1885 Leó Weiner – Hungarian composer and educator (d.1960); one of the leading Hungarian music educators of the first half of the twentieth century.
1893 Federico Mompou – Catalan Spanish composer and pianist (d.1987); best known as a miniaturist; principal influences were French impressionism, Erik Satie and Gabriel Fauré.
1909 first performance of Arthur Foote’s Suite for Strings, by the Boston Symphony with Max Fiedler (no relation to Arthur Fiedler) conducting.
1924 Henry Mancini – American composer, conductor and arranger (d.1994); Cleveland native best remembered for his many film and TV scores.
1942 first performance of Barber’s Second Essay for Orchestra, by the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
1944 Dennis Russell Davies – American conductor and pianist (80 years old); Toledo, Ohio-born champion of living composers and modern music.
1946 Peteris Vasks (78 years old); he feels strongly about environmental issues, and a sense of nature both pristine and destroyed can be found in many of his works.
1982 Soyeon Kate Lee – Korean/American pianist (42 years old); Silver medalist in the 2003 Cleveland International Piano Competition; since 2013, married to another Cleveland medalist, Ran Dank. She is on th College and pre-College Faculty at the Juilliard School.
1983 Robin Ticciati – English conductor (41 years old); became Principal Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in 2009; his contract has been extended through 2018.