List of piano composers

This is a list of piano composers.

Renaissance and Baroque periods

• Domenico Alberti (1710–1740)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
• William Byrd (c.1540-1623)
• Louis Couperin (c.1626-1661)
• François Couperin (1668–1733)
• Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
• Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
• Johann Jacob Froberger (1616-1667)
• Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
• Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
• Lodovico Giustini (1685–1743)
• Christoph Graupner (1683–1760)
• George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
• Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
• Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli (1710-1762)
• Domenico Paradies (1707-1791)
• Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697–1763)
• Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
• Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)

Classical period

• Louis Adam (1758–1848)
• Bonifazio Asioli (1769–1832)
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
• Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
• Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795)
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
• Carlos Baguer (1768-1808)
• Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1809)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Georg Benda (1722–1795)
• Ludwig Berger (1777–1839)
• João Domingos Bomtempo (1775–1842)
• Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
• Muzio Clementi (1752–1832)
• Philip Cogan (1750–1833)
• Johann Baptist Cramer (1771–1858)
• Franz Danzi (1763–1826)
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799)
• FrantiÅ¡ek Xaver DuÅ¡ek (1731–1799)
• Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760–1812)
• Anton Eberl (1765–1807)
• Józef Elsner (1769–1854)
• Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846)
• Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (1763–1842)
• Emanuel Aloys Förster (1748–1823)
• Joseph Gelinek (1758–1825)
• Tommaso Giordani (1730–1806)
• Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747–1822)
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
• Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812)
• James Hook (1746–1827)
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
• Hyacinthe Jadin (1776–1800)
• Leopold Kozeluch (1747–1818)
• Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792)
• Franz Krommer (1759–1831)
• Nikolaus von Krufft (1779–1818)
• Joseph Küffner (1776–1856)
• Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791)
• Marianna Martines (1744–1812)
• Étienne Méhul (1763–1817)
• Hélène de Montgeroult (1764–1836)
• Leopold Mozart (1719–1787)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
• August Eberhard Müller (1767–1817)
• Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781)
• Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801)
• Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748–1798)
• Sigismund von Neukomm (1778–1858)
• Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)
• Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831)
• Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814)
• Anton Reicha (1770–1836)
• Antonio Rosetti (1750–1792)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739–1796)
• Antonio Salieri (1750–1825)
• Johann Schobert (1735–1767)
• Johann Samuel Schroeter (1753–1788)
• Joseph Anton Steffan (1726-1797)
• Antonio Soler (1729–1783)
• Fernando Sor (1778–1839)
• Daniel Steibelt (1765–1823)
• Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel (1750–1817)
• Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813)
• Václav Jan Tomášek (1774–1850)
• Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750–1813)
• Samuel Wesley (1766–1837)
• Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774–1842)
• Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772–1847)
• Joseph Wölfl (1773–1812)
• Paul Wranitzky (1756–1808)

