Famous piano players from the 1700s to present day Best answer on the web
1700s to present day. Please create the list in a text file and
include first and last name, and middle name if appropriate. Each
person should be listed on a separate line. For example:
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Thank you!
Thank-you for your question and for Bryan (probonopublico-ga) to directing it to me. When I first read your question I mis-read it and thought you wanted a list of everyone who has ever played the piano! Your comment below suggests that you simply need a list of 20 or so. Hopefully the list I have compiled for you will exceed your expectations.
Aaron Goldberg
Aaron Parks
Abbey Simon
Abdel Rachman El Bacha
Abdullah Ibrahim
Adam Kent
Adam Makowicz
Agusti Fernandez
Ahmad Jamal
Al Haig
Al Vega
Alan Broadbent
Alan Pasqua
Alan Weiss
Albert Ammons
Aldo Ciccolini
Aleksandar Mad?ar
Aleksandra Romanic
Alex Bugnon
Alexander Kobrin
Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Toradze
Alexandre Tharaud
Alexei Lubimov
Alexis Golovin
Alexis Weissenberg
Alfred Brendel
Alfred Cortot
Alfredo Perl
Alicia Keys
Alicia de Larrocha
Alon Yavnai
Amir Katz
Amy Lee
An Ning
Andre Marques
Andrea Pozza
Andrew Hill
Andrew McMahon
Andr s Schiff
Andr Pr vin
Andr Watts
Andy LaVerne
Angela Hewitt
Angela Jia Kim
Anna Gourari
Annie Fischer
Anton Rubinstein
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Antonio Fara
Antonio Pompa-Baldi
Arcadi Volodos
Arie Vardi
Armen Donelian
Arnold Schoenberg
Art Hirahara
Art Resnick
Art Tatum
Arthur Rubinstein
Artur Balsam
Artur Pizarro
Artur Rubinstein
Artur Schnabel
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Aslyn
August Spanuth
Aydin Esen
Barry Douglas
Barry Harris
Barry Manilow
Bart Berman
Beegie Adair
Bela Bartok
Bella Davidovich
Ben Folds
Ben Sidran
Benjamin Taubkin
Benno Moiseiwitsch
Benny Green
Bernaldo Evangelista
Bernard Roberts
Bernhard Stavenhagen
Bert Van der Brink
Bill Anschell
Bill Charlap
Bill Cunliffe
Bill Davies
Bill Dobbins
Bill Evans
Bill Mays
Bill O'Connell
Billy Childs
Billy Joel
Billy Kirsch
Billy Strayhorn
Billy Taylor
Blossom Dearie
Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Florence
Bob James
Bob Murphy
Bobby Lyle
Bobby Timmons
Bobo Stenson
Brad Mehldau
Brad Turner
Bradford Tracey
Brenda Russell
Brian Culbertson
Bruno Canino
Bruno Leonardo Gelber
Bud Powell
Butch Thompson
Byron Janis
Camille Saint-Sa ns
Carl Czerny
Carl Perkins
Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach
Carl Tausig
Carla Bley
Carli Munoz
Carlo Zecchi
Carsten Dahl
Cecil Taylor
Cedar Walton
Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso
Charles Brown
Charles Gayle
Charles Mingus
Charles Owen
Charles Rosen
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Charley Straight
Charlie Rich
Chase Hatmaker
Chen Jiyang
Chen Sa
Chick Corea
Chris Anderson
Christian Jacob
Christian Leotta
Christian Zacharias
Christine Yoshikawa
Christoph Eschenbach
Chucho Vald s
Clara Haskil
Clara Schumann
Clare Fischer
Clarence "Pinetop" Smith
Clarence Profit
Clarence Williams
Claude Hopkins
Claude Williamson
Claudio Arrau
Clifford Curzon
Colleen Lee
Connie Crothers
Conrad Ansorge
Count Basie
Craig Sheppard
Craig Taborn
Cyrus Chestnut
C cile Ousset
Dado Moroni
Dan Cray
Dan Nimmer
Dang Thai Son
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Thouin
Daniel Wnukowski
Danilo Perez
Darrell Grant
Dave Brubeck
Dave Grusin
Dave McKenna
Dave Peck
David Bates
David Benoit
David Braid
David Hazeltine
David Kikoski
David Thompson
David Tudor
Davide Cabassi
Debra Mann
Deems Tsutakawa
Del Wood
Denman Maroney
Denny Zeitlin
Diana Krall
