2 March 2019.
- Daniel Kellogg named new President of Young Concert Artists . Young Concert Artists . 25 February 2019 . 2 March 2019 . 6 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044203/https://www.yca.org/media/pdfs/2019_02_25Kelloggannouncement.pdf . dead .
- Axel Kober wird neuer GMD der Duisburger Philharmoniker . Duisburg Philharmonic . 27 February 2019 . 2 March 2019.
- Deutscher Musikautorenpreis 2019: Wolfgang Rihm wird für Lebenswerk geehrt . Deutscher Musikautorenpreis . 28 February 2019 . 2 March 2019 . 6 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043824/https://www.musikautorenpreis.de/presse/mitteilungen/deutscher-musikautorenpreis-2019-wolfgang-rihm-wird-fuer-lebenswerk-geehrt/ . dead .
- News: Changes and Cutbacks at S.F. Opera Eliminate Some Top Positions . San Francisco Classical Voice . Janos Gerben . 7 March 2019 . 16 March 2019.
- News: Joshua Bell erhält Preis der Dresdner Musikfestspiele . Die Welt . 28 February 2019 . 2 March 2019.
- News: Concertmaster Lees retiring from CSO as injury persists . Cincinnati Business Courier . Janelle Gelfand . 1 March 2019 . 16 March 2019.
- News: La Jolla Music Society names Ted DeDee as CEO, a month before its new $80 million arts center opens . San Diego Union-Tribune . George Varga . 1 March 2019 . 23 March 2019.
- News: Simon Mayo's Scala Radio review – no 'senseless interference' here. The Guardian. Mark Lawson . 4 March 2019 . 9 March 2019.
- BPI calls on Government to tackle growing inequality in access to music in state schoolsr . British Phonographic Industry . 8 March 2019 . 16 March 2019.
- BCMG appoints Seb Huckle as Executive Director . Birmingham Contemporary Music Group . 8 March 2019 . 16 March 2019 . 24 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175211/https://www.bcmg.org.uk/news/bcmg-appoints-seb-huckle-as-executive-director . dead .
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e5c84f?lang=en BBC National Orchestra of Wales, 8 March 2019 programme
- News: Schoecks Das Schloss Dürande – Premiere einer 'entnazifizierten' Oper . Deutschlandfunk . Claus Fischer . 11 March 2019 . 6 April 2019.
- News: 'There's just no one like her:' Cincinnati Opera CEO to retire after Opera's 100th season . Cincinnati Enquirer . Andrea Reeves . 8 March 2019 . 16 March 2019.
- News: The Chicago Symphony Goes on Strike Over Pension Plan . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 11 March 2019 . 16 March 2019.
- Vienna Philharmonic Honorary Membership for Maestro Bernard Haitink . Vienna Philharmonic . 13 March 2019 . 16 March 2019 . 12 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200912211057/https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/orchestra/philharmonic-journal/year/2019/month/1/blogitemid/1332/page/1/pagesize/20 . dead .
- Tulsa Symphony names new Executive Director . Tulsa Symphony . 14 March 2019 . 16 March 2019.
- Franco Buitoni Award 2019: Quartetto di Cremona . Borletti-Buitoni Trust . 17 March 2019 . 23 March 2019.
- News: Italy's La Scala opera house to return Saudi millions . BBC . 19 March 2019 . 23 March 2019.
- Steven Mercurio se stává šefdirigentem ČNSO . Czech National Symphony Orchestra . 19 March 2019 . 23 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190323150825/https://www.cnso.cz/en/news/steven-mercurio-se-stava-sefdirigentem-cnso . 23 March 2019 . dead .
- Kansas City Symphony Names Next Executive Director . Kansas City Symphony . 19 March 2019 . 23 March 2019.
- News: Kristiina Poska nieuwe chef-dirigent Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen . Luister . 20 March 2019 . 2019-05-18.
- Meet The Next Leader of Seattle Opera . Seattle Opera . 21 March 2019 . 23 March 2019.
- News: Christian Heiß wird neuer Chef der Regensburger Domspatzen . Bayerischer Rundfunk . 25 March 2019 . 30 March 2019 . 30 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190330145014/https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/neuer-leiter-der-regensburger-domspatzen,RLjlDnS . dead .
- News: Leo McFall wird neuer Chefdirigent des Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg . Vorarlberg Nachrichten . 26 March 2019 . 11 May 2019.
- News: San Antonio Symphony music director stepping down in 2020 . San Antonio Express-News . Deborah Martin . 26 March 2019 . 30 March 2019.
- News: Bayerische Staatsoper – Abschied von Edita Gruberova. Abendzeitung. Munich. Michael Schilling. 28 March 2019 . 30 March 2019.
- News: Konstantin Orbelian dismissed as director of Armenia's National Opera and Ballet Theater . ARKA News Agency . Michael Schilling . 29 March 2019 . 6 April 2019.
- Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Announces Change in Leadership . Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra . 29 March 2019 . 6 April 2019.
- News: Stephan Pauly übernimmt Musikverein: Diskreter Entwickler des Konzertalltags . Der Standard . Ljubiša Tošić . 2 April 2019 . 6 April 2019.
- News: Argovia Philharmonic – Rune Bergmann tritt in die Fussstapfen von Douglas Bostock . SRF . 5 April 2019 . 11 May 2019.
- News: The Shed Opens: What Our Critics Think . The New York Times . Joshua Barone . Jon Pareles . . Jason Farago . amp . 7 April 2019 . 13 April 2019.
- Opera San José General Director Larry Hancock Announces Retirement . Opera San José . 7 April 2019 . 13 April 2019.
- News: Director Kirill Serebrennikov released from house arrest in Russia . https://web.archive.org/web/20190409002324/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kirill-serebrennikov-house-arrest-director-release-moscow-a8860081.html . 2019-04-09 . limited . live . The Independent . Oliver Carroll . 2 April 2019 . 9 April 2019.
- News: She Runs Marathons and Sings Opera. And She Just Won $50,000. . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 8 April 2019 . 13 April 2019.
- Hannu Lintu to leave the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2021 . Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra . 12 April 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- News: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach In Shadow Of Border Crossing . National Public Radio – All Things Considered . 13 April 2019 . 20 April 2019.
- News: Gautier Capuçon performs moving tribute in front of Notre-Dame . The Strad . 16 April 2019 . 20 April 2019.
- News: Stephan Märki wird Intendant in Cottbus: 'Er legt sich mit Filz und Politik an' . Deutschlandfunk Kultur . Sylvia Belka-Lorenz . Vladimir Balzer . amp . 17 April 2019 . 20 April 2019.
- News: Daniel Kramer quits as artistic director of English National Opera. The Guardian. Mark Brown . 17 April 2019 . 20 April 2019.
- News: Royal Opera House loses appeal over viola player's 'acoustic shock'. The Guardian. Mark Brown . 17 April 2019 . 20 April 2019.
- News: Joseph Young Named Music Director of Berkeley Symphony . San Francisco Classical Voice . Janos Gerber . 17 April 2019 . 20 April 2019.
- News: L'ONF, Pretty Yende, Lang Lang et Julie Fuchs participent au concert pour Notre-Dame . France Musique . Sofia Anastasio . 19 April 2019 . 27 April 2019.
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Daniele Gatti Close Chapter . Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra . 23 April 2019 . 27 April 2019 . 2 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190602033606/https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/royal-concertgebouw-orchestra-and-daniele-gatti-close-chapter . dead .
- Lorenzo Viotti nieuwe chef-dirigent bij het Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest en De Nationale Opera . Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra . 24 April 2019 . 27 April 2019.
- News: L'orchestre Orfeo 55 cesse ses activités . France Musique . 24 April 2019 . 27 April 2019.
- Approval for Edinburgh's Dunard Centre – a new music and performance venue . Edinburgh International Festival . 25 April 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- News: CSO musicians, management make joint statement on tentative agreement . Chicago Classical Review . Lawrence A. Johnson . 26 April 2019 . 27 April 2019.
- News: CSO musicians, management make joint statement on tentative agreement . Chicago Classical Review . Lawrence A. Johnson . 27 April 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- Vanessa Reed appointed President and CEO of New Music USA . PRS Foundation . 29 April 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- New Music USA Appoints Vanessa Reed As President And CEO . New Music USA . 29 April 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- Osmo Vänskä Announced As Music Director of Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra . Harrison Parrott . 30 April 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra elects Nicholas Collon as its next Chief Conductor . Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra . 2 May 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- News: Tulsa Opera's Don Giovanni makes history with trans woman in title role . CBC . Robert Rowat . 2 May 2019 . 11 May 2019.
- Phoenix Chorale Announces New Artistic Director Christopher Gabbitas . Phoenix Chorale . 6 May 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- Next wave of star musicians announced as BBC Radio 3 reveals New Generation Artists 2019–2021 . BBC . 7 May 2019 . 25 May 2019.
- News: Lisette Oropesa Named as Winner of the Metropolitan Opera's 2019 Beverly Sills Artist Award . Opera News . 2019-05-07 . 2019-07-06 . 28 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190528192040/https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2019/5/News/Lisette_Oropesa_Sills_Artist_Award.html . dead .
- Hannu Lintu appointed as Chief Conductor of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet . Finnish National Opera and Ballet . 9 May 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- Anja Bihlmaier appointed new Chief Conductor of Residentie Orkest The Hague from summer of 2021 . Residentie Orkest . 10 May 2019 . 2019-05-18 . 14 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190514231325/https://www.residentieorkest.nl/en/anja-bihlmaier// . dead .
- Helen Sprott to step down as Managing Director of the Philharmonia Orchestra . Philharmonia Orchestra . 10 May 2019 . 2019-05-18.
- News: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra music director Krzysztof Urbański will leave after 2021 . Indianapolis Star . Domenica Bongiovanni . 2019-05-10 . 2019-05-18.
- News: The Song Company Has Been Placed in Voluntary Administration . Limelight. Jo Litson . 2019-05-16 . 2019-05-18.
- The Washington Chorus announces that Christopher Bell intends to complete his tenure at the close of TWC'S 2019–20 season, and the Chorus will seek a new Artistic Director . The Washington Chorus . 13 May 2019 . 2019-05-18.
- Web site: Scottish Awards for New Music 2019 winners announced – M Magazine. 2019-05-14. M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. en-US. 2019-12-20. 14 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190514182021/https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/news/scottish-awards-for-new-music-2019-winners-announced/. dead.
- News: RPO music director Ward Stare to leave the orchestra in 2021 . Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . Marcia Greenwood . 2019-05-13 . 2019-05-18.
- Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Announces Retirement . Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra . 14 May 2019 . 2019-05-18.
- News: Scottish Awards for New Music 2019 Award Winners Announced . M Magazine . 2019-05-14 . 2019-12-21 . 14 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190514182021/https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/news/scottish-awards-for-new-music-2019-winners-announced/ . dead .
- News: Exclue d'une production en raison de sa grossesse, Julie Fuchs va être dédommagée . France Musique . Sofia Anastasio . 2019-05-16 . 2019-05-18.
