2009 in classical music

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September 12 - Australian radio station ABC Classic FM reveals the results of its Classic 100 Symphony poll. The winner is Dvořák's Symphony no. 9 - From the New World.
October - With the release of his new album Nightbook, Ludovico Einaudi takes a new direction, incorporating synthesized sounds alongside his solo piano playing.^[1]

John Adams – String Quartet No. 2
Thomas Adès – Lieux Retrouvés, for cello and piano
Kalevi Aho - Hommage á Schubert, string quintet
Richard Barrett – Mesopotamia for 17 instruments and electronics
Harrison Birtwistle – The Corridor, scena for two singers and ensemble
John Brunning – Sahara, for guitar
Elliott Carter
- Duettino, for violin and cello
- Figment V, for marimba
Ludovico Einaudi – Nightbook
Lorenzo Ferrero
- Op.111 – Bagatella su Beethoven, for piano solo
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2
- Fantasy Suite No. 2, for violin and orchestra
- Three Simple Songs, for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano
- Tourists and Oracles, for eleven instruments and piano four-hands
Howard Goodall – Enchanted Voices
Philip Glass
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No. 2, "The American Four Seasons", premiere in December
- Sonata for Violin and Piano
- String Sextet
Sofia Gubaidulina – Fachwerk, for bayan, percussion and string orchestra
Magnus Lindberg – Graffiti, for chorus and orchestra
Frederik Magle – Symphonic suite Cantabile, premiere June 10 in Koncerthuset, Copenhagen
Christopher Rouse – Odna Zhizn
David Sawer – Rumpelstiltskin
Steven Stucky – Dust Devil, for solo marimba
John Tavener
- Tu ne sais pas, for mezzo-soprano, timpani and stings
- The Peace that Passeth Understanding, for choir
Mark-Anthony Turnage – Five Processionals, for clarinet, violin, cello and piano

Operas which premiered in 2009 include:

January 13 – Mansour Rahbani, 83, Lebanese composer
January 14 – Angela Morley, 84, English conductor and composer
January 15 – Veronica Dudarova, 92, Russian symphony conductor
February 1 – Lukas Foss, 86, American pianist, conductor and composer
February 24
- Svatopluk Havelka, 83, Czech composer
- Pearl Lang, 87, American dancer and choreographer
March 29 – Maurice Jarre, 84, French composer
July 16 – D. K. Pattammal, 90, Indian classical singer
July 27– George Russell, 86, American composer
August 18 – Hildegard Behrens, 72, German opera singer
September 1 – Erich Kunzel, 74, American conductor
September 17 – Leon Kirchner, 90, American composer
October 12 - Ian Wallace, 90, British singer

Male of the Year — Gustavo Dudamel
Female of the Year — Alison Balsom
Composer of the Year — Howard Goodall
Young British Classical Performer — Alina Ibragimova
Album of the Year — Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Spirit of the Glen–Journey
Soundtrack of the Year — The Dark Knight — Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
Critics' Award — Sir Charles Mackerras/Scottish Chamber Orchestra — Mozart Symphonies nos. 38-41
Lifetime Achievement In Music — José Carreras

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