List of pianists
This is a list of well-known pianists .
See also: List of Harpsichordists ; List of classical pianists
Contents: Classical pianists • Classical piano duos • Song accompanists • Child piano pianists (toy piano players) • Ragtime pianists • Silent film pianists • Boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues and blues pianists • Jazz pianists • Tango pianists • Pop / rock pianists • Alternative pianists • See also • Web links
Classical pianists
A.
- Kai Adomeit (* 1968)
- Adrian Aeschbacher (1912-2002)
- Valery Afanasiev (* 1947)
- Guido Agosti (1901-1989)
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard (* 1957)
- Lilian Akopova (* 1983)
- Honorio Alarcón (1859-1920)
- Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932)
- Dmitri Alexejew (* 1947)
- Charles Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
- Paulo Álvares (* 1960)
- Alessandra Ammara (* 1972)
- Géza Anda (1921-1976)
- Piotr Anderszewski (* 1969)
- Eteri Andjaparidze (* 1958)
- Leif Ove Andsnes (* 1970)
- Katja Andy (1907-2013)
- Nicholas Angelich (* 1970)
- Conrad Ansorge (1862-1930)
- Helge Antoni (* 1956)
- Michael Arbenz (* 1975)
- Martha Argerich (* 1941)
- Nareh Arghamanyan (* 1989)
- Kit Armstrong (born 1992)
- Claudio Arrau (1903-1991)
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (* 1937)
- Stefan Askenase (1896–1985)
- Julie von Asten (1841–1923)
- Julianna Avdejewa (* 1985)
- Emanuel Ax (* 1949)
B.
- Valentina Babor (* 1989/1990)
- Gina Bachauer (1913-1976)
- Wilhelm Backhaus (1884–1969)
- Paul Badura-Skoda (1927-2019)
- Maurizio Baglini (* 1975)
- Ramin Bahrami (* 1976)
- Darlén Bakke
- Volker Banfield (* 1944)
- Peter Barcaba (1947-2017)
- Daniel Barenboim (* 1942)
- Simon Barere (1896-1951)
- Karl Heinrich Barth (1847–1922)
- Tzimon Barto (* 1963)
- Dmitri Bashkirow (* 1931)
- Jelena Bashkirowa (* 1958)
- Julius Bassler (1929-2007)
- Luis Batlle Ibáñez (1930-2016)
- Paul Baumgartner (1903-1976)
- Markus Becker (* 1963)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
- Cristian Beldi (* 1958)
- Markus Bellheim (* 1973)
- Denise Benda (* 1972)
- Sebastian Benda (1926-2003)
- Vanessa Benelli Mosell (* 1987)
- William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875)
- Robert Benz (* 1954)
- Boris Berezovsky (* 1969)
- Maria Bergmann (1918-2002)
- Bart Berman (born 1938)
- Marina Baranova (* 1981)
- Lasar Berman (1930-2005)
- Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
- Michel Béroff (* 1950)
- Beate Berthold (* 1964)
- Karl Betz (* 1947)
- Kristian Bezuidenhout (* 1979)
- Philippe Bianconi (* 1960)
- Els Biesemans (* 1978)
- Claudia Ulla Binder (* 1959)
- Malcolm Bilson (born 1935)
- İdil Biret (* 1941)
- Rafał Blechacz (* 1985)
- Boris Bloch (* 1951)
- Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (1863-1927)
- Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931)
- Thomas Böttger (* 1957)
- Florent Boffard (* 1964)
- Robert-Alexander Bohnke (1927-2004)
- Jorge Bolet (1914–1990)
- Luiza Borac (* 1968)
- Victor Borge (1909-2000)
- Hélène Boschi (1917–1990)
- Andreas Boyde (* 1967)
- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
- Alexander Brailowsky (1896–1976)
- Louis Brassin (1840-1884)
- Ronald Brautigam (* 1954)
- Tobias Bredohl (* 1974)
- Alfred Brendel (* 1931)
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- Maximiliano de Brito (* 1953)
- Yefim Bronfman (* 1958)
- Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf (1830–1913)
- Chris Brown (born 1953)
- Lyubow Bruk (1926–1996)
- Rudolf Buchbinder (* 1946)
- Hans von Bülow (1830-1894)
- Josef Bulva (* 1943)
- Khatia Buniatishvili (* 1987)
- Stanislaw Bunin (* 1966)
- Gerard Bunk (1888-1958)
- Richard Burmeister (1860-1944)
- Jeffrey Burns (1950-2004)
- Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
- Gregory Butler (born 1940)
C.
- Bruno Canino (* 1935)
- Teresa Carreño (1853-1917)
- Gaby Casadesus (1901–1999)
- Robert Casadesus (1899–1972)
- Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)
- Boris Cepeda (* 1974)
- Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
- Pi-hsien Chen (* 1950)
- Tania Chen (* ≈1974)
- Shura Cherkassky (1909-1995)
- Frederic Chiu (* 1964)
- Celeste Chop-Groenevelt (1875-1958)
- Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
- Aldo Ciccolini (1925-2015)
- Van Cliburn (1934-2013)
- Harriet Cohen (1895-1967)
- Jean-Philippe Collard (* 1948)
- Graziella Concas (* 1970)
- Imogen Cooper (born 1949)
- Alfred Cortot (1877–1962)
- Ellen Corver
- Hélène Couvert (* 1970)
- Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1858)
- Evelyne Crochet (* 1934)
- Else Cross (1902-1987)
- Maria Curcio (1918-2009)
- Clifford Curzon (1907-1982)
- Christopher Czaja Sager (* 1941)
- Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
- György Cziffra (1921–1994)
D.
- Udo Dammert (1904-2003)
- Paul Dan (* 1944)
- Thai Son Dang (* 1958)
- Carmen Daniela (* 1951)
- Ingo Dannhorn (* 1974)
- Jean Dansereau (1891–1974)
- Bella Davidovich (* 1928)
- Fanny Davies (1861-1934)
- Scott D. Davis (* 1973)
- Arthur De Greef (1862-1940)
- Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
- Nikolai Demidenko (* 1955)
- Jörg Demus (1928-2019)
- Zenka Dianowa (* 1971)
- Louis Diémer (1843-1919)
- Shani Diluka (* 1976)
- Sotirios Dimitriadis (* 1967)
- Masha Dimitrieva (* 1966)
- Liuben Dimitrov (* 1969)
- Malina Dimitrova (1945-2008)
- Simone Dinnerstein (* 1972)
- Rüdiger Dippold (* 1957)
- Ernst von Dohnányi (1877–1960)
- Peter Donohoe (* 1953)
- Anton Door (1833-1919)
- Ania Dorfmann (1899–1982)
- Barry Douglas (* 1960)
- Oliver Drechsel (* 1973)
- Adolf Drescher (1921–1967)
- Alexander Dreyschock (1818–1869)
- Sandra Droucker (1875-1944)
- François-René Duchâble (* 1952)
- Emmanuel Durlet (1893-1977)
E.
- René Eckhardt
- Julius Egghard (1834-1867)
- Ilona Eibenschütz (1872–1967)
- Ludovico Einaudi (* 1955)
- Detlev Eisinger (* 1957)
- Jan Ekier (1913-2014)
- Stéphanie Elbaz
- Michael Endres (* 1961)
- Karl Engel (1923-2006)
- Till Engel (* 1951)
- Brigitte Engerer (1952–2012)
- Philippe Entremont (* 1934)
- Richard Epstein (1869-1921)
- Eduard Erdmann (1896–1958)
- Christoph Eschenbach (* 1940)
- Nicolás Ruiz Espadero (1832–1890)
- Annetta Essipowa (1851-1914)
- Miguel Ángel Estrella (* 1940)
F.
