List of female composers by name
This article provides a list of female composers, sorted alphabetically by surname. For a list of female composers sorted by year of birth, see List of female composers by birth year.
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A
- Mary Anne à Beckett (1817–1863)
 - Keiko Abe (born 1937)
 - Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)
 - Lora Aborn (1907–2005)
 - Harriett Abrams (1758–1821)
 - Ella Adayevskaya (née Schultz) (1846–1926)
 - Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795)
 - Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
 - Graciela Agudela (born 1945)
 - Countess Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810)
 - Sieglinde Ahrens (born 1936)
 - Doris Akers (1923–1995)
 - Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
 - Alamanda de Castelnau (fl. second half of 12th century)
 - Eleanor Alberga (born 1949)
 - Luna Alcalay (1928–2012)
 - Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866–1956)
 - Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575–after 1620)
 - Leni Alexander (1924–2005)
 - Liana Alexandra (born 1947)
 - Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947)
 - Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869)
 - Esther Allan (1914–1985)
 - Kristi Allik (born 1952)
 - Frances Allitsen (1849–1912)
 - Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)
 - Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)
 - Martha Alter (1904–1976)
 - Maria de Alvear (born 1960)
 - Berta Alves de Sousa (1906–1997)
 - Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
 - Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
 - Solange Ancona (born 1943)
 - Laura Andel (born 1968)
 - Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)
 - Avril Anderson (born 1953)
 - Beth Anderson (born 1950)
 - Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
 - Ruth Anderson (born 1928)
 - Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
 - Kerry Andrew (born 1978)
 - Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787)
 - Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–after 1913)
 - Caroline Ansink (born 1959)
 - Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828)
 - Yoshino Aoki (born 1971)
 - Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)
 - Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884)
 - Izabella Arazova (born 1936)
 - Violet Archer (1913–2000)
 - Isabel Aretz (1913–2005)
 - Anneli Arho (born 1951)
 - Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930)
 - Marian Arkwright (1863–1922)
 - Elinor Armer (born 1939)
 - Claude Arrieu (born 1903)
 - Elena Asachi (1789–1877)
 - Caterina Assandra (1580–1632)
 - Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917)
 - Marianna von Auenbrugger (1759–1782)
 - Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
 - Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
 - May Aufderheide (1888–1972)
 - Valborg Aulin (1860–1928)
 - Dorothea Austin (1921–2011)
 - Elizabeth R. Austin (born 1938)
 - Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961)
 - Florence Aylward (1862–1950)
 - Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mid-12th century)
 - Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)
 - Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
 
B
- Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940)
 - Grazyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
 - Maria Bach (1896–1978)
 - Carola Bauckholt (born 1959)
 - Rosa Giacinta Badalla (1660–1710)
 - Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861)
 - Maya Badian (born 1945)
 - Vera Baeva (born 1930)
 - Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941)
 - Ruth Bakke (born 1947)
 - Giovanna Bruna Baldacci (1886–after 1910)
 - Esther Ballou (1915–1973)
 - Puchi Balseiro (1926–2007)
 - Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
 - Mansi Barberis (1899–1986)
 - Cacilda Borges Barbosa (1914-2010)
 - Elaine Barkin (born 1932)
 - Alice Barnett (1886–1975)
 - Carol E Barnett (born 1949)
 - Ethel Barns (1874–1948)
 - Leonora Baroni (1611–1670)
 - Carmen Barradas (1888–1963)
 - Elsa Barraine (1910–1999)
 - Gisèle Barreau (born 1948)
 - Françoise Barrière (born 1944)
 - Bebe Barron (born 1927)
 - Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (c. 1769–1840)
 - Maria Barthélemon (1749–1799)
 - Carin Bartosch Edström (born 1965)
 - Adriana Basile (c. 1580–c. 1640)
 - Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
 - Alison Bauld (born 1944)
 - Sophie Bawr (1773–1860)
 - Christabel Baxendale (1886–?)
 - Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825)
 - Amy Beach (1867–1944)
 - Sally Beamish (born 1956)
 - Janet Beat (born 1937)
 - Betty Beath (born 1932)
 - Beatritz de Dia (fl. late 12th/early 13th centuries)
 - Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884–1964)
 - Norma Beecroft (born 1934)
 - Sonja Beets (born 1953)
 - Eve Beglarian (born 1958)
 - Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (born 1941)
 - Jeanne Behrend (1912–1988)
 - Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969)
 - Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (1784–1855)
 - Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–1720)
 - Barbara Benary (born 1946)
 - Chiara Benati (born 1956)
 - Josefina Benedetti (born 1953)
 - Soledad Bengoecha de Cármena (1849–1893)
 - Cathy Berberian (1925–1983)
 - Charlotte Bray (born 1982)
 - Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840)
 - Christine Berl (born 1943)
 - Catalina Berroa (1849–1911)
 - Louise Bertin (1805–1877)
 - Johanna Beyer (1888–1944)
 - Lycia de Biase Bidart (1910-1990)
 - Gillian Bibby (born 1945)
 - Marie Bigot (1786–1820)
 - Beatriz Bilbao (born 1951)
 - Elizabeth Weichsell Billington (c.1768–1818)
 - Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968)
 - Judith Bingham (born 1952)
 - Renate Birnstein (born 1946)
 - Roberta Bitgood (1908-2007)
 - Annesley Black (born 1979)
 - Helen Blackwood (1807–1867)
 - Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885)
 - Blanche of Castile (1188–1252)
 - Olga De Blanck Martín (1916-1998)
 - Maria Theresa Bland (c. 1769–1838)
 - Carla Bley (born 1938)
 - Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910-2003)
 - Sonia Bo (born 1960)
 - Berta Bock (1857–1945)
 - Mlle Bocquet (early 17th century–after 1660)
 - Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)
 - Josina Anna Petronella van Boetzelaer (1733–1787)
 - Ana Bofill Levi (born 1944)
 - Michèle Bokanowski (born 1943)
 - Anna Bon di Venezia (born 1738/1739)
 - Carrie Bond (1862–1946)
 - Victoria Bond (born 1945)
 - Margaret Allison Bonds (1913–1972)
 - Andrée Bonhomme (1905–1982)
 - Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
 - Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet (1866–1945)
 - Modesta Bor (1926–1998)
 - Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892–1971)
 - Teresa Borràs i Fornell (1923–2010)
 - Edith Borroff (born 1925)
 - Maura Bosch (born 1958)
 - Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952)
 - Marianna Bottini (1802–1858)
 - Linda Bouchard (born 1957)
 - Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
 - Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
 - Joséphine Boulay (1869–1925)
 - Helen Bowater (born 1952)
 - Anne Boyd (born 1946)
 - Ina Boyle (1889–1967)
 - Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824)
 - May Brahe (1884–1956)
 - Gena Branscombe (1881–1977)
 - Josefina Brdlíková (1843–1910)
 - Thérèse Brenet (born 1935)
 - Bettina Brentano (1785–1859)
 - Dora Bright (1862–1951)
 - Radie Britain (1899–1994)
 - Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1775–1822)
 - Roslyn Brogue (1919–1981)
 - Ingeborg von Bronsart (1840–1913)
 - Augusta Browne (1820–1882)
 - Harriet Browne (1790–1858)
 - Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
 - Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
 - Filipina Brzezinska-Szymanowska (1800–1886)
 - Dorothy Quita Buchanan (born 1945)
 - Olivia Buckley (born mid-1790s–after 1845)
 - Margaret Buechner (1922–1998)
 - Nini Bulterijs (1929–1989)
 - Diana Burrell (born 1948)
 - Canary Lee Burton (born 1942)
 