- News: After 58 Years, Classical Music's Star-Maker Says Goodbye. The New York Times. Anthony Tommasini. 2019-05-10 . 2019-05-18.
- News: Georg Fritzsch wird neuer Generalmusikdirektor in Karlsruhe . Badische Neueste Nachrichten . Isabel Steppeler . 2019-05-17 . 2019-05-18 . 18 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190518155423/https://bnn.de/nachrichten/kultur/georg-fritzsch-wird-neuer-generalmusikdirektor-in-karlsruhe . dead .
- News: Tony Siqi Yun wins first prize at inaugural China International Music Competition . Classical Music Magazine . Melissa Bradshaw . 2019-05-21 . 2019-05-25.
- News: 26-Jähriger wird Chefdirigent: Jonathon Heyward übernimmt Anfang 2021 die Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie . Westfallen-Blatt . Hartmut Horstmann . 2019-05-21 . 2019-05-25.
- The Philharmonia Announces Santtu-Matias Rouvali As Its Next Principal Conductor. Philharmonia Orchestra . 22 May 2019 . 2019-05-25.
- News: Michael Garvey announced as executive director of the Benedetti Foundation . Classical Music Magazine . Melissa Bradshaw . 2019-05-23 . 2019-05-25.
- News: BBC National Orchestra director Michael Garvey to step down . BBC News . 2019-05-22 . 2019-05-25.
- News: Greg Funfgeld, Bridget George to retire from The Bach Choir of Bethlehem . WFMZ TV . 2019-05-22 . 2019-05-25.
- Thierry Fischer Announces Plans to Conclude Tenure as Utah Symphony Music Director Following 2021–22 Season . Utah Symphony . 24 May 2019 . 2019-05-25.
- News: Baltimore Symphony Musicians Are 'Stunned' After Concerts Are Canceled . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 2019-05-31 . 2019-06-09.
- Managing Director Jan Raes will say farewell to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the end of 2019 . Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra . 31 May 2019 . 2019-06-09 . 4 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190604131053/https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/managing-director-jan-raes-will-say-farewell-to-the-royal-concertgebouw-orchestra-at-the-end-of-2019 . dead .
- Musica Viva announces next Artistic Director . Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra . 3 June 2019 . 2019-06-09 . 12 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200912220828/https://musicaviva.com.au/media-releases/musica-viva-announces-next-artistic-director/ . dead .
- VSO Announces Kelly Tweeddale, President of Vancouver Symphony Society and VSO School of Music, to Take New Role as Executive Director of San Francisco Ballet . Vancouver Symphony Orchestra . 5 June 2019 . 2019-06-09.
- News: La symphonie de Charlotte Sohy jouée pour la première fois, un siècle après sa composition. fr. France Musique. Aliette de Laleu . 2019-06-06 . 2019-06-09.
- The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2019 . Government of the United Kingdom . 7 June 2019 . 2019-06-09.
- Daniel Barenboim Named Honorary Conductor . Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra . 7 June 2019 . 2019-06-16 . 8 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190608123507/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/news/detail/daniel-barenboim-named-honorary-conductor/ . dead .
- Thierry Fischer é o novo diretor musical e regente titular da Osesp . Governo do Estado de São Paulo . 10 June 2019 . 2019-06-16.
- News: Review: After 27 Years, Meredith Monk's Atlas Returns to Earth. The New York Times . Zachary Woolfe . Zachary Woolfe . 11 June 2019 . 16 June 2019.
- News: Dirigent Bernard Haitink zet na 65 jaar een punt achter zijn carrière . De Volksrant . Guido van Oorschot . 2019-06-12 . 2019-06-16.
- News: Eva Ollikainen ráðin aðalhljómsveitarstjóri . Fréttablaðið . Valgerður Árnadóttir . 2019-06-12 . 2019-06-14.
- The Molson Prizes and John G. Diefenbaker Award winners for 2019 . Canada Council . 12 June 2019 . 2019-06-16.
- Andris Poga ny sjefdirigent fra 2021/22-esongen . Stavanger Symphony Orchestra . 13 June 2019 . 2019-06-22.
- Web site: NTR Zaterdagmatinee, 15 June 2019 programme . 16 June 2019 . 12 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200912203922/https://www.nporadio4.nl/media/com_nporadio4/files/NTRZM2019-06-15-web.pdf . dead .
- News: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians officially locked out . Washington Post . Anne Midgette . 2019-06-16 . 2019-06-22.
- Two New Honorary Members for the Royal Philharmonic Society . Royal Philharmonic Society . 17 June 2019 . 2019-06-22.
- The Song Company to sing again – control returned to Directors . The Song Company . 18 June 2019 . 2019-07-06 . 6 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706163217/http://the.song.company/The-Song-Company-PRESS-RELEASE-20190618-15.35pm-To-Sing-Again.pdf . dead .
- News: Sovrintendente della Scala, Meyer al posto di Pereira. Beppe Sala: "C'è consenso sul nome" . Milano Today . 2019-06-18 . 2019-06-22.
- News: American Conductor Stephen Lord Resigns from Posts at Michigan Opera Theatre and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Released from Performances at Opera Maine . Opera News . 2019-06-19 . 2019-06-22.
- Markus Huber wird neuer Chefdirigent der Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach . Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach . 20 June 2019 . 2019-07-06 . 6 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706163223/https://www.thphil.de/aktuelles/2019/06/markushuber . dead .
- News: Dirigent Teodor Currentzis verlässt Perm . WDR1 . 2019-06-21 . 2019-07-13.
- News: Andrei Kymach wins BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019 . Classical Music Magazine . Melissa Bradshaw . 2019-06-24 . 2019-06-29.
- News: Mingjie Lei wins Song Prize at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019 . Classical Music Magazine . Melissa Bradshaw . 2019-06-21 . 2019-06-29.
- Opera North announces new musical leadership . Opera North . 24 June 2019 . 2019-06-29.
- Henning Ruhe appointed as the new Artistic Director Opera/Drama for the Göteborg Opera . Göteborg Opera . 24 June 2019 . 2019-06-29.
- News: Ursula Koners wird Geschäftsführerin am Festspielhaus Baden-Baden . SWR2 . 2019-06-24 . 2019-06-29 . 29 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190629153947/https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik/ursula-koners-wird-geschaeftsfuehrerin-am-festspielhaus-baden-baden/-/id=661124/did=24306258/nid=661124/xt1f1m/index.html . dead .
- News: Tobias Wolff soll neuer Leipziger Opern-Intendant werden. Leipziger Volkszeitung. Peter Korfmacher . 2019-06-25 . 2019-06-29.
- News: Opera Rara announces change of artistic directorship . Classical Music Magazine . Melissa Bradshaw . 2019-06-26 . 2019-06-29.
- News: Cal Symphony's game-changing director is stepping down . San Jose Mercury News . Randy McMullen . 2019-06-26 . 2019-06-29.
- News: El pianista Radu Lupu se retira a final de temporada . Scherzo . 2019-06-27 . 2019-08-10.
- Ken-David Masur named principal conductor of the Civic Orchestra . Chicago Symphony Orchestra . 27 June 2019 . 2019-06-29.
- News: Scala, arriva Meyer. Pereira lo affianca fino a maggio-giugno 2021 . Corriere della Sera . Pierluigi Panza . 2019-06-21 . 2019-06-29.
- Jan Nast appointed as new Intendant . Wiener Symphoniker . 1 July 2019 . 2019-07-06.
- News: Jan Nast wechselt von der Dresdner Staatskapelle zu den Wiener Symphonikern . SWR2 . 2019-07-02 . 2019-07-06 . 6 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706170229/https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik/jan-nast-wechselt-von-der-dresdner-staatskapelle-zu-den-wiener-symphonikern/-/id=661124/did=24351692/nid=661124/1v2365j/index.html . dead .
- Rider University announces future plans for Westminster Choir College . Rider University . 1 July 2019 . 2019-07-06.
- Nomination du Directeur musical, chef permanent de l'Orchestre Régional Avignon-Provence . Orchestre Régional Avignon-Provence . 2 July 2019 . 2019-07-06.
- Barbara Frey wird Intendantin der Ruhrtriennale 2021 bis 2023 . Ruhrtriennale Festival . 3 July 2019 . 2019-07-06 . 6 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706163218/https://www.ruhrtriennale.de/en/nieuws/69/Barbara_Frey_wird_Intendantin_der_Ruhrtriennale_2021_bis_2023/ . dead .
- Singapore Symphony Names Hans Graf as New Chief Conductor . Singapore Symphony Orchestra . 8 July 2019 . 2019-07-13.
- News: Sistine Chapel Choir director ceases duties . Catholic News Agency . 10 July 2019 . 13 July 2019.
- San Diego Opera Announces Yves Abel as Company's New Principal Conductor . San Diego Opera . 11 July 2019 . 2019-07-13.
- News: National Philharmonic bows out abruptly . Washington Post . Anne Midgette . 16 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: Jim Hirsch to step down as Sinfonietta CEO . Chicago Tribune . Howard Reich . 16 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: Portland Opera News: Christopher Mattaliano to Step Down as General Director . Portland Mercury . Robert Ham . 17 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: Firenze, Teatro del Maggio Musicale: lascia anche Fabio Luisi . La Repubblica . Fulvio Paloscia . 17 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- The Kennedy Center Announces 2019 Honorees . The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts . 18 July 2019 . 2019-07-28.
- News: First night of the Proms review – the moon, and female stars. The Guardian. Erica Jeal . 21 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: Alexander Neef, Canadian Opera Company Chief, Named as Next General Director of Opéra National de Paris . Opera News . 24 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- COC General Director Alexander Neef Appointed Next General Director of Opéra national de Paris . Canadian Opera Company . 24 July 2019 . 2019-07-28.
- Santa Fe Opera Artistic Director Alexander Neef will be the next Director of Paris National Opera . Santa Fe Opera . 24 July 2019 . 2019-08-10.
- Next Principal Conductor announced . London Philharmonic Orchestra . 25 July 2019 . 2019-07-28.
- Vienna Philharmonic Honorary Membership for Maestro Herbert Blomstedt . Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra . 26 July 2019 . 2019-08-10 . 12 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200912204323/https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/orchestra/philharmonic-journal/blogitemid/1378 . dead .
- Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announces New Members of Artistic Leadership Team . Opera Theatre of Saint Louis . 1 August 2019 . 2019-08-10 . 10 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190810153254/https://www.opera-stl.org/beyond-the-stage/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-announces-new-members-of-artistic-leadership-team . dead .
- News: James Levine and Met Opera Settle Suit Over Sexual Misconduct Firing . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 6 August 2019 . 10 August 2019.
- News: Gaffigan gibt Dirigentenstab des Luzerner Sinfonieorchesters ab. Luzerner Zeitung. Urs Mattenberger . 13 August 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- News: AP: Women accuse opera legend Domingo of sexual harassment . Associated Press . Jocelyn Gecker . 13 August 2019 . 24 August 2019.
