Daniel Hope (born 17 August 1974) is a British classical violinist.

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Hope was born in Durban, South Africa, and moved as a child with his family to London, where he received tuition by Yehudi Menuhin. Hope is the son of South African poet and novelist, Christopher Hope, FRSL. His violin is the 1737Guarneri "ex-Lipinski". In 2011 he was appointed Visiting Professor in Violin by the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied under Zakhar Bron and gained a diploma (DipRAM) and a fellowship (FRAM). Hope presented the documentary film The Secrets of the Violin which explored the history of violin making from Amati, Stradivari and Guarneri to modern makers like Samuel Zygmuntowicz.

Peter Hofman dies at 66

German tenor Peter Hofmann, who became famous for his performances of Richard Wagner operas, died Tuesday, 29 November 2010. He died at a hospital in Wunsiedel in Bavaria. The mass-circulation newspaper Bild also reported Hofmann's death after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Hofmann made his name performing at the annual Bayreuth festival celebrating the music of Richard Wagner. He toured stages across the world, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

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Haas, Karl (Speyer-on-the-Rhine, Germany, 1913 - Royal Oak, MI. 6 FEB 2005)

German-American musicologist, pianist and broadcaster created one of the longest running daily classical music program in broadcast history, Adventures in Good Music.
Obit Link.

Haas, Karl (Karlsruhe, Germany 27 DEC 1900 - London, 7 JUL 1970)Ger. Cond.

Haas, Paul ( - )Am-Cond.

Haas, Werner ( - )Ger=P

Hacker, Andrew (30 SEPm- )Eng=Clar-con

Haefliger, Ernst (ehrnst HAH fleeg er)( - )Ger=P

Hadley, Jerry (Princeton, IL 16
JUN -- )Am=ten, MET 1987

Haebler, Ingrid (EEN grid HAY bler) (20 JUN - )Austrian-P

Haendel, I (15 DEC - )Pol-Br=V

Hagegard, Hakkan (25 NOV - )Swed=bar

HAGEN QUARTET (HAH gun)

Hahn,
Hillery ( - )Am=V

Hahn, Rinaldo (9 AUG - )Vz=critic-com

Haimovitz, Matt (HY mah vitz)(3 DEC - )Isr=V

Haitink,
Bernard (ber NAHRD HY tink)(4 MAR - )Dutch=con

Hajossyova, Magdalena (MAHG dah leh nah HY yos yoh vah)Cz=

Halasz, Michael (MEE kah ehl HAH lahs)

Halfvarson, Eric (Aurora, IL - )Am=Bass, MET 1993

HALLE ORCHESTRA, (HAH lay) Manchester England

Halle' Sir Charles (11 APR 1819 - 1895)Ger-Br=con/Halle Orch

Halsey, S (8 MAR - )Eng=Choral Dir-con

Halstead, Anthony(HAUL sted)

Halsvuo, Pekka (PEH keh HAHLZ Voo oh)( - ) =con

Hambrook, Michael
J. ( - )Ca=Clar

HAMBURG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (Germany) (HAHM boorg)

Hamelin, Marc-Andre( - )Can=P BIO

Hamke, Sonya (SOHN yah HAHM kuh) ( - )

Hammond, Dame Joan (24 MAY - )NZ=sop

Hammons, Thomas (Shawnee, OK - )Am=Bass-Bar, MET 1996

Hampson, Thomas (28 JUN - )Am=bar

HREF="http://www.emiclassics.com/artists/biogs/hamb.html">
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Classics, Hampson Page

Handl, Walter (WALL ter HEN dull) ( - ) =con

Handley, Vernon (11 NOV - )Eng=con

HANOVER BAND f.
1980 by Caroline Brown. Based in Sussex, England

Hansen, Jorgen Ernst (yor gen ernst HAHN sen) ( - )

Hansen, Thomas ( - )Am-P

Hanslow, Theodora (Ithica, NY - )Am-Mez-Sop, MET 1994

Hanson, George ( - )Am=Cond. (Tucson Sym Orch)

