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    •  Czech 
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    R.I.P 〓 Zdeněk Mácal(87)Czech Conducto…

    Czech conductor Zdeněk Mácal died on October 25 in a Prague hospital at the age of 87. After defecting to the West du…

    •  Russia 
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    R.I.P 〓 Yuri Temirkanov(84)Russian Con…

    Conductor Yuri Temirkanov died on November 2 at the age of 84. One of Russia's leading conductors, he served as music…

    •  Austria 
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    R.I.P 〓 Franz Bartolomey(76)Austrian c…

    Franz Bartolomey, an Austrian cellist and longtime principal cellist of the Vienna Philharmonic, died on December 1 a…

    •  Germany 
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    R.I.P 〓 Hermann Baumann(89)German horn…

    Hermann Baumann of Germany, one of the leading postwar horn players, passed away on December 29, 2023. He began his c…

    •  Russia 
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    R.I.P 〓 Tamara Milashkina(89)Russian S…

    Russian soprano Tamara Milashkina passed away on January 10 in Vienna at the age of 89. She had been a leading singer…

    •  Poland 
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    R.I.P 〓 Ewa Podleś(71)Polish Contralto…

    Ewa Podleś, Poland's leading contralto singer, died on January 19 in Warsaw; she was 71. Highly acclaimed for her ope…

    •  Japan 
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    R.I.P 〓 Seiji Ozawa(88)Japanese conduc…

    Conductor Seiji Ozawa passed away on February 6 at his home in Tokyo due to heart failure at the age of 88. He was ac…

    •  Germany 
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    R.I.P 〓 Aribert Reimann(88)German comp…

    German composer Aribert Reimann died in Berlin on March 13 at the age of 88. Known for his operas based on Shakespear…

    •  United States 
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    R.I.P 〓 Byron Janis(85)American Pianis…

    American pianist Byron Janis died March 14 at a Manhattan, New York hospital; he was 95. One of three pupils recogniz…

    •  Italy 
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    R.I.P 〓 Maurizio Pollini(82)Italian pi…

    Maurizio Pollini, the world-famous Italian pianist, passed away on March 23rd at his home in Milan. He was 82 years o…

    •  Hungary 
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    R.I.P 〓 Eötvös Péter(80)Hungarian Comp…

    Hungarian composer and conductor Eötvös Péter died on March 24 in Budapest at the age of 80. One of the leading figur…

    •  United States 
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    R.I.P 〓 Andrew Davis(80)British Conduc…

    British conductor Andrew Davis died April 20 in Chicago at the age of 80. Davis was diagnosed with leukemia last year…

    •  Japan 
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    R.I.P 〓 Fujiko Hemming(92)Swedish-Japa…

    Pianist Fujiko Hemming (Georgiii-Hemming Ingrid Fuzjko) died of pancreatic cancer on April 21 at the age of 92. A tel…

    •  Austria 
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    R.I.P 〓 Ruth Hesse(87)German Mezzo-sop…

    German mezzo-soprano Ruth Hesse died on July 13 in Hallstatt near Salzburg in central Austria at the age of 87. From …

    •  Germany 
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    R.I.P 〓 Wolfgang Rihm(72)German Compos…

    German Leading composer Wolfgang Rihm passed away on July 27 at the age of 72. Known for his prolific output, Rihm co…

    •  Switzerland 
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    R.I.P 〓 Antonio Meneses(66)Brazilian C…

    Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses died on August 3 in Basel, Switzerland, from a progressive brain tumor called gliob…