- News: Mädchen darf nicht in Berliner Knabenchor. Berliner Zeitung. Katja Colmenares . 16 August 2019 . 24 August 2019.
- News: Maggio Musicale, arriva Alexander Pereira: "Cercherò di offrire un progetto e una visione" . La Nazione . 28 August 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- News: Zeit für etwas Neues beim DSO . Der Tagesspiegel . Frederik Hanssen . 29 August 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- It's unprecedented! Two Quartets share First Prize at the prestigious Banff International String Quartet Competition . Banff International String Quartet Competition . 1 September 2019 . 2019-09-21.
- News: Prom 60: Vienna Phil/Ax/Haitink review – a beautiful, masterful farewell. The Guardian. Erica Jeal . 4 September 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- News: Maestro Bernard Haitink (90) neemt soeverein afscheid in Luzern . De Volksrant . Guido van Oorschot . 8 September 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- Symphony Signs Music Director Michael Stern through 2023 . Kansas City Symphony . 9 September 2019 . 2019-09-21.
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales announce Ryan Bancroft as new Principal Conductor . BBC Media Centre . 11 September 2019 . 2019-09-21.
- WDR Rundfunkchor mit großen Plänen: Nicolas Fink wird neuer Chefdirigent und Simon Halsey kommt für außergewöhnliche Chorprojekte . WDR . 11 September 2019 . 2020-01-12.
- News: Enrique Mazzola to succeed retiring Andrew Davis as Lyric Opera's music director . Chicago Tribune . Howard Reich . 12 September 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- News: BSO concertmaster Malcolm Lowe retires after 35 years . Boston Globe . Zoë Madonna . Isaac Feldberg . amp . 12 September 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- News: Afzeggingen plagen Opening Night van Concertgebouworkest . NRC Handelsblad . Mischa Spel . 15 September 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- Lisa Tregale appointed Director of the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales . BBC Media Centre . 16 September 2019 . 2019-09-21.
- News: Yannick Nézet-Séguin has renewed his contract with Montreal's Orchestre Métropolitain — for life . CBC . Robert Rowat . 16 September 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- News: Iestyn Davies awarded Wigmore Medal at 40th birthday concert . Classical Music Magazine . Melissa Bradshaw . 18 September 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- News: L.A. Phil Chief Executive Simon Woods resigns, leaving supporters 'stunned' . Los Angeles Times . Deborah Vankin . 16 September 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- The recipients of the 31st Praemium Imperiale . Japan Art Association. 17 September 2019 . 2019-09-21.
- Web site: World premiere of 2nd string quartet by Leander Schlegel in Oegstgeest . Donemus . 30 August 2019 . 28 September 2019.
- News: The Baltimore Symphony Brings Back Its Musicians . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 23 September 2019 . 28 September 2019.
- Minnesota Orchestra Appoints Pianist Jon Kimura Parker as its First-Ever Creative Partner for Summer Programming . Minnesota Orchestra . 23 September 2019 . 2019-09-28 . 28 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190928145953/https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/about/learn-more/press-room/press-releases/2177-summer-creative-partner . dead .
- News: Plácido Domingo Leaves Met Opera Amid Sexual Harassment Inquiry . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 24 September 2019 . 28 September 2019.
- Utah Symphony / Utah Opera President and CEO Steps Down . Utah Symphony / Utah Opera . 25 September 2019 . 2019-09-28.
- News: This Time, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Promotes From Within . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 1 October 2019 . 5 October 2019.
- Web site: 2019-10-03. Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra names new executive director. 2021-02-16. Crain's Detroit Business. en.
- News: Plácido Domingo Leaves Los Angeles Opera Amid Sex Harassment Inquiry . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 2 October 2019 . 5 October 2019.
- Karl-Heinz Steffens new Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor at SON . Norrköping Symphony Orchestra . 3 October 2019 . 2020-01-12.
- Ny Festivaldirektør: Amy Lane fra Covent Garden til CPH Opera Festival . Copenhagen Opera Festival . 4 October 2019 . 2019-10-12 .
- News: Lucia Lucas: Making UK operatic debut at the ENO . BBC News . 5 October 2019 . 2019-11-23.
- News: "Stephane Lissner soprintendente del San Carlo". Il sindaco: "Scelta unanime su un nome di assoluto prestigio" . La Repubblica . Alessio Gemma . Conchita Sannino . amp . 7 October 2019 . 12 October 2019.
- News: After Plácido Domingo's resignation, L.A. Opera eliminates his old title . Los Angeles Times . Jessica Gelt . 7 October 2019 . 12 October 2019.
- Annilese Miskimmon appointed as English National Opera's Artistic Director . English National Opera . 8 October 2019 . 2019-10-12.
- News: Annilese Miskimmon slutter som operasjef . Dagbladet . Anders Grønneberg . 8 October 2019 . 12 October 2019.
- Orchestre de chambre de Paris: Lars Vogt, new Music Director . Orchestre de Chambre de Paris . 9 October 2019 . 2019-10-12 . 12 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191012151840/http://www.orchestredechambredeparis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Press-release-OCP-Lars-Vogt-music-director.pdf . dead .
- Takács Quartet announces appointment of violist Richard O'Neill, retirement of Geri Walther after 15 years . University of Colorado Boulder College of Music . 9 October 2019 . 2019-10-12.
- News: WNYC Is Dropping 'New Sounds' After 37 Years. Musicians Are Mourning. . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 11 October 2019 . 2019-10-26.
- News: Lapointe succède à Legendre à l'Opéra de Québec . Le Soleil . Éric Moreault . 17 October 2019 . 26 October 2019.
- Ara Guzelimian Named Artistic Director of the Ojai Music Festival Beginning with the 75th Festival in 2021 . Ojai Festival . 17 October 2019 . 2019-10-26.
- Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces new Executive Director . Toronto Mendelssohn Choir . 17 October 2019 . 2019-10-26.
- Adrian Jones wird Orchesterdirektor der Staatskapelle Dresden . Staatskapelle Dresden . 18 October 2019 . 2019-10-26 . 26 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191026161649/http://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/news/article/adrian-jones-wird-orchesterdirektor-der-staatskapelle-dresden/56180/ . dead .
- News: Ravinia CEO Welz Kauffman will leave post after 2020 season . Chicago Tribune . Howard Reich . 19 October 2019 . 2019-10-26.
- News: Bertrand Rossi nommé directeur de l'Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur . France Musique . Cédric Hermel . 22 October 2019 . 2019-10-26.
- News: A Musical Revolt Succeeds: WNYC, in a Reversal, Keeps 'New Sounds' . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 21 October 2019 . 2019-10-26.
- Nomination de Richard Brunel à la direction de l'Opéra national de Lyon . Opéra National de Lyon / French Ministry of Culture . 22 October 2019 . 2019-10-26.
- Yuval Weinberg wird neuer Chefdirigent des SWR Vokalensembles . SWR . 25 October 2019 . 2019-10-26.
- Press Release: Sue Dixon Named General Director of Portland Opera . Portland Opera . 24 October 2019 . 2019-11-02 . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191102153838/https://www.portlandopera.org/news/press-release-sue-dixon-named-general-director-of-portland-opera/ . dead .
- News: An Experimental Music Ensemble Won't Just Fade Away . The New York Times . Steve Smith . 23 October 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- Vancouver Opera General Director, Kim Gaynor, To Step Down After Successful Run: Tom Wright Appointed Interim General Director . Vancouver Opera . 28 October 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- News: Caught in U.S.-China Crossfire, Eastman Orchestra Cancels Tour . The New York Times . Javier C. Hernández . 29 October 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- Giga-Hertz-Preis 2019 an Komponistin Éliane Radigue . SWR . 30 October 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- News: Fatigué de lutter, Hugo Reyne met fin à la Simphonie du Marais en 2020 . France Musique . Cédric Hermel . 31 October 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- California Symphony Selects Lisa Dell as its New Executive Director . California Symphony . 5 November 2019 . 2019-11-09.
- 2020 Vision: Royal Albert Hall and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra join forces . Royal Albert Hall . 8 November 2019 . 2019-11-16.
- News: Brahms provides a highlight in mixed outing from Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony . New York Classical Review . Eric C. Simpson . 9 November 2019 . 2019-12-01.
- News: Sofia Anastasio . Cristian Măcelaru nommé à la tête de l'Orchestre national de France . France Musique . 2019-11-12 . 2019-11-16.
- Slovenská filharmónia pod taktovkou Daniela Raiskina . Slovak Philharmonic . 12 November 2019 . 2019-11-23.
- Dennis Russell Davies wird Chefdirigent des MDR-Sinfonieorchesters . MDR . 13 November 2019 . 2019-11-16.
- News: Bach-Medaille an Pianistin Angela Hewitt . SWR 2 . 2019-11-14 . 2019-11-23.
- OPERA San Antonio names E. Loren Meeker General & Artistic Director and Francesco Milioto Music Director . Royal Albert Hall . 15 November 2019 . 2019-11-23.
- News: Hallescher Opernintendant Lutz geht nach Kassel . MDR . 2019-11-18 . 2019-11-23.
- Cristian Măcelaru named inaugural Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at Interlochen Center for the Arts . Interlochen Center for the Arts . 18 November 2019 . 2019-11-23.
- News: Turkmenistan stages first opera after 19-year ban . Al-Jazeera . 2019-11-19 . 2019-11-23.
- Anna-Maria Helsing takes post at BBC Concert Orchestra . Gramophone. 2019-11-20 . 2019-11-23.
- News: Michael Sanderling wird Chefdirigent des Luzerner Sinfonieorchesters . Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 2019-11-21 . 2019-11-23.
- Multi-instrumentalist and composer Tyshawn Sorey named Opera Philadelphia's new Composer in Residence . Interlochen Center for the Arts . 21 November 2019 . 2019-11-23.
- News: Jessica Gelt . A Long Beach Opera coup: Star director Yuval Sharon will plan 2021 season . Los Angeles Times . 2019-11-21 . 2019-11-23.
- News: Brahms-Preis 2020 an Geigerin Midori . SWR 2 . 2019-11-22 . 2019-11-23.
- L'ORT presenta i nuovi direttori . Orchestra della Toscana . 22 November 2019 . 2019-12-01 .
- Alexander Merzyn ist Neuer GMD am Staatstheater Cottbus . Staatstheater Cottbus . 2 December 2019 . 2019-12-07 . 7 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191207165206/https://www.staatstheater-cottbus.de/news/alexander-merzyn-ist-neuer-gmd-am-staatstheater-cottbus/ . dead .
- News: Michael Cooper. Robin Pogrebin. After Years of False Starts, Geffen Hall Is Being Rebuilt. Really. . The New York Times. 2019-12-02 . 2019-12-07.
- New director for Monte-Carlo Opera appointed: Cecilia Bartoli to take over from Jean-Louis Grinda on 1 January 2023 . Gouvernement Princier – Principauté de Monaco . 3 December 2019 . 2019-12-07.
- Climate change-inspired piece wins music award . Grawemeyer Awards . 3 December 2019 . 2019-12-07.
