April 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 April 2025. May they rest in peace. Please follow the links in this article or click on the images for further information.

Norwegian soprano Kari Løvaas died in April 2025. Her death was announced on 30 April.

Kari Løvaas (1939-2025)

Romanian folk musician Dumitru Zamfira died on 21 April 2025, aged eighty-four.

Dumitru Zamfira (1940-2025)
performing on TVR - Romanian TV - in 2009

Martin Graham, founder of Longborough Festival Opera in Gloucestershire, UK, died on 21 April 2025, aged eighty-three.

Martin Graham in front of the opera house he created in Gloucestershire, UK

Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis), who had a strong interest in classical music, died early on Monday 21 April 2025, aged eighty-eight, from a stroke and cardiocirculatory collapse.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis,
1936-2025) as a child

Austrian composer and teacher Peter Ablinger died in Berlin, Germany on 17 April 2025, aged sixty-six.

Peter Ablinger (1959-2025)

American cellist and teacher Joel Krosnick died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York on 15 April 2025, aged eighty-four.

Joel Krosnick (1941-2025) at Juilliard in 2016

German tenor Peter Seiffert died in Schleedorf, Salzburg, Austria on 14 April 2025, aged seventy-one, following a long illness.

Peter Seiffert (1954-2025)

Swedish trumpeter Niklas Eklund died on 10 April 2025, aged fifty-six.

Niklas Eklund (1969-2025) in 2007, performing with
John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists

Italian violinist Roberto Cani died from cancer at his home in Los Angeles, USA on 9 April 2025, aged fifty-seven.

Roberto Cani (1967-2025)

Posted 25 April 2025 and last updated 4 May 2025
by Keith Bramich

Read more obituaries from the previous month by following this link to our March 2025 classical music obituaries.

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