Vlastimir Trajković was a Serbian composer, and full-time professor of composition and orchestration at the University of Arts in Belgrade.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Georges Prêtre

France

c. 1925 – 2017 (92 years old)

Georges Prêtre was a French orchestral and opera conductor.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Paris, France

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Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje

Spain

c. 1933 – 2017 (84 years old)

Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje was a Catalan and Spanish painter.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Madrid, Spain

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Bade Fateh Ali Khan

Switzerland

c. 1935 – 2017 (82 years old)

Ustad Bade Fateh Ali Khan was among the foremost Khyal vocalists in Pakistan, and a leading exponent of the Patiala gharana tradition of music. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan

India

c. 1928 – 2017 (89 years old)

Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan was an Indian sitar player. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

New Delhi, India

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Shigeru Kōyama

Japan

c. 1930 – 2017 (87 years old)

Shigeru Kōyama (1930–2017) was a distinguished Japan public figure recognized for outstanding contributions in arts.

Tokyo, Japan

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Rodney Bennett

Great Britain

c. 1936 – 2017 (81 years old)

Rodney Bennett was a British television director. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

London, United Kingdom

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Vida Alves

Brazil

c. 1929 – 2017 (88 years old)

Vida Amélia Guedes Alves was a Brazilian actress and pioneer of early Brazilian television whose career spanned more than seventy years. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Brasília, Brazil

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Anthony Goldstone

Great Britain

c. 1945 – 2017 (72 years old)

Anthony Goldstone was an English pianist, known for his eclectic repertoire. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

London, United Kingdom

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Barbara Fei

Switzerland

c. 1932 – 2017 (85 years old)

Barbara Fei, also known as Barbara Fei Ming-yi, was a Hong Kong soprano opera singer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Auriel Andrew

Australia

c. 1948 – 2017 (69 years old)

Auriel Marie Andrew was an Australian country music singer from the Northern Territory. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Canberra, Australia

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Memo Morales

Switzerland

c. 1938 – 2017 (79 years old)

Guillermo Enrique Morales Portillo was a Venezuelan singer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Lane Meddick

Great Britain

c. 1925 – 2017 (92 years old)

Leonard John Meddick, known professionally as Lane Meddick, was a British actor, journalist and writer.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

London, United Kingdom

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Stuart Hamilton

Canada

c. 1930 – 2017 (87 years old)

Robert Stuart Hamilton, CM, Hon. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Ottawa, Canada

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Hadj Mohamed Tahar Fergani

محمد الطاهر الفرجاني

Algeria

1928 – 2016 (88 years old)

The undisputed 'King of Constantine Malouf', master violinist with a golden voice who preserved and recorded the ancient Andalusian musical patrimony of eastern Algeria.

Constantine, Algeria

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Aïcha Mint Chighaly

عائشة منت شغالي

Mauritania

1948 – 2016 (68 years old)

Renowned female Mauritanian griot and master of the ancestral ardine harp whose powerful, hypnotic vocal renditions preserved the oral epics of the Sahara at world music festivals.

Nouakchott, Mauritania

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Amar Ezzahi

عمار الزاهي (عمار أيت زاي)

Algeria

1941 – 2016 (75 years old)

Beloved Algerian Chaabi maestro and ascetic street philosopher whose soul-stirring mandole improvisations, humble Casbah lifestyle, and refusal of commercial stardom made him a sacred folk legend.

Algiers, Algeria

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