The year 2001 in classical music and in lyrical art

Death of Hélène RegellyThat year: 2001, Classical music, French singer (born in 1904)

Death of Victor BraunThat year: 2001, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1935)

Death of Robert StankovskyThat year: 2001, Classical music, conductor (born in 1964)

Death of Kyra VayneThat year: 2001, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1916)

Death of Philine FischerThat year: 2001, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1919)

Death of André PrévostThat year: 2001, Classical music, Canadian composer (born in 1934)

Death of Lê DungThat year: 2001, Classical music, singer (born in 1951)

Death of Frances BibleThat year: 2001, Classical music, American operatic mezzo-soprano singer (born in 1919)

Death of Raimo KangroThat year: 2001, Classical music, Estonian composer (1949–2001) (born in 1949)

Death of Garland AndersonThat year: 2001, Classical music, American musician (born in 1933)

Death of Georg PaskudaThat year: 2001, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1926)

Death of Stefan WicikThat year: 2001, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1924)

Death of Valery Vladimirovich KastelskyThat year: 2001, Classical music, Russian pianist (born in 1941)

Death of Sigurd RaschèrThat year: 2001, Classical music, American musician (born in 1907)

Death of Bogdan Michaylovitsj SapeljukThat year: 2001, Classical music, composer, conductor, teacher (born in 1942)

Death of Khuseyn MukhtarovThat year: 2001, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1938-2001) (born in 1938)

Birth of Noa WildschutThat year: 2001, Classical music, Dutch violinist

Death of Jaroslav MeierThat year: 2001, Classical music, composer, contributing editor, organist (born in 1923)

Death of Karel SkleničkaThat year: 2001, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1933)

Birth of Daniel LozakovichThat year: 2001, Classical music, Swedish violonist

Death of Mark ReshetinThat year: 2001, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1931)

Death of Graziella SciuttiThat year: 2001, Classical music, Italian soprano, vocal teacher and opera producer (born in 1927)

Death of Alberto EredeThat year: 2001, Classical music, Italian conductor (born in 1908)

Death of John VerrallThat year: 2001, Classical music, American composer (born in 1908)

Death of Peter MaagThat year: 2001, Classical music, Swiss conductor (born in 1919)

Death of Anne-Charlotte WinterThat year: 2001, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1904)

Death of Edith Picht-AxenfeldThat year: 2001, Classical music, German pianist and harpsichordist (born in 1914)

Death of Irène JoachimThat year: 2001, Classical music, singer (born in 1913)

Death of Robert StarerThat year: 2001, Classical music, Austrian-born American composer and pianist (born in 1924)

Death of Tibor KelenThat year: 2001, Classical music, Hungarian singer (1938-2001) (born in 1937)

Death of Karel KalašThat year: 2001, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1910)

Death of Eleanor Lausch DietrichThat year: 2001, Classical music, singer (born in 1912)

Death of Elisabeth ReicheltThat year: 2001, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1910)

Death of Eddra GaleThat year: 2001, Classical music, American actress (born in 1921)

Death of Ikuma DanThat year: 2001, Classical music, Japanese composer, essayist (1924-2001) (born in 1924)

Death of Fritz UhlThat year: 2001, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1928)

Death of Delme Bryn-JonesThat year: 2001, Classical music, Welsh opera singer (born in 1934)

Birth of Adi BityThat year: 2001, Classical music, Israeli singer, actress, and television host

Death of Gilles LefebvreThat year: 2001, Classical music, Canadian violinist (born in 1922)

Death of Nikolai KorndorfThat year: 2001, Classical music, Russian-Canadian composer (born in 1947)

Birth of Leif Thomas Marken JackThat year: 2001, Classical music, composer

Death of Roger AlbinThat year: 2001, Classical music, cellist, choir director (born in 1920)

Death of Yaltah MenuhinThat year: 2001, Classical music, Pianist, artist, poet (born in 1921)

Death of Thomas WilsonThat year: 2001, Classical music, Scottish composer (1927-2001) (born in 1927)

Death of Ernest BourThat year: 2001, Classical music, French conductor (born in 1913)

Death of Irén SzecsődiThat year: 2001, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1917)

Death of Albert ViauThat year: 2001, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1910)

Death of Paolo SilveriThat year: 2001, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1913)

Birth of Xiaoyang NiThat year: 2001, Classical music, composer

Death of Warren BenfieldThat year: 2001, Classical music, American musician (born in 1913)

Death of Willy Van HeseThat year: 2001, Classical music, tenor (born in 1923)

Death of Zdravko KovačThat year: 2001, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1929)

Death of Oldřich SpisarThat year: 2001, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer (born in 1919)

