2013 in classical music

• January 10 – Richard Dare resigns as president of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, following reports of a prior accusation of a sexual offense in 1996 and of exaggerations of his business accomplishments.{{cite news | url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/new_nj_symphony_president_resi.html | title=New NJ Symphony president resigns after past controversies resurface | work=The Star-Ledger | author=Ronni Reich & Peggy McGlone | date=2013-01-12 | access-date=2015-04-18 | archive-date=2015-04-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418224321/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/new_nj_symphony_president_resi.html | url-status=live }}
• January 16 – The Houston Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Andrés Orozco-Estrada as its next music director, effective with the 2014–2015 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.{{Cite web |url=http://www.houstonsymphony.org/media/Press%20Release_AOE%20Announcement.pdf |title=Houston Symphony Orchestra announcement of appointment of Andrés Orozco-Estrada, 16 January 2013 |access-date=18 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031423/http://www.houstonsymphony.org/media/Press%20Release_AOE%20Announcement.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
• February 18 – The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Edward Gardner as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2015–2016 season.{{cite news | url=http://www.bt.no/kultur/Sponser-ny-sjefdirigent-2847610.html | title=Sponser ny sjefdirigent | work=Bergens Tidende | author=Bodil Garvik | date=2013-02-18 | access-date=2015-04-18 | archive-date=2015-04-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418225344/http://www.bt.no/kultur/Sponser-ny-sjefdirigent-2847610.html | url-status=live }}
• March 18 – The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Stefan Solyom as its next chief conductor, as of the 2014–2015 season.{{cite news|author=Alexander Agrell|title=Solyom ny chefsdirigent för HSO|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur--nojen/solyom-ny-chefsdirigent-for-hso/|work=Sydsvenska Dagbladet|date=2013-03-18|access-date=2015-04-18|archive-date=2015-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607201942/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur--nojen/solyom-ny-chefsdirigent-for-hso/|url-status=live}}
• April 25 – Santa Fe Opera announces the appointment of Harry Bicket as its next chief conductor, effective 1 October 2013.{{cite press release | url=http://www.santafeopera.org/thecompany/news/pressreleases/detail.aspx?id=8250 | title=Chief Conductor Announced | publisher=Santa Fe Opera | date=25 April 2013 | access-date=2015-04-18 | archive-date=2015-04-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418223347/http://www.santafeopera.org/thecompany/news/pressreleases/detail.aspx?id=8250 | url-status=live }}
• May 19 – James Levine conducts his first concert after an absence of two years, with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.{{cite news|author=Anthony Tommasini|title=With Wheelchair and Lively Baton, Levine Commands Carnegie Hall|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/arts/music/james-levine-returns-to-the-podium-at-carnegie-hall.html|work=The New York Times|date=2013-05-20|access-date=2015-04-18|archive-date=2015-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420025741/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/arts/music/james-levine-returns-to-the-podium-at-carnegie-hall.html|url-status=live}}
• June 22 – American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton wins the "Song Prize" at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/barton-bbc-cardiff-singer-2013.html BBC – Media Centre – "Jamie Barton named BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013 Song Prize winner", 22 June 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827223241/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/barton-bbc-cardiff-singer-2013.html |date=27 August 2019 }}. Accessed 23 June 2013
• July 1 – Jaime Martín formally becomes principal conductor of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra.{{cite press release|url=http://www.gavle.se/Kommun--politik/Press-och-informationsmaterial/Pressmeddelanden/Pressmeddelandemapp/-New-principal-conductor-for-the-Gavle-Symphony-Orchestra/|title=New principal conductor for the Gävle Symphony Orchestra|publisher=Gävle kommun (City of Gävle)|date=11 June 2012|access-date=2013-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227054245/http://www.gavle.se/Kommun--politik/Press-och-informationsmaterial/Pressmeddelanden/Pressmeddelandemapp/-New-principal-conductor-for-the-Gavle-Symphony-Orchestra/|archive-date=27 December 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
• August 20 – The Colorado Symphony Orchestra elevates Andrew Litton from its music advisor to Music Director, with immediate effect.{{cite press release|url=https://coloradosymphony.org/pdfs/Litton_Music_Director_Press_Release_-_Final.pdf |title=Andrew Litton Named Colorado Symphony Music Director |publisher=Colorado Symphony Orchestra |date=20 August 2013 |access-date=2015-04-18 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• September 7 – American orchestral conductor Marin Alsop becomes the first woman to conduct the Last Night of The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
• November 29 – The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces that Bramwell Tovey is to conclude his tenure as VSO music director after the 2017–2018 season.{{cite news|author=David Gordon Duke|title=VSO transition: Music director Bramwell Tovey to step down after 2018 season|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/music/Vancouver+Symphony+Orchestra+transition+Music/9230011/story.html|work=Vancouver Sun|date=2013-11-30|access-date=2015-04-18|archive-date=2015-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419081657/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/music/Vancouver+Symphony+Orchestra+transition+Music/9230011/story.html|url-status=live}}
• December 10 – La Scala announced the appointment of Riccardo Chailly as its next music director, effective 1 January 2017 through 31 December 2022.{{cite news|title=Al vertice della Scala arriva Chailly. Sarà il direttore musicale del teatro|url=http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/12/10/news/scala_pisapia_conferma_chailly_sar_direttore_musicale_dal_2015-73212244/?ref=HREC1-23|work=La Repubblica|date=2013-12-10|access-date=2015-04-18|archive-date=2015-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418223853/http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/12/10/news/scala_pisapia_conferma_chailly_sar_direttore_musicale_dal_2015-73212244/?ref=HREC1-23|url-status=live}}

