2012 in classical music

• February – Andrea Bocelli stars in two performances of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. He cancels a third after suffering voice strain.{{cite web |url=http://www.pisatoday.it/cronaca/andrea-bocelli-annullato-romeo-juliette-genova-28-febbraio-2012.html |title=Salta "Romeo et Juliette" a Genova: Andrea Bocelli non ce la fa |work=Pisa Today |date=2012-02-28 |access-date=2015-01-12 |archive-date=2015-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019065145/http://www.pisatoday.it/cronaca/andrea-bocelli-annullato-romeo-juliette-genova-28-febbraio-2012.html |url-status=live }}
• April 10 – A terminally-ill Robin Gibb is unable to attend the première of his new work, the Titanic Requiem, at the Central Hall, Westminster, London.
• April 26 – Kurt Masur, conducting the Orchestre National de France in Paris, falls from the podium and is rushed to hospital, where he is found to have broken his shoulder.{{cite web |author=David Ng |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-kurt-masur-june-20120430-story.html |title=Injured conductor Kurt Masur withdraws from concerts through June |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2012-04-30 |access-date=2015-01-12 |archive-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306150039/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/30/entertainment/la-et-cm-kurt-masur-june-20120430 |url-status=live }}
• May 7 – Sir Colin Davis, conducting the Sachsische Staatskapelle at the Semper Oper in Dresden, stumbles and almost falls from the podium.{{cite web | author=Greg Cahill | url=http://www.allthingsstrings.com/News/News/Sir-Colin-Davis-1927-2013 | title=Sir Colin Davis, 1927–2013 | work=Strings | date=2013-04-15 | access-date=2015-01-12 | archive-date=2015-10-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017165632/http://www.allthingsstrings.com/News/News/Sir-Colin-Davis-1927-2013 | url-status=live }}
• July 25 – The Classic Brits award ceremony for 2012, originally due to take place on this date, is postponed to October 2.
• August 22 – Nearly five years after the composer's death, on what would have been his 84th birthday, Karlheinz Stockhausen's opera Mittwoch aus Licht is performed in its entirety for the first time, by the UK's Birmingham Opera Company, as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
• September 9 – A day after her performance at the Last Night of The Proms, Nicola Benedetti's album, The Silver Violin, becomes the highest new entry by a solo instrumentalist in the UK Official Album Chart since 1991.[https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1083767/nicola-benedetti-classical-violinist-hits-the-uk-album-charts-ahead-of "Nicola Benedetti, Classical Violinist, Hits The UK Album Charts (Ahead of Justin Bieber)", Billboard.com, 14 September 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505063015/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1083767/nicola-benedetti-classical-violinist-hits-the-uk-album-charts-ahead-of |date=5 May 2018 }}. Accessed 21 January 2014
• September 15 – The Jozsef Szigeti International Violina and Viola Competition, held in Budapest, is jointly won by Aleksandra Kuls and Wang Xiao.[https://archive.today/20130801195946/http://www.thestrad.com/latest/news/violinists-wang-xiao-and-aleksandra-kuls-win-joseph-szigeti-competition "Violinists Wang Xiao and Aleksandra Kuls win Joseph Szigeti competition" The Strad, 18 September 2012]. Accessed 1 August 2013

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The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.

According to the League of American Orchestras, North American orchestras premiered 165 new works in the 2012–13 season.League of American Orchestras, "North American Orchestras Will Perform 165 Premieres in 2012–2013," press release, [http://www.americanorchestras.org/component/content/article/63-news/general/407567-north-american-orchestras-will-perform-165-premieres-in-2012-2013.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204192719/http://www.americanorchestras.org/component/content/article/63-news/general/407567-north-american-orchestras-will-perform-165-premieres-in-2012-2013.html |date=2014-12-04 }}