Hanson, Howard (28 OCT - )Am=Con-Com-Dir Eastman School

Harada, Sadao (sah DOW hah RAH dah) ( - )

Harasiewicz, Adam ( - ) POL=P

Hardenberger, Hakkan (27 OCT - )Swed=Trumpet

Harjo, Joy ( - ) AM=VOC (Poetic Justice, Native AM band)

Harle, J (20 SEP -)Eng=Sax

Harnari, Julia (Har NAR ee) ( - )

Harnoncourt, Alice (HAR nun kort) ( - )Ger-Fr=

Harnoncourt, Nikolas (6 DEC - )Austrian=Con-cellist =C

Harnoy, Ofra (OH' fra HAR' noy) (31 JAN - )Is-CAN=CEL

Harper, Heather (8 MAY - )Ir=sop

Harrell, Lynn [Male] (lin HAH ril)(30 JAN - )Am=Cel-con

Harris, Brenda ( - )P

Harris, Brenda (Cos Cob, CN - )Am=Sop, MET 1997

Harrhy, E (14 APR - )Eng=sop

HARRISBURG SYM ORCH - PA

Harsanyi, Zsolt (zhohlt HAR sahn yee) ( - )

Hart, Craig (Hartford, CT - )Bass. MET debut 1999-2000

Harter, Manfred (
- )Ger=G

Harvy, Michael Kieren =P

Harwood, E (27 MAY - )Eng=sop

Haskins, Kevin (19 JUL 1960 - ) AM=Drums

Hasson, M (6 JUL - )Fr=V

Hatziano, Markella ( - )=Sop

Haugland, Aage (Copenhagen, - )Denmark=Bass, MET 1979

Hauster, Regula (REH goo lah HOY ster) ( - )

Have, Wim ten (1929 - ) Dutch conductor

Studied viola at the Amsterdam conservatory under Klaas
Boon. Was solo viola player with the
Amsterdam Philharmonic. One of the pioneers of research into performance
practice of early music, he became a member of the Leonhardt Consort in
1959. He played in other Baroque ensembles such as La Petite Bande, Concentus
Musicus, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.

Haymon, C (6 SEP - )Am=sop

Hauschild, Wolf Dieter (HOU' shelt)

Hawlata, Franz (Eichstatt, - )Ger=Bass, MET 1995

Hearth, Robert dir. Aspen Music Festival

Hegedus,
Endre (EHN dreh HEH geh dush) ( - )P

Hegyi, Ildiko (EEL dee koh HAY jee) ( - )

Heifetz, David (HIGH fitz) ( - )

Heifetz, Jascha (2 FEB - )Rus-Am=V

Heisser, Jean-Francois (zhahn fran SWAH HY sir) ( - )

Heines, Danny ( - ) =G

Held, Alan (Washburn, IL - )Am=Baritone, MET 1989

Heltay, L (5 JAN - )Hung-Br=Con

Helmsley, T (12 APR - )Eng=bar

Helps, Robert (Passaic, N.J., 1928 - Tampa, FL 1 Dec 2001)Am=P-Comp. USF School of Music.

HENDERSON, Lyle Cedric 'Skitch' (1918 Born in Birmingham,
England. d-New Milford, CT 1 NOV 2005.) Obit

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Hendricks,
Barbara (20 NOV - )Am=sop

Heppner, Ben (Dawson Creek, Canada - )Can-Ten, MET 1991

Herceg, Tihana ( - )Mez-Sop

Hersh, Stefan ( - ) =V

Herreweghe,
Philippe (2 MAY 1947 - )Belg=con

Hermann, Bernard (29 JUN - )Eng-Am=Con-com

Hernandez-Estrada, Jose (McAllen, TX 7 DEC
1983 - )Mex-Am-P

Hess, Dame Myra (25 FEB 1890 - 1965)Eng-P

Hesse, Ewald
(Lima, 1958 - )Peruvian=Con

Hesse-Bukowska, Barbara ( - )Pol=P

Hewitt, Angela ( - )Can=P

Canadian Pianist Angela Hewitt

Hickox, Richard
( 5 MAR - ) ENG=Con-Choral Dir

Cond. London Sunfonia

Hill, M (14 SEP - )Eng=ten

THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLE

Hillier, Paul (9
FEB - )Eng=bass-cond

Hillis,
Margaret ( 1 OCT 1921 - 4 FEB
1998)AM=Choral Dir Chicago

Hilton, J (2 JAN - )Eng=clarinet

Hines, Jerome (Hollywood, CA 8 NOV 1921 - NYC, 4 FEB 2003)bass

Hirsh, Albert (hersh) ( - )

