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.

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

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

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

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