- Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante
- Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- José António Carlos de Seixas
- Pennisi
- Patrick Moore
- The Girl From Ipanema
- Greeks
- H J Koellreutter
February 2025 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 February 2025. May they rest in peace. Please follow the links in this article for further information.
English organist, composer, conductor and teacher Simon Lindley died on 25 February 2025, aged seventy-six.
Simon Lindley (1948-2025)
Brazilian flautist, recorder player and conductor Ricardo Kanji was diagnosed with a brain tumour in January 2025 and died in São Paulo on 24 February 2025, aged seventy-six.
Ricardo Kanji (1948-2025)
Finnish broadcaster, composer, conductor, manager, organist and teacher Ilkka Kuusisto died on 20 February 2025, aged ninety-one.
Ilkka Kuusisto (1933-2025)
Czech conductor Vladimír Válek died on 16 February 2025, aged eighty-nine.
Vladimír Válek (1935-2025). Photo © Tomáš Vodňanský / Czech Radio
British trombonist Denis Wick died on 12 February 2025, aged ninety-three.
Denis Wick (1941-2025)
Italian pianist Maria Tipo died in Florence on 10 February 2025, aged ninety-three.
Maria Tipo (1931-2025)
Swiss soprano Edith Mathis died in Salzburg on 9 February 2025, aged eighty-six.
Edith Mathis (1938-2025) singing Haydn in Lucerne in 1992. Photo © 1992 EuroArts
German opera director Hans-Peter Lehmann died in Munich on 5 February 2025, aged ninety.
Hans-Peter Lehmann (1938-2025, top) performing in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Photo © 2010 Heiko Jacobs
Spanish mezzo-soprano and teacher Ana María Iriarte died on 4 February 2025, aged ninety-eight.
Ana María Iriarte (1927-2025)
American bass Paul Plishka died at a hospice in Wilmington, North Carolina on 3 February 2025, aged eighty-three.
Paul Plishka (1941-2025)
Austrian clarinettist Peter Schmidl died on 1 February 2025, aged eighty-four.
Peter Schmidl (1941-2025) in Vienna, 2009
Posted 17 February 2025 and last updated 2 March 2025
by Keith Bramich
