14.02.1602, Crema - 14.01.1676, Venice
Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverdi as the dominant and leading opera composer of the mid 17th-century. A central figure of Venetian musical life, Cavalli wrote more than forty operas, almost all of which premiered in the city's theaters. His best known works include Ormindo (1644), Giasone (1649) and La Calisto (1651).
14.02.1808, Naples - 29.04.1884, Brighton ,Hove
Sir Michael Andrew Angus Costa (14 February 1808 – 29 April 1884) was an Italian-born conductor and composer who achieved success in England.
14.02.1813, - 17.01.1869, Saint Petersburg
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Даргомыжский, tr. Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhskiy, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪdʑ dərɡɐˈmɨʂskʲɪj] ; 14 February [O.S. 2 February] 1813 – 17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1869) was a 19th-century Russian composer. He bridged the gap in Russian opera composition between Mikhail Glinka and the later generation of The Five and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
14.02.1822, Jakobstad - 14.11.1854, Stockholm
Betty Natalie Boije af Gennäs (14 February 1822 - 14 November 1854), was a Finnish (originally Swedish) opera and concert singer (contralto) and composer. She was one of eight children of the Swedish nobleman Klas Otto Boije af Gennäs and Marianna Horn af Rantzien, and the sister of the pianist Wilhelmina Boije. She was raised in Finland, were her father had a position at the customs office of Pori. Betty Boije debuted as a concert singer in Turku in 1847. She was a student of the Swedish composer Isidor Dannström in 1847-48. She made a successful tour as a concert singer in Turku, Helsinki, Reval and Saint Petersburg. In 1849, she made her debut in Stockholm in Sweden. She was active as an opera singer at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm in 1850-1851. She was described as an excellent alto and was given particular praise as Nancy in Martha, in which she made such a success that she was made to act in it again and again. She herself chose to leave the stage and return her profession as a concert singer. She performed in Finland, Denmark and Norway. She married Isidor Dannström in 1853. In 1853-54, she toured as a concert singer with her spouse and her sister in Great Britain and the United States. She made a success in London, where she performed with Louise Michaeli with her sister. In the United States, she performed in Washington and New York. After her performance in New York, however, she became ill, and they decided to discontinue the tour and return to Sweden. She died not long after their return. She was also a composer.Betty Boije was the first noblewoman to be professionally active as a stage performer in Finland and Sweden. The profession was not regarded to be suitable for a member of the aristocracy in this time period. Although Betty Boije's father was indeed a nobleman, he was not rich, and her sister also supported herself as an artist (in her case a pianist). Betty Boije's widower Isidor Dannström, in his late biography over her, claimed she had never acted on stage and merely performed as a concert singer.
14.02.1837, Garai, Biscay - 13.01.1914, Madrid
Valentin Zubiaurre Urionabarrenechea (13 February 1837 – 13 January 1914) was a Spanish composer who was a professor at the Madrid Royal Conservatory and worked at the Chapel Royal.
14.02.1843, Paris - 21.12.1919, Paris
Louis Joseph Diémer (14 February 1843 – 21 December 1919) was a French pianist and composer. He was the founder of the Société des Instruments Anciens in the 1890s, and also gave recitals on the harpsichord. His output as a composer was extensive, including a piano concerto and a quantity of salon pieces.
14.02.1893, Kamiminochi district - 20.09.1948, Tokyo
Shin Kusakawa (草川 信 (くさかわ しん)) (February 14, 1893, Nagano, Nagano, Japan - September 20, 1948) was a Japanese composer famous for his doyo, "夕やけこやけ (Yūyake koya ke)"/"Sunset Glow." His eldest son, Hiroshi, was killed in World War II. He was also a composer, and his works were discovered and performed in 2017.
14.02.1894, Ustroń - 22.07.1976, Cieszyn
Karol Hławiczka (14 February 1894 – 22 July 1976) was a Polish composer, pianist, teacher and Chopinologist.
14.02.1899, Sušak - 04.01.1985, Zagreb
Lovro von Matačić (14 February 1899 – 4 January 1985) was a Croatian conductor and composer.
14.02.1927, Vienna - 24.06.2005, Vienna
Hans Kann (born 14 February 1927 in Vienna; died 24 June 2005) was an Austrian pianist and composer. He taught music in his native Austria and in Japanese schools such as the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He was the son of businessman Emil Kann and Karoline Kann.
14.02.1934, Marsens - 02.09.2021, Montreux
Michel Corboz (14 February 1934 – 2 September 2021) was a Swiss conductor.
14.02.1936, Urgench - 26.08.1982, Warsaw
Anna Wiktoria German-Tucholska (14 February 1936 – 26 August 1982) was a Polish singer (lirico-spinto), immensely popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union in the 1960s–1970s. She released over a dozen music albums with songs in Polish, as well as several albums with Russian repertoire. Throughout her music career, she also recorded songs in the German, Italian, Spanish, English, and Latin languages.