- Clara Faisst (1872–1948)
- Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
- Samuil Feinberg (1890–1962)
- Till Fellner (* 1972)
- Wladimir Feltsman (* 1952)
- John Field (1782-1837)
- Carl Filtsch (1830-1845)
- Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998)
- Rudolf Firkušný (1912–1994)
- Annie Fischer (1914-1995)
- Caroline Fischer (* 1984)
- Edwin Fischer (1886–1960)
- Leon Fleisher (1928-2020)
- Matthias Fletzberger (* 1965)
- Andor Foldes (1913–1992)
- Evgenia Fölsche (* 1983)
- Tobias Forster (* 1973)
- Malcolm Frager (1935-1991)
- Homero Francesch (* 1947)
- Samson François (1924-1970)
- Christian Frank (* 1968)
- Claude Frank (1925-2014)
- Peter Frankl (* 1935)
- Justus Frantz (* 1944)
- Nelson Freire (* 1944)
- Géza Frid (1904–1989)
- Carl Friedberg (1872–1955)
- Arthur Friedheim (1859-1932)
- Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948)
- Reinhold Friedl (* 1964)
- Andreas Frölich (* 1963)
- Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting (* 1975)
G
- Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878–1936)
- Gottfried Galston (1879–1950)
- Gülsin Onay (* 1954)
- Heinz Gamper (* 1949)
- Henriette Gärtner (* 1975)
- Rudolph Ganz (1877–1972)
- Umi Garrett (* 2000)
- Rico Gatzke (* 1978)
- Andrei Gavrilow (* 1955)
- Michael Gees (* 1953)
- Bruno Leonardo Gelber (* 1941)
- Aglika Genova (* 1971)
- Werner Genuit (1937–1997)
- George Gershwin (1898-1937)
- Tania Giannouli (* 1977)
- Walter Gieseking (1895–1956)
- Jonathan Gilad (* 1981)
- Kenneth Gilbert (1931-2020)
- Emil Gilels (1916–1985)
- Pavel Gililov (* 1950)
- Grigori Ginsburg (1904–1961)
- Bernd Glemser (* 1962)
- Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938)
- Alexander Goedicke (1877–1957)
- Bernd Goetzke (* 1951)
- Alexander Goldenweiser (1875–1961)
- David Golub (1950-2000)
- Richard Goode (* 1943)
- Ralf Gothóni (* 1946)
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869)
- Glenn Gould (1932-1982)
- Anna Gourari (* 1972)
- Marie Goyette (* 1959)
- Gary Graffman (* 1928)
- Percy Grainger (1882–1961)
- Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
- Carlo Grante (* 1960)
- David Greilsammer (* 1977)
- Hélène Grimaud (* 1969)
- Andreas Groethuysen (* 1956)
- Johanna Gröbner (* 1980)
- Alfred Grünfeld (1852-1924)
- Sigfridgrundis (1900–1953)
- Grigory Gruzman (* 1956)
- Youra Guller (1895-1980)
- Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000)
- Paul Gulda (born 1961)
- Rico Gulda (* 1968)
- Sofya Gulyak (* 1979)
- Marie Rosa Günter (* 1991)
- Elena Gurevich
- Horatio Gutierrez (* 1948)
H
- Monique Haas (1909–1987)
- Werner Haas (1931–1976)
- Erika Haase (1935–2013)
- Ingrid Haebler (* 1929)
- Andreas Haefliger (* 1962)
- Mark Hambourg (1879-1960)
- Marc-André Hamelin (* 1961)
- Derek Han (born 1957)
- Kaya Han (* 20th century)
- Charles-Louis Hanon (1819-1900)
- Conrad Hansen (1906-2002)
- Eliza Hansen (1909-2001)
- Adam Harasiewicz (* 1932)
- Clara Haskil (1895-1960)
- Joyce Hatto (1928-2006)
- Wolfgang Heisig (* 1952)
- Claude Helffer (1922-2004)
- David Helfgott (* 1947)
- Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming (* 1932)
- Herbert Henck (* 1948)
- Adolf von Henselt (1814–1889)
- Henri Herz (1803-1888)
- Myra Hess (1890-1965)
- Angela Hewitt (* 1958)
- Alfred Hoehn (1887–1945)
- Józef Hofmann (1876–1957)
- Leonard Hokanson (1931-2003)
- Lorin Hollander (* 1944)
- Heidrun Holtmann (* 1961)
- Friedrich Höricke (* 1963)
- Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989)
- Mieczysław Horszowski (1892–1993)
- Andrej Hoteev (* 1946)
- Stephen Hough (born 1961)
- Hilda Huang (* 1996)
- Anastasia Huppmann (* 1988)
- Jerzy Husar (* 1943)
I.
- Valentina Igoshina (* 1978)
- Konstantin Igumnow (1873–1948)
- Ivan Ilić (* 1978)
- Niel Immelman
- Jos van Immerseel (* 1945)
- Eugene Istomin (1925-2003)
- Stefan Irmer (* 1962)
- José Iturbi (1895–1980)
- Andrei Ivanovitch (* 1968)
J
- Marek Jablonski (1939–1999)
- Jenő Jandó (* 1952)
- Byron Janis (* 1928)
- Raymond Janssen
- Chris Jarrett (born 1956)
- Keith Jarrett (* 1945)
- José Manuel Jiménez Berroa (1855-1917)
- Veronica Jochum von Moltke (* 1932)
- Graham Johnson (born 1950)
- Rafael Joseffy (1852-1915)
- Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
- Terence Judd (1957–1979)
- Maria Judina (1899–1970)
K
- Kurt Kaiser (* 1922)
- Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1785–1849)
- Stephan Kaller (* 1957)
- Igor Kamenz (* 1968)
- Hans Kann (1927-2005)
- William Kapell (1922–1953)
- Jozef Kapustka (* 1969)
- Atanas Kareev (* 1945)
- Julian von Károlyi (1914–1993)
- Julius Katchen (1926–1969)
- Cyprien Katsaris (* 1951)
- Amir Katz (* 1973)
- Mîndru Katz (1925–1978)
- Simone Keller (* 1980)
- Lars David Kellner (* 1973)
- Freddy Kempf (born 1977)
- Wilhelm Kempff (1895–1991)
- Fuat Kent (* 1945)
- Olga Kern (* 1975)
- Susanne Kessel (* 1970)
- Dorothy Khadem-Missagh (* 1992)
- Stanislav Khegai (* 1985)
- Asli Kilic (* 1978)
- Sung-Hee Kim-Wüst (* 1971)
- Yevgeny Kissin (* 1971)
- Hildegard Kleeb (* 1957)
- Clotilde Kleeberg (1866–1909)
- Walter Klien (1928–1991)
- Margarete Klinckerfuß (1877-1959)
- Karl Klindworth (1830-1916)
- Christiane Klonz (* 1969)
- Eva Knardahl (1927-2006)
- Sebastian Knauer (* 1971)
- Tobias Koch (* 1968)
- Zoltán Kocsis (1952-2016)
- Raoul von Koczalski (1885–1948)
- Benedikt Koehlen
- Lubka Kolessa (1902–1997)
- Elza Kolodin
- Wojciech Konikiewicz (* 1956)
- Alfons Kontarsky (1932-2010)
- Aloys Kontarsky (1931-2017)
- Bernhard Kontarsky (* 1937)
- Evgeni Koroliov (* 1949)
- Michael Korstick (* 1955)
- Yu Kosuge (* 1983)
- Stephen Kovacevich (* 1940)
- Walter Krafft (* 1936)
- Vladimir Krainew (1944-2011)
- Boris Krajny (* 1945)
- Detlef Kraus (1919-2008)
- Mary Krebs-Brenning (1851-1900)
- Karlrobert Kreiten (1916–1943)
- Marcus Kretzer (* 1965)
- Katrina Krimsky (* 1938)
- Ivan Krpan (born 1997)
- Michael Krücker (* 1961)
- Antonín Kubálek (1935-2011)
- Theodor Kullak (1818–1882)
- Ewa Kupiec (* 1964)
- Elena Kuschnerova (* 1959)
- Eduard Kutrowatz (* 1963)
- Johannes Kutrowatz (* 1962)
- Frieda Kwast-Hodapp (1880–1949)
- James Kwast (1852-1927)
L.
