Composer
Discover a comprehensive list of renowned composers who have left an indelible mark on the world of music. Explore the lives and contributions of these musical geniuses, from classical masters like Bach and Beethoven to contemporary icons like John Williams and Hans Zimmer.
Leibele Glanz
Prominent American and Israeli cantor, singer, composer
Heinrich Kaminski
Germany
GermanyGerman composer.
Vladimir Alimin
Russia
RussiaRussian musician, sound engineer, composer, actor, screenwriter.
Boris Kovach
Serbia
SerbiaComposer
Xiao Shuxian
China
ChinaChinese composer and music educator
Gideon Klein
Czech composer and pianist of Jewish origin
Alexandr Shchetynsky
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian composer
Naoki Kodaka
Japan
JapanA Japanese composer who has worked on music for video games produced by Sunsoft.
Milhaud Darius
France
FranceFrench composer
Diane Bish
USA
USAAmerican organist and television presenter.
Peteris Vasks
Latvia
LatviaLatvian composer.
Philippe Gaubert
France
FranceFrench musician, conductor, composer and flautist
Giacomo Carissimi
Italy
ItalyItalian composer
Francois Andre Philidor
France
FranceFrench composer
Anders Wollbeck
Sweden
SwedenSwedish composer and music producer
Michael Hoenig
Germany
GermanyGerman composer
Charles Peter Wuorinen
USA
USAAmerican composer
Brett Dean
Australia
AustraliaAustralian composer and violist
Josef Hauer
Austria
AustriaAustrian composer
Edgard Varese
USA
USAFrench-American composer, one of the pioneers of electronic and concrete music.
Johannes Verhulst
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch composer and conductor.
Adolf Sandberger
Germany
GermanyGerman composer and musicologist.
Richard Wuerst
Germany
GermanyGerman composer, music critic and teacher.
Maurycy Karasowski
Poland
PolandPolish composer, cellist and music writer.
Simon Sechter
Austria
AustriaAustrian organist, composer and music theorist.
Vladimir Shimunek
Czech composer
Antuan Dobronich
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian composer, folklorist, music writer, teacher.
Ernst Krenek
Austria
AustriaAustro-American composer and teacher.
Ercole Bottrigari
Italy
ItalyItalian humanist, music theorist, poet and composer
Hermann Gradener
Austria
AustriaAustrian composer, violinist, music teacher
William George Cusins
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish composer, conductor and pianist
Luigi Cherubini
Italy
ItalyItalian composer
Joseph Augustin Gurrlich
Germany
GermanyGerman composer and double bass player.
Matti Urva
Finland
FinlandOne of the most prominent representatives of Finnish popular music of the 1930s.
Miguel Marques
Spain
SpainSpanish violinist and composer
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
Germany
GermanyOut of admiration for Amadeus Mozart, he changed his name from "Wilhelm" to "Amadeus" in 1805. He published notes on music under the name Johannes Kreisler.
Hans Lavater
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss composer and music teacher
Ludvig Shitte
Denmark
DenmarkDanish composer and pianist.
Seymur (Say) Caufman (Coulman)
USA
USAComposer
Maurice-Francois Allard
France
FranceFrench bassoonist, composer and teacher.
Robert Greenberg
USA
USAAmerican musicologist, pianist and composer.
Milton Babbitt
USA
USAAmerican composer who helped create the first synthesizer
Dmitrij Bornianskij
Ukraine
UkraineA famous Russian composer and the first director of the court singing chapel
Giacomo Benvenuti
Italy
ItalyItalian musicologist and composer.
Olga Pulatova
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian Russian-speaking singer, composer,
Siegfried Behrend
Germany
GermanyGerman guitarist and composer.
Giyom Dufay
Netherlands
NetherlandsFlemish composer and music theorist, founder of the Dutch school.
Daniil Amfiteatrov
USA
USAItalian-American composer and conductor of Russian origin
Thomas Campion
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish composer and poet
Virgil Thomson
USA
USAComposer, music critic