# 2007 in classical music
## Events

* January 1 — George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Commonwealth New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame. Imogen Cooper and John Rutter are appointed CBE.
* February – A lightning strike severely damages the ageing organ at Llandaff Cathedral, which has to be replaced.
* February 26 – Gramophone magazine reports on its website a confession by William Barrington-Coupe that he released recordings by other pianists under the name of his wife Joyce Hatto, claiming that she was unaware of the deception.
* April 29 – The first precollege music conservatory for the Arab-speaking population of Israel opens in Shfaram.
* May 16–20 – The European Festival of Youth Choirs is held in Basel, Switzerland.
* 4–August 11 – The Three Choirs Festival is held at Gloucester, with a programme including Benjamin Britten's War Requiem and Mahler's Symphony No 8.
* 24 August – The Faenol Festival in North Wales, masterminded by Bryn Terfel, opens with a concert featuring Girls Aloud. Other artists appearing during the weekend include Rebecca Evans, Carlos Alvarez, and Michael Ball.
* September 22–29 – The 35th North Wales International Music Festival is held at St Asaph.
* November 9 – At the Hindu Novemberfest, Carnatic vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan and Western Classical pianist Anil Srinivasan première tracks from their collaborative album Colour of Rain.

## New works

The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.

### A

* Kalevi Aho – Oboe Concerto
* Lera Auerbach – Symphony No. 1 "Chimera"

### D

* Michael Daugherty – Deus ex Machina

### F

* Lorenzo Ferrero – Fantasy Suite, for flute, violoncello and piano

### G

* Sofia Gubaidulina
** Ravvedimento, for cello and four guitars
** In Tempus Praesens, concert for violin and orchestra

### H

* Nigel Hess – Piano Concerto

### K

* Wojciech Kilar – Symphony No. 5 Advent Symphony, for choir and orchestra or instrumental ensemble

### L

* Claude Ledoux – Canto a due for B♭ clarinet and cello

### P

* Martijn Padding – And Trees Would Sing, for counter tenor/high tenor and trombone quartet
* Brice Pauset – Vier variationen, for flute, percussion, piano and string trio

### S

* Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klang
** Balance, for flute, English horn, and bass clarinet
** Glück (Bliss), for oboe, English horn, and bassoon
** Hoffnung (Hope), for violin, viola, and cello
** Glanz (Brilliance), for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and viola
** Treue (Fidelity), for E-flat clarinet, basset horn, and bass clarinet
** Erwachen (Awakening), for soprano saxophone, trumpet, and cello

### Opera premieres

* Alice in Wonderland (Unsuk Chin, David Henry Hwang; June 30)
* Appomattox (Philip Glass, Christopher Hampton; October 5)
* Frau Margot (Thomas Pasatieri, Frank Corsaro; June 2)
* Monkey: Journey to the West (Chen Shi-Zheng, Damon Albarn; 28 June)

### Ballet

* Lorenzo Ferrero – Franca Florio, regina di Palermo

## Albums

* Haydn Piano Sonatas – Fazıl Say
* P. D. Q. Bach and Peter Schickele: The Jekyll and Hyde Tour – Peter Schickele

## Musical films

* War/Dance
* Water Flowing Together

## Deaths

* January 1 – Julius Hegyi, American conductor, 83
* January 3 – János Fürst, Hungarian conductor and violinist, 71
* January 21 – Mina Foley, New Zealand coloratura soprano, 76
* January 28 – Karel Svoboda, Czech songwriter and composer, 68 (suicide)
* December 5 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German avant-garde composer, 79
* December 16 – Harald Genzmer, German composer and academic, 98

## Major awards
### Classical Brits

Source:
* Singer of the Year — Anna Netrebko
* Musician of the Year — Leif Ove Andsnes
* Young British Classical Performer — Ruth Palmer
* Album of the Year — Paul McCartney – Ecce Cor Meum
* Soundtrack of the Year — Planet Earth – George Fenton
* Critics' Award — Freiberg Baroque Orchestra/RIAS Kammerchoir/Rene Jacobs - Mozart/La Cler
* Lifetime Achievement In Music — Vernon Handley

### Grammy Awards

* See 50th Grammy Awards