The Sad Corner
Dedicated to musicians that have passed away recently |
Year: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
2024: |
Feb 6, 2024: Seiji Ozawa (1935-2024), Japanese conductor |
Jan 19, 2024: Ewa Podleś (1952-2024), Polish contralto |
Jan 16, 2024: Peter Schickele (1935-2024), American composer, music educator and parodist, |
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2023: |
Dec 29, Hermann Baumann (1934-2023), German horn player |
Nov 18, 2023: David Del Tredici (1937-2023), American composer |
Nov 12, 2023: Heinz Zickler (1920-2023), German trumpet player, organist and cantor |
Oct 2, 2023: Herbert Handt (1926-2023), American tenor and conductor |
Sep 22, 2023: Alejandro Meerapfel (1969-2023), Argentine baritone |
Aug 15, 2023: Arnold Östman (1939-2023), Swedish conductor and harpsichordist |
Jun 23, 2023: Holger Eichhorn (1942-2023), Polish-born German musicologist, cornet player and conductor |
Jun 19, 2023: Gabriele Schnaut (1951-2023), German soprano and mezzo-soprano |
May 27, 2023: Mordechai Rechtman (1926-2023), German-born Israeli bassoonist, conductor, arranger, teacher and educator |
May 14, 2023: Ingrid Haebler (1926/1929-2023), Austrian pianist |
Apr 21, 2023: Martin Petzold (1955-2023), German tenor |
Apr 4, 2023: Lev Markiz (1930-2023), Russian conductor |
Mar 27, 2023: James Bowman (1941-2023), English counter-tenor |
Mar 5, 2023: Kenneth Montgomery (1943-2023), British conductor |
Feb 6, 2023: Siegfried Heinrich (1935-2023), German conductor |
Jan 29, 2023: Gabriel Tacchino (1934-2023), French pianist and music teacher |
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2022: |
Dec 13, 2022: Stephen Roberts (1949-2022), Welsh Baritone |
Dec 10, 2022: John Aler (1949-2022), American tenor |
Oct 23, 2022: Galina Pisarenko (1934-2022), Russian soprano |
Oct 19, 2022: Joanna Simon (1936-2022), American mezzo-soprano |
Oct 17, 2022: Michael Ponti (1937-2022), German-born American pianist |
Sep 13, 2022: Jörg Faerber (1929-2022), German conductor and founder of Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn |
Sep 5, 2022: Lars Vogt (1970-2022), German pianist and conductor |
Aug 27, 2022: Emma Murphy (1972-2022), English soprano and recorder player |
Jul 23, 2022: Marie Leonhardt (1928-2022), Swiss period-instrument violinist and co-founder of the Leonhardt-Consort |
Jul 20, 2022: Alice Harnoncourt (1930-2022), Austrian period-instrument violinist and co-founder of the Concentus Musicus Wien |
Jul 3, 2022: Joseph Banowetz (1936-2022), American pianist, pedagogue, writer and scholar |
Jun 22, 2022: Rudolf Ewerhart (1928-2022), German conductor, organist, harpsichordist and collector of vintage musical instruments |
Jun 20, 2022: Kurt Equiluz (1929-2022), Austrian tenor |
Jun 8, 2022: David Lloyd-Jones (1934-2022), English conductor |
May 13, 2022: Teresa Berganza (1935-2022), Spanish mezzo-soprano and contralto |
May 13, 2022: Simon Preston (1938-2022), English conductor, organist and harpsichordist |
Apr 30, 2022: Meinard Kraak (1935-2022), Dutch baritone |
Apr 19, 2022: Nicholas Angelich (1970-2022), American-born French pianist |
Mar 31, 2022: Joseph Kalichstein (1946-2022), Israel-born American pianist |
Feb 16, 2022: Julian Mincham (1939-2022), Bach scholar, musician and teacher |
Feb 7, 2022: Kumiko Oshita (???-2022), Japanese soprano and singing teacher |
Jan 27, 2022: Georg Christoph Biller (1955-2022), German conductor and baritone, Thomaskantor |
Jan 19, 2022: Nigel Rogers (1935-2022), English tenor |
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2021: |
Nov 2, 2021: Hitoshi Tamada (1984-2021),Japanese tenor |
Nov 1, 2021: Nelson Freire (1944-2021), Brazilian pianist |
Oct 23, 2021: Massimo Pradella (1924-2021), Italian conductor and violinist |
Oct 21, 2021: Bernard Haitink (1929-2021), Dutch conductor |
Oct 2, 2021: Friedrich-Wilhelm Tebbe (1945-2021), German conductor, singer, organist and school musician |
Oct 18, 2021: Edita Gruberová (1946-2021), Slovak soprano |
Sep 28, 2021: Karan Armstrong (1941-2021), American soprano |
Sep 18, 2021: Jean-Patrice Brosse (1950-2021), French organist and harpsichordist |
Sep 2, 2021: Michel Corboz (1934-2021), Swiss conductor |
Aug 28, 2021: Teresa Żylis-Gara (1935-2021), Polish soprano |
Aug 14, 2021: Igor Oistrakh (1931-2021), Ukrainian violinist and conductor |
Aug 10, 2021: Stephen Wilkinson (1919-2021), English choral conductor and composer |
Jul 1, 2021: Louis Andriessen (1939-2021), Dutch composer |
Jun 20, 2021: Jeanne Lamon (1949-2021), American-Canadian violinist and conductor |
May 19, 2021: Martin Turnovský (1928-2021), Czech conductor |
