2017 in classical music

This article lists major events and other topics related to the year 2017 in classical music.

Events

1 January – Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New Year's Day concert of the Vienna Philharmonic for the first time, the youngest conductor in the history of this event.{{cite news | url=https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/wiener-neujahrskonzert-100.html | title=Gustavo Dudamel dirigiert die Wiener Philharmoniker | work=BR-Klassik | author=Bettina Jech | date=2017-01-02 | access-date=2017-01-12}} He also conducted the Vienna Philharmonic concerts of this same programme on 30 December 2016 and 31 December 2016.
5 January – The Royal Danish Opera announces that its artistic director, Sven Müller, is to stand down from the post in the summer of 2017, 3 years ahead of the previously scheduled conclusion of his contract in 2020.{{cite news | url=http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/klassisk/det-kongelige-teaters-operachef-stopper-foer-tid | title=Det Kongelige Teaters operachef stopper før tid | work=DR (Danish Radio) | date=2017-01-05 | access-date=2017-01-10}}
11 January
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra announces that Lan Shui is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra in January 2019.{{cite press release | url=https://www.sso.org.sg/media-release-detail.php?c=28&desc=Media+Releases&p=17511&t=lan-shui-to-step-down-as-ssos-music-director | title=Lan Shui to step down as SSO's Music Director | publisher=Singapore Symphony Orchestra | date=2017-01-11 | access-date=2017-01-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113171139/https://www.sso.org.sg/media-release-detail.php?c=28&desc=Media+Releases&p=17511&t=lan-shui-to-step-down-as-ssos-music-director | archive-date=2017-01-13 | url-status=dead }}
The Théâtre du Châtelet ratifies the appointment of Ruth Mackenzie as its next artistic director. The first public announcement of her appointment was on 3 January 2017.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/arts/music/theatre-du-chatelet-in-paris-gets-its-first-female-artistic-director.html | title=Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris Gets Its First Female Artistic Director | work=The New York Times | author=Roslyn Sulcas | date=2017-01-04 | access-date=2017-01-12}}
The first concert at the newly opened Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg takes place, with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the NDR Chor and conductor Thomas Hengelbrock.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/12/hamburg-elbphilharmonie-orchestra-hengelbrock-review-opening-concert | title=Elbphilharmonie Orchestra/Hengelbrock review – storming debut for hall of wonders | work=The Guardian | author=Martin Kettle | date=2017-01-12 | access-date=2017-01-12}}
The Winston-Salem Symphony announces that Robert Moody is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra after the close of the 2017–2018 season.{{cite press release | url=http://www.wssymphony.org/press/moodys-last-season/ | title=2017–2018 to be Robert Moody's Last Season with Winston-Salem Symphony | publisher=Winston-Salem Symphony | date=2017-01-11 | access-date=2017-01-12}}
12 January – The City of London Corporation announces a pledge of £2.5M to a feasibility study, previously halted in November 2016, for a proposed new London concert hall.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/12/plan-for-world-class-concert-hall-in-city-of-london-back-on-track | title=Plan for world-class concert hall in City of London back on track | work=The Guardian | author=Mark Brown | date=2017-01-12 | access-date=2017-01-20}}
13 January – The Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst announces the appointment of Francesco Angelico as the next Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Hessischen Staatstheater Kassel, effective with the 2017–2018 season.{{cite press release | url=https://wissenschaft.hessen.de/presse/pressemitteilung/francesco-angelico-soll-neuer-generalmusikdirektor-am-hessischen-0 | title=Francesco Angelico soll neuer Generalmusikdirektor am Hessischen Staatstheater Kassel werden | publisher=Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst | date=13 January 2017 | access-date=2017-04-22 | archive-date=18 May 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518194734/https://wissenschaft.hessen.de/presse/pressemitteilung/francesco-angelico-soll-neuer-generalmusikdirektor-am-hessischen-0 | url-status=dead }}
17 January – The American Composers Orchestra announces the appointment of Edward Yim as its next president, effective 21 February 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://www.americancomposers.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ACO_President_ReleaseFinal.pdf | title=American Composers Orchestra Appoints Edward Yim as President | publisher=University of Michigan | date=17 January 2017 | access-date=2017-01-28}}
18 January
Scottish Opera announces the winners of its 'Opera Sparks 2018' competition:
Henry McPherson – Maud
Lewis Murphy and Laura Attridge – untitled work
Matthew Whiteside and Helene Grøn – Little Black Lies
The Ojai Music Festival announces that Patricia Kopatchinskaja is to be the festival's music director in 2018, ahead of her originally scheduled season in 2020. Kopatchinskaja replaces Esa-Pekka Salonen, the originally scheduled music director for 2018, who withdrew from his scheduled appointment because of his composition schedule.{{cite press release | url=http://www.ojaifestival.org/ojai-music-festival-updates-future-music-director-appointments/ | title=Ojai Festival Updates Future Music Directors: Patricia Kopatchinskaja to be Music Director in 2018 | publisher=Ojai Music Festival | date=18 January 2017 | access-date=2017-01-28 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
20 January
The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Kahchun Wong as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite press release | url=http://www.nuernbergersymphoniker.de/fileadmin/user_upload/presse_PDF/PM_Wong_200117.pdf | title=Kahchun Wong wird neuer Chefdirigent | publisher=Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra | date=20 January 2017 | access-date=2017-01-24 | archive-date=2 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202033450/http://www.nuernbergersymphoniker.de/fileadmin/user_upload/presse_PDF/PM_Wong_200117.pdf | url-status=dead }}
Eugene Opera announces the suspension of the remainder of its season, because of lack of funds.{{cite news | url=http://registerguard.com/rg/entertainment/arts/35198062-60/eugene-opera-suspends-current-season-looks-to-engage-with-community.html.csp | title=Eugene Opera suspends current season, looks to engage with community | work=The Register-Guard | author=Michelle Maxwell | date=2017-01-21 | access-date=2017-01-24 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
22 January – Simultaneous announcements by the Shanghai Symphony, the Guangzhou Symphony, and the China Philharmonic Orchestras report the cancellation of scheduled concert appearances with Korean soprano Sumi Jo, without formal explanation. This follows a comparable announcement from the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra of the replacement of Korean pianist Kun-woo Paik for a scheduled March 2017 concert. The political context has been reported to concern political tensions between the South Korean and Chinese governments with respect to the planned deployment of the Thaad missile-defence system by the South Korean government.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/world/asia/sumi-jo-soprano-maria-callas.html | title=3 Performances by Sumi Jo, Korean Soprano, Canceled in China | work=The New York Times | author=Amy Qin | date=2017-01-23 | access-date=2017-01-24}}
24 January
The University Musical Society of the University of Michigan announces the appointment of Matthew VanBesien as its next president, effective July 2017.{{cite news | url=http://arts.umich.edu/news-features/u-ms-university-musical-society-names-new-york-philharmonics-matthew-vanbesien-as-new-president/ | title=University Musical Society names New York Philharmonic's Matthew VanBesien as new president | publisher=University of Michigan | author=Sara Billman | date=24 January 2017 | access-date=2017-01-28}}
The New York Philharmonic announces that Matthew VanBesien is to step down as its president in the spring of 2017, one year ahead of his scheduled contract date of 2018, to take up the post of president of the University Musical Society of the University of Michigan.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/arts/music/new-york-philharmonic-president-to-step-down.html | title=New York Philharmonic President to Step Down | work=The New York Times | author=Michael Cooper | date=2017-01-24 | access-date=2017-01-28}}
25 January
The London Festival of Baroque Music announces that Lindsay Kemp is to stand down as artistic director, and Lucy Bending is to stand down as festival manager, in May 2017, at the conclusion of the 2017 festival.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lfbm.org.uk/category/news/ |title='Artistic Director of London Festival of Baroque Music steps down'. London Festival of Baroque Music announcement, 25 January 2017 |access-date=1 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207153447/http://www.lfbm.org.uk/category/news/ |archive-date=7 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center announces its award of the 2017 Elise L. Stoeger Prize, for contributions to chamber music composition, to Huw Watkins.{{cite press release | url=https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/about/news/huw-watkins-awarded-stoegger-prize/ | title=Huw Watkins Awarded Stoeger Prize | publisher=Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center | date=25 January 2017 | access-date=2017-02-01}}
26 January
The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation announces Pierre-Laurent Aimard as the recipient of the 2017 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize.Ulrich Mosch, [http://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en/prize/prizes/prize-winner-2017/pierre-laurent-aimard.html 'Serving Music' (essay on the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for 2017)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202134228/http://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en/prize/prizes/prize-winner-2017/pierre-laurent-aimard.html |date=2 December 2020 }}
The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra announces the appointment of Elisa Citterio as its next music director, effective July 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://www.tafelmusik.org/ElisaCitterioMediaRelease | title=Tafelmusik Names New Music Director: Violinist Elisa Citterio | publisher=Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir | date=26 January 2017 | access-date=2017-01-28 | archive-date=10 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410184734/https://www.tafelmusik.org/ElisaCitterioMediaRelease | url-status=dead }}
29 January – The Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim complete their live concert cycle of the symphonies of Anton Bruckner at Carnegie Hall, the first live Bruckner symphony cycle ever performed in the USA.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/arts/music/bruckner-barenboim-staatskapelle-berlin-carnegie-hall.html | title=When a Composer Just Doesn't Do It for You (No Matter How Much You Listen) | work=The New York Times | author=Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim and Zachary Woolfe | date=2017-01-30 | access-date=2017-02-01}} The cycle began on 19 January 2017, and the 20 January 2017 concert also marked the 60th anniversary of Barenboim's first appearance at Carnegie Hall.
2 February
Graz Opera announces the appointment of Oksana Lyniv as its next Generalmusikdirektorin (GMD), effective with the 2017–2018 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.{{cite news | title=Oksana Lyniv wird neue Chefdirigentin der Grazer Oper | url=http://diepresse.com/home/kultur/klassik/5163783/Oksana-Lyniv-wird-neue-Chefdirigentin-der-Grazer-Oper | work=Die Presse | date=2017-02-02 | access-date=2017-03-11}}
The Duisburger Philharmoniker announces the appointment of Axel Kober as its interim chief conductor, scheduled through September 2019.{{cite news | author=Peter Klucken | title=Nächster GMD kommt erst im Herbst 2019 | url=http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duisburg/naechster-gmd-kommt-erst-im-herbst-2019-aid-1.6576087 | work=Rheinische Post | date=2017-02-02 | access-date=2017-10-07}}
The Boston Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of James Burton as the new conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and as the newly created BSO Choral Director, both with immediate effect.{{cite press release | url=https://www.bso.org/brands/bso/press/press-releases/archived-press-releases/122716/february-2-2017-james-burton.aspx | title=Boston Symphony and Andris Nelsons Announce Major Appointment in Music Leadership: James Burton is Appointed Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Also Takes on Newly Established Role of BSO Choral Director | publisher=Boston Symphony Orchestra | date=2 February 2017 | access-date=2017-02-06 | archive-date=15 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315155954/https://www.bso.org/brands/bso/press/press-releases/archived-press-releases/122716/february-2-2017-james-burton.aspx | url-status=dead }}
North Carolina Opera announces the scheduled departure of its artistic and music director, Timothy Myers, at the end of September 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://www.ncopera.org/lib/user/files/fb325fb.pdf | title=North Carolina Opera's Artistic & Music Director Timothy Myers Stepping Down in September | publisher=North Carolina Opera | date=2 February 2017 | access-date=2017-02-18}}
3 February
A report in Le Figaro states that the Belvédère-musée Maurice Ravel in Montfort-l'Amaury has been suddenly closed, for an indefinite period, and that its custodian, Madame Claude Moreau, was dismissed by the town authorities on 1 February 2017, both without advance notice.{{cite news | author=Lena Lutaud | title=Musée fermé, musiciens rembarrés... Nouvelles fausses notes dans l'affaire Ravel | url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/2017/02/03/03015-20170203ARTFIG00101-musee-ferme-musiciens-rembarres-nouvelles-fausses-notes-dans-l-affaire-ravel.php | work=Le Figaro | date=2017-02-03 | access-date=2017-02-07}}
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Otto Tausk as its next music director, effective 1 July 2018.{{cite news | author=David Gordon Duke | title=Vancouver Symphony Orchestra taps Dutch conductor Otto Tausk as next music director | url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/vancouver-symphony-orchestra-taps-dutch-conductor-otto-tausk-as-next-music-director | work=Vancouver Sun | date=2017-02-03 | access-date=2017-02-06}}
4 February – Chicago Opera Theater announces that Andreas Mitisek is to stand down as its general director at the expiration of his contract in September 2017. Douglas Clayton, the current executive director of the company, is to replace Mitisek in the post.{{cite news | author=John von Rhein | title=Mitisek out, Clayton in at Chicago Opera Theater | url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-chicago-opera-theater-mitisek-ent-0206-20170205-column.html | work=Chicago Tribune | date=2017-02-05 | access-date=2017-02-07}}
5 February
The Budapest Festival Orchestra gives the first concert of its 2017 United States tour at Lincoln Center in New York City, following the initial denial of entry of one of the orchestra's musicians into the US in the aftermath of Executive Order 13769.{{cite news | author=Michael Cooper | title=An Orchestra Triumphs Over Trump's Travel Ban | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/arts/music/budapest-festival-orchestra-triumphs-over-trumps-travel-ban.html | work=The New York Times | date=2017-02-08 | access-date=2017-02-11}}
The inaugural Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition announces its inaugural first-prize winner, Sirena Huang.{{cite press release | url=https://www.elmaroliveiraivc.org/press-releases-1 | title=Violinist Sirena Huang Wins First Prize at the Inaugural Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition | publisher=Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition | date=5 February 2017 | access-date=2017-02-18}}
7 February – Grand Rapids Opera announces the appointment of James Meena as its next artistic director, effective with the 2017–2018 season.[https://web.archive.org/web/20241225181143/https://cultured.gr/opera-grand-rapids-hires-internationally-renowned-artistic-director-to-usher-in-new-era-for-company-ac587c01d65e#.lkj3fw9jh "Opera Grand Rapids hires internationally-renowned Artistic Director to usher in new era for company", 7 February 2017]
8 February – Musicians from the Seattle Symphony perform a concert of music by composers from, and featuring musicians born in, several of the seven nations mentioned in Executive Order 13769, in protest against the executive order.[http://www.seattlesymphony.org/beyond-borders/live-stream Seattle Symphony, video page on 'Music Beyond Borders: Voices from the Seven', 8 February 2017]{{cite news | author=Brendan Kiley | title=This land is your land: Seattle Symphony responds to Trump travel ban with 'Music Beyond Borders' | url=http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/this-land-is-your-land-seattle-symphony-responds-to-trump-travel-bans-with-music-beyond-borders/ | work=Seattle Times | date=2017-02-09 | access-date=2017-02-11}}
10 February – The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival announces composer Samy Moussa as the recipient of its Hindemith Prize for 2017.{{cite press release | url=https://www.shmf.de/de/Hindemith-Preis-2017 | title=Samy Moussa erhält Hindemith-Preis 2017! | publisher=Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival | date=10 February 2017 | access-date=2017-02-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212091219/https://www.shmf.de/de/Hindemith-Preis-2017 | archive-date=12 February 2017 | url-status=dead}}
13 February
The European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO) announces its intention to relocate to AMUZ (Augustinus Muziekzentrum), Antwerp, in 2018, in the wake of the Brexit referendum. In parallel, the EUBO announces its plan to discontinue the EUBO Mobile Baroque Academy (EMBA) project at the end of March 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://eubo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/EUBO-at-AMUZ-news-Feb2017.pdf | title=Transitioning to EUBO @ AMUZ | publisher=European Union Baroque Orchestra | date=13 February 2017 | access-date=2017-02-22 | archive-date=22 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222195044/http://eubo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/EUBO-at-AMUZ-news-Feb2017.pdf | url-status=dead }}
Fort Worth Opera announces the departure of Darren K. Woods as the company's general director, with immediate effect.{{cite news | author=Stephanie Allmon Merry | title=Fort Worth Opera parts ways with general director Darren K. Woods | url=http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/performing-arts/article132544354.html | work=Dallas Star-Telegram | date=2017-02-13 | access-date=2017-02-18}}
20 February – The inaugural Basel Composition Competition announces its inaugural prize winners:{{cite news | author=Jenny Berg | title=Víctor Ibarra gewinnt Basel Composition Competition | url=https://www.srf.ch/kultur/musik/victor-ibarra-gewinnt-basel-composition-competition | work=SRF (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen) | date=2017-02-20 | access-date=2017-02-22}}
First prize: Víctor Ibarra – In memoriam
Second prize: Pasquale Corrado – After last October
Third prize: Hannah Hanbiel Choi – Hide and seek
21 February – Fresno Grand Opera (FGO) and Townsend Opera announce the departure of Matthew Townsend as general director of both opera companies, effective 28 February 2017. In parallel, FGO music director Ryan Murray is to become artistic director of the two opera companies, and Matthew Altamura is to become managing director of FGO.{{cite press release | url=http://fresnograndopera.org/blog/2017/02/21/matthew-buckman-steps-down-as-general-director/ | title=Matthew Buckman steps down as General Director | publisher=Fresno Grand Opera | date=21 February 2017 | access-date=2017-03-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305043626/http://fresnograndopera.org/blog/2017/02/21/matthew-buckman-steps-down-as-general-director/ | archive-date=5 March 2017 | url-status=dead}}
25 February
News articles in Austrian media report that composer Klaus Lang was denied entry to the US, where he had intended to attend rehearsals and a concert featuring his work missa beati pauperes spiritu. Lang postulated that this entry denial was because of a 2013 visit that he made to Iran, one of the seven countries named in Executive Order 13769.{{cite news | author=Michael Tschida | title=Komponist Klaus Lang: "Bin ziemlich schockiert" | url=http://www.kleinezeitung.at/kultur/musik/5175021/Keine-USEinreise_Komponist-Klaus-Lang_Bin-ziemlich-schockiert | work=Kleine Zeitung | date=2017-02-25 | access-date=2017-03-04}}
Calgary Opera announces that Bob McPhee, its general director, is to retire effective 3 March 2017.{{cite news | author=Eric Vollmers | title=Bob McPhee to retire as general director and CEO of Calgary Opera after 19 years | url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/bob-mcphee-to-retire-as-general-director-and-ceo-of-calgary-opera-after-19-years | work=Calgary Herald | date=2017-02-25 | access-date=2017-03-04}}
28 February – The St Paul's Cathedral Choir announces the appointment of Carris Jones to its roster, the first female chorister in the choir's recorded history, effective 1 September 2017, as alto vicar choral.{{cite news | title=St Paul's Cathedral admits first woman to choir | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-39120557 | work=BBC News | date=2017-02-28 | access-date=2017-03-04}}
1 March – Birmingham Conservatoire and Birmingham School of Acting announce that the two institutions are to merge, effective September 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/about-us/news/conservatoire-merger | title=Historic UK institutions join forces to train the world's next great musicians and actors | publisher=Birmingham Conservatoire | date=1 March 2017 | access-date=2017-03-04}}
2 March
The Academy of Ancient Music announces the appointment of Alexander Van Ingen as its new chief executive.{{cite press release | url=http://www.aam.co.uk/#/news/2017/new%20aam%20chief%20executive%20announced.aspx | title=New AAM Chief Executive announced | publisher=Academy of Ancient Music | date=2 March 2017 | access-date=2017-03-04}}
The BBC announces the appointment of Neil Ferris as the new chorus director of the BBC Symphony Chorus, effective May 2017. In parallel, Grace Rossiter is to join the chorus as deputy chorus director.{{cite press release | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/new-chorus-director-bbc-symphony-chorus | title=Neil Ferris announced as new Chorus Director of the BBC Symphony Chorus | publisher=BBC Media Centre | date=2 March 2017 | access-date=2017-03-04}}
4 March – The first concert at the new Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin takes place, under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.{{cite news | author=Joshua Barone | title=Frank Gehry and Daniel Barenboim on Their New Concert Hall in Berlin | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/arts/music/frank-gehry-and-daniel-barenboim-on-their-new-concert-hall-pierre-boulez-saal-in-berlin.html | work=The New York Times | date=2017-03-03 | access-date=2017-03-04}}
7 March
56 years after being denied the opportunity to perform as a piano soloist with the Cape Town Philharmonic in the Piano Concerto No 23 of Mozart, because of his 'coloured' status under apartheid racial policies, Reggie Dreyer, a retired school teacher in South Africa, performs the same concerto with current musicians of the Cape Town Philharmonic at a lunchtime concert at the Artscape Theatre Centre.{{cite news | author=Quinton Mtyala | title=Pianist Reggie Dreyer's big debut at 74 | url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/watch-pianist-reggie-dreyers-big-debut-at-74-8092238 | work=Cape Times | date=2017-03-08 | access-date=2017-03-11}}
Fresno Grand Opera announces cancellation of the remainder of its 2016–2017 season and its intention to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The day before, 6 March, the board of Fresno Grand Opera announced the termination of its contract with company music director Ryan Murray.{{cite news | author=Donald Munro | title=Fresno Grand Opera calls it quits as financial and legal pressures mount | url=http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article137014568.html | work=Fresno Bee | date=2017-03-07 | access-date=2017-03-11}}
8 March – New Music Scotland presented the inaugural Scottish Awards for New Music:{{cite press release | url=http://www.newmusicscotland.co.uk/winners-announced-for-the-first-scottish-awards-for-new-music/ | title=Winners Announced for the First Scottish Awards for New Music | publisher=New Music Scotland | date=9 March 2017 | access-date=2017-03-11 | archive-date=12 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312063056/http://www.newmusicscotland.co.uk/winners-announced-for-the-first-scottish-awards-for-new-music/ | url-status=dead }}
Achievement in New Music: Allie Robertson
Award for Community / Education Project: Drake Music Scotland – 'Wagner's School of Cool'
Large Scale Work: Helen Grime – Two Eardley Pictures: Catterline in Winter and Snow
New Music Performer(s) of the Year: Red Note Ensemble
Recorded New Work: Robert Irvine, Songs and Lullabies (Delphian Records)
Small/medium Scale Work: David Fennessy – Panopticon
9 March – The Stadttheater Klagenfurt announces the appointment of Nicholas Carter as the new chief conductor of both the Stadttheater Klagenfurt and its resident orchestra, the Kärntnersinfonieorchester, effective September 2018, with an initial contract of 3 years.{{cite press release | url=http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/news/nicholas-carter-appointed-chefdirigent-of-stadttheater-klagenfurt-and-the-karntnersinfonieorchester | title=Nicholas Carter appointed Chefdirigent of Stadttheater Klagenfurt and the Kärntnersinfonieorchester | publisher=Askonas Holt | date=9 March 2017 | access-date=2017-03-11}}
15 March – The New York Philharmonic announces the appointment of Deborah Borda as its next president and chief executive officer, her scheduled second tenure in the posts, effective 1 September 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://www.nyphil.org/whats-new/2017/march/deborah-borda-president-ceo | title=Deborah Borda To Return as President and CEO of the New York Philharmonic | publisher=New York Philharmonic | date=15 March 2017 | access-date=2017-03-18}}
17 March – The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra announces that its music director, André Raphel, is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the end of the 2017–2018 season.{{cite press release | url=http://www.wheelingsymphony.com/wso-music-director-andre-raphel-announces-departure-in-2018/ | title=WSO Music Director Andre Raphel Announces Departure In 2018 | publisher=Wheeling Symphony Orchestra | date=17 March 2017 | access-date=2017-04-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402082841/http://www.wheelingsymphony.com/wso-music-director-andre-raphel-announces-departure-in-2018/ | archive-date=2 April 2017 | url-status=dead}}
22 March – The MDR announces that Kristjan Järvi is to conclude his tenure as chief conductor of the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra after the close of the 2017–2018 season.{{cite press release | url=http://www.mdr.de/kultur/themen/jaervi-letzte-spielzeit-100.html | title=WSO Letzte Spielzeit für Kristjan Järvi | publisher=MDR | date=22 March 2017 | access-date=2017-04-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409021419/http://www.mdr.de/kultur/themen/jaervi-letzte-spielzeit-100.html | archive-date=9 April 2017 | url-status=dead}}
23 March – The Rossini Opera Festival announces the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI as its new principal orchestra, following the withdrawal of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna.{{cite press release | url=http://www.rossinioperafestival.it/?IDC=554&ID=775 | title=La Sinfonica Nazionale Rai nuova orchestra principale | publisher=Rossini Opera Festival | date=23 March 2017 | access-date=2017-04-01}}
25 March – The Memphis Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Robert Moody as its next music director, effective with the 2017–2018 season, with an initial contract of 6 seasons.{{cite news | title=Memphis Symphony Orchestra names Robert Moody music director | url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/arts/stage/2017/03/25/memphis-symphony-orchestra-names-robert-moody-music-director/99467408/ | work=The Commercial Appeal | date=2017-03-25 | access-date=2017-05-20}}
27 March – The Théâtre du Capitole announces the appointment of Christophe Ghristi as its next artistic director.{{cite news | title=Christophe Ghristi nommé au théâtre du Capitole | url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2017/03/27/97001-20170327FILWWW00328-christophe-ghristi-nomme-au-theatre-du-capitole.php | work=Le Figaro | date=2017-03-27 | access-date=2017-04-08}}
31 March – The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony announces the appointment of Andrei Feher as its next music director, effective August 2018.{{cite press release | url=http://www.kwsymphony.ca/about/andrei-feher.php | title=The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Announces New Music Director | publisher=Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony | date=31 March 2017 | access-date=2017-04-01}}
3 April – DeFilharmonie announces its renaming as the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.{{cite press release | url=http://defilharmonie.be/defilharmonie-wordt-antwerp-symphony-orchestra | title=deFilharmonie wordt Antwerp Symphony Orchestra | publisher=DeFilharmonie (Antwerp Symphony Orchestra) | date=2017-04-03 | access-date=2017-05-06}}
4 April – A news report indicates that the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra has postponed a scheduled concert for the summer of 2017 that had a composition by Hooshyar Khayam on the programme, because of uncertainty on Khayam's ability to travel to the US in the context of Executive Order 13780.{{cite news | author=Brady Slater | title=Duluth orchestra pulls plug on show with Iranian composer, citing Trump travel ban | url=http://www.twincities.com/2017/04/04/donald-trump-travel-ban-concert-duluth-orchestra-pulls-plug-show-iranian-composer/ | work=Twin Cities Pioneer Press | date=2017-04-04 | access-date=2017-04-08}}
5 April
The Southbank Centre announces the appointment of Elaine Bedell as its next chief executive, the first woman to hold the post, effective May 2017.{{cite press release | url=https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/content/southbank-centre-appoints-new-chief-executive | title=Southbank Centre Appoints New Chief Executive | publisher=Southbank Centre | date=2017-04-05 | access-date=2017-04-08}}
The SWR announces the appointment of Teodor Currentzis as the first chief conductor of the SWR Symphonieorchester, effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | url=http://www.swr.de/unternehmen/kommunikation/5-teodor-currentzis-wird-chefdirigent-des-swr-symphonieorchesters/-/id=10563098/did=19322874/nid=10563098/ee1mro/index.html | title=Teodor Currentzis wird Chefdirigent des SWR Symphonieorchesters | work=SWR Classic | date=2017-04-05 | access-date=2017-04-08 | archive-date=7 April 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407214812/http://www.swr.de/unternehmen/kommunikation/5-teodor-currentzis-wird-chefdirigent-des-swr-symphonieorchesters/-/id=10563098/did=19322874/nid=10563098/ee1mro/index.html | url-status=dead }}
7 April – The Staatskapelle Halle announces that Josep Caballé-Domenech is to stand down as its chief conductor at the conclusion of his current contract for the 2017–2018 season.{{cite news | url=https://www.mz-web.de/kultur/ueberraschendes-aus-staatskapelle-halle-verliert-chefdirigenten-26676078 | title=Staatskapelle Halle verliert Chefdirigenten | work=Mitteldeutsche Zeitung | author=Kai Agthe | date=2017-04-07 | access-date=2017-12-02}}
12 April
Dutch National Opera announces the appointment of Sophie de Lint as its next artistic director, effective 1 September 2018.{{cite press release | url=http://www.operaballet.nl/nl/opera/nieuws/benoeming | title=Sophie de Lint benoemd als directeur De Nationale Opera | publisher=De Nationale Opera | date=12 April 2017 | access-date=2017-04-15}}
The Ravinia Festival announces the appointment of James Levine as its newly created conductor laureate.{{cite press release | url=http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.ravinia.org/pdfs/2017_Levine_PressRelease.pdf | title=Ravinia Creates Role of Conductor Laureate for James Levine | publisher=Ravinia Festival | date=2017-04-12 | access-date=2017-04-15}}
18 April – Opera North announces the resignation of Aleksandar Marković as its music director, with his contract formally to terminate in July 2017, but where he is not to appear with the company for the remainder of the 2016–2017 season.{{cite press release | url=https://www.operanorth.co.uk/news/statement-regarding-opera-north-s-music-director | title=Statement regarding Opera North's Music Director | publisher=Opera North| date=2017-04-18 | access-date=2017-04-22}}
19 April – The Opéra Royal de Wallonie announces the appointment of Speranza Scappucci as its new principal conductor, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective with the 2017–2018 season.{{cite press release | url=http://www.operaliege.be/fr/videos/speranza-scappucci-nouveau-chef-principal-attitre-de-lopera-royal-de-wallonie-liege | title=Speranza Scappucci : nouveau Chef Principal attitré de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège | publisher=Opéra Royal de Wallonie | date=2017-04-19 | access-date=2017-04-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423063331/http://www.operaliege.be/fr/videos/speranza-scappucci-nouveau-chef-principal-attitre-de-lopera-royal-de-wallonie-liege | archive-date=23 April 2017 | url-status=dead}}
20 April – Opera Australia announces the appointment of Rory Jeffes as its new chief executive officer, effective 31 July 2017.{{cite press release | url=https://d30bjm1vsa9rrn.cloudfront.net/res/pdfs/media-release/170420-opera-australia-new-ceo-announcement-media-release.pdf | title=Opera Australia announces new CEO appointment | publisher=Opera Australia | date=2017-04-20 | access-date=2017-04-22}}
21 April – The Seattle Symphony announces that Ludovic Morlot is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the end of the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | author=Brendan Kiley | title=Seattle Symphony conductor Ludovic Morlot announces departure | url=http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/seattle-symphony-conductor-ludovic-morlot-announces-departure/ | work=Seattle Times | date=2017-04-21 | access-date=2017-04-29}}
25 April
Den Norske Opera announces that the company's music director, Karl-Heinz Steffen, is to stand down from the post at the end of his current contract in 2018.{{cite news | author=Erlend Tro Klette and Hilde Bjørhovde | title=Operaens musikksjef trekker seg: – Umulig å samarbeide med påtroppende operasjef Miskimmon | url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Operaens-musikksjef-trekker-seg--Umulig-a-samarbeide-med-patroppende-operasjef-Miskimmon-619861b.html | work=Aftenposten | date=2017-04-25 | access-date=2017-04-29}}
The Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra announces suspension of its 2017–2018 season.{{cite news | author=Charles Donelan | title=Chamber Orchestra Suspends Operations for 2017–18 | url=http://www.independent.com/news/2017/apr/27/chamber-orchestra-suspends-operations-2017-18/ | work=Santa Barbara Independent | date=2017-04-27 | access-date=2017-04-29}}
