2019 in European music

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2019 in continental European music in geographical order.

Events

May 18 – The finale of the 64th Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is won by Duncan Laurence, representing the Netherlands with the song "Arcade". It is the Netherlands' first win since 1975.

Scandinavia

Main article for Scandinavian music in 2019

Top hits

Danish #1s
Finnish #1 singles 2019, Finnish #1 albums
Norway charts
Swedish #1 singles and albums

Netherlands

Dutch #1 singles

Ireland

Main article for Irish music in 2019

UK

Main article for British music in 2019

Germany

15 February - Tobias Sammet's Avantasia releases Moonglow, featuring collaborations with artists such as Ronnie Atkins of Pretty Maids, Jørn Lande and Hansi Kürsch.^[1]

See also German number ones

Switzerland and Austria

Swiss #1s

France

French #1s

Italy

Italian number ones

Eastern Europe/ Balkans

Musical films

En del av mitt hjärta (Sweden)^[2]

Deaths

1 January
- Feis Ecktuh, 32, Dutch rapper (shot)^[3]
- Joan Guinjoan, 87, Spanish composer and pianist^[4]
19 January – Mario Bertoncini, 86, Italian composer, pianist, and music educator^[5]
21 January – Marcel Azzola, 91, French accordionist^[6]
26 January – Michel Legrand, 86, French composer, conductor and jazz pianist, Oscar winner (1968, 1971, 1983).^[7]
17 February – Šaban Šaulić, 67, Serbian singer (traffic accident)^[8]
20 February
- Gerard Koerts [nl], 71, Dutch musician (Earth & Fire)^[9]
- Ekkehard Wlaschiha, 80, German operatic baritone^[10]
21 February – Jean-Christophe Benoît, 93, French baritone^[11]
5 March – Jacques Loussier, 84, French jazz/classical pianist and composer^[12]
8 March – Michael Gielen, 91, Austrian conductor^[13]
12 March – Věra Bílá, 64, Czech singer (diabetes)^[14]
16 March
- Yann-Fañch Kemener, 61, French singer^[15]
- Yulia Nachalova, 38, Russian singer, actress and television presenter, cerebral edema.^[16]
1 April – Caravelli, 88, French conductor and composer^[17]
7 April – Gino Stefani [it], 89, Italian jazz musician, musicologist and semiologist^[18]
12 April – Dina, 62, Portuguese singer (pulmonary fibrosis)^[19]
16 April – Jörg Demus, 90, Austrian pianist^[20]
24 April – Dick Rivers, 74, French rock and roll singer (Les Chats Sauvages)^[21]
21 May – Nilda Fernández, 61, Spanish-born French chanson singer (heart failure)^[22]
31 May – Đelo Jusić, 80, Croatian composer and guitarist^[23]
11 June – Enrico Nascimbeni, 59, Italian singer, journalist and poet (heart attack)^[24]
3 August – Henri Belolo, 82, French music producer (The Ritchie Family, Village People) and songwriter.^[25]
2 September – Laurent Sinclair, 58, French keyboardist and composer^[26]
23 October – Hansheinz Schneeberger, 93, Swiss violinist.^[27]
28 October
- Zoltán Jeney, 76, Hungarian composer.^[28]
- Jitka Šuranská [cs], 41, Czech singer and violinist, cancer.^[29]
31 October – Giannis Spanos, 85, Greek composer.^[30]
2 November
- Leo Iorga, 54, Romanian rock singer and guitarist, cancer.^[31]
- Marie Laforêt, 80, French-Swiss singer ("Mon amour, mon ami") and actress (Male Hunt, Who Wants to Kill Sara?).^[32]
8 November – Fred Bongusto, 84, Italian singer, songwriter and film composer^[33]
16 November – Éric Morena, 68, French singer^[34]
19 November
- José Mário Branco, 77, Portuguese singer-songwriter and record producer^[35]
- Rémy Stricker, 83, French pianist and musicologist^[36]
11 December – Jiří Jirmal, 94, Czech classical guitarist^[37]
17 December – Jacques Grimbert, 90, French conductor^[38]
18 December – Alain Barrière, 84, French singer and Eurovision contestant^[39]