May 5, 2021: Michael Ryan (1951-2021), Irish-born / Hong Kong resident Conductor, Harpsichordist and music teacher |
Apr 24, 2021: Christa Ludwig (1928-2021), German Mezzo-soprano |
Mar 22, 2021: Peter Wimberger (1940-2011), Austrian bass-baritone |
Mar 18, 2021: Józef M. Pacholczyk (1938-2021), Polish-born American ethnomusicologist and concert pianist |
Mar 9, 2021: James Levine (1943-2021), American conductor and pianist |
Mar 7, 2021: Dmitri Bashkirov (1931-2021), Russian/Georgian pianist and teacher |
Mar 4, 2021: José Vasquez (1951-2021), Cuban-American viola da gamba player and early music specialist |
Mar 4, 2021: Helmut Winschermann, (1920-2020), German conductor, oboist and teacher |
Jan 5, 2021: Arthur Loosli (1926-2021), Swiss bass-baritone |
Jan 5, 2021: Osian Ellis (1928-2021), Welsh harpist and teac |
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2020: |
Dec 28, 2020: Paul-Heinz Dittrich (1930-2020), German composer |
Dec 28, 2020: Fou Ts'ong (1934-2020), Chinese-born English pianist |
Dec 27, 2020: Heinz Maria Linz (1916-2020), German baritone |
Dec 24, 2020: Ivry Gitlis (1922-2020), Israeli violinist |
Dec 24, 2020: Catherine Ennis (1955-2020), English organist |
Dec 18, 2020: Robin Sutherland (1951-2020), American pianist |
Nov 30, 2020, Jean-Pierre Grivois (1940-1920): French author of the books MOI, JSB (2003) and Entre les notes de Bach (2016); contributor of French Translations of Bach Cantatas and other Vocal Works in Note to Note Format to the BCW (2003-2006) |
Nov 17, 2020: Roland Hermann, Germann bass-baritone and singing pedagogue (1936-2020) |
Oct 30, 2020: Arthur Wills (1926-2020), British organist and composer |
Oct 25, 2020: György Fischer (1935-2020), Hungarian-born Austrian conductor, pianist and harpsichordist |
Sep 24, 2020: Daniele Carnovich (1957-2020), Italian bass |
Sep 15, 2020: Jan Krenz (1926-2020), Polish conductor and composer |
Sep 15, 2020: Caroline Kaart (1931-2020), Scottish-born Dutch mezzo-soprano, pedagogue and radio presenter |
Sep 11, 2020: Annette Jahns (1958-2020), German mezzo/contralto, pedagogue, and opera director |
Sep 6, 2020: Christiane Eda-Pierre (1932-2020), Martinique-born French soprano |
Aug 30, 2020: Claudio Cavina (1962-2020), Italian counter-tenor and conductor |
Aug 14, 2020: Julian Bream (1933-2020), English guitarist and lutenist |
Aug 2, 2020: Leon Fleisher (1928-2020), American pianist, conductor and music pedagogue |
Jul 31, 2020: Maria Friesenhausen (1932-2020), German soprano |
Jul 16, 2020: Tommy J. Fry (1933-2020), American band leader, teacher, composer and arranger |
Jun 4, 2020: Marcello Abbado (1926-2020), Italian composer, conductor, pianist and music pedagogue |
May 3, 2020: Rosalind Elias (1930-2020), American mezzo-soprano |
Apr 27, 2020: Lynn Harrell (1944-2020), American cellist |
Apr 16, 2020: Kenneth Gilbert (1931-2020), Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist and teacher |
Apr 7, 2020: Wolf Reinhold (1933-2020), German tenor, pianist and music pedagogue |
Mar 30, 2020: Sibylle Suske (1932-2020), German soprano |
Mar 28, 2020: Hertha Töpper (1924-2020), Austrian contralto/mezzo-soprano |
Mar 24, 2020: Edward H. Tarr (1936-2020), American trumpeter, teacher and musicologist |
Mar 14, 2020: Wolfgang Marschner (1926-2020), German violinist, teacher of violin, composer and conductor |
Feb 14, 2020: Reinbert de Leeuw (1938-2020), Dutch pianist, conductor and composer |
Feb 12, 2020, Hamish Milne (1939-2020), English pianist |
Feb 9, 2020: Margareta Hallin (1931-2020), Swedish soprano |
Feb 9, 2020: Mirella Freni (1935-2020), Italian soprano |
Feb 1, 2020: Peter Serkin (1947-2020), American pianist |
Jan 23, 2020: Franz Mazura (1924-2020), Austria bass-baritone |
Jan 16, 2020: Barry Tuckwell (1931-2020), Australia-born French horn player and conductor |
Jan 10, 2020: Alfonso Fedi (1958-2020), Italian harpsichordist, conductor and music pedagogue |
Jan 1, 2020: Jaap Schröder (1925-2020), Dutch violinist, conductor, and pedagogue |
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2019: |
Dec 31, 2019: Hans-Dieter Höltge (1929-2019), German tenor |
Dec 31, 2019: Matthew Truss (1984-2019), American counter-tenor |
Dec 26, 2019: Robert Kohnen (1932-2019), Belgian harpsichordist |
Dec 25, 2019: Peter Schreier, (1935-2019), German tenor and conductor |
Dec 17, 2019: László Heltay (1930-2019), Hungarian-English conductor |
Nov 30, 2019: Mariss Jansons (1943-2019), Latvian conductor |
Nov 22, 2019: Stephen Cleobury (1948-2019), English choral conductor and organist |
Oct 22, 2019: Hans Zender (1936-2019), German conductor and composer |
Oct 22, 2019: Raymond Leppard (1927-2019), English conductor |
Oct 8, 2019: Quade Winter (1951-2019), American composer, tenor, musical restorer and translator |