26 April – The Eugene Symphony announces the appointment of Francesco Lecce-Chong as its new music director, effective 1 July 2017, with an initial contract of 4 years.{{cite press release | url=http://eugenesymphony.org/news-releases/2017/eugene-symphony-association-names-francesco-lecce-chong-as-new-music-director-conductor-effective-july-1-2017 | title=Eugene Symphony Association names Francesco Lecce-Chong as new Music Director & Conductor, effective July 1, 2017 | publisher=Eugene Symphony | date=2017-04-26 | access-date=2017-04-29}}
2 May – The Leeds International Piano Competition announces that Murray Perahia is to be its new patron, effective 1 June 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://leedspiano.com/content/murray-perahia-announced-patron | title=Murray Perahia announced as Patron | publisher=Leeds International Piano Competition | date=2017-05-02 | access-date=2017-05-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518184502/http://www.leedspiano.com/content/murray-perahia-announced-patron | archive-date=18 May 2017 | url-status=dead}}
3 May
The Festival d'Île-de-France announces that it is ceasing operations.{{cite press release | url=https://www.festival-idf.fr/fr/blog/fin-de-partie | title=Fin de Partie | publisher=Festival d'Île-de-France | date=2017-05-03 | access-date=2017-05-06 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The Orchestra of St. Luke's announces the appointment of Bernard Labadie as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 4 years.{{cite press release | url=https://oslmusic.org/images/OSL%20Labadie%20announcement%20FINAL.pdf | title=Bernard Labadie Named Principal Conductor of Orchestra of St. Luke's | publisher=Orchestra of St. Luke's | date=3 May 2017 | access-date=2017-05-06 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
5 May
The Camerata Bern announces the appointment of Patricia Kopatchinskaja as its next artistic director, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.{{cite press release | url=http://cameratabern.ch/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CAMERATA-BERN-press-release.pdf | title=Patricia Kopatchinskaja begins as Camerata Bern's artistic director in 2018/19 | publisher=Camerata Bern | date=5 May 2017 | access-date=2017-05-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204223100/https://cameratabern.ch/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CAMERATA-BERN-press-release.pdf | archive-date=4 December 2017 | url-status=dead}}
The Brooklyn Academy of Music announces that Joseph Melillo is to stand down as its executive producer at the close of 2018.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/arts/a-cutting-edge-impresario-leaves-bam-what-was-his-best-work.html | title=A Cutting-Edge Impresario Leaves BAM: What Was His Best Work? | work=The New York Times | author=Michael Cooper | date=2017-05-04 | access-date=2017-05-06}}
8 May – The Komische Oper Berlin announces the appointment of Ainārs Rubiķis as its next GMD, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.{{cite press release | url=http://komische-oper-newsroom.hosted-application.de/download/11712/pm_20170508_rubikis_neuer_gmd_ab18_19.pdf | title=Ainārs Rubiķis ab 2018/19 Generalmusikdirektor an der Komischen Oper Berlin | publisher=Komische Oper Berlin | date=8 May 2017 | access-date=2017-05-14}}
9 May
The BBC announces the appointment of Sofi Jeannin as the next chief conductor of the BBC Singers, the first woman to be named to the post, effective July 2018.{{cite press release | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5KZ6tGm578R7lsR9ZFJfFC6/sofi-jeannin | title=Sofi Jeannin – Chief Conductor from July 2018 | publisher=BBC | date=9 May 2017 | access-date=2017-05-14}}
The Deutsche Philharmonie Merck announces the appointment of Ben Palmer as its next chief conductor.{{cite news | url=http://www.echo-online.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/kulturnachrichten/philharmonie-merck-waehlt-ben-palmer-zum-chefdirigenten_17876592.htm | title=National Philharmonie Merck wählt Ben Palmer zum Chefdirigenten | work=Echo | author=Johannes Breckner | date=2017-05-09 | access-date=2017-05-20}}
10 May – The Juilliard School announces the appointment of Damian Woetzel as its seventh president, effective July 2018.{{cite press release | url=https://www.juilliard.edu/presidentialsearch/home | title=Juilliard Names Damian Woetzel as Seventh President | publisher=Juilliard School | date=10 May 2017 | access-date=2017-05-14}}
11 May
The Washington Chorus announces the appointment of Christopher Bell as its next artistic director, effective with the 2017–2018 season.{{cite press release | url=http://thewashingtonchorus.org/images/uploads/PR_-_TWC_Music_Director_announcement.pdf | title=Internationally renowned conductor Christopher Bell to join The Washington Chorus as Artistic Director | publisher=The Washington Chorus | date=11 May 2017 | access-date=2017-05-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714214002/http://thewashingtonchorus.org/images/uploads/PR_-_TWC_Music_Director_announcement.pdf | archive-date=14 July 2017 | url-status=dead}}
The National Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Ben Folds as its artistic adviser, effective with the 2017–2018 season, for a term of 3 seasons.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/news/style/wp/2017/05/11/national-symphony-orchestra-names-a-new-unexpected-artistic-advisor/ | title=National Symphony Orchestra names a new, unexpected artistic adviser | newspaper=The Washington Post| author=Anne Midgette | date=2017-05-11 | access-date=2017-05-20}}
15 May – The Swedish Chamber Orchestra announces the appointment of Martin Fröst as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.{{cite press release | url=http://www.orebrokonserthus.com/kontakt/press/pressmeddelanden/2017-05-15-martin-frost-blir-ny-chefsdirigent-for-svenska-kammarorkestern.html | title=Martin Fröst blir ny Chefsdirigent för Svenska Kammarorkestern | publisher=Swedish Chamber Orchestra | date=15 May 2017 | access-date=2017-05-20 | archive-date=8 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908134345/http://www.orebrokonserthus.com/kontakt/press/pressmeddelanden/2017-05-15-martin-frost-blir-ny-chefsdirigent-for-svenska-kammarorkestern.html | url-status=dead }}
17 May – The Glimmerglass Festival announces the appointment of Eric Owens as its artistic advisor.{{cite press release | url=https://glimmerglass.org/press/news-releases/current/glimmerglass-festival-names-eric-owens-artistic-advisor/ | title=The Glimmerglass Festival Names Eric Owens as Artistic Advisor | publisher=Glimmerglass Festival | date=17 May 2017 | access-date=2017-05-20 | archive-date=19 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719052256/https://glimmerglass.org/press/news-releases/current/glimmerglass-festival-names-eric-owens-artistic-advisor/ | url-status=dead }}
18 May
The Finnish National Opera and Ballet announces the appointment of Gita Kadambi as its next general director, effective January 2018. In parallel, Kadambi is to stand down from her current post as general manager of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.{{cite press release | url=http://oopperabaletti.fi/en/about-us/news/gita-kadambi-appointed-as-the-general-director-of-the-finnish-national-opera-and-ballet/ | title=Gita Kadambi appointed as the General Director of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet | publisher=Finnish National Opera and Ballet | date=18 May 2017 | access-date=2017-05-20}}
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra announces that its current president, Amy Adkins, is to stand down from the post in July 2017, to move to the position of president of the All Saints Health Foundation in Fort Worth, Texas.{{cite press release | url=http://www.fwsymphony.org/about/press/releases/2017_05_18_amy_adkins.pdf | title=Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra President Concludes Tenure in July | publisher=Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra | date=18 May 2017 | access-date=2017-05-20 | archive-date=4 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704193733/http://www.fwsymphony.org/about/press/releases/2017_05_18_amy_adkins.pdf | url-status=dead }}
19 May – The Albany Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Anna Kuwabara as its next executive director, effective 3 July 2017.{{cite news | url=http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-Symphony-appoints-new-executive-director-11158566.php | title=Albany Symphony appoints new executive director | work=Albany Times-Union | author=Amy Biancolli | date=2017-05-19 | access-date=2017-05-27}}
22 May
The Theater St. Gallen announces the appointment of Modestas Pitrenas as its next chief conductor, effective 1 August 2018, with an initial contract of 5 years.{{cite press release | url=http://www.theatersg.ch/media/filer_public/3b/71/3b719281-2fc9-4e66-afed-7ea7a0d2f616/mm_modestas_pitrenas_neuer_chefdirigent.pdf | title=Modestas Pitrenas wird ab der Saison 2018/2019 Chefdirigenten von Sinfonieorchester und Theater St.Gallen | publisher=Theater St. Gallen | date=22 May 2017 | access-date=2017-08-19}}
The Jenaer Philharmonie announces the appointment of Simon Gaudenz as its next Generalmusikdirektor, effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite press release | url=https://www.jenaer-philharmonie.de/de/simon_gaudenz_wird_neuer_generalmusikdirektor_der_jenaer_philharmonie/simon_gaudenz_wird_neuer_generalmusikdirektor_der_jenaer_philharmonie/731946# | title=Simon Gaudenz wird neuer Generalmusikdirektor der Jenaer Philharmonie | publisher=Jenaer Philharmonie | date=22 May 2017 | access-date=2017-10-07 | archive-date=8 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908154642/https://www.jenaer-philharmonie.de/de/simon_gaudenz_wird_neuer_generalmusikdirektor_der_jenaer_philharmonie/simon_gaudenz_wird_neuer_generalmusikdirektor_der_jenaer_philharmonie/731946 | url-status=dead }}
The Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria announces the appointment of Karel Mark Chichon as its next chief conductor and artistic director, effective with the 2017–2018 season, with an initial contract of 3.5 years.{{cite press release | url=http://www.ofgrancanaria.com/index.php/en/prensa/press-releases/item/1759-karel-mark-chichon-nuevo-director-de-la-orquesta-filarmonica-de-gran-canaria-tras-dirigir-la-deutsche-radio-philharmonie-la-nacional-de-letonia-y-la-sinfonica-de-graz-de-austria | title=Karel Mark Chichon, nuevo director de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria tras dirigir la Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, la Nacional de Letonia y la Sinfónica de Graz de Austria | publisher=Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria | date=22 May 2017 | access-date=2017-05-27}}
The Cincinnati World Piano Competition announces cessation of operations, with scheduled legal dissolution of the organisation to be completed by June 2017.{{cite news | url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2017/05/23/cincinnati-world-piano-competition-wont-play-again/337815001/ | title=Cincinnati World Piano Competition won't play it again | work=Cincinnati Enquirer | author=Janelle Gelfand | date=2017-05-23 | access-date=2017-05-27}}
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra announces that Alexander Mickelthwate is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2017–2018 season.{{cite press release | url=https://wso.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/WSOMediaRelease–AlexanderOklahoma.pdf | title=Special Announcement: Maestro Alexander Mickelthwate announces new position with Oklahoma City Philharmonic; final season with WSO | publisher=Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra| date=22 May 2017 | access-date=2017-05-27}}
The Oklahoma City Philharmonic announces the appointment of Alexander Mickelthwate as its next music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | url=http://newsok.com/article/5550179 | title=Oklahoma City Philharmonic names successor to Maestro Joel Levine | work=The Oklahoman | author=Brandy McDonnell | date=2017-05-22 | access-date=2017-05-27}}
23 May – The Cleveland Orchestra announces that Robert Porco is to step down as its director choruses at the conclusion of the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | url=http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2017/05/robert_porco_director_of_choru.html | title=Robert Porco, director of choruses at the Cleveland Orchestra, will step down after next season | work=Cleveland Plain Dealer | author=Zachary Lewis | date=2017-05-23 | access-date=2017-05-27}}
24 May – The Grand Théâtre de Genève announces the appointment of Aviel Cahn as its next artistic director, effective with the 2019–2020 season.{{cite news | url=http://www.tdg.ch/culture/musique/aviel-cahn-nouveau-directeur-grand-thetre/story/28728465 | title=Aviel Cahn, un directeur visionnaire pour le Grand Théâtre | work=Tribune de Genève | author=Rocco Zacheo | date=2017-05-24 | access-date=2017-05-27}}
25 May
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) announces the appointment of Thomas Søndergård as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season. In parallel, Peter Oundjian is to conclude his music directorship of the RSNO at the close of the 2017–2018 season.{{cite news | url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/music/15310504.RSNO_names_its_new_Music_Director/ | title=RSNO names its new Music Director | work=The Herald| author=Keith Bruce | date=2017-05-25 | access-date=2017-05-26}}
The Phoenix Chorale announces that Charles Bruffy is to conclude his tenure as its artistic director at the end of October 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://www.phoenixchorale.org/pressroom/news-release-charles-bruffy-to-step-down/ | title=Charles Bruffy to Step Down as Artistic Director of Phoenix Chorale In October 2017 | publisher=Phoenix Chorale | date=25 May 2017 | access-date=2017-06-03}}
29 May – Giorgio Battistelli announces his departure as artistic director of the Opera di Roma, effective 31 May 2017.{{cite news | url=http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/05/29/news/teatro_dell_opera_l_addio_di_battistelli_non_sono_ben_visti_due_direttori_artistici_-166728165/?refresh_ce | title=Teatro dell'Opera, l'addio di Battistelli: "Non sono ben visti due direttori artistici" | work=La Repubblica | author=Giovanni d'Alò | date=2017-05-29 | access-date=2017-06-03}}
30 May – The West Virginia Symphony announces the appointment of Lawrence Loh as its next music director.{{cite press release | url=http://wvsymphony.org/pressreleases/lawrence-loh-becomes-10th-conductor-music-director | title=Lawrence Loh Becomes 10th Conductor, Music Director | publisher=West Virginia Symphony | date=30 May 2017 | access-date=2017-06-03}}
31 May – The Toronto Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Sir Andrew Davis as its interim artistic director for two seasons, effective with the 2017–2018 season.{{cite press release | url=https://www.tso.ca/news-release/sir-andrew-davis-provide-interim-artistic-leadership-during-tso-music-director-search | title=Sir Andrew Davis to provide interim artistic leadership during TSO Music Director search | publisher=Toronto Symphony Orchestra | date=31 May 2017 | access-date=2017-06-03}}
3 June – Musicians from the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, along with musicians from Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico, Sweden, and the US, perform a concert in Tijuana, Mexico, under the title '#teardownthiswall', in protest at US proposals for a border wall between Mexico and the USA.{{cite news | author=Richard Connor | title=German orchestra and pals sound off against Trump's wall | url=http://www.dw.com/en/german-orchestra-and-pals-sound-off-against-trumps-wall/a-39113514 | work=Deutsche Welle | date=2017-06-04 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
5 June – The National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, DC, USA) announces the appointment of Gary Ginstling as its next executive director.{{cite news | author=Anne Midgette | title=NSO announces new executive director | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/nso-announces-new-executive-director/2017/06/05/4b05558a-49f7-11e7-a186-60c031eab644_story.html | newspaper=The Washington Post| date=2017-06-05 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
6 June – The Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Rei Hotoda as its next music director, the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective with the 2017–2018 season.{{cite news | author=Rory Appleton | title=Beethoven and beer? Fresno Philharmonic's first woman musical director promises change | url=http://www.fresnobee.com/entertainment/performing-arts/article154744709.html | work=Fresno Bee | date=2017-06-06 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
7 June
Glyndebourne Opera announces the appointment of Nicholas Jenkins as its new chorus master, effective 4 September 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://www.glyndebourne.com/discover/news-and-blogs/2017/june/glyndebourne-appoints-new-chorus-master/ | title=Glyndebourne appoints new Chorus Master | publisher=Glyndebourne | date=7 June 2017 | access-date=2017-06-12}}
The St Louis Symphony announces the appointment of Stéphane Denève as its next music director, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons. In parallel, the orchestra announces a revision to the scheduled conclusion of the tenure of David Robertson as its music director, to the conclusion of the 2017–2018 season.{{cite press release | url=https://www.stlsymphony.org/en/about-us/press-room/current-press-releases-and-archives/2017/06-07-17---Stephane-Deneve-Named-Music-Director-of-the-St-Louis-Symphony/ | title=Stéphane Denève Named Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony | publisher=St. Louis Symphony | date=7 June 2017 | access-date=2017-06-12}}
8 June – The NDR announces the appointment of Klaas Stok as the new chief conductor of the NDR Chorus, effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite press release | url=http://www.ndr.de/orchester_chor/chor/chor/Klaas-Stok-wird-neuer-Chefdirigent-des-NDR-Chores-,klaasstok102.html | title=Klaas Stok wird neuer Chefdirigent | publisher=NDR | date=8 June 2017 | access-date=2017-09-30}}
9 June – The Toledo Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Alain Trudel as its next music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.{{cite press release | url=http://www.toledosymphony.com/news/2017/06/09/tso-news/toledo-symphony-names-new-music-director/ | title=Toledo Symphony Names New Music Director | publisher=Toledo Symphony Orchestra | date=9 June 2017 | access-date=2017-06-12}}
10 June
Published newspaper reports state the appointment of Claus Peter Flor as the next music director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, effective with the 2017–2018 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.{{cite news | url=http://www.ilgiorno.it/cultura/direttore-orchestra-verdi-1.3186913 | title=LaVerdi, nuovo direttore il Maestro Claus Peter Flor | work=Il Giorno | author=Grazia Lissi | date=2017-06-10 | access-date=2017-06-18}}
The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition announces Yekwon Sunwoo as the gold medal recipient of the 2017 competition.{{cite news | url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/classical-music/2017/06/10/yekwon-sunwoo-south-korea-wins-thecliburn-piano-competition | title=Yekwon Sunwoo of South Korea wins the Cliburn Piano Competition | work=Dallas Morning News | author=Scott Cantrell | date=2017-06-10 | access-date=2017-06-12}}
12 June – Queen's Birthday Honours{{cite press release | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-queens-birthday-honours-2017 | title=The Queen's Birthday Honours 2017 | publisher=Cabinet Office, Government of the United Kingdom | date=12 June 2017 | access-date=2017-06-18}}
Sir Mark Elder is made a Companion of Honour.
Sarah Connolly is made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
George Benjamin is made a Knight Bachelor.
Chi-chi Nwanoku and Roderick Williams are each made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Gerald Finley is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
13 June – The Nordic Chamber Orchestra (Nordiska Kammarorkestern) announces the appointment of Eva Ollikainen as its next chief conductor, the first female conductor to be named to this post, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.{{cite press release | url=http://nordiskakammarorkestern.se/finska-eva-ollikainen-blir-ny-chefdirigent-nordiska-kammarorkestern/ | title=Finska Eva Ollikainen blir ny chefdirigent för Nordiska Kammarorkestern | publisher=Nordiska Kammarorkestern | date=14 June 2017 | access-date=2017-06-18}}
14 June – The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Jonathan Martin as its next president, effective September 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://cincinnatisymphony.org/stories/jonathan-martin-incoming-president/ | title=The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra names Jonathan Martin Incoming President | publisher=Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | date=13 June 2017 | access-date=2017-12-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618085930/http://cincinnatisymphony.org/stories/jonathan-martin-incoming-president/ | archive-date=18 June 2017 | url-status=dead }}
15 June – The Residentie Orchestra announces the appointment of Nicholas Collon as its sole chief conductor and artistic advisor, effective 1 August 2018, in a reinstatement of the previously eliminated post with the orchestra.{{cite press release | url=https://www.residentieorkest.nl/nicholas-collon-chef-dirigent/ | title=Nicholas Collon chef-dirigent Residentie Orkest | publisher=Residentie Orkest | date=15 June 2017 | access-date=2017-07-17 | archive-date=4 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171243/https://www.residentieorkest.nl/nicholas-collon-chef-dirigent/ | url-status=dead }}
16 June – The Bremer Philharmoniker announces the appointment of Marko Letonja as its next Generalmusikdirektor (GMD), effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | url=http://www.radiobremen.de/nordwestradio/aktuell/marko-letonja100.html | title=Marko Letonja wird neuer Generalmusikdirektor | work=Radio Bremen | date=2017-06-16 | access-date=2017-06-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719152444/http://www.radiobremen.de/nordwestradio/aktuell/marko-letonja100.html | archive-date=19 July 2017 | url-status=dead}}
19 June
The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra announces that Thomas Hengelbrock is to conclude his chief conductorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | url=http://www.ndr.de/orchester_chor/elbphilharmonieorchester/orchester/Hengelbrock-nur-noch-bis-2019-Chefdirigent,hengelbrock526.html | title=Hengelbrock nur noch bis 2019 Chefdirigent | work=NDR | date=2017-06-19 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition results are announced:{{cite news | url=http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/opera_now/catriona-morison-wins-bbc-cardiff-singer-world/ | title=Catriona Morison wins BBC Cardiff Singer of the World | work=Classical Music Magazine | author=Katy Wright | date=2017-06-19 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
Main Prize – Catriona Morison (the first-ever British winner of the Main Prize in the history of the competition)
Song Prize – Catriona Morison and Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar (joint prize winners)
Audience Prize – Louise Alder
20 June
The Philadelphia Orchestra announces that Allison Vulgamore is to stand down as its president and chief executive officer, effective 31 December 2017.{{cite news | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/philadelphia-orchestra-chief-to-step-down-20170620.html | title=Philadelphia Orchestra chief to step down | work=Philadelphia Inquirer | author=Peter Dobrin | date=2017-06-20 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
Chicago Opera Theater announces the appointment of Lidiya Yankovskaya as its new music director, the first woman to hold the post, with immediate effect.{{cite news | author=John von Rhein | title=Chicago Opera Theater names new music director | url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/vonrhein/ct-chicago-opera-theater-names-new-music-director-20170619-column.html | work=Chicago Tribune | date=2017-06-20 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
21 June – Washington National Opera announces that its music director, Philippe Auguin, is to conclude his tenure with the organisation at the close of the 2017–2018 season.{{cite news | author=Anne Midgette | title=Opera parts ways with its music director | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/wno-will-not-renew-music-director-contract/2017/06/21/f54e7e96-569e-11e7-9e18-968f6ad1e1d3_story.html | newspaper=The Washington Post| date=2017-06-21 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
22 June – The Royal College of Music Philharmonic Orchestra presents a benefit concert for residents left homeless after the Grenfell Tower fire.{{cite news | title=Royal College of Music Philharmonic to hold fundraiser concert for Grenfell Tower residents | url=https://www.kcwtoday.co.uk/2017/06/royal-college-music-philharmonic-hold-fundraiser-concert-grenfell-tower-residents/ | work=KCW Today | date=2017-06-15 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
23 June – The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra announces the appointment of Alan Gilbert as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 5 seasons.{{cite press release | url=http://www.ndr.de/der_ndr/presse/mitteilungen/Alan-Gilbert-ab-201920-neuer-Chefdirigent-des-NDR-Elbphilharmonie-Orchesters,pressemeldungndr18682.html | title=Alan Gilbert ab 2019/20 neuer Chefdirigent des NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchesters | publisher=NDR | date=23 June 2017 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
24 June – The Staatsoper Berlin performs the first night of the new Wim Wenders production of The Pearl Fishers, Wenders' first-ever opera as a stage director.{{cite news | author=Alison Smale | title=Wim Wenders, Film Visionary, Makes His Operatic Debut | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/arts/music/wim-wenders-film-visionary-makes-his-operatic-debut-berlin-staatsoper-bizet-pearl-fishers.html | work=The New York Times | date=2017-06-20 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
26 June
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra announces that Charles Dutoit is to stand down as its principal conductor, and to take the title of Honorary Conductor for Life, in 2019.{{cite press release| url=http://www.rpo.co.uk/about/news-press/80-news/233-maestro-charles-dutoit-appointed-honorary-conductor-for-life| title=Maestro Charles Dutoit appointed Honorary Conductor for Life| publisher=Royal Philharmonic Orchestra| date=26 June 2017| access-date=2017-07-17| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925040950/https://www.rpo.co.uk/about/news-press/80-news/233-maestro-charles-dutoit-appointed-honorary-conductor-for-life| archive-date=25 September 2017| url-status=dead}}
The New Mexico Philharmonic announces the appointment of Roberto Minczuk as its first-ever music director, as of the 2017–2018 season.{{cite press release | url=http://nmphil.org/menus/06-26-17-press-release/ | title=The New Mexico Philharmonic Appoints Roberto Minczuk As The Orchestra's First Music Director | publisher=New Mexico Philharmonic | date=26 June 2017 | access-date=2017-07-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804075121/http://nmphil.org/menus/06-26-17-press-release/ | archive-date=4 August 2017 | url-status=dead}}
29 June
The Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse announces the appointment of Jacques Lacombe as its next music director and artistic director, effective 1 September 2018.{{cite news | url=http://www.lalsace.fr/actualite/2017/06/29/jacques-lacombe-nouveau-directeur-de-l-osm | title=Jacques Lacombe nouveau directeur de l'OSM | work=L'Alsace | date=2017-06-29 | access-date=2017-10-21}}
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra announces that Kent Nagano is to stand down as OSM music director at the close of his current contract, at the end of the 2019–2020 season.{{cite news | url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/nagano-has-timed-his-departure-just-right | title=Kent Nagano has timed his departure from the OSM just right | work=Montreal Gazette | author=Arthur Kaptainis | date=2017-06-29 | access-date=2017-07-17}}
3 July – The Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Thomas Sanderling as its next chief conductor and music director, effective August 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_news.php?id=4684 | title=Thomas Sanderling new appointment in Novosibirsk | publisher=Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra | date=3 July 2017 | access-date=2017-07-17}}
6 July – The Orquesta de Valencia announces the appointment of Ramón Tébar as its next music director, effective 1 September 2017, with an initial contract of 4 years.{{cite news | url=http://www.abc.es/espana/comunidad-valenciana/abci-ramon-tebar-nuevo-director-titular-orquesta-valencia-201707061723_noticia.html | title=Ramón Tébar, nuevo director titular de la Orquesta de Valencia | work=ABC Comunidad Valenciana | date=2017-07-06 | access-date=2017-07-17}}
7 July – The San Francisco Symphony announces the appointment of Mark C. Hanson as its next executive director, effective 1 September 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Press-Room/Press-Releases/SFS-Executive-Director-Announcement-July-7-2017 | title=Mark C. Hanson Named Executive Director of the San Francisco Symphony | publisher=San Francisco Symphony | date=7 July 2017 | access-date=2017-07-31}}
11 July
The Kammeroper Rheinsberg announces that Frank Matthus is to stand down as its artistic director after the close of the 2017–2018 season.{{cite news | url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/frank-matthus-verlaesst-kammeroper-rheinsberg-27952814 | title=Frank Matthus verlässt Kammeroper Rheinsberg | work=Berliner Zeitung | date=2017-07-11 | access-date=2017-12-29}}
The Macon Symphony Orchestra announces that it is to cease operations in October 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://www.maconsymphony.com/letter-to-patrons/ | title=Letter to Patrons | publisher=Macon Symphony Orchestra | date=11 July 2017 | access-date=2017-07-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716012553/http://www.maconsymphony.com/letter-to-patrons/ | archive-date=16 July 2017 | url-status=usurped}}
14 July – Fort Worth Opera announces the appointments of Tuomas Hiltunen as its new general director, and of Joe Illick as its new artistic director.{{cite press release | url=http://www.fwopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/FWOpera-Announces-New-General-Director-and-Artistic-Director.pdf | title=Tuomas Hiltunen Named General Director of Fort Worth Opera; Joe Illick Named Artistic Director | publisher=Fort Worth Opera | date=14 July 2017 | access-date=2017-07-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171242/http://www.fwopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/FWOpera-Announces-New-General-Director-and-Artistic-Director.pdf | archive-date=4 December 2017 | url-status=dead}}
19 July – The San Antonio Express-News reports that the Symphony Society of San Antonio is to cease operations over the San Antonio Symphony on 31 August 2017, and to turn over operations of the orchestra over to a new charitable organisation, Symphonic Music for San Antonio.{{cite news | author=David Hendricks | title=San Antonio Symphony donors form new charity to take over orchestra operations | url=http://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/San-Antonio-Symphony-donors-form-new-charity-to-11300908.php | work=San Antonio Express-News | date=2017-07-19 | access-date=2017-07-31}}
21 July
The Cecilia String Quartet announces that it is to disband after the 2017–2018 season.{{cite press release | url=http://ceciliastringquartet.com/the-csq-announces-final-season/ | title=The CSQ Announces Final Season | publisher=Cecilia String Quartet | date=21 July 2017 | access-date=2017-07-31}}
Opera Tampa announces the resignation of Daniel Lipton as its artistic director, with immediate effect.{{cite news | url=https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/stage/daniel-lipton-resigns-as-artistic-director-of-opera-tampa/2331315/ | title=Daniel Lipton resigns as artistic director of Opera Tampa | work=Tampa Bay Times | author=Andrew Meacham | date=2017-07-24 | access-date=2017-07-31}}
25 July – The first night of the new Bayreuth Festival production of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg takes place, directed by Barrie Kosky, the first Jewish director ever engaged for the Bayreuth Festival in its history.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/27/die-meistersinger-von-nurnberg-bayreuth-wagner-antisemitism | title=Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg review – riveting restaging puts Wagner on trial | work=The Guardian | author=Martin Kettle | date=2017-07-27 | access-date=2017-08-07}}
26 July – The Sydney Symphony Orchestra announces that David Robertson is to conclude his tenure as its chief conductor at the end of December 2019.{{cite press release | url=https://www.sydneysymphony.com/backstage-news/article/david-robertson-writes-to-the-sso-community | title=A letter to the SSO family by David Robertson | publisher=Sydney Symphony Orchestra | date=26 July 2017 | access-date=2017-08-10}}
27 July – The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Curtis S. Long as its next president and chief executive officer, effective 1 September 2017.{{cite press release | url=http://www.rpo.org/n_598/RPO_NAMES_NEW_PRESIDENT_and_CEO%3A_CURTIS_S._LONG_/ | title=RPO Names New President & CEO: Curtis S. Long | publisher=Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra | date=27 July 2017 | access-date=2017-07-31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801080056/http://www.rpo.org/n_598/RPO_NAMES_NEW_PRESIDENT_and_CEO%3A_CURTIS_S._LONG_/ | archive-date=1 August 2017 | url-status=dead}}
28 July – The Württembergischen Kammerorchesters Heilbronn announces the appointment of Case Scaglione as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 4 seasons.{{Cite news| url=http://www.stimme.de/heilbronn/kultur/kultur/Case-Scaglione-wird-neuer-WKO-Chefdirigent;art139945,3888540 | title=Case Scaglione wird neuer WKO-Chefdirigent | work=Heilbronner Stimme | author=Uwe Grosser | date=2017-07-31 | access-date=2017-08-02}}
30 July – At The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Xian Zhang conducts the annual Prom which includes the Symphony No. 9 of Beethoven, the first woman conductor ever to do so.{{Cite news| url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/proms-2017-review-bbcnow-zhang-a3599906.html | title=Proms 2017, review: BBCNOW / Zhang | work=Evening Standard | author=Barry Millington | date=2017-07-31 | access-date=2017-08-02}}
31 July – The Vienna State Opera announces the appointment of Philippe Jordan as its next music director, effective with the 2020–2021 season.{{cite press release | url=http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/die-staatsoper/aktuelles/detail/news/philippe-jordan-ab-2020-musikdirektor-der-wiener-staatsoper/ | title=Philippe Jordan ab 2020 Musikdirektor der Wiener Staatsoper | publisher=Vienna State Opera | date=31 July 2017 | access-date=2017-07-31}}
9 August
The Reverend David Ingall of the St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church in London (known as the National Musicians' Church) announces that the church is to close its hiring programme and acceptance of new bookings effective 2018.{{cite news | author=Harriet Sherwood | title=UK's leading musicians fight church ban on secular bookings | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/23/uks-leading-musicians-fight-church-ban-on-secular-bookings-aled-jones-judith-weir | work=The Guardian | date=2017-08-23 | access-date=2017-08-31}}