Romantic period

• Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
• Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
• Tekla Bądarzewska (1829/1834 – 1861)
• Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
• Friedrich Baumfelder (1836–1916)
• Amy Beach (1867–1944)
• Franz Bendel (1832–1874)
• William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875)
• Peter Benoit (1834–1901)
• Wilhelm Berger (1861–1911)
• Henri Bertini (1798–1876)
• Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931)
• Charles Samuel Bovy-Lysberg (1821–1873)
• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
• Friedrich Burgmüller (1806–1874)
• Hans von Bülow (1830–1894)
• Ignacio Cervantes (1847–1905)
• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)
• Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
• Aloÿs Claussmann (1850–1926)
• Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
• Eugen d'Albert (1864–1932)
• Élie-Miriam Delaborde (1839–1913)
• Charles Delioux (1825–1915)
• Anton Diabelli (1781–1858)
• Theodor Döhler (1814–1856)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
• Alexander Dreyschock (1818–1869)
• Felix Dreyschock (1860–1906)
• Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
• Michele Esposito (1855–1929)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
• Zdeněk Fibich (1850-1900)
• John Field (1782–1837)
• Julian Fontana (1810–1869)
• Adolfo Fumagalli (1828–1856)
• Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
• Henri Gobbi (1842–1920)
• Benjamin Godard (1849–1895)
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869)
• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
• Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847-1907)
• Cornelius Gurlitt (1820–1901)
• Adolphe Gutmann (1819–1882)
• Charles-Louis Hanon (1819–1900)
• Stephen Heller (1813–1888)
• Swan Hennessy (1866–1929)
• Adolf von Henselt (1814–1889)
• Fanny Hensel (1805–1847)
• Ferdinand Hérold (1791–1833)
• Henri Herz (1803–1888)
• Franz Hitz (1828–1891)
• Ferdinand Hiller (1811–1885)
• Franz Hünten (1792–1878)
• Salomon Jadassohn (1831–1902)
• Alfred Jaëll (1832–1882)
• Marie Jaëll (1846-1925)
• Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
• Rafael Joseffy (1852–1915)
• Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1785–1849)
• Jan Kalivoda (1801–1866)
• Joseph Christoph Kessler (1800–1872)
• Theodor Kirchner (1823–1903)
• Anton de Kontski (1817–1899)
• Wilhelm Kuhe (1823–1912)
• Friedrich Kuhlau (1786–1832)
• Theodor Kullak (1818–1882)
• Franz Lachner (1803–1890)
• Théodore Lack (1846–1921)
• Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
• Henry Litolff (1818–1891)
• Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924)
• Mykola Lysenko (1842-1912)
• Edward MacDowell (1860–1908)
• George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887)
• Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909)
• Désiré Magnus (1828–1884)
• Antoine François Marmontel (1816–1898)
• William Mason (1829–1908)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
• Amédée Méreaux (1802–1874)
• Aleksander Michalowski (1851–1938)
• Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870)
• Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
• Franz Xaver Mozart (1791–1844)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
• Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949)
• Joseph O'Kelly (1828–1885)
• Arthur O'Leary (1834–1919)
• George Onslow (1784–1853)
• Paul Pabst (1854–1897)
• Jan Gerard Palm (1831–1906)
• Cipriani Potter (1792–1871)
• Émile Prudent (1817–1863)
• Alfred Quidant (1815–1893)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• Joachim Raff (1822–1882)
• Max Reger (1873–1916)
• Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)
• Julius Reubke (1834–1858)
• Josef Rheinberger (1819-1901)
• Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838)
• Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
• Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
• Wassily Sapellnikoff (1867–1941)
• Xaver Scharwenka (1850–1924)
• Aloys Schmitt (1788–1866)
• Friedrich Schneider (1786–1853)
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
• Julius Schulhoff (1825–1898)
• Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
• Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
• Ludvig Schytte (1848–1909)
• Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914)
• Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
• Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884)
• Sydney Smith (1839–1889)
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
• Camille-Marie Stamaty (1811–1870)
• Wilhelm Taubert (1811–1891)
• Karl Tausig (1841–1871)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
• Thomas Tellefsen (1823–1874)
• Sigismond Thalberg (1812–1871)
• Jan Václav Voříšek (1791–1825)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
• Józef Wieniawski (1837–1912)
• Aleksander Zarzycki (1834–1895)
• Władysław Å»eleński (1837–1921)