Sep 30, 2019: Jessye Norman (1945-2019), American soprano |
Sep 25: 2019: Paul Badura-Skoda (1927-2019), Austrian pianist, music editor and pedagogue |
Sep 22, 2019: George Fortune (1931-2019), American baritone |
Sep 17, 2019: Dina Ugorskaja (1973-2019), Russian-born German pianist |
Aug 25, 2019: Herbert Beattie (1926-2019), American bass and music pedagogue |
Aug 24, 2019: Lutz-Michael Harder (1942-2019), German tenor |
Aug 18, 2019: Helmut Froschauer (1933-2019), Austrian choral conductor |
Jul 25, 2019: Anner Bylsma (1934-2019), Dutch cellist |
Jul 2, 2019: Michael Colgrass (1932-2019), American-born Canadian musician, composer, arranger and educator |
Jun 27, 2019: Louis Thiry (1935-2019), French organist, composer and music pedagogue |
Jun 10, 2019: Sven-David Sandström, (1942-1019), Swedish composer |
May 20, 2019: Mira Zakai (1942-2019), Israeli contralto |
May 12, 2019: Robert Stallman (1946-2019), American flautist and arranger |
May 12, 2019: Inger Grudin-Brandt (1934-2019), Swedish harpsichordist, clavichordist and fortepianist |
Apr 22, 2019: Heather Harper (1930-2019), Irish soprano |
Apr 20, 2019: Heidi Fredersdorf (1935-2019), German soprano and choral conductor |
Apr 16, 2019: Jörg Demus (1928-2019), Austrian pianist |
Apr 1, 2019: Ruth-Margret Pütz (1930/1931-2019), Germany soprano |
Mar 8, 2019: Michael Gielen (1927-2019), German conductor |
Mar 3, 2019: Peter Hurford (1930-2019), English organist and composer |
Mar 1, 2019: Joseph Flummerfelt (1937-2019), American conductor and music pedagogue |
Feb 20, 2019: Ekkehard Wlaschiha (1938-2019), German baritone |
Feb 13, 2019: Hans Stadlmair (1929-2019), Ausrian Conductor |
Feb 6, 2019, Gerald English (1925-2019), English tenor |
Jan 29, 2019: Sanford Sylvan (1953-2019), American bass-baritone |
Jan 29, 2019: Elaine Bonazzi (1929-2019), American mezzo-soprano |
Jan 27, 2019: Wilma Lipp (1925-2019), Austrian soprano |
Jan 26, 2019: Jean Guillou (1930-2019), French organist, pianist, teacher and composer |
Jan 10, 2019: Theo Adam (1926-2019), German bass-baritone |
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2018: |
Dec 31, 2018: David Evitts (1942-2018), American bass-baritone |
Dec 30, 2018: Blandine Verlet (1942-2018), French harpsichordist and harpsichord teacher |
Nov 1, 2018: Riitta Laine (1963-2018), Finnish choral conductor and organist |
Oct 23, 2018: Nathan Ward (1990-2018), American tenor |
Oct 23, 2018: Karl Hochreither (1935-2018), German conductor and organist |
Oct 14, 2018: Elisabeth Cooymans (1920-2018), Dutch contralto/mezzo-soprano |
Sep 30, 2018: Victor Alarcón Díaz (1958-2018), Chilean choral conductor, tenor singer and music pedagogue; Founder & Artistic Director of Bach Santiago Cantata Cycle |
Sep 15, 2018: Roman Cantieni (1944-2018), Swiss organist |
Sep 6, 2018: Claudio Scimone (1934-2018), Italian conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator |
Aug 14, 2018: Valentina Levko (1926-2018), Russian mezzo-soprano |
Jul 26, 2018: Hartmut Ochs (1930-2018), German bass |
Jun 18, 2018: Barry McDaniel (1930-2018), American bass-baritone |
Jun 16, 2016: Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931-2018), Russian conductor (Russia) |
Jun 15, 2018: Enoch zu Guttenberg (1946-2018), German conductor |
Jun 2, 2018: Frederic Balazs (1919-2018), Hungarian-born composer, conductor, and violinist |
Jun 1, 2018: Charles Nelson (1926-2018), American bach-baritone and music pedagogue |
May 28, 2018: Hanns-Martin Schneidt (1930-2018), German conductor |
May 25, 2018: Piet Kee (1927-2018), Dutch organist & composer |
May 10, 2018: Genia Las (AKA Panna Genia) (1926-2018), American soprano/mezzo-soprano |
May 8, 2018: Jonathan Sternberg (1919-2018), American Conductor |
May 8, 2018: Ilona Jánky Práda (???-2018), Romanian-Hungarian pianist |
May 7, 2018: Elizabeth Schwimmer (1959-2018), Bolivian pianist, harpsichordist and conductor; Founder & Artistic Director of BachFest Cochabamba |
Apr 14, 2018: Jean-Claude Malgoire (1940-2018), French conductor |
Mar 2, 2018: Jesús López-Cobos (1940-2018), Spanish conductor |
Jan 26, 2018: Igor Zhukov (1936-2018), Russian pianist, conductor, arranger and sound engineer |
Jan 26, 2018: Ragnar Grøm (1927-2018), Nowegian author, hymnographer, translator and publisher; translated all Bach Sacred Cantatas into Norwegian |
Jan 25, 2018: Robert Hickok (1927-2018), American choral conductor, teacher and administrator |
Jan 14, 2018: François Morel (1926-2018), Canadian composer |
Jan 9, 2018: Alexander Vedernikov (1927-2018), Russian bass |
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2017: |
