- Emile Renan
- Orlando Gibbons
- Francisco Guerrero
- harmonia mundi
- Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Ernesto Lecuona
- Phil Spector
- Hermann Koenig
July 2024 Obituaries
Our summary of some of those the classical music world has lost this month
Here are brief details of some of the people lost to the classical music world during July 2024. May they rest in peace. Please follow the links in this article for further information.
German composer and teacher Wolfgang Rihm died in Ettlingen on 27 July 2024, aged seventy-two, following a long battle with cancer.
Wolfgang Rihm (1952-2024)
Cornish baritone Benjamin Luxon died in Sandisfield, Massachusetts, USA on 25 (or 26?) July 2024, aged eighty-seven.
Benjamin Luxon (1937-2024). Photo © Peter Levine
Armenian soprano Anna Nshanyan died in Los Angeles, USA on 24 July 2024, aged ninety-two.
Anna Nshanyan (1931-2024)
Polish baritone and teacher Jerzy Artysz died in Warsaw on 22 July 2024, aged ninety-three.
Jerzy Artysz (1930-2024) as Scarpio in 'Tosca'.
Photo © 1959 Franciszek Myszkowski
Romanian violinist Eugene Sârbu died on 21 July 2024, aged seventy-three.
Eugene Sârbu (1950-2024) performing at the
Romanian Atheneum in Bucharest in 2018
Hungarian tenor János Csányi died on or before 20 July 2024, aged ninety-two.
János Csányi (1931-2024)
Salvadoran soprano, teacher and cultural manager Gladys de Moctezuma died on 20 July 2024, aged ninety-six.
Gladys de Moctezuma (1927-2024) in 2015
Argentinian-born Canadian composer Alcides Lanza died on 17 July 2024, aged ninety-five.
Alcides Lanza (1929-2024)
English soprano April Cantelo died on 16 July 2024, aged ninety-six.
April Cantelo (1928-2024)
Italian soprano Elena Mauti Nunziata died in Monte Carlo, Monaco on 16 July 2024, aged seventy-seven.
Elena Mauti Nunziata (1946-2024)
in I puritani in Palermo, 1974
French composer and teacher Édith Lejet died on 15 July 2024, aged eighty-two.
Édith Lejet (1928-2024)
American pianist and composer Sarah Gibson died from colon cancer in Los Angeles on 14 July 2024, aged thirty-eight.
Sarah Gibson (1986-2024)
German mezzo Ruth Hesse died in Hallstatt, Upper Austria, on 13 July 2024, aged eighty-seven.
Ruth Hesse (1936-2024)
Belgian organist and teacher Stanislas Deriemaeker died on 11 July 2024, aged ninety-two.
Stanislas Deriemaeker (1932-2024).
Photo © Jeroen Deriemaeker
Russian ballerina Marina Kondratyeva died in Moscow on 8 July 2024, aged ninety.
Marina Kondratyeva (1934-2024)
Moldovan conductor and composer Teodor Zgureanu died in in Chişinău on 6 July 2024, aged eighty-five.
Teodor Zgureanu (1939-2024)
Georgian violinist and conductor Liana Alexandres asuli Isakadze died in Tbilisi on 5 July 2024, aged seventy-seven.
Liana Isakadze (1946-2024)
Posted 27 July 2024 and last updated 29 July 2024 by Keith Bramich