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

• Hans Abrahamsen – Let Me Tell You, for soprano and orchestra{{cite book|title=The Cambridge Companion to Composition|editor=Toby Young|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2024|isbn=9781108831697|page=131}}

• Mark Adamo – Aristotle{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• John Adams – Saxophone Concerto{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Thomas Ades – Totentanz{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Matej Bonin – Mouvements{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Benet Casablancas
• Tres Interludios, for orchestra{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}
• Obertura Festiva, for orchestra{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Bryce Dessner – Murder Ballads{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Brian Elias – Once Did I Breathe Another's Breath{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Lorenzo Ferrero – Venice 1976 (A Parody), for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Francesco Filidei
• Ballata No. 3, for piano and ensemble{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}
• Due Trascrizioni da Merula e Trabaci, for string quartet{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}
• Poemetto, for ensemble{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}
• Silence = Death (Democracy), for 4 percussionists{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Graham Fitkin – Panufnik Variations{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Katharsis{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Gabriela Lena Frank – Karnavalito No. 1{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Philip Glass
• String Quartet No. 6{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}
• Two Movements for Four Pianos{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Edward Gregson – Aztec Dances (concerto for flute and ensemble) (2010){{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – Together or Not{{cite web|url=https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/composer/592/Pelle-Gudmundsen-Holmgreen/|title=Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen\website=Wise Music|access-date=28 November 2024}}

• David Philip Hefti – Éclairs{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Wojciech Kilar – A prayer to St. Therese the Little Flower, for mixed choir a cappella{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Missy Mazzoli – Heartbreaker{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Steve Reich – Radio Rewrite{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Christopher Rouse
• Symphony No. 4{{cite magazine |last=Platt |first=Russell |title=Big Deal: A first-time festival from the Philharmonic offers new music from around the world |magazine=The New Yorker |date=May 26, 2014 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/26/big-deal |access-date=May 25, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105225/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/26/big-deal |url-status=live }}
• Thunderstuck{{cite web |last=Huizenga |first=Tom |title=Great Expectations: A New Season Of New Music |work=NPR |date=September 3, 2014 |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2014/09/03/345259101/great-expectations-a-new-season-of-new-music |access-date=May 25, 2015 |archive-date=April 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426234802/http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2014/09/03/345259101/great-expectations-a-new-season-of-new-music |url-status=live }}