• Francesco Filidei – Ballata No. 2{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Philip Glass – Symphony No. 10{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Howard Goodall – Every Purpose Under the Heaven (The King James Bible Oratorio){{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Karl Jenkins – The Peacemakers{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Wojciech Kilar – Sonnets to Laura for baritone and piano (song cycle){{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Philip Ledger – This Holy Child (cantata){{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• David T. Little and Royce Vavrek – Am I Born{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/arts/music/brooklyn-philharmonic-and-brooklyn-youth-chorus-at-roulette.html |title = Brooklyn Philharmonic and Brooklyn Youth Chorus at Roulette - The New York Times |work = The New York Times |date = 26 March 2012 |access-date=2017-02-26 |archive-date=2016-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223213538/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/arts/music/brooklyn-philharmonic-and-brooklyn-youth-chorus-at-roulette.html |url-status=live |last1 = Smith |first1 = Steve }}

• Daan Manneke – Nachtmuziek, for cello and piano{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Peter Maxwell Davies – Symphony No. 9{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Matthew Mehlan and Royce Vavrek – Canvas

• Nico Muhly – DronesJones, Lucy, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120528134459/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100063604/classical-music-dead-hear-nico-muhlys-vacuum-inspired-drone-music-and-find-out-who-he-really-wants-to-work-with/ "Classical music dead? Nico Muhly proves it isn't"], The Telegraph, May 28, 2012

• Max Richter – Recomposed by Max Richter: The Four Seasons{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/11/21/165659291/max-richter-recomposes-the-four-seasons |title=NPR music – "Max Richter Recomposes 'The Four Seasons'". Accessed 13 January 2013 |work=NPR |access-date=3 April 2018 |archive-date=20 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420050820/http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/11/21/165659291/max-richter-recomposes-the-four-seasons |url-status=live }}

• Christopher Rouse – Heimdall's Trumpet{{cite web |last=Rhein |first=John von |title=World ends with a jazzy bang in Rouse concerto for CSO's Martin |work=Chicago Tribune |date=December 22, 2012 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/12/22/world-ends-with-a-jazzy-bang-in-rouse-concerto-for-csos-martin/ |access-date=May 25, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134631/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-12-22/entertainment/ct-ent-1222-cso-zweden-review-20121222_1_christopher-rouse-van-zweden-trumpet |url-status=live }}

• Caroline Shaw – Partita for 8 Voices{{cite web |last=Deemer |first=Rob |title=Caroline |work=NewMusicBox |date=April 19, 2013 |url=http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/caroline/ |access-date=June 1, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906192500/http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/caroline/ |url-status=live }}

• Aleksandr Shymko
• Concerto for violin and symphony orchestra{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}
• Concerto for violin, viola and symphony orchestra{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Steven Stucky – Symphony{{cite web |last=Ng |first=David |title=Steven Stucky marks return to L.A. with his very own 'Symphony' |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 26, 2012 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2012-sep-26-la-et-cm-steven-stucky-20120926-story.html |access-date=May 25, 2015 |archive-date=April 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416210152/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/26/entertainment/la-et-cm-steven-stucky-20120926 |url-status=live }}

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• Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek – Song From the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/arts/music/song-from-the-uproar-at-the-kitchen.html?_r=0| title = 'Song From the Uproar' at the Kitchen - The New York Times| work = The New York Times| date = 26 February 2012| last1 = Smith| first1 = Steve}}

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• Love in Portofino, with Andrea Bocelli{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/movie/151329/andrea-bocelli |title="Andrea Bocelli: Love In Portofino", The Guardian. Accessed 9 February 2013 |website=TheGuardian.com |access-date=10 December 2016 |archive-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313145205/http://www.theguardian.com/film/movie/151329/andrea-bocelli |url-status=live }}

• Tony Banks – Six Pieces for Orchestra
• Andrea Bocelli – Opera
• Eighth Blackbird – Meanwhile{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/386489/2013-grammy-awards-winners-the-complete-list|title=2013 Grammy Awards Winners: The Complete List|date=February 10, 2013|work=E!|access-date=February 10, 2013|archive-date=December 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216000903/http://www.eonline.com/news/386489/2013-grammy-awards-winners-the-complete-list|url-status=live}}
• Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra – Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7; Karelia Suite
• Ludovico Einaudi – Divenire
• Jackie Evancho – Songs from the Silver Screen
• Renée Fleming – Poèmes
• Lesley Garrett – A North Country Lass
• Robin Gibb & Robin-John Gibb – Titanic Requiem
• Oregon Symphony – This England
• Fazıl Say – Istanbul Symphony
• Noah Stewart – Noah
• Rolando Villazón – Verdi

