# List of centenarians (musicians, composers and music patrons)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as musicians/singers, composers and music patrons – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see: Lists of centenarians.
| Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
| Claude Abadie | 1920–2020 | 100 | French jazz clarinetist and bandleader |
| Lee Adams | 1924– | 100 | American musical theatre lyricist |
| Frances Adaskin | 1900–2001 | 100 | Canadian pianist |
| Licia Albanese | 1909–2014 | 105 | Italian-born American operatic soprano |
| Pol Albrecht | 1874–1975 | 100 | Luxembourgish composer |
| Fedora Alemán | 1912–2018 | 105 | Venezuelan singer |
| Van Alexander | 1915–2015 | 100 | American bandleader, arranger and composer |
| Marshall Allen | 1924– | 100 | American saxophonist and bandleader |
| Bartolo Alvarez | 1914–2017 | 102 | Puerto Rican musician |
| Robert Alexander Anderson | 1894–1995 | 100 | American composer |
| Katja Andy | 1907–2013 | 106 | German-American classical pianist and piano professor |
| Ray Anthony | 1922– | 103 | American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor |
| Walter Arlen | 1920–2023 | 103 | American composer |
| Svend Asmussen | 1916–2017 | 100 | Danish jazz violinist |
| Dave Bartholomew | 1918–2019 | 100 | American musician, bandleader and composer |
| Irving Berlin | 1888–1989 | 101 | Russian-American composer and lyricist |
| Ralph Berkowitz | 1910–2011 | 100 | American composer and classical pianist |
| Bernard Bierman | 1908–2012 | 104 | American composer |
| Esther Borja | 1913–2013 | 100 | Cuban singer |
| David Botwinik | 1920–2022 | 101 | Lithuanian-born Canadian composer |
| José Bragato | 1915–2017 | 101 | Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist |
| Slim Bryant | 1908–2010 | 101 | American country music singer-songwriter |
| Charles Burrell | 1920– | 104 | American jazz bassist |
| Henri Büsser | 1872–1973 | 101 | French classical composer, conductor and organist |
| Emil Cadkin | 1920–2020 | 100 | American TV and film composer |
| Irving Caesar | 1895–1996 | 101 | American lyricist and theatre composer |
| Matilde Capuis | 1913–2017 | 104 | Italian organist, pianist, music educator and composer |
| Elliott Carter | 1908–2012 | 103 | American classical composer |
| Alice Chalifoux | 1908–2008 | 100 | American harpist |
| Gina Cigna | 1900–2001 | 101 | Italian soprano |
| Helen Clare | 1916–2018 | 101 | British singer |
| Orlando Cole | 1908–2010 | 101 | American cellist |
| Christopher Columbus | 1902–2002 | 100 | American jazz drummer |
| Anton Coppola | 1917–2020 | 102 | American opera conductor and composer |
| Hugues Cuénod | 1902–2010 | 108 | Swiss tenor |
| Jean Cussac | 1922– | 102 | French baritone and music director |
| Thanga Darlong | 1920–2023 | 103 | Indian folk musician |
| Deva Dassy | 1911–2016 | 104 | French mezzo-soprano |
| Jimmie Davis | 1899–2000 | 101 | American singer-songwriter |
| Vincent DeRosa | 1920–2022 | 101 | American hornist |
| Alfredo Diez Nieto | 1918–2021 | 102 | Cuban composer and conductor. |
| Annette Richardson Dinwoodey | 1906–2007 | 100 | American Latter Day Saint vocalist |
| Renée Doria | 1921–2021 | 100 | French operatic soprano |
| Roy Douglas | 1907–2015 | 107 | British composer and pianist |
| Helena Dunicz-Niwińska | 1915–2018 | 102 | Polish violinist, translator and author. |
| Jan Ekier | 1913–2014 | 100 | Polish pianist and composer |
| Hellmut Federhofer | 1911–2014 | 102 | Austrian musicologist |
| Lionel Ferbos | 1911–2014 | 103 | American jazz trumpeter |
| Irving Fields | 1915–2016 | 101 | American pianist |
| Anthony Galla-Rini | 1904–2006 | 102 | American accordionist |
| Manuel García | 1805–1906 | 101 | Spanish baritone and singing teacher |