C
- Gayane C'ebotaryan (1918-1998)
 - Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?)
 - Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?)
 - Geneviève Calame (1946–1993)
 - Ann Callaway (born 1949)
 - Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675)
 - Eugenia Calosso (1878–1914)
 - Francesca Campana (died 1665)
 - Virginia Mariani Campolieti (1869–1941)
 - Marguerite Canal (1890–1978)
 - Marta Canales (1893–1986)
 - Edith Canat de Chizy (born 1950)
 - Julie Candeille (1767–1834)
 - Constança Capdeville (1937–1992)
 - Matilde Capuis (born 1913)
 - Nicole Carignan (born 1952)
 - Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
 - Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935)
 - Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
 - Teresa Carreño (1853–1917)
 - Dinorá de Carvalho (1905–1980)
 - Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)
 - Ernestina Lecuona y Casado (1882–1951)
 - Luisa Casagemas (1863–after 1894)
 - Felicita Casella (c. 1820–after 1865)
 - Lola Castegnaro (1900–1979)
 - Castelloza (fl. early 13th century)
 - Graciela Castillo (born 1940)
 - Eve de Castro-Robinson (born 1956)
 - Maddalena Casulana (c.1540–c.1590)
 - Amalia Catharina (1640–1697)
 - Eunice Catunda (1915-1991)
 - Gabriella Cecchi (born 1944)
 - Monic Cecconi-Botella (born 1936)
 - Julia Cenova (1948–2010)
 - Sulpitia Cesis (fl. 1619)
 - Wendy Mae Chambers (born 1953)
 - Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
 - Nancy Laird Chance (born 1931)
 - Janine Charbonnier (born 1926)
 - Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805)
 - Gayane Chebotarian (1918–1998)
 - Maria Chefaliady-Taban (1863–1932)
 - Yekaterina Chemberdzhi (born 1960)
 - Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
 - Geghuni Hovannesi Chitchian (born 1929)
 - Hedwige Chrétien (1859–1944)
 - Tatyana Chudova (born 1944)
 - Suzanne Ciani (born 1946)
 - Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858)
 - Maya Ciobanu (born 1952)
 - Dolores Claman (born 1927)
 - Zana Clarke (born 1965)
 - Laura Clayton (born 1943)
 - Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1761–after 1795)
 - Judith Ann Clingan (born 1945)
 - Adrienne Clostre (1921-2006)
 - Gloria Coates (born 1938)
 - Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833)
 - Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000)
 - Isabella Colbran (1785–1845)
 - Ulric Cole (1905–1992)
 - Ellen Coleman (1886–1973)
 - Valerie Coleman (born 1970)
 - Avril Coleridge-Taylor (born 1903)
 - Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (born 1924)
 - Theodora Cormontan (1840-1922)
 - Graziella Concas (born 1970)
 - Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962)
 - Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913–1981)
 - Eleanor Cory (born 1943)
 - Monica Cosachov (born 1946)
 - Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938–1985)
 - Jean Coulthard (1908–2000)
 - Mildred Couper (1887–1974)
 - Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678)
 - Anna Cramer (1873–1968)
 - Zulema de la Cruz (b. 1958)
 - Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)
 