Hobarth, Elfie
( - )=Sop

Hobson, Ian (7 AUG - )Eng=P-con

Hobson, Richard (Belzoni, MI - )Baritone. MERT debut 1999-2000

Hockanson, (HOH' kan son)

Hoelscher, Ulf
(HELL' sher) ( - )=V

Hoeprich, Thea (TAY uh HOO preech) ( - )

Hoey, Choo (choo hoy) ( - )Chinese=con

HREF="http://www.edu.coventry.ac.uk/music/hoffnung/bio1.htm">Gerard ( - )Eng=Composer, artist and music humorist
Hoffnung,

Hofmann,
Josef (1876 - 1957)P

Hogwood,
Christopher
(10 SEP - )Eng=harpsi'cd-con

Hokanson, Leonard (HOH kuhn suhn) ( - )

Holek, Vlastimil ( - ) =V

Holliger, Heinz ( hynz HOLeh gair) (21 MAY - )Swiss=oboist-con-com

Hollreiser, Heinrich (HINE' rich HOL rise er)

Hollweg, Werner (VER ner hol veeg) ( - )

Holst, Imogene (12 APR - )Eng=writer-con-com (Daughter of Gustav)

Hong, Hei-Kyung (Seoul - )Korean=Sop, MET 1984

Honigberg, Steven ( - )Am=Cel

Hoogeveen, Ronald (HOH kuh vayn) ( - )Violin

Hoogeven, Godfried (HOO'geh vehn)

Hoogklimmer, Wiebke (Hanover - )Ger-Contralto

Hoogland, Stanley (HOO' glind) ( - )piano

Hooijeveen, Godfried (KOHT freed HOY uh vain) ( - )

Hopf, Hans (hahnz hohpf) ( - )

Hopkins, Janet (Whitney Point, NY - )Am=Sop, MET 1991

Hoppe, Michael ENG=P=COMP

Horenstein, Jascha
(YAH sha HOR in Styn) (Kiev, 6 MAY 1898 - London,
2 April 1973 )Rus=con

HREF="http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~dbarker/horenstein.html">
Jasha Horenstein
Home Page

Horne, Marilyn (Bradford, PA 16 JAN 1934 -
)Am=MezSop

Short Biography

Horowitz,
Vladimir (VLAH duh meer HOR uh witz)

(Berdichev/Kiev, 1 OCT 1903/1904 - NYC, 5 NOV 1989)RUS-AM=P

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Horszowski, Mieczyslaw (MEE' she slaf hor SHAHv' skee)
(23 JUN 1895 - 1996)Pol-AM=P-Teacher, Curtis

Hotter,Hans (19 JAN 1909-8 DEC 2003 )German=bass-bar

Houbart, Francois-Henri (frahn SWAH ahn REE oo BAHR)( - )Fr=Organist

Hough, Stephen (HUFF) (22 NOV - )Eng=P

Howard, A (22 JUL - )Eng=MezSop

Howard, Emily (Palo-Alto, CA - )Mezzo-soprano. MET debut 1999-2000

Howard, Leslie (29 APR - )Australian-Eng=P

Howard, M (14 SEP - )Eng=con

Howarth, Elgar (EL' ger HOW' erth) (4 NOV - )ENG=Trumpet-Con

Howell, G (13 JUN - )Welsh=bass

Howells, A (12 JUN - )Eng=MezSop

Hsing-Ay, Hsu ( - )Ch=P

Hsu, Apo ( -
)Chinese, female=Con

Huang, Helen (Japan, 1982 - )Chinese-Pianist

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Huang,
Ying ( - )Ch=Sop

Hubbard, Edwin
(hot Springs, AK - )Am=Con, Memphis SO

HUELGAS
ENSEMBLE founded by HREF="http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/nevel_bio.htm">
Paul Van
Nevel

Huggett, Monica (16 MAY - )Eng=V

Hughes, O. A. (21 MAR - )Welsh=con

Hunter, Rita (Cheshire, England 15 AUG 1933 - Sydney, Austrailia, 29 APR 2001)Sop.

