Events in Music
- Jan 15 Pianist & statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes first premier of Poland
Event of Interest
Jan 18 Composer and musician Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Polish Prime Minister
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 1 Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader (Devil's Wheel)
- Jan 3 Herbie Nichols, American jazz pianist and composer ("Lady Sings the Blues"), born in Manhattan, New York City (d. 1963)
- Jan 5 Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist, born in Roccasecca, Italy (d. 1992)
- Jan 16 Bob Boucher, Kent Ohio, orchestra leader (Music on Ice)
- Jan 18 Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Chilean composer, born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2019)
- Jan 20 Royalton Kisch, British conductor, born in Marylebone, London (d. 1995)
- Jan 20 Stepan Lucky, Slovak film score composer, born in Žilina, Slovakia (d. 2006)
- Jan 24 Leon Kirchner, American contemporary classical composer (Pulitzer Prize for Music 1967), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
- Jan 27 Nina Milkina, Russian British pianist, born in Moscow (d. 2006)
- Jan 30 Robert Suter, Swiss composer, born in St. Gallen, Switzerland (d. 2008)
Deaths in Music
- Jan 16 Jaroslav Jeremiáš, Czech pianist and composer, dies at 19