February - The Juilliard String Quartet receives the NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award for its outstanding contributions to recorded classical music.
May 12 - The Classical Brit Awards are presented by Myleene Klass at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Kalevi Aho – Trumpet Concerto
Elliott Carter – Two Controversies and a Conversation
Julius Dobos – Hymn to The Fukushima 50
Francesco Filidei – Ballata, for organ, ensemble and live electronics
Philip Glass – Symphony No. 9
Mehdi Hosseini – Monodies
Iamus (computer) – Hello World!
Peter Jarvis – Controlled Improvisation Number 1, Op. 17
Paul Mealor – Ubi Caritas et Amor
Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 8
Christopher Rouse
Prospero's Rooms
Symphony No. 3
Steven Stucky – Silent Spring
Nicola Benedetti - Italia
Andrea Bocelli - Concerto: One Night in Central Park
Joseph Calleja - The Maltese Tenor
Jackie Evancho - Dream With Me
Wynne Evans - A Song In My Heart
Angela Gheorghiu - Homage to Maria Callas
Katherine Jenkins - Daydream
Miloš Karadaglić - The Guitar
Oregon Symphony - Music for a Time of War
André Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra - Moonlight Serenade
Violin
January 24 - Bhimsen Joshi, Indian classical vocalist, 88
January 28 - Dame Margaret Price, Welsh operatic soprano, 69
February 2 - Armando Chin Yong, 52, Malaysian opera singer
February 5 - Beatrice Krebs, 86, American mezzo-soprano
February 6 - Per Grundén, 88, Swedish tenor
February 10 - Claus Helmut Drese, 88, German opera manager
February 21 - Antonín Švorc, 77, Czech bass-baritone
February 26 - Eugene Fodor, US violinist, 60
March 13 - Hans Christian, 81, Austrian baritone
March 22 - Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer, 84
March 28 - Lee Hoiby, 85, American composer and pianist
March 29 - Robert Tear, Welsh operatic tenor and conductor, 72
April 8 - Donald Shanks, 70, Australian bass-baritone
April 8 - Daniel Catán, 62, Mexican composer
April 15 - Vincenzo La Scola, Italian operatic tenor, 53 (heart attack)
May 7 - Jane Rhodes, 82, French soprano/mezzo-soprano
May 30 - Giorgio Tozzi, 88, American bass
July 4 - Gerhard Unger, 95, German tenor
July 6 - Josef Suk, Czech violinist and conductor, 81
July 23 - David Aiken, 93, American baritone
July 26 - Denise Scharley, French operatic contralto, 94
August 1 - Milada Šubrtová, Czech operatic soprano, 87
August 2 - Ralph Berkowitz, US composer and painter, 100
August 25 - Anne Sharp, 94, Scottish coloratura soprano
September 5 - Salvatore Licitra, 43, Italian tenor
September 29 - Vera Veljkov-Medaković, Serbian pianist and piano teacher, 88
October 8 - Ingvar Wixell, Swedish operatic baritone, 80
October 19 - James Yannatos, US composer conductor, violinist and teacher, 82
October 29 - Walter Norris, American pianist and composer, 79
November 22 - Sena Jurinac, Bosnian operatic soprano, 90
November 23 - Montserrat Figueras, Catalan operatic soprano, 70
December 5 - Violetta Villas, Polish coloratura soprano, cabaret star, singer, actress, composer and songwriter, 73
December 8 - Minoru Miki, 81, Japanese composer
Daniil Trifonov
No first prize awarded. Sergey Dogadin and Itamar Zorman share second prize.
Masataka Goto
Valentina Naforniţă
Composer of the Year - Arvo Pärt
Male Artist of the Year - Antonio Pappano
Female Artist Of The Year - Alison Balsom
Critics' Award - Tasmin Little
Artist of the Decade - Il Divo
See 53rd Grammy Awards
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