2017 in European music

• 11 January – Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany, is opened with a concert by the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the NDR Chor and conductor Thomas Hengelbrock.[1]
• 13 May – Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 takes place in Kiev, Ukraine.[2] It is won for the first time by Portugal, represented by Salvador Sobral with the song "Amar pelos dois".[3]
• 8 September – Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral gives a farewell concert, prior to being admitted to hospital in the hope of receiving a heart transplant.[4]

• Main article for Scandinavian music in 2017

Dutch #1 singles

• Main article for Irish music in 2017

• Main article for British music in 2017

• German number ones

• Swiss #1s

• French #1s

• Italian number ones

• List of Polish #1 singles
• Czech #1 singles
• Hungarian #1 singles

• Ammore e malavita (Italy)
• Dalida (France)
• Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (France)

• 4 January – Georges Prêtre, 92, French orchestral and opera conductor[5]
• 13 January
  • Anton Nanut, 84, Slovenian conductor[6]
  • Jan Stoeckart, 89, Dutch composer, conductor and trombonist[7]
• 16 January – Gerd Grochowski, 60, German opera singer[8]
• 18 January – Ståle Wikshåland, 63, Norwegian musicologist (blood clot)[9]
• 20 January – Frank Thomas, 80, French songwriter.[10]
• 21 January – Veljo Tormis, 86, Estonian composer[11]
• 22 January
  • Jean Georgakarakos (Karakos), 76, French music producer[12]
  • Jaki Liebezeit, 78, German drummer (Can)[13]
• 27 January – Henry-Louis de La Grange, 92, French musicologist, biographer of Gustav Mahler[14]
• 28 January – Alexander Tikhanovich, 64, Belarusian pop singer (Verasy).[15]
• 31 January
  • Deke Leonard, 72, Welsh rock guitarist (Man)[16]
  • John Wetton, 67, British bassist (cancer)[17]
• 7 February
  • Svend Asmussen, 100, Danish jazz violinist[18]
  • Loukianos Kilaidonis, 73, Greek singer-songwriter[19]
• 8 February – Tony Särkkä, 44, Swedish multi-instrumentalist (Abruptum, Ophthalamia)[20]
• 11 February – Jarmila Šuláková, 87, Czech folk singer.[21]
• 17 February – Peter Skellern, 69, English singer-songwriter (brain tumour)[22]
• 21 February – Enzo Carella, 65, Italian singer-songwriter[23]
• 27 February
  • Jórunn Viðar, 98, Icelandic pianist and composer[24]
  • Eva Maria Zuk, 71, Polish-born Mexican pianist[25]
• 3 March – Misha Mengelberg, 81, Ukrainian-born Dutch jazz pianist and composer[26]
• 5 March – Kurt Moll, 78, German opera singer[27]
• 6 March – Alberto Zedda, 89, Italian conductor and musicologist[28]
• 9 March – Barbara Helsingius, 79, Finnish singer, poet and Olympic fencer [29]
• 9 April – Stan Robinson, 80, British jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist[30]
• 18 April – Frank Dostal, 71, German music producer and songwriter[31]
• 19 April – Pat Fitzpatrick, 60, Irish keyboardist (cancer)[32]
• 27 April – Eduard Brunner, 77, Swiss clarinetist[33]
• 1 May – Erkki Kurenniemi, 75, Finnish musician[34]
• 2 May – Péter Komlós, 81, Hungarian violinist[35]
• 8 May – Mary Tsoni, 30, Greek actress and singer (Dogtooth)[36]
• 9 May – Robert Miles, 47, Italian electronic dance musician and record producer[37]
• 22 May – Zbigniew Wodecki, 67, Polish singer, composer and musician[38]
• 6 June – Sandra Reemer, 66, Dutch singer (breast cancer)[39]
• 11 June – Corneliu Stroe, Romanian jazz drummer and percussionist, 67 (heart attack)[40]
• 22 June – Gunter Gabriel, 75, German singer, musician and composer[41]
• 2 July – Chris Roberts, 73, German schlager singer (cancer)[42]
• 3 July – Rudy Rotta, 66, Italian blues guitarist and singer[43]
• 5 July – Pierre Henry, 89, French composer[44]
• 9 July – Paquita Rico, 87, Spanish singer and actress[45]
• 13 July
  • Giannis Kalatzis, 74, Greek singer[46]
  • Egil Kapstad, 76, Norwegian jazz pianist, arranger and composer[47]
• 19 July – Barbara Weldens, 35, French singer (electrocuted on stage)[48]
• 20 July – Andrea Jürgens, 50, German schlager singer (kidney failure)[49]
• 23 July – Thomas Füri, 70, Swiss violinist (I Salonisti)[50]
• 26 July – Paul Angerer, 90, Austrian conductor, violist, composer, and radio presenter[51]
• 8 August – Pēteris Plakidis, 70, Latvian composer and pianist[52]
• 9 August – Marián Varga, 70, Slovak organist and composer[53]
• 20 August
  • Margot Hielscher, 97, German singer and film actress[54]
  • Wilhelm Killmayer, 89, German composer, conductor, and lecturer[55]
  • Nati Mistral, 88, Spanish actress and singer[56]
• 24 August – Aloys Kontarsky, 86, German pianist[57]
• 25 August – Enzo Dara, Italian opera singer, 78[58]
• 27 September – Joy Fleming, 72, German singer[59]
• 2 October – Klaus Huber, 92, Swiss composer and academic[60]
• 8 October – László Aradszky, 82, Hungarian pop singer[61]
• 3 November
  • Gaetano Bardini, 91, Italian opera singer[62]
  • Václav Riedlbauch, 70, Czech composer, pedagogue and manager, Minister of Culture (2009–2010)[63]
• 9 November – Hans Vermeulen, 70, Dutch singer and musician, winner of Golden Harp[64]
• 12 November – Michel Chapuis, 87, French classical organist and pedagogue[65]
• 24 November – Clotilde Rosa, 87, Portuguese harpist, teacher and composer7[66]
• 30 November – Zé Pedro, 61, Portuguese guitarist[67]

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