Nov 22, 2017: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962-2017), Russian baritone |
Nov 12, 2017: Michel Chapuis (1930-2017), French organist |
Oct 21, 2017: Ingvar Lidholm, (1921-2017), Swedish Composer |
Sep 27, 2017: Zuzana Růžičková (1928-2017), Czech harpsichordist |
Sep 12, 2017: Nicoletta Panni (1933-2017), Italian soprano |
Aug 31, 2017: Fabiano Monica (1950-2017), Italian conductor |
Aug 23, 2017: Robert Clark (1931-2017), American organist |
Jul 25, 2017: Endre Ütő (1937-2017), Hungarian bass |
Jul 11, 2017: Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini (1929-2017), Italian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist and composer |
Jul 6, 2017: Ian Shapinsky (1949-2017), American pianist |
Jun 24, 2017: Wim van Beek, Dutch organist (1930-2017) |
Jun 21, 2017: Ludger Rémy (1949-2017), German harpsichordist and conductor |
Jun 2, 2017: Jeffrey Tate, (1943-2017), English conductor |
May 24, 2017: Claudia Hellmann (1923-2017), German contralto/mezzo-soprano |
May 19, 2017: Lothar Gast (1928-2017), German choral conductor, music teacher and composer |
May 2, 2017: Norma Procter (1928-2017), English contralto |
Apr 28, 2017: Theo Loosli (1935-2017), Swiss conductor |
Apr 24, 2017: Agnes Giebel (1921-2017), Dutch-born German soprano |
Apr 12, 2017: Kathleen Cassello (1958-2017), American soprano |
Mar 27, 2017: Rainer Kussmaul (1946-2017), German violinist and conductor |
Mar 20, 2017: Louis Frémaux (1921-2017), French conductor |
Mar 13, 2017: Richard Campbell (1946-2017), English cellist and viola da gamba player |
Mar 5, 2017: Kurt Moll (1938-2017), German bass |
Feb 21, 2017: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (1923-2017), Polish-American conductor and composer |
Feb 17, 2017: Philip Creech (1950-2017), American tenor |
Feb 14, 2017: Ulf Björkegren (1937-2017), Swedish tenor |
Feb 10, 2017: Dietmar Schneider (1952-2017), German choral conductor organist and church musician |
Jan 18, 2017: Roberta Peters (1930-2017), American soprano |
Jan 16, 2017: Gerd Grochowski (1958-2017), German bass-baritone |
Jan 15, 2017: Richard Divall, Australian conductor and musicologist |
Jan 12, 2017: Rosemarie Lang (1947-2017), German mezzo-soprano |
Jan 8, 2017: Nicolai Gedda (1925-2017), Swedish tenor |
Jan 4, 2017: Georges Prêtre (1924-2017), French Conductor |
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2016: |
Dec 23, 2016: Heinrich Schiff (1951-2016), Austrian cellist and conductor |
Dec 14, 2016: Karel Husa (1921-2016), Czech-born American composer and conductor |
Nov 27, 2016: Nijolė Ambrazaitytė (1939-2016), Lithuanian Mezzo-soprano |
Nov 26, 2016: Russell Oberlin (1928-2016) American counter-tenor |
Nov 17, 2016: Jutta Vulpius (1927-2016), German soprano |
Nov 11, 2016: Ralph Kohn (1927-2016), German-born English baritone |
Nov 6, 2016: Zoltán Kocsis (1952-2016), Hungarian pianist and conductor |
Oct 25, 2016: Ursula Boese (1928-2016), German contralto |
Oct 21, 2016: Antonia Fahberg (1928-2016), Austrian soprano |
Oct 15, 2016: Hans Pischner (1914-2016), German harpsichordist |
Oct 8, 2016: Claire Fassbender-Luz (1917-2016), German soprano |
Oct 7, 2016: Anne Pashley (1937-2016), English soprano |
Oct 2, 2016: Neville Marriner (1924-2016), English conductor and violinist |
Sep 24, 2016: Christoph Albrecht (1930-2016), German organist |
Aug 30, 2016: Halina Łukomska (1929-2016), Polish soprano |
Aug 7, 2016: Robert Page, Conductor (1927-2016) |
Aug 6, 2016: Temple Painter (1933-2016), American harpsichordist and organist |
Jul 28, 2016: Peter Sadlo (1962-2016), German percussioinist |
Jul 24, 2016: Marni Nixon (1930-2016), American soprano |
Jul 20, 2016: André Isoir (1935-2016), French organist |
Jul 12, 2016: Gregg Smith (193102016), American choral conductor and composer |
Jul 5, 2016: Alirio Díaz (1923-2016), Venezuelan guitarist |
Jun 9, 2016: J. Reilly Lewis (1944-2016), American conductor |
Jun 6, 2016: Rolf Schweizer (1936-2016), German conductor, organist, church musician and composer |
Jun 5, 2016: Phyllis Curtin (1921-2016), American soprano |
May 26, 2016: Joel Hastings (1969-2016), Canadian pianist |
May 17, 2016: Huguette Dreyfus (1928-2016), French harpsichordist |
Apr 27, 2016: Gabriele Sima (1955-2016), Austria soprano, mezzo-soprano |
Apr 5, 2016: Elsie Morrison (1924-2016), Australian soprano |
Mar 30, 2016: Bram Beekman (1949-2016), Dutch organist and composer |
Mar 20, 2016: Peter Williams (1937-2016), English musicologist, organist, harpsichordist |
Mar 14, 2016: Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016), English composer and conductor |
Mar 5, 2016: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929-2016), Austrian conductor, cellist and viola da gamba player |
