| 4 Aug 2012 | Mihaela Ursuleasa | Romanian pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa found dead in Vienna, aged thirty-three |
| 22 Jun 2012 | Piero Bellugi | Italian conductor Piero Bellugi died in June 2012, aged 87 |
| 4 Jun 2012 | Tamara Brooks | American choral conductor Tamara Brooks died in May 2012, aged seventy |
| 3 Jun 2012 | Mark Minkov | Russian composer Mark Minkov died in May 2012, aged sixty-seven |
| 25 May 2012 | Ryosuke Hatanaka | Japanese baritone Ryosuke Hatanaka died in May 2012, aged ninety |
| 25 May 2012 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau died in May 2012, aged eighty-six |
| 25 May 2012 | Derek Hammond-Stroud | English baritone Derek Hammond-Stroud died in May 2012, aged eighty-six |
| 2 Apr 2012 | Alexander Arutiunian | Armenian composer Alexander Arutiunian died in March 2012, aged ninety-one |
| 2 Apr 2012 | David Craighead | American organist David Craighead died at Rochester, New York in March 2012, aged eighty-eight |
| 1 Apr 2012 | Robert Fayrfax | Missa 'Sum Henricus Octavus' - a recent Fayrfax discovery - comes to light in the library of Eton College Chapel |
| 23 Mar 2012 | Jalal Zolfonun | Iranian composer, teacher and setar player Jalal Zolfonun died near Tehran in March 2012, aged seventy-four |
| 4 Mar 2012 | Maurice André | French trumpeter Maurice André died in February 2012, aged 78 |
| 1 Feb 2012 | Camilla Williams | Pioneering African American soprano Camilla Williams died in January 2012, aged 92 |
| 28 Jan 2012 | Paavo Berglund | The Finnish conductor died in January 2012 |
| 24 Jan 2012 | Rita Gorr | The Belgian mezzo died in January 2012 |