Diane Schuur
Dick Hyman
Dick Katz
Dick Twardzik
Dieter Zechlin
Dimitri Alexeev
Dink Johnson
Dino Ciani
Dinu Lipatti
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitris Sgouros
Don Friedman
Don Pullen
Don Thompson
Dong-Hyek Lim
Donna Amato
Dubravka Tom?ic Srebotnjak
Duke Ellington
Duke Jordan
Duke Pearson
Dwayne Goettel
Earl Hines
Earl Wild
Eddie Heywood
Eddie Higgins
Eduaro del Pueyo
Edwin Fischer
Egon Petri
Eldar Djangirov
Eleanor Wong
Eliane Elias
Elisso Wirssaladze
Ellis Larkins
Ellis Marsalis
Elly Ney
Elmo Hope
Elton John
Emanuel Ax
Emil Breslaur
Emil Gilels
Emil von Sauer
Enrico Pieranunzi
Eric Reed
Eric Schneider
Erik van der Luijt
Errol Garner
Erwin Bodky
Ethan Iverson
Eubie Blake
Eugene List
Eugene Maslov
Evgeni Koroliov
Evgeny Kissin
Fats Domino
Fats Waller
Ferruccio Busoni
Fiona Apple
Floyd Cramer
Francis Plant
Franck Avitabile
Franco D'Andrea
Frank Hewitt
Frank Kimbrough
Frank Wunsch
Franz Liszt
Fred Hersch
Fred Rose
Fred Simon
Freddie Mercury
Freddy Kempf
Frederic Favarel
Frederic Rzewski
Friedrich Gulda
Fr d ric Chopin
Garrick Ohlsson
Gary Graffman
Gary Versace
Gavin DeGraw
Gene Harris
Geoff Keezer
Geoffrey Douglas Madge
Geoffrey Tozer
George Cables
George Colligan
George Duke
George Gershwin
George Shearing
Georges Cziffra
Gerald Wiggins
Gerald Wilson
Gerard Hengeveld
Gerardo Teissonniere
Gerhard Oppitz
Geri Allen
Gerry Mulligan
Gian Paolo Chiti
Gil Evans
Gil Goldstein
Gina Bachauer
Glenn Gould
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Grete Sultan
Grigory Ginsburg
Grigory Sokolov
Guiomar Novaes
Gy rgi Seb k
Hal Galper
Hamish Milne
Hampton Hawes
Hank Jones
Hans Bischoff
Hans Eijsackers
Hans Richter-Haaser
Hans von B low
Hargus "Pig" Robbins
Harold Bauer
Harold Mabern
Harriet Cohen
Harry Connick, Jr.
Harry Pickens
Heinrich Barth
Heinrich Neuhaus
Helio Alves
Hendrik Bouman
Henny Blomme
Henry Butler
Henry Cowell
Hephzibah Menuhin
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Nichols
Herman Chittison
Hermeto Pascoal
Hilton Ruiz
Hiromi
Hoagy Carmichael
Hod O'Brien
Horace Parlan
Horace Silver
Horace Tapscott
Horatio Gutierrez
H l ne Grimaud
Idil Biret
Ignace Paderewski
Ignaz Friedman
Ignaz Moscheles
Igor Tachuev
Ingrid Fliter
Ingrid Haebler
Isaac Albeniz
Ivan Lins
Ivan Moravec
Ivo Pogorelich
J. Russell Robinson
Jack Van Poll
Jacky Terrasson
Jacob Gimpel
Jacques De Ti ge
Jacques Loussier
Jaki Byard
James P. Johnson
James Williams
Jamie Cullum
Jamie Short
Janusz Olejniczak
Jason Moran
Jay McShann
Jean-Michel Pilc
Jean-Philippe Collard
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Jelly Roll Morton
Jen Jand
Jeremy Monteiro
Jerome Lowenthal
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jess Stacy
Jessica Williams
Jim McNeely
Jimmy Rowles
Jimmy Swaggart
Jimmy Yancey
Jo Ann Castle
Joanna MacGregor
Joanne Brackeen
Joao Paulo
Joe Bushkin
Joe Sample
Joe Zawinul
Joel Weiskopf
Joey Calderazzo
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Johannes Brahms
John Browning
John Bunch
John Field
John Hicks
John Legend
John Lewis
John Lill
John Medeski
John Mehegan
John O'Conor
John Ogdon
John Serry
John Taylor
Jon Davis
Jon Kimura Parker
Jon Nakamatsu
Jon Weber
Jonathan Powell
Joni Mitchell
Jools Holland
Jorge Bolet
Jos van Immerseel
Josef Lhevinne
Josef Lh vinne
Joseph Earnet
Jos Vianna da Motta
Jovino Santos-Neto
Jo o Carlos Martins
Juan Maria Solare
Julius Katchen
Junior Mance
Junko Onishi
Jutta Hipp
J zef Hofmann
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
Karin Lechner
Karl Ulrich Schnabel
Katia Lab que
Katrine Gislinge
Kei Akagi
Keith Green
Keith Jarrett
Kemal Gekic'
Kenny Barron
Kenny Drew
Kenny Drew, Jr.