Birth of Ross BatdorffThat year: 2001, Classical music, composer

Death of Lars Johan WerleThat year: 2001, Classical music, Swedish composer (born in 1926)

Death of Kira GorlaciThat year: 2001, Classical music, Moldovan-Russian opera singer (born in 1929)

Death of Elsa CaveltiThat year: 2001, Classical music, Swiss opera singer and academic voice teacher (born in 1907)

Death of Kurt ReimannThat year: 2001, Classical music, German opera singer and actor (born in 1913)

Death of Raymond Wilding-WhiteThat year: 2001, Classical music, English composer (born in 1922)

Death of Karl Ulrich SchnabelThat year: 2001, Classical music, Austrian musician (born in 1909)

Birth of Robert NeumannThat year: 2001, Classical music, German pianist

Birth of Jessie HillelThat year: 2001, Classical music, singer-songwriter, runner-up of New Zealand's Got Talent series 2

Birth of Emily BearThat year: 2001, Classical music, American child composer and pianist

Premiere of Seven Finnish Folk Songs, Op. 56aThat year: 2001, Classical music (Song, lied), Dmitri Shostakovich

Death of Hŭi-ho KimThat year: 2001, Classical music, violist (born in 1920)

Death of Lukë KaçajThat year: 2001, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1926)

Death of Carlos EhrenspergerThat year: 2001, Classical music, (1911-2001) (born in 1911)

Death of Sofie Bull GriegThat year: 2001, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1902)

Birth of Ana Paula RadaThat year: 2001, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Josef Kšica staršíThat year: 2001, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and choirmaster (born in 1926)

Death of Ernest AčkunThat year: 2001, Classical music, clarinetist (born in 1930)

Death of Məmməd QuliyevThat year: 2001, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer (born in 1936)

Birth of Juls SergerThat year: 2001, Classical music, child actor, film actor, opera singer

Death of Tatiana MenottiThat year: 2001, Classical music, singer (born in 1909)

Death of Ivan HrušovskýThat year: 2001, Classical music, Slovak composer and educator (born in 1927)

Death of Mascia PreditThat year: 2001, Classical music, musician, opera singer, singer (born in 1912)

Death of Luis Antonio García NavarroThat year: 2001, Classical music, conductor (born in 1941)

Death of Barry McCauleyThat year: 2001, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1950)

Premiere of Concerto for cello and orchestraThat year: 2001, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Philip Glass

Death of Lars FrydénThat year: 2001, Classical music, Swedish violinist (born in 1927)

Death of Stanko ColnaričThat year: 2001, Classical music, choir director, opera singer (born in 1922)

Death of Yoritsune MatsudairaThat year: 2001, Classical music, Japanese composer of contemporary classical music (born in 1907)

Death of Monte PedersonThat year: 2001, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1958)

Death of Konstantin Ivanovitsj BaskovThat year: 2001, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1929)

Death of Halina MickiewiczównaThat year: 2001, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1923)

Death of Franco GulliThat year: 2001, Classical music, Italian violinist (born in 1926)

Death of Lourdes VallierThat year: 2001, Classical music, Brazilian organist (born in 1919)

Death of Vanda GerlovičThat year: 2001, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1925)

Death of Grete von ZieritzThat year: 2001, Classical music, Austrian-German composer and pianist (born in 1899)

Death of Fei-Ping HsuThat year: 2001, Classical music, Chinese classical pianist (born in 1952)

Death of Norman LumsdenThat year: 2001, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (1906-2001) (born in 1906)

Death of Anton GrigoryevThat year: 2001, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1926)

Death of Viktor FedotovThat year: 2001, Classical music, Soviet and Russian conductor (born in 1933)

Death of Anthony GigliottiThat year: 2001, Classical music, American clarinetist and music teacher (born in 1922)

Death of Emile RenanThat year: 2001, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1913)

Inauguration: Jihočeské divadloThat year: 2001, Classical music (České Budějovice 1, Czech Republic)

Death of Heinz RögnerThat year: 2001, Classical music, German conductor (born in 1929)

Death of Armando GhitallaThat year: 2001, Classical music, American musician (born in 1925)

Death of Débria BrownThat year: 2001, Classical music, American operatic mezzo-soprano (born in 1936)

Birth of Eun-Jae OhThat year: 2001, Classical music, composer

Death of Marcel MuleThat year: 2001, Classical music, French musician (born in 1901)

Death of Pierre AncelinThat year: 2001, Classical music, French composer (born in 1934)

Death of Erika DruzovičThat year: 2001, Classical music, director, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1911)

Death of Takashi AsahinaThat year: 2001, Classical music, Japanese musician (born in 1908)