- Sakurako Fisher to Step Down as San Francisco Symphony President Effective December 2020 . San Francisco Symphony . 3 December 2019 . 2019-12-07 . 7 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191207165131/https://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Press-Room/Press-Releases/FisherGeeslin.aspx . dead .
- News: Billy Arnold . Disinvited Grand Teton Music Festival musicians to be reinstated . Jackson Hole Daily . 2019-12-04 . 2019-12-07.
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra has announced the name of their new Music Director and Chief Conductor . Estonian National Symphony Orchestra . 4 December 2019 . 2019-12-07.
- Alain Altinoglu wird zur Saison 2021/22 neuer Chefdirigent des hr-Sinfonieorchesters Frankfurt . https://web.archive.org/web/20191206074258/https://www.hr.de/presse/orchester/hr-sinfonieorchester/2019/neuer-chefdirigent-des-hr-sinfonieorchesters-alain-altinoglu,hrso_neuerchefdirigent-100.html . dead . 6 December 2019 . Hessischer Rundfunk . 5 December 2019 . 2019-12-07 .
- Eun Sun Kim Appointed Music Director of San Francisco Opera . San Francisco Opera . 5 December 2019 . 2019-12-07.
- News: Epische Geschlechterreise: Olga Neuwirths neue Oper "Orlando" . Der Standard . Ljubiša Tošic . 2019-12-09 . 2019-12-14.
- Alumna Tasmin Little Becomes Co-President . Yehudi Menuhin School . 9 December 2019 . 2019-12-14.
- News: Emilie Delorme officiellement nommée à la tête du CNSMD de Paris . France Musique . Sofia Anastasio and Guillaume Decalf . 2019-12-14 . 2019-12-14.
- News: Billy Arnold . Andrew Palmer Todd resigns from Grand Teton Music Festival . Jackson Hole Daily . 2019-12-13 . 2019-12-21.
- Simone Young announced as the next Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra . Sydney Symphony Orchestra . 14 December 2019 . 2019-12-21 . 14 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200914200023/https://www.sydneysymphony.com/backstage-news/article/simone-young-named-chief-conductor . dead .
- Symphony Nova Scotia Announces New Music Director . Symphony Nova Scotia . 16 December 2019 . 2019-12-21.
- News: Billy Arnold . David Bazen ad interim directeur Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest . Radio 4 Netherlands . 2019-12-17 . 2019-12-21.
- Orchestra of St. Luke's Announces the Appointment of Alex Johnston as New Director of the DiMenna Center for Classical Music . Orchestra of St. Luke's . 17 December 2019 . 2019-12-21.
- Cincinnati Opera Names Christopher Milligan as The Harry Fath General Director & CEO . Cincinnati Opera . 18 December 2019 . 2019-12-21.
- Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Announces New Executive Director . Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra . 18 December 2019 . 2019-12-21.
- https://www.tivolivredenburg.nl/agenda/insomnio-bernard-benoliel-18-12-2019/ Tivoli Vredenburg, 18 December 2019 programme
- Vahan Mardirossian: nouveau Directeur musical de l'Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie dès 2020 . Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie . 20 December 2019 . 2020-01-12 . 12 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200112224823/https://www.orcw.be/vahan-mardirossian-nouveau-directeur-musical-orcw/ . dead .
- Alain Perroux, nouveau Directeur Général de l'Opéra national du Rhin . Opéra national du Rhin . 21 December 2019 . 2019-12-26.
- New Year Honours list 2020 . Cabinet Office, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and Home Office, United Kingdom . 27 December 2019 . 2019-12-30.
- Governor General Announces 120 New Appointments to the Order of Canada . Governor General of Canada . 28 December 2019 . 2019-12-30.
- News: Pfarrerin hat Verdacht: 25 Scheiben von Thomaskirche und Thomashaus zerstört. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 2020-01-01 . 2020-01-04.
- News: Westminster Cathedral's Master of Music resigns . Catholic Herald . Nick Hallett . 2020-01-07 . 2020-01-12 . 12 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200112230323/https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2020/01/07/westminster-cathedrals-master-of-music-resigns/ . dead .
- News: Two Coasts, Two Concertos: Adès and Adams Offer Piano Premieres . The New York Times . David Allen . . amp . 8 March 2019 . 9 March 2019.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e6wxp6 BBC Proms, Prom 35, 13 August 2019 programme
- Web site: Britten Sinfonia, 2 November 2019 programme . 2 November 2019 . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191102172536/https://brittensinfonia.com/event/ada-lovelace-imagining-the-analytical-engine/ . dead .
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e4j6gw BBC Proms, Prom 43, 19 August 2019 programme
- https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik-klassik/Donaueschinger-Musiktage-2019-Konzert-mit-dem-Experimantalstudio-des-SWR-und-Ensemble-Resonanz,domt-2019-10-19-ensemble-resonanz-100.html Donaueschinger Musiktage 2019, 19 October 2019 programme
- News: Britten Sinfonia/Adès review – Barry's viola premiere has rowdy brass and a whistling soloist. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 20 May 2019 . 9 June 2019.
- News: Beloved Tchaikovsky and a world premiere from Leonard Slatkin and SLSO . Saint Louis Post-Dispatch . Sarah Bryan Miller . 3 May 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/elias-string-quartet-201902221930 Wigmore Hall, 22 February 2019 programme
- News: Review: SPCO hits home with powerful climax to 'Tapestry19' festival . Twin Cities Pioneer Press . Rob Hubbard . 23 February 2019 . 24 August 2019.
- Web site: The Musicians' Company, 25 February 2019 programme . 2 February 2019 . 3 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190203030347/https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/126583-musicians-company-myra-verney-recital-2019 . dead .
- https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/nash-ensemble-stefan-asbury-claire-booth-simone-leona-hueber-lawrence-power-adrian-brendel-ursula-leveaux-lucy-wakeford-201904121930 Wigmore Hall, 12 April 2019 programme
- https://www.bcmg.org.uk/Event/celebrating-sir-harrison-birtwistle-at-85 Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, 22 September 2019 programme
- https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/644/2019-10-24/centennial-birthday-celebration-concert-gala?force Los Angeles Philharmonic, 24 October 2019 programme
- http://valeofglamorganfestival.org.uk/bbc-national-orchestra-of-wales/ Vale of Glamorgan Festival, 18 May 2019 programme
- News: St. Louis Chamber Chorus presents a lovely, love-themed program . Saint Louis Post-Dispatch . Sarah Bryan Miller . 18 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- https://www.theater.freiburg.de/de_DE/spielplan/5-sinfoniekonzert.15384541 Theater Freiburg, 26 February 2019 programme
- https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik-klassik/Donaueschinger-Musiktage-2019-Konzert-9-Ensemble-Intercontemporain-Matthias-Pintscher,domt-19-10-20-konzert9intercontemporain-100.html Donaueschinger Musiktage 2019, 20 October 2019 programme
- https://www.crossingchoir.org/events//2019/a-native-hill The Crossing, 13 October 2019 programme
- Web site: Duo van Vliet – Edinburgh. The Night With. en-GB. 2019-12-19.
- News: Haas premiere highlights Third Coast Percussion's UC concert . Chicago Classical Review . Tim Sawyler . 13 October 2019 . 2019-10-26.
- Web site: The Musicians' Company Concerts 2019, 25 March 2019 programme . 5 January 2019 . 5 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201306/https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/128706-musicians-company-concerts-2019-2019 . dead .
- https://www.halle.co.uk/whats-on/prokofiev-fifth-symphony/ The Hallé, 28 February 2019 programme
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ef6v9r BBC Symphony Orchestra, 23 January 2019 programme
- Web site: Women in Music Festival, 9 March 2019, Melbourne, Australia . 2 March 2019 . 6 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044458/https://www.womeninmusicfestival.net/concert-program-i-saturday-9-march . dead .
- News: Eumeralla (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) . Limelight. Tony Way . 17 June 2019 . 2020-01-04.
- News: Australian Series: Renewal (Canberra Symphony Orchestra) . Limelight. Clinton White . 1 November 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- https://www.muziekgebouw.nl/voorstellingen/7874/Amsterdam_Sinfonietta_Anthony_Marwood_Alexander_Melnikov/Illumine_me/ Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, 16 May 2019 programme
- http://www.clairechase.net/density-2036-part-vi Claire Chase, 'Density 2036: part vi (2019)' page
- News: Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, Holly Mulcahy debut George S. Clinton's Rose of Sonora . Times Free Press . Barry Courter . 24 April 2019 . 27 April 2019.
- Web site: Cheltenham Festival 2019, 11 July 2019 programme . 13 July 2019 . 13 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190713152047/https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/music/whats-on/2019/manchester-camerata-and-jess-gillam/ . dead .
- Web site: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, 7 November 2019 programme . 2 November 2019 . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191102153839/https://www.sco.org.uk/whats-on/1570-mozart-haydn-and-clyne . dead .
- News: CMS celebrates George Crumb, from early works to a world premiere . New York Classical Review . David Wright . 15 April 2019 . 20 April 2019.
- News: Boston Musica Viva presents Currier premiere, musical responses to political issues . Boston Classical Review . Aaron Keebaugh . 3 February 2019 . 9 February 2019.
- News: Review: Anne-Sophie Mutter Pays Tribute to Previn at Carnegie Hall . The New York Times . Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim . 13 March 2019 . 16 March 2019.
- News: Quartet for the Twitter Age . Limelight. Brett Dean. 4 June 2019 . 9 June 2019.
- News: Paul Dean on Channelling Clarinet Legends . Limelight. Paul Dean. 2 April 2019 . 6 April 2019.
- http://donemus.nl/pieter-van-loenen-on-tour-with-jutter-by-jan-peter-de-graaff/ Donemus, "Pieter van Loenen on tour with Jutters by Jan-Peter de Graaff, 6 March 2019
- http://italianacademy.columbia.edu/event/monsters Columbia University, The Italian Academy, 27 March 2019 programme
- https://www.ceskafilharmonie.cz/koncert/22306-premierovy-vecer-ceska-filharmonie/ Czech Philharmonic, 7 November 2019 programme
- News: Review: Mapplethorpe Inspires a Composer's Meager Tribute . The New York Times . Zachary Woolfe . Zachary Woolfe . 6 March 2019 . 9 March 2019.
- News: A new composition for Camerata inspired by the shipwreck on K'gari (Fraser Island) . Limelight. Shirley Zhu . 21 June 2019 . 29 June 2019.
- Web site: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, 4 May 2019 programme . 4 May 2019 . 4 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190504153008/https://www.sco.org.uk/whats-on/1287-jonathan-dove-accordion-concerto . dead .
- News: Fluid singing from the St. Louis Chamber Chorus . Saint Louis Post-Dispatch . Sarah Bryan Miller . 8 October 2019 . 12 October 2019.
- News: A retooled Pacifica Quartet returns to Mandel Hall with a world premiere . Chicago Classical Review . Lawrence A Johnson . 13 April 2019 . 20 April 2019.
