The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as musicians/singers, composers and music patrons – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see: Lists of centenarians.
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Claude Abadie | 1920–2020 | 100 | French jazz clarinetist and bandleader [1] [2] |
Frances Adaskin | 1900–2001 | 100 | Canadian pianist [3] |
Licia Albanese | 1909–2014 | 105 | Italian-born American operatic soprano [4] |
Pol Albrecht | 1874–1975 | 100 | Luxembourg composer [5] [6] |
Fedora Alemán | 1912–2018 | 105 | Venezuelan singer [7] |
Van Alexander | 1915–2015 | 100 | American bandleader, arranger and composer [8] |
Bartolo Alvarez | 1914–2017 | 102 | Puerto Rican musician [9] |
Robert Alexander Anderson | 1894–1995 | 100 | American composer [10] |
Katja Andy | 1907–2013 | 106 | German-American classical pianist and piano professor [11] |
Ray Anthony | 1922– | 102 | American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor [12] |
Walter Arlen | 1920–2023 | 103 | American composer [13] |
Svend Asmussen | 1916–2017 | 100 | Danish jazz violinist [14] |
Dave Bartholomew | 1918–2019 | 100 | American musician, bandleader and composer [15] |
Irving Berlin | 1888–1989 | 101 | Russian-American composer and lyricist [16] [17] |
Ralph Berkowitz | 1910–2011 | 100 | American composer and classical pianist [18] |
Bernard Bierman | 1908–2012 | 104 | American composer [19] |
Esther Borja | 1913–2013 | 100 | Cuban singer [20] |
David Botwinik | 1920–2022 | 101 | Lithuanian-born Canadian composer [21] |
José Bragato | 1915–2017 | 101 | Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist [22] |
Slim Bryant | 1908–2010 | 101 | American country music singer-songwriter [23] |
Charles Burrell | 1920– | 103 | American jazz bassist [24] |
Henri Büsser | 1872–1973 | 101 | French classical composer, conductor and organist [25] |
Emil Cadkin | 1920–2020 | 100 | American TV and film composer [26] |
Irving Caesar | 1895–1996 | 101 | American lyricist and theatre composer [27] |
Matilde Capuis | 1913–2017 | 104 | Italian organist, pianist, music educator and composer [28] |
Elliott Carter | 1908–2012 | 103 | American classical composer [29] |
Alice Chalifoux | 1908–2008 | 100 | American harpist [30] |
Gina Cigna | 1900–2001 | 101 | Italian soprano [31] |
Helen Clare | 1916–2018 | 101 | British singer [32] |
Orlando Cole | 1908–2010 | 101 | American cellist [33] |
Christopher Columbus | 1902–2002 | 100 | American jazz drummer [34] |
Anton Coppola | 1917–2020 | 102 | American opera conductor and composer; uncle of film director Francis Ford Coppola [35] |
Hugues Cuénod | 1902–2010 | 108 | Swiss tenor [36] |
Jean Cussac | 1922– | 101 | French baritone and music director [37] |
Thanga Darlong | 1920–2023 | 103 | Indian folk musician [38] |
Deva Dassy | 1911–2016 | 104 | French mezzo-soprano [39] |
Jimmie Davis | 1899–2000 | 101 | American singer-songwriter [40] |
Vincent DeRosa | 1920–2022 | 101 | American hornist [41] |
Alfredo Diez Nieto | 1918–2021 | 102 | Cuban composer and conductor. [42] |
Annette Richardson Dinwoodey | 1906–2007 | 100 | American Latter Day Saint vocalist [43] |
Renée Doria | 1921–2021 | 100 | French operatic soprano [44] |
Roy Douglas | 1907–2015 | 107 | British composer and pianist [45] |
Helena Dunicz-Niwińska | 1915–2018 | 102 | Polish violinist, translator and author. [46] |
Jan Ekier | 1913–2014 | 100 | Polish pianist and composer [47] |
Hellmut Federhofer | 1911–2014 | 102 | Austrian musicologist [48] |
Lionel Ferbos | 1911–2014 | 103 | American jazz trumpeter [49] |
Irving Fields | 1915–2016 | 101 | American pianist [50] |
Anthony Galla-Rini | 1904–2006 | 102 | American accordionist [51] |
Manuel García | 1805–1906 | 101 | Spanish baritone and singing teacher [52] |
John Gerrish | 1910–2010 | 100 | American composer [53] |
