The year 2006 in classical music and in lyrical art

Death of Jaroslav SoučekThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1935)

Death of Arturo SergiThat year: 2006, Classical music, American musician, singer and opera singer (born in 1925)

Death of Gretl SchörgThat year: 2006, Classical music, singer (born in 1914)

Death of Yuri BoukoffThat year: 2006, Classical music, Bulgarian pianist (born in 1923)

Death of David PortillaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Mexican opera singer (born in 1933)

Death of Meinrad SchütterThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swiss composer (1910-2006) (born in 1910)

Death of Karl-Christian KohnThat year: 2006, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1928)

Death of David WeberThat year: 2006, Classical music, American musician (born in 1913)

Death of Olga Marie MikalsenThat year: 2006, Classical music, Norwegian singer (born in 1915)

Death of Jan Frank FischerThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech composer and translator, 1921-2006 (born in 1921)

Death of Herta GlazThat year: 2006, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1908)

Death of Ludovic SpiessThat year: 2006, Classical music, Romanian singer and opera singer (born in 1938)

Death of Krzysztof DrzewieckiThat year: 2006, Classical music, musician, opera singer, singer (born in 1972)

Death of Mary HendersonThat year: 2006, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1912)

Death of Laurie ZThat year: 2006, Classical music, pianist, composer, arranger, performer, producer (born in 1957)

Death of Antonio LottiThat year: 2006, Classical music, lyric singing, opera singer (born in 1954)

Death of Eric ShillingThat year: 2006, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1920)

Death of Lya HubicThat year: 2006, Classical music, Romanian soprano (born in 1911)

Death of Raymond VaillantThat year: 2006, Classical music, French composer (born in 1935)

Death of Frank LittleThat year: 2006, Classical music, Operatic tenor (born in 1939)

Death of Milton KatimsThat year: 2006, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1909)

Death of Napoleón DihmesThat year: 2006, Classical music, Dominican singer and opera singer (1928-2006) (born in 1928)

Birth of Gabriel J. AckermanThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer

Death of Georg VölkerThat year: 2006, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1923)

Death of Ali TajvidiThat year: 2006, Classical music, Iranian musician (born in 1919)

Death of İstemihan TaviloğluThat year: 2006, Classical music, Turkish composer (born in 1945)

Death of Anselmo ColzaniThat year: 2006, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1918)

Death of Miroslav BrajnikThat year: 2006, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1920)

Death of Ismail HajibeyovThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer, musician (born in 1949)

Death of Werner Wolf GlaserThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swedish musician (born in 1910)

Death of Yury MazurokThat year: 2006, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (born in 1931)

Death of Augustyn BlochThat year: 2006, Classical music, Polish musician (born in 1929)

Death of Vinzenz Maria DemetzThat year: 2006, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1912)

Death of Ömer YılmazThat year: 2006, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (born in 1953)

Death of Natalia TroitskayaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Russian operatic soprano (born in 1951)

Death of Robin OrrThat year: 2006, Classical music, Scottish composer (born in 1909)

Death of Maria DziewulskaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1909)

Death of Jan KoetsierThat year: 2006, Classical music, Dutch conductor (born in 1911)

Death of Rauno LehtinenThat year: 2006, Classical music, Finnish musician, composer and conductor (born in 1932)

Death of Yvonne LeveringThat year: 2006, Classical music, Belgian pianist and singer (born in 1905)

Death of Lars-Erik JonssonThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swedish singer and opera singer (born in 1959)

Death of Štěpán LuckýThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1919)

Death of Jan SimonsThat year: 2006, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1925)

Death of Vinko ŠtruclThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer, conductor, music arranger (born in 1933)

Death of Amin FeresThat year: 2006, Classical music, Brazilian singer (born in 1934)

Death of Miroslav PelikánThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (born in 1922)

Death of Werner JacobThat year: 2006, Classical music, German organist and composer (born in 1938)

Death of Otto ZykanThat year: 2006, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1935)

Death of Štěpán KoníčekThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (born in 1928)

Death of Margarita Gonzalez OntiverosThat year: 2006, Classical music, Mexican opera mezzo-soprano (born in 1927)

Death of Sándor MucsiThat year: 2006, Classical music, Hungarian actor (born in 1926)

Death of Irène AïtoffThat year: 2006, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1904)

Death of Elizabeth FretwellThat year: 2006, Classical music, Australian singer and opera singer (born in 1920)

Death of Hanns PetersenThat year: 2006, Classical music, German teacher, opera and pop singer (born in 1927)

Death of Rolande FalcinelliThat year: 2006, Classical music, French musician (born in 1920)

Death of Kōtarō SatōThat year: 2006, Classical music, Japanese conductor (1944-2006) (born in 1944)

Death of Joyce HattoThat year: 2006, Classical music, English musician (born in 1928)

Death of Charles FarncombeThat year: 2006, Classical music, English conductor (born in 1919)

Death of Lorraine Hunt LiebersonThat year: 2006, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano (born in 1954)

Death of Ruth SchönthalThat year: 2006, Classical music, German composer (born in 1924)

