2017 in European music

2017 in continental European music in geographical order.

Events

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

Scandinavia

Main article for Scandinavian music in 2017

Top hits

Danish #1s
Finnish #1 singles 2017, Finnish #1 albums
Norway charts
''Swedish #1 singles and albums''

Netherlands

''Dutch #1 singles''

Ireland

Main article for Irish music in 2017

UK

Main article for British music in 2017

Germany

''German number ones''

Switzerland and Austria

''Swiss #1s''

France

''French #1s''

Italy

''Italian number ones''

Eastern Europe/ Balkans

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

Musical films

Deaths

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