Feb 26, 2016: Eri Klas (1939-2016), Estonian conductor |
Feb 17, 2016: Boldizsár Keönch (1938-2016), Hungarian tenor |
Feb 15, 2016: Louis Lane (1923-2016), American conductor |
Feb 12, 2016: Albert LeDoux (1956-2016), American Choral Conductor |
Feb 3, 2016: Saulius Sondeckis (1928-2016), Lithuanian conductor |
Jan 29, 2016: Aurèle Nicolet (1926-2016), Swiss flautist |
Jan 10, 2016: Lynn Griebling (1945-2016), American soprano |
Jan 8, 2016: Eva Fleischer (1922-2016), German mezzo-soprano |
Jan 6, 2016: Marc Delano Jenkins (1955-2016), American baritone, conductor and teacher |
Jan 6, 2016: Robert Yeager (1918-2016), American tenor |
Jan 5, 2016: Pierre Boulez (1925-2016), French composer and conductor |
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2015: |
Dec 29, 2015: Gwilym Edward Beechey (1938-2015), English musical scholar, organist, pianist, harpsichordist, lecturer, editor and composer |
Dec 19, 2015: Kurt Masur (1927-2015), German conductor |
Dec 16, 2015: Aafje Heynis (1924-2015), Dutch contralto |
Dec 15, 2015: Stella Doufexis (1968-2015), German-Greek mezzo-soprano |
Dec 8, 2015: Mattiwilda Dobbs (1929-2015), American soprano |
Dec 4, 2015: Armin Ude (1933-2015), German tenor |
Nov 29, 2015: Joachim Carlos Martini (1931-2015), Chilean-born German conductor |
Nov 25, 2015: Klaus Ocker (1923-2015), German Bass |
Nov 10, 2015: Robert Craft (1923-2015), American conductor and classical music writer |
Oct 19, 2015: Dennis Schmidt (1949-2015), American organist |
Sep 17, 2015: David Willcocks (1918-2015), English conductor, organist and music educator |
Aug __, 2015: Rina Cornelissens (1942-2015), Dutch soprano |
Aug 22, 2015: Marcos Lisenberg (1969-2015), Brazilian tenor |
Aug 21, 2015: Dirk Schortemeier (1943-2015), German baritone |
Aug 20, 2015: Kenneth Jennings (1925-2015), American choral conductor, composer and choral conducting teacher |
Aug 12, 2015: John Scott (1956-2015), English organist and choral conductor |
Jul 27, 2015: Ivan Moravec (1930-2015), Czech pianist |
Jul 26, 2015: Wolfgang Gönnenwein (1933-2015), German conductor |
Jul 23, 2015: Jean-Jacques Rapin (1932-2015), Swiss choral conductor and music pedagogue |
Jul 15, 2015: Alan Curtis (1934-2015), American musicologist, harpsichordist, fortepianist and conductor |
Jun 21, 2015: Gunther Schuller (1925-2015), American composer, conductor and music educator |
Jun 14, 2015: Walter Weller (1938-2015), Austrian conductor and violinist |
Jun 9, 2015: Lucienne Delvaux (1916-2015), Belgian mezzo-soprano |
May 31, 2015: Nico Castel (1931-2015), American tenor and vocal coach |
May 30, 2015 Christiane Sorell (1931-2015), Austrian soprano |
Apr 27, 2015: Rolf Smedvig (1952-2015), American trumpeter |
Apr 23, 2015: Réné Ponchelet (1929-2015), Luxembourgian choral conductor |
Apr 13, 2015: Marianne Basner (1930-2015), German soprano |
Mar 28, 2015: Ronald Stevenson (1928-2015), British composer and pianist |
Mar 24, 2015: Oleg Bryjak (1960-2015), Kazakhstanian bass |
Mar 22, 2015: Norman Scribner (1936-2015), American organist, conductor, and composer |
Mar 19, 2015: Peter Katin (1930-2015), English pianist |
Feb 25, 2015: Grace Reginald-Scott (1927-2015), American mezzo-soprano |
Feb 23, 2015: Thomas Hilbish (1918-2015), American choral conductor and music pedagogue |
Feb 14, 2015: Agnelle Bundervoët (1922-2015), French pianist |
Feb 1, 2015: Aldo Ciccolini (1925-2015), Italian-born French pianist |
Jan 26, 2015: Beverly Brown Rolfsrud (1920-2015), American contralto and music teacher |
Jan 22, 2015: Louis Devos (1926-2015), Belgian tenor |
Jan 21, 2015: Waldemar Kmentt (1929-2015), Austrian Tenor |
Jan 19, 2015: Ward Swingle (1927-2015), American musical director, arranger and tenor |
Jan 12, 2015: Elena Obraztsova (1939-2015), Russian mezzo-soprano |
Jan 12, 2015: Géza Oberfrank (1936-2015), Hungarian conductor |
Jan 6, 2015: Myrtha Garbarini (1926-2015), Argentine soprano |
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2014: |
Dec 27, 2014: Claude Frank (1925-2014), German-born, American pianist |
Dec 8, 2014: Knut Nystedt (1915-2014), Norwegian orchestral and choral composer |
Dec 7, 2014: Mallory Walker (1935-2014), American tenor |
Dec 6, 2014: Christian Ashley-Botha (1944-2014), South African choral conductor |
Nov 14, 2014: William H. Scheide (1914-2014), American musical director and musicologist |
Sep 28, 2014: Jakob Stämpfli (1934-2014), Swiss bass-baritone |
Sep 24, 2014: Christopher Hogwood (1941-2014), English harpsichordist, conductor and musicologist |
Sep 8, 2014: Magda Olivero (1910-2014), Italian soprano |
Sep 5, 2014: Anny Felbermayer (1927-2014), Austrian soprano |
Aug 31, 2014: Heiner Hopfner (1941-2014), German tenor |
