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.
Tobias Augustus Matthay
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish pianist, teacher, theorist, composer
Fernand Le Borne
France
FranceFrench composer and conductor of Belgian origin
Vladimir Tarnopolskiy
Russia
RussiaRussian composer
Janos Viski
Hungary
HungaryHungarian composer
Louis Andriessen
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch composer, historian and music theorist.
Wofgang Rihm
Germany
GermanyGerman composer
Michail Vielgorsky
Russia
RussiaRussian musical figure and composer
Daniil Amfiteatrov
USA
USAItalian-American composer and conductor of Russian origin
Joseph Barnby
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish composer and conductor
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Germany
GermanyComposer, creator of the French grand opera genre
Giovanni Artusi
Italy
ItalyItalian music theorist and composer
Lutz Glandien
Germany
GermanyGerman avant-garde composer and musician
Carl August Peter Cornelius
Germany
GermanyGerman composer and music critic
Irina Vilinskaya
Ukrainian music teacher, singer and composer.
Granville Ransome Bantock
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish classical composer.
Albert Delvaux
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian composer.
Pavel Blamberg
Russia
RussiaComposer and journalist
Joan Albert Amargos
Spain
SpainSpanish composer, pianist, clarinetist
Leonid Gurov
Moldova
MoldovaMoldavian Soviet composer and music teacher, professor
Zygmunt Konieczny
Poland
PolandPolish composer
Zbignev Praysner
Poland
PolandFamous Polish composer writing for cinema.
Kevin Schmidt
USA
USABass trombonist and composer
Harrison Paul Birtwistle
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish composer.
Antuan Dobronich
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian composer, folklorist, music writer, teacher.
Hubert Waelrant
Flemish composer, teacher and music editor.
Pierre Alamire
Germany
GermanyGerman-Dutch music copyist, composer, instrumentalist,
Johann Kaspar Aiblinger
Germany
GermanyGerman composer and musician
Mimis Plessas
Greece
GreeceGreek composers, pianist
Eugeniusz Knapik
Poland
PolandPolish composer.
Kwon Hyuk Chu
South Korea
South KoreaKorean violinist
Caspar Kummer
Germany
GermanyGerman flutist, music teacher and composer.
Hanina Karchevskiy
Israel
IsraelJewish composer and music teacher.
Evgeniy Koka
Moldavian Soviet violinist and composer
Walter Braunfels
Germany
GermanyGerman composer, pianist and music teacher.
Harry Fardjen
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish composer, teacher, music critic
Iosif Iosifov
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian composer and conductor.
Balint Bakfark
Romania
RomaniaHungarian composer and lutenist
Vidna Obmana
Belgium
BelgiumComposer
Nikolay Lusenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian composer, folklorist, founder of the Ukrainian national school of composition
Charles Coypeau D'Assoucy
France
FranceFrench poet, musician and composer
Felicien-Cesar David
France
FranceFrench composer.
Pierre Jelyotte
France
FranceFrench singer and composer
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Germany
GermanyGerman composer, conductor, organist and pianist
Iggy Pop
USA
USAAmerican rock vocalist, one of the founders and gurus of alternative rock.
Fransua Boieldieu
France
FranceFrench opera composer
Michael Sokolowski
USA
USAComposer and musician
Paul Lansky
USA
USAAmerican composer
Charles Coypeau D'Assoucy
France
FranceFrench poet, musician and composer
Senya Son
Pianist and composer
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Italy
ItalyItalian composer