D
- Melanie Ruth Daiken (born 1945)
 - Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949)
 - Kathleen Dale (1895–1984)
 - Eleanor Joanne Daley (born 1955)
 - Dame Margot (fl. 13th century) (see: Dames Margot and Maroie)
 - Dame Maroie (fl. 13th century) (see: Dames Margot and Maroie)
 - Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800)
 - Tina Davidson (born 1952)
 - Katherine K. Davis (1892–1980)
 - Miss Davis (c. 1726–after 1755)
 - Mme Delaval (fl. 1791–1802)
 - Claire Delbos (1906–1959)
 - Carmelina Delfin (c. 1900–after 1948)
 - Eva Dell'Acqua (1856–1930)
 - Sophia Dellaporta (fl. second half of the 19th century)
 - Hélène-Louise Demars (b. c. 1736)
 - Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
 - Beth Denisch (b. 1958)
 - Lady Mary Dering (1629–1704)
 - Marcelle Deschênes (born 1939)
 - Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993)
 - Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes (1765-?1834)
 - Jody Diamond (born 1953)
 - Hilda Dianda (born 1925)
 - Ellen Dickson (1819–1878)
 - Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927)
 - Consuelo Díez (born 1958)
 - Fannie Charles Dillon (1881–1974)
 - Violeta Dinescu (born 1953)
 - Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000)
 - Felicia Donceanu (born 1931)
 - Dora Draganova (born 1946)
 - Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
 - Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
 - Leonora Duarte (1610–1678)
 - María Enma Botet Dubois (1903-?)
 - Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858)
 - Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1613–1676)
 - Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739–1807)
 - Anne Dudley (born 1956)
 - Katerina Veronika Anna Dusíkova (1769–1833)
 - Sophia Corri Dussek (1775–1847)
 - Mlle Duval (1718–after 1775)
 - Judith Dvorkin (born c. 1927)
 - Lesya Dychko (born 1939)
 - Maria Dziewulska (1909–2006)
 
E
- Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901–1974)
 - Clara Edwards (1880–1974)
 - Fredrikke Egeberg (1815–1861)
 - Katharine Emily Eggar (1874–1961)
 - Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
 - Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787)
 - Maija Einfelde (born 1939)
 - Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951)
 - Michelle Ekizian (born 1956)
 - Eleonora Eksanishvili (born 1919)
 - Irina Elcheva (born 1926)
 - Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857–1924)
 - Dilys Elwyn-Edwards (born 1918)
 - Katerina Emingerová (1856–1934)
 - Heimo Erbse (born 1924)
 - Susanne Erding-Swiridoff (born 1955)
 - Siegrid Ernst (born 1929)
 - Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
 - María Escribano (1954–2002)
 - Reena Esmail (born 1983)
 - Margaret Essex (1775–1807)
 - Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949)
 
F
- Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872–1948)
 - Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006)
 - Evelyn Faltis (1887–1937)
 - Eibhlis Farrell (born 1953)
 - Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
 - Zanetta Farussi (1707–1776)
 - Hélène-Frédérique de Faye-Jozin (1871–1942) (name often abbreviated as Fréd. de Faye-Jozin)
 - Sarah Feigin (born 1928)
 - Johanne Amalie Fenger (1836–1913)
 - Amber Ferenz (born 1972)
 - Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes (born 1933)
 - Carlotta Ferrari (1837–1907)
 - Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)
 - Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937)
 - Sylvia Fine (1913–1991)
 - Vivian Fine (1913–2000)
 - Mary Finsterer (born 1962)
 - Graciane Finzi (born 1945)
 - Elena Firsova (born 1950)
 - Helen Fisher (born 1942)
 - Tsippi Fleischer (born 1946)
 - Hélène Fleury-Roy (b. 1876 d. unknown)
 - Eliza Flower (1803–1846)
 - Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946)
 - Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
 - Annie Fortescue Harrison (1851–1944)
 - Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)
 - Erika Fox (born 1936)
 - Kalitha Dorothy Fox (1894–1934)
 - Ludmila Frajt (born 1919)
 - Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003)
 - Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979)
 - Joan Franks Williams (born 1930)
 - Shena Fraser (1910–1993)
 - Isadore Freed (1900–1960)
 - Eleanor Everest Freer (1864–1942)
 - Narcisa Freixas (1859–1926)
 - Ilse Fromm-Michaels (1888–1986)
 - Susan Frykberg (born 1954)
 - Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995)
 - Keiko Fujiie (born 1963)
 - Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
 - Biancamaria Furgeri (born 1935)
 - Jessie Furze (1903–1984)
 
G
- Virginia Gabriel (1825–1877)
 - Sophie Gail (1775–1819)
 - Diamanda Galás (born 1955)
 - Margherita Galeotti (1867–after 1912)
 - Rachel Galinne (born 1949)
 - Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
 - Kay Gardner (1941–2002)
 - Garsenda de Proensa (fl. early 13th century)
 - Lucija Garuta (1902–1977)
 - Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (1903–?)
 - Koharik Gazarossian (1907–1967)
 - Roberta Geddes-Harvey (1849–1930)
 - Gerda Geertens (born 1955)
 - Gertrude of Dagsburg (1205–1225)
 - Ada Gentile (born 1947)
 - Abbie Gerrish-Jones (1863–1929)
 - Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)
 - Helen Gifford (born 1935)
 - Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
 - Suzanne Giraud (born 1958)
 - Julie Giroux (born 1961)
 - Janice Giteck (born 1946)
 - Barbara Giuranna (1898–1998)
 - Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
 - Helen Glatz (1908–1996)
 - Evelyn Glennie (born 1965)
 - Julia Gomelskaya (born 1964)
 - Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935)
 - Florence Everilda Goodeve (1861–1915)
 - Annette Vande Gorne (born 1946)
 - Annie Gosfield (born 1960)
 - Ida Gotkovsky (born 1933)
 - Luise Adelgunda Gottsched (1713–1762)
 - Dorothy Gow (1893–1982)
 - Janet Graham (born 1948)
 - Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)
 - Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907)
 - Micki Grant (born 1941)
 - Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. early 18th century)
 - Gisella Delle Grazie (born 1868, fl. 1894–95)
 - Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
 - María Grever (1885–1951)
 - Beverly Grigsby (born 1928)
 - Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. early 18th century)
 - Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907)
 - Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
 - Emilia Gubitosi (1887–1972)
 - Mlle Guédon de Presles (early 18th century–1754)
 - Mlle Guerin (born c. 1739, fl. 1755)
 - Jane Mary Guest (1762–1846)
 - Lynn Gumert (born 1961)
 - Rosa Guraieb (born 1931)
 - Nazife Güran (1921–1993)
 - Elizabeth Gyring (1886–1970)
 
