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It happened on May 17th
Composers died
Paul Dukas
Composer from France
1865 in Paris, France - 1935 in Paris, France
Artists died
Yvonne Loriod
Pianist from France
1924 in Houilles, France - 2010 in Saint-Denis, France
Composers born
Erik Satie
Composer from France
1866 in Honfleur, France - 1925 in Paris, France
Artists born
Zinka Milanov
Soprano from Croatia
1906 in Zagreb, Croatia - 1989 in New York, NY, USA
Simone Kermes
Soprano from Germany
1970 in Leipzig, Germany -
Birgit Nilsson
Soprano from Sweden
1918 in Västra Karup, Sweden - 2005 in Kristianstad, Sweden
Last Videos
Come paride vezzoso (L'elisir d'amore) - Juan Pons 1991
Juan Pons - "Cortigiani, vil razza dannata" (Rigoletto)
Beethoven Violin Sonata No.5 (Spring / Frühling) – Thomas Albertus Irnberger / Michael Korstick
Discover Composers
Ferdinand Hérold
Composer from France
1791 - 1833
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Composer from Brazil
1887 in Rio de Janeiro - State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1959 in Rio de Janeiro - State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gioachino Rossini
Composer from Italy
1792 in Pesaro, Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Italy - 1868 in Paris, France
Ture Rangström
Composer from Sweden
1884 in Stockholm, Sweden - 1947 in Stockholm, Sweden
Witold Rudziński
Composer from Poland
1913 in Sebezh, Pskov Oblast, Russia - 2004 in Warsaw, Poland
Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński
Composer from Poland
1869 in Poland - 1928 in Warsaw, Poland
Georg Hendrik Witte
Composer from Netherlands
1843 in Utrecht, Netherlands - 1929 in Essen, Germany
Toma Proshev
Composer from Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
1931 in North Macedonia - 1996 in Zagreb, Croatia
Discover Artists
Ray Still
Oboist from United States of America
1920 in Elwood, IN, United States - 2014 in Woodstock, VT, United States
Willem Mengelberg
Conductor from Netherlands
1871 in Utrecht, Netherlands - 1951 in Sent, Scuol, Switzerland
Eduard van Beinum
Conductor from Netherlands
1901 in Arnhem, Netherlands - 1959 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Antoni Wit
Conductor from Poland
1944 in Kraków, Poland -
Alison Balsom
Trumpeter from United Kingdom
1978 in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom -
Camilla Nylund
Soprano
1968 in Vaasa, Finland -
Katia Ricciarelli
Soprano from Italy
1946 in Rovigo, Province of Rovigo, Italy -
Alfredo Kraus
Tenor from Spain
1927 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain - 1999 in Madrid, Spain