- Aug 1 Frida Boccara, French singer, dies at 55
- Aug 1 John Lanigan, Australian operatic tenor (Covent Garden), dies at 75
- Aug 8 Åke Hermanson, Swedish composer, dies at 73
- Aug 8 Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69
- Aug 11 Mel Taylor, American rock drummer (The Ventures, 1962-73 and 1979-96), dies of cancer at 63
- Aug 11 Rafael Kubelik, Czech conductor (Cornelia Farooli), dies at 82
- Aug 13 David Tudor, American pianist and composer, dies at 70
- Aug 13 Louise Talma, American composer (Summer Sounds), dies at 89
- Aug 14 Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic, 1945-57; Munich Philharmonic, 1979-96), and educator, dies at 84
- Aug 19 Jurriaan Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer (Berkshire Symphonies; Les Cloches des Clochards), dies at 70
- Aug 20 Rio Reiser, German rock singer ("Ton Steine Scherben"), dies at 46
- Aug 22 Mareo Ishiketa, Japanese composer, dies at 79
- Aug 25 Sylvia Fisher, Australian operatic soprano (Albert Herring Opera), dies at 86
- Aug 29 Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch composer, dies at 64
- Aug 31 Milt Larkin, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader, dies at 85
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