Kenny Kirkland
Kenny Werner
Kerry Politzer
Ketil Bj rnstad
Kevin Hays
Kim Pensyl
Kristian Cvetkovic
Krystian Zimerman
Kurt Schubert
Lang Lang
Larry Fuller
Larry Goldings
Laszlo Gardony
Laura Nyro
Laurence Hobgood
Lazar Berman
Leif Ove Andsnes
Lennie Tristano
Leo Ornstein
Leon Fleisher
Leopold Godowsky
Lera Auerbach
Liberace
Lili Kraus
Little Willie Littlefield
Livia Rev
Lou Levy
Louis Demetrius Alvanis
Louis Lortie
Lubka Kolessa
Luckey Roberts
Ludwig van Beethoven
Luke Ferdinand V
Lydia Artymiw
Lyle Mays
Lynne Arriale
Makoto Ozone
Maksim Mrvica
Mal Waldron
Manfredo Fest
Marc Copland
Marc Hemmeler
Marc Sabatella
Marc Seales
Marc-Andr Hamelin
Marcelo Zarvos
Marcos Silva
Marcus Roberts
Maria Joao Pires
Maria Tipo
Maria Yudina
Marian McPartland
Marielle Lab que
Marilyn Crispell
Marina Nadiradze
Mark Birnbaum
Mark Levine
Mark Valenti
Martha Argerich
Martial Solal
Martin Roscoe
Marty Paich
Mary Lou Williams
Matt Bellamy
Matt Herskowitz
Matthew Cameron
Matthew Shipp
Maurizio Pollini
Max Trapp
Maxim Philippov
McCoy Tyner
Meade "Lux" Lewis
Mei-Ting Sun
Mel Powell
Menahem Pressler
Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa
Michael Habermann
Michael Sattler
Michael Weiss
Michael Wolff
Michel Beroff
Michel Camilo
Michel Legrand
Michel Petrucciani
Mickey Gilley
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Mike Greensill
Mike Holober
Mike Longo
Mike Nock
Mike Wofford
Mikhail Pletnev
Miles Black
Milt Buckner
Ming-Qiang Li
Misha Goldstein
Misha Mengelberg
Mitsuko Uchida
Monty Alexander
Moon Mullican
Moriz Rosenthal
Mose Allison
Moura Lympany
Muhal Richard Abrams
Mulgrew Miller
Murray Perahia
Muzio Clementi
Myra Hess
Myra Melford
M za Rubackyt
Naida Cole
Nando Michelin
Nat "King" Cole
Nellie McKay
Nelson Freire
Nick Cave
Nikita Magaloff
Nikolai Demidenko
Nikolai Rubinstein
Noah Baerman
Norah Jones
Oksana Kolesnikova
Olga Kern
Oscar Peterson
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Otis Spann
Owen Bradley
Oxana Yablonskaya
Ozan Marsh
Page McConnell
Pantscho Wladigeroff
Pascal Rog
Patrice Rushen
Patricia Barber
Patricia Benkman-Marsh
Paul Badura-Skoda
Paul Bley
Paul Hanmer
Paul McCartney
Paul Posnak
Paul Smith
Paul Wittgenstein
Paula Kelley
Pete Jolly
Pete Malinverni
Peter Cincotti
Peter Donohoe
Peter Jablonski
Peter Serkin
Peter Skellern
Peter Stadlen
Phil Markowitz
Phineas Newborn
Pierre Sancan
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Piers Lane
Piotr Anderszewski
Professor Longhair
Rachel Z
Radu Lupu
Rafael Orozco
Ralph Sutton
Ramsey Lewis
Ramzi Yassa
Ran Blake
Randy Cannon
Randy Halberstadt
Randy Klein
Randy Porter
Randy Weston
Raoul von Koczalski
Ray Bryant
Ray Charles
Ra l di Blasio
Red Garland
Renee Rosnes
Reuel Lubag
Richard Buhlig
Richard Clayderman
Richard Goode
Richard M. Jones
Richard Wyands
Richie Beirach
Richie Powell
Rickie Lee Jones
Robert C. Hayes
Robert Casadesus
