| 13 Dec 2012 | Lisa Della Casa | Swiss soprano Lisa Della Casa died in December 2012, aged ninety-three |
| 13 Dec 2012 | Galina Vishnevskaya | Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya died in December 2012, aged eighty-six |
| 13 Dec 2012 | Ravi Shankar | Indian sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar died in December 2012, aged ninety-two |
| 13 Dec 2012 | Charles Rosen | American pianist and writer about music Charles Rosen died in New York City in December 2012, aged eighty-five |
| 13 Dec 2012 | Patrick Moore | English astronomer and amateur musician Patrick Moore died in December 2012, aged eighty-nine |
| 6 Dec 2012 | Jonathan Harvey | English composer Jonathan Harvey died in December 2012, aged seventy-three |
| 6 Dec 2012 | Dave Brubeck | American composer and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck died in December 2012, aged ninety-one |
| 5 Dec 2012 | Schurmann Foundation | A foundation has been created to promote the music of composer Gerard Schurmann |
| 20 Nov 2012 | Philip Ledger | British organist, conductor and composer Philip Ledger died in November 2012, aged seventy-four |
| 16 Nov 2012 | George Hurst | British conductor George Hurst died in September 2012, aged eighty-six |
| 7 Nov 2012 | Elliott Carter | The American composer Elliott Carter died in November 2012, aged 103 |
| 7 Nov 2012 | Anne Frank's Diary | Naxos is to release the first major choral setting of the Diary of Anne Frank |
| 2 Nov 2012 | Jacques Barzun | French-American historian and writer Jacques Barzun died in October 2012, aged 104 |
| 29 Oct 2012 | Hans Werner Henze | German composer Hans Werner Henze died in October 2012, aged eighty-six |
| 12 Oct 2012 | Alexandre Bloch | French conductor Alexandre Bloch wins the 2012 Donatella Flick Conducting Competition |