Peggy Gilbert | 1905–2007 | 102 | American jazz saxophonist [54] |
Coleridge Goode | 1914–2015 | 100 | Jamaican-born British jazz bassist [55] |
Sidonie Goossens | 1899–2004 | 105 | British harpist [56] |
Roy Henderson | 1899–2000 | 100 | Scottish baritone [57] |
Alice Herz-Sommer | 1903–2014 | 110 | Austro-Hungarian-born pianist and one of the oldest Holocaust survivors [58] |
Randolph Hokanson | 1915–2018 | 103 | American pianist [59] |
Dolores Hope | 1909–2011 | 102 | American singer and philanthropist; wife of Bob Hope [60] |
Mieczysław Horszowski | 1892–1993 | 100 | Polish pianist [61] |
Francis Jackson | 1917–2022 | 104 | British organist, choral director and composer [62] |
Herb Jeffries | 1913–2014 | 100 | American singer and actor [63] |
Maurice Journeau | 1898–1999 | 100 | French composer [64] |
George Katsaros | 1888–1997 | 108 | Greek-American musician [65] |
Abdul Rashid Khan | 1908–2016 | 107 | Indian musician [66] |
Phyllis Kinney | 1922– | 101 | American-born singer and historian of Welsh folk music [67] |
Mykola Kolessa | 1903–2006 | 102 | Ukrainian composer [68] |
Pierre Labric | 1921– | 102 | French organist and composer [69] |
Marcelle de Lacour | 1896–1997 | 100 | French harpsichordist [70] |
Marjorie Lane | 1912–2012 | 100 | American singer [71] |
Margaret Ruthven Lang | 1867–1972 | 104 | American composer [72] |
Johnny Lange | 1905–2006 | 100 | American Academy Award-nominated songwriter [73] |
André Lavagne | 1913–2014 | 100 | French composer [74] |
Paul Le Flem | 1881–1984 | 103 | French composer [75] |
Everett Lee | 1916–2022 | 105 | American conductor and violinist [76] |
Mary Lee | 1921–2022 | 100 | Scottish singer [77] |
Matti Lehtinen | 1922–2022 | 100 | Finnish baritone singer. [78] |
Conrad Leonard | 1898–2003 | 104 | British pianist and composer [79] |
María Teresa Linares Savio | 1920–2021 | 100 | Cuban musicologist [80] [81] |
Gisela Litz | 1922–2023 | 100 | German contralto opera singer [82] |
Huey Long | 1904–2009 | 105 | American jazz singer [83] |
Lawrence Lucie | 1907–2009 | 101 | American jazz musician [84] |
Alice Ludes | 1912–2017 | 104 | American singer [85] |
Nonie Lynch | 1910–2011 | 101 | Irish singer [86] |
Dame Vera Lynn | 1917–2020 | 103 | British actress, singer and songwriter [87] |
Wade Mainer | 1907–2011 | 104 | American country music singer and banjoist [88] |
Léo Marjane | 1912–2016 | 104 | French singer [89] |
Draga Matković | 1907–2013 | 105 | German classical pianist [90] |
Sir Robert Mayer | 1879–1985 | 105 | German-born British music patron and philanthropist [91] |
Albert J. McNeil | 1920–2022 | 102 | American choral conductor, ethnomusicologist and author [92] |
Buddy Moreno | 1912–2015 | 103 | American singer, bandleader and radio personality [93] |
Blanche Honegger Moyse | 1909–2011 | 101 | Swiss-born American conductor [94] |
Marcel Mule | 1901–2001 | 100 | French classical saxophonist [95] |
Phil Nimmons | 1923–2024 | 100 | Canadian jazz musician and composer [96] |
Magda Olivero | 1910–2014 | 104 | Italian soprano [97] |
Lia Origoni | 1919–2022 | 103 | Italian singer [98] [99] |
Leo Ornstein | 1895–2002 | 106 | Ukrainian-born American pianist and composer [100] |
Uncle Charlie Osborne | 1890–1992 | 101 | American Appalachian Mountains musician [101] |
Aldo Parisot | 1918–2018 | 100 | Brazilian-born American cellist [102] |
Ernest "Doc" Paulin | 1907–2007 | 100 | American brass band leader [103] |
Alf Pearson | 1910–2012 | 102 | British variety singer [104] |
Bill Pitman | 1920–2022 | 102 | American guitarist and session musician ( The Wrecking Crew) [105] |
Andreja Preger | 1912–2015 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav and Serbian pianist [106] |
Harry Rabinowitz | 1916–2016 | 100 | British film and television composer [107] |