Music Theatre Wales announces the appointment of Richard Baker as its consultant music director, with immediate effect.{{cite press release | url=http://musictheatre.wales/news/music-theatre-wales-appoints-richard-baker-as-consultant-music-director | title=Music Theatre Wales Appoints Richard Baker as Consultant Music Director | publisher=Music Theatre Wales | date=9 August 2017 | access-date=2017-08-31}}
11 August – Santa Fe Opera announces that Charles MacKay is to stand down as its general director after the 2018 season.{{cite news | url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/charles-mackay-will-exit-as-head-of-santa-fe-opera/article_d6196f00-7ed9-11e7-a56b-cbc868e03422.html | title=Charles MacKay will exit as head of Santa Fe Opera | work=Santa Fe New Mexican | author=James M Keller | date=2017-08-11 | access-date=2017-08-19}}
15 August – The Royal Philharmonic Society announces Charles Dutoit as the recipient of the 103rd RPS Gold Medal. The RPS presented Dutoit with the medal at the 17 August 2017 performance by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at The Proms, at the Royal Albert Hall.{{cite press release | url=http://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/images/uploads/Press_Release_-_Conductor_Charles_Dutoit_awarded_RPS_Gold_Medal.pdf | title=Charles Dutoit awarded RPS Gold Medal| publisher=Royal Philharmonic Society | date=15 August 2017 | access-date=2017-08-19}}
16 August – The Sydney Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Emma Dunch as its next chief executive officer, effective January 2018.{{cite press release | url=https://www.sydneysymphony.com/backstage-news/article/our-new-ceo-emma-dunch | title=Homecoming: our new CEO | publisher=Sydney Symphony Orchestra | date=16 August 2017 | access-date=2017-08-19}}
20 August – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announces the cancellation of a scheduled tour by the new Venezuelan Youth Orchestra.{{cite news | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-gustavo-dudamel-venezuela-20170821-story.html | title=Perspective: Venezuela youth orchestra tour is canceled, pushing Dudamel into the center of a political storm | work=Los Angeles Times | author=Mark Swed | date=2017-08-21 | access-date=2017-08-31}}
26 August – Rains from Hurricane Harvey cause damage and flooding to Jones Hall, home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, and the Wortham Center, home to Houston Grand Opera.{{cite news | url=https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2017/8/29/harvey-alley-symphony-ballet-theater | title=What's Harvey's Initial Damage to Houston Performing Arts? | work=Houstonia | author=Morgan Kinney | date=2017-08-29 | access-date=2017-08-31}}
27 August – The Oregon Bach Festival announces the termination of the contract of Matthew Halls as its artistic director, with immediate effect.{{cite news | url=http://registerguard.com/rg/entertainment/arts/35906262-60/oregon-bach-festival-fires-artistic-director-matthew-halls.html.csp | title=Oregon Bach Festival fires artistic director Matthew Halls | work=The Register-Guard | author=Derek Maiolo | date=2017-08-31 | access-date=2017-08-31 | archive-date=5 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805195008/https://www.registerguard.com/rg/entertainment/arts/35906262-60/oregon-bach-festival-fires-artistic-director-matthew-halls.html.csp | url-status=dead }}
29 August – The Chiara String Quartet announces that the 2017–2018 season is to be its final season as an ensemble, before disbanding to pursue individual careers.{{cite press release | url=http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/chiara-string-quartet-announces-farewell-season/ | title=Chiara String Quartet announces farewell season | publisher=Glenn Korff School of Music, University of Nebraska | date=29 August 2017 | access-date=2017-08-31}}
1 September – OperaDelaware announces the appointment of Anthony Barrese as its new music director, with immediate effect.{{cite press release | url=http://www.operade.org/opera-delaware-announces-new-music-director-chorus-master-principal-pianist/ | title=OperaDelaware Announces Staff Additions and Changes As 2017–2018 Season Begins | publisher=OperaDelaware | date=1 September 2017 | access-date=2017-10-21}}
4 September – The Opéra de Toulon announces the appointment of Jurjen Hempel as its next music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | url=https://www.francemusique.fr/actualite-musicale/jurjen-hempel-nouveau-directeur-musical-de-l-opera-de-toulon-36891 | title=Jurjen Hempel nommé nouveau directeur musical de l'Opéra de Toulon | work=France Musique | date=2017-09-04 | access-date=2017-09-16}}
13 September – The Orchestre national de Lorraine announces the appointment of David Reiland as its next music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | url=https://www.francemusique.fr/actualite-musicale/david-reiland-nomme-la-tete-de-l-orchestre-national-de-lorraine-37071 | title=David Reiland nommé à la tête de l'Orchestre national de Lorraine | work=France Musique | date=2017-09-12 | access-date=2017-09-16}}
18 September
Houston Grand Opera announces that damage to its venue, the Wortham Center, from Hurricane Harvey is more extensive than previously reported, and has forced the company to shutter the venue for repairs, and to begin searching for alternative venues for season performances.{{cite news | author=Michael Cooper | title=Hurricane Harvey Closes Houston's Opera and Ballet Home for a Season | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/arts/music/hurricane-harvey-closes-houstons-opera-and-ballet-home-for-a-season.html | work=The New York Times | date=2017-09-19 | access-date=2017-09-23}}
Meredith Monk is announced as the recipient of the 2017 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.{{cite news | author=Reggie Ugwu | title=Meredith Monk Wins the Gish Prize | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/arts/music/meredith-monk-wins-the-gish-prize.html | work=The New York Times | date=2017-09-18 | access-date=2017-09-23}}
19 September
Janelle Gelfand, the classical music critic and journalist for The Cincinnati Enquirer and the final remaining arts writer for the newspaper, is made redundant from her position.{{cite news | url=http://wvxu.org/post/enquirer-cuts-last-arts-writer#stream/0 | title=The Enquirer Cuts Last Arts Writer | work=WXVU 91.7 FM Cincinnati | author=John Kiesewetter | date=2017-09-20 | access-date=2017-09-23}}
The Spokane Symphony announces that Eckart Preu is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/sep/19/music-director-eckart-preu-announces-final-season-/ | title=Music Director Eckart Preu announces final season with the Spokane Symphony | work=The Spokesman-Review | author=Azaria Podplesky | date=2017-09-19 | access-date=2017-10-21}}
21 September
English National Opera announces that Cressida Pollock is to stand down as its chief executive in June 2018.{{cite press release | url=https://www.eno.org/news/cressida-pollock-enos-chief-executive-will-step-june-2018/ | title=Cressida Pollock, ENO's Chief Executive, will step down in June 2018 | publisher=English National Opera | date=21 September 2017 | access-date=2017-09-23}}
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham presents the second-ever known performance of the opera L'Agripina of Nicola Porpora, the first performance since the work's 1708 premiere.{{cite news | url=http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/intoxicating-opera-back-dead-after-13648890 | title='Intoxicating' opera is back from dead after 309 years | work=Birmingham Post | author=Christopher Morley | date=2017-09-21 | access-date=2017-10-07}}
22 September
Washington National Opera announces the appointment of Timothy O'Leary as its next general director, effective 1 July 2018.{{cite news | title=Timothy O'Leary, General Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Named as Next General Director of Washington National Opera | url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/9/News/Timothy_O_Leary_Washington_National_Opera.html | work=Opera News | date=2017-09-22 | access-date=2017-09-23}}
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis announces that Timothy O'Leary is to conclude his tenure as its general director on 30 June 2018.
25 September – Houston Grand Opera announces the location of a temporary venue for its first mainstage productions of the 2017–2018 season, Exhibition Hall A3 of the George R Brown Convention Center in Houston, with the space dubbed the 'HGO Resilience Theater'.{{cite news | author=Wei-Huan Chen | title=Harvey forces Houston Grand Opera to set up shop in the GRB | url=http://www.chron.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/Harvey-forces-Houston-Grand-Opera-to-set-up-shop-12227853.php | work=Houston Chronicle | date=2017-09-25 | access-date=2017-09-30}}
27 September – The Brno Philharmonic announces the appointment of Dennis Russell Davies as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 4 seasons{{cite press release | url=http://www.filharmonie-brno.cz/umeleckym-reditelem-a-sefdirigentem-filharmonie-brno-je-dennis-russell-davies--svetoznamy-umelec-povede-orchestr-od-pristi-sezony-p1518.html | title=Uměleckým ředitelem a šéfdirigentem Filharmonie Brno je Dennis Russell Davies. Světoznámý umělec povede orchestr od příští sezony | publisher=Brno Philharmonic | date=27 September 2017 | access-date=2017-09-30}}
28 September – The Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and Awards announces the appointment of Pierre van der Westhuizen as its next director, effective 2 January 2018.{{cite press release | url=https://www.thegilmore.org/blog/van-der-westhuizen-named-director/ | title=Pierre van der Westhuizen Named Director of The Gilmore Festival and Awards | publisher=Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and Awards | date=28 September 2017 | access-date=2017-09-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001030838/https://www.thegilmore.org/blog/van-der-westhuizen-named-director/ | archive-date=1 October 2017 | url-status=dead}}
30 September – Never performed complete live during the composer's lifetime, the opera Borgia Infami, with music by Harold Blumenfeld and libretto by Charles Kondek, receives its first complete performance at Washington University in St. Louis.{{cite news | author=Liam Otten | title=A singer's opera – World premiere of Harold Blumenfeld's Borgia Infami in Edison Theatre 30 Sept., 1 Oct. | url=https://source.wustl.edu/2017/09/a-singers-opera/ | work=The Source (Washington University) | date=2017-09-19 | access-date=2017-09-30}}
3 October
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Philharmonic jointly announce the abandonment of intended renovations, initially estimated to cost $500M (USD), of David Geffen Hall.{{cite news | author=Michael Cooper | title=Lincoln Center Scraps a $500 Million Geffen Hall Renovation | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/arts/music/lincoln-center-geffen-hall.html | work=The New York Times | date=2017-10-03 | access-date=2017-10-07}}
The Seattle Symphony announces the appointment of Thomas Dausgaard as its next music director, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 4 years.{{cite news | author=Melinda Bargreen | title=Seattle Symphony picks Thomas Dausgaard to succeed Ludovic Morlot as music director | url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/seattle-symphony-picks-thomas-dausgaard-to-succeed-ludovic-morlot-as-music-director/| work=Seattle Times | date=2017-10-03 | access-date=2017-10-07}}
6 October – Following $143M (USD) of renovations, Music Hall in Cincinnati reopens, with a concert by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.{{cite news | author=Michael Cooper | title=As Geffen Hall's Renovation Stumbles, Cincinnati Shows the Way | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/arts/music/geffen-hall-cincinnati-lincoln-center.html | work=The New York Times | date=2017-10-17 | access-date=2017-10-21}}
11 October
The Stuttgarter Kammerorchester announces the appointment of Thomas Zehetmair as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.{{cite news | title=Thomas Zehetmair neuer Chef des Stuttgarter Kammerorchesters – Der Solist als Dirigent | url=https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik/thomas-zehetmair-neuer-chef-des-stuttgarter-kammerorchesters-der-solist-als-dirigent/-/id=661124/did=20435392/nid=661124/11p0bb4/index.html | work=WDR | date=2017-10-11 | access-date=2017-11-04 | archive-date=8 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108003603/https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik/thomas-zehetmair-neuer-chef-des-stuttgarter-kammerorchesters-der-solist-als-dirigent/-/id=661124/did=20435392/nid=661124/11p0bb4/index.html | url-status=dead }}
The European Union Youth Orchestra announces its intention to relocate its administrative functions to Ferrara and Rome, Italy, in the wake of the Brexit referendum.{{cite news | author=Mark Brown | title=EU youth orchestra to quit UK for Italy over Brexit | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/11/eu-youth-orchestra-to-quit-uk-for-italy-over-brexit | work=The Guardian| date=2017-10-11 | access-date=2017-12-16}}
12 October
Hackney Empire announces the cancellation of its scheduled presentation of the opera The Golden Dragon by Peter Eötvös in the production by Music Theatre Wales, following protests at the lack of Asian singers in the production.{{cite news | author=Damien Gayle | title=Hackney Empire pulls out of Chinese takeaway opera over all-white cast | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/12/chinese-takeaway-opera-golden-dragon-hackney-empire-all-white-cast-music-theatre-wales | work=The Guardian | date=2017-10-12 | access-date=2017-10-28}}
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announces the cancellation of a scheduled tour to Asia by the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, one week before the tour was scheduled to begin.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/arts/venezuelas-government-cancels-another-gustavo-dudamel-tour.html | title=Venezuela's Government Cancels Another Gustavo Dudamel Tour | work=The New York Times | author=Michael Cooper | date=2017-10-12 | access-date=2017-10-21}}
Never heard during the composer's lifetime, the Piano Concerto by Ton de Leeuw, originally composed in 1948–1949, receives its world premiere, by the Residentie Orchestra and pianist Ralph van Raat.[https://www.dedoelen.nl/agenda/13298/Wereldpremiere_Pianoconcert_Ton_de_Leeuw/Residentie_Orkest_Ralph_van_Raat/ Residentie Orkest programme, 12 October 2017, De Doelen, Rotterdam]
13 October
The Gulbenkian Orchestra announces the appointment of Lorenzo Viotti as its next music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.{{cite press release | url=https://gulbenkian.pt/musica/en/news/lorenzo-viotti-music-director/ | title=Lorenzo Viotti appointed Music Director of the Gulbenkian Orchestra | publisher=Gulbenkian Orchestra | date=13 October 2017 | access-date=2017-10-21}}
The Frauenkirche, Dresden announces the appointment of Daniel Hope as its next artistic director, effective 2019, with an initial contract through 2024.{{cite news | url=http://www.dw.com/de/star-geiger-daniel-hope-wird-k%C3%BCnstlerischer-leiter-an-dresdner-frauenkirche/a-40937436 | title=Star-Geiger Daniel Hope wird Künstlerischer Leiter an Dresdner Frauenkirche | work=Deutsche Welle | date=2017-10-13 | access-date=2017-12-30}}
14 October – The Sapporo Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Matthias Bamert as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.{{cite news | url=http://www.crescendo-magazine.be/journal/matthias-bamert-a-sapporo/ | title=Matthias Bamert à Sapporo | work=Crescendo Magazine | author=Michelle Debra | date=2017-10-15 | access-date=2017-10-21}}
16 October – The Czech Philharmonic announces the appointment of Semyon Bychkov as its next chief conductor and music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/semyon-bychkov-to-take-top-job-at-czech-philharmonic | title=Semyon Bychkov to take top job at Czech Philharmonic | work=Gramophone | author=Martin Cullingford | date=2017-10-16 | access-date=2017-10-21}}
17 October — The Staatsoperette Dresden announces the appointment of Kathrin Kondaurow as its new Intendantin, effective with the 2019–2020 season.{{cite news | url=https://www.mdr.de/kultur/themen/kathrin-kondaurow-wird-intendantin-an-staatsoperette-dresden-100.html | title=Staatsoperette Dresden künftig unter weiblicher Führung | work=MDR | date=2017-10-17 | access-date=2017-12-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231051613/https://www.mdr.de/kultur/themen/kathrin-kondaurow-wird-intendantin-an-staatsoperette-dresden-100.html | archive-date=31 December 2017 | url-status=dead }}
24 October – The Staatstheater Nurnberg announces the appointment of Joana Mallwitz as its next general music director (Generalmusikdirektorin), the first female conductor to be named to this post, effective with the 2018–2019 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.{{cite press release | url=https://www.staatstheater-nuernberg.de/index.php?page=service,aktuelles,joana_mallwitz_ab_2018_2019_gmd_am_staatstheater,1882 | title=Joana Mallwitz ab 2018/2019 GMD am Staatstheater Nurnberg – Zum ersten Mal wird eine Frau Orchesterchefin in Nürnberg | publisher=Staatstheater Nurnberg | date=24 October 2017 | access-date=2017-10-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201347/https://www.staatstheater-nuernberg.de/index.php?page=service,aktuelles,joana_mallwitz_ab_2018_2019_gmd_am_staatstheater,1882 | archive-date=2017-10-28 | url-status=dead }}
25 October – The Sarasota Orchestra announces that Anu Tali is to conclude her music directorship of the orchestra after the close of the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | author=Susan Rife | title=Music director leaving Sarasota Orchestra in 2019 | url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20171025/music-director-leaving-sarasota-orchestra-in-2019 | work=Sarasota Herald Tribune | date=2017-10-26 | access-date=2015-10-28}}
31 October – The San Francisco Symphony announces that Michael Tilson Thomas is to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2019–2020 season, and subsequently is to take the title of music director laureate.{{cite press release | url=http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Press-Room/Press-Releases/MTT-Announcement | title=Michael Tilson Thomas Announces Plans to Conclude His 25-Year Tenure as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Following the 2019–2020 Season | publisher=San Francisco Symphony | date=31 October 2017 | access-date=2017-11-04 | archive-date=7 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010125/http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Press-Room/Press-Releases/MTT-Announcement | url-status=dead }}
3 November – The Brahms-Gesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein announces Christiane Karg as the recipient of its Brahms-Preis 2018 (Brahms Prize 2018).{{cite news | url=https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/christiane-karg-2018-brahms-preis-100.html | title=Christiane Karg Erhält Brahms-Preis 2018 | work=Bavarian Radio | date=2017-11-06 | access-date=2017-12-28}}
13 November
The Konzerthausorchester Berlin announces the appointment of Christoph Eschenbach as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.{{cite news | url=https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitrag/2017/11/eschenbach-uebernimmt-konzerthausorchester-berlin.html | title=Christoph Eschenbach übernimmt den Taktstock | work=Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg | date=2017-11-13 | access-date=2017-11-18 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The Cathedral Choral Society (Washington, DC, USA) announces the appointment of Steven Fox as its next music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite press release | url=http://www.cathedralchoralsociety.org/steven-fox | title=Music Director Announcement | publisher=Cathedral Choral Society | date=13 November 2017 | access-date=2017-11-18}}
14 November – Lincoln Center announces the discontinuation of its summer Lincoln Center Festival, and that executive director Jane Moss is to assume control of summer programmes for Lincoln Center.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/arts/music/lincoln-center-festival-jane-moss.html | title=Lincoln Center to End Its Namesake Summer Festival | work=The New York Times | author=Michael Cooper | date=2017-11-14 | access-date=2017-11-18}}
16 November
The Los Angeles Philharmonic announces the appointment of Simon Woods as its next president and chief executive officer, effective 22 January 2018.{{cite press release | url=https://www.laphil.com/press/la-phil-names-new-ceo | title=LA Phil Names New CEO | publisher=Los Angeles Philharmonic | date=16 November 2017 | access-date=2017-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031232/https://www.laphil.com/press/la-phil-names-new-ceo|archive-date=2017-12-01}}
The Seattle Symphony announces that Simon Woods is to conclude his tenure as its president and chief executive officer, as of 19 January 2018.{{cite press release | url=https://www.seattlesymphony.org/watch-listen/beyondthestage/simon-woods-la-phil | title=President & CEO Simon Woods Named Chief Executive Officer of Los Angeles Philharmonic | publisher=Seattle Symphony | date=16 November 2017 | access-date=2017-11-18}}
17 November
Cecilia Bartoli becomes the first woman ever to sing at the Sistine Chapel, in collaboration with the Pontifical Choir of the Sistine Chapel.{{cite news | url=http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/17_novembre_15/cantero-cappella-sistina-prima-volta-una-donna-72f8d43c-c95d-11e7-8a54-e86623f761be.shtml?refresh_ce-cp | title=Cecilia Bartoli: 'Canterò nella Cappella Sistina – La prima volta di una donna' | work=Corriere della Serra | author=Valerio Cappelli | date=2017-11-14 | access-date=2017-12-29}}
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Kim Noltemy as its next chief executive officer, effective 22 January 2018.{{cite press release | url=https://www.mydso.com/about-the-dso/press-room/press-releases/noltemy-announcement | title=Kim Noltemy Named President & CEO of Dallas Symphony Association | publisher=Dallas Symphony Orchestra | date=17 November 2017 | access-date=2017-11-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031232/https://www.laphil.com/press/la-phil-names-new-ceo | archive-date=1 December 2017 | url-status=dead}}
The Ojai Music Festival announces that Thomas W Morris is to retire as its artistic director after the 2019 season.{{cite press release | url=https://www.ojaifestival.org/thomas-w-morris-announces-retirement-artistic-director-ojai-music-festival/ | title=Thomas W. Morris announces retirement as Artistic Director of the Ojai Music Festival | publisher=Ojai Music Festival | date=17 November 2017 | access-date=2017-11-18}}
23 November
The BBC Concert Orchestra announces the appointment of Bramwell Tovey as its next principal conductor, effective January 2018, with an initial contract of 5 years. In parallel, Keith Lockhart is to stand down from the principal conductorship of the BBC Concert Orchestra, and to take the title of chief guest conductor.{{cite news | url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/bbc-concert-orchestra-names-new-principal-conductor | title=BBC Concert Orchestra names new Principal Conductor | work=Gramophone | author=Martin Cullingford | date=2017-11-21 | access-date=2017-11-28}}
The Royal Philharmonic Society announces Mariss Jansons as the recipient of the 104th RPS Gold Medal.{{cite press release | url=https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/rps_today/news/mariss-jansons-awarded-rps-gold-medal | title=Mariss Jansons Awarded RPS Gold Medal | publisher=Royal Philharmonic Society | date=23 November 2017 | access-date=2017-11-28}}
27 November – The Grawemeyer Foundation announces Bent Sørensen as the recipient of the 2018 Grawemeyer Award Winner in Music, for his triple concerto L'isola della Città.{{cite news | url=http://uoflnews.com/releases/bent-sorensen-wins-grawemeyer-award-for-music-composition/ | title=Bent Sorensen wins Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition | work=University of Louisville News | author=Niki King | date=2017-11-27 | access-date=2017-12-02}}
28 November – The Association of British Orchestras (ABO) announces the election of Gavin Reid as its new chair.{{cite press release | url=http://abo.org.uk/media/128397/ABO-BOARD-announcement-Conf-press_.pdf | title=Association of British Orchestras Announces New Chair, New Board Members, And Annual Conference Speakers | publisher=Association of British Orchestras | date=28 November 2017 | access-date=2017-12-02 | archive-date=3 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203153806/http://abo.org.uk/media/128397/ABO-BOARD-announcement-Conf-press_.pdf | url-status=dead }}
29 November – The Minnesota Orchestra announces that Kevin Smith is to stand down as its president and chief executive officer in August 2018.{{cite press release | url=http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/about/learn-more/press-room/1780-fiscal-2017-balanced-budget | title=Minnesota Orchestra Reports Fiscal 2017 Balanced Budget | publisher=Minnesota Orchestra | date=29 November 2017 | access-date=2017-12-02}}
30 November – The{{cite press release | url=http://www.staatsphilharmonie.de/de/news/beat-fehlmann-wird-neuer-intendant/11 | title=Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz: Fehlmann wird neuer Intendant | publisher=taatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz | date=30 November 2017 | access-date=2017-12-26}}
1 December – The WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne announces that Jukka-Pekka Saraste is to stand down as its chief conductor at the end of the 2018–2019 season.{{cite press release | url=https://www1.wdr.de/unternehmen/der-wdr/unternehmen/saraste-108.html | title="Man soll aufhören, wenn es am schönsten ist" | publisher=WDR | date=1 December 2017 | access-date=2017-12-16}}
3 December – The Metropolitan Opera announces the suspension of its relationship with its music director emeritus, James Levine, after allegations against Levine of past sexual misconduct.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/arts/music/james-levine-met-opera.html | title=Met Opera Reels as Fourth Man Accuses James Levine of Sexual Abuse | work=The New York Times | author=Michael Cooper | date=2017-12-04 | access-date=2017-12-16}}
4 December
Glyndebourne Opera announces that Sebastian F. Schwarz is to conclude his tenure as its general director in 2018.{{cite press release | url=http://www.glyndebourne.com/discover/news-and-blogs/2017/december/sebastian-f-schwarz-steps-down-as-general-director-of-glyndebourne/ | title=Sebastian F. Schwarz steps down as General Director of Glyndebourne | publisher=Glyndebourne Opera | date=4 December 2017 | access-date=2017-12-20}}
The Ravinia Festival announces the termination of its prior appointment of James Levine as its conductor laureate, and its severance "of all ties" with Levine, following allegations against Levine of past sexual misconduct.
5 December – The Royal Philharmonic Society announces that Rosemary Johnson is to stand down as its executive director in the summer of 2018.{{cite press release | url=https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/rps_today/news/rosemary-johnson-to-stand-down-as-executive-director-of-rps | title=Rosemary Johnson to stand down as Executive Director of RPS | publisher=Royal Philharmonic Society | date=5 December 2017 | access-date=2017-12-16}}
6 December
The Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo announces that Marin Alsop is to stand down as its chief conductor in December 2019, and subsequently to take the title of honorary conductor.{{cite news | url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/blogs/joao-luiz-sampaio/marin-alsop-sera-regente-de-honra-da-osesp-a-partir-de-2020/ | title=Marin Alsop será regente de honra da Osesp a partir de 2020 | work=Estadão | author=João Luiz Sampaio | date=2017-12-06 | access-date=2017-12-16}}
The Boston Symphony Orchestra announces its intention never again to engage its former music director James Levine for any conducting appearances with the orchestra, following allegations against Levine of past sexual misconduct.{{cite news | url=http://wamc.org/post/following-assault-allegations-bso-says-it-will-never-employ-levine-again | title=Following Assault Allegations, BSO Says It Will Never Employ Levine Again | work=WAMC | author=Jim Levulis | date=2017-12-06 | access-date=2017-12-16}}
8 December – David Patrick Stearns, one of the two classical music reporters for The Philadelphia Inquirer, is made redundant from his position.[http://www.artsjournal.com/condemned/2017/11/another-classical-music-critic-is-sent-into-the-night-and-this-time-its-me/ David Patrick Stearns, 'Another classical music critic is sent into the night...and this time it's me.' 'Condemned to Music' blog (ArtsJournal.com), 16 November 2017]
9 December – Welt am Sonntag reported that Thomas Hengelbrock intends to depart as chief conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in the summer of 2018, one year earlier than originally reported, because of his dissatisfaction with the timing of the announcement of his designated successor, Alan Gilbert, shortly after the original announcement of the previously scheduled conclusion of his tenure.{{cite news | url=https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article212786249/Dirigent-Hengelbrock-verlaesst-Elbphilharmonie-im-Streit.html | title=Nach Streit: Hengelbrock verlässt Elbphilharmonie schon 2018 | work=Hamburger Abendblatt | date=2017-12-09 | access-date=2017-12-16}}
13 December – The Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival announces Clara Iannotta as the recipient of its Hindemith-Preis 2018 (Hindemith Prize 2018).{{cite news | url=https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik/hindemith-preis-2018-iannotta/-/id=661124/did=20801612/nid=661124/v14f40/index.html | title=Hindemith-Preis 2018 an Clara Iannotta: Kompromisslose Musiksprache | work=SWR2 | date=2017-12-13 | access-date=2017-12-27 | archive-date=28 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228013922/https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik/hindemith-preis-2018-iannotta/-/id=661124/did=20801612/nid=661124/v14f40/index.html | url-status=dead }}
15 December
The Cheltenham Music Festival announces the appointment of Alison Balsom as its next artistic director, effective in 2018, the first woman to hold the post.{{cite press release |url= https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/news/2017/alison-balsom-obe-appointed-as-cheltenham-music-festival-artistic-director |title= Alison Balsom OBE appointed as Cheltenham Music Festival Artistic Director |publisher= Cheltenham Music Festival |date= 15 December 2017 |access-date= 2017-12-20}}
Sinfonia Cymru announces the appointment of Peter Bellingham as its next chief executive. In parallel, Sophie Lewis is to stand down as the ensemble's chief executive at the end of January 2018.{{cite news | url=https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/sinfonia-cymru-appoints-peter-bellingham-new-chief-executive/ | title=Sinfonia Cymru appoints Peter Bellingham as new chief executive | work=Classical Music Magazine | author=Katy Wright | date=2017-12-15 | access-date=2017-12-26}}
Calgary Opera announces the appointment of Keith Cerny as its next general director, effective January 2018.{{cite news | url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/music/calgary-opera-hires-new-ceo-after-international-search | title=Calgary Opera hires new CEO after international search | work=Calgary Herald | author=Michele Jarvie | date=2017-12-15 | access-date=2017-12-16}}
Dallas Opera announces the resignation of Keith Cerny as its general director.{{cite press release | url=https://dallasopera.org/news/2017/12/15/announcing-the-resignation-of-general-director-and-ceo-keith-cerny/ | title=Announcing the Resignation of General Director and CEO Keith Cerny | publisher=Dallas Opera | date=15 December 2017 | access-date=2017-12-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014059/https://dallasopera.org/news/2017/12/15/announcing-the-resignation-of-general-director-and-ceo-keith-cerny/ | archive-date=17 December 2017 | url-status=dead}}
19 December – The Theater Erfurt announces the appointment of Myron Michailidis as its next general music director, effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite press release | url=https://www.theater-erfurt.de/Presse-und-Aktuelles/Aktuelles/Myron-Michailidis-wird-neuer-Generalmusikdirektor.html | title=Michailidis wird neuer Generalmusikdirektor | publisher=Theater Erfurt | date=19 December 2017 | access-date=2017-12-20}}
20 December
The Neuen Lausitzer Philharmonie announces the appointment of Ewa Strusińska as its next general music director (Generalmusikdirektorin), effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite news | url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/sachsen/article171766861/Ewa-Strusinska-wird-Generalmusikdirektorin.html | title=Ewa Strusinska wird Generalmusikdirektorin | work=Welt (N24) | date=2017-12-20 | access-date=2017-12-20}}
The Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra announces the appointment of Manuel Hernández-Silva as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season.{{cite press release | url=https://www.navarra.es/home_es/Actualidad/Sala+de+prensa/Noticias/2017/12/20/Hernandez-Silva+nuevo+director+titular+Orquesta+Sinfonica+Navarra.htm | title=Hernández-Silva será el nuevo director titular de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra a partir de la temporada 2018/2019 | publisher=City of Navarra | date=20 December 2017 | access-date=2017-12-20}}
The Göttinger Symphonie Orchester announces the appointment of Nicholas Milton as its next chief conductor, as of the 2018–2019 season.{{cite press release | url=http://www.gso-online.de/servicemenu/aktuelles/details/jahr/2017/monat/12/artikel//neuer-chefdi.html?tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=20&cHash=3f1e6db867547568f8e3ab2e3bde2fa2 | title=Nicholas Milton wird neuer Chefdirigent des Göttinger Symphonie Orchesters ab der Saison 2018/2019 | publisher=Göttinger Symphonie Orchester | date=20 December 2017 | access-date=2017-12-31}}
21 December
The Theater an der Wien announces the appointment of Stefan Herheim as its next Intendanz (artistic director), effective with the 2022–2023 season.{{cite press release | url=https://www.theater-wien.at/de/ueber-uns/aktuelles/429/Stefan-Herheim-uebernimmt-ab-202223-die-Intendanz-des-Theater-an-der-Wien--Roland-Geyer-bleibt-bis-zur-Spielzeit-202122 | title=Stefan Herheim übernimmt ab 2022/23 die Intendanz des Theater an der Wien – Roland Geyer bleibt bis zur Spielzeit 2021/22 | publisher=Theater an der Wien | date=21 December 2017 | access-date=2017-12-26}}
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra announces the cancellation of concert appearances by principal conductor and artistic director Charles Dutoit, pending the resolution of sexual assault allegations against him.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42452715|title=Charles Dutoit: Conductor relieved of duties after sex assault claims|website=BBC|date=21 December 2017}}
22 December – The Philadelphia Orchestra announces the discontinuation of its relationship with Charles Dutoit and the revocation of his title as its conductor laureate, with immediate effect, in the wake of allegations against him of sexual assault.{{cite press release | url=https://www.philorch.org/press-room/news/follow-statement-philadelphia-orchestra-association-regarding-charles-dutoit#/ | title=Follow-Up Statement from The Philadelphia Orchestra Association Regarding Charles Dutoit Allegations | publisher=Philadelphia Orchestra | date=22 December 2017 | access-date=2017-12-26}}
29 December — New Year's Honours 2018{{cite press release | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-new-years-honours-list-2018 | title=The New Year's Honours list 2018 | publisher= Cabinet Office, Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Health, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Home Office, United Kingdom | date=29 December 2017 | access-date=2017-12-30}}
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Sarah Alexander is made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Anthony Marwood and David Temple are each made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.

