2017 in European music

Deaths

• 4 January – Georges Prêtre, 92, French orchestral and opera conductor
• 13 January
• Anton Nanut, 84, Slovenian conductor
• Jan Stoeckart, 89, Dutch composer, conductor and trombonist
• 16 January – Gerd Grochowski, 60, German opera singer
• 18 January – StÃ¥le WikshÃ¥land, 63, Norwegian musicologist (blood clot)
• 20 January – Frank Thomas, 80, French songwriter.
• 21 January – Veljo Tormis, 86, Estonian composer
• 22 January
• Jean Georgakarakos (Karakos), 76, French music producer
• Jaki Liebezeit, 78, German drummer (Can)
• 27 January – Henry-Louis de La Grange, 92, French musicologist, biographer of Gustav Mahler
• 28 January – Alexander Tikhanovich, 64, Belarusian pop singer (Verasy).
• 31 January
• Deke Leonard, 72, Welsh rock guitarist (Man)
• John Wetton, 67, British bassist (cancer)
• 7 February
• Svend Asmussen, 100, Danish jazz violinist
• Loukianos Kilaidonis, 73, Greek singer-songwriter
• 8 February – Tony Särkkä, 44, Swedish multi-instrumentalist (Abruptum, Ophthalamia)
• 11 February – Jarmila Å uláková, 87, Czech folk singer.
• 17 February – Peter Skellern, 69, English singer-songwriter (brain tumour)
• 21 February – Enzo Carella, 65, Italian singer-songwriter
• 27 February
• Jórunn Viðar, 98, Icelandic pianist and composer
• Eva Maria Zuk, 71, Polish-born Mexican pianist
• 3 March – Misha Mengelberg, 81, Ukrainian-born Dutch jazz pianist and composer
• 5 March – Kurt Moll, 78, German opera singer
• 6 March – Alberto Zedda, 89, Italian conductor and musicologist
• 9 March – Barbara Helsingius, 79, Finnish singer, poet and Olympic fencer
• 9 April – Stan Robinson, 80, British jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist
• 18 April – Frank Dostal, 71, German music producer and songwriter
• 19 April – Pat Fitzpatrick, 60, Irish keyboardist (cancer)
• 27 April – Eduard Brunner, 77, Swiss clarinetist
• 1 May – Erkki Kurenniemi, 75, Finnish musician
• 2 May – Péter Komlós, 81, Hungarian violinist
• 8 May – Mary Tsoni, 30, Greek actress and singer (Dogtooth)
• 9 May – Robert Miles, 47, Italian electronic dance musician and record producer
• 22 May – Zbigniew Wodecki, 67, Polish singer, composer and musician
• 6 June – Sandra Reemer, 66, Dutch singer (breast cancer)
• 11 June – Corneliu Stroe, Romanian jazz drummer and percussionist, 67 (heart attack)
• 22 June – Gunter Gabriel, 75, German singer, musician and composer
• 2 July – Chris Roberts, 73, German schlager singer (cancer)
• 3 July – Rudy Rotta, 66, Italian blues guitarist and singer
• 5 July – Pierre Henry, 89, French composer
• 9 July – Paquita Rico, 87, Spanish singer and actress
• 13 July
• Giannis Kalatzis, 74, Greek singer
• Egil Kapstad, 76, Norwegian jazz pianist, arranger and composer
• 19 July – Barbara Weldens, 35, French singer (electrocuted on stage)
• 20 July – Andrea Jürgens, 50, German schlager singer (kidney failure)
• 23 July – Thomas Füri, 70, Swiss violinist (I Salonisti)
• 26 July – Paul Angerer, 90, Austrian conductor, violist, composer, and radio presenter
• 8 August – Pēteris Plakidis, 70, Latvian composer and pianist
• 9 August – Marián Varga, 70, Slovak organist and composer
• 20 August
• Margot Hielscher, 97, German singer and film actress
• Wilhelm Killmayer, 89, German composer, conductor, and lecturer
• Nati Mistral, 88, Spanish actress and singer
• 24 August – Aloys Kontarsky, 86, German pianist
• 25 August – Enzo Dara, Italian opera singer, 78
• 27 September – Joy Fleming, 72, German singer
• 2 October – Klaus Huber, 92, Swiss composer and academic
• 8 October – László Aradszky, 82, Hungarian pop singer
• 3 November
• Gaetano Bardini, 91, Italian opera singer
• Václav Riedlbauch, 70, Czech composer, pedagogue and manager, Minister of Culture (2009–2010)
• 9 November – , 70, Dutch singer and musician, winner of Golden Harp
• 12 November – Michel Chapuis, 87, French classical organist and pedagogue
• 24 November – Clotilde Rosa, 87, Portuguese harpist, teacher and composer7
• 30 November – , 61, Portuguese guitarist

References

External links

• European Music Council