H. Owen Reed | 1910–2014 | 103 | American composer, conductor and author [108] |
Elsa Respighi | 1894–1996 | 101 | Italian composer and singer; wife of fellow composer Ottorino Respighi [109] |
Lívia Rév | 1916–2018 | 101 | Hungarian classical concert pianist [110] |
Rosa Rio | 1902–2010 | 107 | American organist [111] |
Diamantina Rodríguez | 1920–2021 | 100 | Spanish singer [112] |
Edmundo Ros | 1910–2011 | 100 | Trinidadian musician, vocalist and bandleader [113] |
Thomas Round | 1915–2016 | 100 | British opera singer [114] |
Olga Rudge | 1895–1996 | 100 | American violinist [115] |
Art Rupe | 1917–2022 | 104 | American record producer and founder of Specialty Records [116] |
Joseph Salemi | 1902–2003 | 100 | American jazz trombonist [117] |
Horacio Salgán | 1916–2016 | 100 | Argentine composer and pianist [118] |
Teresa Saporiti | 1763–1869 | 106 | Italian soprano [119] |
Luther Saxon | 1916–2017 | 101 | American singer [120] |
Cecilia Seghizzi | 1908–2019 | 111 | Italian composer [121] [122] |
George Beverly Shea | 1909–2013 | 104 | Canadian-born American gospel music singer and songwriter [123] |
Shep Shepherd | 1917–2018 | 101 | American multi-instrumental jazz musician and composer [124] |
Mervin Shiner | 1921–2023 | 102 | American country singer, songwriter and guitarist [125] |
Ed Simons | 1917–2018 | 101 | American conductor [126] |
Hal Singer | 1919–2020 | 100 | American bandleader and saxophonist [127] |
Nicolas Slonimsky | 1894–1995 | 101 | Russian-American composer and conductor [128] |
Viola Smith | 1912–2020 | 107 | American musician [129] [130] |
Eleanor Sokoloff | 1914–2020 | 106 | American pianist [131] |
Leif Solberg | 1914–2016 | 101 | Norwegian classical composer and organist [132] |
Ljerko Spiller | 1908–2008 | 100 | Croatian and Argentine violinist [133] |
Laila Storch | 1921–2022 | 101 | American oboist [134] |
Sally Sweetland | 1911–2015 | 103 | American soprano [135] |
Jenő Takács | 1902–2005 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian composer and pianist [136] |
Bill Tapia | 1908–2011 | 103 | American musician [137] |
Tillit Sidney Teddlie | 1885–1987 | 102 | American hymn composer [138] |
Louise Tobin | 1918–2022 | 104 | American singer [139] |
Roman Toi | 1916–2018 | 101 | Estonian-Canadian composer, choir conductor and organist [140] [141] |
Juan Vicente Torrealba | 1917–2019 | 102 | Venezuelan harpist and composer [142] |
Roman Totenberg | 1911–2012 | 101 | Polish-born American violinist and educator [143] |
Orrin Tucker | 1911–2011 | 100 | American bandleader and composer [144] |
İlhan Usmanbaş | 1921– | 102 | Turkish classical composer [145] |
Stanley Vann | 1910–2010 | 100 | British composer [146] |
Bea Wain | 1917–2017 | 100 | American vocalist and big band singer [147] |
Elisabeth Waldo | 1918– | 105 | American violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor and ethnomusicologist [148] |
Stephen Wilkinson | 1919–2021 | 102 | British choral conductor and composer [149] [150] |
Irv Williams | 1919–2019 | 100 | American jazz saxophonist and composer [151] |
Elder Roma Wilson | 1910–2018 | 107 | American gospel harmonicist [152] |
Helmut Winschermann | 1920–2021 | 100 | German classical oboist, conductor and academic teacher [153] |
Izabella Yurieva | 1899–2000 | 100 | Russian singer [154] |
Hilde Zadek | 1917–2019 | 101 | German operatic soprano [155] [156] |
Renato Zanettovich | 1921–2021 | 100 | Italian violinist and teacher [157] |
Julien-François Zbinden | 1917–2021 | 103 | Swiss composer and jazz pianist [158] |
Maria Zhorella | 1915–2017 | 101 | Austrian-born American soprano [159] |
Izabella Zielińska | 1910–2017 | 106 | Polish pianist [160] |
The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as musicians/singers, composers and music patrons – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see: Lists of centenarians.