New works

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

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John Abram – Start[https://www.tso.ca/concert/tribute-maureen-forrester Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 19 October 2017 programme]

John Adams – I Still Play{{cite news | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-nonesuch-hurwitz-notebook-20170403-story.html | title=Philip Glass, Pat Metheny, k.d. lang, Audra McDonald all turn out for a tribute to a Nonesuch guy | work=Los Angeles Times | author=Mark Swed | date=2017-04-03 | access-date=2017-04-08}}

Samuel Adams – many words of love[http://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2016-17/chicago-symphony-orchestra/muti-beethoven-uchida/?perfNo=7851 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 16 March 2017 programme]

Julia Adolphe – Equinox{{Cite web |url=http://cincinnatisymphony.org/program-notes/17-18/storm-that-built-music-hall/ |title=Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 4–5 November 2017 programme note |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203020309/http://cincinnatisymphony.org/program-notes/17-18/storm-that-built-music-hall/ |archive-date=3 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}

Richard Allain – Videte Miraculum{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Julian Anderson – The Imaginary Museum (Piano Concerto){{cite news | author=Andrew Clements | title=BBC Scottish Symphony/Volkov review – a beguiling odyssey into sea, song and Czech water wells | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/27/bbc-scottish-sovolkov-review-julian-anderson | work=The Guardian | date=2017-07-27 | access-date=2017-07-31}}

Laurie Anderson – Song for Bob

Timo Andres
Steady Hand[https://www.brittensinfonia.com/event/john-adams-70/ Britten Sinfonia, 25 February 2017 programme]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Wise Words

Kerry Andrew
Archbishop Parker's Psalme 150
No Place Like[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e6zn3d BBC Proms, Prom 11 programme, 23 July 2017]

Louis Andriessen – Rimsky or La Monte Young

Clarice Assad – Hocus Pocus{{cite news | url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/reviews/guitarists-duo-noire-get-a-little-weird-at-ethical-society/article_c2aba9f2-a3d3-51ea-95ea-e544e5b0a764.html | title=Guitarists Duo Noire get 'a little weird' at Ethical Society concert | work=Saint Louis Post-Dispatch | author=John Huxhold | date=2017-01-29 | access-date=2017-02-01}}

Lera Auerbach – NYx: Fractured Dreams{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/arts/review-the-new-york-philharmonic-plays-a-piece-inspired-by-night.html | title=Review: The New York Philharmonic Plays a Piece Inspired by Night | work=The New York Times | author=Anthony Tommasini | date=2017-03-02 | access-date=2017-03-04}}

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John Barber – Sicut Lilium{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Gerald Barry – Canada{{cite news | author=Andrew Clements | title=Prom 50: CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – fierce solos and jagged riffs, superbly played | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/23/prom-50-cbso-grazinyte-tyla-review-fierce-solos-and-jagged-riffs-superbly-played | work=The Guardian | date=2017-08-23 | access-date=2017-08-31}}

Sally Beamish and David Harsent – The Judas Passion{{cite news | author=Andrew Clements | title=The Judas Passion review – Beamish and Harsent bring new perspectives to an ancient story | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/25/the-judas-passion-saffron-walden-review-sally-beamish-david-harsent-orchestra-age-enlightenment | work=The Guardian | date=2017-09-25 | access-date=2017-09-30}}

David Bednall – The Mower{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Jonathan Berger
Rime Sparse[http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2017/03/a-world-premiere-and-intense-mendelssohn-from-chamber-music-society/ John Y. Lawrence, 'A world premiere and intense Mendelssohn from Chamber Music Society'. Chicago Classical Review blog, 9 March 2017]
My Lai (text by Harriet Scott Chessman){{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/arts/music/my-lai-review-vietnam-kronos-quartet.html | title=Review: Kronos Quartet Revisits Vietnam Horror in My Lai | work=The New York Times | author=James R Oestreich | date=2017-09-28 | access-date=2017-09-30}}

