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Events in Music
Events 1 - 1 of 1
1961-03-01 - Cellist Jacqueline du Prés debut in Wigmore Hall
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 46 of 46
1675-07-12 - Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco,
Italian cellist/composer
1740-03-19 - Joseph F Weigl,
German/Austrian(?), violin cellist
1743-02-19 - [Ridolfo] Luigi Boccherini,
Italian composer, cellist (Minuet)
1767-11-11 - Bernhard Romberg,
German cellist/composer/royal chaplain bandmaster
1783-01-20 - Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer,
German cellist and composer (d. 1860)
1838-03-15 - Karl Davydov,
Russian cellist (d. 1889)
1886-03-04 - Paul Bazelaire,
French cellist (d. 1958)
1894-10-27 - Antonius "Toon" Verhey,
violin cellist/conductor (Residence-orch)
1895-12-05 - Henriette H Bosmans,
Dutch cellist/pianist/composer
1898-01-29 - Fernand Quinet,
Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre)
1902-11-22 - Emanuel Feuermann,
Kolomea Galicia, cellist (Chicago Symph Orch)
1903-04-17 - Gregor Piatigorsky,
Ekaterinoslav Russia, cellist (or 4/20)
1906-06-24 - Pierre Fournier,
Paris France, violon cellist (Paris Conservatoire)
1912-06-30 - [J] Tibor de Machula,
Hungarian/Dutch cellist
1916-01-12 - William Pleeth,
British cellist (d. 1999)
1918-07-27 - Leonard Rose,
Washington DC, concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51)
1920-09-30 - Aldo Parisot,
Brazilian-American musician and cellist
1927-03-12 - Mstislav Rostropovich,
Baku Russia, cellist (Cello Concerto) [3/22 NS]
1927-03-27 - Mstislav Leopold Rostropovich,
Baku USSR, cellist/conductor
1927-08-12 - Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich,
cellist/conductor
1944-03-19 - Myung-Wha Chung,
Seoul Korea, cellist (Chung Sisters)
1945-01-26 - Jacqueline du Pré,
English cellist (d. 1987)
1946-03-04 - Ralph Kirshbaum,
Denton TX, cellist (RNCM Manchester Intl Festival)
1946-11-08 - Roy Wood,
Birmingham England, rock vocalist/cellist (ELO)
1947-03-13 - Beat Richner,
Swiss physician and cellist
1948-06-09 - Nathaniel Rosen,
Altadena Ca, cellist (Tchaikovsky-gold-1978)
1953-09-14 - Tom Cora,
American cellist and composer (d. 1998)
1955-10-07 - Yo-Yo Ma,
Paris France, world famous Chinese cellist
1955-10-07 - Yo-Yo Ma, French-born American cellist
1964-04-11 - Johann Sebastian Paetsch,
American cellist
1968-07-29 - Paavo Lotjonen,
Finnish Cellist (Apocalyptica)
1975-08-05 - Eicca Toppinen,
Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
1978-05-11 - Perttu Kivilaakso,
Finnish Cellist from the band Apocalyptica
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 22 of 22
1742-07-12 - Evaristo EF dall' Abaco,
Ital cellist/composer, dies on 67th birthday
1805-05-28 - Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini,
Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62
1820-01-25 - Joseph F Weigl,
German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79
1841-08-13 - Bernhard Romberg,
German cellist/composer, dies
1860-03-06 - Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer,
German cellist and composer (b. 1783)
1889-02-26 - Karl Davydov,
Russian cellist (b. 1838)
1924-05-26 - Victor Herbert,
Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65
1952-07-02 - Henriette H Bosmans,
Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56
1958-08-19 - Antonius "Toon" Verhey,
violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63
1973-10-22 - Pablo Casals,
Spanish violin cellist/conductor/composer, dies at 96
1976-08-06 - Gregor Piatigorsky,
Russian cellist, dies at 73
1982-12-18 - Tibor de Machula,
Hungary/Neth cellist, dies at 70
1986-01-08 - Pierre Fournier,
French cellist (b. 1906)
1987-10-19 - Jacqueline du Pre,
British cellist, dies at 42
1992-04-04 - Arthur Russell,
American cellist (b. 1951)
1995-02-25 - Terence Weil,
cellist/teacher, dies at 73
1998-04-09 - Tom Cora,
American cellist and composer (b. 1953)
2007-04-27 - Mstislav Rostropovich,
Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
2009-12-26 - Felix Wurman,
American cellist and composer (b. 1958)