• January 9 – Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican contralto and politician, 92
• January 18 – Anthony Gonsalves, Indian violinist and composer, 84
• January 20 – Ruthilde Boesch, 94, Austrian soprano
• January 22 – Rita Gorr, 85, Belgian mezzo-soprano
• January 24 – Patricia Neway, US operatic soprano and musical theatre actress, 92
• January 29 – Camilla Williams, 92, American soprano
• February 1 – Andrij Dobriansky, 81, Ukrainian American bass-baritone{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/arts/music/andrij-dobriansky-dies-at-81-sang-more-than-900-met-roles.html?_r=0 | title=Andrij Dobriansky Dies at 81; Sang at the Met More Than 900 Times | work=The New York Times | date=7 March 2012 | access-date=14 July 2016 | author=Fox, Margolit | archive-date=6 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206222744/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/arts/music/andrij-dobriansky-dies-at-81-sang-more-than-900-met-roles.html?_r=0 | url-status=live }}
• February 8 – Giangiacomo Guelfi, 87, Italian baritone
• February 14 – Charles Anthony, 82, American tenor
• February 16 – Ethel Stark, Canadian violinist and conductor, 101
• February 18 – Elizabeth Connell, South African operatic soprano, 65
• February 24 – István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer, 92
• April 8 – George Wilberforce Kakoma, Ugandan composer, 89
• April 10 – Lili Chookasian, 90, American contralto
• April 12 – Stefánia Moldován, 80, Hungarian soprano
• April 16 – Alan Hacker, English clarinettist, 73
• April 16 – Sári Barabás, 98, Hungarian soprano
• April 20 – Leandra Overmann, 55, Serbian mezzo-soprano/contralto
• April 30 – Finn Benestad, Norwegian musicologist, 82
• May 2 – Zvi Zeitlin, Russian violinist and music teacher, 90
• May 3 – Felix Werder, Australian composer, 90
• May 16 – Maria Bieșu, 76, Moldovan soprano
• May 18 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German lyric baritone and conductor, 86
• May 29 – Mark Minkov, Russian composer, 67
• June 4 – Eduard Khil, Russian baritone, 77
• June 13 – Jože Humer, Slovenian composer and choirmaster, 76
• June 14
• Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German classical pianist and teacher, 82{{cite web|url=http://www.br.de/radio/br-klassik/sendungen/leporello/karl-heinz-kaemmerling-gestorben100.html|title=Karl-Heinz Kämmerling ist tot|publisher=www.br.de|date=15 June 2012|language=German|access-date=29 June 2012|archive-date=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622035753/http://www.br.de/radio/br-klassik/sendungen/leporello/karl-heinz-kaemmerling-gestorben100.html|url-status=live}}
• Hassan Kassai, Iranian Ney player, 83
• June 23 – Franz Crass, German operatic bass, 84
• June 24 – Jean Cox, US operatic tenor, 90
• June 28 – Éric Gaudibert, Swiss composer, 75
• July 1 – Evelyn Lear, 86, American soprano
• July 10 – Viktor Suslin, Russian composer, 70{{cite web|url=http://www.sikorski.de/344/en/suslin_viktor.html|title=Viktor Suslin profile|website=Sikorski.de|access-date=2012-09-04|archive-date=2014-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407120012/http://www.sikorski.de/344/en/suslin_viktor.html|url-status=live}}
• July 16
• Ed Lincoln, Brazilian composer and musician, 80{{cite news|title=Morre o compositor e arranjador Ed Lincoln, aos 80 anos|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/morre-compositor-arranjador-ed-lincoln-aos-80-anos-5493899|access-date=17 July 2012|newspaper=O Globo|date=16 July 2012|language=Portuguese|archive-date=17 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717033148/http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/morre-compositor-arranjador-ed-lincoln-aos-80-anos-5493899|url-status=live}}
• Jon Lord, English composer, 71{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/deep-purple/64953|title=Deep Purple's Jon Lord dies|date=16 July 2012|work=NME|publisher=IPC Media|access-date=16 July 2012|archive-date=19 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719004401/http://www.nme.com/news/deep-purple/64953|url-status=live}}
• July 17 – İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish-born American composer and record producer, 86{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/arts/music/ilhan-mimaroglu-composer-and-producer-is-dead-at-86.html?_r=1&hpw |title=Ilhan Mimaroglu, Composer and Producer, Is Dead at 86 |work=The New York Times |date=18 July 2012 |access-date=2017-02-26 |archive-date=2017-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206150154/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/arts/music/ilhan-mimaroglu-composer-and-producer-is-dead-at-86.html?_r=1&hpw |url-status=live |last1=Keepnews |first1=Peter }}
