- Apr 1 Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer, composer and bandleader, dies of cancer at 71
- Apr 5 Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36
- Apr 7 Christopher "Kit" Lambert, British record producer and manager of The Who, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 45
- Apr 12 Hans Chemin-Petit, German composer, dies at 78
- Apr 12 Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch organist and composer (Ballade of Merel; Te Deum), dies at 88
- Apr 14 Ivan Galamian, American violinist and violin teacher, dies at 78
- Apr 19 Ernst Levy, Swiss composer, dies at 85
- Apr 21 Eddie Sauter, American big band and theatrical arranger, bandleader (Sauter-Finegan Orchestra), and jazz composer (Stan Getz -"Focus"), dies of a heart attack at 66
- Apr 28 Steve Currie, British rock bassist (T. Rex; Marc Bolan), dies in a car crash in Portugal at 33