• Poul Ruders
• String Quartet No. 4 (2012){{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}
• Schrödinger's Cat (2012){{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Aulis Sallinen – Five Portraits of Women, Op. 100{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Mark-Anthony Turnage – Speranza{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Ian Venables – The Song of The Severn, Op. 43{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Param Vir – Cave of Luminous Mind{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Judith Weir – Blue-Green Hill (2013){{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

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• Gerald Barry – The Importance of Being Earnest: premiere staged performance, 17 March 2013, Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Terence Blanchard – Champion{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Raymond Deane – The Alma Fetish (2012), concert performance, Dublin, National Concert Hall, 17 September 2013{{Cite web |url=http://www.wideopenopera.ie/event/the-alma-fetish/ |title = The Alma Fetish - Wide Open Opera |access-date=2020-02-08 |archive-date=2020-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220054700/http://www.wideopenopera.ie/event/the-alma-fetish/ |url-status=live }}

• Ivan Fischer – The Red Heifer[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/arts/music/in-hungary-a-new-opera-joins-the-chorus-against-anti-semitism.html?_r=0 "An Opera Fights Hungary's Rising Anti-Semitism", New York Times, 20 October 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028110250/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/arts/music/in-hungary-a-new-opera-joins-the-chorus-against-anti-semitism.html?_r=0 |date=28 October 2013 }}. Accessed 20 December 2013

• Philip Glass – The Perfect American{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• André Tchaikowsky – premiere of The Merchant of Venice at the Bregenz Festival, 18 July (opera written 1968–82){{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

• Šimon Voseček – Biedermann und die Brandstifter{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date and indicate whether it marks composition, publication, or performance|date=March 2025}}

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• Plácido Domingo – Verdi
• Ludovico Einaudi – In a Time Lapse
• Howard Goodall – Inspired
• Tine Thing Helseth – Tine{{cite web|url=https://www.tinethinghelseth.com/discography/|title=Tine|website=Tine Thing Helseth|access-date=29 November 2024}}

