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Here are brief details of some of the people lost to the classical music world during March 2024. May they rest in peace. Please follow the link on each name for further information.
Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini died in Milan on 23 March 2024, aged eighty-two.
Georgian soprano Lamara Chkhonia died in Madrid, Spain on 14 March 2024, aged ninety-three.
French pianist and conductor Jean-Pierre Marty died in Paris on 14 March 2024, aged ninety-one.
American pianist and composer Byron Janis died on 14 March 2024, aged ninety-five.
German composer, pianist, accompanist, repetiteur, editor and teacher Aribert Reimann died on 13 March 2024, aged eighty-eight.
British composer, conductor, broadcaster and teacher James Whitbourn died in Kent from cancer on 12 March 2024, aged sixty.
British conductor Roy Wales died on 12 March 2024, aged eighty-three, from squamous cell skin cancer.
American composer Christopher T Montgomery passed away peacefully on 8 March 2024, aged ninety-two, following a long decline.
Posted 18 March 2024 and last updated 4 April 2024
by Keith Bramich