• July 22 – Nan Merriman, 92, American mezzo-soprano
• August 2
• Marguerite Piazza, American singer, 90{{cite web|last=Bradley|first=Barbara|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/aug/02/soprano-fund-raiser-and-memphis-icon-marguerite/?CID=happeningnow|title=Soprano, fundraiser and Memphis icon Marguerite Piazza dies|work=Memphis Commercial Appeal |publisher=The Commercial Appeal|access-date=2012-08-03|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011823/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/aug/02/soprano-fund-raiser-and-memphis-icon-marguerite/?CID=happeningnow|url-status=live}}
• Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist, 33 (cerebral hemorrhage);{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/03/romanian-pianist-mihaela-ursuleasa-dies?newsfeed=true|title=Romanian concert pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa dies, aged 33|work=The Guardian|access-date=2012-08-03|location=London|first=Siobhan|last=Dowling|date=August 3, 2012|archive-date=2016-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203171625/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/03/romanian-pianist-mihaela-ursuleasa-dies?newsfeed=true|url-status=live}} (body discovered on this date)
• August 6 – Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist, 94{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/06/ruggiero-ricci?newsfeed=true |title=Ruggiero Ricci obituary |work=The Guardian |date=6 August 2012 |access-date=2016-12-10 |archive-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306112910/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/06/ruggiero-ricci?newsfeed=true |url-status=live |last1=Inglis |first1=Anne }}
• August 7 – Sabahattin Kalender, Turkish composer, 93{{cite web |author=SLC Internet Solutions |url=http://www.andante.com.tr/index.php?page=haberdetay&haberID=729 |title=Sabahattin Kalender vefat etti |publisher=Andante.com.tr |date= |access-date=2012-11-25 |archive-date=2012-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828191207/http://www.andante.com.tr/index.php?page=haberdetay&haberID=729 |url-status=live }}
• August 7 – {{Interlanguage link|Karl Helm (singer)|de|3=Karl Helm (Sänger)|lt=Karl Helm}}, 73, German bass
• August 11 – Carlo Curley, American classical organist, 59{{cite web | author=James Jolly | url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-organist-carlo-curley-has-died | title=The organist Carlo Curley has died | work=Gramophone | date=2012-08-13 | access-date=2015-01-12 | archive-date=2016-06-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611064851/http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-organist-carlo-curley-has-died | url-status=live }}
• August 16 – Bystrík Režucha, Slovak conductor, 77{{cite news|url=http://www.slovakradio.sk/aktualne/Z-domova?&i=44317&p=1 |title=ÚMRTIE: Zomrel dirigent a pedagóg Bystrík Režucha |author=Slovak News Agency (SITA) |author-link=Slovak News Agency |date=20 August 2012 |publisher=Slovenský rozhlas |language=Slovak |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418133037/http://www.slovakradio.sk/aktualne/Z-domova?&i=44317&p=1 |archive-date=18 April 2013 }}
• August 23 – Marlise Wendels, 89, German soprano
• September 1 – Amanda Thane, 59, Australian soprano[http://www.artsongnsw.org/?p=2 "Message from the Artistic Director"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818051805/http://artsongnsw.org/?p=2 |date=2014-08-18 }}, Art Song NSW, accessed 4 October 2012
• September 2 – Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese composer, 71{{cite web|url=http://www.publico.pt/Cultura/morreu-o-compositor-emmanuel-nunes-1561380|title=Morreu o compositor Emmanuel Nunes|publisher=Público|date=2012-09-02|access-date=2012-09-02|archive-date=2012-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903070535/http://www.publico.pt/Cultura/morreu-o-compositor-emmanuel-nunes-1561380|url-status=live}}
• September 4 – Ian Parrott, British composer and academic, 96{{cite web |url=http://www.bmdsonline.co.uk/19294638 |title=IAN PARROTT : Obituary |publisher=BMDs Online |access-date=2012-09-09 |archive-date=2012-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101140427/http://www.bmdsonline.co.uk/19294638 |url-status=live }}