Aug 13, 2014: Frans Brüggen (1934-2014), Dutch conductor, recorder player and Baroque flautist |
Aug 7, 2014: Cristina Deutekom (1931-2014), Dutch soprano |
Jul 15, 2014: Dirk Snellings (1959-2014), Belgian bass |
Jul 13, 2014: Lorin Maazel (1930-2014), French-born American conductor and violinist |
Jul 4, 2014: Myer Fredman (1932-2014), British-Australian conductor and arranger |
Jun 30, 2014: Howard Karp (1929-2014), American pianist and music pedagogue |
Jun 12, 2014: Lilian Benningsen (1924-2014), Austrian mezzo-soprano/contralto |
May 29, 2014: Gerda Schriever (1928-2014), German mezzo-soprano/contralto |
May 19, 2014: Franz-Paul Decker (1923-2014), German-born Canadian conductor |
Apr 26, 2014: Lynn Rasmussen Owen (1933-2014), American soprano and voice teacher |
Apr 18, 2014: Brian Priestman (1927-2014), English conductor and music educator |
Apr 7, 2014: John Shirley-Quirk (1931-2014), English bass-baritone |
Mar 22, 2014: Joel B. Hayden (1922-2014), American choral conductor, music pedagogue and composer |
Mar 17, 2014: Annette de la Bije (1927-2014), Dutch soprano |
Mar 16, 2014: Ira Schantz (1922-2014), American tenor and voice teacher |
Mar 11, 2014: Pavel Rivils (1936-2014), Moldavian Soviet composer |
Mar 4, 2014: Lieuwe Visser (1940-2014), Dutch bass-baritone |
Feb 24, 2014: Anna Reynolds (1930-2014), English mezzo-soprano |
Feb 15, 2014: Dénes Zsigmondy (1922-2014), Hungarian violinist |
Feb 11, 2014: Alice Babs (1924-2014), Swedish Soprano & Jazz/Pop-Singer |
Feb 14, 2014: Martha Goldstein (1919-2014), American harpsichordist and pianist |
Feb 3, 2014: Walter Heinz Bernstein (1922-2014), German harpsichordist and organist |
Feb 2, 2014: Gerd Albrecht (1935-2014), German conductor |
Jan 31, 2014: Melvin Dickinson (1936-2014), American conductor, music educator and concert organist |
Jan 28, 2014: Petrina Kruse (1927-2014), German soprano |
Jan 20, 2014: Claudio Abbado (1933-2014), Italian conductor |
Jan 9, 2014: Timothy Penrose (1949-2014), English counter-tenor |
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2013: |
Dec 29, 2013: Mary Evelyn Bruce (1934-2013), American soprano and music teacher |
Dec 26, 2013: Maarten Kooij (1927-2013), Dutch conductor and organist |
Dec 6, 2013: Tom Krause (1934-2013), Finnish bass-baritone |
Nov 25, 2013: Oralia Dominguez (1925-2013), Mexican contralto |
Nov 8, 2013: Arnold Rosner (1945-2013), American composer |
Nov 4, 2013: Herbert Brauer (1915-2013), German lyric baritone |
Sep 24, 2013: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (1919-2013), German tenor and conductor, former Thomaskantor |
Sep 23, 2013: Sally Le Sage (1937-2013), English soprano and singing teacher |
Sep 18, 2013: Lisa Otto (1919-2013), German soprano |
Sep 10, 2013: Felicity Smith (1979-2013), New Zealander mezzo-soprano |
Jul 22, 2013: Kornél Zempléni (1922-2013), Hungarian pianist and university teacher. |
Jun 18, 2013: Alfred Planyavsky (1924-2013), Austrian double-bassist, music historian and tenor |
Jun 16, 2013: Richard Marlow (1939-2013), English choral conductor and organist |
Jun 16, 2013: Johannes Eschen (1928-2013), German choral Conducto and music therapist |
Jun 5, 2013: Franz Kelch ( 1915-2013), German bass-baritone |
May 26, 2013: Olga Iglesias (1929-2013), Puerto Rican soprano |
May 22, 2013: Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), French composer |
Apr 28, 2013: Markus Müller (1953-2013), German Tenor |
Apr 17, 2013: Bernhard Krol (1920-2013), German composer and arranger |
Apr 15, 2013: Jean-François Pailliard (1928-2013), French conductor and musicologist |
Apr 14, 2013: Colin Davis (1927-2013), English conductor |
Apr 11, 2013: Thomas Hemsley (1927-2013), English baritone |
Apr 8, 2013: Wolfgang Helbich (1943-2013), German conductor |
Mar 1, 2013: Rafael Puyana (1931-2013), Colombian harpsichordist |
Feb 26, 2013: Marie-Claire Alain (1926-2013), French organist and pedagogue |
Feb 22, 2013: Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923-2013), German conductor and pianist |
Feb 16, 2013: Eric Ericson (1918-2013), Swedish conductor |
Feb 12, 2013: Kurt Redel (1918-2013), German flautist, conductor and arranger |
Feb 9, 2013: Irma Rogell (1918-2013), American harpsichordist |
Feb 8, 2013: David Lloyd (1920-2013), American tenor, mpedagogue and company manager |
Jan 27, 2013: William Doppmann (1934-2013), American pianist and composer |
Jan 15, 2013: Yuli Turovsky (1939-2013), Russian-born Canadian cellist, conductor and teacher |
Jan 10, 2013: Franz Lehrndorfer (1928-2013), Austrian-born German organist and composer |
Jan 9, 2013: Willis Page (1918-2013), American conductor |
Jan 7, 2013: Horst Günter (1913-2013), German Baritone |
