List of women classical pianists

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The following is a list of women classical pianists by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of classical music.

Albania[]

  • Edlira Dedja (fl. 1990s), pianist, art critic and opera promotor

Argentina[]

  • Mariana Alandia (born 1941), concert pianist
  • Martha Argerich (born 1941), concert pianist, recording artist and virtuoso icon
  • Ingrid Fliter (born 1973), classical pianist and recording artist
  • Violeta Hemsy de Gainza (born 1929), pianist and educator
  • Sylvia Kersenbaum (born 1945), pianist, composer and educator

Armenia[]

  • Nareh Arghamanyan (born 1989), award-winning classical pianist
  • Svetlana Navasardyan (born 1946), classical concert pianist
  • Varduhi Yeritsyan (born 1981), concert pianist now based in France

Australia[]

  • Rebecca Chambers (born 1975) concert pianist, teacher, Director of Kidko Performing Arts
  • Vera Bradford (1904–2004), pianist and teacher
  • Tamara Anna Cislowska, pianist
  • Lucinda Collins (fl. 1980s), pianist, educator, chamber musician
  • Anna Goldsworthy (born 1974), writer, pianist and teacher
  • Sonya Hanke (1933–1993), pianist and educator
  • Miriam Hyde (1913–2005), composer, pianist, educator and poet
  • Maureen Jones (born 1927), pianist
  • Eileen Joyce (1908–1991), distinguished concert pianist
  • Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957), pianist and composer
  • Anne Macky (1887–1964), composer and pianist
  • Stephanie McCallum (born 1956), pianist and teacher
  • Hephzibah Menuhin (1920–1981), American-Australian pianist, writer and human rights activist
  • Lisa Moore (born 1960), pianist
  • Ariel Shearer (born c.1905), composer and classical pianist
  • Kathryn Selby (born 1962), pianist
  • Constance Brandon Usher (fl. 1900s), classical pianist
  • Natasha Vlassenko (born 1956), Russian-Australian concert pianist and educator
  • Nancy Weir (1915–2008), pianist and educator
  • Sally Whitwell (born 1974), pianist and composer

Austria[]

  • Luna Alcalay (1928–2012), Croatian-born Austrian pianist, music educator and composer
  • Ilse von Alpenheim (born 1927), international classical pianist and chamber musician focusing on early romantic composers
  • Marianna Auenbrugger (1759–1782), pianist and composer who studied under Haydn and Salieri
  • Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820), pianist who studied under Mozart
  • Donka Angatscheva (born 1979), Austrian pianist of Bulgarian descent
  • Ingrid Haebler (born 1929), international concert pianist and recording artist
  • Cornelia Herrmann (born 1977), pianist and chamber musician
  • Anastasia Huppmann (born 1988), Russian-born Austrian concert pianist
  • Mathilde Kralik (1857–1944), pianist and composer
  • Christiana Lin (fl. 1980s), Taiwanese-born Austrian pianist and harpsichordist
  • Henriette von Pereira-Arnstein (1780–1859), Austrian pianist and salon-holder
  • Barbara Ployer (born 1765), piano and composition pupil of Mozart
  • Lisa Smirnova (born 1972), Russian-born Austrian pianist

Azerbaijan[]

Belarus[]

  • Marina Osman (born 1965), classical and jazz concert pianist
  • Hanna Shybayeva (born 1979), concert pianist and chamber musician

Belgium[]

  • Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946), pianist, violinist, educators, conductor and composer
  • Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930), contemporary composer, pianist and music educator
  • Irina Lankova (born 1977), Russian-Belgian concert pianist and recording artist
  • Flore Levine-Cousyns (1898–1989), concert pianist and educator
  • Marcelle Mercenier (1920–1996), pianist and educator
  • Jeanne-Catherine Pauwels (1795–1889), pianist who performed in Brussels salons
  • Janine Reding (1920–2015), pianist who performed internationally in piano duos
  • Éliane Reyes (born 1977), pianist, chamber musician and educator
  • Edna Stern (born 1977), Belgian-Israeli pianist and educator now based in London

Bolivia[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

Brazil[]

  • Yara Bernette (1920–2002), internationally acclaimed classical pianist
  • Helza Cameu (1903–1995), composer, pianist, musicologist and writer
  • Dinorá de Carvalho (c.1905–1980), pianist, conductor, music educator and composer
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935), composer, pianist and conductor
  • Débora Halász (fl. 1990s), classical pianist, harpsichordist and educator
  • Clelia Iruzun (fl. 1988), concert pianist based in London
  • Guiomar Novaes (1895–1979), globally recognized Brazilian concert pianist
  • Cristina Ortiz (born 1950), international concert pianist
  • Sonia Rubinsky (born 1957), international concert pianist
  • Antonietta Rudge (1885–1974), internationally recognized pianist and educator
  • Anna Stella Schic (1922–2009), pianist, music writer and educator
  • Clara Sverner (born 1936), classical concert pianist specializing in Brazilian music
  • Magda Tagliaferro (1893–1986), international concert pianist and educator