- Katia Labèque (* 1950)
- Marielle Labèque (* 1952)
- Monique de La Bruchollerie (1915–1972)
- Frank La Forge (1879-1953)
- Nikolaus Lahusen (1960-2005)
- Viktoria Lakissowa (* 1975)
- Télémaque Lambrino (1878–1930)
- Frederic Lamond (1868-1948)
- Wanda Landowska (1879-1959)
- Lang Lang (* 1982)
- Peter Lang (* 1946)
- Adelina de Lara (1872–1961)
- Ruth Laredo (1937-2005)
- Alicia de Larrocha (1923-2009)
- Jacob Latin (1928-2010)
- Giorgi Latsabidze (* 1978)
- Daniel Laumans (* 1972)
- Reinbert de Leeuw (1938-2020)
- Yvonne Lefébure (1898–1986)
- Ethel Leginska (1886-1970)
- Michel Legrand (1932-2019)
- Robert Lehrbaumer (* 1960)
- Wolfgang Leibnitz (* 1936)
- Gianni Lenoci (1963-2019)
- Robert Leonardy (* 1940)
- Elisabeth Leonskaja (* 1945)
- Theodor Leschetizky (1830–1915)
- Martin Leung (* 1986)
- Michael Leuschner (* 1948)
- Robert D. Levin (* 1947)
- James Levine (born 1943)
- Mischa Levitzki (1898–1941)
- Lazare Lévy (1882–1964)
- Paul Lewis (born 1972)
- Josef Lhévinne (1874–1944)
- Hans Leygraf (1920–2011)
- Cécile Licad (* 1961)
- Li Chenyin (* 1977)
- Li Yundi (* 1982)
- Hans Liberg (* 1954)
- Francesco Libetta (* 1968)
- Clara Lichtenstein (≈1860–1946)
- Emil Liebling (1851-1914)
- Georg Liebling (1865–1946)
- Sally Darling (1859-1909)
- Konstantin Lifschitz (* 1976)
- John Lill (born 1944)
- Jenny Lin (* 1973)
- Dinu Lipatti (1917–1950)
- Jan Lisiecki (* 1995)
- Valentina Lisitsa (* 1973)
- Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
- Henry Litolff (1818-1891)
- Stefan Litwin (* 1960)
- Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)
- Dietmar Loeffler (* 1961)
- Marguerite Long (1874-1966)
- Alexander Lonquich (* 1960)
- Maria Luisa Lopez-Vito (* 1939)
- Wolfram Lorenzen (* 1953)
- Yvonne Loriod (1924-2010)
- Louis Lortie (* 1959)
- Andor Losonczy (1932-2018)
- Alexei Lubimow (* 1944)
- Nicoleta Luca-Meițoiu (* 1969)
- Andrea Lucchesini (* 1965)
- Nikolai Lugansky (* 1972)
- Konstantin Lukinov (* 1989)
- Radu Lupu (* 1945)
- Egon Lustgarten (1887–1961)
M.
- Dirk Maassen (* 1970)
- Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
- Joanna MacGregor (* 1959)
- Geoffrey Douglas Madge (* 1942)
- Nikita Magaloff (1912-1992)
- Oleg Maisenberg (* 1945)
- Anna Malikova (* 1965)
- Marcelle de Manziarly (1899-1989)
- Loris Margaritis (1895–1953)
- Jura Margulis (* 1968)
- Vitaly Margulis (1928-2011)
- Ana-Marija Markovina (* 1970)
- Verena Maurina -Press (1876–1969)
- Antoine François Marmontel (1816–1898)
- Franz Massinger (1944–2011)
- Draga Matković (1907-2013)
- Siegfried Mauser (* 1954)
- Sophie Mautner (* 1977)
- Magda Mayas (* 1979)
- Denis Mazujew (* 1975)
- John McAlpine (* 1947)
- Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
- Cornelius Meister (* 1980)
- Konrad Meister (1930-2002)
- Rudolf Meister (* 1963)
- Walther Carl Meiszner (1896–1931)
- Sophie Menter (1846-1918)
- Hephzibah Menuhin (1920–1981)
- Yolanda Mérö (1887–1963)
- Marcelle Meyer (1897-1958)
- Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920–1995)
- Stefan Mickisch (* 1962)
- Giorgi Mikadze (* 1989)
- Yvar Mikhashoff (1941–1993)
- Karol Mikuli (1819-1897)
- Aleksandra Mikulska (* 1981)
- Florence Millet (born 1964)
- Hamish Milne (1939-2020)
- Gilead Mishory (* 1960)
- Pervez Mody (* 1968)
- Ivan Moravec (1930-2015)
- Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890–1963)
- Alfonso Montecino (1924-2015)
- Gabriela Montero (* 1970)
- Gerald Moore (1899-1987)
- Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870)
- Barbara Moser (* 1970)
- Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
- José Vianna da Motta (1868–1948)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
- Rudolf Müller-Chappuis (1905–1968)
- Walter Murphy (* 1952)
- Olli Mustonen (* 1967)
N
- Dimitri Naïditch (* 1963)
- Jon Nakamatsu (* 1968)
- Maki Namekawa
- Emile Naoumoff (* 1962)
- Guiomar Narváez
- Soheil Nasseri (* 1978)
- Yves Nat (1890-1956)
- Lev Natochenny (* 1950)
- Ralf Nattkemper (* 1953)
- Lev Naumow (1925-2005)
- Shigeo Neriki (* 1951)
- Ralph Neubert (* 1972)
- Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (* 1986)
- Heinrich Neuhaus (1888–1964)
- Stanislaw Neuhaus (1927–1980)
- Elly Ney (1882-1968)
- Walter Niemann (1876–1953)
- Tatiana Nikolajewa (1924–1993)
- Andrei Nikolsky (1959–1995)
- Guiomar Novaes (1896–1979)
- Benyamin Nuss (* 1989)
O
- John O'Conor (born 1947)
- John Ogdon (1937-1989)
- Adele from the Ohe (1864-1937)
- Wilhelm Ohmen (* 1947)
- Gerhard Oppitz (* 1953)
- Cristina Ortiz (* 1950)
- Alice Sara Ott (* 1988)
- Fabrizio Ottaviucci
- Tim Ovens (* 1960)
P
- Wladimir von Pachmann (1848–1933)
- Sophie Pacini (* 1991)
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
- Adriana Paler-Nicolescu (* 1979)
- Alexander Paley (* 1956)
- Thomas Palm
- Selim Palmgren (1878-1951)
- Anthony Paratore (* 1944)
- Joseph Paratore (* 1948)
- Christopher Park (* 1987)
- Gabor Paska (* 1948)
- Wolfgang Pasquay (1931-2006)
- Max von Pauer (1866–1945)
- Markus Pawlik (* 1966)
- Güher and Süher Pekinel (* 1953)
- Ernst Perabo (1845–1920)
- Murray Perahia (* 1947)
- Alfredo Perl (* 1965)
- Vlado Perlemuter (1904-2002)
- Egon Petri (1881–1962)
- Felix Petyrek (1892–1951)
- Isidore Philipp (1863-1958)
- Edith Picht-Axenfeld (1914-2001)
- Francesco Piemontesi (* 1983)
- Cecilia Pillado (* 1966)
- Maria João Pires (* 1944)
- Gitti Pirner (* 1943)
- Françis Planté (1839-1934)
- Mikhail Pletnyov (* 1957)
- Robert Pobitschka
- Ivo Pogorelich (* 1958)
- Maurizio Pollini (* 1942)
- Jean-Bernard Pommier (* 1944)
- Michael Ponti (* 1937)
- Valérie Portmann (* 1958)
- Viktorija Postnikowa (* 1944)
- Teobaldo Power (1848–1884)
- Menahem Pressler (* 1923)
- André Previn (1929-2019)
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
- Roland Pröll (* 1949)
- Roberto Prosseda (* 1975)
- Raoul Pugno (1852-1914)
Q
- Anne Queffélec (* 1948)
R.