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
---|---|---|---|
Claude Abadie | 1920–2020 | 100 | French jazz clarinetist and bandleader [1] [2] |
Frances Adaskin | 1900–2001 | 100 | Canadian pianist [3] |
Licia Albanese | 1909–2014 | 105 | Italian-born American operatic soprano [4] |
Pol Albrecht | 1874–1975 | 100 | Luxembourg composer [5] [6] |
Fedora Alemán | 1912–2018 | 105 | Venezuelan singer [7] |
Van Alexander | 1915–2015 | 100 | American bandleader, arranger and composer [8] |
Bartolo Alvarez | 1914–2017 | 102 | Puerto Rican musician [9] |
Robert Alexander Anderson | 1894–1995 | 100 | American composer [10] |
Katja Andy | 1907–2013 | 106 | German-American classical pianist and piano professor [11] |
Ray Anthony | 1922– | 102 | American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor [12] |
Walter Arlen | 1920–2023 | 103 | American composer [13] |
Svend Asmussen | 1916–2017 | 100 | Danish jazz violinist [14] |
Dave Bartholomew | 1918–2019 | 100 | American musician, bandleader and composer [15] |
Irving Berlin | 1888–1989 | 101 | Russian-American composer and lyricist [16] [17] |
Ralph Berkowitz | 1910–2011 | 100 | American composer and classical pianist [18] |
Bernard Bierman | 1908–2012 | 104 | American composer [19] |
Esther Borja | 1913–2013 | 100 | Cuban singer [20] |
David Botwinik | 1920–2022 | 101 | Lithuanian-born Canadian composer [21] |
José Bragato | 1915–2017 | 101 | Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist [22] |
Slim Bryant | 1908–2010 | 101 | American country music singer-songwriter [23] |
Charles Burrell | 1920– | 103 | American jazz bassist [24] |
Henri Büsser | 1872–1973 | 101 | French classical composer, conductor and organist [25] |
Emil Cadkin | 1920–2020 | 100 | American TV and film composer [26] |
Irving Caesar | 1895–1996 | 101 | American lyricist and theatre composer [27] |
Matilde Capuis | 1913–2017 | 104 | Italian organist, pianist, music educator and composer [28] |
Elliott Carter | 1908–2012 | 103 | American classical composer [29] |
Alice Chalifoux | 1908–2008 | 100 | American harpist [30] |
Gina Cigna | 1900–2001 | 101 | Italian soprano [31] |
Helen Clare | 1916–2018 | 101 | British singer [32] |
Orlando Cole | 1908–2010 | 101 | American cellist [33] |
Christopher Columbus | 1902–2002 | 100 | American jazz drummer [34] |
Anton Coppola | 1917–2020 | 102 | American opera conductor and composer; uncle of film director Francis Ford Coppola [35] |
Hugues Cuénod | 1902–2010 | 108 | Swiss tenor [36] |
Jean Cussac | 1922– | 101 | French baritone and music director [37] |
Thanga Darlong | 1920–2023 | 103 | Indian folk musician [38] |
Deva Dassy | 1911–2016 | 104 | French mezzo-soprano [39] |
Jimmie Davis | 1899–2000 | 101 | American singer-songwriter [40] |
Vincent DeRosa | 1920–2022 | 101 | American hornist [41] |
Alfredo Diez Nieto | 1918–2021 | 102 | Cuban composer and conductor. [42] |
Annette Richardson Dinwoodey | 1906–2007 | 100 | American Latter Day Saint vocalist [43] |
Renée Doria | 1921–2021 | 100 | French operatic soprano [44] |
Roy Douglas | 1907–2015 | 107 | British composer and pianist [45] |
Helena Dunicz-Niwińska | 1915–2018 | 102 | Polish violinist, translator and author. [46] |
Jan Ekier | 1913–2014 | 100 | Polish pianist and composer [47] |
Hellmut Federhofer | 1911–2014 | 102 | Austrian musicologist [48] |
Lionel Ferbos | 1911–2014 | 103 | American jazz trumpeter [49] |
Irving Fields | 1915–2016 | 101 | American pianist [50] |
Anthony Galla-Rini | 1904–2006 | 102 | American accordionist [51] |
Manuel García | 1805–1906 | 101 | Spanish baritone and singing teacher [52] |
John Gerrish | 1910–2010 | 100 | American composer [53] |
Peggy Gilbert | 1905–2007 | 102 | American jazz saxophonist [54] |
