Ambrosini, Claudio: 75th birthday (April 9, 1948)
Battistelli, Giorgio: 70th birthday (April 25, 1953)
Berio, Luciano: 20th anniversary of death (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003)
Boccadoro, Carlo: 60th birthday (July 20, 1963)
Dinescu, Violeta: 70th birthday (July 13, 1953)
Donizetti, Gaetano: 175th anniversary of death (November 29, 1979 – April 8, 1848)
Filidei, Francesco: 50th birthday (May 5, 1973)
Fitkin, Graham: 60th birthday (April 19, 1963)
Grisey, Gérard: 25th anniversary of death (June 17, 1946 – November 11, 1998)
Haas, Georg Friedrich: 70th birthday (August 16, 1953)
Heyn, Volker: 85th birthday (December 13, 1938)
Hind, Rolf: 60th birthday (April 13, 1963)
Ishii, Maki: 20th anniversary of death (May 28, 1936 – April, 8 2003)
Lauck, Thomas: 80th birthday (May 15, 1943)
Maderna, Bruno: 50th anniversary of death (April 21, 1920 – November 13, 1973)
Malipiero, Gian Francesco: 50th anniversary of death (March 18, 1882 – August 1, 1973)
Pozzoli, Ettore: 150th anniversary of birth (July 22, 1873 – November 9, 1957)
Romitelli, Fausto: 60th anniversary of birth (February 1, 1963 – June 27, 2004)
Ronchetti, Lucia: 60th birthday (February 3, 1963)
Other Classics & Screen composers
Auric, Georges: 40th anniversary of death (January 7, 1899 – January 30, 1963)
Boulanger, Lili: 130th anniversary of birth (August 22, 1893 – March 15, 1918)
Dubrovay, László: 80th birthday (March 23, 1943)
Dutilleux, Henri: 10th anniversary of death (January 22, 1916 – May 22, 2013)
Hersant, Philippe: 75th birthday (June 21, 1948)
Jeney, Zoltán: 80th anniversary of birth (March 4, 1943 – October 28, 2019)
Láng, István: 90th birthday (March 1, 1933)
Poulenc, Francis: 60th anniversary of death (February 15, 1899 – July 23, 1983)
Raskatov, Alexander: 70th birthday (March 9, 1953)
Vajda, Gergely: 50th birthday (August 13, 1973)
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Photos: Harald Hoffmann (Haas), Vanessa Francia (Ronchetti)