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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Seymur (Say) Caufman (Coulman)
USA
USAComposer
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.
Siegfried Behrend
Germany
GermanyGerman guitarist and composer.
Thomas Campion
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish composer and poet
Virgil Thomson
USA
USAComposer, music critic
Maurizio Cazzati
Italy
ItalyItalian composer.
Tonu Korvits
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian composer.
Renzo Bossi
Italy
ItalyItalian composer and conductor
Jeronimo Velasco Gonzales
Colombia
ColombiaColombian composer
Jacinto Guerrero
Spain
SpainSpanish composer
Hugh Aston
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish composer of the early Tudor era.
Imants Kalnins
Latvia
LatviaLatvian composer.
Elliot Goldenthal
USA
USAAmerican composer
Alfredo Catalani
Italy
ItalyItalian composer
Carl Kretschmer
Germany
GermanyGerman organist and composer
Carlo Coccia
Italy
ItalyItalian composer.
Alexander Julius Paul Dorn
Germany
GermanyGerman composer and conductor. Son and student of Heinrich Dorn.
Giya Kancheli
Georgia
GeorgiaComposer
Niels Gade
Denmark
DenmarkDanish composer, organist, violinist and conductor
Darius Milhaud
France
FranceFrench composer.
Lev Kolodub
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian Soviet composer
Thomas Larcher
Austria
AustriaAustrian composer and pianist.
Les Baxter
USA
USAAmerican composer and pianist
Bart Berman
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch-Israeli pianist and composer
Samuel Jones
USA
USAAmerican composer and conductor.
Camille Saint-Saens
France
FranceComposer
Pavlos Carrer
Greece
GreeceOne of the first Greek opera composers
Eric Serra
France
FranceMusician, composer