References

^ "AVANTASIA: 'Moonglow' Cover Artwork, Track Listing, Guest Vocalists Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. October 12, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ ""En del av mitt hjärta" - första teasern till 2019 års julfilm är här". MovieZine.
^ Vrienden: Slachtoffer schietpartij is rapper Feis (in Dutch)
^ "The composer Joan Guinjoan dies, key figure of contemporary music". Spain's News. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ Cordoglio della Chigiana per la morte del maestro Bertoncini (in Italian)
^ Marcel Azzola l’accordéoniste de la célèbre chanson « Vesoul » est décédé (in French)
^ Oscar-winning French composer Michel Legrand dies at 86
^ "CEO REGION U SUZAMA! OPRAŠTAJU SE OD LEGENDE NARODNE MUZIKE: Potresne poruke na društvenim mrežama lome srca". kurir.rs (in Serbian). 2019-02-19.
^ Earth and Fire-toetsenist Gerard Koerts (71) overleden (in Dutch)
^ "Obituary: German Baritone Ekkehard Wlaschiha Dies At 80". Opera Wire. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ Décès de Jean-Christophe Benoît (in French)
^ Hommage à Jacques Loussier (in French)
^ Dirigent und Komponist Michael Gielen ist tot (in German)
^ "Zemřela zpěvačka Věra Bílá, romská hvězda plánovala velký comeback". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ Yann-Fañch Kemener, voix de la gwerz et du kan-ha-diskan est décédé (in French)
^ Умерла Юлия Началова (in Russian)
^ Le chef d'orchestre arrangeur Caravelli est décédé au Cannet à l'âge de 88 ans (in French)
^ Addio a Gino Stefani (in Italian)
^ Morreu a cantora Dina (in Portuguese)
^ Österreichischer Pianist Jörg Demus gestorben (in German)
^ Dick Rivers, icône du rock’n’roll à la française, est mort (in French)
^ Le chanteur franco-espagnol Nilda Fernández est mort (in French)
^ Kako nam je Đelo Jusić govorio o smislu života: 'Moji unuci su moj đardin s najlepšim cvijećem' (in Croatian)
^ "È morto Enrico Nascimbeni a Milano, aveva 59 anni". Milano Today. Retrieved 13 June 2019. (in Italian)
^ Henri Belolo, co-founder of Village People, dies aged 82
^ Laurent Sinclair : Mort de l'ex-Taxi Girl à 58 ans (in French)
^ Geigenlegende Hansheinz Schneeberger tot (in German)
^ Meghalt Jeney Zoltán (in Hungarian)
^ Zemřela zpěvačka a houslistka Jitka Šuranská. Držitelce tří Andělů bylo 41 let (in Czech)
^ Greek music composer Spanos dies at 85
^ A murit Leo Iorga, fostul solist al trupei Compact, la vârsta de 54 de ani (in Romanian)
^ Marie Laforêt, la « Fille aux yeux d’or », est morte (in French)
^ "Addio a Fred Bongusto, fu consigliere al Comune - TGR Puglia". TGR. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
^ "Eric Morena, chanteur du tube « Oh ! mon bateau » est décédé". Ouest France (in French). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
^ "Morreu José Mário Branco, um dos nomes maiores da canção portuguesa". Público (in Portuguese). 19 Nov 2019. Retrieved 19 Nov 2019.
^ Décès du musicologue, pédagogue et ancien producteur de radio Rémy Stricker (in French)
^ Zemřel kytarista Jiří Jirmal (in Czech)
^ "Décès de Jacques Grimbert". ResMusica (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-19.
^ Le chanteur Alain Barrière est mort (in French)

External links

European Music Council

[1] "AVANTASIA: 'Moonglow' Cover Artwork, Track Listing, Guest Vocalists Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. October 12, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2018.