• September 12 – William Schatzkamer, American pianist and conductor, 96{{cite web |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/william-schatzkamer-a-pianist-who-helped-found-gateway-festival-orchestra/article_be55f38a-92c5-5523-ae2d-be9a935372ab.html |title=William Schatzkamer, a pianist who helped found Gateway Festival Orchestra, dies |publisher=Stltoday |date=2012-09-21 |access-date=2012-10-19 |archive-date=2020-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106230012/https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/william-schatzkamer-a-pianist-who-helped-found-gateway-festival-orchestra/article_be55f38a-92c5-5523-ae2d-be9a935372ab.html |url-status=live }}
• September 13 – William Duckworth, US composer, 69
• September 15
• Olga Ferri, Argentine ballet dancer, 83{{cite web|url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/111800/legendary-ballet-dancer-olga-ferri-dies|title=Legendary ballet dancer Olga Ferri dies|date=17 September 2012|publisher=Buenos Aires Herald|access-date=21 November 2012|archive-date=3 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203194426/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/111800/legendary-ballet-dancer-olga-ferri-dies|url-status=live}}
• George Hurst, British conductor, 86{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/9549077/George-Hurst.html|title=George Hurst|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=2012-09-26|location=London|date=September 17, 2012|archive-date=2012-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925134918/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/9549077/George-Hurst.html|url-status=live}}
• September 18 – Leo Goeke, US operatic tenor, 74{{cite news|url=http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2012/9/News/Leo_Goeke.html|title=American Tenor Leo Goeke, Much-Admired as Glyndebourne's Tom Rakewell, has Died|work=Opera News|date=21 September 2012|access-date=21 November 2012|archive-date=28 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128052439/http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2012/9/News/Leo_Goeke.html|url-status=live}}
• September 22 – Grigory Frid, 97, Russian composer
• September 30 – {{Interlanguage link|Walter Dicks|de}}, 99, German baritone
• October 9
• Luna Alcalay, Austrian pianist, music educator and composer, 83[http://oe1.orf.at/programm/318047 In Memoriam Luna Alcalay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227165407/http://oe1.orf.at/programm/318047 |date=2014-02-27 }} {{in lang|de}}, oe1.orf.at, Retrieved 14 November 2012.
• Federico A. Cordero, Puerto Rican classical guitarist, 84{{cite web|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/carta-lamusicadesuguitarranuncamorira-1366448.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102132420/http://www.elnuevodia.com/carta-lamusicadesuguitarranuncamorira-1366448.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-02 |title=La música de su guitarra nunca morirá |publisher=Elnuevodia.com |access-date=2012-10-21 |language=Spanish }}
• October 12 – Geraldine Mucha, Scottish composer, 95{{cite web|url=http://praguemonitor.com/2012/10/16/geraldine-mucha-dies-95 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104104847/http://praguemonitor.com/2012/10/16/geraldine-mucha-dies-95 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 January 2013 |title=Geraldine Mucha dies at 95 |author=Czech News Agency |author-link=Czech News Agency |date=16 October 2012 }}
• October 15 – Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Danish composer, 87{{cite web |url=http://politiken.dk/navne/doedsfald/ECE1785491/axel-borup-joergensen/ |title=Axel Borup-Jørgensen |language=da |publisher=Politiken.dk |date= |access-date=2012-11-11 |archive-date=2012-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020042750/http://politiken.dk/navne/doedsfald/ECE1785491/axel-borup-joergensen/ |url-status=live }}
• October 20 – Przemysław Gintrowski, Polish composer and musician, 60{{cite web|title=Przemysław Gintrowski nie żyje. Miał 61 lat|url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,75248,12710099,Przemyslaw_Gintrowski_nie_zyje__Mial_61_lat.html|publisher=wyborcza.pl|date=2012-10-20|access-date=2012-10-21}}
• October 27 – Hans Werner Henze, 86, German composer
• November 5
• Bernard Bierman, US composer, 104{{cite web|url=http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/arts/171952/tin-pan-alley-composer-bernie-bierman-dies-at-104 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121123152507/http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/arts/171952/tin-pan-alley-composer-bernie-bierman-dies-at-104 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-23 |title=Tin Pan Alley Composer Bernie Bierman Dies At 104 |publisher=NY1.com |date= |access-date=2012-11-19 }}
