2003 Death Maki Ishii, composer, contemporary classical music, dies of thyroid cancer in Kashiwa, Japan, at age 66 1997 Death Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90 1995 Death John Pinsent, classical scholar, dies at 72 1990 Death Bulent Arel, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, dies at 72 1986 Birthday Charlotte Church, born in Cardiff, Wales, singer, songwriter, actress, classical crossover singer, host of 'The Charlotte Church Show', worth $20 million pounds 1984 Death Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras 1982 Death Randy Rhoads, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne, dies in an air crash at 25 1978 Birthday Vanessa-Mae, born in Singapore, violinist, pop and classical musician, techno style music, sold over 10 million copies worldwide, earned over $64 million 1975 Event Classical Way wins Championship Cup at Roosevelt Raceway 1961 Birthday Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008 1957 Death Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78 1956 Birthday Nigel Kennedy, born in Brighton, English, violinist, jazz and classical music, boy prodigy, play Fats Waller tunes by ear at age 10, featured on Sarah Brightman's album Harem 1956 Birthday Randy Rhoads, born in Santa Monica, California, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne 1955 Death Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76 1953 Birthday David Leisner, born in America, teacher, classical guitarist, composer, taught at Manhattan School of Music, expert in focal dystonia 1952 Birthday Melvyn Gale, born in London, England, musician, classical musician, cellist, member, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, runs CD factory 1951 Birthday Ned Sublette, born in Lubbock, Texas, composer, musician, musicologist, producer, guitarist, studied classical guitar with Emilio Pujol, composition with Kenneth Gaburo, Cuban music scholar, known for mixing country-western, afro-Caribbean salsa, cumbia, rumba music styles 1946 Birthday Daria Semegen, born in Bambery, West German, composer, classical music, electronic music genres, Fulbright Fellow 1943 Birthday Garrett List, born in Phoenix, Arizona, composer, vocalist, trombonist, formed Julliard Ensemble, composed classical, jazz, pop, free jazz music 1943 Birthday Tison Street, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, violinist, contemporary classical music, winner, Guggenheim Fellowship 1940 Birthday Lewis Spratlan, born in Miami, Florida, composer, contemporary classical music genre, Professor of Music Emeritus, Amherst College 1939 Birthday Bruce Mather, born in Canada, composer, pianist, known for microtonal music, contemporary classical music compositions 1938 Birthday Zygmunt Krauze, born in Poland, composer, pianist, contemporary classical music genre, professor, Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy 1937 Birthday Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa 1936 Birthday Maki Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, contemporary classical music 1935 Birthday Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe 1935 Birthday Arvo Part, born in Paide, Estonia, classical composer, celebrated for minimalist style, influenced by European jazz, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Bartok 1935 Birthday Aulis Sallinen, born in Finland, composer, contemporary classical music, studied with Joonas Kokkonen, works commissioned by Kronos Quartet 1934 Birthday Gordon Getty, born in San Francisco, California, fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, sold Getty Oil to Texaco, became classical music composer, contributes to the San Francisco Opera 1934 Birthday Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences 1933 Birthday Julian Bream, born in London, England, guitarist, plays baroque guitar, lute, considered the 20th century's most distinguished classical guitarists 1932 Birthday Wojciech Kilar, born in Lwow, Poland, composer of film, classical, symphonic music, won French Lili Boulanger Prize for composition 1960 1932 Birthday Max Schubel, born in America, composer, contemporary classical music, founder and owner of Opus One records, recorded new music 1931 Birthday Ivo Petric, composer, classical music, toured with Slavko Osterc ensemble, Artistic Director, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1979 - 1995 1926 Birthday Earle Brown, born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, composer, known for reviving interest in classical music with musical improvisation, creating formal and notational systems, and open forum style of muscial construction 1925 Death Jan H. Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60 1922 Birthday John Pinsent, classical scholar 1922 Birthday Sadao Bekku, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, classical music, wrote symphonies, film scores, sonata for flute, choral works, art songs, piano concerto, opera titled Prince Arima 1919 Birthday Bulent Arel, born in Istanbul, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, worked with Edgard Varese, designed, installed electronic music laboratory at Yale University 1915 Birthday Pedro Saenz, born in Spain, composer, composed music for classical guitar 1907 Birthday Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist 1893 Birthday Andres Segovia, Linares Spain, classical guitarist 1885 Death Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65 1879 Birthday Fritz Schulz, German law historian, Classical Novel Law 1878 Birthday Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-1st-Member of parliament, About Plato 1866 Birthday Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet 1866 Birthday Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet 1862 Birthday Johan A de Sleeve, Adwaita, philosopher/classical/poet, Brahman 1852 Birthday Theodor Birt, Beatus Rhenanus, German classical/writer 1820 Birthday Georg Curtius, German classical linguist 1796 Death Nicolas the Pigage, French classical architect, dies 1795 Birthday Peter of Limburg Brouwer, physician/classical/author 1787 Birthday John Bake, classical composer 1773 Death Jan Zach, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music, dies at 73 in Ellwangen, Germany 1750 Birthday Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical, Apollonii Lexicon 1746 Birthday Daniel W. Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian 1732 Birthday Franz Joseph Haydn, born in Austria, composer, help develop classical style 1723 Birthday Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect 1716 Death Gosbert Cuper, classical/regent, dies at 72 1699 Birthday Jan Zach, born in Celakovice, Czech Republic, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music 1690 Death Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70 1685 Birthday Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical professor, baptized 1599 Birthday Florence Estienne Meric Casaubon, classical scholar 1559 Birthday Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian