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• A Late Quartet

• January 10 – Franz Lehrndorfer, German organist and composer, 84{{cite news|last=Keller |first=Matthias |url=http://www.br.de/radio/br-klassik/sendungen/leporello/franz-lehrndorfer-nachruf-100.html |title=Franz Lehrndorfer Langjähriger Organist des Münchner Doms gestorben |publisher=Bayerischer Rundfunk |language=German |access-date=11 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129082006/http://www.br.de/radio/br-klassik/sendungen/leporello/franz-lehrndorfer-nachruf-100.html |archive-date=29 January 2013 }}
• February 3 – Oscar Feltsman, Russian composer, 91[http://english.pravda.ru/news/russia/04-02-2013/123662-oscar_feltsman-0 Oscar Feltsman, author of Yury Gagarin's song, dies at 92] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206003643/http://english.pravda.ru/news/russia/04-02-2013/123662-oscar_feltsman-0/ |date=2013-02-06 }}, Pravda, 4 February 2013
• February 8 – James DePreist, US conductor, 76{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/arts/music/james-depreist-pioneering-conductor-dies-at-76.html?pagewanted=all |title="James DePreist, a Pioneering Conductor, Dies at 76", Allan Kozinn, New York Times, 9 February 2013 |work=The New York Times |date=10 February 2013 |access-date=26 February 2017 |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913114223/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/arts/music/james-depreist-pioneering-conductor-dies-at-76.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live |last1=Kozinn |first1=Allan }}
• February 15 – Antonín Kohout, Czech cellist, member of the Smetana Quartet, 93[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/26/antonin-kohout Antonín Kohout obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528051814/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/26/antonin-kohout |date=2018-05-28 }} The Guardian, 26 February 2013.
• February 22 – Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist, 89{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/arts/music/wolfgang-sawallisch-german-conductor-dies-at-89.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Anne | last=Midgette | title=Wolfgang Sawallisch, German Conductor, Dies at 89 | date=February 24, 2013 | access-date=February 26, 2017 | archive-date=April 2, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180513/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/arts/music/wolfgang-sawallisch-german-conductor-dies-at-89.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | url-status=live }}
• February 27 – Van Cliburn, US pianist, 78[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/american-pianist-van-cliburn-whose-1958-triumph-at-a-moscow-competition-impressed-world-dies/2013/02/27/8d8a1dec-8100-11e2-a671-0307392de8de_story.html "American pianist Van Cliburn, whose 1958 triumph at a Moscow competition impressed world, dies".]{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Washington Post, February 27, 2013.
• February 28
• William Bennett, American oboist (San Francisco Symphony), 56 (cerebral hemorrhage){{Cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/S-F-Symphony-oboist-dies-at-age-56-4317151.php |title=Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle (February 28, 2013) |access-date=March 3, 2013 |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014172241/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/S-F-Symphony-oboist-dies-at-age-56-4317151.php |url-status=live }}
• Armando Trovajoli, Italian film composer and pianist, 95[http://www.repubblica.it/persone/2013/03/02/news/morto_armando-trovajoli-53720223/?ref=HRER2-1 Addio al maestro Armando Trovajoli, è stato la musica e l'anima di Roma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304120715/http://www.repubblica.it/persone/2013/03/02/news/morto_armando-trovajoli-53720223/?ref=HRER2-1 |date=2013-03-04 }}|La Repubblica
• March 1 – Rafael Puyana, Colombian harpsichordist, 81{{Cite web |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/entretenimiento/musica/rafael-puyana-un-virtuoso-de-la-musica-barroca_12630109-4 |title=Rafael Puyana, un virtuoso de la música barroca – Noticias de Entretenimiento, Espectáculos, Arte y Cultura en Colombia {{!}}Eltiempo.Com |date=March 2013 |access-date=2013-03-03 |archive-date=2021-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031191307/https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-12630109 |url-status=live }}
• March 9 – Tengiz Amirejibi, Georgian pianist. 89[http://frontnews.ge/index.php?action=news_read&npid=15514&lang=geo 85 წლის ასაკში მუსიკოსი თენგიზ (გიზი) ამირეჯიბი გარდაიცვალა] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212204016/http://frontnews.ge/index.php?action=news_read&npid=15514&lang=geo |date=2019-02-12 }} FrontNews.ge, 10 March 2013 (Georgian)
• March 21 – Jean-Michel Damase, French composer, pianist, and teacher, 85[http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/actualite/article.php?postID=6020 Le compositeur et pianiste Jean Michel Damase est mort hier | Radio France Musique] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523124530/http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/actualite/article.php?postID=6020 |date=2013-05-23 }}
• April 4 – Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-born Australian composer, arranger and orchestra conductor, 84{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-04/australian-conductor-composer-tommy-tycho-dies/4610048 |title=Australian composer Tommy Tycho dies |work=ABC News |date=4 April 2013 |access-date=2013-04-28 |archive-date=2013-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428071506/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-04/australian-conductor-composer-tommy-tycho-dies/4610048 |url-status=live }}