- Alexandre Rabinovitch (* 1945)
- Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
- Matti Raekallio (* 1954)
- Dezső Ránki (* 1951)
- Martin Rasch (* 1974)
- Gal Rasché (* 1960)
- František Rauch (1910–1996)
- Alexander Raytchev (* 1975)
- Walter Rehberg (1900–1957)
- Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)
- Alfred Reisenauer (1863–1907)
- Eleonora Reznik (* 1975)
- Svyatoslav Richter (1915–1997)
- Hans Richter-Haaser (1912–1980)
- Wolfram Rieger (* 20th century)
- Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838)
- Édouard Risler (1873-1929)
- Clara Rodríguez (* 1970)
- Eliane Rodrigues (* 1959)
- Anatol von Roessel (1877–1967)
- Pascal Rogé (* 1951)
- Birgid von Rohden (* 1931)
- Aleksandra Romanić (* 1958)
- Fabio Romano (* 1967)
- Peter Rösel (* 1945)
- Charles Rosen (1927-2012)
- Moriz Rosenthal (1862-1946)
- Evgenia Rubinova (* 1977)
- Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
- Arthur Rubinstein (1887–1982)
- Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881)
- Mikhail Rudy (* 1953)
S.
- Rosa Sabater (1929–1983)
- Vasily Safonow (1852-1918)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
- Lise de la Salle (* 1988)
- Olga Samaroff (1880-1948)
- György Sándor (1912-2005)
- Vasily Sapelnikow (1867-1941)
- Wolfgang Saschowa (1930-2010)
- Eric Satie (1866-1925)
- Emil von Sauer (1862–1942)
- Jean-Marc Savelli (* 1955)
- Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923–2013)
- Fazıl Say (* 1970)
- Maximilian Schairer (* 1997)
- Joseph Schalk (1857–1900)
- Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924)
- Sibylle Schefczik (* 1961)
- Ilja Scheps (* 1956)
- Olga Scheps (* 1986)
- Konstantin Scherbakov (* 1963)
- Martin Scherber (1907–1974)
- Valentin Schiedermair (* 1963)
- András Schiff (* 1953)
- Christoph Schiller (* 1963)
- Markus Schirmer (* 1963)
- Ragna Schirmer (* 1972)
- Steffen Schleiermacher (* 1960)
- Burkard Schliessmann
- Ann-Helena Schlueter
- Karl-Heinz Schlueter (1920–1995)
- Annerose Schmidt (* 1936)
- Emma Schmidt (* 1944)
- Helmut Schmidt (former Federal Chancellor) (1918–2015)
- Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (* 1967)
- Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
- Eric Schneider (* 1963)
- Oliver Schnyder (* 1973)
- Karsten Scholz (* 1969)
- Marianne Schroeder (* 1945)
- Herbert Schuch (* 1979)
- Igor Zhukov (1936-2018)
- Eduard Schulz (1813–1876)
- Adolf Schulz-Evler (1852–1905)
- Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
- Eugenie Schumann (1851-1938)
- Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
- Eduard Schütt (1856–1933)
- Siiri Schütz (* 1974)
- Cyril Meir Scott (1879-1970)
- György Sebők (1922–1999)
- Reinhard Seehafer (* 1958)
- Carl Seemann (1910-1983)
- Kurt Seibert (* 1944)
- Phyllis Sellick (1911-2007)
- Peter Serkin (1947-2020)
- Rudolf Serkin (1903-1991)
- Harriet Serr (1927-1989)
- Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914)
- Dimitris Sgouros (* 1969)
- Howard Shelley (born 1950)
- Norman Shetler (* 1931)
- Henri Sigfridsson (* 1974)
- Alexander Siloti (1863-1945)
- Robert Silverman (* 1938)
- László Simon (1948-2009)
- Zsuzsanna Sirokay (* 1941)
- Lauma Skride (* 1982)
- Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
- Stephen Small (* 1969)
- Vladimir Sofronitsky (1901–1961)
- Grigori Sokolow (* 1950)
- Solomon (Cutner) (1902-1988)
- Sontraud Speidel (* 1944)
- Herbert Spitzenberger (1927-2019)
- Martin Stadtfeld (* 1980)
- Andreas Staier (* 1955)
- Cara Stacey (* ≈1987)
- Bernhard Stavenhagen (1862-1914)
- Constantin von Sternberg (1852-1924)
- Eduard Steuermann (1892–1964)
- Michael Stöckigt (* 1957)
- Sigismond Stojowski (1870-1946)
- Arturo Sudbrack Jamardo (1943-2019)
- Grete Sultan (1906-2005)
- Roberto Szidon (1941–2011)
- Władysław Szpilman (1911-2000)
T
- Magda Tagliaferro (1893–1986)
- Teresita Tagliapietra-Carreño (* 1882)
- Emma Tahmizian (* 1957)
- Mark Taimanow (1926-2016)
- Jenő Takács (1902-2005)
- Aki Takahashi (* 1944)
- Yaara Valley (* 1955)
- Melvyn Tan (born 1956)
- Claudius Tanski (* 1959)
- Izumi Tateno (* 1936)
- Carl Tausig (1841–1871)
- Daria Telitsyn (1960-2005)
- Alec Templeton (1909-1963)
- Sigismund Thalberg (1812–1871)
- Alexandre Tharaud (* 1968)
- Erik Then-Bergh (1916–1982)
- Warren Thew (1927-1984)
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet (* 1961)
- François-Joel Thiollier (* 1943)
- Nina Tichman (* 1949)
- Ignaz Tiegerman (1893–1963)
- John Tilbury (born 1936)
- Vera Timanova (1855-1942)
- Maria Tipo (* 1931)
- Nikolai Tokarew (* 1983)
- Alexander Toradze (* 1952)
- Geoffrey Tozer (1954-2009)
- Evelinde Trenkner (* 1933)
- Daniil Trifonow (* 1991)
- Veronika Trisko (* 1981)
- Vassilis Tsabropoulos (* 1966)
- David Tudor (1926-1996)
- Rosalyn Tureck (1913-2003)
- Erzsébet Tusa (1928-2017)
- Gene Tyranny (* 1945)
U
- Mitsuko Uchida (* 1948)
- Dina Ugorskaja (1973-2019)
- Anatol Ugorski (* 1942)
- Yumiko Urabe (* 1959)
- Ulrich Urban (* 1939)
- Mihaela Ursuleasa (1978-2012)
- Lazzaro Uzielli (1861-1943)
V
- Paolo Vairo (* 1974)
- Tamás Vásáry (* 1933)
- Andrea Vasi (* 1989)
- Anika Vavić (* 1975)
- Mathilde Verne (1865-1936)
- Bob Versteegh (born 1950)
- Tamás Vesmás
- Lluís Vidal (* 1954)
- Ricardo Viñes (1875-1943)
- Stefan Vladar (* 1965)
- Lars Vogt (* 1970)
- Annette Volkamer
- Alexei Volodin (* 1977)
- Arcadi Volodos (* 1972)
- Franz Vorraber (* 1962)
- Markus Vorzellner
W.