20th century

Contemporary

• Philip Aaberg (born 1949)
• Thomas Adès (born 1971)
• Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
• Nicolas Bacri (born 1961)
• Rich Batsford (born 1969)
• Giorgio Battistelli (born 1953)
• Jason Charles Beck (born 1972)
• Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
• Bart Berman (born 1938)
• Dave Brubeck (1920–2012)
• Dimitrije Bužarovski (born 1952)
• Cornelius Cardew (1936–1981)
• Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
• Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
• Artur Cimirro (born 1982)
• Aldo Clementi (1925–2011)
• Julian Cochran (born 1974)
• Chick Corea (1941–2021)
• George Crumb (1929–2022)
• Norman Dello Joio (1913–2008)
• Alma Deutscher (b. 2005)
• Franco Donatoni (1927–2000)
• James Douglas (1932–2022)
• Tan Dun (born 1957)
• George Duke (1946–2013)
• Julius Eastman (1940–1990)
• Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955)
• Tanya Ekanayaka (born 1977)
• Roger Evernden (born 1954)
• Mohammed Fairouz (born 1985)
• Morton Feldman (1926–1987)
• Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
• Graham Fitkin (born 1963)
• Carlo Forlivesi (born 1971)
• Nils Frahm (born 1982)
• Ola Gjeilo (born 1978)
• Philip Glass (born 1937)
• Chilly Gonzales (born 1972)
• Henryk Górecki (1933–2010)
• Robert Greenberg (born 1954)
• Christian Grøvlen (born 1990)
• Marc-André Hamelin (born 1961)
• Herbie Hancock (born 1940)
• Ichiko Hashimoto (born 1952)
• Kenneth Hesketh (born 1968)
• Alistair Hinton (born 1950)
• Joe Hisaishi (born 1950)
• Christopher Hobbs (born 1950)
• Stephen Hough (born 1961)
• Abdullah Ibrahim (born 1934)
• Airat Ichmouratov (born 1973)
• Keith Jarrett (born 1945)
• Aivars Kalējs (born 1951)
• Shigeru Kan-no (born 1959)
• Nikolai Kapustin (1937-2020)
• Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
• Pierre Kolp (born 1969)
• Martin Kutnowski (born 1968)
• György Ligeti (1923–2006)
• Ji Liu (born 1990)
• Frederik Magle (born 1977)
• Klaus Mertens (born 1973)
• Fred Momotenko (born 1970)
• Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997)
• David Nevue (born 1965)
• Luka Okros (born 1991)
• Yukie Nishimura (born 1967)
• Christopher Norton (born 1953)
• Michael Nyman (born 1944)
• Chris Opperman (born 1978)
• Michael Parsons (born 1938)
• David Pentecost (born 1940)
• Wolfgang Plagge (born 1960)
• Tomi Räisänen (born 1976)
• Jan Randall (born 1952)
• Anirudh Ravichander (born 1990)
• Dino Residbegovic (born 1975)
• Max Richter (born 1966)
• Diana Ringo (born 1992)
• Arturo Rodas (born 1954)
• Alexander Rosenblatt (born 1956)
• Lee Ru-ma a.k.a. Yiruma (born 1978)
• Bernhard Ruchti (born 1974)
• Frederic Rzewski (1938–2021)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023)
• Fazıl Say (born 1970)
• Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988)
• Avi Schönfeld (born 1947)
• Jon Schmidt (born 1966)
• Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
• Peter Seabourne (born 1960)
• Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (1932–2025)
• Yoko Shimomura (born 1967)
• Gregory Short (1938–1999)
• Hugh Shrapnel (born 1947)
• Arlene Sierra (born 1970)
• Howard Skempton (born 1947)
• Dave Smith (born 1949)
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
• Ananda Sukarlan (born 1968)
• William Susman (born 1960)
• Yuji Takahashi (born 1938)
• Karen Tanaka (born 1961)
• Jennifer Thomas (born 1977)
• Robert Scott Thompson (born 1959)
• Yann Tiersen (born 1970)
• Julia Tsenova (1948–2010)
• Pēteris Vasks (born 1946)
• Carl Verbraeken (born 1950)
• Carl Vine (born 1954)
• Ezequiel Viñao (born 1960)
• John White (1936–2024)
• George Winston (1949–2023)
• Yehuda Yannay (1937–2023)
• Yanni (born 1954)
• Joji Yuasa (1929–2024)
• Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)
• Isang Yun (1917–1995)
• Yoshiki (born 1965)
• Edson Zampronha (born 1963)
• Joe Zawinul (1932–2007)
• Ralph Zurmühle (born?)

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