| John Gerrish | 1910–2010 | 100 | American composer |
| Terry Gibbs | 1924– | 100 | American jazz vibraphonist and band leader |
| Peggy Gilbert | 1905–2007 | 102 | American jazz saxophonist |
| Coleridge Goode | 1914–2015 | 100 | Jamaican-born British jazz bassist |
| Sidonie Goossens | 1899–2004 | 105 | British harpist |
| Stella Greka | 1922–2025 | 102 | Greek singer and actress |
| Kaiti Grey | 1924–2025 | 100 | Greek singer and actress |
| Roy Henderson | 1899–2000 | 100 | Scottish baritone |
| Alice Herz-Sommer | 1903–2014 | 110 | Austro-Hungarian-born pianist and one of the oldest Holocaust survivors |
| Randolph Hokanson | 1915–2018 | 103 | American pianist |
| Dolores Hope | 1909–2011 | 102 | American singer and philanthropist; wife of Bob Hope |
| Mieczysław Horszowski | 1892–1993 | 100 | Polish pianist |
| Francis Jackson | 1917–2022 | 104 | British organist, choral director and composer |
| Herb Jeffries | 1913–2014 | 100 | American singer and actor |
| Maurice Journeau | 1898–1999 | 100 | French composer |
| George Katsaros | 1888–1997 | 108 | Greek-American musician |
| Abdul Rashid Khan | 1908–2016 | 107 | Indian musician |
| Phyllis Kinney | 1922– | 102 | American-born singer and historian of Welsh folk music |
| Mykola Kolessa | 1903–2006 | 102 | Ukrainian composer |
| Pierre Labric | 1921– | 103 | French organist and composer |
| Marcelle de Lacour | 1896–1997 | 100 | French harpsichordist |
| Marjorie Lane | 1912–2012 | 100 | American singer |
| Margaret Ruthven Lang | 1867–1972 | 104 | American composer |
| Johnny Lange | 1905–2006 | 100 | American Academy Award-nominated songwriter |
| André Lavagne | 1913–2014 | 100 | French composer |
| Paul Le Flem | 1881–1984 | 103 | French composer |
| Leo Leandros | 1923– | 101 | Greek musician, composer, singer, songwriter, lyricist and record producer |
| Everett Lee | 1916–2022 | 105 | American conductor and violinist |
| Mary Lee | 1921–2022 | 100 | Scottish singer |
| Matti Lehtinen | 1922–2022 | 100 | Finnish baritone singer |
| Conrad Leonard | 1898–2003 | 104 | British pianist and composer |
| María Teresa Linares Savio | 1920–2021 | 100 | Cuban musicologist |
| Gisela Litz | 1922–2023 | 100 | German contralto opera singer |
| Huey Long | 1904–2009 | 105 | American jazz singer |
| Lawrence Lucie | 1907–2009 | 101 | American jazz musician |
| Alice Ludes | 1912–2017 | 104 | American singer |
| Nonie Lynch | 1910–2011 | 101 | Irish singer |
| Dame Vera Lynn | 1917–2020 | 103 | British actress, singer and songwriter |
| Wade Mainer | 1907–2011 | 104 | American country music singer and banjoist |
| Léo Marjane | 1912–2016 | 104 | French singer |
| Draga Matković | 1907–2013 | 105 | German classical pianist |
| Sir Robert Mayer | 1879–1985 | 105 | German-born British music patron and philanthropist |
| Albert J. McNeil | 1920–2022 | 102 | American choral conductor, ethnomusicologist and author |
| Buddy Moreno | 1912–2015 | 103 | American singer, bandleader and radio personality |
| Jane Morgan | 1924– | 100 | American singer and recording artist |
| Blanche Honegger Moyse | 1909–2011 | 101 | Swiss-born American conductor |
| Marcel Mule | 1901–2001 | 100 | French classical saxophonist |
| Phil Nimmons | 1923–2024 | 100 | Canadian jazz musician and composer |
| Magda Olivero | 1910–2014 | 104 | Italian soprano |
| Lia Origoni | 1919–2022 | 103 | Italian singer |
| Leo Ornstein | 1895–2002 | 106 | Ukrainian-born American pianist and composer |
| Uncle Charlie Osborne | 1890–1992 | 101 | American Appalachian Mountains musician |
| Aldo Parisot | 1918–2018 | 100 | Brazilian-born American cellist |
| Ernest "Doc" Paulin | 1907–2007 | 100 | American brass band leader |
| Alf Pearson | 1910–2012 | 102 | British variety singer |