- Alexander Maria Wagner (* 1995)
- Yuja Wang (* 1987)
- André Watts (* 1946)
- Katharina Weber (* 1958)
- Beveridge Webster (1908-1999)
- Georg Weidinger (* 1968)
- Julius Weismann (1879–1950)
- Alexis Weissenberg (1929–2012)
- Leonhard Westermayr (* 1976)
- Alexander Wienand (* 1982)
- Josef Wieniawski (1837-1912)
- Earl Wild (1915-2010)
- Joan Wildman (1938-2020)
- Gerard Willems (* 1946)
- Anna Vinnitskaya (* 1983)
- Nikolaus Wiplinger (1937-2018)
- Elisso Wirsaladse (* 1942)
- Karina Wisniewska (* 1966)
- Paul Wittgenstein (1887–1961)
- Hermann Wolf (1937-2016)
- Johanna Wolf (* 1964)
- Birgitta Wollenweber (* 1963)
- Alexei Wolodin (* 1977)
- Lake Siang Wong (* 1979)
- Shai Wosner (* 1976)
- Klára Würtz (* 1965)
- Ingolf Wunder (* 1985)
- Friedrich Wührer (1900–1975)
X
No entries
Y
- Fumio Yasuda (* 1953)
- Yiruma (* 1978)
- Ji-Yeoun You (* 1978)
Z
- Christian Zacharias (* 1950)
- Anna Zassimova (* 1976)
- Carlo Zecchi (1903-1984)
- Dieter Zechlin (1926–2012)
- Zhang Hai'ou (* 1984)
- Géza Zichy (1849-1924)
- Lilya Zilberstein (* 1965)
- Krystian Zimerman (* 1956)
- Gerrit Zitterbart (* 1952)
- Alfons Karl Zwicker (* 1952)
Classical piano duos
See under Well-known piano duos
Song accompanist
See under Well-known song accompanists
Children's piano pianists (toy piano players)
- Dietmar Bonnen (* 1958)
- Wendy Mae Chambers (born 1953)
- Isabel Ettenauer (* 1972)
- Margaret Leng Tan (* 1945)
- Bernd Wiesemann (1938–2015)
Ragtime pianists
- John Arpin (1936-2007)
- May Aufderheide (1888–1972)
- Roy Bargy (1894–1974)
- Mark Birnbaum (* 1952)
- Mimi Blais
- Eubie Blake (1887-1983)
- Gottfried Böttger (1949-2017)
- Brun Campbell (1884-1953)
- Louis Chauvin (1881–1908)
- Zez Confrey (1895-1971)
- Jimmy Durante (1893-1980)
- Willie Eckstein (1888–1963)
- George Fairman (1881–1962)
- Harry P. Guy (1870-1950)
- Chic Johnson (1891-1962)
- Scott Joplin (1867-1917)
- Joseph Lamb (1887-1960)
- Morten Gunnar Larsen (* 1955)
- Johnny Maddox (1927-2018)
- Arthur Owen Marshall (1881–1968)
- Peter Müller (1947-2007)
- Julia Lee Niebergall (1886–1968)
- Knocky Parker (1918-1986)
- Reginald R. Robinson (* 1972)
- Fritz Schulz-Reichel (1912–1990)
- James Scott (1886-1938)
- Harry Thomas (1890-1941)
- Tom Turpin (1873-1922)
- Spencer Williams (1889-1965)
- Arnold Wiley (1898–1964)
Silent film pianists
- Stephan von Bothmer (* 1971)
- Gerhard Gruber (* 1951)
- Hermann Happel (1898–1979)
- Robert Israel (* 1963)
- Heinz Munkel (1900–1961)
- Willy Sommerfeld (1904-2007)
Boogie-woogie , rhythm and blues and blues pianists
- Rob Agerbeek (* 1937)
- Albert Ammons (1907-1949)
- Alexander Blume (* 1961)
- Jimmy Blythe (1901-1931)
- Deanna Bogart (* 1959)
- Jo Bohnsack (* 1960)
- James Booker (1939-1983)
- Gottfried Böttger (1949-2017)
- Eddie Boyd (1914-1994)
- Eden Brent (born 1965)
- Nico Brina (* 1969)
- Cleo Patra Brown (1909-1995)
- Charles Brown (1922-1999)
- Judson Brown (≈1901–1933)
- Leroy Carr (1905-1935)
- Ray Charles (1930-2004)
- Chris Conz (* 1985)
- Cow Cow Davenport (1894-1955)
- Blind John Davis (1913–1985)
- Fats Domino (1928-2017)
- Dr. John (1941-2019)
- Champion Jack Dupree (1909-1992)
- Big Joe Duskin (1921-2007)
- Raymond Fein (* 1950)
- Cecil Gant (1913–1951)
- Tibor Grasser (* 1970)
- Henry Gray (1925-2020)
- Jörg Hegemann (* 1966)
- Erwin Helfer (* 1936)
- Jools Holland (* 1958)
- Ivory Joe Hunter (1914-1974)
- Pete Johnson (1904-1967)
- Leopold von Knobelsdorff (1932–2013)
- Dennis Koeckstadt (* 1979)
- Meade Lux Lewis (1905-1964)
- Joe Liggins (1915-1987)
- Little Richard (1932-2020)
- Little Willie Littlefield (1931-2013)
- Cripple Clarence Lofton (1887-1957)
- Professor Longhair (1918–1980)
- Willie Love (1906-1953)
- John Mayall (born 1933)
- Jay McShann (1916-2006)
- Memphis Slim (1915–1988)
- Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
- Amos Milburn (1927-1980)
- Hans-Georg Möller (1944–1980)
- Little Brother Montgomery (1906–1985)
- Whistlin 'Alex Moore (1899-1989)
- Frank Muschalle (* 1969)
- Hannes Otahal (* 1960)
- Christoph Oeser (* 1956)
- Piano Red (1911–1985)
- Joe Pentzlin (born 1936)
- Pinetop Perkins (1913-2011)
- Henning Pertiet (* 1965)
- Che Peyer (born 1950)
- Michael Pewny (* 1963)
- Martin Pyrker (* 1954)
- Ann Rabson (1945-2013)
- Christian Rannenberg (* 1956)
- Mike Sanchez (born 1964)
- Thomas Scheytt (* 1960)
- Martin Schmitt (* 1968)
- Luca Sestak (* 1995)
- Pinetop Smith (1904-1929)
- Andreas Sobczyk (* 1979)
- Otis Spann (1930–1970)
- Speckled Red (1892–1973)
- Roosevelt Sykes (1906-1983)
- Ian Stewart (1938–1985)
- Montana Taylor (1903-1954)
- Hersal Thomas (1906-1926)
- Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
- Vince Weber (1953-2020)
- Katie Webster (1936-1999)
- Joja Wendt (* 1964)
- Mitch Woods (born 1951)
- Jimmy Yancey (1898-1951)
- Silvan Zingg (* 1973)
- Axel Zwingenberger (* 1955)
Jazz pianists
A.
- Stefan Aeby (* 1979)
- Michael Abene (* 1942)
- Christoph Adams (* 1965)
- Rob Agerbeek (* 1937)
- Victor Alcántara (* 1975)
- Monty Alexander (born 1944)
- Geri Allen (1957-2017)
- Moses Allison (1927-2016)
- Michail Alperin (1956-2018)
- Götz Alsmann (* 1957)
- Sebastian Altekamp (* 1963)
- Nikolas Anadolis (* 1991)
- Yannis Anft (* 1993)
- Primo Angeli (1906-2003)
- Bene Aperdannier (* 1966)
- Irene Aranda (* 1980)
- Michael Arbenz (* 1975)
- Joe Armon-Jones (* 1994)
- Bernhard Arndt (* 1954)
- Lynne Arriale (* 1957)
- Steve Ash (born 1957)
- Pierre Audétat (* 1968)
- Pepsi Auer (1928-2013)
- Bobby Avey (born 1985)
- Yonathan Avishai (* 1977)
- Nelson Ayres (born 1947)
B.
