# 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)
* František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799)
* Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760–1812)
* Anton Eberl (1765–1807)
* Józef Elsner (1769–1854)
* Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
* 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 Żeleński (1837–1921)

## 20th century

| Composer | Born | Died | Nationality | Notable piano works | Remarks |
| Nicanor Abelardo | 1893 | 1934 | Filipino | | |
| Theodor Adorno | 1903 | 1969 | German | | |
| Miguel del Aguila | 1957 | | Uruguayan-American | Toccata Sonata No.2 Conga Nocturne | |
| Roy Agnew | 1891 | 1944 | Australian | | |
| Isaac Albéniz | 1860 | 1909 | Spanish | Iberia | |
| Willem Andriessen | 1887 | 1964 | Dutch | | |
| Samuel Barber | 1910 | 1981 | American | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra op.38 (1962) Nocturne for Piano (Homage to John Field), Op. 33 Sonata for Piano (Op. 26, 1949) | |
| Béla Bartók | 1881 | 1945 | Hungarian | Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105 Out of Doors, Sz. 81, BB 89 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, BB 68 Allegro barbaro, Sz. 49, BB 63 | Folksong-influenced, Centric, Modal, Polymodal/Polytonal |
| Arnold Bax | 1883 | 1953 | English | Piano Sonata No. 1 (1910, 1917–1920) Piano Sonata No. 2 (1919) Piano Sonata in E-flat (1921) Piano Sonata No. 3 (1926) Piano Sonata No. 4 (1932) | Romantic, Impressionist |
| Emile-Robert Blanchet | 1877 | 1943 | Swiss | | |
| Sergei Bortkiewicz | 1877 | 1952 | Ukrainian | | |
| York Bowen | 1884 | 1961 | English | | Romantic |
| Frank Bridge | 1912 | 1941 | English | | Late-Romantic, hints of Second Viennese School |
| Ferruccio Busoni | 1866 | 1924 | Italian | Fantasia contrappuntistica (1910) | Mature works of indeterminate key; Late in career, neoclassical |
| Alfredo Casella | 1883 | 1947 | Italian | | |
| Cécile Chaminade | 1857 | 1944 | French | | |
| Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | 1875 | 1911 | Lithuanian | Piano Sonata in F major Nocturne in C-sharp minor Nocturne in F minor Impromptu in F-sharp minor |
| Aaron Copland | 1900 | 1990 | American | Appalachian Spring Salon Mexico Quiet City |
| Claude Debussy | 1862 | 1918 | French | Études, L 136 Préludes (L 117 and L 123) Suite bergamasque, L 75 Deux arabesques, L 66 | Impressionist |
| Bill Evans | 1929 | 1980 | American | | Jazz |
| Ernst von Dohnanyi | 1877 | 1960 | Hungarian | Four Rhapsodies, op. 11 |
| Duke Ellington | 1899 | 1974 | American | | Jazz |
| Samuil Feinberg | 1890 | 1962 | Russian | | |
| Ossip Gabrilowitsch | 1878 | 1936 | Russian, American | | |
| George Gershwin | 1898 | 1937 | American | Three Preludes George Gershwin's Songbook | Jazz-influenced |
| Alberto Ginastera | 1916 | 1983 | Argentine | | Earlier works often integrate Argentine folk themes; later works increasingly abstracted |
| Alexander Glazunov | 1865 | 1936 | Russian | | Romantic |
| Leopold Godowsky | 1870 | 1938 | Polish, American | Studies on Chopin's Études (1894–1914) |
| Percy Grainger | 1882 | 1961 | Australian, English, American | | |
| Enrique Granados | 1867 | 1916 | Spanish | | Distinctly Spanish |
| Alexander Gretchaninov | 1864 | 1956 | Russian | | |
| Gabriel Grovlez | 1879 | 1944 | French | | |
| Vladimir Horowitz | 1903 | 1989 | Ukrainian, American | | |
| Charles Ives | 1874 | 1954 | American | Piano Sonata No. 2 (Concord Sonata) (1916–1919) |
| Scott Joplin | 1867 | 1917 | American | | Ragtime |
| Dmitri Kabalevsky | 1904 | 1987 | Russian, Soviet | | |
| Aram Khachaturian | 1903 | 1978 | Soviet, Armenian | | |
| Viktor Kosenko | 1896 | 1938 | Ukrainian | | |
| Joseph Lamb | 1887 | 1960 | American | | Ragtime |
| Constant Lambert | 1905 | 1951 | English | Piano Sonata (1928–1929) Suite in 3 Movements (1925) Elegiac Blues (1927) | |
| Ernesto Lecuona | 1895 | 1963 | Cuban | | |
| André Mathieu | 1929 | 1968 | Canadian | Concerto Romantique (Concerto de Québec, 1943) Piano Concerto No. 4 (1947) | Romantic |
| Nikolai Medtner | 1880 | 1951 | Russian | | |
| Erkki Melartin | 1875 | 1937 | Finnish | | |
| Olivier Messiaen | 1908 | 1992 | French | Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus (1944) Quatre études de rythme (1949–1950) Catalogue d'oiseaux (1956–1958) | |
| Federico Mompou | 1893 | 1987 | Catalan, Spanish | | |
| Thelonious Monk | 1917 | 1982 | American | | Jazz |
| Nikolai Myaskovsky | 1881 | 1950 | Russian, Soviet | | |
| Ernesto Nazareth | 1863 | 1934 | Brazilian | | Eclectic influences; primarily dance music (tangos, waltzes, polkas, etc.), influenced by African and Argentine styles |
| Walter Niemann | 1876 | 1953 | German | | Impressionist and exotic influences |
| Ignacy Jan Paderewski | 1860 | 1941 | Polish | | |
| Jacobo Palm | 1887 | 1982 | Curaçao-born | | |
| John Palm | 1885 | 1925 | Curaçao-born | | |
| Rudolph Palm | 1880 | 1950 | Curaçao-born | | |
| Selim Palmgren | 1878 | 1951 | Finnish | | |