Julien Bilodeau – La fantasie du pendu{{Cite web |url=https://www.tso.ca/sites/default/files/program-afghanistan-requiem.pdf |title=Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 9 and 11 November 2017 programme |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203013823/https://www.tso.ca/sites/default/files/program-afghanistan-requiem.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Judith Bingham – Ceaselessly Weaving Your Name{{cite news | url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/reviews/guitarists-duo-noire-get-a-little-weird-at-ethical-society/article_c2aba9f2-a3d3-51ea-95ea-e544e5b0a764.html | title=Music review: St. Louis Chamber Chorus premieres a new masterpiece | work=Saint Louis Post-Dispatch | author=Sarah Bryan Miller | date=2017-05-29 | access-date=2017-06-03}}

Harrison Birtwistle – Deep Time{{cite news | author=Andrew Clements | title=Staatskapelle Berlin/Barenboim review – magnificent UK Birtwistle premiere | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/17/review-staatskapelle-berlin-daniel-barenboim-review-proms-2017 | work=The Guardian | date=2017-07-17 | access-date=2017-07-31}}

Rolf Boon – Hyacinth Caelum{{Cite web |url=https://www.tso.ca/sites/default/files/program-brahms-german-requiem.pdf |title=Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 27/28/30 September 2017 programme |access-date=23 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923194027/https://www.tso.ca/sites/default/files/program-brahms-german-requiem.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Johannes Boris Borowski – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Laura Bowler – navigating the dog watch[https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2017/event/crouch-end-festival-chorus-porgy-and-bess Barbican Centre, 20 October 2017 programme]

Charlotte Bray – Blaze and Fall[https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/jacquin-trio-eunsley-park-maria-tarasewicz St John's Smith Square, 27 April 2017 programme]

Dirk Brossé – Pictures at an Exhibition[https://www.kimmelcenter.org/events-and-tickets/201617/chamber/beethoven-and-brosses-pictures-at-an-exhibition/ The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, 14 May 2017 programme]

Courtney Bryan – Soli Deo Gloria

Wolfram Buchenberg – Dum Medium Silentium{{cite news | url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/reviews/st-louis-chamber-chorus-offers-well-sung-christmas-mystery/article_5b229d67-4baf-5dbe-8d9a-f415ef43ce35.html | title=St. Louis Chamber Chorus offers well-sung Christmas mystery | work=St Louis Post-Dispatch | author=Sarah Bryan Miller | date=2017-12-18 | access-date=2017-12-26}}

Eivind Buene – Lessons in Darkness{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Ken Burton – Many are the Wonders{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

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Édith Canat de Chizy – En Noir Et Or (for string quartet){{Cite web |url=https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/bc-2017-18-quatuor-van-kuijk |title=Town Hall / Symphony Hall Birmingham, 23 October 2017 programme |access-date=28 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201632/https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/bc-2017-18-quatuor-van-kuijk |archive-date=28 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Alejandro Castaños – Puntos de inflexión{{Cite web |url=https://www.laphil.com/tickets/cdmx-new-music-from-mexico/2017-10-17 |title=Los Angeles Philharmonic, 17 October 2017 programme |access-date=23 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923194030/https://www.laphil.com/tickets/cdmx-new-music-from-mexico/2017-10-17 |archive-date=23 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Philip Cashian – Piano Concerto ('The Book of Ingenious Devices')[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/epgv2m BBC Symphony Orchestra, 20 January 2017 programme]

John Casken – Clarinet Quintet{{Cite web |url=https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/nash-ensemble-201709201930 |title=Wigmore Hall, 20 September 2017 programme |access-date=23 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923193957/https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/nash-ensemble-201709201930 |archive-date=23 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Alejandro Civilotti – Aché[https://cbso.co.uk/event/reichs-six-marimbas City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, 2 November 2017 programme]

Anna Clyne – Beltane[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ehdv2m BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 9 December 2017 programme]

Gilad Cohen – Around the Cauldron[https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/3/14/0730/PM/CAG-Encores/ Carnegie Hall, 14 March 2017 programme]

Francisco Coll – Harpsichord Concerto{{Cite web |url=https://www.brittensinfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mahan-Esfahani-programme-Lo-Res.pdf |title=Britten Sinfonia, 3/4 February 2017 programme note |access-date=6 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206202309/https://www.brittensinfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mahan-Esfahani-programme-Lo-Res.pdf |archive-date=6 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Marisa Cornford – The Stations of the Cross{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Arturo Corrales – Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Tom Coult
Two Games and a Nocturne{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
St John's Dance{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/15/proms-get-political-as-ode-to-joy-and-the-eu-features-on-first-night | title=Proms get political as Ode to Joy features on first night | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2017-07-14 | access-date=2017-07-17}}

Lyell Cresswell – Llanto (Clarinet Concerto){{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Gordon Crosse – Symphony No 3 ('Between Despair and Dawn')[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/emncd4 BBC Symphony Orchestra, 6 October 2017 programme]

Sara Cubarsi – Exvot{{Cite web |url=https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/ensemble-xy |title=St Johns Smith Square, 6 April 2017 programme |access-date=8 April 2017 |archive-date=9 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409112544/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/ensemble-xy |url-status=dead }}

Arturo Cuellar – Concertino for Strings[https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/classical/camerata-tchaikovsky-directed-yuri-zhislin-karin-dahlberg-soprano/ Camerata Tchaikovsky, 17 December 2017 programme, King's Place, London]

Chaya Czernowin – The Guardian

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Tansy Davies – Forest (Concerto for four horns and orchestra){{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/22/philharmonia-salonen-tansy-davies-review-forest-horn-concerto-premiere | title=Philharmonia/Salonen review – inventive energy animates Tansy Davies premiere | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2017-02-22 | access-date=2017-05-14}}

Miguel Del Aguila – DISAGREE![http://www.chamber-music.org/event/under-ligurian-sun-part-ii SOLI Chamber Ensemble, 'Under the Ligurian Sun, Part II', 15 May 2017 programme]

Donnacha Dennehy – Her Wits (About Him)

Christopher Deviney – Imaginary Day – Duo Concerto for Vibraphone and Marimba (arrangement for percussion and orchestra of original music by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays){{cite news | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/Jazz-gets-outclassed-at-the-Philadelphia-Orchestra.html | title=Jazz gets outclassed at the Philadelphia Orchestra | work=Philadelphia Inquirer | author=David Patrick Stearns | date=2017-03-31 | access-date=2017-04-01}}

Andreas Dohmen – a doppio movimento[https://www.swr.de/-/id=20451126/property=download/nid=2136962/1ujzr18/donaueschinger-musiktage-2017-programmheft-pdf.pdf Donaueschinger Musiktage 2017 programme]

Jonathan Dove – Vadam et circuibo{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Christine Duncan (with Tanya Tagaq and Jean Martin; orchestration by Christopher Mayo) – Qiksaaktuq

Laurent Durupt – Grids for Greed[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/evvq9r BBC Proms, 'Proms at ... Cadogan Hall, PCM 2' programme, 24 July 2017]

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Hanna Eimermacher
Frames
CUT

Brian Elias
Oboe Quartet{{Cite web |url=https://www.brittensinfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/At-Lunch-Three-prog-online.pdf |title=Britten Sinfonia, 19–25 April 2017 programme notes |access-date=15 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416074746/https://www.brittensinfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/At-Lunch-Three-prog-online.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2017 |url-status=dead}}
Cello Concerto{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/10/bbcnow-ryan-wigglesworth-review-prom-32-benjamin-britten-brian-elias | title=BBCNOW/Wigglesworth review – the best of British | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2017-08-10 | access-date=2017-08-19}}

Harry Escott – O Light of Light{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

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Mohammed Fairouz – Diversions{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/arts/music/psalms-white-light-festival-lincoln-center.html | title=Hear 9 New Psalm Settings for Challenging Times | work=The New York Times | author=Joshua Barone | date=2017-10-31 | access-date=2017-11-11}}

Alfred Felder – Wasser (Water; music for orchestra)[http://www.musikkollegium.ch/event-detail?event=19094 Musikkollegium Winterthur, 8 January 2017 programme]

Frank Ferko – Reflection on Thomas Tallis' "If Ye Love Me"{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Edmund Finnis – The Air, Tuning[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e55p6q BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 23 February 2017 programme]

Elena Firsova – Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra[https://www.dso-berlin.de/content/e43/e272/index_ger.html DSO Berlin, 30 June 2017 programme]

Graham Fitkin – Recorder Concerto{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/30/bbc-national-orchestra-of-wales-tecwyn-evans-review-graham-fitkin-huw-watkins-john-adams | title=BBCNOW/Evans review – Fitkin's new recorder concerto appeals and impresses | work=The Guardian | author=Rian Evans | date=2017-05-30 | access-date=2017-06-03}}

Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Invocatio[https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/wihan-quartet-201709271300 Wihan Quartet, 27 September 2017 programme, Wigmore Hall]

Vivian Fung – Clarinet Quintet: 'Frenetic Memories'[http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2017/11/fung-premiere-headlines-chamber-music-society-program-of-new-works/ David Wright, 'Fung premiere headlines Chamber Music Society program of new works'. New York Classical Review, 10 November 2017]

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Marco Galvani – On Christmas Morn[http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/the-sixteen-171219/ Cadogan Hall, The Sixteen, 18–19 December 2017 programme]

Philip Glass
Symphony No. 11[https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/1/31/0730/PM/Bruckner-Orchestra-Linz/ Carnegie Hall, January 31 2017 programme]
Evening Song No. 2
Piano Concerto No. 3[http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2017/09/dinnerstein-brings-a-personal-touch-to-glass-concerto-premiere/ George Grella, 'Dinnerstein brings a personal touch to Glass concerto premiere'. New York Classical Review blog, 29 September 2017]

Alexander Goehr – The Waking

Elliot Goldenthal – For Trumpet and Strings{{cite news | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/david_patrick_stearns/chamber-orchestra-starts-season-with-voices-in-the-wilderness-20171001.html | title=Chamber Orchestra starts season with voices in the wilderness | work=Philadelphia Inquirer | author=David Patrick Stearns | date=2017-10-01 | access-date=2017-10-07}}

Lori Goldston – That Sunrise (for cello and orchestra)[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e342mb BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 6 May 2017 programme, City Halls, Glasgow (19:00)]

Michael Zev Gordon – Violin Concerto[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/egrfxj#p04rpdvw BBC Symphony Orchestra, 3 February 2017 programme]

Helen Grime
Piano Concerto{{Cite web |url=http://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/birmingham-concerts-2016-17/oliver-knussen-conducts-grime/ |title=Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, 5 March 2017 programme |access-date=4 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305040316/http://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/birmingham-concerts-2016-17/oliver-knussen-conducts-grime/ |archive-date=5 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}
Fanfare[https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/icalrepeat.detail/2017/09/14/705/-/2017-18-season-launch-new-music-britain.html London Symphony Orchestra, 14 September 2017 programme]

Diego Grossmann – æquilibrium

HK Gruber – Piano Concerto{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/arts/music/review-concert-hall-meet-cabaret.html | title=Review: Concert Hall, Meet Cabaret | work=The New York Times | author=Anthony Tommasini | date=2017-01-06 | access-date=2017-01-10}}

Sofia Gubaidulina – Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Bayan{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/arts/music/review-the-boston-symphonys-radiant-precision.html | title=Review: The Boston Symphony's Radiant Precision | work=The New York Times | author=Zachary Woolfe | author-link=Zachary Woolfe | date=2017-03-03 | access-date=2017-03-04}}

Édgar Guzmán - Phantasy on a

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Georg Friedrich Haas – Release[https://www2.elbphilharmonie.de/en/whats-on/ensemble-resonanz-unknown-space/7363 Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival programme, 20 January 2017], Ensemble Resonanz

Mika Haasler – Fugue for Pamela

Emily Hall – Advert – wedding dress{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Alexandra Harwood – Sinfonia Concertante (The Secret Ball){{Cite web |url=https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/i-musicanti-3 |title=St John's Smith Square, 4 November 2017 programme |access-date=11 November 2017 |archive-date=11 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111205511/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/i-musicanti-3 |url-status=dead }}

David Hertzberg – Chamber Symphony{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/arts/music/american-composers-orchestra-francis-thorne.html | title=Review: An American Composers Orchestra Concert Pays a Bracing Tribute | work=The New York Times | author=Anthony Tommasini | date=2017-03-26 | access-date=2017-04-01}}

Alice Ping Ye Ho – The Madness of Queen Charlotte{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Simon Holt – Bagatelarañas{{Cite web |url=https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/nash-inventions-201703211930 |title=Wigmore Hall, 21 March 2017 programme |access-date=18 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319022734/https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/nash-inventions-201703211930 |archive-date=19 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}

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Zaid Jabri – A Garden Among the Flames{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/arts/music/how-brahmss-a-german-requiem-became-an-anthem-for-our-time.html | title=How Brahms's A German Requiem Became an Anthem for Our Time | work=The New York Times | author=James R. Oestreich | date=2017-05-12 | access-date=2017-05-14}}

Gabriel Jackson – Chorale Prelude on 'Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen'[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08pxcwy BBC Radio 3, 18 May 2017 programme, St Giles Cripplegate]

Mårten Jansson – 'Tonight I Dance Alone'{{cite news | url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/reviews/st-louis-chamber-chorus-begins-a-season-of-music-for/article_89ac8c43-ed66-58f9-8ce0-59f77c3a1fb9.html | title=St. Louis Chamber Chorus begins a season of music for the dance | work=Saint Louis Post-Dispatch | author=Sarah Bryan Miller | date=2017-10-02 | access-date=2017-10-07}}

Joel Jarventausta – Cantus

Thurídur Jónsdóttir – Cylinder 49{{Cite web |url=http://www.laphil.com/tickets/green-umbrella-reykjavik-festival/2017-04-11 |title=Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, 11 April 2017 Green Umbrella programme |access-date=18 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628165637/http://www.laphil.com/tickets/green-umbrella-reykjavik-festival/2017-04-11 |archive-date=28 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}

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Hannah Kendall – The Spark Catchers{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/31/proms-61-62-rspo-sakari-oramo-chineke-edusei-renee-fleming-review | title=RSPO/Oramo/Chineke!/Edusei review – rounded, exquisite, played to perfection | work=The Guardian | author=Martin Kettle | date=2017-08-31 | access-date=2017-08-31}}

Aaron Jay Kernis
Violin Concerto[https://www.tso.ca/concert/james-ehnes Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 8 March 2017 programme]
Legacy (Concerto for Horn, Strings, Harp and Percussion)[http://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/uploads/pdf/Manfred-Symphony.pdf Grant Park Music Festival, 11–12 August 2017 programme]

Amy Beth Kirsten – QUIXOTE{{Cite web |url=http://www.peakperfs.org/peak-programming-2016-17/quixote/ |title=Montclair State University, Peak Performances series, information on QUIXOTE |access-date=1 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402082718/http://www.peakperfs.org/peak-programming-2016-17/quixote/ |archive-date=2 April 2017 |url-status=dead}}

William Knight – Psalm 21

David Knotts – At the Mid Hour of Night

Oliver Knussen – O Hototogisu – fragment of a Japonisme{{Cite web |url=http://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/bcmg-on-tour-2016-17/bcmg-knussen/ |title=Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, 23 June 2017 programme |access-date=28 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222101725/http://www.bcmg.org.uk/whats-on/bcmg-on-tour-2016-17/bcmg-knussen |archive-date=22 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Dmitri Kourliandski – Maps of non-existent cities: Donaueschingen

Hanna Kulenty – Concerto Rosso for string quartet and string orchestra[http://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/5816 Narodowe Forum Muzyki, 3 December 2017 programme]

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Guillermo Lago – The Wordsworth Poems{{Cite web |url=https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/ferio-saxophone-quartet-0 |title=St John's Smith Square, 23 April 2017 programme |access-date=29 April 2017 |archive-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910002414/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/ferio-saxophone-quartet-0 |url-status=dead }}

Bernhard Lang – DW28 "… loops for Davis"

David Lang – if i sing

Elena Langer – RedMare[http://www.londonpianofestival.com/#two-piano-marathon London Piano Festival, 7 October 2017 programme]

Vanessa Lann – Rise (concerto for two bassoons and orchestra)[http://donemus.nl/world-premiere-vanessa-lan-rise-for-two-bassoons-and-amateur-orchestra/ 'World premiere Vanessa Lann – Rise for two bassoons and (amateur) orchestra'. Donemus website, 7 November 2017]

Joanna Lee – Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Nicola LeFanu – The Crimson Bird[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e5gv2m BBC Symphony Orchestra, 17 February 2017 programme, Barbican Centre]

Ray Leung – Waiting{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Stephen Lias – All the Songs That Nature Sings{{Cite web |url=http://boulderphil.org/concerts/past-concerts/163-nature-music |title=Boulder Philharmonic, 25 March 2017 programme |access-date=15 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416045031/http://boulderphil.org/concerts/past-concerts/163-nature-music |archive-date=16 April 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Cecilia Livingston – Leap of the Heart{{Cite web |url=https://www.tso.ca/sites/default/files/program-glenn-gould.pdf |title=Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 22/23 September 2017 programme |access-date=23 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923194047/https://www.tso.ca/sites/default/files/program-glenn-gould.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Nicole Lizée
Zeiss After Dark[https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/13700 National Arts Centre Orchestra, 23 February 2017 programme]
Black MIDI[https://www.tso.ca/concert/kronos-quartet Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 11 March 2017 programme]

Alexina Louie – Triple Concerto for Three Violins and Orchestra

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Frederik Magle – The Fairest of Roses (Den yndigste rose) for two trumpets and organ{{cite web | url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/4331/58509 | title=Frederik Magle – The Fairest of Roses (2017) | publisher=Editions Wilhelm Hansen / Music Sales Classical | access-date=2018-08-19}}

Bunita Marcus – White Butterflies

Joanna Marsh – Flare{{cite news | url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/music/your-guide-to-the-bbc-proms-in-the-uae | title=Your guide to the BBC Proms in the UAE | work=The National | author=Rob Garratt | date=2017-03-20 | access-date=2017-04-29}}

Jean Martin (with Tanya Tagaq and Christine Duncan; orchestration by Christopher Mayo) – Qiksaaktuq

Grace Evangeline Mason – RIVER[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08xxddp BBC Radio 4, 17 July 2017 programme]

Robert Matthew-Walker – A Bad Night in Los Angeles{{cite news | url=http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/la-club-experience-inspired-composers-12478399 | title=LA club experience inspired composer's disco-style piece | work=Birmingham Post | author=Christopher Morley | date=2017-01-19 | access-date=2017-02-06}}

Colin Matthews – It Rains

Cecilia McDowall – To a Nightingale{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Stuart McIntosh – A Song for St. Cecilia's Day{{cite news | url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/reviews/contemplating-time-and-music-with-st-louis-chamber-chorus/article_e353b896-c9f6-5978-b665-e2af26b5aa65.html | title=Contemplating time and music with St. Louis Chamber Chorus | work=Saint Louis Post-Dispatch | author=Sarah Bryan Miller | date=2017-11-13 | access-date=2017-11-18}}

Gordon McPherson – Williams Machine{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Thomas Meadowcroft – The News in Music (Tabloid Lament)

Brad Mehldau – In Dreams, the Piano

Jessica Meyer – Through Which We Flow{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/arts/music/intoned-absurdity-this-weeks-8-best-classical-music-moments.html | title=Intoned Absurdity: This Week's 8 Best Classical Music Moments – 'Appealing Astringency' | work=The New York Times | author=James R. Oestreich | date=2017-05-19 | access-date=2017-05-27}}

Cassandra Miller – Round

Jared Miller – Buzzer Beater

Misato Mochizuki – Têtes

Giulia Monducci – Versus{{Cite web |url=http://www.venues.ox.ac.uk/event/martha-argerich-and-oxford-philharmonic-orchestra/ |title=Sheldonian Theatre, 21 January 2017 programme |access-date=5 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105182328/http://www.venues.ox.ac.uk/event/martha-argerich-and-oxford-philharmonic-orchestra/ |archive-date=5 January 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Claudia Montero – Concierto en Blanco y Negro{{cite web|url=https://www.advertiser.ie/Galway/article/93124/its-a-huge-thrill-for-myself-and-the-rt-concert-orchestra-to-go-to-galway|title='It's a huge thrill for myself and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra to go to Galway'|date=15 June 2017|author=Charlie McBride|website=Galway Advertiser|access-date=12 September 2021}}

Zad Moultaka – Sakata

Nico Muhly
Move
Marrow

Kelly-Marie Murphy – Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark

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Ivan Naranjo – to what

Angélica Negrón – Mapping{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/arts/music/erie-canal-bicentennial-albany-symphony.html | title=Hell or High Water, an Orchestra Celebrates the Erie Canal | work=The New York Times | author=Michael Cooper | date=2017-07-07 | access-date=2017-07-17}}
Marc Neikrug – String Trio{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Randy Newman – Recessional

Alasdair Nicolson
Piano Concerto No. 2 (The Haunted Ebb)[http://www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/whatson/academy-of-st-martin-ss17 Wiltshire Music Centre, 14 March 2017 programme]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The Ebb Variations[http://sound-scotland.co.uk/event/christian-wilson-organ Sound Festival 2017, 7 November 2017 programme]

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Kris Oelbrand – Catharsis[http://donemus.nl/world-premiere-of-catharsis-by-kris-oelbrandt/ "World Premiere of Catharsis by Kris Oelbrandt". Donemus website, 31 January 2017]

Elizabeth Ogonek – All These Lighted Things[https://cso.org/globalassets/pdfsshared/program-notes/2017-18/programnotes_muti_bruckner4.pdf Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 28–30 September 2017 programme]

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Jordan Pal – Iris[https://www.tso.ca/concert/tanya-tagaq Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 4 March 2017 programme]

Owen Pallett – Songs from an Island

Roxanna Panufnik
Votive
Unending Love{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
A Cradle Song{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Ben Parry – Out of the Deep{{Cite web |url=https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/national-youth-chamber-choir |title=St Johns Smith Square, 12 April 2017 programme |access-date=8 April 2017 |archive-date=9 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409112555/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/national-youth-chamber-choir |url-status=dead }}

Gemma Peacocke (music) and Eliza Griswold (text) – Waves + Lines{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/arts/music/landay-afghanistan-eliza-griswold-gemma-peacocke-waves-lines.html | title=Women's Voices of Afghanistan Rise in Gemma Peacocke's Song Cycle | work=The New York Times | author=Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim | date=2017-06-14 | access-date=2017-06-18}}

Ofer Pelz – Repetition Blidness{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/arts/music/-review-david-greilsammer-piano-crypt.html | title=Review: A Riveting Piano Recital in a Harlem Crypt | work=The New York Times | author=Anthony Tommasini | date=2017-09-29 | access-date=2017-09-30}}

Joseph Phibbs – Clarinet Concerto[https://www.philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/1864 Philharmonia Orchestra, 4 November 2017 programme, The Anvil, Basingstoke]

Julian Philips – Winter Music{{Cite web |url=https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/oliver-wass |title=St John's Smith Square, 12 January 2017 programme |access-date=5 January 2017 |archive-date=5 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105183841/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/oliver-wass |url-status=dead }}

Boris Pigovat – ...therefore choose life...[https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/production/52541 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 22–24 September 2017 programme]

Matthias Pintscher – un despartar (for cello and orchestra)[https://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/79685 Boston Symphony Orchestra programme, 23 March 2017]
Yannick Plamondon – Wīhtikōw

Matan Porat – String Quartet 'Otzma'[https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/cuarteto-casals-201709111930 Wigmore Hall, 11 September 2017 programme]

Francis Pott – La chiesa del sole – in memoriam John Scott[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b095qhsk BBC Radio 3, Radio 3 in Concert, 'Thomas Trotter at Manchester Cathedral', 26 September 2017 programme]

Paola Prestini
A Mass: The Imaginary World of Wild Order (text by Brenda Shaughnessy){{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/arts/music/new-works-for-a-new-year-at-trinity-wall-streets-festival.html | title=New Works for a New Year at Trinity Wall Street' s Festival | work=The New York Times | author=Zachary Woolfe | author-link=Zachary Woolfe | date=2017-01-04 | access-date=2017-01-05}}
The Hotel That Time Forgot

André Previn – Ten by Yeats{{cite news | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/renee-fleming-premieres-andre-previns-first-rate-new-song-cycle-20171016.html | title=Renée Fleming premieres André Previn's first-rate new song cycle | work=Philadelphia Inquirer | author=David Patrick Stearns | date=2017-10-16 | access-date=2017-10-28}}

Deborah Pritchard – Edge{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Gabriel Prokofiev – Concerto for trumpet, percussion, turntables and orchestra{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

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Robert Quinney – Chorale Prelude on 'Nun lob, mein' Seel', den Herren'

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Steve Reich – For Bob

Emma-Ruth Richards – Sciamachy{{Cite web |url=https://www.brittensinfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/17-12-Chichester-Psalms-LO-RES.pdf |title=Britten Sinfonia, 2 December 2017 programme note |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202221728/https://www.brittensinfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/17-12-Chichester-Psalms-LO-RES.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Wolfgang Rihm
Reminiszenz ('Triptychon und Spruch in memoriam Hans Henny Jahnn')
Requiem-Strophen[http://www.br-chor.de/konzert/5709/ Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, 3 March 2017 programme]

Colin Riley – Double Concerto for Two Cellos{{Cite web |url=http://www.manchestercamerata.co.uk/whats-on/concerts/the-play-off |title=Manchester Camerata, 8 June 2017 programme |access-date=3 June 2017 |archive-date=14 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914220343/http://www.manchestercamerata.co.uk/whats-on/concerts/the-play-off |url-status=dead }}

Sarah Rimkus – Mater Dei[http://www.cambridgechorale.org.uk/concerts/hymns-to-the-mother-of-christ Cambridge Chorale, 25 March 2017 programme]

Marina Rosenfeld – Deathstar Orchestration

Alec Roth
Night Prayer{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
A Road Less Travelled (poems by Edward Thomas)[http://www.malvern-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/sacconi-string-quartet/ Autumn in Malvern Festival, 24 September 2017 programme]

Joey Roukens – Boundless (Homage to L.B.)[https://nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1718/JoeyRoukensBoundlessHomeagetoLB.pdf New York Philharmonic, 25–31 October 2017 programme note]

Glen Roven – The Hillary Speeches{{cite news | url=http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/glen-roven-premiere-star-studded-operatic-work-inauguration-day/ | title=Glen Roven to Premiere Star-Studded Operatic Work on Inauguration Day | work=WQXR | author=James Bennett II | date=2017-01-19 | access-date=2017-01-20}}

Simon Rowland-Jones – Close Shave

Edwin Roxburgh – Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra[http://ump.co.uk/performance/edwin-roxburgh-concerto-piano-wind-orchestra-world-premiere/ United Music Publishing page on Edwin Roxburgh's Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra]

Oliver Rudland – Eventide[https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/london-choral-sinfonia St John's Smith Square, 11 March 2017 programme]

Daryl Runswick – Concerto for Piano and Nine Instruments{{Cite web |url=http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/gala-concert-with-the-kings-singers-170606/ |title=Cadogan Hall, 6 June 2017 programme |access-date=3 June 2017 |archive-date=8 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608082202/http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/gala-concert-with-the-kings-singers-170606/ |url-status=dead }}

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Esa-Pekka Salonen – Cello Concerto{{Cite web |url=http://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2016-17/chicago-symphony-orchestra/salonen-and-yo-yo-ma/?perfNo=7847 |title=Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 9 March 2017 programme |access-date=18 March 2017 |archive-date=19 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319112928/http://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2016-17/chicago-symphony-orchestra/salonen-and-yo-yo-ma/?perfNo=7847 |url-status=dead }}

James Saunders – "know that your actions reflect within the group"

Andy Scott – Guitar Concerto{{Cite web |url=http://www.ncorch.co.uk/events/craig-ogden-rodrigo-chethams-stoller-hall/ |title=Northern Chamber Orchestra, 3 November 2017 programme |access-date=4 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015355/http://www.ncorch.co.uk/events/craig-ogden-rodrigo-chethams-stoller-hall/ |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Martin Schüttler – "My mother was a piano teacher [...]"