Robert Hill
Robert O'Brien
Robert Silverman
Roberta Piket
Roberto Plano
Roger Kellaway
Roland Hanna
Ron Johnston
Ronald Smith
Ronnie Mathews
Ronnie Milsap
Rosalyn Tureck
Rosina Lh vinne
Ruby Fradkin
Rudi Wilfer
Rudolf Kehrer
Rudolf Maria Breithaupt
Rudolf Serkin
Rufus Wainwright
Russ Conway
Russ Freeman
Russell Ferrante
Ruth Laredo
Sal Mosca
Samson Francois
Scott Joplin
Sean Bennett
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff
Sergio Tiempo
Shelly Berg
Shirley Horn
Shuku Iwasaki
Shura Cherkassky
Sigismond Thalberg
Simon Barere
Simon Nabatov
Simon Tedeschi
Sir Charles Thompson
Solomon
Sonny Clark
Soo Han
Stanley Cowell
Stefano Bollani
Stephen Hough
Stephen Kovacevich
Stephen Scott
Steve Hunt
Steve Koven
Steve Kuhn
Steve Lantner
Steve Lewis
Steven DeGroote
Steven Kolacny
Steven Wray
Sun Ra
Susan Starr
Sviatoslav Richter
Tadd Dameron
Takeshi Asai
Tatiana Nikolayeva
Taylor Eigsti
Ted Rosenthal
Teddy Weatherford
Teddy Wilson
Teresa Carre o
Terry Trotter
Tete Montoliu
Thelonious Monk
Thomas Borino
Thomas Clausen
Till Fellner
Tim Lyddon
Tim Ray
Timo Elliston
Tom Coster
Tom Waits
Tommy Flanagan
Tord Gustavsen
Tori Amos
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Tsong Fou
Tzvetan Konstantinov
Uri Caine
Ursula Oppens
Valentina Lisitsa
Valeria Vetruccio
Valery Afanassiev
Van Cliburn
Vanessa Carlton
Vasso Devetsi
Vernell Brown, Jr.
Victor Babin
Viktoria Postnikova
Vince Guaraldi
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Feltsman
Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Sofronitsky
Vladimir de Pachmann
Vlado Perlemuter
W. Michael Jaap
Walter Bishop, Jr.
Walter Davis, Jr.
Walter Gieseking
Walter Norris
Wanda Landowska
Wang Xiaohan
Warren Bernhardt
Wibi Soerjadi
Wilhelm Backhaus
Wilhelm Kempff
William Kapell
William Wolfram
Willie "The Lion" Smith
Willy Bardas
Witold Lutoslawski
Witold Malcuzynski
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wynton Kelly
Xaver Scharwenka
Xavier Davis
Yosuke Yamashita
Youri Egorov
Yundi Li
Zolt n Kocsis
Zoran G Jancic
This list is compiled from the lists available on the Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pianists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_classical_pianists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_jazz_pianists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_boogie_woogie_musicians
The Wikipedia also provides further information on many of these pianists if this is required.
If you require any further assistance please ask for clarification and I will do my best to respond swiftly.
Other possible sources:
http://www.toptenlinks.com/Arts/Music/Instruments/Piano/Artists/index.shtml
http://web.archive.org/web/20050305114703/www.pianowomen.com/today.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20050305121910/www.pianowomen.com/yesterday2.html
http://www.pianoworld.com/pianist.htm