| Isidor Philipp | 1863 | 1958 | French, Hungarian | | |
| Francis Poulenc | 1899 | 1963 | French | | |
| Florence Price | 1887 | 1953 | African American | |
| Sergei Prokofiev | 1891 | 1953 | Russian | Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 (1940) Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 (1942) Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84 (1944) Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (1915–1917) Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 (1912) | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | 1873 | 1943 | Russian | Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28 (1908) Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1914) Six moments musicaux, Op. 16 (1897) | Romantic |
| Maurice Ravel | 1875 | 1937 | French | Gaspard de la nuit (1908) Le tombeau de Couperin (1914–1917) Jeux d'eau (1901) | Impressionist; sometimes jazz-influenced |
| Vladimir Rebikov | 1866 | 1920 | Russian | | Impressionist, Romantic |
| Hugo Reinhold | 1857 | 1935 | Austrian | | Romantic |
| Emmanuel Rhené-Baton | 1879 | 1940 | French | | |
| Jean Roger-Ducasse | 1873 | 1954 | French | | |
| Julius Röntgen | 1855 | 1932 | Dutch | | |
| Erik Satie | 1866 | 1925 | French | | Impressionist; Minimalist (precursor) |
| Ahmed Adnan Saygun | 1907 | 1991 | Turkish | | Neoclassical, traditional Turkish folksong influence |
| Florent Schmitt | 1870 | 1958 | French | | Impressionist, Late-Romantic |
| Arnold Schoenberg | 1874 | 1951 | Austrian, American | Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11 Fünf Klavierstücke, Op. 23 Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 Suite für Klavier, Op. 25 | Serial (mature/late career), Late-Romantic (early career) |
| James Scott | 1885 | 1938 | American, African-American | | Ragtime |
| Alexander Scriabin | 1872 | 1915 | Russian | 10 piano sonatas | Late-Romantic (early); Atonal, Mystical (mature) |
| Verdina Shlonsky | 1905 | 1990 | Israeli | Still Life Pages from the Diary Youth Suite Five Sketches Reflection | Polystylism |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | 1906 | 1975 | Russian, Soviet | Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 12 (1926) 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (1932–1933) Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61 (1943) 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 (1950–1951) | Post-Romantic; neoclassical; elements of grotesque |
| Jean Sibelius | 1865 | 1957 | Finnish | Sonata in F major, Op. 12 Three Sonatinas, Op. 67 | Late-Romantic; post-Romantic |
| Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji | 1892 | 1988 | English | Opus clavicembalisticum 100 Transcendental Studies Sequentia cyclica super "Dies irae" ex Missa pro defunctis Piano Symphony No. 2 "Gulistān"—Nocturne for Piano | Neoclassical, neoromantic, postimpressionistic |
| Enrique Soro | 1884 | 1954 | Chilean | Gran concierto en Re Mayor para piano y orquesta | Late-Romantic; post-Romantic |
| Alexei Stanchinsky | 1888 | 1914 | Russian | | Post-Romantic, modal |
| Wilhelm Stenhammar | 1871 | 1927 | Swedish | | |
| Richard Strauss | 1864 | 1949 | German | Burleske for Piano and Orchestra | |
| Igor Stravinsky | 1882 | 1971 | Russian, French, American | Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor Quatre études, Op. 7 Piano-Rag-Music Trois mouvements de Petrouchka | Post-Romantic (early); Neoclassical (middle); Serial (late career) |
| Soulima Stravinsky | 1910 | 1994 | Swiss, American | | Igor Stravinsky son |
| Harald Sæverud | 1897 | 1992 | Norwegian | Slåtter og stev fra Siljustøl, Op. 21 Sonatinas, Op. 30 | Late-Romantic; post-Romantic; neo-classical |
| Tōru Takemitsu | 1930 | 1996 | Japanese | | Eclectic, with influences ranging from jazz, popular music, avant-garde procedures, and traditional Japanese music; strongly influenced by Debussy and Messiaen |
| Eduard Tubin | 1905 | 1982 | Estonian | | |
| Joaquin Turina | 1882 | 1949 | Spanish | | |
| Galina Ustvolskaya | 1919 | 2006 | Russian | | Eclectic |
| David Vaughan Thomas | 1873 | 1934 | Welsh | | Nationalist |
| Heitor Villa-Lobos | 1887 | 1959 | Brazilian | Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 Rudepoêma (1921–1926) | |
| Ángel Villoldo | 1861 | 1919 | Argentine | | Tango |
| Pancho Vladigerov | 1899 | 1978 | Bulgarian | | |
| Fats Waller | 1904 | 1943 | American | | Jazz |
| Henry Cowell | 1897 | 1965 | American | | Avant-garde, tone cluster |

## 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)
* Ozymandias (born 1971)
* 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 (born 1932)
* 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)
* 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)
* Vladimir Titov (born 1984)
* 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 (born 1929)
* Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)
* Isang Yun (1917–1995)
* Yoshiki (born 1965)
* Edson Zampronha (born 1963)
* Joe Zawinul (1932–2007)
* Ralph Zurmühle (born?)