List of piano composers

This is a list of piano composers.

Baroque period

• Domenico Alberti (1710-1740)

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
• Lodovico Giustini (1685–1743)
• Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697–1763)
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)

Classical period

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
• Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Muzio Clementi (1752–1832)
• Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760–1812)
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
• Leopold Kozeluch (1747–1818)
• Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
• Anton Reicha (1770–1836)
• Antonio Salieri (1750–1825)
• Fernando Sor (1778–1839)
• Daniel Steibelt (1765–1823)

Romantic period

• Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
• Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
• Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
• Friedrich Baumfelder (1836–1916)
• William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875)
• Peter Benoit (1834–1901)
• Ludwig Berger (1777–1839)
• Henri Bertini (1798–1876)
• Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931)
• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
• Friedrich Burgmüller (1806–1874)
• Hans von Bülow (1830–1894)
• Ignacio Cervantes (1847–1905)
• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)
• Cecile Chaminade (1857–1944)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
• Johann Baptist Cramer (1771–1858)
• Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
• Eugen d'Albert (1864–1932)
• Anton Diabelli (1781–1858)
• Theodor Döhler (1814–1856)
• Alexander Dreyschock (1818–1869)
• Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
• 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)
• Cornelius Gurlitt (1820–1901)
• Adolphe Gutmann (1819–1882)
• Charles-Louis Hanon (1819–1900)
• Stephen Heller (1813–1888)
• Adolf von Henselt (1814–1889)
• Henri Herz (1803–1888)
• Franz Hitz (1828–1891)
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
• Alfred Jaëll (1832–1882)
• Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1785–1849)
• Joseph Christoph Kessler (1800–1872)
• Theodor Kirchner (1823–1903)
• Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath (1818–1896)
• Wilhelm Kuhe (1823–1912)
• Friedrich Kuhlau (1786–1832)
• Theodor Kullak (1818–1882)
• Théodore Lack (1846–1921)
• Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
• Henry Litolff (1818–1891)
• Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924)
• Edward MacDowell (1860–1908)
• Désiré Magnus (1828–1884)
• Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
• Leopold de Meyer (1816–1883)
• Amédée Méreaux (1802–1874)
• Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870)
• Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
• George Onslow (1784–1853)
• Paul Pabst (1854–1897)
• Jan Gerard Palm (1831–1906)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
• Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
• Xaver Scharwenka (1850–1924)
• Aloys Schmitt (1788–1866)
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
• Julius Schulhoff (1825–1898)
• Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
• Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
• Ludvig Schytte (1848–1909)
• Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914)
• Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884)
• Carl Tausig (1841–1871)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
• Thomas Tellefsen (1823–1874)
• Sigismond Thalberg (1812–1871)
• Jan Václav Voříšek (1791–1825)
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
• Aleksander Zarzycki (1834–1895)
• Władysław Żeleński (1837–1921)

