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Guy Rickards

January 2026

  • John And Brenda OgdonEnglish pianist and composer John Ogdon (1937 - 1989) with his wife Brenda Lucas Ogdon, UK, 26th November 1973. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

    Brenda Lucas Ogdon obituary

    Pianist who put her solo career on hold to care for her husband and established the John Ogdon Foundation to preserve his legacy

June 2025

  • Per Nørgård sitting at a piano with his arms folded looking at the camera

    Per Nørgård obituary

    Danish composer driven by the concept of musical metamorphosis and a renowned symphonist

April 2023

  • Christopher Gunning rehearsal for Concert for Care on Monday 18th October 2010. Picture by<br>BT9RM6 Christopher Gunning rehearsal for Concert for Care on Monday 18th October 2010. Picture by

    Christopher Gunning obituary

    Composer best known for creating the theme music for the popular and long-running ITV series Poirot

November 2022

  • Composer Ned Rorem, 1983. Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images.

    Ned Rorem obituary

    American composer with a genius for dramatic characterisation who won the Pulitzer prize in 1976

February 2022

  • George Crumb came to prominence in the 1960s, and in the new century composed Metamorphoses, inspired by celebrated paintings.

    George Crumb obituary

    Trailblazing US composer who pursued his expressive aims by pushing performers and instruments beyond their usual limits

July 2020

  • Jane Parker-Smith, organist

    Jane Parker-Smith obituary

    Virtuoso exponent of Romantic organ music who championed neglected works from France and Belgium

October 2019

  • Giya Kancheli at Alice Tully Hall, at the Lincoln Center, New York, in 1995

    Giya Kancheli obituary

    Leading Georgian composer whose music combined stillness and beauty with expressive outbursts

January 2019

  • John Joubert composing

    John Joubert obituary

    Prolific British-South African composer, best known for his choral works, particularly his carols

September 2017

  • Derek Bourgeois was at his best in shorter works, often for wind and brass bands, such as the Green Dragon Overture (1969).

    Derek Bourgeois obituary

    Prolific composer of music in a tunefully British vein

July 2016

  • This picture shows Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara, at the Helsinki Book Fare on October 25, 2014. Rautavaara passed away on July 27, 2016, aged 87, his record label said on July 28. / AFP PHOTO / Lehtikuva / Martti Kainulainen / Finland OUTMARTTI KAINULAINEN/AFP/Getty Images

    Einojuhani Rautavaara obituary

    Finnish composer noted for the birdsong of his Cantus Arcticus and his works featuring images of angels

May 2013

  • Steve Martland

    Steve Martland obituary

    Iconoclastic composer who crossed musical boundaries to create a distinctive, edgy sound

October 2012

  • Hans Werner Henze

    Hans Werner Henze obituary

    Composer devoted to the exploration of political ideas in the opera house and concert hall

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