16.04.2026 Arnold van Berkel  | USA
Springfield (VA)
28.03.2026 | 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence. The design depicts historical figures associated with the founding of the United States, including Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), an enthusiastic musician who played the guitar, harp, and viola da gamba. | Musician, person |
10.04.2026 Klaus Gabriel  | India
Belagavi
13.02.2026 | World Radio Day (UNESCO) | Radio, broadcast |
08.04.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Italy
Fiumefreddo
09.05.2026 | Stamp Day | Grades |
08.04.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Italy
Roma
24.03.2026 | Dario Fo, Italian composer, stage designer | Composer, person |
08.04.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Italy
Viggiu
25.04.2026 | Renato Simoni, librettist of Puccini's opera Turandot | Libretto, Person |
08.04.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Italy
Viareggio
18.04.2026 | Turandot is the last opera by Giacomo Puccini. | opera |
08.04.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Italy
Roma
13.03.2026 | Claudio Villa, Italian singer | Singer |
08.04.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Italy
Legnago
06.03.2026 | Salieri Theatre | Theatre, building, opera |
25.05.2026 Peter Lang  | Ukraine
Kyiv
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04.04.2026 Peter Lang  | India
Calcutta
09.03.2026 | Annapurna Devi (1927–2018) was an Indian Surbahar player of classical Hindustani music. She was given the name "Annapurna" by Maharaja Brijnath Singh of the former Maihar estate, where she was commonly known. | Tradition, musician, instrument, plucked instrument, stringed instrument |
04.04.2026 Peter Lang  | India
Gangtok
10.03.2026 | The Pumtong Pulit is a traditional bamboo flute from Sikkim, India, deeply rooted in the culture of the Lepcha people. It has four holes, is often used in ritual contexts, and serves to imitate sounds of nature. | Tradition, instrument, flute, wind instrument |
04.04.2026 Peter Lang  | India
Gangtok
10.03.2026 | The Tungbuk is a traditional, three-stringed plucked instrument of the Lepcha community in Sikkim, India, which resembles a mandolin. | Tradition, instrument, stringed instrument, plucked instrument |
30.03.2026 Peter Lang  | India
Raipur
15.01.2026 | To mark the 150th anniversary of the Indian national anthem "Vande Mataram", there was a "mass singing" event with 5000 students. | Sheet music, singer, choir |
26.03.2026 Klaus Gabriel  | Czech Republic
Prague
18.03.2026 | Figure skating, ice skating | figure skating |
25.03.2026 Klaus Gabriel  | Russia
Moscow
28.03.2026 | 250 Years of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia | Theatre, building, opera |
19.03.2026 Klaus Gabriel  | Spain
Madrid
22.02.2026 | Yingge dance, fire dance | Dance, dancer, tradition |
18.03.2026 Peter Lang  | Moldova
Chișinău
02.-10.03.2026 | 60th Anniversary of the International Music Festival | festival |
06.03.2026 Klaus Gabriel  | Russia
Yaroslavl
04.03.2026 | Golden Ring of Russia with an image of the Volkov Theatre Yaroslavl | Theatre, building, opera |
25.02.2026 Axel Brockmann/Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Italy
Sanremo
27.02.2026 | 76th Song Festival | microphone, event, festival |
21.02.2026 Peter Lang  | Latvia
Riga
12.02.2026 | Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra, sheet music |
20.02.2026 Peter Lang  | Austria
Vienna
20.03.2026 | 250 years of the Burgtheater. The image shows the bubble angel on the roof of the Burgtheater in Vienna, located on the Ringstrasse. The sculpture serves as part of a historic ventilation system to remove warm, stale air from the auditorium. | Angel, wind instrument |
14.02.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Germany
Meiningen
28.03.2026 | General meeting of the music motive group. The Meiningen Court Orchestra at the 1st Bayreuth Festival. | band, musicians |
14.02.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Germany
Meiningen
28.03.2026 | 200th birthday of Duke George II, Max Reger Conservatory | Building, horn, wind instrument |
07.02.2026 Peter Lang  | France
Cheilly-lès-Maranges
24.-25.01.2026 | A traditional wine festival in Burgundy, celebrated in a different village each year. | trumpet, musician |
07.02.2026 Peter Lang  | French Polynesia
Papeete
17.02.2026 | Bobby Holcomb (1947-1991): Artist and musician who wrote popular Polynesian melodies. | Musician, portrait, person |
05.02.2026 Klaus Gabriel  | Romania
Bucharest
04.02.2026 | figure skating | figure skating |
05.02.2026 Jakab Géza  | Hungary
Budapest
04.02.2026 | Hungarian and Chinese folk instruments. The zither and the guzheng – as traditional stringed instruments played by plucking – symbolize the musical traditions and cultural connections of the two countries. | Zither, Guzheng, stringed instruments, tradition |
30.01.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Italy
Rome
29.01.2026 | 100th birthday of Claudio Villa, Italian singer | Singer, microphone, person |
30.01.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Germany
Bonn
02.03.2026 | 200th birthday of Julie Hausmann, church musician and poet “So take my hands” | Church music, poets |
30.01.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Germany
Berlin
02.03.2026 | 200th birthday of Julie Hausmann, church musician and poet “So take my hands” | Church music, poets |
23.01.2026 Peter Lang  | Poland
Warsaw
25.01.2026 | 34th Finale of the Grand Orchestra of Christmas Charity | Logo, lettering, festival, event |
17.01.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Italy
Rho
21.01.2026 | 15th "Olio Officina" Festival in Rho Fiera, January 22–24. Drawing of a man playing an instrument and sheet music. Illustrator Doriano Strologo, inspired by the theme of the fifteenth edition of Olio Officina, "Sensoriale" (Senses, Sensory, Perception – which at the festival refers more to the taste of the oil). | Notes, music sheets, musician |
17.01.2026 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Germany
Apolda
14.03.2026 | 125 years of the Apolda section of the German Alpine Club and 100 years of the Thuringian Hut | bell |
22.12.2025 Peter Lang  | Austria
Vienna
17.02.2026 | Friedrich Cerha (1926–2023) was an Austrian composer and conductor. | Person, composer, conductor |
22.12.2025 Peter Lang  | Austria
Vienna
09.01.2026 | The Viennese timpani was designed by Hans Schnellar (1865–1945), a timpanist of the Vienna Philharmonic; its design was further developed by his successors in the Philharmonic. | timpani, percussion, drum, person |
12.12.2025 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Germany
Berlin
08.01.2026 | 250th birthday of E. T. A. Hoffmann | Writer, composer, opera conductor |
12.12.2025 Karl-Heinz Büdding  | Germany
Bonn
08.01.2026 | 250th birthday of E. T. A. Hoffmann | Writer, composer, opera conductor |