| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Muhal Richard Abrams |
Pianist |
19-Sep-1930 |
|
Levels and Degrees of Light |
| Claudio Arrau |
Pianist |
6-Feb-1903 |
9-Jun-1991 |
Chilean virtuoso pianist |
| Vladimir Ashkenazy |
Conductor |
6-Jul-1937 |
|
Director, NHK Symphony Orchestra |
| Burt Bacharach |
Pianist |
12-May-1929 |
|
Incomparable composer of lounge music |
| Daniel Barenboim |
Pianist |
15-Nov-1942 |
|
Director, Berlin State Opera |
| Count Basie |
Pianist |
21-Aug-1904 |
26-Apr-1984 |
Big band pianist |
| Ran Blake |
Pianist |
20-Apr-1935 |
|
Third Stream composer |
| Carla Bley |
Pianist |
11-May-1938 |
|
Pianist and composer |
| William Bolcom |
Composer |
26-May-1938 |
|
Songs of Innocence and of Experience |
| Victor Borge |
Pianist |
3-Jan-1909 |
23-Dec-2000 |
Comedic pianist |
| Ferruccio Busoni |
Pianist |
1-Apr-1866 |
27-Jul-1924 |
Fantasia Contrappuntistica |
| Robert Casadesus |
Pianist |
7-Apr-1899 |
19-Sep-1972 |
French pianist/composer |
| Van Cliburn |
Pianist |
12-Jul-1934 |
|
Piano prodigy |
| Johann Baptist Cramer |
Pianist |
24-Feb-1771 |
16-Apr-1858 |
Études |
| Carl Czerny |
Pianist |
20-Feb-1791 |
15-Jul-1857 |
Pianist, composer of piano exercises |
| Ernst von Dohnányi |
Composer |
27-Jul-1877 |
9-Feb-1960 |
Opus 25 |
| Fats Domino |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Feb-1928 |
|
Ain't That A Shame |
| Eddy Duchin |
Pianist |
1-Apr-1909 |
9-Feb-1951 |
The Magic Fingers of Radio |
| Peter Duchin |
Pianist |
28-Jul-1937 |
|
Rebel Rouser |
| Christoph Eschenbach |
Conductor |
20-Feb-1940 |
|
Music Director, Orchestre de Paris |
| Michael Feinstein |
Singer |
7-Sep-1956 |
|
Revives the Great American Songbook |
| John Field |
Composer |
26-Jul-1782 |
23-Jan-1837 |
Irish composer of Nocturnes |
| Rudolf Firkusny |
Pianist |
11-Feb-1912 |
19-Jul-1994 |
Czech-American piano prodigy |
| Edwin Fischer |
Pianist |
6-Oct-1886 |
24-Jan-1960 |
Pianist/conductor, emphasis Bach and Mozart |
| Leon Fleisher |
Pianist |
23-Jul-1928 |
|
Piano virtuoso |
| Ben Folds |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Sep-1966 |
|
Pianist, Ben Folds Five |
| Erroll Garner |
Jazz Musician |
15-Jun-1921 |
2-Jan-1977 |
Misty |
| Leopold Godowsky |
Pianist |
13-Feb-1870 |
21-Nov-1938 |
Exceptional Polish-American pianist |
| Glenn Gould |
Pianist |
25-Sep-1932 |
4-Oct-1982 |
Canadian pianist, Bach soloist |
| Percy Grainger |
Composer |
8-Jul-1882 |
20-Feb-1961 |
Country Gardens |
| Enrique Granados |
Composer |
27-Jul-1867 |
24-Mar-1916 |
Goyescas |
| Sir Charles Hallé |
Pianist |
11-Apr-1819 |
25-Oct-1895 |
Founder, Hallé Orchestra |
| Herbie Hancock |
Jazz Musician |
12-Apr-1940 |
|
Innovative jazz/fusion composer and pianist |
| Fletcher Henderson |
Jazz Musician |
18-Dec-1897 |
29-Dec-1952 |
Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader |
| Myra Hess |
Pianist |
25-Feb-1890 |
26-Nov-1965 |
Held lunchtime concerts during WWII |
| Vladimir Horowitz |
Pianist |
1-Oct-1903 |
5-Nov-1989 |
Virtuoso pianist |
| Mieczyslaw Horszowski |
Pianist |
23-Jun-1892 |
22-May-1993 |
Polish-American pianist |
| Dick Hyman |
Pianist |
8-Mar-1927 |
|
Pianist, Organist, Conductor, Composer |
| Eugene Istomin |
Pianist |
26-Nov-1925 |
10-Oct-2003 |
American piano prodigy |
| José Iturbi |
Pianist |
28-Nov-1895 |
28-Jun-1980 |
Spanish pianist, conductor at Rochester |
| Joe Jackson |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Aug-1954 |
|
Stepping Out |