[2] ""En del av mitt hjärta" - första teasern till 2019 års julfilm är här". MovieZine.

[3] Vrienden: Slachtoffer schietpartij is rapper Feis (in Dutch)

[4] "The composer Joan Guinjoan dies, key figure of contemporary music". Spain's News. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[5] Cordoglio della Chigiana per la morte del maestro Bertoncini (in Italian)

[6] Marcel Azzola l’accordéoniste de la célèbre chanson « Vesoul » est décédé (in French)

[7] Oscar-winning French composer Michel Legrand dies at 86

[8] "CEO REGION U SUZAMA! OPRAŠTAJU SE OD LEGENDE NARODNE MUZIKE: Potresne poruke na društvenim mrežama lome srca". kurir.rs (in Serbian). 2019-02-19.

[9] Earth and Fire-toetsenist Gerard Koerts (71) overleden (in Dutch)

[10] "Obituary: German Baritone Ekkehard Wlaschiha Dies At 80". Opera Wire. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[11] Décès de Jean-Christophe Benoît (in French)

[12] Hommage à Jacques Loussier (in French)

[13] Dirigent und Komponist Michael Gielen ist tot (in German)

[14] "Zemřela zpěvačka Věra Bílá, romská hvězda plánovala velký comeback". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[15] Yann-Fañch Kemener, voix de la gwerz et du kan-ha-diskan est décédé (in French)

[16] Умерла Юлия Началова (in Russian)

[17] Le chef d'orchestre arrangeur Caravelli est décédé au Cannet à l'âge de 88 ans (in French)

[18] Addio a Gino Stefani (in Italian)

[19] Morreu a cantora Dina (in Portuguese)

[20] Österreichischer Pianist Jörg Demus gestorben (in German)

[21] Dick Rivers, icône du rock’n’roll à la française, est mort (in French)

[22] Le chanteur franco-espagnol Nilda Fernández est mort (in French)

[23] Kako nam je Đelo Jusić govorio o smislu života: 'Moji unuci su moj đardin s najlepšim cvijećem' (in Croatian)

[24] "È morto Enrico Nascimbeni a Milano, aveva 59 anni". Milano Today. Retrieved 13 June 2019. (in Italian)

[25] Henri Belolo, co-founder of Village People, dies aged 82

[26] Laurent Sinclair : Mort de l'ex-Taxi Girl à 58 ans (in French)

[27] Geigenlegende Hansheinz Schneeberger tot (in German)

[28] Meghalt Jeney Zoltán (in Hungarian)

[29] Zemřela zpěvačka a houslistka Jitka Šuranská. Držitelce tří Andělů bylo 41 let (in Czech)

[30] Greek music composer Spanos dies at 85

[31] A murit Leo Iorga, fostul solist al trupei Compact, la vârsta de 54 de ani (in Romanian)

[32] Marie Laforêt, la « Fille aux yeux d’or », est morte (in French)

[33] "Addio a Fred Bongusto, fu consigliere al Comune - TGR Puglia". TGR. Retrieved 2019-11-08.

[34] "Eric Morena, chanteur du tube « Oh ! mon bateau » est décédé". Ouest France (in French). Retrieved 18 November 2019.

[35] "Morreu José Mário Branco, um dos nomes maiores da canção portuguesa". Público (in Portuguese). 19 Nov 2019. Retrieved 19 Nov 2019.

[36] Décès du musicologue, pédagogue et ancien producteur de radio Rémy Stricker (in French)

[37] Zemřel kytarista Jiří Jirmal (in Czech)

[38] "Décès de Jacques Grimbert". ResMusica (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-19.

[39] Le chanteur Alain Barrière est mort (in French)

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