Death of Naum ShtarkmanThat year: 2006, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1927)

Death of Georges RabolThat year: 2006, Classical music, French pianist (1938-2006) (born in 1938)

Birth of Ethan YangThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer

Death of Adrienne ClostreThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer (born in 1921)

Death of Ruth GuldbækThat year: 2006, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1919)

Birth of Or VaitzmanThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer

Death of Rudolf A. HartmannThat year: 2006, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1937)

Death of Bernard Fabre-GarrusThat year: 2006, Classical music (born in 1944)

Death of James TenneyThat year: 2006, Classical music, American composer and music theorist (born in 1934)

Death of Léopold SimoneauThat year: 2006, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1916)

Death of Heikki ToivanenThat year: 2006, Classical music, Finnish singer and opera singer (born in 1948)

Death of Tōroku TakagiThat year: 2006, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1904)

Death of Nikos NtoufexiadesThat year: 2006, Classical music, singer (born in 1916)

Death of Benjamin Rawitz-CastelThat year: 2006, Classical music, pianist (born in 1946)

Death of Oslavio Di CredicoThat year: 2006, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1937)

Death of Paolo MontarsoloThat year: 2006, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1925)

Death of Karl EngelThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swiss musician (1923-2006) (born in 1923)

Death of Ingrid BjonerThat year: 2006, Classical music, singer (born in 1927)

Death of Norman KelleyThat year: 2006, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1911)

Death of Włodzimierz TyszlerThat year: 2006, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1944)

Death of Michelangelo VersoThat year: 2006, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1920)

Death of Martta KontulaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Finnish actress (born in 1908)

Death of Thomas StewartThat year: 2006, Classical music, American bass-baritone singer (1928-2006) (born in 1928)

Death of Viktor KalabisThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1923)

Death of Endel AimreThat year: 2006, Classical music, actor, opera singer (born in 1918)

Death of Giorgos ZervanosThat year: 2006, Classical music, Greek opera singer (born in 1930)

Death of Azat ĞabbsofThat year: 2006, Classical music, Tatar opera singer (born in 1925)

Death of Carlotta OrdassyThat year: 2006, Classical music, (1921--2006) Hungarian born American opera singer (born in 1921)

Death of Joseph PrimaveraThat year: 2006, Classical music, Conductor, Violist (born in 1926)

Death of Nadezhda I͡UrenevaThat year: 2006, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1933)

Death of Willy LockwoodThat year: 2006, Classical music, double-bassist (born in 1915)

Death of SetrakThat year: 2006, Classical music, French Turkish pianist (born in 1931)

Death of Walter CarringerThat year: 2006, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1924)

Death of John KentishThat year: 2006, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1910)

Death of Hanna Fahlbusch-WaldThat year: 2006, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1948)

Death of Jozsef GregorThat year: 2006, Classical music, Hungarian singer (born in 1940)

Death of Silvio VarvisoThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swiss conductor (1924-2006) (born in 1924)

Death of Zsuzsa ErdészThat year: 2006, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1933)

Death of Délfor MedinaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Argentinian actor (born in 1928)

Birth of Drew BalesThat year: 2006, Classical music, composer

Death of Iosif ContaThat year: 2006, Classical music, conductor (born in 1924)

Death of Ogtay AghayevThat year: 2006, Classical music, singer and actor (1934-2006) (born in 1934)

Death of Mykola KondratyukThat year: 2006, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1931-2006) (born in 1931)

Death of Věroslav NeumannThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (born in 1931)

Death of Dora KomarekThat year: 2006, Classical music, Austrian actor and opera singer (born in 1914)

Death of Anna-Lisa BjörlingThat year: 2006, Classical music, Swedish actor and singer (born in 1910)

Death of Robert McFerrinThat year: 2006, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1921)

Death of Clara BonaldiThat year: 2006, Classical music, French violinist (born in 1937)

Death of Martha LiptonThat year: 2006, Classical music, American opera singer (1913-2006) (born in 1913)

Death of Jan DrzewieckiThat year: 2006, Classical music, Polish pianist (born in 1938)

Death of Elaine ArnoldThat year: 2006, Classical music, American operatic soprano (born in 1910)

Death of Richard VernonThat year: 2006, Classical music, American operatic bass (born in 1953)

Death of Lucien GoethalsThat year: 2006, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1931)

Death of Daniel ChabrunThat year: 2006, Classical music, French conductor (born in 1925)

Death of Otmar MáchaThat year: 2006, Classical music, Czech theatre director and composer (born in 1922)

Death of Daniel PinkhamThat year: 2006, Classical music, American composer (born in 1923)

Death of Rosina RaisbeckThat year: 2006, Classical music, Australian mezzo-soprano (born in 1916)

Death of Raymonde ServeriusThat year: 2006, Classical music, Belgian singer (born in 1924)

Death of Pilar Andrés de PabloThat year: 2006, Classical music, Spanish soprano, opera singer and voice teacher (1921-2006) (born in 1921)

Death of Craig TimberlakeThat year: 2006, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1920)