| Billy Joel |
Pianist |
9-May-1949 |
|
Didn't start the fire |
| Elton John |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Mar-1947 |
|
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
| James P. Johnson |
Jazz Musician |
01-Feb-1894 |
17-Nov-1955 |
The father of stride piano |
| Oscar Levant |
Pianist |
27-Dec-1906 |
14-Aug-1972 |
Panelist, Information Please |
| Liberace |
Pianist |
16-May-1919 |
4-Feb-1987 |
Rhinestoned pianist |
| Franz Liszt |
Composer |
22-Oct-1811 |
31-Jul-1886 |
Hungarian composer |
| Evan Lurie |
Pianist |
28-Sep-1954 |
|
Avant-garde pianist and composer |
| Marian McPartland |
Jazz Musician |
20-Mar-1918 |
|
Piano Jazz |
| Jelly Roll Morton |
Jazz Musician |
20-Oct-1890 |
10-Jul-1941 |
Jazz composer, pianist |
| Peter Nero |
Pianist |
22-May-1934 |
|
Philly Pops |
| Vladimir de Pachmann |
Pianist |
27-Jul-1848 |
6-Jan-1933 |
Histrionic Russian pianist, known for Chopin |
| Ignace Paderewski |
Pianist |
18-Nov-1860 |
29-Jun-1941 |
Polish pianist and composer |
| Charlemagne Palestine |
Pianist |
14-Aug-1945 |
|
Strumming Music |
| Oscar Peterson |
Jazz Musician |
15-Aug-1925 |
24-Dec-2007 |
Maharajah of the keyboard |
| Bud Powell |
Pianist |
27-Sep-1924 |
31-Jul-1966 |
Seminal bop pianist and composer |
| André Previn |
Pianist |
6-Apr-1929 |
|
Concert pianist and orchestral conductor |
| Sun Ra |
Jazz Musician |
22-May-1914 |
30-May-1993 |
Jazz musician from Saturn |
| Sergei Rachmaninov |
Composer |
20-Mar-1873 |
28-Mar-1943 |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
| Anton Rubinstein |
Pianist |
16-Nov-1829 |
8-Nov-1894 |
The Tower of Babel |
| Artur Rubinstein |
Pianist |
28-Jan-1887 |
20-Dec-1982 |
Polish-American piano virtuoso |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto |
Pianist |
17-Jan-1952 |
|
Yellow Magic Orchestra |
| Merl Saunders |
Pianist |
14-Feb-1934 |
24-Oct-2008 |
Jazz & New Age keyboardist |
| Alexander von Schlippenbach |
Pianist |
7-Apr-1938 |
|
Improv pianist and bandleader |
| Artur Schnabel |
Pianist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Aug-1951 |
Pianist and classical composer |
| Karl Schnabel |
Pianist |
6-Aug-1909 |
27-Aug-2001 |
Modern Technique of the Pedal |
| Clara Schumann |
Pianist |
13-Sep-1819 |
20-May-1896 |
Romantic pianist and composer |
| Rudolf Serkin |
Pianist |
28-Mar-1903 |
8-May-1991 |
Czech-American piano prodigy |
| George Shearing |
Jazz Musician |
13-Aug-1919 |
14-Feb-2011 |
George Shearing Quintet |
| Pinetop Smith |
Pianist |
11-Jun-1904 |
15-Mar-1929 |
Inventor of Boogie-Woogie |
| Willie "The Lion" Smith |
Jazz Musician |
25-Nov-1897 |
18-Apr-1973 |
Stride pianist, Finger Buster |
| Regina Spektor |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Feb-1980 |
|
Anti-folk singer |
| Art Tatum |
Jazz Musician |
13-Oct-1909 |
5-Nov-1956 |
Greatest jazz pianist of all time |
| Billy Taylor |
Jazz Musician |
24-Jul-1921 |
28-Dec-2010 |
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free |
| Sigismond Thalberg |
Pianist |
8-Jan-1812 |
27-Apr-1871 |
Virtuoso pianist |
| David Tudor |
Pianist |
20-Jan-1926 |
13-Aug-1996 |
Avant-garde concert pianist |
| Rick Wakeman |
Pianist |
18-May-1949 |
|
Keyboards, Yes |
| Fats Waller |
Jazz Musician |
21-May-1904 |
15-Dec-1943 |
Influential jazz pianist |
| André Watts |
Pianist |
20-Jun-1946 |
|
American piano prodigy |
| Teddy Weatherford |
Jazz Musician |
11-Oct-1903 |
25-Apr-1945 |
Jazz ambassador to the Far East |