H
- Louise Haenel de Cronenthall (1839–c. 1876)
 - Helen Eugenia Hagan (1893–1964)
 - Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809/10)
 - Júlia Hajdú (1915–1987)
 - Pauline Hall (1890–1969)
 - Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854)
 - Ann-Elise Hannikainen (born 1946)
 - Olga Hans (born 1971)
 - Kazuko Hara (born 1935)
 - Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936)
 - Halina Harelava (born 1951)
 - Miina Härma (1864–1941)
 - Ethel R. Harraden (1857–1917)
 - Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956)
 - Pamela Harrison (1915–1990)
 - Susie Frances Harrison (1859–1935)
 - Emma Hartmann (1807–1851)
 - Irina Hasnas (born 1954)
 - Faustina Hasse Hodges (1822–1895)
 - Elisabeth de Haulteterre (fl. 1737–1768)
 - Birgit Havenstein (born 1954)
 - Hanna Havrylets' (born 1958)
 - Elizabeth Hayden Pizer (born 1954)
 - Sorrel Hays (born 1941)
 - Åse Hedstrøm (born 1950)
 - Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)
 - Barbara Heller (born 1936)
 - Mara Margaret Helmuth (born 1957)
 - Moya Henderson (born 1941)
 - Ig Henneman (born 1945)
 - Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841–1918)
 - Gisela Hernández (1912–1971)
 - Teresa Tanco Cordovez de Herrera (1859–1946)
 - Ethel Glenn Hier (1889–1971)
 - Jennifer Higdon (born 1962)
 - Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
 - Mirrie Hill (1892–1986)
 - Rozalie Hirs (born 1965)
 - Margriet Hoenderdos (1952–2010)
 - Dulcie Sybil Holland (1913–2000)
 - Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
 - Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938)
 - Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
 - Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)
 - Helen Francis Hood (1863–1949)
 - Katherine Hoover (born 1937)
 - Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945)
 - Sarah Hopkins (born 1958)
 - Amy Elsie Horrocks (1867–after 1915)
 - Eleanor Hovda (born 1940)
 - Joyce Howard Barrell (1917–1989)
 - Mary Howe (1882–1964)
 - Dorothy Howell (1898–1982)
 - Zhun Huang (born 1926)
 - Elaine Hugh-Jones (born 1927)
 - Fanny Hünerwadel (1826–1854)
 - Brenda Hutchinson (born 1954)
 - Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)
 
I
- Regina Irman (born 1957)
 - Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956)
 - Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923–2010)
 - Adina Izarra (born 1959)
 
J
- Najla Jabor (born 1915)
 - Marie Jaëll (1846–1925)
 - Dorothy James (1901–1982)
 - Viera Janárceková (born 1941)
 - Natalia Janotha (1856–1932)
 - Kerstin Jeppsson (born 1948)
 - Hilda Jerea (1919–1980)
 - Ludmila Jeske-Choinska-Mikorska (1849–1898)
 - Eva Jessye (1885–1992)
 - Marta Jiráčková (born 1932)
 - Sally Johnston Reid (born 1948)
 - Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
 - Victoria Jordanova (born 1952)
 - Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929)
 - Patricia Jünger (born 1951)
 
K
- Clotilde Kainerstorfer (fl. second half 19th century)
 - Yuki Kajiura (born 1965)
 - Trisutji Kamal (born 1936)
 - Laura Kaminsky (born 1956)
 - Kikuko Kanai (1911–1986)
 - Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
 - Laura Karpman
 - Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
 - Janice Kapp-Perry
 - Sirvart Karamanuk (born 1912)
 - Helene Karastoyanova (born 1933)
 - Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh (born 1948)
 - Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (born 1918)
 - Kassia (c.810–before 867)
 - Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
 - Eunice Katunda (1915–1991)
 - Hiba Kawas (born 1972)
 - Minna Keal (1909–1999)
 - Denise Kelly (born 1954)
 - Hope Anne Keng-Wai Lee (born 1953)
 - Le Sénéchal de Kerkado (c. 1786–after 1805)
 - Frida Kern (1891–1988)
 - Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002)
 - Usha Khanna (born 1942)
 - Hi Kyung Kim (born 1954)
 - Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858)
 - Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956)
 - Antoinette Kirkwood (born 1930)
 - Melinda Kistétényi (1926–1999)
 - Anna Maria Klechniowska (1888–1973)
 - Judy Klein (born 1943)
 - Meri von KleinSmid (born 1974)
 - Zhivka Klinkova (born 1924)
 - Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944)
 - Wilhelmina Koch (1845–1924)
 - Barbara Kolb (born 1939)
 - Nagako Konishi (born 1945)
 - Yelena Sergeyevna Konshina (born 1950)
 - Yüksel Koptagel (born 1931)
 - Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941)
 - Dina Koston (1940-2009)
 - Mathilde Kralik von Mayerswalden (1857–1944)
 - Neva Krasteva (born 1946)
 - Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813)
 - Grazyna Krzanowska (born 1952)
 - Halina Krzyzanowska (1860–1937)
 - Christina Kubisch (born 1948)
 - Mayako Kubo (born 1947)
 - Felicitas Kukuck(1914–2001)
 - Hanna Kulenty (born 1961)
 - Izabella Kuliffay (1863–1945)
 - Renata Kunkel (born 1954)
 - Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953)
 - Iryna Kyrylina (born 1955)
 