- Roman Babik (* 1981)
- Johannes von Ballestrem (* 1990)
- Claus-Dieter Bandorf (* 1973)
- Maria Baptist (* 1971)
- Jan-Andrea Bard (* 1981)
- Farid Barron (* 1971)
- Kenny Barron (born 1943)
- Kristina Barta (* 1987)
- Bob Barton (born 1947)
- Count Basie (1904-1984)
- Dave Bass (born 1950)
- Mick Baumeister (* 1958)
- Patrick Bebelaar (* 1971)
- Irene Becker (* 1951)
- Markus Becker (* 1956)
- Stephan Becker (* around 1972)
- Chris Beier (* 1953)
- Simon Below (* 1995)
- Karl Berger (* 1935)
- Warren Bernhardt (* 1938)
- Ben Besiakov (* 1956)
- Pierre de Bethmann (* 1961)
- Leo Betzl (* 1991)
- Andy Bey (* 1939)
- Johannes Bigge (* 1989)
- Anıl Bilgen (* 1989)
- Károly Binder (* 1956)
- Paolo Birro (* 1962)
- Walter Bishop junior (1927–1998)
- Ketil Bjørnstad (born 1952)
- Eubie Blake (1887-1983)
- Ran Blake (* 1935)
- Charles Blenzig (* 1968)
- Carla Bley (born 1936)
- Paul Bley (1932-2016)
- Hans-Jürgen "Specht" Bock (1939-2006)
- Dimitar Bodurov (* 1979)
- Karel Boehlee (* 1960)
- Rainer Böhm (* 1977)
- Bruno Böhmer Camacho (* 1985)
- Stefano Bollani (* 1972)
- Claude Bolling (* 1930)
- Joe Bonner (1948-2014)
- Johanna Borchert (* 1983)
- Alexis Bosch (* 1966)
- Robi Botos (* 1978)
- Andreas Böttcher (* 1962)
- Matthew Bourne (born 1977)
- Joanne Brackeen (* 1938)
- Rick von Bracken (* 1964)
- Tiny Bradshaw (1905-1958)
- Adrien Brandeis (1992)
- Buggy brown (* 1964)
- Riccardo Brazzale (* 1960)
- Wolfert Brederode (* 1974)
- John Wolf Brennan (born 1954)
- Alan Broadbent (born 1947)
- Phil Broadhurst (1949-2020)
- Jean-Paul Brodbeck (* 1974)
- Chris Brown (born 1953)
- Reuben Brown (1939-2018)
- Chris Brubeck (* 1952)
- Darius Brubeck (* 1947)
- Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)
- Rainer Brüninghaus (* 1949)
- Ray Bryant (1931-2011)
- Matthias Bublath (* 1978)
- John Burch (1932-2006)
- Markus Burger (* 1966)
- George Burton (* ≈1980)
- Joe Buschmann (1925-2015)
- Henry Butler (1949-2018)
- Jaki Byard (1922-1999)
C.
- George Cables (* 1944)
- Uri Caine (* 1956)
- Joey Calderazzo (* 1965)
- Michel Camilo (* 1954)
- Bill Campbell (≈1925–?)
- Eliot Cardinaux (* 1984)
- Barbara Carroll (1925-2017)
- Bill Charlap (born 1966)
- Franz von Chossy (* 1979)
- Pete Churchill (born 1961)
- Eugen Cicero (1940–1997)
- Sonny Clark (1931-1963)
- Mathias Claus (* 1956)
- Dawn Clement (* 1978)
- Emmet Cohen (* 1990)
- Zinky Cohn (1908–1952)
- Nat King Cole (1919-1965)
- Olivier Collette (* 1973)
- Massimo Colombo (* 1961)
- J. Lawrence Cook (1899-1976)
- Chick Corea (* 1941)
- Laurent Courthaliac (* 1973)
- Neil Cowley (born 1972)
- John Critchinson (1934-2017)
- Gusztáv Csík (* 1943)
- Leo Cuypers (1947-2017)
D.
- Carsten Daerr (* 1975)
- Eyolf Dale (* 1985)
- James Dapogny (1940-2019)
- Wolfgang Dauner (1935-2020)
- Kris Davis (* 1980)
- Etienne Déconfin (* 1990)
- Matija Dedić (* 1973)
- Willerm Delisfort (* 1983)
- Dena DeRose (born 1966)
- John Di Martino (born 1959)
- Brigitte Dietrich (* 1965)
- Aaron Diehl (* 1985)
- Claudia Döffinger (* 1989)
- Bob Dorough (1923-2018)
- Kit Downes (* 1986)
- Wray Downes (1931-2020)
- Kaja Draksler (* 1987)
- Kenny Drew Junior (1958-2014)
- Kenny Drew Sr. (1928-1993)
- Artur Dutkiewicz (* 1958)
- Phil Dwyer (born 1965)
- Bokani Dyer (* 1986)
- Krzysztof Dys (* 1982)
E.
- Daniel Mark Eberhard (* 1976)
- Eliane Elias (* 1960)
- Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
- Volker Engelberth (* 1982)
- Laurent Epstein (* 1964)
- Christoph Erbstösser (* 1965)
- Bill Evans (1929-1980)
F.
- Florian Favre (* 1986)
- Amaury Faye (* 1990)
- Hans Feigenwinter (* 1965)
- Édouard Ferlet (* 1971)
- Garland Finney (1916-1946)
- Walter Fischbacher (* 1966)
- Tommy Flanagan (1930-2001)
- Jo Flinner (* ≈1946)
- Michael wing (* 1970)
- Martin Fondse (* 1967)
- Tobias Forster (* 1973)
- Sullivan Fortner (* 1986)
- Piero Frassi (* 1971)
- Addison Frei (* 1992)
- Daniel Freiberg (* 1957)
- Rembrandt Frerichs (* 1977)
- Matthias Frey (* 1956)
- Gabriela Friedli (* 1963)
- Oliver Friedli (* 1977)
- Don Friedman (1935-2016)
- Philip Frischkorn (* 1989)
- Cor Fuhler (1964-2020)
- Michika Fukumori (* 1969)
G
- Elliot Galvin (born 1991)
- Daniel García Diego (* 1983)
- Red Garland (1923-1984)
- Erroll Garner (1921–1977)
- Seppe Gebruers (* 1990)
- Igor Gehenot (* 1989)
- Moncef Genoud (* 1961)
- Thomas Gerdiken (* 1960)
- Reinhard Giebel (1939-2020)
- Uri Gincel (* 1981)
- Gaspard Glaus (* 1957)
- Christian von der Goltz (* 1959)
- Rubén González (1919-2003)
- Daniel Goyone (* 1953)
- Philipp Gras (* 1989)
- Joanne Grauer (* 1939)
- Benny Green (born 1963)
- Kellie Greene (1934-2009)
- Dave Grusin (* 1934)
- Don Grusin (* 1941)
- Giovanni Guidi (* 1985)
- Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000)
- Wlodek Gulgowski (* 1944)
- Ulrich Gumpert (* 1945)
- Gérard Gustin (1930-1994)
- Christian Gutfleisch (* 1968)
- Alain Guyonnet (* 1949)
H
- Clara Haberkamp (* 1989)
- Tammy Lynne Hall (* ≈1960)
- Jan Hammer (* 1948)
- Tardo Hammer (born 1958)
- Herbie Hancock (born 1940)
- David Haney (* 1955)
- Sabina Hank (* 1976)
- Roland Hanna (1932-2002)
- Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898-1971)
- Keno Harriehausen (* 1988)
- Gene Harris (1933-2000)
- Felix Hauptmann (* 1993)
- Vahagn Hayrapetyan (* 1968)
- Miho Hazama (* 1986)
- Stefan Heckel (* 1969)
- Ashley Henry (1991)
- Cory Henry (* 1987)
- Mike Herting (* 1954)
- Monika Herzig (* 1964)
- Lottie Hightower (1891–?)