20th century

Composer	Born	Died	Nationality	Notable works for piano	Remarks
Agnew, RoyRoy Agnew	1891	1944	Australian
Akimenko, TheodoreTheodore Akimenko (ru)	1876	1945	Russian, Ukrainian	IMSLP
Arnold, MalcolmMalcolm Arnold	1921	2006	English	Sonata for Piano (1942) Variations on a Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 9
Andriessen, WillemWillem Andriessen	1887	1964	Dutch
Barber, SamuelSamuel 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)
Bartók, BélaBéla 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
Bax, ArnoldArnold 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
Blanchet, Emile-RobertEmile-Robert Blanchet	1877	1943	Swiss
Bowen, YorkYork Bowen	1884	1961	English		Romantic
Bridge, FrankFrank Bridge	1879	1941	English		Late-Romantic, hints of Second Viennese School
Busoni, FerruccioFerruccio Busoni	1866	1924	Italian	Fantasia contrappuntistica (1910)	Mature works of indeterminate key; Late in career, neoclassical
Casella, AlfredoAlfredo Casella	1883	1947	Italian
Chaminade, CécileCécile Chaminade	1857	1944	French
Čiurlionis, Mikalojus KonstantinasMikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis	1875	1911	Lithuanian	Piano Sonata in F major Nocturne in C-sharp minor Nocturne in F minor Impromptu in F-sharp minor
Copland, AaronAaron Copland	1900	1990	American	Appalachian Spring Salon Mexico Quiet City
Debussy, ClaudeClaude Debussy	1862	1918	French	Études, L 136 Préludes (L 117 and L 123) Suite bergamasque, L 75 Deux arabesques, L 66	Impressionist
Ellington, DukeDuke Ellington	1899	1974	American		Jazz
Feinberg, SamuilSamuil Feinberg	1890	1962	Russian
Gabrilowitsch, OssipOssip Gabrilowitsch	1878	1936	Russian, American
Gershwin, GeorgeGeorge Gershwin	1898	1937	American	Three Preludes George Gershwin's Songbook	Jazz-influenced
Ginastera, AlbertoAlberto Ginastera	1916	1983	Argentine		Earlier works often integrate Argentine folk themes; later works increasingly abstracted
Glazunov, AlexanderAlexander Glazunov	1865	1936	Russian		Romantic
Godowsky, LeopoldLeopold Godowsky	1870	1938	Polish, American	Studies on Chopin's Études (1894–1914)
Grainger, PercyPercy Grainger	1882	1961	Australian, English, American
Granados, EnriqueEnrique Granados	1867	1916	Spanish		Distinctly Spanish
Grovlez, GabrielGabriel Grovlez	1879	1944	French
Horowitz, VladimirVladimir Horowitz	1903	1998	Ukrainian, American
Joplin, ScottScott Joplin	1867	1917	American		Ragtime
Kabalevsky, DmitriDmitri Kabalevsky	1904	1987	Russian, Soviet
Khachaturian, AramAram Khachaturian	1903	1978	Soviet, Armenian
Kosenko, ViktorViktor Kosenko	1896	1938	Ukrainian
Lamb, JosephJoseph Lamb	1887	1960	American		Ragtime
Lambert, ConstantConstant Lambert	1905	1951	English	Piano Sonata (1928–1929) Suite in 3 Movements (1925) Elegiac Blues (1927)
Lecuona, ErnestoErnesto Lecuona	1895	1963	Cuban
Medtner, NikolaiNikolai Medtner	1880	1951	Russian
Melartin, ErkkiErkki Melartin	1875	1937	Finnish
Messiaen, OlivierOlivier Messiaen	1906	1992	French	Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus (1944) Quatre études de rythme (1949–1950) Catalogue d'oiseaux (1956–1958)
Mompou, FedericoFederico Mompou	1893	1987	Catalan, Spanish
Monk, TheloniousThelonious Monk	1917	1982	American		Jazz
Myaskovsky, NikolaiNikolai Myaskovsky	1881	1950	Russian, Soviet
Nazareth, ErnestoErnesto Nazareth	1863	1934	Brazilian		Eclectic influences; primarily dance music (tangos, waltzes, polkas, etc.), influenced by African and Argentine styles
Niemann, WalterWalter Niemann	1876	1953	German		Impressionist and exotic influences
Paderewski, Ignacy JanIgnacy Jan Paderewski	1860	1941	Polish
Palm, JacoboJacobo Palm	1887	1982	Curaçao-born
Palm, JohnJohn Palm	1885	1925	Curaçao-born
Palm, RudolphRudolph Palm	1880	1950	Curaçao-born
Palmgren, SelimSelim Palmgren	1878	1951	Finnish
Philipp, IsidorIsidor Philipp	1863	1958	French, Hungarian
Poulenc, FrancisFrancis Poulenc	1899	1963	French
Prokofiev, SergeiSergei 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)
Rachmaninoff, SergeiSergei 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
Ravel, MauriceMaurice Ravel	1875	1937	French	Gaspard de la nuit (1908) Le tombeau de Couperin (1914–1917) Jeux d'eau (1901)	Impressionist; sometimes jazz-influenced
Rebikov, VladimirVladimir Rebikov	1866	1920	Russian		Impressionist, Romantic
Rhené-Baton, EmmanuelEmmanuel Rhené-Baton	1879	1940	French
Roger-Ducasse, JeanJean Roger-Ducasse	1873	1954	French
Satie, ErikErik Satie	1866	1925	French		Impressionist; Minimalist (precursor)
Saygun, Ahmed AdnanAhmed Adnan Saygun	1907	1991	Turkish		Neoclassical, traditional Turkish folksong influence
Schmitt, FlorentFlorent Schmitt	1870	1958	French		Impressionist, Late-Romantic
Schoenberg, ArnoldArnold 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)
Scott, JamesJames Scott	1885	1938	American, African-American		Ragtime
Scriabin, AlexanderAlexander Scriabin	1872	1915	Russian	10 piano sonatas	Late-Romantic (early); Atonal, Mystical (mature)
Shlonsky, VerdinaVerdina Shlonsky	1905	1990	Israeli	Still Life Pages from the Diary Youth Suite Five Sketches Reflection	Polystylism
Shostakovich, DmitriDmitri 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
Sibelius, JeanJean Sibelius	1865	1957	Finnish	Sonata in F major, Op. 12 Three Sonatinas, Op. 67	Late-Romantic; post-Romantic
Sorabji, Kaikhosru ShapurjiKaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji	1892	1988	English	Opus clavicembalisticum Études transcendantes (100) Sequentia cyclica super "Dies irae" ex Missa pro defunctis Piano Symphony No. 2 "Gulistān"—Nocturne for Piano	Neoclassical, neoromantic, postimpressionistic
Stanchinsky, AlexeiAlexei Stanchinsky	1888	1914	Russian		Post-Romantic, modal
Stenhammar, WilhelmWilhelm Stenhammar	1871	1927	Swedish
Strauss, RichardRichard Strauss	1864	1949	German
Stravinsky, IgorIgor 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)
Stravinsky, SoulimaSoulima Stravinsky	1910	1994	Swiss, American
Takemitsu, TōruTōru 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
Turina, JoaquinJoaquin Turina	1882	1949	Spanish
Ustvolskaya, GalinaGalina Ustvolskaya	1919	2006	Russian		Eclectic
Villa-Lobos, HeitorHeitor Villa-Lobos	1887	1959	Brazilian	Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 Rudepoêma (1921–1926)
Villoldo, AngelÁngel Villoldo	1861	1919	Argentine		Tango
Vladigerov, PanchoPancho Vladigerov	1899	1978	Bulgarian
Waller, FatsFats Waller	1904	1943	American