L
- Joan La Barbara (born 1947)
 - Zulema de La Cruz (born 1958)
 - Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
 - Nicole Lachartre (1934–1992)
 - Susan Cohn Lackman (born 1948)
 - Lila Lalauni (1910–1996)
 - Bun-Ching Lam (born 1954)
 - Marta Lambertini (born 1937)
 - Eleni Lambiri (c. 1889–1960)
 - Wanda Landowska (1879–1959)
 - Josephine Lang (1815–1880)
 - Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
 - Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945)
 - Vanessa Lann (born 1968)
 - Ana Lara (born 1959)
 - Libby Larsen (born 1950)
 - Joan Mary Last (born 1908)
 - Anne Lauber (born 1943)
 - Elodie Lauten (born 1950)
 - Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850–1927)
 - Louise Geneviève de Le Hye (1810–1838)
 - Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie (1836–1911)
 - Anne LeBaron (born 1953)
 - Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791)
 - Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863)
 - Chan-Hae Lee (born 1945)
 - Young-ja Lee (composer) (born 1931/36)
 - Nicola LeFanu (born 1947)
 - Ethel Leginska (1886–1970)
 - Liza Lehmann (1862–1918)
 - Clarisse Leite (1917–2003)
 - Vânia Dantas Leite (born 1945)
 - Helvi Leiviskä (1902–1982)
 - Edith Lejet (born 1941)
 - Jeanne Leleu (1898–1979)
 - Laura Lemon (1866–1924)
 - Tania León (born 1943)
 - Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
 - Marina Leonardi (born 1970)
 - Zara Levina (1906–1976)
 - Claire Liddell (born in the 20th century)
 - Helene Liebmann (1796–1835)
 - Nanna Magdalene Liebmann (1849–1935)
 - Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810)
 - Lili'uokalani (1838–1917)
 - Liza Lim (born 1966)
 - Maria Lindsay (1827–1898)
 - Anne Linnet (born 1953)
 - Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845)
 - Liu Zhuang (born 1932)
 - Beatriz Lockhart (born 1944)
 - Kathleen Lockhart Manning (1890–1951)
 - Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
 - Kate Loder (1825–1904)
 - Emma Lomax (1873–1963)
 - Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
 - Celeste de Longpré Heckscher (1860–1928)
 - Silvana Di Lotti (born 1942)
 - Ivana Loudová (born 1941)
 - Alexina Louie (born 1949)
 - Maria de Lourdes Martins (born 1926)
 - Mary Lucas (1882–1952)
 - Katharine Lucke (1875-1962)
 - Nada Ludvig-Pecar (1929–2008)
 - Maria Teresa Luengo (born 1940)
 - Enid Luff (born 1935)
 - Gudrun Lund (born 1930)
 - Signe Lund (1868–1950)
 - Deborah Lurie (born 1972)
 - Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
 - Lyudmila Lyadova (born 1925)
 - Monica Lynn (Living, born in the 20th-century)
 
M
- Emma Maria Macfarren (1824–1895)
 - Marianella Machado (born 1959)
 - Clara Angela Macirone (1821–1895)
 - Carmela Mackenna (1879–1962)
 - Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994)
 - Adela Maddison (1862/63–1929)
 - Mary Mageau (born 1934)
 - Ester Mägi (born 1922)
 - Alma Mahler (1879–1964)
 - Katerina Maier (fl. c. 1800)
 - Baronne Almaury de Maistre (1809–1875)
 - Maria Malibran (1808–1836)
 - Florentina Mallá (1891–1973)
 - Carin Malmlöf-Forssling (1916–2005)
 - Maria Dolores Malumbres (born 1931)
 - Ursula Mamlok (1923–2016)
 - Lam Manyee (born 1950)
 - Marcelle de Manziarly (1899–1989)
 - Soe Tjen Marching (born 1971)
 - Myriam Marbe (1931–1997)
 - Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (fl. 1723–1742)
 - Bunita Marcus (born 1952)
 - Tera de Marez Oyens (1932–1996)
 - Catya Maré (composer and violinist)
 - Maria de Raschenau (fl. 1690s–1703)
 - Maria de Ventadorn (fl. late 12th century)
 - Ljubica Maric (1909–2003)
 - Marie de France (c. 1160–1215)
 - Maroie de Dregnau de Lille (fl. 13th century)
 - Florence Ashton Marshall (1843–after 1911)
 - Pamela J. Marshall (born 1954)
 - Roberta Martin (1907–1969)
 - Marianna von Martines (1744–1812)
 - Odaline de la Martinez (born 1949)
 - Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585)
 - Elizabeth Masson (1806–1865)
 - Kikuko Masumoto (born 1937)
 - Celeste Jaguaribe de Matos Faria (1873–1938)
 - Bernadetta Matuszczak (born 1937)
 - Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
 - Eta Mayseyewna Tïrmand (1917–?))
 - Marilyn Mazur (born 1955)
 - Mona McBurney (1862–1932)
 - Mary McDonald (born in the 20th century)
 - Cecilia McDowall (born 1951)
 - Susan McFarland Parkhurst (1836–1918)
 - Diana McIntosh (born 1937)
 - Priscilla McLean (born 1942)
 - Jenny Helen McLeod (born 1941)
 - Cindy McTee (born 1953)
 - Joyce Mekeel (1931–1997)
 - Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
 - Sophie Menter (1846–1918)
 - María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957)
 - Zhanneta Lazarevna Metallidi (born 1934)
 - Elisabeth Meyer (1859–1927)
 - Teresa Milanollo (1827–1904)
 - Silvina Milstein (born 1956)
 - Zarrina Mirshakar (born 1947)
 - Haruna Miyake (born 1942)
 - Ida Georgina Moberg (1859–1947)
 - Benna Moe (1897–1983)
 - Meredith Monk (born 1942)
 - Helene de Montgeroult (1764–1836)
 - Dorothy Rudd Moore (born 1940)
 - Kate Moore (born 1979)
 - Mary Carr Moore (1873–1957)
 - Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991)
 - Vincenza Garelli della Morea (1859–after 1924)
 - Virginie Morel-du Verger (1799–1869)
 - Nelly Moretto (1925–1978)
 - Junko Mori (born 1948)
 - Angela Morley (born 1924)
 - Susan Morton Blaustein (born 1953)
 - Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz (born 1928)
 - Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928)
 - Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar (1924–2009)
 - Ann Mounsey (1811–1891)
 - Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944)
 - Geraldine Mucha (born 1917)
 - Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878–1941)
 - Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966)
 - Isabel Mundry (born 1963)
 - Helena Munktell (1852–1919)
 - Catherine Murphy Urner (1891–1942)
 - Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
 