| Bill Pitman | 1920–2022 | 102 | American guitarist and session musician (The Wrecking Crew) |
| Andreja Preger | 1912–2015 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav and Serbian pianist |
| Harry Rabinowitz | 1916–2016 | 100 | British film and television composer |
| H. Owen Reed | 1910–2014 | 103 | American composer, conductor and author |
| Elsa Respighi | 1894–1996 | 101 | Italian composer and singer; wife of fellow composer Ottorino Respighi |
| Lívia Rév | 1916–2018 | 101 | Hungarian classical concert pianist |
| Rosa Rio | 1902–2010 | 107 | American organist |
| Diamantina Rodríguez | 1920–2021 | 100 | Spanish singer |
| Edmundo Ros | 1910–2011 | 100 | Trinidadian musician, vocalist and bandleader |
| Thomas Round | 1915–2016 | 100 | British opera singer |
| Olga Rudge | 1895–1996 | 100 | American violinist |
| Art Rupe | 1917–2022 | 104 | American record producer and founder of Specialty Records |
| Joseph Salemi | 1902–2003 | 100 | American jazz trombonist |
| Horacio Salgán | 1916–2016 | 100 | Argentine composer and pianist |
| Teresa Saporiti | 1763–1869 | 106 | Italian soprano |
| Luther Saxon | 1916–2017 | 101 | American singer |
| Cecilia Seghizzi | 1908–2019 | 111 | Italian composer |
| George Beverly Shea | 1909–2013 | 104 | Canadian-born American gospel music singer and songwriter |
| Shep Shepherd | 1917–2018 | 101 | American multi-instrumental jazz musician and composer |
| Mervin Shiner | 1921–2023 | 102 | American country singer, songwriter and guitarist |
| Ed Simons | 1917–2018 | 101 | American conductor |
| Hal Singer | 1919–2020 | 100 | American bandleader and saxophonist |
| Ruth Slenczynska | 1925– | 100 | American pianist |
| Nicolas Slonimsky | 1894–1995 | 101 | Russian-American composer and conductor |
| Viola Smith | 1912–2020 | 107 | American musician |
| Eleanor Sokoloff | 1914–2020 | 106 | American pianist |
| Leif Solberg | 1914–2016 | 101 | Norwegian classical composer and organist |
| Ljerko Spiller | 1908–2008 | 100 | Croatian and Argentine violinist |
| Laila Storch | 1921–2022 | 101 | American oboist |
| Sally Sweetland | 1911–2015 | 103 | American soprano |
| Jenő Takács | 1902–2005 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian composer and pianist |
| Bill Tapia | 1908–2011 | 103 | American musician |
| Tillit Sidney Teddlie | 1885–1987 | 102 | American hymn composer |
| Louise Tobin | 1918–2022 | 104 | American singer |
| Roman Toi | 1916–2018 | 101 | Estonian-Canadian composer, choir conductor and organist |
| Juan Vicente Torrealba | 1917–2019 | 102 | Venezuelan harpist and composer |
| Roman Totenberg | 1911–2012 | 101 | Polish-born American violinist and educator |
| Orrin Tucker | 1911–2011 | 100 | American bandleader and composer |
| İlhan Usmanbaş | 1921–2025 | 103 | Turkish classical composer |
| Stanley Vann | 1910–2010 | 100 | British composer |
| Bea Wain | 1917–2017 | 100 | American vocalist and big band singer |
| Elisabeth Waldo | 1918– | 106 | American violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor and ethnomusicologist |
| Stephen Wilkinson | 1919–2021 | 102 | British choral conductor and composer |
| Irv Williams | 1919–2019 | 100 | American jazz saxophonist and composer |
| Elder Roma Wilson | 1910–2018 | 107 | American gospel harmonicist |
| Helmut Winschermann | 1920–2021 | 100 | German classical oboist, conductor and academic teacher |
| Izabella Yurieva | 1899–2000 | 100 | Russian singer |
| Hilde Zadek | 1917–2019 | 101 | German operatic soprano |
| Renato Zanettovich | 1921–2021 | 100 | Italian violinist and teacher |
| Julien-François Zbinden | 1917–2021 | 103 | Swiss composer and jazz pianist |
| Maria Zhorella Fedorova | 1915–2017 | 101 | Austrian-born American soprano |
| Izabella Zielińska | 1910–2017 | 106 | Polish pianist |