The Well-Tempered Ear

Classical music: NPR looks back at important classical music events in 2015. How many do you recall?

By Jacob Stockinger

Anniversaries and deaths (below is a link to the musicians we lost in 2015).

https://welltempered.wordpress.com/2016/01/02/classical-music-here-are-the-people-that-classical-music-lost-in-2015/

Debuts, farewells and unusual tours.

(In a YouTube video at the bottom and below in photo by Yamil Lang for Getty Images, is the Minnesota Orchestra playing in Havana under music director Osmo Vanska during its historic tour to Cuba in May 2015.)

Revivals and world premieres.

Appointments and retirements.

What were the notable events in classical music in 2015?

How many do you recall?

The blog Deceptive Cadence, written and posted by NPR or National Public Radio, takes a look back at 2015.

http://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2016/01/04/461908315/classical-music-in-2015-the-year-in-review