N
- Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (c. 1640–1680)
 - Alicia Adélaide Needham (1872–1945)
 - Sheila Mary Nelson (born 1936)
 - Susanna Nerantzi (fl. 1830–1840)
 - Vojna Nešic (born 1947)
 - Laura Constance Netzel (1839–1927)
 - Amy X Neuburg (living; born in the 20th century)
 - Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
 - Dika Newlin (born 1923)
 - Alberta Nichols (1898–1957)
 - Julia Niewiarowska-Brzozowska (1827–1891)
 - Tatyana Nikolayeva (1924–1993)
 - Ilza Nogueira (born 1948)
 - Gladys Nordenstrom (born 1924)
 - Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877)
 - Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975)
 - Maude Nugent (1873/4–1958)
 
O
- Ai Otsuka (born 1982)
 - Jane O'Leary (born 1946)
 - Jana Obrovská (1930–1987)
 - Amado Santos Ocampo (born 1925)
 - Irina Odagescu (born 1937)
 - Sook-Ja Oh (born 1941)
 - Marguerite Olagnier (1844–1906)
 - Elisabeth Olin (1740–1828)
 - Vivienne Olive (born 1950)
 - Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936)
 - Betty Olivero (born 1954)
 - Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
 - Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943)
 - Daphne Oram (1925–2003)
 - Cecilie Ore (born 1954)
 - Caroline Orger (1818–1892)
 - Gabriela Ortiz (born 1964)
 - Michiru Oshima (born 1961)
 - Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971)
 - Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880)
 - Halyna Ovcharenko (born 1963)
 - Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918)
 - Terry Winter Owens (1941–2007)
 - María Luisa Ozaita (born 1939)
 - Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996)
 
P
- Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
 - Else Marie Pade (born 1924)
 - Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945)
 - Priti Paintal (born 1960)
 - Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929)
 - Juliet Palmer (born 1969)
 - Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968)
 - Mme Papavoine (born c. 1735, fl. 1755–61)
 - Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
 - Graciela Paraskevaidis (born 1940)
 - Hilda Paredes (born 1959)
 - Maria Hester Park (1760–1813)
 - Dorothy Parke (1904–1990)
 - Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822)
 - Alice Parker (born 1925)
 - Annie Patterson (1868–1934)
 - Marcela Pavia (born 1957)
 - Alla Pavlova (born 1952)
 - Maggi Payne (born 1945)
 - Sarah Peebles (born 1964)
 - Zenobia Powell Perry (1908–2004)
 - Dora Pejacevic (1885–1923)
 - Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón (1907–1995)
 - Barbara Pentland (1912–2000)
 - Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932)
 - Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso (born 1916)
 - Lourdes Perez (born 1961)
 - Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1836–1878)
 - Julia Perry (1924–1979)
 - Anna Pessiak-Schmerling (1834–1896)
 - Rosica Petkova (born 1947)
 - Carmen Petra-Basacopol (born 1926)
 - Mara Petrova (1921–1997)
 - Elena Petrová (born 1929)
 - Mrs Philarmonica (fl. 1715)
 - Liz Phillips (born 1951)
 - Elizabeth Philp (1827–1885)
 - Maria Antonietta Picconi (1869–1926)
 - Agata Della Pietà (fl. c. 1800)
 - Michielina Della Pietà (fl. c. 1701–1744)
 - Santa Della Pietà (fl. c. 1725–1750, d. after 1774)
 - Julie Pinel (fl. 1710–1737)
 - Lina Pires de Campos (1918–2003)
 - Piera Pistono (born 1938)
 - Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815)
 - Zhanna Vasil'yevna Pliyeva (born 1949)
 - Poldowski (1879–1932)
 - Victoria Poleva (born 1962)
 - Armande de Polignac (1876–1962)
 - Claire Polin (1926–1995)
 - Vincenta Da Ponte (fl. second half 18th century)
 - Jeanne Pool (born 1951)
 - Chris Poole (born 1952)
 - Rachel Portman (born 1960)
 - Elizabeth Poston (1905–1987)
 - Rosephanye Powell (born 20th century)
 - Mary Ann Pownall (1751–1796)
 - Oliveria Louisa Prescott (1843–1919)
 - Florence Beatrice Price (1887–1953)
 - María Teresa Prieto (1896–1982)
 - Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665)
 - Teresa Procaccini (born 1934)
 - Marie Proksch (1836–1900)
 - Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 1947)
 - Marta Ptaszynska (born 1943)
 - Loïsa Puget (1810–1889)
 
Q
- Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791)
 - Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566, fl. 1611)
 
