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Events


February – The Juilliard String Quartet receives the NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award for its outstanding contributions to recorded classical music.
May 12 – The Classical Brit Awards are presented by Myleene Klass at London's Royal Albert Hall.




New works


Kalevi Aho – Trumpet Concerto
Elliott Carter – Two Controversies and a Conversation
Julius Dobos – Hymn to The Fukushima 50
Francesco Filidei – Ballata, for organ, ensemble and live electronics
Philip Glass – Symphony No. 9
Mehdi Hosseini – Monodies
Iamus (computer) – Hello World!
Wojciech Kilar –
Lumen for mixed a cappella choir
Piano Concerto No. 2
Paul Mealor – Ubi Caritas et Amor
Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 8
Christopher Rouse
Prospero's Rooms
Symphony No. 3
Steven Stucky – Silent Spring




Opera premieres






Albums


Nicola Benedetti – Italia
Andrea Bocelli – Concerto: One Night in Central Park
Joseph Calleja – The Maltese Tenor
Jackie Evancho – Dream With Me
Wynne Evans – A Song In My Heart
Angela Gheorghiu – Homage to Maria Callas
Katherine Jenkins – Daydream
Miloš Karadaglić – The Guitar
Oregon Symphony – Music for a Time of War
André Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra – Moonlight Serenade




Musical films


Violin




Deaths


January 24 – Bhimsen Joshi, Indian classical vocalist, 88
January 28 – Dame Margaret Price, Welsh operatic soprano, 69
February 2 – Armando Chin Yong, 52, Malaysian opera singer
February 5 – Beatrice Krebs, 86, American mezzo-soprano
February 6 – Per Grundén, 88, Swedish tenor
February 10 – Claus Helmut Drese, 88, German opera manager
February 21 – Antonín Švorc, 77, Czech bass-baritone
February 26 – Eugene Fodor, US violinist, 60
March 13 – Hans Christian, 81, Austrian baritone
March 22 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer, 84
March 28 – Lee Hoiby, 85, American composer and pianist
March 29 – Robert Tear, Welsh operatic tenor and conductor, 72
April 8 – Donald Shanks, 70, Australian bass-baritone
April 8 – Daniel Catán, 62, Mexican composer
April 15 – Vincenzo La Scola, Italian operatic tenor, 53 (heart attack)
May 7 – Jane Rhodes, 82, French soprano/mezzo-soprano
May 30 – Giorgio Tozzi, 88, American bass
July 4 – Gerhard Unger, 95, German tenor
July 6 – Josef Suk, Czech violinist and conductor, 81
July 23 – David Aiken, 93, American baritone
July 26 – Denise Scharley, French operatic contralto, 94
August 1 – Milada Šubrtová, Czech operatic soprano, 87
August 2 – Ralph Berkowitz, US composer and painter, 100
August 3 – Louise Behrend, US violinist and academic, 94
August 25 – Anne Sharp, 94, Scottish coloratura soprano
September 5 – Salvatore Licitra, 43, Italian tenor
September 29 – Vera Veljkov-Medaković, Serbian pianist and piano teacher, 88
October 8 – Ingvar Wixell, Swedish operatic baritone, 80
October 19 – James Yannatos, US composer conductor, violinist and teacher, 82
October 29 – Walter Norris, American pianist and composer, 79
November 22 – Sena Jurinac, Bosnian operatic soprano, 90
November 23 – Montserrat Figueras, Catalan operatic soprano, 70
December 5 – Violetta Villas, Polish coloratura soprano, cabaret star, singer, actress, composer and songwriter, 73
December 8 – Minoru Miki, 81, Japanese composer




Major awards






= International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – Piano

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Daniil Trifonov




= International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – Violin

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No first prize awarded. Sergey Dogadin and Itamar Zorman share second prize.




= 2011 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition

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Masataka Goto




= BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition

=
Valentina Naforniţă




= Classical Brits

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Composer of the Year – Arvo Pärt
Male Artist of the Year – Antonio Pappano
Female Artist Of The Year – Alison Balsom
Critics' Award – Tasmin Little
Artist of the Decade – Il Divo




= Grammy Awards

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See 53rd Grammy Awards




See also


2011 in opera




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