- Web site: Aurora Orchestra, 20 January 2019 programme . 5 January 2019 . 6 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010340/https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/126321-songs-road-2019 . dead .
- News: Mimi's Symphony (City Recital Hall) . Limelight. Cara Anderson . 23 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- https://www.ndr.de/orchester_chor/radiophilharmonie/konzerte/Sharon-Kam-spielt-Urauffuehrung,kam100.html NDR Radiophilharmonie, 10–11 January 2019 programme
- Web site: NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, 15 February 2019 programme . 5 January 2019 . 6 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010421/https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/programm/ndr-elbphilharmonie-orchester-hannu-lintu/10327 . dead .
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ef2fbp BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 12 January 2019 programme
- News: Talking to: Samantha Fernando . Basingstoke Observer . 2 May 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- Web site: Donaueschinger Musiktage Festival 2019, 'Abschlusskonzert Donaueschinger Musiktage', 20 October 2019 programme . 26 October 2019 . 26 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191026170307/https://www.swr.de/swrclassic/symphonieorchester/SWR-Symphonieorchester-Donaueschingen,veranstaltung-696.html . dead .
- Web site: Obra Inspirada en Irlanda Destaca en Próxima Gala de Orquesta Marga Marga. 26 July 2019.
- News: Art song trees grow in Brooklyn with three varied premieres . New York Classical Review . David Wright . 8 June 2019 . 16 June 2019.
- https://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/2019-season/brahms-violin-concerto Grant Park Music Festival, 22 June 2019 programme
- https://www.lpo.org.uk/whats-on-and-tickets/5103-lpo-16/01/19.html London Philharmonic Orchestra, 16 January 2019 programme
- News: Philip Glass and John Adams on a Bowie-Inspired New Symphony . The New York Times . Zachary Woolfe . Zachary Woolfe . 9 January 2019 . 12 January 2019.
- News: The Surprise of Jaap van Zweden's Philharmonic Tenure? Surprise. The New York Times. Anthony Tommasini. 19 September 2019 . 28 September 2019.
- Web site: Cheltenham Music Festival, 7 July 2019 programme, BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists . 6 July 2019 . 6 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706163219/https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/music/whats-on/2019/bbc-radio-3-new-generation-artists-i/ . dead .
- News: WA Symphony Orchestra and Leanne Glover premiere Iain Grandage's cor anglais concerto, Orphee . The West Australian . David Cusworth . 6 October 2019 . 2019-10-12.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e84mzc BBC Philharmonic, 2 November 2019 programme
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/egwxp6 BBC Proms, Prom 70 programme, 10 September 2019
- Web site: Britten Sinfonia, 12 November 2019 programme . 2 November 2019 . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191102153838/https://brittensinfonia.com/event/benjamin-grosvenor-thomas-gould/ . dead .
- https://www.newpathsmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2019/05/J0121-BCMF_2019_Brochure_v5.pdf Beverley Chamber Music Festival, 27 September 2019 world premiere program
- https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/event/1058 Oxford Lieder Festival, 18 October 2019 program
- https://scarabclub.org/saturday-october-26-3-pm-womxns-work/ Womxn's Work: A Collaboration between the Scarab Club and the Detroit Song Collective, 26 October 2019 world premiere program
- News: Carol Wincenc fêtes a 50-year career with a pair of world premieres . New York Classical Review . David Wright . 13 November 2019 . 2019-11-16.
- Web site: Sheldon Concert Hall, 23 January 2019 programme . 19 January 2019 . 19 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190119230913/https://thesheldon.org/concert-detail.php?id=644 . dead .
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e5mxp6 BBC Symphony Orchestra, 13 February 2019 programme
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/enrbc8 BBC Philharmonic, 23 February 2019 programme
- https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/icalrepeat.detail/2019/07/05/1675/-/cheltenham-festival-2019.html London Symphony Orchestra, 5 July 2019 Cheltenham Festival programme
- https://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/classical-music/symphonie-fantastique/3311 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, 19 & 22 September 2019 programme
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ez3v9r BBC Philharmonic, 7 July 2019 programme
- https://www.lso.co.uk/images/pdf/Web-14-Sep-2019.pdf London Symphony Orchestra, 14 September 2019 programme
- News: Concert review: St. Louis Chamber Chorus expresses different varieties of 'Hope' . Saint Louis Post-Dispatch . Sarah Bryan Miller . 27 May 2019 . 9 June 2019.
- https://tickets.kcsymphony.org/15149 Kansas City Symphony, 4–6 October 2019 programme
- https://www.slsostories.org/post/program-notes-brahms-fourth-symphony St Louis Symphony Orchestra, 15 & 16 November 2019 programme note
- News: Skride Piano Quartet (Musica Viva Australia) . Limelight. Steve Moffatt . 5 November 2019 . 2019-11-09.
- Web site: Orpheus Sinfonia, 1 February 2019 programme . 2 February 2019 . 2 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212304/http://www.orpheusfoundation.com/component/registrationpro/event/198/The-Lark-Ascending.html . dead .
- Web site: Jadwiga Kotnowska in Hanna Kulenty's Flute Concerto Nº 3 . Donemus . 21 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- Web site: BBC Symphony Orchestra at Maida Vale . 8 March 2019 . 8 March 2019.
- http://www.felipelara.com Felipe Lara – Composer
- News: James Ledger's viola concerto premieres with WA Symphony Orchestra . The West Australian . David Cusworth . 28 September 2019 . 2019-10-12.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/edbcd4 BBC Proms
- Web site: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, 1 May 2019 programme . 4 May 2019 . 4 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190504153013/https://www.bsolive.com/event/14219/past-and-present/ . dead .
- Web site: Surprises abound in Brenda Rae's assured Vocal Arts debut . Washington Classical Review . Charles T. Downey . 16 September 2019 . 28 September 2019.
- News: Catherine Likhuta On Composing A New Fairytale . Limelight. Angus McPherson . 8 May 2019 . 11 May 2019.
- News: Yannick stops the music midway in Hannibal premiere, but already this new work is a triumph . Philadelphia Inquirer . Peter Dobrin . 29 March 2019 . 30 March 2019.
- News: Review: At Dreamers premiere in Berkeley, neo-Romantic oratorio is the sound of hope . Los Angeles Times . . 18 March 2019 . 13 April 2019.
- Web site: Houston Symphony Orchestra, 3–5 May 2019 programme . 27 April 2019 . 27 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190427145813/https://www.houstonsymphony.org/tickets/concerts/beethovens-eroica/ . dead .
- Web site: Green Umbrella Festival Goes Carroty Orange and Bee Purple for a Day . San Francisco Classical Review . 8 November 2019 . 2019-11-09.
- https://www.eif.co.uk/whats-on/2019/sco Edinburgh International Festival, 17 August 2019 programme
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e9rn5v BBC Proms, Prom 71 programme, 11 September 2019
- News: Music reviews: Lammermuir Festival, various venues, East Lothian . The Scotsman . Ken Walton . 20 September 2019 . 2019-10-26.
- Web site: Cheltenham Music Festival 2019, 9 July 2019 programme, Castilian String Quartet . 6 July 2019 . 6 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706163217/https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/music/whats-on/2019/castalian-string-quartet/ . dead .
- https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/britten-sinfonia-201902061930 Wigmore Hall, 6 February 2019 programme
- https://www.lso.co.uk/images/pdf/09-06-Web-new.pdf London Symphony Orchestra, 9 June 2019 programme
- News: Cathy Millken: Woven Sounds . Limelight. Cathy Millken . 16 September 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- Web site: Cheltenham Music Festival, 6 July 2019 programme . 6 July 2019 . 6 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706163214/https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/music/whats-on/2019/stravinskys-rite-of-spring-for-two-pianos/ . dead .
- Web site: Cheltenham Music Festival 2019, 10 July 2019 programme, Gabriela Montero . 6 July 2019 . 6 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706163215/https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/music/whats-on/2019/gabriela-montero-innocence-and-experience/ . dead .
- News: Moore, Beethoven, Brahms – Australian String Quartet . Limelight. Paul Ballam-Cross . 23 May 2019 . 9 June 2019.
- King's commissions a new carol for Christmas Eve . King's College, Cambridge . 18 November 2019 . 2019-12-30.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e6gfbp BBC Philharmonic, 24 October 2019 programme
- https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2019/02/10/nicolas-namoradze-piano-0730pm Carnegie Hall, 10 February 2019 programme
- https://www.koelner-philharmonie.de/en/programm/riot-of-spring/120740 Kölner Philharmonie, 5 May 2019 programme
- Web site: 'Concerto in Clockwork' & The Arts Society Prize . London Mozart Players . Matthew Olyver . 18 September 2019 . 2019-09-28.
- http://donemus.nl/martijn-padding-three-birthday-pieces-for-louis-andriessen/ Donemus, 'Martijn Padding – Three Birthday Pieces for Louis Andriessen', 28 November 2019
- Web site: Donaueschinger Musiktage 2019, 18 October 2019 programme . 26 October 2019 . 26 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191026161650/https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik-klassik/Donaueschinger-Musiktage-LIVE-Dolby-Digital-5,donaueschinger-musiktage-live-2019-10-18-100.html . dead .
- Web site: Orchestre national de Lyon, 17–18 May 2019 programme . 27 April 2019 . 27 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190427145813/http://www.auditorium-lyon.com/Programmation-18-19/Concerts-18-19/Symphonique/Orchestre-national-de-Lyon/Nikolai-Luganski . dead .
- https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/matthew-rose-tom-poster-201904041930 Wigmore Hall, 4 April 2019 programme
- https://www.lso.co.uk/images/pdf/19-12%20Web.pdf London Symphony Orchestra, 19 December 2019 programme
- https://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/100198/ Tanglewood Festival of Music, 24 July 2019 programme
- News: Purrington premiere, Barton's Ives vie with rough playing in ACO program . New York Classical Review . Eric C Simpson . 14 November 2019 . 2019-11-16.
- http://bso.http.internapcdn.net/bso/images/program-notes/2019-full-notes/20190720.pdf Tanglewood Music Festival, Boston Symphony Orchestra, 20 July 2019 programme
- https://www.slsostories.org/post/program-notes-bienvenue-stephane Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, 21/22 September 2019 programme note
- News: Composer Bernard Rands gets set for a CSO world premiere . Chicago Tribune . Howard Reich . 29 October 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- https://english.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de/programme/schedule/wir-1/5682/ Staatstheater Wiesbaden, 25 September 2019 programme
- News: Christopher Rouse, Composer of Rage and Delicacy, Dies at 70. The New York Times. Anthony Tommasini. 23 September 2019 . 26 September 2019.
- News: Six octaves of separation in CSO marathon concert with piccolo, bass trombone concertos . Chicago Classical Review . Lawrence A. Johnson . 14 June 2019 . 16 June 2019.
- Web site: Adam Schoenberg, San Francisco Symphony, Programme note for Losing Earth, October 2019 . 9 November 2019 . 9 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191109155826/https://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/Adam-Schoenberg-Losing-Earth.aspx . dead .