R
- Erika Radermacher (born 1936)
 - Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
 - Priaulx Rainier (1903–1986)
 - Teresa Rampazzi (1914–2001)
 - Shulamit Ran (born 1949)
 - Eda Rapoport (1890–1968)
 - Elizabeth Raum (born 1945)
 - Irma Ravinale (1937–2013)
 - Mme Ravissa (fl. late 18th century)
 - Giulia Recli (1890–1970)
 - Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957)
 - Juliane Reichardt (1752–1783)
 - Louise Reichardt (1779–1826)
 - Caroline Reinagle (1818–1892)
 - Andrea Reinkemeyer (born 1976)
 - Julie Reisserová (1888–1938)
 - Claire Renard (born 1944)
 - Henriette Renié (1875–1956)
 - Catherine Rennes (1858–1940)
 - Elsa Respighi (1894–1996)
 - Michèle Reverdy (born 1943)
 - Sylvia Rexach (1922–1961)
 - Marisa Rezende (born 1944)
 - Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597)
 - Kathleen Richards (1895–1984)
 - Marga Richter (born 1926)
 - Teresa Clotilde del Riego (1876–1968)
 - Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919)
 - Shoshana Riseman (born 1948)
 - Julie Rivé-King (1854–1937)
 - Angela Ro Ro (born 1949)
 - Fanny Arthur Robinson (1831–1879)
 - Maria Rodrigo (1888–1967)
 - Marcela Rodríguez (born 1951)
 - Betty Roe (born 1930)
 - Esther Rofe (1904–2000)
 - Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844–1931)
 - Caro Roma (1869–1937)
 - Elena Romero (1923–1996)
 - Ann Ronell (1906 or 1908–1933)
 - Amanda Röntgen-Maier (1853–1894)
 - Clotilde Rosa (born 1930)
 - Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710)
 - Doina Rotaru (born 1951)
 - Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild (1832–1924)
 - Anna Rubin (born 1946)
 - Vivian Adelberg Rudow (born 1936)
 - Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999)
 - Magaly Ruiz Lastres (born 1941)
 - Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
 - Gilda Ruta (1856–1932)
 
S
- Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
 - Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892)
 - Sahakdukht (fl. early 8th century)
 - Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (1821–1885)
 - Matilde Salvador (born 1918)
 - Alice Samter (1908–2004)
 - Rhian Samuel (born 1944)
 - Marie Samuelsson (born 1956)
 - Rocio Sanz (1933–1993)
 - Sappho (born c. 612 BCE)
 - Kimi Sato (born 1949)
 - Rebecca Saunders (born 1967)
 - Jane Savage (1752/3–1824)
 - Carla Scaletti (born 1956)
 - Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662–1708)
 - Ethel Scarborough (1880–1956)
 - Claire Schapira (born 1946)
 - Delphine von Schauroth (1814–1887)
 - Tona Scherchen (born 1938)
 - Mon Schjelderup (1870–1934)
 - Annette Schlünz (born 1964)
 - Maria Schneider (1960)
 - Ruth Schonthal (1924–2006)
 - Eva Schorr (born 1927)
 - Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751–1802)
 - Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
 - Phillipa Duke Schuyler (1931–1967)
 - Laura Schwendinger (born 1962)
 - Esther Scliar (1926–1978)
 - Alicia Ann Scott (1810–1900)
 - Clara H. Scott (1841–1897)
 - Amy Scurria (born 1973)
 - Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927)
 - Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953)
 - Hilda Sehested (1858–1936)
 - Ilona Sekacz (born 1948)
 - Blanche Selva (1884–1942)
 - Daria Semegen (born 1946)
 - Johanna Senfter (1879–1961)
 - Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou (1679–1745)
 - María Luisa Sepúlveda (1896–1958)
 - Tat'yana Sergeyeva (born 1951)
 - Valentina Serova (1846–1924)
 - Claudia Sessa (c. 1570–between 1613 and 1619)
 - Kilza Setti (born 1932)
 - Charlotta Seuerling (1782–1828)
 - Marielli Sfakianaki (born 1945)
 - Masguda Shamsutdinova (born 1955)
 - Alex Shapiro (born 1962)
 - Judith Shatin (born 1949)
 - Naomi Shemer (1930–2004)
 - Alice Shields (born 1943)
 - Chen Shi-hui (born 1962)
 - Pan Shiji (born 1957)
 - Yoko Shimomura (born 1967)
 - Mieko Shiomi (born 1938)
 - Verdina Shlonsky (1905–1990)
 - Clare Shore (born 1954)
 - Marilyn Shrude (born 1946)
 - Marie Siegling (1824–1919)
 - Arlene Sierra (born 1970)
 - Elzbieta Sikora (born 1943)
 - Adelaide Pereira da Silva (born 1928)
 - Sheila Silver (born 1946)
 - Faye-Ellen Silverman (born 1947)
 - Netty Simons (1913–1994)
 - Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
 - Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818)
 - Synne Skouen (born 1950)
 - Bettina Skrzypczak (born 1962)
 - Jane Sloman (1824–after 1850)
 - Pril Smiley (born 1943)
 - Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884)
 - Julia Smith (1911–1989)
 - Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957)
 - Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
 - Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)
 - Jitka Snížková (1924–1989)
 - Joanídia Sodré (1903–1975)
 - Silvia Sommer (born 1944)
 - Brunhilde Sonntag (1936–2002)
 - Ann Southam (born 1937)
 - Isabel Soveral (born 1961)
 - Maj Sønstevold (1917–1996)
 - Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
 - Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
 - Cristina Spinei (born 1984)
 - Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965)
 - Tui St. George Tucker (1924–2004)
 - Pamela St. John (born 1950)
 - Patty Stair (1869–1926)
 - Ivana Stefanovic (born 1948)
 - Carolyn Steinberg (born 1956)
 - Emma Roberto Steiner (1850–1928)
 - Gitta Steiner (1932–1990)
 - Elizabeth Stirling (1819–1895)
 - Stella Stocker (1858–1925)
 - Lily Strickland (1887–1958)
 - Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
 - Maria Anna Stubenberg (1821–1912)
 - Dana Suesse (1909–1987)
 - Kyungsun Suh (born 1942)
 - Marion Dix Sullivan (fl. 1840–50)
 - Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984)
 - Natela Svanidze (born 1926)
 - Elizabeth Swados (born 1951)
 - Freda Swain (1902–1985)
 - Edith Swepstone (fl. 1885–1930)
 - Kay Swift (1897–1993)
 - Gloria Wilson Swisher (born 1935)
 - Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (1912–1994)
 - Iris Szeghy (born 1956)
 - Erzsébet Szőnyi (born 1924)
 - Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831)
 - Joan Szymko (born 1957)
 
