The dutch organist, harpsichordist, conductor and scholar Gustav Leonhardt has died aged 83 on 16 January 2012.

Leonhardt was one of the pioneers of the 'Early Music Movement', was a pioneer and pillar of the early music movement, and had a towering influence on such figures as Niklolaus Harnoncourt, Frans Brüggen, and the Kuijken brothers. He also made a number of significant recordings, including a monumental complete set of Bach's Cantatas.