- News: Heather Shannon: Living in Synth . Limelight. Heather Shannon . 27 February 2019 . 2 March 2019.
- Web site: Seattle Symphony Orchestra, 31 January – 2 February 2019 programme . 9 March 2019 . 26 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326175655/https://www.seattlesymphony.org/concerttickets/calendar/2018-2019/symphony/sub10 . dead .
- https://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/classical-music/ensemble-1010-clark-rundell/3332 Ensemble 10/10, 6 November 2019 programme
- https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/tickets-and-events/buy-tickets/cso/1920-cso-season/anne-sophie-mutter-plays-beethoven/ Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 28/29 September 2019 programme
- News: Grant Park Chorus soars in Carl Vine's resplendent 'Choral Symphony' . Chicago Classical Review . Lawrence A. Johnson . 15 June 2019 . 16 June 2019.
- https://www1.wdr.de/orchester-und-chor/sinfonieorchester/konzerte/wittener-tage-neue-kammermusik-108.html WDR Sinfonieorchester, 12 May 2019 programme
- https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/event/joby-talbot-a-sheen-of-dew-on-flowers Barbican Centre, Britten Sinfonia, 11 April 2019 programme
- Web site: Thorvaldsdóttir premiere leads an atmospheric evening with Spektral Quartet . Washington Classical Review . Charles T. Downey . 30 October 2019 . 2019-11-09.
- http://donemus.nl/pour-notre-dame-calliope-tsoupaki/ 'Pour Notre-Dame – Calliope Tsoupaki'. Donemus page, 18 April 2019
- http://donemus.nl/calliope-tsoupaki-bosch-requiem/ "Calliope Tsoupaki – Bosch Requiem". Donemus, 29 October 2019
- News: Britten Sinfonia / Gourlay review – Turnage and Clayton sing out for refugees. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 22 September 2019 . 2019-09-28.
- http://donemus.nl/bram-van-camp-traume/ Donemus, 'Bram Van Camp – Traüme'. Donemus page, 27 March 2019
- Web site: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 9 May 2019 programme, Kölner Philharmonie . 25 May 2019 . 25 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190525153454/https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/concert/world-premiere-van-der-aa . dead .
- http://donemus.nl/rick-van-veldhuizen-conflari/ Donemus, "Rick van Veldhuizen – cōnflārī", 6 March 2019
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/eqj6gw BBC Proms, 'Proms at … Cadogan Hall 8: Tribute to Oliver Knussen' programme, 9 September 2019
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/eqxp8g BBC Proms, Prom 39, 15 August 2019 programme
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/egxp8g BBC Proms, Prom 28, 8 August 2019 programme
- Web site: Cheltenham Music Festival, 5 July 2019 programme . 6 July 2019 . 6 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706163220/https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/music/whats-on/2019/nash-ensemble/ . dead .
- News: Jessica Wells: The Call of the Night Parrot. Limelight. Justine Nguyen . 26 June 2019 . 29 June 2019.
- Web site: Quartet No. 5. 2019-07-20. Matthew Whiteside. en-US. 2019-12-19.
- Web site: Quartet No. 6: Ma (2019). 2019-07-20. Matthew Whiteside. en-US. 2019-12-19.
- Web site: Rama (2019). 2019-08-12. Matthew Whiteside. en-US. 2019-12-19.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ecwxp6 BBC Proms, Prom 52, 28 August 2019 programme
- News: Quatuor Bozzini review – Woolrich and Wilson premieres find fearless and persuasive advocates. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 15 March 2019 . 23 March 2019.
- http://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/1819/fire-in-my-mouth New York Philharmonic, 24–26 January 2019 programme
- Web site: The World Premiere of Alex Woolf's 'Fairfield Fanfare' at the Fairfield Opening Gala Concert . London Mozart Players . Alex Woolf . 18 September 2019 . 2019-09-28 . 28 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190928150001/http://londonmozartplayers.com/alex-woolf-a-world-premiere-at-fairfield-next-week/ . dead .
- Web site: American Brass Quintet Nina C. Young Premiere in Baltimore.
- News: Snedronningen (The Snow Queen) review – Abrahamsen's opera fails to melt hearts. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 14 October 2019 . 2019-10-26.
- https://nycopera.com/stonewall/ New York City Opera page on Stonewall
- News: The opera bringing dignity back to Jack the Ripper's victims. The Guardian. Erica Jeal . 28 March 2019 . 30 March 2019.
- Web site: 92nd Street Y, page on Leonardo . 14 May 2019 . 15 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190515102126/https://www.92y.org/event/jonathan-berger . dead .
- http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OTOMB#tickets The Kennedy Center, 12 January 2019 programme
- News: Review: The Wrenching Fire Shut Up in My Bones Becomes an Opera. The New York Times. Anthony Tommasini. 16 June 2019 . 16 June 2019.
- Web site: NY Opera Fest, page on 'The Stonewall Operas' . 18 May 2019 . 17 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517134235/http://nyoperafest.com/2019/event/the-stonewall-operas/ . dead .
- Web site: Gran Teatre del Liceu page on L'enigma de Lea . 19 January 2019 . 19 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190119230738/https://www.liceubarcelona.cat/ca/temporada-2018-2019/opera/lenigma-di-lea . dead .
- Opera Against the Patriarchy . The New Yorker. Alex Ross. 30 December 2019 . 2019-12-31.
- https://www.hollandfestival.nl/en/program/2019/turan-dokht/ Holland Festival 2019, page on Turan Dokht
- News: Review: The Central Park Five Turns Injustice Into Opera . The New York Times . Zachary Woolfe . Zachary Woolfe . 16 June 2019 . 16 June 2019.
- Web site: Vagabones.
- https://www.oper-stuttgart.de/spielplan/kalender/antigone-tribunal/334/ Oper Stuttgart page on Antigone-Tribunal
- News: 4 New Operas in 4 Months? Only in Berlin. The New York Times. A. J. Goldmann . 24 April 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- News: Avec l'opéra L'Inondation, Pommerat et Filidei réinventent le processus de création . France Musique . Victor Tribot Laspière . 27 September 2019 . 5 October 2019.
- News: Herrn Furrers Gespür für die Apokalypse . BR-Klassik . Maria Ossowski . 14 January 2019 . 19 January 2019.
- News: Oscar and Lucinda (Sydney Chamber Opera) . Limelight. Justine Nguyen . 29 July 2019 . 10 August 2019.
- News: Jake Heggie Premiere at Merola Inhabits a Dark and Shifting World . San Francisco Classical Review . Nicholas Jones . 5 August 2019 . 2019-11-09.
- https://www.roh.org.uk/events/8gwvt Royal Opera House, Covent Garden page on The Monstrous Child
- News: Preview: Dani Howard on her first opera Robin Hood . Classical Music Magazine . 20 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- https://opera.org.au/whatson/events/whiteley-sydney Opera Australia page on Whiteley
- https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/programm/spielplan/jim-knopf-und-lukas/1255/ Komische Oper Berlin page on Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer
- https://nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/1819/prisoner-of-the-state New York Philharmonic, 6–8 June 2019 programme
- News: Review: A New Opera Pays Poetic Tribute to the Creative Process . The New York Times . Joshua Barone . 17 October 2019 . 26 October 2019.
- News: Anthropocene review – MacRae's arctic adventure delivers operatic thrills. The Guardian. Rowena Smith . 25 January 2019 . 26 January 2019.
- News: Hebrew opera takes on Israeli-Palestinian conflict at French festival . Hindustan Times / Agence France-Presse . 18 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/season-tickets/detail/event/983125826-was-ist-los-bei-den-enakos/ Vienna State Opera, page on Was ist los bei den Enakos?
- Uraufführung des Auftragswerks Orlando von Olga Neuwirth an der Wiener Staatsoper . Vienna State Opera. 20 November 2019 . 2019-12-01.
- Web site: Houston Grand Opera page on The Phoenix . 23 March 2019 . 26 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190426092757/https://www.houstongrandopera.org/thephoenix . dead .
- Web site: Theater Regensburg page on Elizabetta . 2 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212307/https://www.theater-regensburg.de/spielplan/details/elizabetta/ . 2 February 2019 . dead .
- https://www.santafeopera.org/ticketing-and-operas/the-thirteenth-child Santa Fe Opera, page on The Thirteenth Child
- https://operamrhein.de/de_DE/termin/schade-dass-sie-eine-hure-war-urauffuehrun.15297788 Oper am Rhein page on Schade, dass sie eine Hure war
- The Santa Fe Opera Presents the World Premiere of Sweet Potato Kicks the Sun on October 26 in Downtown Santa Fe . Vienna State Opera . 24 October 2019 . 2019-12-26.
- Web site: Florence Comes Home . Boston Musical Intelligencer . Anne Davenport . 18 October 2019 . 2019-12-26.
- News: Eight Is a Breakthrough for Virtual Reality in Classical Music . The New York Times . Joshua Barone . 6 July 2019 . 2019-07-06.
- https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/on-stage-2019-2020/denis-katya/ Opera Philadelphia page on Denis & Katya
- Web site: Theater Basel, page on Diodati. Unendlich . 5 January 2019 . 5 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201649/https://www.theater-basel.ch/Spielplan/Diodati-Unendlich/og1oloCl/Pv4Ya/?lang=en . dead .
- https://osopera.org/productions/murasakismoon/ On Site Opera page on Murasaki's Moon
- News: Messa per Rossini CD review – Chailly gives this historical curiosity drama and authority. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 3 January 2019 . 5 January 2019.
- News: Julia Kent: Temporal review – pleasantly disorienting cello. The Guardian. John Lewis . 4 January 2019 . 5 January 2019.
- John Storgårds / BBC Philharmonic – New release of Antheil: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 . KD Schmid . 4 January 2019 . 12 January 2019.
- News: Franz Liszt: Sardanapalo, Mazeppa review – lost opera of glittering scope. The Guardian. Erica Jeal . 7 February 2019 . 9 February 2019.
- News: Bruch: Die Loreley review – forgotten Rhine maiden makes it on to disc. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 14 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- News: Bernard Rands: Chains Like the Sea; Cello Concerto; Danza Petrificada review – rare but never rarified. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 21 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- News: Tippett: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4; Symphony in B-flat review – crisp, sinewy revival. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 28 February 2019 . 9 March 2019.
- News: Grace Williams: Chamber Works review – don't take this neglected Welsh composer at her word!. The Guardian. Erica Jeal . 7 March 2019 . 9 March 2019.
- News: Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers . Limelight. Clive Paget . 8 March 2019 . 9 March 2019.
- News: Barraqué: Works for Piano review – elusive composer's total serialism is vividly realised. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 14 March 2019 . 16 March 2019.
- News: Mysliveček: Complete Keyboard Music review – Mozart's mentor sparkily revived. The Guardian. Erica Jeal . 4 April 2019 . 13 April 2019.
- https://www.rte.ie/lyricfm/articles/releases/2019/0327/1038951-swan-hennessy/; published in April 2019.
- Antonio Salieri's Revenge . The New Yorker . Alex Ross . 27 May 2019 . 9 June 2019.