Evelin Seppar – Psalm 129

Caroline Shaw
Aurora Borealis{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/arts/music/renee-fleming-carnegie-hall-review.html | title=Review: Renée Fleming at Carnegie, Between Opera and 'Carousel' | work=The New York Times | author=Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim | date=2017-10-24 | access-date=2017-10-28}}
Bed of Letters
and the swallow

Howard Shore (music) and Elizabeth Cotnoir (text) – L'Aube

Arlene Sierra – Nature Symphony[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/egjcd4 BBC Philharmonic, 25 November 2017 programme]

Thomas Simaku – The Scream[http://shop.kings.cam.ac.uk/product-p/17000245.htm King's College Cambridge, 17 November 2017 programme]{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Andrew Smith – Lux[https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/trio-mediaeval-nils-okland-201712131930 Wigmore Hall, 13 December 2017 programme]

Martin Smolka – The Name Emmanuel[http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3430&artikel=6429276 Baltic Sea Festival, 27 August 2017 programme]

Bent Sørensen – Evening Land[http://www.nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1718/Bent-Sorenson-Evening-Land.ashx New York Philharmonic, 30 November – 2 December 2017 programme note]

Mauricio Sotelo – String Quartet No 4 ('Quasals vB-131')[https://www.auditori.cat/uploads/20170929/WEB_CAMBRA_QUARTET_CASALS.pdf L'Auditori, Barcelona, 3 October 2017 programme]

Andrew Staniland – Reflections on "O Canada" after Truth and Reconciliation

Harry Stafylakis – Shadows Radiant

Christopher Stark – This Is Not A Story[http://www.mochambermusic.org/current-season.html Missouri Chamber Music Festival, June 2017 programme]

Franz-Josef Stoiber – Chorale Prelude on 'O heiliger Geist, O heiliger Gott'

Morton Subotnick – Crowds and Power[http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2017/07/plugged-in-from-the-start-morton-subotnick-performs-a-classic-and-premiere-at-lincoln-center-festival/ George Grella, 'Plugged in from the start, Morton Subotnick performs a classic and world premiere at Lincoln Center Festival'. New York Classical Review, 21 July 2017]

Giles Swayne – Everybloom[https://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets/events/renaissance-reimagined-new-cambridge-singers 'Renaissance Reimagined – New Cambridge Singers', 1 April 2017 programme, Trinity College, Cambridge]

William Sweeney – Eòlas nan Ribheid (The Wisdom of the Reeds; concertino for clarinet and orchestra)

Diana Syrse – Connected Identities (Identidades Conectadas)

Chiyoko Szlavnics – Memory Spaces (appearances)

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Dobrinka Tabakova – Orpheus' Comet[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09gyf0r BBC Concert Orchestra, Euroradio 50th Anniversary Concert programme, 27 November 2017]

Tanya Tagaq (with Christine Duncan and Jean Martin; orchestration by Christopher Mayo) – Qiksaaktuq

Matthew Taylor
Goddess Excellently Bright{{Cite web |url=http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/constanza-chorus-london-mozart-players-170513/ |title=Cadogan Hall, 13 May 2017 programme, Constanza Chorus and London Mozart Players |access-date=20 May 2017 |archive-date=13 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513013114/http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/constanza-chorus-london-mozart-players-170513/ |url-status=dead }}
String Quartet No 8 ('Salutations and celebrations')[http://www.editionpeters.com/newsdetails.php?articleID=IN01164 'Matthew Taylor Featured Composer In Hertfordshire'. Edition Peters page, 19 May 2017]

Phil Taylor – of embers and aspen leaves (String Quartet No 2){{cite news | url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/music/classical_music/tonal-vision-the-santa-fe-chamber-music-festival/article_2aa8ae30-f581-52d1-bd7f-460aad2e5fb9.html | title=Tonal vision: The 2017 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival | work=Santa Fe New Mexican | author=James M Keller | date=2017-07-14 | access-date=2017-08-07}}

Andrew Thomas – The Sound of Waves{{cite news | url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15361317.St_Magnus_Festival_review__Norwegian_Radio_Orchestra__Pickaquoy_Centre__Kirkwall__Duo_Van_Vliet_and_Joseph_Shiner__St_Magnus_Cathedral__Kirkwall/ | title=St Magnus Festival review: Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall; Duo Van Vliet and Joseph Shiner, St Magnus Cathe | work=The Herald | author=Hazel Rowland | date=2017-06-21 | access-date=2017-11-11}}

Øyvind Torvund – Archaic Jam

Mark-Anthony Turnage
Remembering (In Memoriam Evan Scofield)[http://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/icalrepeat.detail/2017/01/19/564/-/mahler-symphony-no-6.html London Symphony Orchestra, 19 January 2017 programme]
Col{{Cite web |url=https://www.brittensinfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Programme-AL2_Low-res.pdf |title=Britten Sinfonia, 8/10/14 February 2017 programme note |access-date=6 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206202306/https://www.brittensinfonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Programme-AL2_Low-res.pdf |archive-date=6 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}

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Michel van der Aa – Shelter

Patrick van Deurzen – Rotterdam Concerto No. 6 ("Invisible Cities"){{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Matthijs Van Dijk – But All I Wanna Do Is Dance{{Cite web |url=https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/i-musicanti |title=St John's Smith Square, 8 January 2017 programme |access-date=5 January 2017 |archive-date=6 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106010648/https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/i-musicanti |url-status=dead }}

Francesca Verunelli – Man sitting at the piano I

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Julian Wachner
Gaudé{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Tallis Variations{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Regina Coeli à 8 after Victoria{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Freya Waley-Cohen
String Quartet
Vitae

Felipe Waller – Echo Chambers Chronicles

Joanna Ward – She Adored

Huw Watkins – Symphony[http://www.halle.co.uk/whats-on/brahms-watkins-berlioz/ Hallé, 22 April 2017 programme]

Lotta Wennäkoski – Flounce[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ecc3d4 BBC Radio 3, BBC Proms programme, 9 September 2017]

Trevor Weston – Flying Fish

Kate Whitley (music) and Malala Yousafzai (text) – Speak Out{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/09/bbc-national-orchestra-of-wales-xian-zhang-malala-message-kate-whitley-speak-out | title=BBCNOW/Zhang – Malala's message is set to music | work=The Guardian | author=Rian Evans | date=2017-03-09 | access-date=2017-03-11}}

Matthew Whiteside – Repercussive[http://www.matthewwhiteside.co.uk/?event=new-work-for-rte-symphony-orchestra 'Repercussive for RTÉ Symphony Orchestra]

Jörg Widmann – ARCHE{{Cite web |url=https://www2.elbphilharmonie.de/en/whats-on/hamburg-philharmonic-state-orchestra-kent-nagano/6935 |title=Elbphilharmonie programme, 13 January 2017 |access-date=10 January 2017 |archive-date=13 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113033006/https://www2.elbphilharmonie.de/en/whats-on/hamburg-philharmonic-state-orchestra-kent-nagano/6935 |url-status=dead }}

Nolan Williams Jr. – Hold Fast to Dreams{{cite news | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/philly-astronaut-bluford-mann-center-philadelphia-orchestra-derrick-pitts-20170726.html | title=Philly astronaut Bluford gets his props at the Mann – and a soaring orchestral number in his honor | work=Philadelphia Inquirer | author=Peter Dobrin | date=2017-07-26 | access-date=2017-07-31}}

Roderick Williams – 'Là ci darem la mano'[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e88d4f BBC Proms, Cadogan Hall programme, 17 July 2017]

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Isidora Žebeljan – Psalmo 78

New operas

John Adams and Peter Sellars – Girls of the Golden West{{cite news | url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Cast-finds-gold-in-Girls-of-the-Golden-West-12344658.php | title=Cast finds gold in Girls of the Golden West | work=San Francisco Chronicle | author=Steven Winn | date=2017-11-09 | access-date=2017-11-11}}

Mason Bates and Mark Campbell – The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs{{cite news | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-steve-jobs-opera-review-20170728-htmlstory.html | title=Review: The man, the machine and now Steve Jobs, the opera | work=Los Angeles Times | author=Mark Swed | date=2017-07-27 | access-date=2017-08-31}}

Philippe Boesmans and Joël Pommerat – Pinocchio{{cite news | url=https://www.rtbf.be/culture/scene/detail_festival-d-aix-en-provence-pinocchio-de-philippe-boesmans-une-feroce-allegresse-une-reussite-totale?id=9652359 | title=Festival d'Aix-en-Provence: 'Pinocchio' de Philippe Boesmans. Une féroce allégresse. Une réussite totale. | work=RTBF | author=Christian Jade | date=2017-07-05 | access-date=2017-07-17}}

Craig Bohmler and Steven Mark Kohn – Riders of the Purple Sage{{cite news | url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/arts/2017/02/20/riders-purple-sage-arizona-opera-premiere/97984680/ | title='Riders of the Purple Sage' is Arizona Opera's first-ever world premiere | work=Arizona Republic | author=Kerry Lengel | date=2017-02-20 | access-date=2017-04-29}}

William Bolcom and Mark Campbell – Dinner at Eight{{cite news | url=http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-opera-s-dinner-at-eight-is-distinctly-american-broadway-opera-hybrid/415785454/ | title=Minnesota Opera's 'Dinner at Eight' is distinctly American 'Broadway/opera hybrid' | work=Minneapolis Star-Tribune | author=Terry Blain | date=2017-03-09 | access-date=2017-04-29}}

John Casken (music and libretto) and Barry Millington (libretto) – Kokoschka's Doll{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/11/kokoschkas-doll-review-alma-mahler-john-casken-cheltenham-festival | title=Kokoschka's Doll review – musical portrait of Alma Mahler misses the macabre | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2017-07-11 | access-date=2017-08-07}}

Chaya Czernowin and Luk Perceval – Infinite now{{Cite web|url=http://chayaczernowin.com/infinite-now|title=Infinite now|website=Chaya Czernowin|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-05}}

Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn – Hamlet{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/12/hamlet-opera-review-glyndebourne-brett-dean-allan-clayton-barbara-hannigan | title=Hamlet review – Brett Dean conjures spectres, swordfights and swapped soliloquies | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2017-06-12 | access-date=2017-06-12}}

Danyal Dhondy and Nick Pitts-Tucker – Shahrazad{{cite news | url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2017/shahrazad-review-leighton-house-london/ | title=Shahrazad review at Leighton House, London – 'impressive singing' | work=The Stage | author=Edward Bhesania | date=2017-02-14 | access-date=2017-02-23}}

Sebastian Fagerlund and Gunilla Hemming – Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata){{Cite web |url=https://oopperabaletti.fi/en/repertoire/hostsonaten-autumn-sonata/ |title=Finnish National Opera page on Höstsonaten |access-date=16 September 2017 |archive-date=16 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916225316/https://oopperabaletti.fi/en/repertoire/hostsonaten-autumn-sonata/ |url-status=dead }}

Mohammed Fairouz and Mohammed Hanif – The Dictator's Wife{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/opera-as-lively-art--or-not-so-lively/2017/01/15/abffc070-db4b-11e6-b2cf-b67fe3285cbc_story.html | title=Opera as lively art – or not-so-lively | newspaper=The Washington Post| author=Anne Midgette | date=2017-01-15 | access-date=2017-01-20}}

Tom Floyd - Act III: – 'The Crystal Casket' contribution to Snow (opera in three acts with music by three composers; libretto by JL Williams)[http://www.planethugill.com/2017/02/striking-trilogy-snow-new-opera-in.html Robert Hugill, 'Striking trilogy: Snow, a new opera in three acts with three composers'. "Planet Hugill" blog, 21 February 2017]

Luca Francesconi – Trompe-la-mort{{cite news | url=https://www.ft.com/content/c85f8fb4-0afa-11e7-ac5a-903b21361b43 | title=Trompe-la-Mort at the Palais Garnier: a pithy, gripping opera | work=Financial Times | author=Shirley Apthorp | date=2017-03-19 | access-date=2017-04-15}}

Ricky Ian Gordon and Royce Vavrek – The House Without a Christmas Tree{{cite news | url=https://www.ft.com/content/c85f8fb4-0afa-11e7-ac5a-903b21361b43 | title=After Years of Fumbling, HGO May Have Landed A Holiday Winner | work=Houstonia | author=Sydney Boyd | date=2017-12-01 | access-date=2017-12-26}}

Annie Gosfield and Yuval Sharon – War of the Worlds{{Cite news|last=Walls|first=Seth Colter|date=2017-11-13|title=Review: A 'Fake News' Opera on the Streets of Los Angeles (Published 2017)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/arts/music/review-war-worlds-los-angeles-philharmonic.html|access-date=2020-12-22|issn=0362-4331}}

Tom Green and Carol Ann Duffy – The World's Wife[https://www.wno.org.uk/event/worlds-wife-opera-tom-green-and-carol-ann-duffy Welsh National Opera, page on The World's Wife]

Stuart Hancock and Donald Sturrock – The Cutlass Crew{{cite news | url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2017/cutlass-crew-review-posk-theatre-london/ | title=The Cutlass Crew review at Posk Theatre, London – 'a lively new swashbuckling opera' | work=The Stage | author=Graham Rogers | date=2017-12-13 | access-date=2017-12-28}}

David Philip Hefti and Alain Claude Sulzer – Annas Maske[http://www.theatersg.ch/spielplan/annas-maske Theater St. Gallen page on Annas Maske]

David Hertzberg – The Wake World{{cite news | url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/9/Reviews/PHILADELPHIA__The_Wake_World.html | title=The Wake World – Philadelphia, Opera Philadelphia, 9/16/17 | work=Opera News | author=David Shengold | date=2017-09-16 | access-date=2017-09-23}}

Louis Mander and Stephen Fry – The Life to Come{{Cite web |url=http://www.harlequintheatre.co.uk/whats-on/on-stage/Surrey-Opera-The-Life-to-Come/ |title=Harlequin Theatre, "Surrey Opera: The Life to Come" |access-date=7 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808033044/http://www.harlequintheatre.co.uk/whats-on/on-stage/Surrey-Opera-The-Life-to-Come/ |archive-date=8 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Matt Marks and Paul Peers – Mata Hari{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/arts/music/mata-hari-prototype-festival-review.html | title=Review: Mata Hari, a Different Kind of Queen of the Night | work=The New York Times | author=Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim | date=2017-01-06 | access-date=2017-01-10}}

{{ill|Elena Mendoza|de||es}} and Matthias Rebstock – La ciudad de las mentiras[http://www.teatro-real.com/es/temporada-16-17/opera/la-ciudad-de-las-mentiras/ Teatro Real page on La ciudad de las mentiras]

Noah Mosley and Ivo Mosley – Mad King Suibhne[http://burycourtopera.org/index.php/articles/mad-king-suibhne-an-exciting-new-commission-for-our-2017-season Bury Court Opera, '"Mad King Suibhne": An exciting new commission for our 2017 Season']

Nico Muhly and Nicholas Wright – Marnie{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/10/moving-marnie-why-hitchcock-troubled-heroine-is-made-for-opera | title=Sex, sadism, blackmail: Nico Muhly on why Hitchcock's Marnie is an explosive heroine | work=The Guardian | author=Nico Muhly | date=2017-11-10 | access-date=2017-11-18}}

Lewis Murphy
Act I: 'Three Ravens' contribution to Snow (opera in three acts with music by three composers; libretto by JL Williams)[http://www.planethugill.com/2017/02/striking-trilogy-snow-new-opera-in.html Robert Hugill, 'Striking trilogy: Snow, a new opera in three acts with three composers'. "Planet Hugill" blog, 21 February 2017]
Belongings (Laura Attridge, text){{cite press release | url=http://www.glyndebourne.com/discover/news-and-blogs/2017/october/new-opera-on-forced-migration-to-premiere-at-glyndebourne-in-november/ | title=New opera on forced migration to premiere at Glyndebourne in November | publisher=Glyndebourne Opera | date=2 October 2017 | access-date=2017-12-26}}

Roxanna Panufnik and Jessica Duchen – Silver Birch{{Citation needed|reason=Provide date of composition or publication or performance|date=March 2025}}

Lliam Paterson
The 8th Door{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/30/the-8th-door-bluebeards-castle-review-bartok-theatre-royal-glasgow-scottish-opera | title=The 8th Door/Bluebeard's Castle review – Scottish Opera's compelling tour of Bartók's horrors | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2017-03-30 | access-date=2017-04-01}}
BambinO{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/14/bambino-scottish-opera-review-albert-herring-carmen-grange-turandot-royal-opera | title=BambinO, plus Albert Herring; Turandot review – opera for real beginners | work=The Observer | author=Fiona Maddocks|authorlink=Fiona Maddocks | date=2017-07-14 | access-date=2017-08-07}}

Julian Philips and Stephen Plaice – The Tale of Januarie[http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about_the_school/view_all_events/?tx_julleevents_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=4880 Guildhall School of Music, 27 February 2017 Opera and Vocal programme. Silk Street Theatre]

Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell – Elizabeth Cree{{cite news | url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/9/Reviews/PHILADELPHIA__Elizabeth_Cree.html | title=Elizabeth Cree – Philadelphia, Opera Philadelphia, 9/14/17 | work=Opera News | author=David Shengold | date=2017-09-14 | access-date=2017-09-23}}

Guto Puw and Gwyneth Glyn – Y Tŵr[http://www.shermantheatre.co.uk/performance/music/y-twr/ Sherman Theatre, 19 & 20 May 2017 programme page on Y Tŵr]

Daniel Bernard Roumain and Marc Bamuthi Joseph – We Shall Not Be Moved{{cite news | url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/9/Reviews/PHILADELPHIA__We_Shall_Not_Be_Moved.html | title=We Shall Not Be Moved – Philadelphia, Opera Philadelphia, 9/16/17 | work=Opera News | author=David Shengold | date=2017-09-16 | access-date=2017-09-23}}

Laura Schwendinger and Ginger Strand – Artemisia{{cite news | url=http://www.music.wisc.edu/2016/12/05/schwendinger-opera-artemisia-premiere/ | title=Laura Schwendinger's Opera Artemisia Slated for New York Premiere | work= University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mead Whitter School of Music | author=Michael Cooper | date=2016-12-05 | access-date=2017-01-05}}

Lucie Treacher - Act II: 'The Death of the Seven Dwarves' contribution to Snow (opera in three acts with music by three composers; libretto by JL Williams)[http://www.planethugill.com/2017/02/striking-trilogy-snow-new-opera-in.html Robert Hugill, 'Striking trilogy: Snow, a new opera in three acts with three composers'. "Planet Hugill" blog, 21 February 2017]

Julian Wachner and Cerise Jacobs – REV. 23[https://nationalsawdust.org/event/opera-prototype-presents-rev-23/ National Sawdust, 14 January 2017 programme]

Ryan Wigglesworth – The Winter's Tale{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/14/rory-kinnear-winters-tale-english-national-opera-wigglesworth | title=Rory Kinnear on his opera debut: 'If it's a disaster, I apologise' | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2017-02-14 | access-date=2017-02-18}}