- Andrew Hill (1931-2007)
- Phil Hill (born 1921)
- Earl Hines (1903-1983)
- Magnus Hjorth (* 1983)
- Mathias Höderath (* 1973)
- Jasper van't Hof (* 1947)
- Jonathan Hofmeister (* 1992)
- Florian Höfner (* 1982)
- Carlton Holmes (born 1964)
- Matthias Horndasch (1961–2015)
- David Horowitz (1942-2020)
- Johnny Hot (1932-2018)
- Agi Huppertsberg (1940–1999)
I.
- Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) (* 1934)
- Kari Ikonen (* 1973)
- Einar "Pastor'n" Iversen (1930–2019)
- Ethan Iverson (* 1973)
J
- Benedikt Jahnel (* 1980)
- Ahmad Jamal (* 1930)
- Bob James (born 1939)
- Horst Jankowski (1936–1998)
- Paolo Jannacci (* 1972)
- Keith Jarrett (* 1945)
- Lex Jasper (born 1949)
- Hank Jones (1918-2010)
- Henk de Jonge (* 1943)
- Jean-Yves Jung (* 1969)
- Axel Jungbluth (* 1944)
K
- Paweł Kaczmarczyk (* 1984)
- Michael Kahr (* 1975)
- Egil Kapstad (1940-2017)
- Fumio Karashima (1948-2017)
- Natalya Karmazin (* 1976)
- Dick Katz (1916-1981)
- Dick Katz (1924-2009)
- Wynton Kelly (1931-1971)
- Kilian Kemmer (* 1980)
- Oliver Kent (* 1969)
- Brooks Kerr (1951-2018)
- Mary Colston Kirk (1899-1990)
- Matti Klein (* 1984)
- Edgar Knecht (* 1964)
- Krzysztof Kobyliński (* 1952)
- Manu Koch (* 1972)
- Hiroko Kokubu (* 1959)
- Krzysztof Komeda (1931–1969)
- Wojciech Konikiewicz (* 1956)
- Constantin Krahmer (* 1986)
- Diana Krall (* 1964)
- Søren Kristiansen (* 1962)
- Marie Krüttli (* 1991)
- Achim Kück (* 1956)
- Joachim Kühn (* 1944)
- Paul Kuhn (1928-2013)
L.
- Benny Lackner (* 1976)
- Butch Lacy (1947-2018)
- Thierry Lang (born 1956)
- Niko Langenhuijsen (* 1951)
- Zach Lapidus (* ≈1987)
- Bill Laurance (* 1981)
- Paul Lay (* 1984)
- Sam Leak (* ≈1985)
- Gianni Lenoci (1963-2019)
- Billy Lester (born 1946)
- Oded Lev-Ari (* 1975)
- John Lewis (1920-2001)
- Meade Lux Lewis (1905-1964)
- Ramsey Lewis (born 1935)
- Carol Liebowitz (* 1953)
- Francis Lockwood (born 1952)
- Harold López-Nussa (* 1983)
- Jacques Loussier (1934-2019)
- Erik van der Luijt (* 1970)
M.
- Norio Maeda (1934-2018)
- Gildo Mahones (1929-2018)
- Julia Maier (* 1988)
- Nduduzo Makhathini (* 1982)
- Junior Mance (* 1928)
- Emanuele Maniscalco (* 1983)
- Ralph Martin (1926-2018)
- Phil Mattson (1938 / 39-2019)
- Jan Felix May (* 1993)
- Magda Mayas (* 1979)
- Jon Mayer (* 1938)
- Lyle Mays (1953-2020)
- Sarah McKenzie (* 1987)
- Brad Mehldau (* 1970)
- Niko Meinhold (* 1975)
- Elias Meiri (* 1959)
- Joachim Mencel (* 1966)
- Misha Mengelberg (1935-2017)
- Benoît de Mesmay (* 1961)
- Marco Mezquida (* 1987)
- Stefan Michalke (* 1964)
- Peter Mihelich (* 1968)
- Giorgi Mikadze (* 1989)
- Mulgrew Miller (1955-2013)
- Pascal Mohy (* 1980)
- Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
- Carl-Henri Morisset (* 1993)
- Jelly Roll Morton (1885-1941)
- Christoph Mudrich (1960–2019)
- Horst Mühlbradt (1930–2011)
- Fabian M. Müller (* 1983)
N
- Dimitri Naïditch (* 1963)
- Michael Naura (1934-2017)
- Roberto Negro (* 1981)
- Josh Nelson (* 1978)
- Christoph Neubronner (* 1960)
- Harry Neuwirth (* 1939)
- Wojciech Niedziela (* 1961)
- Dan Nimmer (* 1982)
- Soichi Noriki (* 1957)
- Larry Novak (1933-2020)
- Kirk Nurock (* 1948)
O
- Hod O'Brien (1936-2016)
- Rune Öfwerman (1932-2013)
- Łukasz Ojdana (* 1990)
P
- Tony Paeleman (* 1981)
- Eddie Palmieri (* 1936)
- Sakis Papadimitriou (* 1940)
- Friedrich Paravicini (* 1974)
- Horace Parlan (1931-2017)
- Uli Partheil (* 1968)
- Dejan Pečenko (* 1958)
- David Peña Dorantes (* 1969)
- Joe Pentzlin (born 1936)
- Danilo Pérez (* 1966)
- Marc Perrenoud (* 1981)
- Cecilia Persson (* 1982)
- Andre Petersen (* 1978)
- Oscar Peterson (1925-2007)
- Marian Petrescu (* 1970)
- Jean-Claude Petit (* 1943)
- Michel Petrucciani (1962–1999)
- Jochen Pfister (* around 1983)
- Pule Pheto (* 1966)
- Willie Pickens (1931-2017)
- Ewout Pierreux (* 1978)
- Kasia Pietrzko (* 1994)
- Stephan Plecher (* 1990)
- Olaf Polziehn (* 1970)
- Bud Powell (1924-1966)
- Daniel Prandl (* 1979)
- René Pretschner (* 1962)
- Grégory Privat (* 1984)
Q
- Ernst August Quelle (* 1931)
R.
- Dirk Raufeisen (* 1966)
- Jack Reilly (1932-2018)
- José Reinoso (* 1971)
- Michel Reis (* 1982)
- Martin Reiter (* 1978)
- Dieter Reith (1938-2020)
- Josef Reßle (* 1986)
- Alfredo Rodríguez (1936-2005)
- Alfredo Rodríguez (* 1985)
- Felix Römer (* 1993)
- Klaus Roggors (* 1956)
- Rudolf Rokl (1941–1997)
- Wally Rose (1913-1997)
- Mara Rosenbloom (* 1984)
- Renee Rosnes (born 1962)
- Felix Roßkopf (* 1989)
- Mercedes Rossy (1961-1995)
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba (* 1963)
- Paolo Rustichelli (* 1953)
- Karel Růžička (1940-2016)
S.
