Today in Music History: October 2
1854 -- Inauguration of the Academy of Music in New York City with the operaNorma.
1935 -- Hungarian pianist Peter Frankl is born in Budapest.
1944 -- Birth of Ton (Antonius) Koopman, conductor, organist, harpsichordist and founder of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, in Zwolle, the Netherlands.
1964 -- The Borodin Quartet makes its New York City debut at Carnegie Hall.
2010 -- Sebastian Lang Lessing leads first concert as music director of the San Antonio Symphony.
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