Albums

Leopold Kozeluch – Piano Concertos Nos 1, 5 and 6
Renée Fleming – Distant Light (vocal works of Anders Hillborg, Samuel Barber, and Björk){{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/11/hillborg-the-strand-settings-barber-bjork-renee-fleming | title=Hillborg: The Strand Settings, etc CD review – Renée Fleming is ravishing | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2017-01-11 | access-date=2017-01-12}}
Richard Dubugnon – Arcanes Symphoniques{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/12/richard-dubugnon-arcanes-symphoniques-etc-cd-review | title=Richard Dubugnon: Arcanes Symphoniques CD review – joy in the orchestra's swooning sonic possibilities | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2017-01-12 | access-date=2017-01-12}}
Walter Zimmermann – Voces Abandonadas{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/18/zimmermann-voces-abandonadas-nicolas-hodges-cd-review | title=Zimmermann/Hodges: Voces Abandonadas CD review – poetic and hugely rewarding | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2017-01-18 | access-date=2017-01-20}}
Peter Maxwell Davies – Piano Trio, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Sonata for Violin Alone, Dances from The Two Fiddlers{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/19/peter-maxwell-davies-chamber-music-cd-review | title=Peter Maxwell Davies: Chamber music CD review – austere, resolute and personal | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2017-01-19 | access-date=2017-01-24}}
Eva-Maria Houben – Livres d'Heures{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/19/eva-maria-houben-livres-dheures-cd-review | title=Eva-Maria Houben: Livres d'Heures CD review – serene, tantalising restraint | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2017-01-19 | access-date=2017-01-24}}
Hélène de Montgeroult – works for piano (Edna Stern, piano){{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/helene-de-montgeroult-cd-review-edna-stern-forgotten-orchid-classics | title=Hélène de Montgeroult CD review – forgotten musician ahead of her time | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2017-01-26 | access-date=2017-01-28}}
Kenneth Leighton – Complete Organ Works{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/29/kenneth-leighton-complete-organ-works-stephen-farr-review | title=Kenneth Leighton: Complete Organ Works CD review – a towering triumph | work=The Observer | author=Stephen Pritchard | date=2017-01-29 | access-date=2017-02-07}}
Johannes Brahms
String Sextets – Cypress String Quartet (the quartet's final recording), Barry Shiffman, Zuill Bailey
Symphonies Nos 3 and 4 – NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Thomas Hengelbrock (first commercial recordings made in the Elbphilharmonie)
Olav Anton Thommessen – The Hermaphrodite{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/02/olav-anton-thommessen-the-hermaphrodite-cd-review-aurora | title=Thommessen: The Hermaphrodite CD review – lusty, intense and strung-out | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2017-02-02 | access-date=2017-02-07}}
Mauricio Kagel – The 8 Pieces of the Wind Rose{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/08/kagel-the-compass-rose-ensemble-aleph-review | title=Kagel: The 8 Pieces of the Wind Rose CD review – a musical journey to be savoured | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2017-02-08 | access-date=2017-02-11}}
William Alwyn – String Quartets Nos 10–13{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/10/alwyn-quartets-10-13-cd-review-intriguing-works-of-a-prolific-perfectionist | title=Alwyn: Quartets 10–13 CD review – intriguing works of a prolific perfectionist | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2017-02-10 | access-date=2017-02-11}}
Tarik O'Regan – A Celestial Map of the Sky{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/19/tarik-o-regan-celestial-map-of-the-sky-review-halle-elder | title=Tarik O'Regan: A Celestial Map of the Sky CD review – luminous beauty | work=The Observer | author=Stephen Pritchard | date=2017-02-19 | access-date=2017-02-22}}
John Joubert – Jane Eyre{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/09/joubert-jane-eyre-cd-review-april-fredrick-charlotte-bronte-somm-stout-milhofer-woods | title=Joubert: Jane Eyre CD review – April Fredrick gleams in Charlotte Brontë role | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2017-03-09 | access-date=2017-03-18}}
Linda Catlin Smith – Drifter{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/16/linda-catlin-smith-drifter-cd-review-apartment-house-bozzini-quartet-another-timbre | title=Linda Catlin Smith: Drifter CD review – beautiful, poised and thoughtful | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2017-03-16 | access-date=2017-03-18}}
Kate Whitley – I Am I Say{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/30/kate-whitley-i-am-i-say-cd-review-multi-story-orchestra-nmc | title=Kate Whitley: I Am I Say CD review – unpretentious and appealingly vigorous music | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2017-03-30 | access-date=2017-04-01}}
Szymon Laks – Chamber Works{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/15/szymon-laks-chamber-works-review-arc-ensemble-chandos | title=Szymon Laks: Chamber Works review – backwards glances from a Holocaust survivor | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2017-06-15 | access-date=2017-06-18}}
Dimitar Nenov – Piano Concerto; Ballade No 2{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/18/dimitar-nenov-piano-concerto-ballade-no-2-cd-review-varbanov-tabakov | title=Nenov: Piano Concerto; Ballade No 2 CD review – revelatory Bulgarian modernism | work=The Observer | author=Stephen Pritchard | date=2017-06-18 | access-date=2017-06-18}}
Louis Andriessen, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, David Lang, Howard Skempton, Michael Gordon, Paul Hillier, Kevin Volans, Gabriel Jackson, Pablo Ortiz – First Drop{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/02/first-drop-review-ares-nova-copenhagen-paul-hillier | title=First Drop CD review – from Skempton to Reich via 12 immaculate voices | work=The Observer | author=Fiona Maddocks|authorlink=Fiona Maddocks | date=2017-07-02 | access-date=2017-08-07}}
Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Stolen Rhythm{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/06/cheryl-frances-hoad-stolen-rhythm-review-champs-hill | title=Frances-Hoad: Stolen Rhythm review – melodic invention from distinctive composer | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2017-07-06 | access-date=2017-08-07}}
Cipriani Potter – Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 4{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/09/potter-piano-concertos-2-and-4-howard-shelley-review-tasmanian-symphony-orchestra-cipriani | title=Potter: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 CD review – a little gem | work=The Observer | author=Stephen Pritchard | date=2017-07-09 | access-date=2017-08-07}}
Detlev Glanert – Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/13/glanert-requiem-for-hieronymus-bosch-royal-concertgebouw-orchestra | title=Glanert: Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch CD review – a work of great power and intensely vivid invention | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2017-07-13 | access-date=2017-08-07}}
Peter Fribbins – Dances, Elegies and Epitaphs{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/23/peter-fribbins-dances-elegies-epitaphs-graffin-hart-rsno-review | title=Peter Fribbins: Dances, Elegies and Epitaphs CD review – clear, sinuous melody | work=The Observer | author=Stephen Pritchard | date=2017-07-23 | access-date=2017-08-07}}
Stephen Wilkinson – The Sunlight on the Garden (songs){{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/27/songs-stephen-wilkinson-cd-review-lawson-gilchrist-brook-markland-buckle-signum-clare| title=Stephen Wilkinson: Songs CD review – highly persuasive English lyricism | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2017-07-27 | access-date=2017-08-07}}
Morton Feldman – For Bunita Marcus{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/27/feldman-for-bunita-marcus-cd-review-marc-andre-hamelin-hyperion | title=Feldman: For Bunita Marcus CD review – immaculate care with colour and nuance | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2017-07-30 | access-date=2017-08-07}}
Heinrich Isaac – The Time of Lorenzo de' Medici and Maximilian I{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/30/heinrich-isaac-lorenzo-de-medici-maximilian-i-jordi-savall-capella-reial-hesperion-xxi | title=Isaac: The Time of Lorenzo de' Medici and Maximilian I CD review – Savall and co excel | work=The Observer | author=Nicholas Kenyon | date=2017-07-30 | access-date=2017-08-07}}
Elliott Carter – Late Works{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/02/elliott-carter-late-works-cd-review-ondine-oliver-knussen | title=Elliott Carter: Late Works CD review – constant surprises and explosive energy | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2017-08-02 | access-date=2017-08-07}}
Judith Wegmann – Le Souffle du Temps{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/03/judith-wegmann-le-souffle-du-temps-review-elusive-and-meticulous-prepared-piano | title=Judith Wegmann: Le Souffle du Temps review – elusive and meticulous prepared piano | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2017-08-03 | access-date=2017-08-07}}
Gregory Spears (music) and Greg Pierce (libretto) – Fellow Travelers{{cite news | url=http://www.citybeat.com/arts-culture/classical-music/article/20975647/cincinnati-opera-releases-fellow-travelers-recording | title=Cincinnati Opera releases Fellow Travelers recording | work=City Beat | author=Anne Arenstein | date=2017-09-14 | access-date=2017-09-30}}
Louis Andriessen – Theatre of the World{{cite news | author=Andrew Clements | title=Andriessen: Theatre of the World CD review – a superb, surreal journey | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/28/andriessen-theatre-of-the-world-cd-review-louis | work=The Guardian | date=2017-09-28 | access-date=2017-09-30}}
Eliane Radigue – Occam Ocean 1{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/26/eliane-radigue-occam-ocean-1-cd-review-ultra-slow-ephemeral-and-virtuosic | title=Éliane Radigue: Occam Ocean 1 CD review – ultra-slow, ephemeral and virtuosic | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2017-10-26 | access-date=2017-10-28}}
John Cage – Concert for Piano / Christian Wolff – Resistance{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/26/cage-concert-for-piano-orchestra-wolff-resistance-cd-review-apartment-house-thomas-hcr | title=Cage: Concert for Piano; Wolff: Resistance CD review – playful, quick-witted and magnetic | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Molleson | date=2017-10-26 | access-date=2017-10-28}}
Ned Rorem (music) and J. D. McClatchy (libretto) – Our Town{{cite news | url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/11/Recordings/ROREM__Our_Town.html?intcmp=Our_Town | title=Rorem: Our Town| work=Opera News | author=Joshua Rosemblum | date=November 2017 | access-date=2017-11-19}}
Hans Abrahamsen – String Quartets{{cite news | author=Andrew Clements | title=Abrahamsen: String Quartets CD review – definitive recordings of a vital series | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/16/hans-abrahamsen-string-quartets-cd-review-arditti-quartet-winter | work=The Guardian | date=2017-11-16 | access-date=2017-11-18}}
Berlioz – Les Troyens (Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Michael Spyres, Joyce DiDonato et al.; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra; John Nelson, conductor){{cite news | author=Andrew Clements | title=Berlioz: Les Troyens CD review – electrifying performances set a new benchmark | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/22/berlioz-les-troyens-cd-review-john-nelson-joyce-didonato | work=The Guardian | date=2017-11-22 | access-date=2017-11-27}}
Verdi – Rigoletto (Dmitri Hvorostovsky [his final recording], Nadine Sierra, Francesco Demuro et al.; Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor){{cite news | author=Fred Cohn | title=Verdi: Rigoletto | url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/12/Recordings/VERDI__Rigoletto.html | work=Opera News | date=December 2017 | access-date=2017-12-16}}
Kelly Moran – Bloodroot{{cite news | author1=Anthony Tommasini|author2=James R. Oestreich|author3=David Allen|author4=Seth Colter Walls|author5=Joshua Barone | title=The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/arts/music/best-classical-music-recordings-2017.html | work=The New York Times | date=2017-12-13 | access-date=2017-12-16}}
The John Adams Edition (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings)
Roscoe Mitchell – Discussions
Stephen Hartke – The Ascent of the Equestrian in a Balloon
Calmus Ensemble – Luther Collage
Alex Mincek – Torrent
Judd Greenstein, Annie Gosfield et al. – Unbound (Jasper String Quartet)
Roderick Williams – 'Sacred Choral Works'{{cite news | author=Erica Jeal | title=Roderick Williams: Sacred Choral Works review – well-crafted and vibrant | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/14/roderick-williams-sacred-choral-works-review-well-crafted-and-vibrant | work=The Guardian | date=2017-12-14 | access-date=2017-12-26}}

