| 6 Mar 2013 | Ava June | English lyric soprano Ava June died in February 2013, aged 81 |
| 3 Mar 2013 | Van Cliburn | American pianist Van Cliburn died in February 2013, aged seventy-eight |
| 25 Feb 2013 | Wolfgang Sawallisch | German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch died in February 2013, aged eighty-nine |
| 9 Feb 2013 | James DePreist | American conductor James DePreist died in Arizona in February 2013, aged seventy-six |
| 9 Feb 2013 | Frances Andrade | Violin teacher Frances Andrade committed suicide shortly after giving evidence in the Michael Brewer trial |
| 7 Feb 2013 | Egil Hovland | Norwegian composer Egil Hovland died in February 2013 |
| 31 Jan 2013 | Aase Nordmo Løvberg | Norwegian operatic soprano Aase Nordmo Løvberg died in January 2013, aged eighty-nine |
| 31 Jan 2013 | Sybil Michelow | English contralto and M&V contributor Sybil Michelow died in January 2013 |
| 17 Jan 2013 | Yuli Turovsky | Soviet-born Canadian cellist, conductor and teacher Yuli Turovsky died in January 2013, aged seventy-three |
| 11 Jan 2013 | M S Gopalakrishnan | Indian classical violinist M S Gopalakrishnan died in January 2013, aged eighty-one |
| 27 Dec 2012 | Richard Rodney Bennett | English composer and jazz pianist Richard Rodney Bennett died in December 2012 |
| 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 |