• April 10 – Thomas Hemsley, English opera singer, 85{{Cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/france/paris/thomas-hemsley-jlcg2dlbghk |title=Thomas Hemsley |date=12 April 2013 |access-date=2013-04-28 |archive-date=2013-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030042019/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article3737069.ece |url-status=live }}
• April 13 – Stephen Dodgson, composer, 89{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/15/stephen-dodgson |title=Stephen Dodgson obituary |work=The Guardian |date=15 April 2013 |access-date=2016-12-13 |archive-date=2013-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111115847/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/15/stephen-dodgson |url-status=live |last1=Turner |first1=John }}
• April 14 – Sir Colin Davis, British conductor, 85{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/14/sir-colin-davis-obituary |title=Sir Colin Davis obituary |work=The Guardian |date=14 April 2013 |access-date=2016-12-13 |archive-date=2020-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430050039/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/14/sir-colin-davis-obituary |url-status=live |last1=Nice |first1=David }}
• April 15 – Jean-François Paillard, French classical conductor, 85{{Cite web |url=http://www.lalettredumusicien.fr/s/news/395_disparition-de-jean-francois-paillard |title=Disparition de Jean-François Paillard |access-date=2013-04-28 |archive-date=2013-04-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130430050054/http://www.lalettredumusicien.fr/s/news/395_disparition-de-jean-francois-paillard |url-status=live }}
• April 22 – Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist, 82{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/lalgudi-jayaraman-passes-away-music-world-mourns-the-legends-death/ |title=Lalgudi Jayaraman passes away; music world mourns the legend's death |date=23 April 2013 |access-date=2013-04-28 |archive-date=2013-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424095108/http://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/lalgudi-jayaraman-passes-away-music-world-mourns-the-legends-death/ |url-status=live }}
• April 25 – Jacob Avshalomov, Chinese-born American conductor and composer, 94{{cite news | url=http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2013/04/jacob_avshalomov_longtime_dire.html#incart_river | work=The Oregonian | title=Jacob Avshalomov, longtime director of Portland Youth Philharmonic, dies | date=April 26, 2013 | access-date=April 27, 2013 | archive-date=November 11, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111101937/http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2013/04/jacob_avshalomov_longtime_dire.html#incart_river | url-status=live }}
• May 6 – Steve Martland, British composer, 53Clive Paget [http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/342370,steve-martland-has-died.aspx "Steve Martland has died"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005014545/http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/342370,steve-martland-has-died.aspx |date=2013-10-05 }}, Limelight magazine, 7 May 2013
• May 8 – Delia Rigal, Argentine operatic soprano, 92[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1581676-delia-rigal-una-larga-vida-dedicada-a-la-opera-y-a-la-ensenanza Delia Rigal: una larga vida dedicada a la ópera y a la enseñanza – 14.05.2013 – lanacion.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609185317/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1581676-delia-rigal-una-larga-vida-dedicada-a-la-opera-y-a-la-ensenanza |date=2013-06-09 }} {{in lang|es}}
• May 9 – Michael Earl, British opera and ballet actor, 84[http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2013/05/equity-activist-michael-earl-dies/ Equity activist Michael Earl dies – News – The Stage]
• May 15 – Albert Lance, Australian-born French opera singer, 87[http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130516/australian-french-operatic-tenor-albert-lance-dies Australian-French operatic tenor Albert Lance dies, Global Post, 16 May 2013] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905071916/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130516/australian-french-operatic-tenor-albert-lance-dies |date=September 5, 2013 }}
• May 17 – Harold Shapero, American composer and pianist, 93{{Cite web |url=http://www.sequenza21.com/2013/05/harold-shapero-dead-at-93/ |title=Sequenza21/ » Harold Shapero, Dead at 93 |date=18 May 2013 |access-date=2013-05-23 |archive-date=2016-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322210253/http://www.sequenza21.com/2013/05/harold-shapero-dead-at-93/ |url-status=live }}
• May 20 – Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer, 66{{Cite web |url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/obituary-anders-eliasson-composer |title=Obituary: Anders Eliasson, composer |access-date=2013-05-23 |archive-date=2013-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021191341/http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/obituary-anders-eliasson-composer |url-status=live }}
• May 22 – Henri Dutilleux, French composer, 97{{Cite web |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2013/05/22/mort-du-compositeur-francais-henri-dutilleux_3415392_3246.html |title=Le compositeur français Henri Dutilleux est mort |website=Le Monde |date=22 May 2013 |access-date=2013-05-23 |archive-date=2017-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810014335/http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2013/05/22/mort-du-compositeur-francais-henri-dutilleux_3415392_3246.html |url-status=live }}
• June 1 – Paul Olefsky, US cellist (Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra), 87{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/arts/music/paul-olefsky-a-cellist-and-educator-dies-at-87.html |title=Paul Olefsky, a Cellist and Educator, Dies at 87 |work=The New York Times |date=7 June 2013 |access-date=2017-02-26 |archive-date=2016-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221180858/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/arts/music/paul-olefsky-a-cellist-and-educator-dies-at-87.html |url-status=live |last1=Fox |first1=Margalit }}
• June 2
• Mario Bernardi, Canadian conductor and pianist, 82{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nac-orchestra-founding-conductor-mario-bernardi-dies-1.1377515 |title=NAC Orchestra founding conductor Mario Bernardi dies |access-date=2013-07-11 |archive-date=2013-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723033627/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2013/06/03/obit-bernardi-naco-founder.html |url-status=live }}
• Keith Wilson, US classical musician, teacher and conductor, 96{{Cite web |url=http://music.yale.edu/news/?p=9173 |title=In memoriam: Keith Wilson, Professor Emeritus of Clarinet |access-date=2013-06-19 |archive-date=2020-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906192430/https://music.yale.edu/news?p=9173 |url-status=live }}
• June 3 – Arnold Eidus, US violinist, 90{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/business/arnold-eidus-90-adman-with-stradivarius-dies.html |title=Arnold Eidus, 90, Adman With Stradivarius, Dies |work=The New York Times |date=11 June 2013 |access-date=2017-02-26 |archive-date=2016-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224160801/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/business/arnold-eidus-90-adman-with-stradivarius-dies.html |url-status=live |last1=Fox |first1=Margalit }}
• June 9 – Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor, 86{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/arts/music/bruno-bartoletti-maestro-who-shaped-lyric-opera-of-chicago-dies-at-86.html |title=Bruno Bartoletti, Maestro Who Shaped Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dies at 86 |work=The New York Times |date=14 June 2013 |access-date=2017-02-26 |archive-date=2017-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108105216/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/arts/music/bruno-bartoletti-maestro-who-shaped-lyric-opera-of-chicago-dies-at-86.html |url-status=live |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce }}
• June 16 – Richard Marlow, English organist and choral director, 74{{Cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2013/06/richard_marlow_a_force_behind.html |title=Richard Marlow, a force behind Portland's William Byrd Festival, dies |date=18 June 2013 |access-date=2013-06-19 |archive-date=2013-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005022358/http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2013/06/richard_marlow_a_force_behind.html |url-status=live }}
• June 27 – Henrik Otto Donner, Finnish composer and music industry executive, 73[http://yle.fi/uutiset/henrik_otto_donner_on_kuollut/6709662 Henrik Otto Donner on kuollut] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701034057/http://yle.fi/uutiset/henrik_otto_donner_on_kuollut/6709662 |date=2013-07-01 }} {{in lang|fi}}
• August 1
• John Amis, British broadcaster, classical music critic and opera singer, 91{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/02/john-amis |title=John Amis obituary |work=The Guardian |date=2 August 2013 |access-date=2016-12-13 |archive-date=2016-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618135845/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/02/john-amis |url-status=live |last1=Barker |first1=Dennis }}
• Toby Saks, American cellist, founder of the Seattle Chamber Music Society, 71 (pancreatic cancer){{Cite web |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/obituaries/2021520938_tobysaksobituaryxml.html?syndication=rss |title=Acclaimed Seattle musician Toby Saks dies |access-date=2013-08-02 |archive-date=2013-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005012039/http://seattletimes.com/html/obituaries/2021520938_tobysaksobituaryxml.html?syndication=rss |url-status=live }}
• August 11 – Lamberto Puggelli, Italian stage and opera director, 75[http://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/2013/08/12/933334-lamberto-puggelli-morto-attore-regista.shtml Lutto nel mondo del teatro, morto l'attore-regista Lamberto Puggelli] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928105751/http://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/2013/08/12/933334-lamberto-puggelli-morto-attore-regista.shtml |date=2013-09-28 }} {{in lang|it}}
• September 4 – Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer, theater maker and theorist, 83[http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/09/06/muziekpionier-dick-raaijmakers-83-overleden/ Muziekpionier Dick Raaijmakers (83) overleden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031191316/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/09/06/muziekpionier-dick-raaijmakers-83-overleden-a1431812 |date=2021-10-31 }} {{in lang|nl}}
• September 13 – Peter Aston, English composer, 74{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10319040/Peter-Aston.html |title=Peter Aston |date=18 September 2013 |access-date=2018-04-03 |archive-date=2019-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803001433/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10319040/Peter-Aston.html |url-status=live }}
• September 16 – Ratiba El-Hefny, Egyptian opera singer and director of Cairo Opera House, 82{{Cite web |url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/81775.aspx |title=Renowned Egyptian opera singer Ratiba El-Hefny passes away |access-date=2013-09-19 |archive-date=2013-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920051053/http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/81775.aspx |url-status=live }}
• September 25 – Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, German choral conductor, 84[http://www.lvz-online.de/kultur/news/ex-thomaskantor-hans-joachim-rotzsch-ist-84-jaehrig-gestorben/r-news-a-207973.html Ex-Thomaskantor Hans-Joachim Rotzsch ist 84-jährig gestorben] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927210546/http://www.lvz-online.de/kultur/news/ex-thomaskantor-hans-joachim-rotzsch-ist-84-jaehrig-gestorben/r-news-a-207973.html |date=2013-09-27 }} {{in lang|de}}