Deaths

1 January – Stuart Hamilton, Canadian opera coach, pianist and radio broadcaster, 87{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/stuart-hamilton-dead-at-87-1.3918362 | title=Opera community mourns loss of Canadian vocal coach Stuart Hamilton | work=CBC | author=Lauren Pelley | date=2017-01-02 | access-date=2017-01-10}}
4 January
Vlastimir Trajković, Serbian composer, 69[http://www.blic.rs/vesti/drustvo/umro-clan-sanu-vlastimir-trajkovic/jwc2xhr Umro član SANU Vlastimir Trajković] {{in lang|sr}}
Georges Prêtre, French conductor, 92{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/arts/music/georges-pretre-french-conductor-known-for-improvisation-dies-at-92.html | title=Georges Prêtre, French Conductor Known for Interpretation, Dies at 92 | work=The New York Times | author=Michael Cooper | date=2017-01-04 | access-date=2017-01-05}}
5 January – Géori Boué, French soprano, 98[https://www.opera-online.com/fr/articles/deces-de-geori-boue-lune-des-plus-grandes-sopranos-francaises-nous-quitte-a-lage-de-98-ans 'Décès de Geori Boué: l’une des plus grandes sopranos françaises nous quitte à l’âge de 98 ans' Opera-Online website] {{in lang|fr}}
8 January – Nicolai Gedda, Swedish tenor, 91{{cite news | url=http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/2/News/Nicolai_Gedda.html | title=Nicolai Gedda, 91, Versatile Tenor Whose Career Spanned Fifty Years, Has Died | work=Opera News | author=Peter G Davis | date=2017-02-09 | access-date=2017-02-11}}
9 January – George Silfies, American orchestral clarinetist, 88{{cite news | url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/george-silfies-longtime-principal-clarinet-of-the-st-louis-symphony/article_4aef8ee6-4951-514e-9c0b-372ae709378a.html | title=George Silfies, longtime principal clarinet of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, dies | work=Saint Louis Post-Dispatch | author=Sarah Bryan Miller | date=2017-01-24 | access-date=2017-02-01}}
12 January – Rosemarie Lang, German mezzo-soprano, 69{{cite news | url=http://www.bz-berlin.de/stadtleben/theater-und-oper/rosemarie-lang-im-alter-von-69-jahren-gestorben | title=Rosemarie Lang im Alter von 69 Jahren gestorben | work=Berliner Zeitung | date=2017-01-18 | access-date=2017-04-22}}
13 January – José Vicente Asuar, Chilean composer, 83
15 January – Richard Divall, Australian conductor and musicologist, 71{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/melbourne-stage/richard-divall-renowned-conductor-and-composer-dies-aged-71-20170116-gtssvl.html | title=Richard Divall, renowned conductor and composer, dies aged 71 | work=Sydney Morning Herald | author=Hannah Francis | date=2017-01-15 | access-date=2017-01-20}}
18 January – Roberta Peters, American soprano, 86{{cite news | url=http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/1/News/Roberta_Peters,_87,_Sparkling_Soprano_Whose_Fairytale_Met_Debut_Led_to_a_Five-Decade_Career,_has_Died.html | title=Roberta Peters, 86, Sparkling Soprano Whose Fairytale Met Debut Led to a Five-Decade Career, has Died | work=Opera News | author=Ira Siff | date=2017-01-19 | access-date=2017-01-20}}
20 January – Max Wilcox, American record producer and engineer, 88{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/arts/music/max-wilcox-dead.html|title=Max Wilcox, Grammy-Winning Record Producer, Dies at 88|work=The New York Times|author=Sam Roberts|authorlink=Sam Roberts (newspaper journalist)|date=2017-01-31|access-date=2017-02-01}}
21 January – Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer, 86{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/veljo-tormis-estonian-composer-whose-works-gave-voice-to-revolution-dies-at-86/2017/01/24/d46c42f4-e258-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html | title=Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer whose works gave voice to revolution, dies at 86 | newspaper=The Washington Post| author=Michael Tarm | date=2017-01-24 | access-date=2017-01-28}}
27 January – Henry-Louis de La Grange, French music scholar and Gustav Mahler expert, 92[https://www.francemusique.fr/chanson/henry-louis-de-la-grange-est-mort-specialiste-gustav-mahler 'Henry-Louis de La Grange est mort, disparition du plus grand spécialiste de Gustav Mahler'. France Musique website, 27 January 2017]
30 January – Walter Hautzig, Austrian-born Israeli pianist, 95{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/arts/music/walter-hautzig-dead-flee-nazis.html|title=Walter Hautzig, Pianist Whose Talent Helped Him Flee Nazis, Dies at 95|work=The New York Times|author=Sam Roberts|authorlink=Sam Roberts (newspaper journalist)|date=2017-02-04|access-date=2017-02-06}}
2 February – Sidney Rothstein, American conductor, 80{{cite news | url=http://www.readingeagle.com/life/article/sidney-rothstein-former-reading-symphony-orchestra-conductor-dies-at-80 | title=Sidney Rothstein, former Reading Symphony Orchestra conductor, dies at 80 | work=Reading Eagle | author=Susan L. Pena | date=2017-02-02 | access-date=2017-02-22}}
3 February – Gervase de Peyer, British clarinetist, 90[http://www.lso.co.uk/more/news/625-obituary-gervase-de-peyer-1926-2017.html London Symphony Orchestra, 'Obituary: Gervase de Peyer (1926–2017)'. 6 February 2017]
11 February – Harvey Lichtenstein, American arts administrator, 87{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/11/arts/music/harvey-lichtenstein-dead-led-bam.html | title=Harvey Lichtenstein, Who Led Brooklyn Academy of Music's Rebirth, Dies at 87 | work=The New York Times | author=Robert Berkvist | date=2017-02-11 | access-date=2017-02-18}}
12 February – David Rumsey, Australian organist, 77{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/david-rumsey-organ-pioneer-dies-aged-77-20170214-guci0d.html | title=David Rumsey, organ pioneer, dies aged 77 | work=Sydney Morning Herald | author=Peter McCallum | date=2017-02-14 | access-date=2017-03-04}}
17 February – Eugene Philips, American violinist, pedagogue, and composer, 97{{cite news | url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2017/04/14/Eugene-Phillips-PSO-violinist-obituary-pittsburgh/stories/201704140073 | title=Obituary: Eugene Phillips / Former PSO violinist shared his gift with students | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | author=Sean D. Hamill | date=2017-04-13 | access-date=2017-05-14}}
20 February – Huang Feili, Chinese conductor, 99{{cite news | url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2072714/musician-who-brought-classics-communist-china-dies-aged-99 | title=Musician who brought classics to communist China dies aged 99 | work=South China Morning Post | author=Oliver Chou | date=2017-02-21 | access-date=2017-02-23}}
21 February – Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Polish-American conductor and composer, 93{{cite news | url=http://www.startribune.com/stanislaw-skrowaczewski-minnesota-musical-giant-dead-at-93/414391273/#1 | title=Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Minnesota musical giant, dead at 93 | work=Minneapolis Star-Tribune | author=Jenna Ross | date=2017-02-21 | access-date=2017-02-22 | archive-date=22 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222173736/http://www.startribune.com/stanislaw-skrowaczewski-minnesota-musical-giant-dead-at-93/414391273/#1 | url-status=dead }}
5 March
Kurt Moll, German bass, 78{{cite press release | url=http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/die-staatsoper/aktuelles/detail/news/zum-tod-von-ks-kurt-moll/ | title=Zum Tod von KS Kurt Moll | publisher=Vienna State Opera | date=7 March 2017 | access-date=2017-03-11}}
Fiora Contino, American opera conductor and teacher, 91{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/arts/music/fiora-corradetti-contino-dead-opera-conductor.html|title=Fiora Corradetti Contino, Opera Maestra, Dies at 91|work=The New York Times|author=Sam Roberts|authorlink=Sam Roberts (newspaper journalist)|date=2017-03-15|access-date=2017-03-18}}
6 March – Alberto Zedda, Italian conductor and musicologist, 89[http://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/17_marzo_07/morto-maestro-alberto-zedda-rossini-opera-festival-pesaro-direttore-e3c03fca-031f-11e7-abb5-4486feee70af.shtml?refresh_ce-cp Lutto nel mondo della lirica, è morto il maestro Alberto Zedda] {{in lang|it}}
7 March – Francis Thorne, American composer and music administrator, 94{{cite press release | url=http://www.americancomposers.org/2017/03/13/in-memoriam-francis-b-thorne-jr-acos-co-founder/ | title=In Memoriam: Francis B. Thorne, Jr., ACO's Co-Founder | publisher=American Composers Orchestra | date=13 March 2017 | access-date=2017-03-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319023212/http://www.americancomposers.org/2017/03/13/in-memoriam-francis-b-thorne-jr-acos-co-founder/ | archive-date=19 March 2017 | url-status=dead}}
12 March – Laura Flax, American clarinetist and pedagogue, 64{{cite news | url=https://www.juilliard.edu/journal/116599/laura-flax-1952-2017 | title=Obituary: Laura Flax 1952–2017 | work=The Juilliard Journal | date=April 2017 | access-date=2017-05-14}}
13 March – David Arben, Polish-born American orchestral violinist, 91{{cite news | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/David-Arben-dies---a-violinist-who-found-poetry-.html | title=Remembering a Philly musician who survived the Holocaust to find poetry | work=Philadelphia Inquirer | author=Peter Dobrin | date=2017-03-28 | access-date=2017-04-01}}
16 March – Roberta Knie, American soprano and voice teacher, 79{{cite news | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/Roberta-Knie-leading-Wagnerian-soprano-and-Philadelphia-voice-teacher.html | title=Roberta Knie, leading Wagnerian soprano and Philadelphia voice teacher | work=Philadelphia Inquirer | author=David Patrick Stearns | date=2017-03-28 | access-date=2017-04-01}}
20 March – Louis Frémaux, French conductor, 95{{cite news | url=http://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2017/03/27/le-chef-d-orchestre-louis-fremaux-est-mort_5101317_1654986.html | title=Le chef d'orchestre Louis Frémaux est mort à 95 ans | work=Le Monde | author=Marie-Aude Roux | date=2017-03-27 | access-date=2017-04-01}}
21 March – Luis Zett, German composer, 71[https://www.breitkopf.com/news/2017/breitkopf-haertel-mourns-the-death-of-piano-composer-luis-zett 'Mourning for Luis Zett']
27 March – Rainer Kussmaul, German orchestral violinist and past first concertmaster (leader) of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 70{{cite news | url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/klassik-rainer-kussmaul-ist-tot-1.3441864 | title=Rainer Kussmaul ist tot | work=Süddeutsche Zeitung | author=Harald Eggebrecht | date=2017-03-29 | access-date=2017-04-08}}
30 March – Thomas Brandis, German orchestral violinist and past first concertmaster (leader) of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 81{{cite press release | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/news/detail/trauer-um-thomas-brandis/ | title=Trauer um Thomas Brandis | publisher=Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | date=3 April 2017 | access-date=2017-04-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404130503/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/news/detail/trauer-um-thomas-brandis/ | archive-date=4 April 2017 | url-status=dead }}
10 April – David Angel, British violinist and founding member of the Maggini Quartet, 62{{cite news | url=http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/british-violinist-david-angel-died/ | title=British violinist David Angel has died | work=Classical Music Magazine | author=Katy Wright | date=2017-04-12 | access-date=2017-04-15}}
12 April – Kathleen Cassello, American soprano, 58[http://www.olyrix.com/articles/actu-des-artistes/948/disparition-dune-des-3-sopranos-kathleen-cassello-deces-mort-chanteuse-americaine-colorature-opera-de-marseille-manon-thais-elisabetta-roberto-devereux-marguerite-faust-madame-butterfly-donizetti-kallen-esperian-cynthia-lawrence-don-giovanni Charles Arden, 'Disparition de l'une des "3 sopranos": Kathleen Cassello'. Ôlyrix website, 14 April 2017]
13 April – Nona Liddell, violinist, 89{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/08/nona-liddell-obituary | title=Nona Liddell obituary | work=The Guardian | author=Anne Inglis | date=2017-05-08 | access-date=2017-05-27}}
14 April – Manfred Jung, German tenor, 76{{cite news | url=https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/tenor-manfred-jung-gestorben-100.html/ | title=Sänger Manfred Jung gestorben: Trauer um Bayreuth-Star | work=BR-Klassik | author=Maximilian Maier | date=2017-04-18 | access-date=2017-04-22 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
18 April – Gordon Langford, British composer, 86{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/05/01/gordon-langford-composer-test-card-music-obituary/ | title=Gordon Langford, composer of the Test Card music – obituary | work=Telegraph | date=2017-05-01 | access-date=2017-05-27}}
21 April – Kristine Jepson, American mezzo-soprano, 52[http://operawire.com/obituary-remembering-mezzo-soprano-kristine-jepson/ Francisco Salazar, 'Obituary: Remembering Mezzo-Soprano Kristine Jepson' Opera Wire blog, 21 April 2017]
26 April – Endrik Wottrich, German tenor, 52{{cite news | url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/bayern/article164125817/Opernwelt-trauert-um-Wagner-Tenor-Endrik-Wottrich.html | title=Opernwelt trauert um Wagner-Tenor Endrik Wottrich | work=Welt | date=2017-04-29 | access-date=2017-04-29}}
28 April – Keith Harvey, British cellist, member of the Gabrieli Quartet, 79{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/05/05/keith-harvey-cellist-obituary/ | title=Keith Harvey, cellist – obituary | work=Telegraph | author=William Grimes | date=2017-05-05 | access-date=2017-05-24}}
30 April – June LeBell, American radio announcer, 73{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/arts/music/june-lebell-dead-wqxr-announcer.html | title=June LeBell, Pioneering Radio Announcer, Dies at 73 | work=The New York Times | author=Sam Roberts | date=2017-05-02 | access-date=2017-05-06}}
2 May
Péter Komlós, Hungarian violinist, founder of the Bartók String Quartet, 81[https://dailynewshungary.com/violinist-peter-komlos-dies-81/ Violinist Péter Komlós dies at 81] Daily News Hungary, 2 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
Norma Procter, English operatic contralto, 89{{cite news | url=http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/celebrated-grimsby-opera-singer-norma-procter-dies-at-89/story-30320154-detail/story.html | title=Celebrated Grimsby opera singer Norma Procter dies at 89 | work=Grimsby Telegraph | author=Alex Thorp | date=2017-05-10 | access-date=2017-05-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510141323/http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/celebrated-grimsby-opera-singer-norma-procter-dies-at-89/story-30320154-detail/story.html | archive-date=2017-05-10 | url-status=dead }}
22 May
Barbara Smith Conrad, American opera singer, 79{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/arts/music/barbara-smith-conrad-dead-mezzo-soprano-broke-race-barrier.html | title=Barbara Smith Conrad, Singer at Center of Integration Dispute, Dies at 79 | work=The New York Times | author=William Grimes | date=2017-05-24 | access-date=2017-05-26}}
Helen Kwalwasser, American violinist and pedagogue, 89{{cite news | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/helen-kwalwasser-temple-violin-professor-for-nearly-a-half-century-20170608.html | title=Helen Kwalwasser, Temple violin professor for nearly half a century | work=Philadelphia Inquirer | author=Peter Dobrin | date=2017-06-08 | access-date=2017-06-12}}
28 May – Elisabeth Chojnacka, Polish harpsichordist, 78[http://www.rdc.pl/informacje/nie-zyje-elzbieta-chojnacka-znakomita-polska-klawesynistka/ Nie żyje Elżbieta Chojnacka. "Znakomita polska klawesynistka"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702115326/http://www.rdc.pl/informacje/nie-zyje-elzbieta-chojnacka-znakomita-polska-klawesynistka/ |date=2 July 2017 }} {{in lang|pl}}
31 May – Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech conductor, 71{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/01/jiri-belohlavek-obituary | title=Jiří Bělohlávek obituary | work=The Guardian | author=David Nice | date=2017-06-01 | access-date=2017-06-03}}
2 June
Sir Jeffrey Tate, British conductor, 74{{cite news | author=Carola Große | title=Sir Jeffrey Tate ist tot | url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/sir-jeffrey-tate-chefdirigent-der-hamburger-symphoniker-ist-tot-a-1150579.html | work=Der Spiegel | date=2017-06-02 | access-date=2017-06-03}}
Malcolm Lipkin, British composer, 85{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/06/08/malcolm-lipkin-composer-obituary | title=Malcolm Lipkin, composer – obituary | work=Telegraph | date=2017-06-08 | access-date=2017-06-18}}
6 June – Paul Zukofsky, American violinist and conductor, 73{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/arts/music/paul-zukofsky-dead-virtuoso-violinist-literary-executor.html|title=Paul Zukofsky, Prodigy Who Became, Uneasily, a Virtuoso Violinist, Dies at 73|work=The New York Times|author=Margalit Fox|authorlink=Margalit Fox|date=2017-06-20|access-date=2017-06-25}}
13 June – Philip Gossett, American musicologist, 75{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/15/arts/music/philip-gossett-scholar-who-brought-operas-back-to-life-dies-at-75.html | title=Philip Gossett, Scholar Who Brought Operas Back to Life, Dies at 75 | work=The New York Times | author=Michael Cooper | date=2017-06-15 | access-date=2017-06-18}}
14 June – Deborah Lamprell, British opera house staff member at Holland Park Opera, 45{{cite news | url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15405096.Grenfell_Tower_four_weeks_on__What_is_known_about_the_victims_so_far/ | title=Grenfell Tower four weeks on: What is known about the victims so far | work=Herald Scotland | date=2017-07-12 | access-date=2017-07-17}}
15 June – Kyla Greenbaum, British pianist and composer, 95{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/kyla-greenbaum-obituary-93nhb0mnn | title=Kyla Greenbaum | work=The Times | date=2017-06-20 | access-date=2017-09-30}}
18 June – Joan Krueger, American vocal coach and pianist, 64{{cite news | url=https://www.purchase.edu/live/news/1516-joan-krueger-voice-professor-has-passed-away | title=Joan Krueger, Voice Professor, has passed away | work=Purchase College | author=Jacque Trussel | date=2017-06-19 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
19 June – Richard Toop, British-born musicologist resident in Australia, 71{{cite news |url=https://limelightmagazine.com.au/news/richard-toop-has-died/| title=Richard Toop has died | work=Limelight| author=Angus McPherson | date=2017-06-20 | access-date=9 May 2022}}
21 June – Ludger Rémy, German harpsichordist and conductor, 68{{cite news | url=http://www.mdr.de/kultur/themen/ludger-remy-ist-tot-100.html | title=Dirigent Ludger Rémy ist tot | work=MDR | date=2017-06-22 | access-date=2017-06-25}}
6 July – Pierre Henry, French composer, 89{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/arts/music/pierre-henry-dead-composer-of-musique-concrete.html|title=Pierre Henry, Composer Who Found the Music in Sounds, Dies at 89|work=The New York Times|author=William Grimes|authorlink=William Grimes (journalist)|date=2017-07-07|access-date=2017-07-17}}
11 July – Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Italian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist and composer, 87{{cite news | url=https://www.avvenire.it/agora/pagine/luigi-ferdinando-tagliavini-morto | title=Scomparso Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, maestro dell'organo italiano | work=Avvenire | date=2017-07-11 | access-date=2017-07-31 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20170731073554/https://www.avvenire.it/agora/pagine/luigi-ferdinando-tagliavini-morto | archive-date=31 July 2017 | url-status=dead }}
22 July
Ernst Ottensamer, Austrian clarinetist, 62{{cite press release | url=http://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/orchestra/philharmonic-journal/year/2017/month/6/blogitemid/1249/page/1/pagesize/20 | title=Death of Ernst Ottensamer | publisher=Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | date=23 July 2017 | access-date=2017-07-24 | archive-date=1 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801090837/http://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/orchestra/philharmonic-journal/year/2017/month/6/blogitemid/1249/page/1/pagesize/20 | url-status=dead }}
George Dreyfus, American orchestral violinist, 97{{cite news | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/philadelphia-orchestra-stalwart-violinist-george-dreyfus-97-20170804.html | title=Philadelphia Orchestra stalwart violinist George Dreyfus, 97 | work=Philadelphia Inquirer | author=Peter Dobrin | date=2017-08-04 | access-date=2017-08-07}}
26 July – Paul Angerer, Austrian violist, conductor, composer and radio presenter, 90{{cite news | url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/oesterreichischer-dirigent-und-komponist-paul-angerer-mit-90-jahren-gestorben/20113368.html | title=Paul Angerer mit 90 Jahren gestorben | work=Der Tagesspiegel | date=2017-07-27 | access-date=2017-12-29}}
3 August – Émile Belcourt, Canadian operatic tenor, 91[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/08/24/emile-belcourt-operatic-tenor-obituary/ Émile Belcourt, operatic tenor – obituary.] The Daily Telegraph, 24 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
4 August – Walter Levin, American violinist and founding member of the LaSalle Quartet, 92{{cite news | url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/renowned-violinist-music-teacher-walter-levin-dead-at-92/ | title=Renowned violinist, music teacher Walter Levin dead at 92 | work=Chicago Sun-Times | author=Maureen O'Donnell | date=2017-08-07 | access-date=2017-08-19}}
5 August – Lee Blakeley, British opera director, 45{{cite news | url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obituaries/15470367.Obituary___Lee_Blakeley__opera_and_theatre_director/ | title=Lee Blakeley – Opera and theatre director, Born August 16 1971; died August 5 2017 | author=Neil Cooper | work=The Herald |date=2017-08-14 | access-date=2017-08-19}}
6 August – Juan Carlos Cadenas, Spanish orchestral violinist, 50{{cite news | author=Miguel Rojo | title=Muere a los 50 años el músico Juan Carlos Cadenas, violonchelista de la OSPA | url=http://www.elcomercio.es/culturas/musica/muere-anos-musico-20170807203430-nt.html | work=El Comercio | date=2017-08-06 | access-date=2017-12-20}}
10 August – Olga Semouchina, Russian-born pianist active in Spain, 54{{cite news | author=Carla Coalla | title=Asturias despide a la mujer de sonrisa infinita | url=http://www.elcomercio.es/culturas/ultimo-adios-mujer-20170811011646-ntvo.html | work=El Comercio | date=2017-08-11 | access-date=2017-12-20}}
20 August
Wilhelm Killmayer, German composer and professor, 89{{cite web |last = Schmerda | first = Susanne| url = https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/killmayer-wilhelm-komponist-gestorben-nachruf-100.html | title = Konsequent gegen den Strom | publisher = BR | language = German | access-date = 21 August 2017 }}
Fredell Lack, American violinist, 95{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/arts/music/fredell-lack-violinist-dead.html | title=Fredell Lack, Admired Violinist and Teacher, Dies at 95 | work=The New York Times | author=Amisha Padnani | author-link=Amy Padnani | date=2017-08-28 | access-date=2017-08-31}}
22 August – Aloys Kontarsky, German pianist, 87[http://lebenswege.faz.net/traueranzeige/prof-aloys-kontarsky/50995413 Prof. Aloys Kontarsky : Traueranzeige]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 28 August 2017
25 August – Enzo Dara, Italian operatic bass, 78{{cite news | url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/8/News/Acclaimed_Italian_Basso_Buffo_Enzo_Dara_has_Died.html | title=Acclaimed Italian Basso Buffo Enzo Dara has Died | work=Opera News | date=2017-08-27 | access-date=2017-08-31 | archive-date=16 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216065844/https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/8/News/Acclaimed_Italian_Basso_Buffo_Enzo_Dara_has_Died.html | url-status=dead }}
27 August – Irene Salemka, Canadian operatic soprano, 86[http://operawire.com/obituary-canadian-soprano-irene-salemka-mcgillivray-dies-at-86/ Obituary: Canadian Soprano Irene Salemka McGillivray Dies At 86] Operawire, 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
29 August – Dmitri Kogan, Russian violinist, 38{{cite news | url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/dmitri-kogan-obituary | title=Dmitri Kogan obituary | work=Gramophone | author=Katie Gilbert | date=2017-09-06 | access-date=2017-09-16}}
2 September – Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-American composer, 96{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/arts/music/halim-el-dabh-dies.html|title=Halim El-Dabh, Composer of Martha Graham Ballets, Dies at 96|work=The New York Times|author=Margalit Fox|authorlink=Margalit Fox|date=2017-09-08|access-date=2017-09-16}}
6 September – Derek Bourgeois, British composer, 75{{cite news | url=http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/derek-bourgeois-16-october-1941-6-september-2017/ | title=Derek Bourgeois (16 October 1941– 6 September 2017) | work=Classical Music Magazine | author=Katy Wright | date=2017-09-08 | access-date=2017-09-16}}
7 September – John Maxwell Geddes, Scottish composer, 76{{cite news | url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15525274.Obituary__John_Maxwell_Geddes__composer/ | title=Obituary: John Maxwell Geddes, composer | work=The Herald | author=John Purser | date=2017-09-08 | access-date=2017-09-16}}
8 September – Pierre Bergé, French fashion executive and opera administrator, 86{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/style/pierre-berge-yves-saint-laurent-dead.html | title=Pierre Bergé, Transformative Fashion Executive and Opera Czar, Dies at 86 | work=The New York Times | author=Jonathan Kandell | date=2017-09-08 | access-date=2017-09-16}}
11 September – Sir Peter Hall, British theatre and opera director, 86{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/sep/12/sir-peter-hall-theatre-opera-and-film-director-dies-aged-86 | title=Sir Peter Hall, RSC founder and former National Theatre director, dies aged 86 | work=The Guardian | author=Caroline Davies | date=2017-09-12 | access-date=2017-09-16}}
12 September
Siegfried Köhler, German conductor, 94{{cite news | url=http://www.echo-online.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/wiesbadens-ex-generalmusikdirektor-siegfried-koehler-ist-im-alter-von-94-jahren-gestorben_18176034.htm | title=Wiesbadens Ex-Generalmusikdirektor Siegfried Köhler ist im Alter von 94 Jahren gestorben | work=Echo | author=Volker Milch | date=2017-09-13 | access-date=2017-09-16}}
Nicoletta Panni, Italian soprano, 84{{cite news | url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2017/09/13/aveva-84-anni-e-morta-a-roma-il-soprano-nicoletta-panni36.html?refresh_ce | title=Aveva 84 Anni È Morta A Roma Il Soprano Nicoletta Panni | work=La Repubblica | date=2017-09-13 | access-date=2017-12-27}}
16 September – Brenda Lewis, American soprano, 96{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/16/arts/music/brenda-lewis-dead-opera-soprano.html|title=Brenda Lewis, Versatile American Soprano, Is Dead at 96|work=The New York Times|author=Margalit Fox|authorlink=Margalit Fox|date=2017-09-16|access-date=2017-09-23}}
18 September – Zurab Sotkilava, Georgian-Russian opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR, 80{{Cite web |url=http://en.apa.az/world-news/cis-countries-news/people-s-artist-of-ussr-zurab-sotkilava-dies-at-80.html |title=People's Artist of USSR Zurab Sotkilava dies at 80 |access-date=2017-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002101004/http://en.apa.az/world-news/cis-countries-news/people-s-artist-of-ussr-zurab-sotkilava-dies-at-80.html |archive-date=2017-10-02 |url-status=dead }}
19 September – Leonid Kharitonov, Russian opera singer, soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble (1953–1972) and People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1986), 84[http://www.classicalmusicnews.ru/news/leonid-haritonov-passed/ Скончался Леонид Харитонов] {{in lang|ru}}
27 September – Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichordist, 90{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/zuzana-ruzickova-holocaust-survivor-who-rediscovered-lifes-beauty-in-bach-dies-at-90/2017/09/28/91147490-a459-11e7-ade1-76d061d56efa_story.html | title=Zuzana Ruzickova, Holocaust survivor who rediscovered life's beauty in Bach, dies at 90 | newspaper=The Washington Post| author=Emily Langer | date=2017-09-28 | access-date=2017-09-30}}
28 September – Donald Mitchell, British musicologist, writer, and publisher, 92{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/02/donald-mitchell-obituary | title=Donald Mitchell obituary | work=The Guardian | author=Philip Reed | date=2017-10-02 | access-date=2017-10-28}}
29 September – Dmitry Smolsky, Belarusian composer and teacher, 80[https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=198245&lang=ru Скончался композитор Дмитрий Смольский] {{in lang|ru}}
8 October – Vincent La Selva, American opera impresario and conducting teacher, 88{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/obituaries/vincent-la-selva-dead-led-new-york-grand-opera.html|title=Vincent La Selva, Dauntless Founder of New York Grand Opera, Dies at 88|work=The New York Times|author=Sam Roberts|authorlink=Sam Roberts (newspaper journalist)|date=2017-10-12|access-date=2017-10-28}}
16 October – Heather Slade-Lipkin, British pianist, harpsichordist and pedagogue, 70
17 October – Ingvar Lidholm, Swedish composer, 96{{cite news | url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-10-18/tonsattaren-ingvar-lidholm-dod | title=Tonsättaren Ingvar Lidholm död | work=Sydsvenskan | date=2017-10-18 | access-date=2017-11-11}}
27 October – Brian Galliford, British tenor, 53[http://www.operamagazine.nl/achtergrond/41809/tenor-brian-galliford-overleden/ Tenor Brian Galliford overleden]
30 October – Johannes Felsenstein, German opera and theatre director and administrator, 73{{cite news | url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/sachsen-anhalt/article170297981/Regisseur-Johannes-Felsenstein-ist-tot.html | title=Regisseur Johannes Felsenstein ist tot | work=Welt | date=2017-11-03 | access-date=2017-12-29}}
6 November – Helmut Roehrig, American choral conductor and music professor, 86[https://janellesnotes.wordpress.com/2017/11/21/helmut-roehrig-founded-music-department-at-xavier-university/ Janelle Gelfand, 'Helmut Roehrig founded music department at Xavier University'. Janelle's Notes music blog, 21 November 2017]
7 November – Robert De Cormier, American choral conductor and composer, 95{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/obituaries/robert-de-cormier-arranger-for-folk-and-pop-stars-dies-at-95.html|title=Robert De Cormier, Arranger for Folk and Pop Stars, Dies at 95|work=The New York Times|author=James Barron|authorlink=James Barron (journalist)|date=2017-11-10|access-date=2017-11-11}}
11 November – Frank Corsaro, American opera director, 92{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/obituaries/frank-corsaro-director-who-shook-up-opera-world-dies-at-92.html|title=Frank Corsaro, Director Who Shook Up Opera World, Dies at 92|work=The New York Times|author=Neil Genzlinger|authorlink=Neil Genzlinger|date=2017-11-13|access-date=2017-11-18}}
12 November – Eric Salzman, American composer and music critic, 84{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/obituaries/eric-salzman-composer-dead-championed-avant-garde.html | title=Eric Salzman, Composer Who Championed Avant-Garde, Dies at 84 | work=The New York Times | author=Neil Genzlinger | date=2017-11-24 | access-date=2017-12-16}}
13 November – Paul Brown, British opera and theatre stage designer, 57{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/nov/27/paul-brown-obituary | title=Paul Brown obituary | work=The Guardian | author=E Jane Dickson | date=2017-11-27 | access-date=2017-12-20}}
17 November – William Mayer, American composer, 91{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/obituaries/william-mayer-wide-ranging-composer-dies-at-91.html | title=William Mayer, Wide-Ranging Composer, Is Dead at 91 | work=The New York Times | author=Neil Genzlinger | date=2017-12-02 | access-date=2017-12-16}}
22 November – Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian baritone, 55{{cite news | url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/11/News/Dmitri_Hvorostovsky.html | title=Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, 55, One of Opera's Most Elegant and Expressive Voices, has Died | work=Opera News | author=Jennifer Melick | date=2017-11-22 | access-date=2017-11-28}}
23 November – Carol Neblett, American soprano, 71{{cite news | url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/11/News/Carol_Neblett.html | title=American Soprano Carol Neblett, 71, New York City Opera Stalwart of Abundant Vocal Gifts, has Died | work=Opera News | author=F Paul Driscoll | date=2017-11-27 | access-date=2017-11-28 | archive-date=1 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044653/https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/11/News/Carol_Neblett.html | url-status=dead }}
24 November – Clotilde Rosa, Portuguese harpist, music educator and composer, 87{{cite news | url=http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/musica/24-11-2017/morreu-a-compositora-clotilde-rosa | title=Morreu a compositora Clotilde Rosa | work=TVI24 (TV Portugal) | date=2017-11-24 | access-date=2017-11-28}}
5 December – Claudine Arnaud, Belgian soprano, 77{{cite news | url=http://www.crescendo-magazine.be/journal/28131/ | title=La soprano Claudine Arnaud est décédée | work=Crescendo | author=Michelle Debra | date=2017-12-13 |access-date=2017-12-27}}
9 December – Joey Corpus, Filipino-born American violinist, violin teacher and coach, 59{{cite news | author=Barbara L Sand | title=Joey Corpus remembered: a profile from the November 2001 issue of The Strad | url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/joey-corpus-remembered-a-profile-from-the-november-2001-issue-of-the-strad/7360.article | work=The Strad | date=2017-12-11 | access-date=2017-12-20}}
11 December – Bruce Rankin, British tenor, 65[https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/duesseldorfer-oper-trauert-um-tenor-bruce-rankin 'Düsseldorfer Oper trauert um Tenor Bruce Rankin'. NMZ, 14 December 2017]
16 December – Simonetta Puccini (born Giurumello), Italian teacher, caretaker of the legacy of and the final known legally recognised descendant of Giacomo Puccini, 89{{cite news | author=Neil Genzinger | title=Simonetta Puccini, Keeper of the Composer's Flame, Dies at 89 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/obituaries/simonetta-puccini-keeper-of-the-composers-flame-dies-at-89.html | work=The New York Times | date=2017-12-26 | access-date=2017-12-28}}
18 December – Roberto Álvarez, Spanish orchestral French horn player, 46{{cite news | title=Fallece Roberto Álvarez, músico de la OSPA | url=http://www.elcomercio.es/culturas/musica/fallece-roberto-alvarez-trompista-ospa-20171219182334-nt.html | work=El Comercio | date=2017-12-19 | access-date=2017-12-20}}
20 December – Marilyn Tyler, American soprano and voice professor, 91{{cite news | title=Marilyn Tyler: Obituary | url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/abqjournal/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=187690690 | work=Albuquerque Journal | date=2017-12-31 | access-date=2017-12-31}}

Major awards

2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Music: Du Yun – Angel's Bone (libretto by Royce Vavrek)
2017 Grawemeyer Award Winner in Music: Andrew Norman – Play

=Grammy Awards=

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Third Coast Percussion – Steve Reich (Çedille Records)
Best Choral Performance: Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Warsaw Philharmonic Choir; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director; Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor (Warner Classics)
Best Classical Compendium: Michael Daugherty – Tales of Hemingway, American Gothic, Once Upon A Castle; Zuill Bailey, cello; Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Naxos)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo and Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Michael Daugherty – Tales of Hemingway; Zuill Bailey, cello; Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Naxos)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album (tie)
Shakespeare Songs, Ian Bostridge and Sir Antonio Pappano (Warner Classics)
Schumann & Berg, Dorothea Röschmann and Dame Mitsuko Uchida (Decca)
Best Opera Recording and Best Engineered Album, Classicsl: John Corigliano, The Ghosts of Versailles; Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, singers; Los Angeles Opera Chorus and Orchestra; James Conlon, conductor (Pentatone Music)
Best Orchestral Performance: Dmitri Shostakovich – Under Stalin's Shadow – Symphonies No. 5, 8 & 9; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)
Best Surround Sound Album: Henri Dutilleux – Sur Le Même Accord, Les Citations, Mystère De L'instant, Timbres, Espace, Mouvement; Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony Media)
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost

=Royal Philharmonic Society Awards=

Audiences and Engagement: East Neuk Festival, in collaboration with 14–18 NOW – Memorial Ground (David Lang)
Chamber Music and Song: Fretwork
Chamber-Scale Composition: Rebecca Saunders – Skin
Concert Series and Festivals: Lammermuir Festival
Conductor: Richard Farnes
Creative Communication: Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet by Edward Dusinberre (Faber)
Ensemble: Manchester Camerata
Instrumentalist: James Ehnes
Large-Scale Composition: Philip Venables – 4.48 Psychosis
Learning and Participation: South-West Open Youth Orchestra
Opera and Music Theatre: Opera North – Ring Cycle
Singer: Karita Mattila
Young Artists: Joseph Middleton

=Juno Awards=

Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble: Brahms: String Quartets, Op. 51, Nos. 1 & 2 – New Orford String Quartet
Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment: Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation – Steve Wood and the Northern Cree Singers, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance: L'Aiglon – Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano
Classical Composition of the Year: Immersion – Jordan Nobles

=Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2017=

Baroque Instrumental: 'The Italian Job'; La Serenissima; Adrian Chandler, violin (Avie)
Baroque Vocal: J.S. Bach – Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170; Iestyn Davies, countertenor; Arcangelo; Jonathan Cohen, director (Hyperion)
Chamber: Grażyna Bacewicz – Complete String Quartets; Silesian Quartet (Chandos)
Choral: Mozart – Mass in C minor, K427 / Exsultate, jubilate, K165; Carolyn Sampson, Olivia Vermeulen, Makoto Sakurada, Christian Immler, singers; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor (BIS)
Concerto: Mozart – Violin Concertos Nos 1–5 / Adagio, K261 / Rondos – K269; K373; Isabelle Faust, violin; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (harmonia mundi)
Contemporary: George Benjamin – Palimpsests / Ligeti – Lontano / Tristan Murail – Le désenchantement du monde; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sir George Benjamin, conductor (Neos)
Early Music: Dowland – Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares; Phantasm; Elizabeth Kenny, lute (Linn)
Instrumental: JS Bach – Six French Suites, BWV 812–817; Murray Perahia, piano (Deutsche Grammophon)
Opera: Berg – Wozzeck; Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie), Brandon Jovanovich (Drum Major); Chorus of Zurich Opera; Philharmonia Zurich; Fabio Luisi, conductor (Accentus)
Orchestral: 'Haydn 2032 – No 4, Il distratto'; Riccardo Novaro, baritone; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (Alpha)
Recital: 'In War & Peace'; Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; Il Pomo d'Oro' Maxim Emelyanychev, harpsichord and director (Erato)
Solo Vocal: Brahms – Lieder und Gesänge, Op 32; Vier ernste Gesänge, Op 121. Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine; Matthias Goerne, baritone; Christoph Eschenbach, piano (harmonia mundi)
Recording of the Year: Mozart – Violin Concertos Nos 1–5 / Adagio, K261 / Rondos – K269; K373; Isabelle Faust, violin; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (harmonia mundi)
Young Artist of the Year: Beatrice Rana
Label of the Year: Signum Classics
Artist of the Year: Vasily Petrenko
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Special Achievement Award: Colin Matthews
Special Anniversary Award: Classic FM

=Musical America Awards=

List published by Musical America{{cite news | url=http://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?storyid=39143&categoryid=3&archived=0 | title=Musical America Names Andris Nelsons 2018 Artist of the Year | work=Musical America | author=Susan Elliott | date=2017-10-17 | access-date=2017-10-21}}

Artist of the Year: Andris Nelsons
Composer of the Year: Mason Bates
Instrumentalist of the Year: Augustin Hadelich
Vocalist of the Year: Sondra Radvanovsky
Educator of the Year: Francisco J Nuñez

=British Composer Awards=

Amateur or Young Performers: Kerry Andrew – Who We Are
Chamber Ensemble: Rebecca Saunders – Skin
Choral: Andrew Hamilton – Proclamation of the Republic
Community or Educational Project: Brian Irvine – Anything but Bland
Contemporary Jazz Composition: Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian – Muted Lines
Orchestral: Emily Howard – Torus (Concerto for Orchestra)
Small Chamber: Robin Haigh – In Feyre Foreste
Solo or Duo: Deborah Pritchard – Inside Colour
Sonic Art: Kathy Hinde – Luminous Birds
Stage Works: Philip Venables – 4.48 Psychosis
Wind Band or Brass Band: Kenneth Hesketh – In Ictu Oculi
British Composer Award for Innovation: Shiva Feshareki
British Composer Award for Inspiration: Nigel Osborne MBE

References

Classical

Category:Classical music by year