T
- Dobrinka Tabakova (born 1980)
 - Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
 - Louise Talma (1906–1996)
 - Karen Tanaka (born 1961)
 - Hilary Tann (born 1947)
 - Phyllis Tate (1911–1987)
 - Erna Tauro (1916–1993)
 - Cornelia Tautu (born 1938)
 - Alice Tegnér (1864–1943)
 - Nancy Telfer (born 1950)
 - Hope Temple (1859–1938)
 - Alicia Terzian (born 1934)
 - Rose Thisse-Derouette (1902–1989)
 - Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964)
 - Diane Thome (born 1942)
 - Shirley Thompson (b. ?)
 - Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir (Anna Thorvaldsdottir) (b. 1977)
 - Pauline-Marie-Elisa Thys (c. 1836–1909)
 - Tibors (fl. mid-12th century)
 - Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979)
 - Serena Tideman
 - Katia Tiutiunnik (1967)
 - Zlata Tkach (1928–2006)
 - Helen Tobias-Duesberg (1919–2010)
 - Denise Tolkowsky (1918–1991)
 - Joan Tower (born 1938)
 - Joan Trimble (1915–2000)
 - Alba Trissina (fl. 1622)
 - Josephine Troup (died 1912)
 - Julia Tsenova (1948–2010)
 - Karmella Tsepkolenko (born 1955)
 - Calliope Tsoupaki (born 1963)
 - Yuka Tsujiyoko (born in the 20th century)
 - Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856–1938)
 - Agnes Tyrrell (1846–1883)
 
U
- Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885)
 - Ludmila Ulehla (1923–2009)
 - Alicia Urreta (1933–1987)
 - Irma Urteaga (born 1929)
 - Julia Usher (born 1945)
 - Galina Ustvolskaya (born 1919)
 - Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)
 
V
- Ann Valentine (1762–1842)
 - Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn (1927–2014)
 - Nancy Van de Vate (born 1930)
 - Janika Vandervelde (born 1955)
 - Alida Vázquez (born 1931)
 - Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
 - Hana Vejvodová (1963–1994)
 - Consuelo Velázquez (1924–2005)
 - Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (born 1640)
 - Lucie Vellère (1896–1966)
 - Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (born 1941)
 - Yuliya Veysberg (1878/1880–1942)
 - Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
 - Jórunn Viðar (born 1918)
 - Lois V Vierk (born 1951)
 - Jane Vieu (1871–1955)
 - Josée Vigneron-Ramackers (born 1914)
 - Mariana Villanueva (born 1964)
 - Henriette Adélaïde Villard Beaumesnil (1748–1813)
 - Berthe di Vito-Delvaux (1915–2005)
 - Ida Vivado (1908–1989)
 - Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662)
 - Marina Marta Vlad (born 1949)
 - Sláva Vorlová (1894–1973)
 - Tat'yana Voronina (born 1933)
 - Anne van Schothorst (born 1974)
 
W
- Ho Wai-On (born 1946)
 - Gwyneth Walker (born 1947)
 - Shirley Walker (born 1935)
 - Joelle Wallach (born 1946)
 - Errollyn Wallen (born 1958)
 - Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria (1724–1780)
 - Jennifer Walshe (born 1974)
 - Tekla Griebel Wandall (1866–1940)
 - Qiang Wang (born 1935)
 - Ying Wang (born 1976)
 - Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991)
 - Thérèse Wartel (1814–1865)
 - Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932)
 - Julie von Webenau née Baroni-Cavalcabo (1813–1874)
 - Vilma von Webenau (1875–1953)
 - Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953)
 - Emmy Wegener (1901–1973)
 - Vally Weigl (1889–1982)
 - Judith Weir (born 1954)
 - Georgina Weldon (1837–1914)
 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
 - Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949)
 - Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838)
 - Hildegard Westerkamp (born 1946)
 - Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1877–1971)
 - Maude Valérie White (1855–1937)
 - Ruth White (born 1925)
 - Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
 - Dorothy Whitson Freed (1919–2000)
 - Caroline Wichern (1836–1906)
 - Inger Wikström (born 1939)
 - Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758)
 - Margaret Lucy Wilkins (born 1939)
 - Grace Williams (1906–1977)
 - Joan Franks Williams (1930–2003)
 - Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981)
 - Debbie Wiseman (born 1963)
 - Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820)
 - Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
 - Erna Woll (1917–2005)
 - Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944)
 - Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919)
 - Barbara Woof (born 1958)
 - Julia Woolf (1831–1893)
 - Ellen Riley Wright (1859–1904)
 - Mary Ann Wrighten (1751–1796)
 - Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835)
 - Sinta Wullur (born 1958)
 - Mary J. A. Wurm (1860–1938)
 - Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919)
 - Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989)
 
X
- Shuxian Xiao (1905–1991)
 - Huguang Xin (born 1933)
 - Qu Xixian (born 1919)
 - Khosrovidukht (fl. early 8th century)
 
Y
- Michiru Yamane (born 1963)
 - Kinuyo Yamashita (living; born in the 20th century)
 - Irina Yel'cheva (born 1926)
 - Chen Yi (born 1953)
 
Z
- Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (born 1948)
 - Arlene Zallman (1934–2006)
 - Ruth Zechlin (born 1926)
 - Isidora Zegers (1803–1869)
 - Dafina Zeqiri (composer) (born 1984)
 - Gaziza Zhubanova (born 1927)
 - Lidia Zielinska (born 1953)
 - Grete von Zieritz (1899–2001)
 - Marilyn J Ziffrin (born 1926)
 - Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925)
 - Margrit Zimmermann (born 1927)
 - Mirjana Živkovic (born 1935)
 - Emiliana de Zubeldia (1888–1987)
 - Marija Zubova (1749–1799)
 - Mana Zucca (1885–1981)
 - Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857)
 - Ellen Zwilich (born 1939)
 
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