• October 7 – Patrice Chéreau, French film and opera director, 68[https://variety.com/2013/film/news/french-helmer-patrice-chereau-dies-at-68-1200703302/ French Helmer Patrice Chereau Dies at 68] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124164812/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/french-helmer-patrice-chereau-dies-at-68-1200703302/ |date=2017-01-24 }}.
• October 19 – Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian traditional musician, 93[http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/352169/پایان 85 سال ویولن نوازی + فیلم] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180120/http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/352169/%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86 |date=2016-03-03 }} {{in lang|fa}}
• October 21 – Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer, conductor and music arranger, 88[http://www.rockol.it/news-545446/morto-gianni-ferrio Addio a Gianni Ferrio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021173519/http://www.rockol.it/news-545446/morto-gianni-ferrio |date=2013-10-21 }} {{in lang|it}}
• October 29 – Rudolf Kehrer, German classical pianist, 90[http://www.br.de/radio/br-klassik/sendungen/leporello/rudolf-kehrer-tot-100.html Der Pianist Rudolf Kehrer ist tot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101091004/http://www.br.de/radio/br-klassik/sendungen/leporello/rudolf-kehrer-tot-100.html |date=2013-11-01 }} (in German)
• November 8 – Arnold Rosner, American composer, 68
• November 12 – Sir John Tavener, English composer of religious music, 69{{cite news|title=Sir John Tavener: Composer dies at 69|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24919332|work=BBC News|date=2013-11-12|access-date=2013-11-12|archive-date=2013-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112184248/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24919332|url-status=live}}
• December 4 – Robert Allman, Australian operatic baritone, 86{{Cite web |url=http://www.theoperablog.com/obituary-robert-allman-obe-am/ |title=Obituary: Robert Allman OBE AM |access-date=2013-12-20 |archive-date=2013-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220195554/http://www.theoperablog.com/obituary-robert-allman-obe-am/ |url-status=live }}
• December 6 – Tom Krause, Finnish opera singer, 79[http://yle.fi/uutiset/stt_oopperalaulaja_tom_krause_on_kuollut/6973478 Oopperalaulaja Tom Krause on kuollut] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917121636/http://yle.fi/uutiset/stt_oopperalaulaja_tom_krause_on_kuollut/6973478 |date=2016-09-17 }} {{in lang|fi}}
• December 8
• Hung Sin-nui, Chinese Cantonese opera singer and actress, 88{{Cite web |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1376747/cantonese-opera-singer-hung-sin-nui-dies-age-88 |title=Cantonese opera singer Hung Sin-nui dies at age of 88 |date=9 December 2013 |access-date=2013-12-20 |archive-date=2013-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217172203/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1376747/cantonese-opera-singer-hung-sin-nui-dies-age-88 |url-status=live }}
• Sándor Szokolay, Hungarian composer and professor, 82[http://hvg.hu/kultura/20131208_Elhunyt_Szokolay_Sandor_zeneszerzo Elhunyt Szokolay Sándor zeneszerző] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184053/http://hvg.hu/kultura/20131208_Elhunyt_Szokolay_Sandor_zeneszerzo |date=2016-03-03 }} {{in lang|hu}}
• Edward Williams, English composer, 92 (Life on Earth).{{Cite web |url=http://www.soundbeam.co.uk/ |title=EDWARD WILLIAMS 1921 – 2013 |access-date=2013-12-20 |archive-date=2013-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215133001/http://www.soundbeam.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}
• December 9 – Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, 83, Polish classical pianist, 83{{Cite web |url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/8/192/Artykul/998844,Barbara-HesseBukowska-nie-zyje |title="Barbara Hesse-Bukowska nie żyje", Polskie Radio (Polish Radio) |access-date=2014-11-29 |archive-date=2014-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105104757/http://www.polskieradio.pl/8/192/Artykul/998844,Barbara-HesseBukowska-nie-zyje |url-status=live }}
• December 12 – Zbigniew Karkowski, Polish composer, 55{{Cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2013/12/zbigniew-karkowski-dead-obituary/ |title=Pioneering Noise Musician Zbigniew Karkowski Dead at 55 |date=13 December 2013 |access-date=2018-04-05 |archive-date=2018-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405154629/https://www.spin.com/2013/12/zbigniew-karkowski-dead-obituary/ |url-status=live }}
• December 19 – Winton Dean, English musicologist, 97{{Cite web |url=http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=winton-basil-dean&pid=168715377 |title=Winton Basil DEAN Obituary |access-date=2013-12-29 |archive-date=2013-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224133757/http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=winton-basil-dean&pid=168715377 |url-status=dead }}
• December 21 – Lars Edlund, Swedish organist and composer, 91[http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=94&artikel=5741775 Tonsättaren Lars Edlund har avlidit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224103755/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=94&artikel=5741775 |date=2013-12-24 }} {{in lang|sv}}
• December 29 – Wojciech Kilar, Polish composer, 81[http://www.rp.pl/artykul/9145,1075487-Wojciech-Kilar-nie-zyje.html Wojciech Kilar nie żyje] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234619/http://www.rp.pl/artykul/9145%2C1075487-Wojciech-Kilar-nie-zyje.html |date=2013-12-30 }} {{in lang|pl}}