• Elliott Carter, US composer, 103{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/culturedesk/2012/11/05/composer-elliott-carter-dies/U93EP6MuGUHnqHFHPQHrHN/story.html |title=Composer Elliott Carter dies at 103 |publisher=Boston.com |date=2012-06-25 |access-date=2012-11-06 |archive-date=2012-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119054803/http://www.boston.com/culturedesk/2012/11/05/composer-elliott-carter-dies/U93EP6MuGUHnqHFHPQHrHN/story.html |url-status=live }}
• November 18 – Sir Philip Ledger, British composer and academic, 74{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/9688940/Sir-Philip-Ledger.html|title=Sir Philip Ledger|publisher=The Telegraph|date=2011-10-21|access-date=2012-11-19|location=London|archive-date=2012-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120102052/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/9688940/Sir-Philip-Ledger.html|url-status=live}}
• December 4
• Jonathan Harvey, English composer, 73 (motor neurone disease){{cite web |author=Richard Morrison |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/british-composer-jonathan-harvey-dies-xlsl237gfqf |title=British composer Jonathan Harvey dies |work=The Times |date=2012-09-26 |access-date=2012-12-06 |archive-date=2017-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214223446/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/classical/article3621526.ece |url-status=live }}
• Peter Kiesewetter, German composer, 67
• December 5 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer, 91
• December 10 – Lisa Della Casa, 93, Swiss soprano
• December 11
• Toni Blankenheim, German opera singer, 90{{cite web |url=http://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article112002997/Hamburger-Kammersaenger-Toni-Blankenheim-ist-tot.html |title=Trauer – Hamburger Kammersänger Toni Blankenheim ist tot |publisher=Abendblatt.de |date= |access-date=2012-12-14 |language=German |archive-date=2012-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215214753/http://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article112002997/Hamburger-Kammersaenger-Toni-Blankenheim-ist-tot.html |url-status=live |last1=Hamburg |first1=Hamburger Abendblatt }}
• Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player and composer, 92{{cite news|title=Pandit Ravi Shankar passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/sitar-maestro-ravi-shankar-passes-away/article4190878.ece|access-date=12 December 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 December 2012|location=Chennai, India|archive-date=12 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212100855/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/sitar-maestro-ravi-shankar-passes-away/article4190878.ece|url-status=live}}
• Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist, 86{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/rolling_news/2012/12/121211_rn_vishnevskaya_dies.shtml |title=В Москве скончалась Галина Вишневская |publisher=BBC News |date= 11 December 2012|access-date=2012-12-11 |archive-date=2012-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214094232/http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/rolling_news/2012/12/121211_rn_vishnevskaya_dies.shtml |url-status=live }}
• December 13 – Otto Ketting, Dutch composer, 77{{cite web |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/451135-componist-otto-ketting-overleden.html |title=Componist Otto Ketting overleden – NOS Nieuws |publisher=Nos.nl |date= 13 December 2012|access-date=2012-12-13 |archive-date=2012-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216035036/http://nos.nl/artikel/451135-componist-otto-ketting-overleden.html |url-status=live }}
• December 20 – Victor Merzhanov, Russian classical pianist, 93{{cite web |author=Мержанов Виктор Карпович |url=http://www.mosconsv.ru/ru/person.aspx?id=8769 |title=МГК им. Чайковского – персоналии – Мержанов Виктор Карпович |publisher=Mosconsv.ru |date= |access-date=2012-12-22 |archive-date=2016-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121063136/http://www.mosconsv.ru/ru/person.aspx?id=8769 |url-status=live }}
• December 24 – Richard Rodney Bennett, 76, British composer

• Special Recognition Award — Classic FM (UK)
• Female Artist of the Year — Nicola Benedetti
• Male Artist of the Year — Vasily Petrenko
• Composer of the Year — John Williams
• Critics Award — Benjamin Grosvenor

• See 54th Grammy Awards

• 2012 in opera

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