Bulgaria[]

  • Dora Deliyska (born 1980), concert pianist based in Vienna
  • Iren Dimitrova (born 1950), pianist, chamber musician and educator
  • Plamena Mangova (born 1980), concert pianist
  • Svetla Protich (born 1939), concert pianist and educator
  • Emma Tahmizian (born 1957), pianist of Armenian descent
  • Angela Tosheva (born 1961), pianist, chamber musician, educator, editor and publisher
  • Julia Tsenova (1948–2010), award-winning composer, pianist and educator

Canada[]

  • Frances Adaskin (1900–2001), pianist who worked as an accompanist
  • Ellen Ballon (1896–1969), child prodigy, pianist and educator
  • Louise Bessette (born 1959), pianist specializing in contemporary music
  • Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968), composer, pianist and music educator
  • Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910–2003), composer, pianist and music educator
  • Albertine Caron-Legris (1906–1972), pianist, composer and music educator
  • Victoria Cartier (1867–1955), pianist, organist and music educator
  • Eva Clare (1885–1961), pianist, music writer and educator
  • Françoise de Clossey (born 1974), concert pianist and organist
  • Jane Coop (born 1950), pianist and music pedagogue
  • Marylou Dawes (1933–2013), concert pianist, accompanist, chamber musician and educator
  • Isabelle Delorme (1900–1991), pianist, composer and music educator
  • Lucille Dompierre (1899–1968), child prodigy, concert pianist and arranger
  • Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899–1974), Russian-born Canadian composer, virtuoso pianist and violinist
  • Anne Eggleston (1934–1994), pianist, composer and educator
  • Gladys Ewart (1892–1957), concert pianist, accompanist and music educator
  • Janina Fialkowska (born 1951), classical concert pianist and recording artist
  • Janina Fialkowska (1899–1988), pianist, composer, publisher, music editor and educator
  • Marian Grudeff (1927–2006), concert pianist, music educator and musical theatre composer
  • Johana Harris (1912–1995), pianist, composer and music educator
  • Angela Hewitt (born 1958), classical pianist specialising in Bach
  • Alice Ho (born 1960), pianist and notable Canadian composer
  • Anna Moncrieff Hovey (1902–1995), pianist, accompanist and music educator
  • Yvonne Hubert (1895–1988), Belgian-born Canadian pianist and eminent educator
  • Elaine Keillor (born 1939), musicologist, pianist and music writer specializing in Canadian composers
  • Gwendolyn Koldofsky (1906–1998), piano accompanist and music educator
  • Lubka Kolessa (1902–1997), Ukrainian-born Canadian classical pianist and educator
  • Patricia Krueger (born 1946), classical pianist, organist and percussionist
  • Gordana Lazarevich (born 1939), pianist, musicologist and educator
  • Germaine Malépart (1898–1963), pianist and music educator
  • Diana McIntosh (born 1937), composer and pianist
  • Albertine Morin-Labrecque (1886–1957), pianist, soprano, composer and music educator
  • Renée Morisset (1928–2009), pianist who played piano duos with her husband
  • Dorothy Morton (1924–2008), pianist and music educator
  • Marie-Thérèse Paquin (1905–1997), concert pianist and educator
  • Christina Petrowska-Quilico (born 1948), classical concert pianist and recording artist
  • Karen Quinton (fl. 1970s), pianist, organist, harpsichordist and music educator
  • Dana Reason (fl. 1994), pianist, composer, recording artist and broadcaster
  • Jacqueline Richard (1928–2015), pianist and conductor
  • Anastasia Rizikov (born 1998), award-winning concert pianist
  • Viviana Sofronitsky (fl. 1982), Russian-born Canadian pianist now based in the Czech Republic
  • Alexandra Stréliski (born 1985), neo-classical composer and pianist
  • Lorraine Vaillancourt (born 1947), pianist, conductor and educator
  • Catherine Vickers (born 1952), pianist and educator now based in Germany
  • Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932), composer, pianist and accompanist

Chile[]

  • Delfina de la Cruz (1837–1905), pianist and First Lady of Chile
  • Nina Frick Asenjo (1884–1963), pianist and composer
  • Edith Fischer (born 1935), classical pianist; daughter of Elena Waiss
  • Rosita Renard (1894–1949), classical pianist
  • Carla Sandoval (born 1982), pianist and chamber musician
  • Mahani Teave (born 1983), classical pianist and educator from Easter Island
  • Elena Waiss (1908-1988), pianist, music school founder