Jan 5, 2013: Sybil Michelow (1925-2013), South-African contralto/mezzo-soprano |
Jan 4, 2013: Charles van Tassel (1937-2013), American-Dutch bass-baritone |
Jan 4, 2013: Archie Kliewer (1922-2013), American tenor and music pedagogue |
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2012: |
Dec 28, 2012: John Carol Case (1923-2012), English baritone and music pedagogue |
Dec 20, 2012: Victor Merzhanov (1919-2012), Russian pianist and music pedagogue |
Dec 5, 2012: Dave Brubeck (1928-2012), American Jazz pianist, composer and bandleader |
Nov 28, 2012: Rainer van Husen (1944-2012), German Tenor |
Nov 28, 2012: Franco Ventriglia (1922-2012), American Bass |
Nov 27, 2012: Jan Maegaard (1926-2012), Danish composer |
Nov 18, 2012: Philip Ledger (1937-2012), English conductor, organist, harpsichordist, pianist, editor and arranger |
Nov 1, 2012: Egon Hoss, German tenor and singing teacher |
Sep 29, 2012: Joke Anjewierden (1963-2012), Dutch mezzo-soprano |
Sep 18, 2012: Leo Goeke (1937-2012), American tenor |
Sep 2, 2012: Rudolf Scholz (1933-2012), Austria organist and conductor |
Aug 29, 2012: Anna de Cavalieri (real name: Anne McKnight) (1924-2012), American soprano |
Aug 16, 2012: Bystrík Režucha (1935-2012), Slovak conductor |
Aug 11, 2012: Carlo Curley (1935-2012), American organist |
Aug 6, 2012: Ruggiero Ricci (1918-2012), American violinist |
Jul 24, 2012: Florence Kopleff (1924-2012), American contralto |
Jul 22, 2012: Nan Merriman (1920-2012), American mezzo-soprano |
Jul 9, 2012: Tim Cross (1955-2012), keyboardist, producer, arranger and songwriter |
Jul 6, 2012: Siegfried Stöckigt (1929-2012), German pianist and composer |
Jul 1, 2012: Evelyn Lear (1926-2012), American Soprano |
Jun 24, 2012: Franz Crass (1928-2012), German bass-baritone |
Jun 18, 2012: Calvin Marsh (1921-2012), American baritone |
May 28, 2012: Judith Nelson (1939-2012), American Soprano |
May 22, 2012: Gerd Reinfeldt, German choral conductor (1919-2012) |
May 18, 2012: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012), German bass-baritone and conductor |
May 16, 2012: Maria Bieshu (1934-2012), Moldavian soprano |
May 8, 2012: Roman Totenberg (1911-2012), Polish-born American violinist and pedagogue |
Apr 16, 2012: Alan Hacker (1938-2012), English clarinettist and conductor |
Apr 13, 2012: Margarita Lilova (1935-2012), Bulgarian mezzo-soprano |
Mar 16, 2012: Dieter Zechlin (1926-2012), German pianist |
Mar 14, 2012: Margarete Sjöstedt (1923-2012), Swedish contralto |
Feb 11, 2012: Grace-Lynne Martin (1929-2012), American soprano |
Feb 10, 2012: Hein Meens (1944-2012), Dutch tenor and conductor |
Jan 16, 2012: Gustav Leonhardt (1928-2012), Dutch organist, harpsichordist, conductor and pedagogue |
Feb 1, 2012: Gerhard Bosse (1922-2012), German violinist and conductor |
Jan 2, 2012: Helmut Müller-Brühl, German conductor (1933-2012) |
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2011: |
Dec 25, 2011: Rodney Gisick (1944-2011), American baritone |
Dec 21, 2011: Glen Lockery (1918-2011), Amrican tenor and choral conductor |
Nov 23, 2011: Charles de Wolff, (1932-2011), Dutch conductor and organist |
Nov 22, 2011: Sena Jurinac (1921-2011), Yugoslav-Austrian soprano |
Oct 15, 2011: Jānis Dūmiņš (1922-2011), Latvian choral conductor |
Sep 21, 2011: Marcel Bitsch (1921-2011), French composer |
Sep 17, 2011: Kurt Sanderling (1912-2011), German conductor |
Sep 9, 2011: Dušan Trbojević (1925-2011), Serbian pianist, composer, musical writer and music pedagogue |
Sep 2, 2011: Nancy Burns (1940-2011), American soprano |
Aug 2, 2011: Ralph Berkowitz (1910-2011), American composer and painter |
Aug 11, 2011: José-Luis García (1944-2011), Spanish violinist and conductor |
Jul 21, 2011: Sigi Stadermann (1923-2011), German-born Israeli conductor |
Jul 10, 2011: Pierrette Alarie (1921-2011), Canadian soprano |
Jul 6, 2011: Josef Suk (1926-2011), Czech violinist, violist and conductor |
Jul 4, 2011: Gerhard Unger (1916-2011), German tenor |
Jun 8, 2011: Lieselotte Rebmann (1935-2011), German soprano |
May 23, 2011: Juliette Bise (1923, 2011), Swiss soprano and singing teacher |
May 17, 2011: Bruce Haynes (1942-2011), American-born Canadian oboist, recorder player and musicologist |
Apr 24, 2011: Johan van der Meer (1913-2011), Dutch conductor |
Mar 29, 2011: Robert Tear (1928-2011), Welsh tenor and conductor |
Mar 28, 2011: Lee Hoiby (1926-2011), American composer and pianist |
Mar 25, 2011: Karl-Heinz Lippe (1927-2011), German baritone |
Mar 12, 2011: Margrit Caspari (1928-2011), German (?) contralto |
Mar 6, 2011: Howard Milner (1953-2011), English tenor and singing teacher |
Mar 3, 2011: August Messthaler (1920-2011), Austrian-German bass |
