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Pianist Biographies
Every archived life recorded as pianist, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Contemporary era
Stephen Harper
b. April 30, 1959
22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015
Early Modern era
Joseph Haydn
March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809
Austrian composer (1732–1809)
Early Modern era
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791
Prodigy composer of over 600 works of enduring genius
Modern era
Ludwig van Beethoven
December 16, 1770 – March 26, 1827
German composer who carried music from the classical to the romantic age
Early Modern era
Franz Schubert
January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828
Austrian composer (1797–1828)
Modern era
Frederic Chopin
February 22, 1810 – October 17, 1849
Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)
Modern era
Franz Liszt
October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
Modern era
Robert Schumann
June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856
German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)
Modern era
Clara Schumann
September 13, 1819 – May 20, 1896
German musician and composer (1819–1896)
Modern era
Johannes Brahms
May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897
German composer (1833–1897)
Modern era
Sergei Rachmaninoff
April 1, 1873 – March 28, 1943
Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)
Modern era
Igor Stravinsky
June 18, 1882 – April 6, 1971
Russian, French, and American composer (1882–1971)
Modern era
Claude Debussy
August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918
French classical composer (1862–1918)
Modern era
Maurice Ravel
March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937
French composer (1875–1937)
Modern era
Erik Satie
May 17, 1866 – July 1, 1925
French composer and pianist (1866-1925)
Modern era
Felix Mendelssohn
February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847
German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)
Modern era
Camille Saint-Saens
October 9, 1835 – December 16, 1921
French composer, organist, conductor and pianist (1835–1921)
Modern era
Edvard Grieg
June 15, 1843 – September 4, 1907
Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)
Modern era
Dmitri Shostakovich
September 25, 1906 – August 9, 1975
Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)
Modern era
Sergei Prokofiev
April 23, 1891 – March 5, 1953
Russian and Soviet pianist, composer and conductor (1891–1953)
Modern era
Leonard Bernstein
August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990
American conductor and composer (1918–1990)
Modern era
Ennio Morricone
November 10, 1928 – July 6, 2020
Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928–2020)
Contemporary era
Hans Zimmer
b. September 12, 1957
German film composer (born 1957)
Modern era
Duke Ellington
April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974
American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)
Modern era
Nat King Cole
March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965
American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)
Modern era
Ray Charles
September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004
American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004)
Modern era
Sam Cooke
January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964
American singer and songwriter (1931–1964)
Modern era
Aretha Franklin
March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018
American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)
Modern era
Little Richard
December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020
American musician (1932–2020)
Modern era
Paul McCartney
b. June 18, 1942
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
Contemporary era
Freddie Mercury
September 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
Contemporary era
Elton John
b. March 25, 1947
British singer, songwriter and musician (born 1947)
Contemporary era
Bruce Springsteen
b. September 23, 1949
American rock singer (born 1949)
Contemporary era
Stevie Wonder
b. May 13, 1950
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
Modern era
Marvin Gaye
April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984
American R&B and soul singer (1939–1984)
Contemporary era
Celine Dion
b. March 30, 1968
French Canadian singer (born 1968)
Contemporary era
Hayley Williams
b. December 27, 1988
American singer
Contemporary era
Shawn Mendes
b. August 8, 1998
Canadian singer
Modern era
Ansel Adams
February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
Modern era
Georges Bizet
October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875
French composer (1838–1875)
Modern era
Modest Mussorgsky
March 9, 1839 – March 16, 1881
Russian composer (1839–1881)
Modern era
Alexander Borodin
October 31, 1833 – February 15, 1887
Russian composer, doctor and chemist (1833–1887)
Modern era
Alexander Scriabin
January 6, 1872 – April 27, 1915
Russian composer and pianist (1872–1915)
Modern era
Benjamin Britten
November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976
English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976)
Modern era
Aaron Copland
November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990
American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990)
Modern era
Samuel Barber
March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981
American composer (1910-1981)
Modern era
Philip Glass
b. January 31, 1937
American composer (born 1937)
Modern era
Joaquin Rodrigo
November 22, 1901 – July 6, 1999
Spanish composer, best known for his Concierto de Aranjuez (1901–1999)
Modern era
Vladimir Horowitz
September 18, 1903 – November 5, 1989
Russian/Ukrainian and American pianist (1903-1989)
Modern era
Arthur Rubinstein
January 28, 1887 – December 20, 1982
Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)
Modern era
Glenn Gould
September 25, 1932 – October 4, 1982
Canadian composer and pianist (1932–1982)
Modern era
Scott Joplin
March 31, 1868 – April 1, 1917
American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)
Modern era
Dizzy Gillespie
October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993
American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)
Modern era
Thelonious Monk
October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982
American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)
Modern era
Sarah Vaughan
March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990
American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)
Modern era
Fats Domino
February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017
American pianist and singer (1928-2017)
Modern era
Curtis Mayfield
June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999
American singer-songwriter (1942–1999)
Modern era
Antonio Carlos Jobim
January 25, 1927 – December 8, 1994
Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist (1927–1994)