| 16 Jan 2009 | Charles Camilleri | The Maltese composer died in January 2009 |
| 24 Nov 2008 | Richard Hickox | The British conductor died in November 2008, aged 60 |
| 16 Sep 2008 | Vernon Handley | The British conductor died in September 2008, aged 77 |
| 21 May 2008 | Wilfrid Mellers (1914-2008) | The English music critic, musicologist and composer died in May 2008 |
| 17 Mar 2008 | Alun Hoddinott (1929-2008) | Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott died in March 2008 |
| 9 Dec 2007 | Karlheinz Stockhausen | The German avant-garde composer died in December 2007 aged 79 |
| 1 Oct 2007 | Eudice Shapiro | American violinist Eudice Shapiro died in September 2007 aged 93 |
| 6 Sep 2007 | Luciano Pavarotti | The Italian tenor died in September 2007, aged 71 |
| 19 Aug 2007 | Richard Bradshaw | The Canadian Opera Company's general director died in August 2007, aged 63 |
| 8 Jul 2007 | Régine Crespin | The French soprano died in Paris in July 2007, aged 80 |
| 7 Jul 2007 | Beverly Sills | The American coloratura soprano died in New York in July 2007, aged 78 |
| 28 Apr 2007 | Mstislav Rostropovich | The Russian cellist died in Moscow in April 2007 |
| 3 Feb 2007 | Gian Carlo Menotti | The Italian composer died in February 2007, aged 95 |
| 30 Dec 2006 | Galina Ustvolskaya | The Russian composer died in December 2006, aged 87, in St Petersburg |
| 20 Dec 2006 | Daniel Pinkham | The American composer died in December 2006 after a brief illness |