China[]

  • Jie Chen (born 1985), international concert pianist
  • Sa Chen (born 1979), award-winning classical pianist
  • Cheng Wai (fl. 2000s), Hong Kong award-winning pianist
  • Guo Shan (born 1946), contemporary classical pianist
  • Ang Li (born 1985), classical concert pianist featured in broadcasts and recordings
  • Sunny Li (born 1991), concert pianist based in London
  • Yuja Wang (born 1987), internationally recognized concert pianist
  • Di Wu (fl. 1990s), Chinese-American classical pianist
  • Wu Qian (born 1984), award-winning classical pianist
  • Wu Yili (1931–2019), Chinese-Singaporean classical pianist
  • Di Xiao (fl. 1996), international concert pianist now based in the UK
  • Xie Jingxian (born 1983), award-winning Chinese concert pianist
  • Zhang Dingyuan (born 1976), pianist and educator
  • Mélodie Zhao (born 1994), pianist, composer and conductor
  • Yin Zheng (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and educator
  • Zhang Zuo (born 1988), award-winning classical pianist
  • Zhu Xiao-Mei (born 1949), classical pianist and educator now based in Paris

Colombia[]

Croatia[]

  • Martina Filjak (born 1978), international concert pianist
  • Eva Kirchmayer-Bilić (born 1971), pianist, chamber musician organist and educator
  • Melita Lorković (1907–1987), international concert pianist and educator
  • Ana-Marija Markovina (born 1970), classical pianist based in Cologne
  • Branka Musulin (1917–1975), German-Croatian classical pianist and educator
  • Ivana Švarc-Grenda (born 1970), classical pianist specializing in Chopin

Cuba[]

Cyprus[]

  • Rüya Taner (born 1971), Turkish Cypriot pianist now in Ankara

Czech Republic[]

Denmark[]

  • Agnes Adler (1865–1935), pianist and chamber musician
  • Dagmar Borup (1867–1959), pianist and educator
  • Katrine Gislinge (born 1969), pianist and chamber musician
  • Margaret Hamerik (1867–1942), American-born Danish composer and pianist
  • Elisabeth Klein (1911–2004), Hungarian-born Danish pianist who specialized in contemporary music
  • Amalie Malling (born 1948), German-born Danish classical pianist and educator
  • Anne Øland (1949–2015), concert pianist and educator
  • Marianna Shirinyan (born 1978), Armenian-Danish pianist and chamber musician
  • Johanne Stockmarr (1869–1944), virtuoso concert pianist
  • Esther Vagning (1905–1986), concert pianist, accompanist, chamber musician and educator
  • Catharine Wernicke (1789–1862), early female concert pianist
  • Galina Werschenska (1906–1994), Russian-born Danish pianist, chamber musician and educator
  • Elisabeth Westenholz (born 1942), pianist, organist and recording artist
  • Assia Zlatkowa (born 1953), popular Bulgarian-Danish pianist who performed from age 8

Dominican Republic[]

Egypt[]

Estonia[]

  • Irina Zahharenkova (born 1976), pianist and harpsichordist

Finland[]

  • Tuija Hakkila (born 1959), pianist and educator
  • France Ellegaard (1913–1999), Danish-born Finnish pianist and educator considered one of the 20th century's great concert pianists

France[]