- News: Gounod: Le tribut de Zamora: (Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Hervé Niquet . Limelight. Clive Paget . 3 June 2019 . 9 June 2019.
- News: Gál: Das Lied der Nacht (Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra) . Limelight. Angus McPherson . 14 June 2019 . 16 June 2019.
- News: Home listening: a Thomas Arne world premiere and more . The Observer. London. Stephen Pritchard . 16 June 2019 . 16 June 2019.
- News: Ruders: The Thirteenth Child review – easygoing fairytale with a touch of evil. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 18 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: John Luther Adams: Become Desert review – a unique voice turns to the sands. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 4 July 2019 . 13 July 2019.
- News: Nicola Benedetti: Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto — a rewarding, charming listen . Financial Times . Richard Fairman . 26 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: Holliger/Kurtág: Zwiegespräche review – warmly austere birthday tribute. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 20 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: Viardot: Le dernier sorcier (Eric Owens, Jamie Barton) . Limelight. Justine Nguyen . 8 July 2019 . 5 October 2019.
- News: Andrew Anderson: Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2 (Australian Piano Quartet) . Limelight. Steve Moffatt . 23 September 2019 . 5 October 2019.
- News: John Harbison: Requiem (Nashville SO and Chorus/Guerrero . Limelight. Tony Way . 8 April 2019 . 12 October 2019.
- News: Dusapin: Penthesilea review – restraint lends powerful drama a truly shocking edge. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 12 September 2019 . 2019-10-12.
- News: Kats-Chernin: The Little Green Road to Fairyland (Katie Noonan, Camerata) . Limelight. Stephanie Eslake . 7 October 2019 . 12 October 2019.
- News: Morton Feldman: Piano review – connecting the dots on a modern master. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 10 October 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- News: Saint-Saëns: Ascanio (Guillaume Tourniaire) . Limelight. Justine Nguyen . 18 October 2019 . 2019-11-16.
- News: Eötvös: Halleluja; Alle Vittime Senza Nome review – unconventional and current. The Guardian. Andrew Clements . 7 November 2019 . 2019-12-01.
- https://www.martinu.cz/cz/aktuality/1593-svetova-premiera-nahravky-divadla-za-branou/ Bohuslav Martinů website, 'Světová premiéra nahrávky Divadla za branou', 20 November 2019
- Web site: Classical CDs Weekly: Haydn, Mahler, Matthew Whiteside. theartsdesk.com. 2 November 2019. 2020-02-23.
- News: Muere el compositor Joan Guinjoan, figura clave de la música contemporánea . El País . Javier Pérez Senz . 2 January 2019 . 5 January 2019.
- Web site: John Joubert (1927–2019) . Music Sales Classical . 7 January 2019 . 12 January 2019.
- News: Bassbariton Theo Adam gestorben – Zum Tod des großen Wagner-Sängers . BR-Klassik . Volkmar Fischer . 12 January 2019 . 12 January 2019.
- News: Musikpädagoge, Moderator, Komponist und Dirigent – Landesmusikrat Berlin trauert um Rüdiger Trantow . NMZ . 14 January 2019 . 19 January 2019.
- News: Eva Bernáthová obituary. The Guardian. Philip Mountford . 26 March 2019 . 6 April 2019.
- News: L'organiste Jean Guillou est mort . France Musique . 27 January 2019 . 2 February 2019.
- News: Wilma Lipp gestorben . ORF . 27 January 2019 . de . 28 January 2019.
- News: Noel Rawsthorne . The Times . 1 February 2019 . 9 February 2019.
- News: Sanford Sylvan, A Baritone On His Own Terms, Dies At 65 . National Public Radio . Tom Huizenga . 31 January 2019 . 1 February 2019.
- News: Italian violin maker and teacher Francesco Bissolotti has died aged 89 . The Strad . 31 January 2019 . 9 February 2019.
- News: Gerald English Has Died . Limelight. Angus McPherson . 8 February 2019 . 9 February 2019.
- News: Zum Tod Des Dirigenten Hans Stadlmair: 'Das Naturell hat mir geholfen' . The New York Times. James Barron. 28 February 2019 . 2 March 2019.
- News: Mary Ann Feldman, longtime MN Orchestra program annotator and speaker, dies at 85 . MinnPost . Michael Anthony . 19 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- News: Remembering composer Dominick Argento, who has died at 91 . Minnesota Public Radio . Brian Newhouse . 21 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- News: Trauer um Jahrhundert-Sängerin Hilde Zadek. Kleine Zeitung. Austria. 22 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- News: Disparition du baryton Jean-Christophe Benoit, grande voix de la mélodie française . France Musique . 22 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
- News: Hans Kox: uitstekend componist, wars van nieuwlichterij . NRC Handelsblad . Joep Stapel . 27 February 2019 . 2019-05-18.
- News: Jerry Horner: 1935–2019 . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . 2 March 2019 . 9 March 2019.
- News: Zemřel violoncellový virtuóz a pedagog pražské konzervatoře Viktor Moučka . Deník . Jiří Červín . 13 March 2019 . 23 March 2019.
- News: André Previn, Whose Music Knew No Boundaries, Dies at 89 . The New York Times. James Barron. 28 February 2019 . 2 March 2019.
- News: Joseph Flummerfelt, a Force Behind Mighty Choruses, Dies at 82 . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 5 March 2019 . 16 June 2019.
- News: Peter Hurford, Organist Noted for His Complete Bach, Dies at 88 . The New York Times . David Allen . 8 March 2019 . 9 March 2019.
- Web site: Obituary: Dr Dominic Catipay Gregorio, 14 June, 1977 – 3 March, 2019 . Dignity Memorial . March 2019 . 16 March 2019.
- News: Grayston Burgess, counter-tenor who led the way in introducing the Elizabethan singing style to modern audiences – obituary . The Daily Telegraph . 15 April 2019 . 18 April 2019.
- News: Tod von Michael Gielen: Die Wahrheitsliebe der Musik. Süddeutsche Zeitung. Wolfgang Schreiber . 8 March 2019 . 8 March 2019.
- News: Cellist George Neikrug has died . The Strad . 11 March 2019 . 16 March 2019.
- Trauer um Hans-Wolfgang Dünschede . Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra . 18 March 2019 . 27 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190402015626/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/news/detail/trauer-um-hans-wolfgang-duenschede/ . 2 April 2019 . dead .
- News: Klarinettist Wolfgang Meyer ist gestorben . Badische Neueste Nachrichten . Isabel Steppeler . 18 March 2019 . 23 March 2019.
- News: Laura Bruton: 1960–2019 . Denton Record-Chronicle . 24 March 2019 . 2020-01-04.
- News: James Winn, 71, Dryden Biographer and a Skilled Flutist, Dies . The New York Times. Neil Genzlinger. 12 April 2019 . 13 April 2019.
- News: Victor Hochhauser obituary. The Guardian. Hella Pick . 24 March 2019 . 30 March 2019.
- News: Conductor Luis Biava, 85, a Philadelphia Orchestra and Temple University mainstay . Philadelphia Inquirer . Peter Dobrin . 27 March 2019 . 30 March 2019.
- News: Mirė kompozitorius A. Šenderovas . Verslo žinios . 26 March 2019 . 2020-01-04.
- News: Zum Tod des Komponisten Heinz Winbeck: Ein Grosser Unzeitgemässer . BR Klassik . Thorsten Preuß . 27 March 2019 . 30 March 2019.
- News: Joshua Hecht Has Died . Limelight. Justine Nguyen . 1 April 2019 . 6 April 2019.
- News: Vladimir Orloff, famed cellist and U of T professor, has died at 90 . CBC News . Justin Chandler and Robert Rowat . 5 April 2019 . 2020-01-04.
- News: Marilyn Mason . Ann Arbor News . 7 April 2019 . 6 April 2019.
- News: Sam Pilafian, Tuba Maestro of Multiple Genres, Dies at 69 . The New York Times. Richard Sandomir. 12 April 2019 . 13 April 2019.
- News: Beloved Cal Phil Violinist Pavel Farkas Dies at 77 . Monrovia Weekly . 11 April 2019 . 2020-01-04.
- News: Beaumont musician dies of heart attack at performance . Beaumont Enterprise . R.A. Schuetz . 8 April 2019 . 13 April 2019.
- Sue Revill (31/10/55-08/04/19) . Chandos Records . April 2019 . 13 April 2019.
- News: Österreichischer Pianist Jörg Demus gestorben . Kurier . Georg Leyrer . 17 April 2019 . 20 April 2019.
- News: Heather Harper obituary. The Guardian. Barry Millington . 22 April 2019 . 27 April 2019.
- News: American Soprano Deborah Cook, a Frequent Performer in Western European Opera Houses, has Died . Opera News . 16 May 2019 . 9 June 2019.
- News: Disparition de Françoise Barrière, figure de la musique électro-acoustique . France Musique . Victor Tribot Laspière . 29 April 2019 . 4 May 2019.
- News: Akademie der Künste trauert um Georg Katzer . NMZ . 8 May 2019 . 11 May 2019.
- https://tass.ru/kultura/6416448 Умер народный артист СССР Ариф Меликов
- News: James Arkatov, founder of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, dies at 98 . Los Angeles Times . Steve Marble . 17 May 2019 . 18 May 2019.
- Canadian organist and director Patrick Wedd has died aged 71. Gramophone. Harriet Cochrane . 17 June 2019 . 22 June 2019.
- Web site: Remembering Mira Zakai . Chicago Symphony Orchestra . 28 May 2019 . 9 June 2019.
- News: Disparition du musicologue François-René Tranchefort, auteur des fameux guides des éditions Fayard . France Musique . Victor Tribot Laspière . 24 May 2019 . 18 May 2019.
- News: Violinist and pedagogue Alice Schoenfeld dies aged 98 . The Etrad . 28 May 2019 . 9 June 2019.
- Web site: Frau Kleinitz Eva . trauerhilfe.at . 14 January 2020.
- News: Roger Covell Has Died . Limelight. Angus McPherson . 4 June 2019 . 9 June 2019.
- News: Yuri Sheykhet has died . The Strad . 11 June 2019 . 16 June 2019.
- Composer Ib Nørholm has died. Gramophone. Harriet Cochrane . 20 June 2019 . 22 June 2019.
- Composer Sven-David Sandström has died. Gramophone. 14 June 2019 . 16 June 2019.
- News: Franco Zeffirelli, Italian Director With Taste for Excess, Dies at 96 . The New York Times . Jonathan Kandell . 15 June 2019 . 16 June 2019.
- News: Michael Jaffee, Who Co-Founded Early-Music Group, Dies at 81 . The New York Times. Neil Genzlinger. 23 June 2019 . 29 June 2019.
- News: Obituary: Jack L. Renner . Cleveland Plain Dealer . 30 June 2019 . 29 June 2019.
- News: Spiro Malas, 86, Bass Who Became a New York City Opera and Metropolitan Opera Stalwart, has Died . Opera News . Fred Cohn . 23 June 2019 . 29 June 2019 . 29 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190629145820/https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2019/6/News/Spiro_Malas.html . dead .
