MUSICIAN milestones

  Anita Jean Grilli (October 13, 1927 – October 10, 2022), known professionally as Anita Kerr, was an American singer, arranger, composer, c...

  Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury DBE (16 October 1925 – 11 October 2022) was an Irish-British[2] and American actress and singer who played var...

Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. (May 27, 1935 – September 12, 2022) was an American jazz composer, pianist, and radio personality. Lewis recorded ...

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou ( 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022 ), known professionally as Vangelis was a Greek musician and composer of el...

  He was sub-organist of Westminster Abbey from 1962 to 1967, and organist of Christ Church, Oxford from 1970 before returning to Westminste...

  William Ingham Brooke Bennett OBE (February 7, 1936-May 11th, 2022) was a British flute player. Bennett was born in London to parents who ...

  Radu Lupu CBE (30 November 1945 – 17 April 2022) was a Romanian pianist. He was widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of his t...

  Sir Harrison Birtwistle CH (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his opera...

  Boris Brott was the artistic director, conductor and founder of the National Academy Orchestra of Canada. He was hit and killed by a drive...

Josephine Veasey (born 10 July 1930 - 22 February 2022) was a British mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with Wagner and Berlioz roles. ...

George Henry Crumb or George Henry Crumb Jr. (October 24, 1929 – February 6, 2022) was an American composer of modern classical and avant-ga...

  Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ˈsɒndhaɪm/ SOND-hym; March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most ...

  Jay Black (born David Blatt; November 2, 1938 – October 22, 2021) was an American singer, also known as "The Voice," whose heigh...

Nelson Freire (18 October 1944 — 31 October 2021) Freire began playing the piano at age three. He replayed from memory pieces his older sist...

  Bernard Johan Herman Haitink CH KBE (Dutch: [ˈbɛrnɑrt ˈɦaːi̯tɪŋk]; 4 March 1929 – 21 October 2021) was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He...

  Gruberova had an extraordinary voice that repeatedly motivated directors to include rarely performed operas with challenging singing roles...

  Carlisle Sessions Floyd (June 11, 1926 – September 30, 2021) was an American opera composer. The son of a Methodist minister, he based man...

Oistrakh was born in Odessa, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) and was the son of Tamara Rotareva and violinist David Oistrakh. He att...

  American conductor and pianist. He was primarily known for his tenure as music director of the Metropolitan Opera (the "Met"), a...

 Bolling was also noted for a series of "crossover" collaborations with classical musicians. His Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Tr...