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.
Robert Cambert
France
FranceFrench composer.
Alexander Prior
Great Britain
Great BritainComposer and conductor
Juliane Klein
Germany
GermanyGerman composer and music publisher
Jak Eli Galevi
France
FranceFrench composer
Ernest Bloch
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss-American composer
Aaron Copland
USA
USAAmerican composer
Floyd Cramer
USA
USAAmerican pianist
Reynaldo Hahn
France
FranceFrench composer, pianist, music critic, conductor and orchestra leader
Ivan Dzerzhinsky
Soviet composer
Vittoria Aleotti
Italy
ItalyItalian Augustinian nun, composer and organist
Leo Malter
Soviet composer
Giovanni Francesco Anerio
Italy
ItalyItalian composer
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera
Switzerland
SwitzerlandArgentine composer
Isa Baizakov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh folk akyn, singer, composer
Jean-Marie Leclair
France
FranceFrench violinist and composer
Keiko Abe
Japan
JapanJapanese composer and musician, marimba performer
Antonio Soler
Spain
SpainThe most important composer of instrumental and church music in Spain at the end of the 18th century.
Matvey Blanter
Russia
RussiaComposer
Bedrich Smetana
Czech musician, head of the national school of composition
Milton Babbitt
USA
USAAmerican composer who helped create the first synthesizer
Carl Filch
Austria
AustriaAustrian pianist and composer
John Ogdon
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish pianist and composer
Amilcare Ponchielli
Italy
ItalyItalian opera composer
Franz Leher
Hungary
HungaryComposer, conductor
Villi Sommerfeld
Poland
PolandComposer and conductor for radio and documentary films
Elliott Carter
USA
USAAmerican composer
Karol Shimanovskiy
Poland
PolandPolish composer, pianist, teacher, music critic.
Lothar Bruhne
Germany
GermanyGerman film composer.
Richard Barrett
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish composer
Martin Denny
USA
USAAmerican pianist, composer
Enrique Crespo
Uruguay
UruguayUruguayan-German trombonist, composer and arranger
Jules Duprato
France
FranceFrench composer.
Francisco Alonso
Spain
SpainSpanish composer.
Christian Friedrich Johann Girshner
Germany
GermanyGerman organist, composer and music teacher
Cyrill Kistler
Germany
GermanyGerman composer and music theorist
Mikaloius Konstantinas Chiurlenis
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian artist and composer
Ignatz Waghalter
Poland
PolandPolish-German composer and conductor
Jimmy Van Heusen
USA
USAAmerican composer
Paul-Agricole Genin
France
FranceFrench flutist and composer.
Johann Baptist Wanhal
Czech
CzechCzech composer.
Stephen Heller
Austria
AustriaAustrian pianist and composer
Manu Dibango
Cameroon
CameroonSaxophonist, composer, singer, pianist and arranger.
Bartolomeo Barbarino
Italy
ItalyItalian composer and singer
Adolf Fredrik Leander
Finland
FinlandFinnish composer and conductor. Father of the singer Adolphine Leander-Flodin.
Billy May
USA
USAAmerican composer, arranger and trumpeter
Lev Ornshtein
USA
USAAmerican composer
Lorenzo Perosi
Italy
ItalyItalian composer who worked in the genre of church music
Irina Gribulina
Russia
RussiaComposer, singer
Heinrich Isaac
Belgium
BelgiumFlemish composer
Aleksey Ribnikov
Russia
RussiaComposer