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British-South African composer John Joubert died January 7th
Source: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/2440--obituary-john-joubert-1927-2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joubert_(composer)

 

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Theo Adam

The great Theo Adam has passed away at 92 years old

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/01/11/world/europe/ap-eu-germany-obit-adam.html

 

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Wilma Lipp

The great soprano Wilma Lipp died at 93 .

 

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Hilde Zadek

Hilde Zadek - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilde_Zadek

Hildegard Zadek (15 December 1917 - 21 February 2019) was a German operatic soprano. She was Kammersängerin at the Vienna State Opera.
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Andre Previn died this morning, aged 89.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17342940

Sorry, just noticed Art Rock already posted this.

So did :
Emeritus André Previn

 

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Jacques Loussier (1934-2019)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Loussier

 

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Spiro Malas

Spiro Malas was a Greek-American bass-baritone opera singer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Malas

 

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Irwin Gage

September 4, 1939 - April 12, 2018-, bit late but he deserve a mention.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Gage

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anner_Bylsma

Anner Bylsma who died yesterday.

See also:
https://www.talkclassical.com/62512-anner-bylsma-has-died.html#post1676545

 

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Daniël Wayenberg

(Paris, 11 October 1929 - there, 17 September 2019) was a Dutch pianist and composer. He is considered to be one of the greatest Dutch pianists.

 

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Dina Ugorskaja has paste away, indeed the daughter from Anatol Ugorski

26. August 1973 in Leningrad, Sowjetunion; † 17. September 2019 i

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_Ugorskaja

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/obituaries/jessye-norman-dead.html

Jessye Norman, Regal American Soprano, Is Dead at 74

See also Jessye Norman has died

 

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Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli (1935-2019)

The Georgian composer Giya Kancheli has died at the age of 84 in his home city of Tbilisi. One of the most recognised and acclaimed classical voices from his home country, he belonged to a generation of Soviet-born composers who lived through, and were influenced by, the tumultuous dissolution of the USSR and independence of many of its constituent republics.

 

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Marcello Giordani (1963-2019)

The Italian tenor Marcello Giordani, acclaimed in verismo, Verdi and Puccini roles, died of a heart attack on Saturday aged 56.

 

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Rolando Panerai in Memoriam (17.10.1924 - 23.10.2019)

See also:

Roland Panerai RIP

 

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Raymond Leppard 1927 - 2019

Raymond Leppard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Leppard

 

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Sir Stephen Cleobury (1948-2019)

The English organist and conductor Stephen Cleobury, who spent nearly four decades as Director of Music at King's College Cambridge, died last night aged 70. A full tribute will follow on Monday.

Born in Bromley in 1948, Cleobury was educated at St John's College Cambridge (where he was organ scholar) and held positions at Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral before taking up his role at King's in 1982. Over the next 37 years he made a huge number of recordings with the choir, including Bach's St John and St Matthew Passions, Handel's Coronation Anthems and Messiah, the Fauré, Brahms, Mozart and Duruflé Requiems, and several best-selling recordings based on the choir's iconic Nine Lessons and Carols service.

 

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Mariss Jansons Riga, 14 januari 1943 - Sint-Petersburg, 30 november 2019

Mariss Jansons died last night at his home in St Petersburg.

https://slippedisc.com/2019/12/deep-sadness-mariss-jansons-has-died/

 

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Abbey Simon (New York, 8 January 1920 - 18 December 2019)



One of my first LP'S ever.

Abbey Simon, an American pianist celebrated for a style that harked back to an earlier, golden age of keyboard prowess, died on Wednesday at his home

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Simon

 

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Dalton Baldwin (December 19, 1931 - December 12, 2019)

Dalton Baldwin (December 19, 1931 - December 12, 2019) was an American collaborative pianist. He made more than 100 recordings and won numerous prizes, working with outstanding singers such as Gérard Souzay, Elly Ameling, Arleen Auger, and Jessye Norman. He visited southern Africa on numerous occasions, accompanying Gérard Souzay three times (in 1958 for the first time) and Elly Ameling twice