Coleridge Goode | 1914–2015 | 100 | Jamaican-born British jazz bassist [55] |
Sidonie Goossens | 1899–2004 | 105 | British harpist [56] |
Roy Henderson | 1899–2000 | 100 | Scottish baritone [57] |
Alice Herz-Sommer | 1903–2014 | 110 | Austro-Hungarian-born pianist and one of the oldest Holocaust survivors [58] |
Randolph Hokanson | 1915–2018 | 103 | American pianist [59] |
Dolores Hope | 1909–2011 | 102 | American singer and philanthropist; wife of Bob Hope [60] |
Mieczysław Horszowski | 1892–1993 | 100 | Polish pianist [61] |
Francis Jackson | 1917–2022 | 104 | British organist, choral director and composer [62] |
Herb Jeffries | 1913–2014 | 100 | American singer and actor [63] |
Maurice Journeau | 1898–1999 | 100 | French composer [64] |
George Katsaros | 1888–1997 | 108 | Greek-American musician [65] |
Abdul Rashid Khan | 1908–2016 | 107 | Indian musician [66] |
Phyllis Kinney | 1922– | 101 | American-born singer and historian of Welsh folk music [67] |
Mykola Kolessa | 1903–2006 | 102 | Ukrainian composer [68] |
Pierre Labric | 1921– | 102 | French organist and composer [69] |
Marcelle de Lacour | 1896–1997 | 100 | French harpsichordist [70] |
Marjorie Lane | 1912–2012 | 100 | American singer [71] |
Margaret Ruthven Lang | 1867–1972 | 104 | American composer [72] |
Johnny Lange | 1905–2006 | 100 | American Academy Award-nominated songwriter [73] |
André Lavagne | 1913–2014 | 100 | French composer [74] |
Paul Le Flem | 1881–1984 | 103 | French composer [75] |
Everett Lee | 1916–2022 | 105 | American conductor and violinist [76] |
Mary Lee | 1921–2022 | 100 | Scottish singer [77] |
Matti Lehtinen | 1922–2022 | 100 | Finnish baritone singer. [78] |
Conrad Leonard | 1898–2003 | 104 | British pianist and composer [79] |
María Teresa Linares Savio | 1920–2021 | 100 | Cuban musicologist [80] [81] |
Gisela Litz | 1922–2023 | 100 | German contralto opera singer [82] |
Huey Long | 1904–2009 | 105 | American jazz singer [83] |
Lawrence Lucie | 1907–2009 | 101 | American jazz musician [84] |
Alice Ludes | 1912–2017 | 104 | American singer [85] |
Nonie Lynch | 1910–2011 | 101 | Irish singer [86] |
Dame Vera Lynn | 1917–2020 | 103 | British actress, singer and songwriter [87] |
Wade Mainer | 1907–2011 | 104 | American country music singer and banjoist [88] |
Léo Marjane | 1912–2016 | 104 | French singer [89] |
Draga Matković | 1907–2013 | 105 | German classical pianist [90] |
Sir Robert Mayer | 1879–1985 | 105 | German-born British music patron and philanthropist [91] |
Albert J. McNeil | 1920–2022 | 102 | American choral conductor, ethnomusicologist and author [92] |
Buddy Moreno | 1912–2015 | 103 | American singer, bandleader and radio personality [93] |
Blanche Honegger Moyse | 1909–2011 | 101 | Swiss-born American conductor [94] |
Marcel Mule | 1901–2001 | 100 | French classical saxophonist [95] |
Phil Nimmons | 1923–2024 | 100 | Canadian jazz musician and composer [96] |
Magda Olivero | 1910–2014 | 104 | Italian soprano [97] |
Lia Origoni | 1919–2022 | 103 | Italian singer [98] [99] |
Leo Ornstein | 1895–2002 | 106 | Ukrainian-born American pianist and composer [100] |
Uncle Charlie Osborne | 1890–1992 | 101 | American Appalachian Mountains musician [101] |
Aldo Parisot | 1918–2018 | 100 | Brazilian-born American cellist [102] |
Ernest "Doc" Paulin | 1907–2007 | 100 | American brass band leader [103] |
Alf Pearson | 1910–2012 | 102 | British variety singer [104] |
Bill Pitman | 1920–2022 | 102 | American guitarist and session musician ( The Wrecking Crew) [105] |
Andreja Preger | 1912–2015 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav and Serbian pianist [106] |
Harry Rabinowitz | 1916–2016 | 100 | British film and television composer [107] |
