On March 24, Péter Eötvös died at the age of 80. The Hungarian State Opera announced the news via social media and said, “Péter Szent István Order of Eötvös, who has endured a long-term illness, died at the age of 80, was a two-time Kossuth Prize-winning composer, conductor, music educator, outstanding figure of Hungarian and international contemporary music. The statement {…}
(Credits: Anita Watkins) On March 13, Opera Director Michael Cavanagh died at the age of 62 of leptomeningeal cancer. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, Cavanagh was encouraged by his musical parents to sing in church and school choirs and eventually join the children’s chorus at Manitoba Opera. He would continue to sing throughout his teens and in his 20s sang in {…}
Soprano Margaret Tynes died at the age of 104 on March 8 2024. Born on Sept. 11, 1919 in Saluda Virginia, Tynes was discovered to be a childhood prodigy at the age of six when she won her first award of $500 against adults at the time. She won her second award, also against adults, at the age of 12 {…}
Acclaimed German composer Aribert Reimann has died at the age of 88. Music Publisher Schott Music announced the news citing that the composer died in Berlin on March 13, 2024. It comes a month after his final public appearance happened in February when Reimann accepted the German Music Author Award from the GEMA collection society for his life’s work. Born {…}
Conductor Paul Vermel has died at the age of 99. The musician who was also an orchestra builder, teacher, mentor, husband, father, and friend, passed away on Feb. 14, 2024, just five days before his 100th birthday. Born in Paris on Feb. 19, 1924, he was raised in Paris and spent summers in Deauville until the outbreak of World War {…}
Baritone Marcin Bronikowski has died at the age of 55. The Polish National Opera announced the news stating, “With deep sorrow we received the news of the sudden death of Marcin Bronikowski – an outstanding baritone appreciated in Poland and abroad.” Born in Warsaw, Bronikowski studied at the K. Szymanowski College of Music, at the Bulgarian Academy of Music in {…}
Mezzo-soprano Anna Ringart has died at the age of 86. The Opéra de Paris announced the news on Feb. 24, 2024. Ringart studied singing in Germany and Italy and made her debut in Lübeck, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. She was brought to the Paris Opera by Rolf Liebermann where for 17 years she participated in numerous productions with prestigious directors. Among the {…}
Conductor Cliff Colnot has died at the age of 76 after a long illness. The orchestra announced the news, noting that he had passed on Feb. 12, 2024 in Chicago. Throughout his career with the CSO, he served in numerous capacities, most notably as a conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the MusicNOW series for more than 20 {…}
Alexcandru Moisiuc has died at the age of 62. The bass died in Timişoara, Romania on Feb. 20, 2024. Born in Bucharest, Moisiuc completed his violin studies at the Enescu University of Music. He followed that by studying opera at the Porumbescu Music Academy in 1980. In 1984, Moisiuc made his debut at the Bucharest National Opera in “Werther,” where {…}
Scottish conductor Stewart Robertson has died at the age of 75. Born on May 22, 1948, in Glasgow, Scotland, he attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Bristol University. He studied piano in London with Denis Matthews and studied conducting with Otmar Suitner at the Mozarteum Academy and Hans Swarowsky at the Vienna Academy. Robertson became the {…}
On Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, Brazilian conductor Tullio Colacioppo died at the age of 89. Colacioppo began his career journey playing music at the age of six, studying piano, and at the age of 12 he began studying cello. However, he stopped playing cello after an accident where he lost the tip of one of his fingers. He went on to {…}