- News: Décès de l'organiste Louis Thiry . France Musique . 28 June 2019 . 29 June 2019.
- News: Michael Colgrass, Composer Who Transcended Genres, Dies at 87 . The New York Times. Allan Kozinn. 9 July 2019 . 13 July 2019.
- News: William Dooley, 86, American Baritone Who Became a Celebrated Interpreter of German Repertoire, has Died . Opera News . 8 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: Vivian Perlis, Oral Historian of American Music, Dies at 91 . The New York Times. Anthony Tommasini. 9 July 2019 . 13 July 2019.
- News: Violinist Aaron Rosand, 92, longtime Curtis Institute of Music professor . Philadelphia Inquirer . Peter Dobrin . 11 July 2019 . 13 July 2019.
- News: Robert Orth, 72, American Baritone Who Championed New American Operas, has Died . Opera News . 15 July 2019 . 28 July 2019 . 23 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190723095241/https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2019/7/News/Robert_Orth,_72,_American_Baritone_Who_Championed_New_American_Operas,_has_Died.html . dead .
- News: Disparition de Joseph Rouleau, chanteur lyrique québécois . France Musique . Victor Tribot Laspière . 13 July 2019 . 13 July 2019.
- News: Le chanteur d'opéra Vincent Pavesi est mort à l'âge de 49 ans . France Musique . Clément Buzalka . 16 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: Hugh Southern, a Creator of the TKTS Booth, Dies at 87 . The New York Times . Katharine Q. Seelye . 21 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: Flautist Hansgeorg Schmeiser dies aged 63 . Classical Music Magazine . Melissa Bradshaw . 16 August 2019 . 24 August 2019.
- News: Allan Ulrich, The Chronicle's wide-ranging arts critic, dead at 78 . San Francisco Chronicle . Joshua Kosman . 22 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: Cellist Anner Bylsma Gestorben: Trauer um Alte Musik-Pionier . BR Klassik . Susanne Schmerda . 26 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: M. Owen Lee (Father Lee to His Met Opera Radio Fans) Dies at 89 . The New York Times. James Barron. 26 July 2019 . 28 July 2019.
- News: Canadian arts impresario Walter Homburger dead at 95 . CBC News . 29 July 2019 . 10 August 2019.
- Death of Christian Stadelmann . Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra . 29 July 2019 . 2019-08-10 . 1 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190801080406/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/news/detail/death-of-christian-stadelmann/ . dead .
- Theo van Wijngaarden 1954–2019 . Radio Filharmonisch Orkest . August 2019 . 2019-09-21 . 21 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190921164507/https://www.radiofilharmonischorkest.nl/theo-van-wijngaarden-1954-2019 . dead .
- News: Barrington Pheloung obituary. Paul. Loewenthal. The Guardian. 11 August 2019. 11 August 2019. https://archive.today/20190811171354/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/11/barrington-pheloung-obituary. 11 August 2019. live.
- News: Julien Gauthier: Grizzly bear kills soundgathering musician . BBC News . 20 August 2019 . 24 August 2019.
- News: Rosemary Kuhlmann, Singer in a TV Breakthrough, Dies at 97 . The New York Times . Neil Gunslinger . 4 September 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- News: Früherer WDR-Chefdirigent Helmuth Froschauer gestorben . NMZ . 19 August 2019 . 24 August 2019.
- News: Mario Davidovsky, Composer Who Made Electronics Sing, Dies at 85 . The New York Times . Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim . 28 August 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- News: Richard Conrad, Briefly a Bel Canto Star, Dies at 84 . The New York Times. Anthony Tommasini. 11 September 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- Web site: Sarkisyan . Svetlana . Hovunts, Gagik (Gedeoni) . . . subscription . 20 January 2012 .
- News: Disparition de Roger Boutry, compositeur et président honoraire de l'Orchestre de la Garde républicaine . France Musique . Suzana Kubik . 7 September 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- News: Pianistin Dina Ugorskaja Gestorben – Die Zeitlosigkeit Hörbar Gemacht . BR-Klassik . Sylvia Schreiber . 11 September 2019 . 21 September 2019.
- Pianist Paul Badura-Skoda has died at the age of 91. Gramophone. Rob Cowan . 26 September 2019 . 5 October 2019.
- News: Martin Wesley-Smith Has Died . Limelight. Vincent Plush . 27 September 2019 . 27 September 2019.
- Gramophones Quita Chavez has died. Gramophone. James Jolly . 26 September 2019 . 28 September 2019.
- News: Myron Bloom, Revered French Horn Player, Is Dead at 93 . The New York Times . Michael Cooper . 27 September 2019 . 28 September 2019.
- News: Martin Bernheimer, Tartly Eloquent Music Critic, Dies at 83 . The New York Times . David Allen . 2 October 2019 . 5 October 2019.
- News: Jessye Norman, Regal American Soprano, Is Dead at 74 . The New York Times . Daniel J. Wakin . Michael Cooper . amp . 30 September 2019 . 5 October 2019.
- Obituary: Giya Kancheli. Gramophone. Ivan Moody . 2 October 2019 . 5 October 2019.
- News: Marcello Giordani, Tenor Who 'Sang Like a God,' Dies at 56 . The New York Times . Zachary Woolfe . Zachary Woolfe . 6 October 2019 . 12 October 2019.
- Remembering Richard Ortner . Boston Conservatory at Berklee . 10 October 2019 . 2019-10-26.
- News: Componist Theo Verbey (60) overleden . NRC Handelsblad . Jelmer Kos . 22 October 2019 . 26 October 2019.
- News: Leyna Gabriele, 95, Dies; Soprano Who Sang in the First Baby Doe. The New York Times. Sam Roberts. 24 October 2019 . 26 October 2019.
- Kees Olthuis, 1940–2019 . Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra . 18 October 2019 . 2019-10-26 . 26 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191026161651/https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/nl/kees-olthuis-1940-2019 . dead .
- News: Marta Kurtag Dies at 92, Sundering a Profound Musical Partnership . The New York Times . David Allen . 25 October 2019 . 26 October 2019.
- News: Platten-Produzent Wolf Erichson gestorben . NMZ . 20 October 2019 . 26 October 2019.
- News: Herbert Chappell obituary. The Guardian. Humphrey Burton. 18 December 2019 . 2019-12-30.
- News: Ve věku 95 let zemřel dirigent a houslista Břetislav Novotný . Radio Prague International . Zdeňka Kuchyňová . 22 October 2019 . 2020-01-04.
- News: Firenze, addio al baritono Rolando Panerai . La Repubblica . 23 October 2019 . 26 October 2019.
- News: Zum Tod des Komponisten Hans Zender . BR Klassik . Bernhard Neuhoff . 23 October 2019 . 26 October 2019.
- News: Raymond Leppard, Versatile Maestro Who Led Baroque Revival, Dies at 92 . The New York Times . Daniel J. Wakin . 22 October 2019 . 26 October 2019.
- News: Geigenlegende Hansheinz Schneeberger tot. Basler Zeitung. 26 October 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- Web site: Obituary: Mezzo-Soprano Mika Shigematsu Passes Away . Opera Today . Francisco Salazar . 11 November 2019 . 2019-12-30.
- News: Meghalt Jeney Zoltán . Origo . 28 October 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- News: Zemřela zpěvačka a houslistka Jitka Šuranská. Držitelce tří Andělů bylo 41 let . Aktuálně.cz . 28 October 2019 . 2019-11-02.
- News: Le chef d'orchestre autrichien Friedemann Layer est mort . France Musique . Suzana Kubik . 2019-11-03 . 2019-11-09.
- News: John Curro Has Died . Limelight. Angus McPherson . 2019-11-07 . 2019-11-09.
- News: Zum Tod des Dirigenten Werner Andreas Albert: Anwalt der Komponisten am Rande des Repertoires . BR Klassik . Klaus Meyer . 2019-11-10 . 2019-11-16.
- News: Oboe player, beloved band member dies after falling down flight of stairs at UM's Gusman . Miami Herald . Anna Timmons . 2019-11-13 . 2019-11-16.
- News: Zoran Hristić je ovako govorio o svom životu: Odrastao sam u kafani "Kalenić", kad pričam ovako, priznajem... nešto me malo steže u grlu . Blic . Tatjana Nježić . 2019-11-12 . 2019-12-07.
- News: Décès du musicologue, pédagogue et ancien producteur de radio Rémy Stricker . France Musique . Guillaume Decalf . 2019-11-20 . 2019-11-23.
- News: Sir Stephen Cleobury obituary. The Guardian. Barry Millington . 2019-11-24 . 2019-12-01.
- News: Sir Jonathan Miller obituary. The Guardian. Michael Coveney. 2019-11-27 . 2019-12-01.
- News: Ruth Anderson, Pioneering Electronic Composer, Dies at 91 . The New York Times . Steve Smith . 2019-12-18 . 2019-12-21.
- News: Mariss Jansons gestorben – Eine Ära geht zu ende . BR Klassik . Fridemann Leipold . 2019-12-01 . 2019-12-01.
- News: Simon Streatfeild, former K-W Symphony conductor and adviser, dies at 90 . Waterloo Region Record . 2019-12-10 . 2019-12-14.
- News: Mort du pianiste Dalton Baldwin, figure des accompagnateurs . France Musique . Guillaume Decalf . 2019-12-13 . 2019-12-14.
- News: Laszlo Heltay obituary. The Guardian. Philip Fryer . 2020-03-09 . 2020-12-22.
- News: Abbey Simon, Masterly Pianist, Dies at 99 . The New York Times. Margalit Fox. 2019-12-21 . 2019-12-26.
- News: R.I.P. Michael Grebanier, SF Symphony Principal Cellist . San Francisco Classical Voice . Janos Gerber . 2019-12-30 . 2020-01-04.
- Web site: Canadian Horn Player Robert Creech Has Died . Ludwig Van (Toronto) . 2019-12-21 . 2019-12-31.
- News: Zum Tod des Tenors Peter Schreier – Evangelist und Wagner-tenor . BR Klassik . Matthias Keller . 2019-12-26 . 2019-12-26.
- News: Concertpianiste Toos Onderdenwijngaard overleden . Trouw . 2019-12-28 . 2019-12-31.
- News: Décès du compositeur Thanos Mikroutsikos, figure de proue du communisme grec . France Musique . Christophe Dilys . 2019-12-31 . 2019-12-31.
- Web site: Susanne Beer, 31 October 1967 – 29 December 2019 . Jessica Duchen's Classical Music Blog . Jessica Duchen . 2019-12-30 . 2020-01-04.
- News: Harry Kupfer ist tot . Der Spiegel . 2019-12-31 . 2019-12-31.
- Web site: Viola da Gamba Virtuoso Petr Wagner Has Died – Aged 50 . The Violin Channel . 2020-01-02 . 2020-01-04.
- News: Palmarès des Victoires de la Musique Classique 2019 . France Musique . Aliette de Laleu . 13 February 2019 . 16 February 2019.