• International Artist of the Year – Lang Lang
• Breakthrough Artist of the Year – Amy Dickson
• Composer – Hans Zimmer
• Female Artist – Nicola Benedetti
• Male Artist – Daniel Barenboim
• Critics' Award – Jonas Kaufmann
• Album of the Year – André Rieu, Magic of the Movies

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• Best Orchestral Performance: "Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine" – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
• Best Opera Recording: "Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen" – James Levine & Fabio Luisi, conductors; Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
• Best Choral Performance: "Life & Breath – Choral Works By René Clausen" – Charles Bruffy, conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale)
• Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: "Meanwhile" – Eighth Blackbird
• Best Classical Instrumental Solo – "Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola" – Kim Kashkashian
• Best Classical Vocal Solo: "Poèmes" – Renée Fleming (Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)
• Best Classical Compendium: Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis – Antoni Wit, conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, producers
• Best Classical Contemporary Composition: "Meanwhile – Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays" – Stephen Hartke, composer

• Spanish National Music Prize: Award for Composition: "Darkness visible – Nocturne for Orchestra after Milton/Pessoa" – Benet Casablancas, composer{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/news/2841 |title=Casablancas receives Spanish National Music Prize – Wise Music Classical |access-date=2013-12-29 |archive-date=2013-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210110359/http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/news/2841 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.llull.cat/offices/ny/noticies_detall.cfm?id=30376&url=benet-casablancas-awarded-premio-nacional-musica-2013.html |title = Benet Casablancas awarded Premio Nacional de Música 2013 - News - Institut Ramon Llull |access-date=2013-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000134/http://www.llull.cat/offices/ny/noticies_detall.cfm?id=30376&url=benet-casablancas-awarded-premio-nacional-musica-2013.html |archive-date=2013-12-31 |url-status=dead }}

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