H. Owen Reed | 1910–2014 | 103 | American composer, conductor and author [108] |
Elsa Respighi | 1894–1996 | 101 | Italian composer and singer; wife of fellow composer Ottorino Respighi [109] |
Lívia Rév | 1916–2018 | 101 | Hungarian classical concert pianist [110] |
Rosa Rio | 1902–2010 | 107 | American organist [111] |
Diamantina Rodríguez | 1920–2021 | 100 | Spanish singer [112] |
Edmundo Ros | 1910–2011 | 100 | Trinidadian musician, vocalist and bandleader [113] |
Thomas Round | 1915–2016 | 100 | British opera singer [114] |
Olga Rudge | 1895–1996 | 100 | American violinist [115] |
Art Rupe | 1917–2022 | 104 | American record producer and founder of Specialty Records [116] |
Joseph Salemi | 1902–2003 | 100 | American jazz trombonist [117] |
Horacio Salgán | 1916–2016 | 100 | Argentine composer and pianist [118] |
Teresa Saporiti | 1763–1869 | 106 | Italian soprano [119] |
Luther Saxon | 1916–2017 | 101 | American singer [120] |
Cecilia Seghizzi | 1908–2019 | 111 | Italian composer [121] [122] |
George Beverly Shea | 1909–2013 | 104 | Canadian-born American gospel music singer and songwriter [123] |
Shep Shepherd | 1917–2018 | 101 | American multi-instrumental jazz musician and composer [124] |
Mervin Shiner | 1921–2023 | 102 | American country singer, songwriter and guitarist [125] |
Ed Simons | 1917–2018 | 101 | American conductor [126] |
Hal Singer | 1919–2020 | 100 | American bandleader and saxophonist [127] |
Nicolas Slonimsky | 1894–1995 | 101 | Russian-American composer and conductor [128] |
Viola Smith | 1912–2020 | 107 | American musician [129] [130] |
Eleanor Sokoloff | 1914–2020 | 106 | American pianist [131] |
Leif Solberg | 1914–2016 | 101 | Norwegian classical composer and organist [132] |
Ljerko Spiller | 1908–2008 | 100 | Croatian and Argentine violinist [133] |
Laila Storch | 1921–2022 | 101 | American oboist [134] |
Sally Sweetland | 1911–2015 | 103 | American soprano [135] |
Jenő Takács | 1902–2005 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian composer and pianist [136] |
Bill Tapia | 1908–2011 | 103 | American musician [137] |
Tillit Sidney Teddlie | 1885–1987 | 102 | American hymn composer [138] |
Louise Tobin | 1918–2022 | 104 | American singer [139] |
Roman Toi | 1916–2018 | 101 | Estonian-Canadian composer, choir conductor and organist [140] [141] |
Juan Vicente Torrealba | 1917–2019 | 102 | Venezuelan harpist and composer [142] |
Roman Totenberg | 1911–2012 | 101 | Polish-born American violinist and educator [143] |
Orrin Tucker | 1911–2011 | 100 | American bandleader and composer [144] |
İlhan Usmanbaş | 1921– | 102 | Turkish classical composer [145] |
Stanley Vann | 1910–2010 | 100 | British composer [146] |
Bea Wain | 1917–2017 | 100 | American vocalist and big band singer [147] |
Elisabeth Waldo | 1918– | 105 | American violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor and ethnomusicologist [148] |
Stephen Wilkinson | 1919–2021 | 102 | British choral conductor and composer [149] [150] |
Irv Williams | 1919–2019 | 100 | American jazz saxophonist and composer [151] |
Elder Roma Wilson | 1910–2018 | 107 | American gospel harmonicist [152] |
Helmut Winschermann | 1920–2021 | 100 | German classical oboist, conductor and academic teacher [153] |
Izabella Yurieva | 1899–2000 | 100 | Russian singer [154] |
Hilde Zadek | 1917–2019 | 101 | German operatic soprano [155] [156] |
Renato Zanettovich | 1921–2021 | 100 | Italian violinist and teacher [157] |
Julien-François Zbinden | 1917–2021 | 103 | Swiss composer and jazz pianist [158] |
Maria Zhorella | 1915–2017 | 101 | Austrian-born American soprano [159] |
Izabella Zielińska | 1910–2017 | 106 | Polish pianist [160] |