2011 in classical music

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2011 in music
By location
Canada Europe United Kingdom Ireland Sweden United States
By genre
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By topic
List of albums released

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.^[1]

January 24 - Bhimsen Joshi, Indian classical vocalist, 88
January 28 - Dame Margaret Price, Welsh operatic soprano, 69
February 26 - Eugene Fodor, US violinist, 60
March 22 - Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer, 84
March 29 - Robert Tear, Welsh operatic tenor and conductor, 72
April 15 - Vincenzo La Scola, Italian operatic tenor, 53 (heart attack)
July 6 - Josef Suk, Czech violinist and conductor, 81
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
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