There have been some irreparable losses. Germany mourned its two foremost composers, the bust conductors Andrew Davis and Leif Segerstam stopped beating, the world’ foremost Jewish liturgist sang his last and we paused to mourn the dissident Russian pianist Pavel Kushner, hounded to his death in a Putin jail.

Horn star Hermann Baumann, January 2

Soprano Sarah Rice, January 7

P D Q Bach, January 18

Composer Ivan Moody, January 18

Contralto Ewa Podles, January 20

Concertmaster Sydney Weiss, January 20

Conductor Seiji Ozawa, February 6

Soprano Wilhelmenia Fernandez,February 7

Violist Patrick Ireland, February 26

Composer Aribert Reimann, March 13

Pianist Byron Janis, March 17

Pianist Maurizio Pollini, March 23

Composer Peter Eötvös, March 24

Concertmaster Franco Fantini,

Mezzo Claire Powell, April 8

Conductor Andrew Davis, April 20

Concertmaster Norman Carol, April 28

Concertmaster Werner Hink, May 21

Opera chief Hugues Gall May 26

Elgar biographer Jerrold Northrop Moore, May 27

Francoise Hardy, chanteuse, June 14

Editor Sytze Smit, June 23

Conductor James Loughran, June 23

Composer Alexander Knaifel, June 27

Video artist Bill Viola, July 14

Soprano April Cantelo, July 18

Composer Sarah Gibson, July 18

Composer Wolfgang Rihm, July 27

Baritone Benjamin Luxon, July 28

Cellist Antonio Meneses, August 3

Jailed Russian pianist Pavel Kushner, August 3 (pictured)

Zamira Menuhin, August 4

Fado star Misia, August 6

Composer Alexander Goehr August 26

Hazzan Naftali Herstik, September 2

Bossa Nova king Sérgio Mendes, September 5

Cellist Rohan de Saram, September 29

Conductor Leif Segerstam, October 9

Soprano Sarah Leonard, November 1

Hollywood’s prime musician Quincy Jones, November 3

Documentarist Barrie Gavin, November 13

Violinist György Pauk, November 19

Concertmaster Laura Samuel, November 22

Rossini Festival founder Gianfranco Mariotti, November 23

Jazz pianist Martial Solal, December 12

Tabla player Zakar Hussain, December 15