Contemporary

• Philip Aaberg (born 1949)
• Giovanni Allevi (born 1969)
• Vladimir Anisimoff (born 1950)
• Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
• 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 (1936-81)
• Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
• Dario Cebic (composer)
• Aldo Clementi (1925–2011)
• Julian Cochran (born 1974)
• Chick Corea (born 1941)
• George Crumb (born 1929)
• Norman Dello Joio (1913–2008)
• Franco Donatoni (1927–2000)
• James Douglas (born 1932)
• George Duke (1946–2013)
• Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955)
• Mohammed Fairouz (born 1985)
• Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
• Graham Fitkin (born 1963)
• Carlo Forlivesi (born 1971)
• Nils Frahm (born 1982)
• Philip Glass (born 1937)
• Marc-André Hamelin (born 1961)
• Herbie Hancock (born 1940)
• Ichiko Hashimoto (born 1952)
• Joe Hisaishi (born 1950)
• Christopher Hobbs (born 1950)
• Stephen Hough (born 1961)
• Abdullah Ibrahim (born 1934)
• Isadar (born 1968)
• Keith Jarrett (born 1945)
• Shigeru Kan-no (born 1959)
• Nicolai Kapustin (born 1937)
• Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
• Pierre Kolp (born 1969)
• Martin Kutnowski (born 1968)
• György Ligeti (1923–2006)
• Allan Loucks (born 1959)
• David Loucks (1960–1995)
• Frederik Magle (born 1977)
• Kento Masuda (born 1973)
• Klaus Mertens (born 1973)
• Jean-Christian Michel
• Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997)
• David Nevue (born 1965)
• Joseph O'Neill (born 1988)
• Yukie Nishimura (born 1967)
• Christopher Norton (born 1953)
• Michael Nyman (born 1944)
• Chris Opperman (born 1978)
• Michael Parsons (born 1938)
• Fabrizio Paterlini (born 1973)
• Tomi Räisänen (born 1976)
• Arturo Rodas (born 1954)
• Frederic Rzewski (born 1938)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto (born 1952)
• Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988)
• Avi Schönfeld (born 1947)
• Jon Schmidt (born 1966)
• Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
• Yoko Shimomura (born 1967)
• Gregory Short (1938–1999)
• Hugh Shrapnel (born 1947)
• Howard Skempton (born 1947)
• Dave Smith (born 1949)
• Olga Stankevich (born 1978)
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
• William Susman (born 1960)
• Yuji Takahashi (born 1938)
• Karen Tanaka (born 1961)
• Jennifer Thomas (pianist) (born 1977)
• Robert Scott Thompson
• Allen Tousaint (born 1938)
• Julia Tsenova (1948–2010)
• Carl Verbraeken (born 1950)
• Carl Vine (born 1954)
• Ezequiel Viñao (born 1960)
• John White (born 1936)
• George Winston (born 1949)
• Yehuda Yannay (born 1937)
• Yanni (born 1954)
• Joji Yuasa (born 1929)
• Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)
• Yoshiki (born 1965)
• Edson Zampronha (born 1963)
• Joe Zawinul (1932–2007)
• Ralph Zurmühle
• Simon Daum