- Naoko Sakata (* 1983)
- Joe Sample (1939-2014)
- Christof Singer (* 1962)
- Martin Sasse (* 1968)
- Stefan Scaggiari (* 1947)
- Uli Scherer (1953-2018)
- Alexander von Schlippenbach (* 1938)
- Tom Schlueter (* 1963)
- Kuno Schmid (* 1955)
- Rainer Schnelle (* 1951)
- Joop Schrier (1918–1995)
- Irène Schweizer (* 1941)
- Sebastian Scobel (* 1987)
- Dred Scott (born 1964)
- Henri Segers (1921-1983)
- John Serry (born 1954)
- George Shearing (1919-2011)
- Kyle Shepherd (* 1987)
- Naadia Sheriff (* ≈1988)
- Matthew Shipp (* 1960)
- Paula Shocron (* 1980)
- Horace Silver (1928-2014)
- Art Simmons (1926-2018)
- Carole Simpson (≈1928–2012)
- Jarry Singla (* ≈1975)
- Janusz Skowron (1957-2019)
- Chris Smildiger (1929-2010)
- Willie the Lion Smith (1893-1973)
- Andreas Sobczyk (* 1979)
- Jasper Soffers (* 1973)
- Martial Solal (born 1927)
- Martin Sörös (* 1991)
- Mark Soskin (* 1953)
- Alister Spence (* 1955)
- Didier Squiban (* 1959)
- Stefan Stahel (* 1962)
- Juraj Stanik (* 1969)
- Mario Stantchev (* 1948)
- Elias Stemeseder (* 1990)
- Bobo Stenson (born 1944)
- Gerhard Sterr (1933-2011)
- Michael Jefry Stevens (* 1951)
- Johanna Summer (* 1995)
- Tim Sund (* 1971)
- Ralph Sutton (1922-2001)
- Barbara Sutton Curtis (1930-2019)
- Esbjörn Svensson (1964-2008)
- Yuriy Sych (* 1985)
- Bob Szajner (1938-2019)
T
- Gianluca Tagliazucchi (* 1968)
- Aki Takase (* 1948)
- Ayumi Tanaka (* 1986)
- Art Tatum (1909–1956)
- Cecil Taylor (1929-2018)
- Rogier Telderman (* 1982)
- Alec Templeton (1909-1963)
- Billy Test (* 1989)
- Carei Thomas (1938-2020)
- Simon Toldam (* 1979)
- Lennie Tristano (1919-1978)
- Edythe Turnham (1890-1950)
- François Tusques (* 1938)
- Artur Tuźnik (* 1989)
- McCoy Tyner (1938-2020)
U
- Hiromi Uehara (* 1979)
- Antje Uhle (* 1973)
- Andreas Ulvo (* 1983)
- Jiří Urbánek (1944-2009)
- Paul Urbanek (* 1964)
- René Urtreger (* 1934)
V
- Bebo Valdés (1918-2013)
- Chucho Valdés (* 1941)
- Maurice Vander (1929-2017)
- Yago Vázquez (* 1984)
- Lluís Vidal (* 1954)
- Manuel Villarroel (* 1944)
- Ernst Vranckx (* 1966)
W.
- Mal Waldron (1925-2002)
- Mala Waldron (* 1958)
- Eli Wallace (* 1986)
- Fats Waller (1904-1943)
- Cedar Walton (1934-2013)
- Dominik Wania (* 1981)
- Marcin Wasilewski (* 1975)
- Roman Wasserfuhr (* 1985)
- Georg Weidinger (* 1968)
- Tobias Weindorf (* 1980)
- Nick Weldon (born 1954)
- Joja Wendt (* 1964)
- Randy Weston (1926-2018)
- Dick Whittington (born 1936)
- Anders Widmark (* 1963)
- Alexander Wienand (* 1982)
- Joan Wildman (1938-2020)
- Ron Wilson (1948-2009)
- Teddy Wilson (1912-1986)
- Kathrine Windfeld (* 1984)
- Carl Winther (* 1984)
- Anne Wolf (* 1967)
- Ekkehard Wölk (* 1967)
- Luzia von Wyl (* 1985)
X
No entries
Y
- Jimmy Yancey (1898-1951)
- Jason Yarde (* 1970)
- Fumio Yasuda (* 1953)
- Alon Yavnai (* 1969)
- John Merritt Young (1922-2008)
Z
- Rachel Z (born 1962)
- Glenn Zaleski (* 1987)
- Joe Zawinul (1932-2007)
- Denny Zeitlin (* 1938)
- Peter Zihlmann (* 1977)
Tango pianists
- Gustavo Beytelmann (* 1945)
- Rodolfo Biagi (1906–1969)
- Carlos Di Sarli (1903-1960)
- Roberto Firpo (1884-1969)
- Sérgio Mendes (* 1941)
- Lou Preager (1906–1978)
- Osvaldo Pugliese (1905–1995)
- Horacio Salgán (1916-2016)
- Atilio Stampone (* 1926)
- Carlos García (1914-2006)
Pop / rock pianists
- Tori Amos (born 1963)
- Fiona Apple (* 1977)
- Hanery Amman (1952-2017)
- Burt Bacharach (* 1928)
- Tony Banks (born 1950)
- Sara Bareilles (* 1979)
- Roy Bittan (born 1949)
- Gary Brooker (* 1945)
- David Bryan (* 1962)
- Enno Bunger (* 1986)
- Kate Bush (born 1958)
- John Cale (born 1942)
- Tom Canning (born 1948)
- Paul Carrack (born 1951)
- Ray Charles (1930-2004)
- Richard Clayderman (* 1953)
- Marc Cohn (* 1959)
- Tom Coppola (born 1945)
- Floyd Cramer (1933-1997)
- Sheryl Crow (born 1962)
- Fats Domino (1928-2017)
- Geoff Downes (born 1952)
- Ludovico Einaudi (* 1955)
- Keith Emerson (1944-2016)
- Ben Folds (born 1966)
- David Foster (* 1949)
- Nils Frahm (* 1982)
- Peter Gabriel (* 1950)
- Patrick Gauthier (* 1953)
- Eddie Hardin (1949-2015)
- Yoshiki Hayashi (* 1965)
- Maia Hirasawa (* 1980)
- Nicky Hopkins (1944-1994)
- Bruce Hornsby (born 1954)
- Ian Hunter (born 1939)
- Joe Jackson (born 1954)
- Billy Joel (born 1949)
- Elton John (born 1947)
- Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
- Joshua Kadison (born 1963)
- Tony Kaye (born 1946)
- Carole King (born 1942)
- George Kochbeck (* 1955)
- Jean-Jacques Kravetz (* 1947)
- Amy Lee (born 1981)
- Jerry Lee Lewis (* 1935)
- Little Richard (1932-2020)
- Jon Lord (1941-2012)
- Ray Manzarek (1939-2013)
- Marek & Vacek
- Chris Martin (* 1977)
- Paul McCartney (born 1942)
- Ian McLagan (1945-2014)
- Christine McVie (* 1943)
- Freddie Mercury (1946-1991)
- Joni Mitchell (* 1943)
- Randy Newman (born 1943)
- Jack Nitzsche (1937-2000)
- Günter Noris (1935-2007)
- Gordon November (* 1985)
- Laura Nyro (1947-1997)
- David Paich (* 1954)
- Van Dyke Parks (* 1943)
- Bill Payne (born 1949)
- Alan Price (born 1942)
- Jordan Rudess (born 1956)
- Leon Russell (1942-2016)
- Neil Sedaka (born 1939)
- Mike Shinoda (* 1977)
- Carly Simon (* 1945)
- Nina Simone (1933-2003)
- Regina Spektor (* 1980)
- Yann Tiersen (* 1970)
- Ian Underwood (born 1939)
- Valentine (* 1988)
- Tom Waits (born 1949)
- Rick Wakeman (born 1949)
- Benoît Widemann (* 1957)
- Brian Wilson (born 1942)
- Pete Wingfield (born 1948)
- Stevie Wonder (born 1950)
- Erik van der Wurff (1945-2014)
- Yiruma (* 1978)
- Warren Zevon (1947-2003)
Alternative pianists
- Tori Amos (born 1963)
- Fiona Apple (* 1977)
- Georg Boeßner (* 1972)
- Marte Eberson (* 1987)
- Martin Hederos (* 1972)
- Amanda Rogers (* 1982)
- Regina Spektor (* 1980)
- Amanda Palmer (born 1976)