| 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 |
| 11 Oct 2012 | Edvard Mirzoyan | Armenian composer Edvard Mirzoyan died in October 2012, aged ninety-one |
| 5 Oct 2012 | Éric Gaudibert | Swiss composer Éric Gaudibert died in June 2012, aged seventy-five |
| 26 Sep 2012 | Grigori Frid | Russian composer Grigori Frid died in September 2012, aged ninety-seven |
| 21 Sep 2012 | William Duckworth | American composer and internet pioneer William Duckworth died in September 2012 |
| 21 Sep 2012 | The Keyboard Trust | Alexander Romanovsky is appointed honorary artistic director of The Keyboard Trust |
| 21 Sep 2012 | Learn to conduct | Learn to conduct orchestras on a one-year course based in London |
| 25 Aug 2012 | Carlo Curley | American organist Carlo Curley died in August 2012 |