London Times Obit

Hunt-Lieberson, Lorraine (San Francisco, CA - Santa Fe, NM 3 JUL 2006)Mezzo-soprano. MET debut 1999-2000

Hurst,
George (20 MAY - )Eng=con

Huybregts, Pierre (pee air hEE BREKT) ( - )Belg=P

Hvorostovsky, Dmitri (Krasnoyarsk, 16 OCT - )Russ=bar, MET 1995

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Hyman,
Bonita (Brooklyn, NY - )Am=Mez-Sop, MET 1998

1909 Birth of Hans Hotter Bass-Baritone

19 JANUARY 1909 Birth of Hans Hotter Bass-Baritone
Born 19 Jan 1909 Offenbach am Main Debut as Speaker in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1929 Teachers:- Rudolf Bockelmann, Matthaus Roemer Pupils :- Marco Bakker, Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Noelle Barker, Alan Oke Cynthia Buchan, Thomas Carey, Victoria Godfrey, Brian Hansford Phillip Joll, Margaret Marshall, James Morris, Patricia Payne Cheryl Studer, David Ward, Kimball Wheeler, Robert Christesen Christine Taylor, Graeme Matheson-Bruce, Helen Walker Catherine Dubosc, Raymond Michalski, Laszlo Polgar Created Commandant in Friedenstag (Strauss R) Jupiter in Liebe der Danae (Strauss R) Olivier in Capriccio (Strauss R) Sang in premiere of Besuch der Alten dame (Von Einem)

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Opera singer Marilyn Horne is 75

Marilyn Horne (b. January 16, 1934, Bradford, Pennsylvania) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer who is particularly associated with the music of Rossini and Handel. She began her career as a light lyric soprano however as the years progressed, the voice settled and matured into a mezzo-soprano instrument with a full and rich timbre equipped with extreme flexibility and great size. She specialized in roles requiring a large sound, beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages.

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RICHARD HICKOX

Opera Australia has been shocked by the sudden death of British conductor Richard Hickox, the company's music director. Hickox, 60, suffered a heart attack in London. The news was still filtering out tonight to members of Opera Australia. A shocked Murray Black, The Australian's Sydney opera and classical music critic, said one of Hickox's legacies would be his versatility as a conductor.

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Sabine Heinefetter

Sabine Heinefetter Soprano Born 19 Aug 1809 Mainz Died 18 Nov 1872 at Illenau, Baden. Beginning life as a strolling harpist, she was noticed by a Frankfort musician, who instructed her in music. In 1825 she studied under Spohr at Cassel, and under Tadolini in Paris. In 1829 she sang at the Paris Italian opera with Sontag and Malibran, and in 1835 accepted an engagement at the Dresden court theater. Great success in Berlin, Vienna, Milan, and other cities with chief rôles in Romeo, Anna Bolena, Norma, and Rosine. In 1844 she appeared for the last time in Frankfort. In 1853 she married a French merchant named Marquet, in Marseilles.
Debut in Mandarin (Ritter) Teachers:- Giovanni Tadolini, Davide Banderali Created Adina in Elisir D'Amore (Donizetti).

Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott has died

Welsh composer and pianist Alun Hoddinott has died at the age of 78, it has been announced. Mr Hoddinott, who was born in Bargoed, Caerphilly, had a partnership with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales spanning seven decades. The classical composer, who lived in Gower, Swansea, died at the city's Morriston Hospital on Wednesday. BBC Wales controller, Menna Richards, has said the new home of the orchestra in Cardiff Bay will be named after him. BBC NEWS | WEB LINKS | IMAGES | SHOP Alun Hoddinott