Mar 3, 2011: Aldo Clementi (1925-2011), Italian Composer |
Mar 1, 2011: Tatiana Shebanova (1953-2011), Russian pianist |
Feb 15, 2011: Sidney Harth (1925-2011), American violinist, conductor and music pedagogue |
Feb 12, 2011: Sofia Cosma (1914-2011), Belarusian-born American pianist |
Feb 10, 2011: Blanche Honegger-Moyse (1909-2011), Swiss-born American conductor and violinist |
Feb 5, 2011: Beatrice Krebs (1924-2011), mezzo-soprano |
Feb 3, 2011: Herbert Gadsch (1913-2011), German church musician and composer |
Feb 1, 2011: Johannes Somary (1935-2011), Swiss-born American organist, conductor and composer |
Jan 31, 2011: Philipp Naegele (1928-2011), German-born American violinist, conductor and music pedagogue |
Jan 10, 2011: Liana Alexandra (1947-2011), Romanian composer |
Jan 8, 2011: Hans Ulrich Engelmann (1921-2011), German composer |
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2010: |
Dec 29, 2010: Gilbert Brungardt (1930-2010), American choral conductor and music pedagogue |
Dec 27, 2010: Maureen Lehane (1932-2010), English mezzo-soprano |
Dec 24, 2010: Nigel Williams (1962-2010), Irish bass-baritone and book seller |
Dec 20, 2010: John Alldis (1929-2010), English choral conductor |
Dec 16, 2010: Richard Adeney, English flautist (1920-2010) |
Dec 15, 2010: Hilde Rössel-Majdan (1921-2010), Austrian contralto |
Dec 12, 2010: Jacob Lateiner (1928-2010), Cuban-born American pianist |
Dec 11, 2010: Herrad Wehrung (1925-2010), German soprano and academic voice teacher |
Dec 8, 2010: Paul Shure (1921-2010), American conductor and violinist |
Dec 7, 2010: Sergiu Luca (1943-2010), Romanian-born American violinist, conductor and pedagogue |
Dec 6, 2010: Hugues Cuénod (1902-2010), Swiss tenor |
Dec 1, 2010: Helen Boatwright (1916-2010), American soprano and teacher |
Nov 21, 2010: Jeanne Bovet (1917-2010), Swiss pianist |
Nov 21, 2010: Almeida Prado (1943-2010), Brazilian composer and pianist |
Nov 2, 2010: Rudolf Barshai (1924-2010), Russian conductor |
Oct 13, 2010: Ulrik Cold (1939-2010), Danish bass |
Oct 10, 2010: Joan Sutherland (1926-2010), Australian soprano |
Sep 19, 2010: László Polgar (1947-2010), Hungarian bass |
Sep 12, 2010: Gerard Dekker (1931-2010), Dutch harpsichordist and organist |
Aug 26, 2010: Eduardo Ayas (1957-2010), Argentine tenor |
Aug 11, 2010: Viktorie Švihlíková (1915-2010), Ukrainian-born Czech pianist and harpsichordist |
Jul 31, 2010: George Shangrow (1951-2010), American conductor, keyboard player and teacher |
Jul 28, 2010: Araksiya Davtyan (1949-2010), Armenian soprano and vocal pedagogue |
Jul 21, 2010: Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, (1940-2010), English tenor |
Jul 17, 2010: Henk Smit (1932-2010), Dutch bass |
Jul 14, 2010: Charles Mackerras (1925-2010), American-born (of Australian parents) Australian conductor |
Jul 4, 2010: Tobias Hiller (1966-2010), German conductor |
Jun 25, 2010: Peter-Christoph Runge (1933-2010), German baritone |
Jun 16, 2010: Maureen Forrester (1930-2010), Canadian contralto, teacher and administrator |
May 28, 2010: David Sanger (1947-2010), English organist and harpsichordist |
May 14, 2010: János Sándor, Hungarian-born Canadian conductor |
May 12, 2010: David Randolph (1914-2010), American conductor and teacher |
May 5, 2010: Peter Ziethen (1942-2010), German bass |
Apr 30, 2010: Lois Varga (1926-2010), American mezzo-soprano |
Apr 29, 2010: Johannes Fritsch (1941-2010), German composer |
Apr 28, 2010: Chloë Owen (1918-2010), American soprano and music pedagogue |
Apr 25, 2010: Joanna Griscom (1932-2010), American soprano |
Apr 9, 2010: Kenneth McKellar (1927-2010), Scottish tenor |
Mar 23, 2010: Blanche Thebom (1918-2010), American mezzo-soprano |
Mar 22, 2010: Stjepan Radić (1928-2010), Croatian pianist |
Mar 18, 2010: Alva Tripp (1937-2010), American tenor |
Mar 5, 2010: Philip Langridge (1939-2010), English tenor |
Feb 25, 2010: Oscar Ravina (1930-2010), Polish-born American violinist, violin teacher and concert-master |
Feb 18, 2010: Max Lyall (1939-2010), American pianist, tenor and music pedagogue |
Feb 18, 2010: Richard Proulx (1937-2010), American composer, choral conductor and organist |
Jan 31, 2010: Jürg Baur (1918-2010), German composer and teacher. |
Jan 23, 2010: Earl Wild (1915-2010), American pianist |
Jan 21, 2010: Camille Maurane (1911-2010), French baritone |
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The artist name is linked to his/her bio page on the BCW.
Name in red means that there is not yet a bio page of the artist on the BCW, although he/she was associated with J.S. Bach's music. |
Prepared by Aryeh Oron & Manfred Krugmann (January 2016 - February 2024) |