  • Irène Aïtoff (1904–2006), pianist, accompanist and voice educator
  • Miirrha Alhambra (1890–1957), stage name of the pianist Pauline Joutard
  • Annie d'Arco (1920–1998), classical pianist
  • Yvonne Arnaud (1890–1958), pianist, singer and actress
  • Racha Arodaky (fl. 2000s), Syrian-French concert pianist
  • Delphine Bardin (born 1974), contemporary classical pianist
  • Nathalie Béra-Tagrine (born 1960), classical pianist of Russian descent
  • Marie Bigot (1786–1820), pianist, educator, composer
  • Myriam Birger (born 1951), pianist who has performed from an early age
  • Jeanne Blancard (1884–1972), composer and pianist
  • Michèle Boegner (1941–2021), concert pianist
  • Véronique Bonnecaze (fl. 2000s), classical pianist and educator
  • Marie-Léontine Bordes-Pène (1858–1924), pianist specializing in French composers
  • Hélène Boschi (1917–1990), French-Swiss pianist and educator
  • Magdeleine Boucherit Le Faure (1879–1960), pianist, composer and educator
  • Brigitte Bouthinon-Dumas (born 1947), pianist, music educator and writer
  • Emma Boynet (1891–1974), classical pianist
  • Marie-Françoise Bucquet (1937–2018), pianist and educator
  • Agnelle Bundervoët (1922–2015), pianist and composer, one of more notable French pianists of the 20th century
  • Khatia Buniatishvili (born 1987), Georgian-born French concert pianist
  • Paule Carrère-Dencausse (1891–1967), concert pianist and educator
  • Gaby Casadesus (1901–1999), pianist and educator
  • Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944), composer and pianist
  • Claire Chevallier (born 1969), Franco-Belgian pianist specializing in the fortepiano
  • Françoise Choveaux (born 1953), composer and pianist
  • Wilhelmine Clauss-Szarvady (1832–1907), Bohemian-born French pianist
  • France Clidat (1932–2012), classical pianist specializing in Liszt
  • Catherine Collard (1947–1993), concert pianist and chamber musician
  • Jeanne-Marie Darré (1905–1999), classical pianist specializing in Chopin and Liszt
  • Célimène Daudet (born 1977), contemporary classical pianist and educator
  • Florence Delaage (fl. 2000s), contemporary classical pianist
  • Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968), organist, pianist, composer and educator
  • Lucette Descaves (1906–1993), pianist and educator
  • Claire Désert (born 1967), pianist and educator
  • Françoise Deslogères (born 1929), pianist and ondist
  • Marie Dihau (1843–1935), singer, pianist and educator
  • Geneviève Dinand (1927–1987), classical pianist
  • Françoise Doreau (1910–2011), pianist and chamber musician
  • Thérèse Dussaut (born 1939), pianist and music educator
  • Stéphanie Elbaz (fl. 2010s), concert pianist
  • Brigitte Engerer (1952–2012), pianist, educator and recording artist
  • Jacqueline Eymar (1922–2008), pianist with an interest in contemporary composers
  • Laure Favre-Kahn (born 1976), classical pianist
  • Victoire Ferrari (1785–c.1823), pianist and voice educator
  • Elena Filonova (fl. 2000s), contemporary pianist of Russian origin
  • Marylin Frascone (born 1975), contemporary classical pianist
  • Reine Gianoli (1915–1979), pianist and educator
  • Marie-Catherine Girod (born 1949), pianist and educator
  • Lélia Gousseau (1909–1997), classical pianist
  • Yvonne Gouverné (1890–1982), pianist, accompanist and choir conductor
  • Hélène Grimaud (1969–Present), classical pianist and wildlife conservationist
  • Youra Guller (1895–1980), classical pianist of Russian-Romanian heritage
  • Annette Haas (1912–2002), concert pianist and educator
  • Monique Haas (1909–1987), pianist specializing in French composers
  • Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936), pen name of the composer, pianist and educator Helen Rhodes
  • Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (1925–2001), pianist and educator
  • Jeanne Herscher-Clément (1878–1941), pianist and composer
  • Cécile Hugonnard-Roche (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
  • Marie Jaëll (1846–1925) pianist, composer and educator
  • Catherine Joly (fl. 1970s), classical pianist
  • Suzanne Joly (1914–2012), child prodigy, composer and pianist
  • Geneviève Joy (1919–2009), classical and modernist pianist
  • Marie-Josèphe Jude (born 1968), classical pianist
  • Clotilde Kleeberg (1866–1909), classical pianist who performed throughout Europe
  • Monique de La Bruchollerie (1915–1972), concert pianist
  • Frédérique Lagarde (fl. 1980s), pianist performing in a saxophone-piano duo
  • Françoise Landowski-Caillet (1917–2007), pianist and painter
  • Claire-Marie Le Guay (born 1974), concert pianist and recording artist
  • Yvonne Lefébure (1898–1986), pianist and educator
  • Marguerite Long (1874–1966), pianist and educator
  • Yvonne Loriod (1924–2010), pianist, educator and composer
  • Anne Lovett (fl. 2000s), pianist and recording artist based in London
  • Gisèle Magnan (fl. 1980s), classical pianist
  • Lily Maisky (born 1987), classical pianist
  • Xénia Maliarevitch (born 1980), contemporary French pianist
  • Madeleine Malraux (1914–2014), concert pianist
  • Marquesa del Ter (1864–1936), pianist, feminist and linguist
  • Ginette Martenot (1902–1996), pianist and ondes Martenot player
  • Berthe Marx (1859–1925), concert pianist remembered for memorizing some 250 works
  • Marcelle Meyer (1897–1958), pianist performing with Les Six
  • Nathalia Milstein (born 1995), award-winning classical pianist
  • Caroline Montigny-Rémaury (1843–1913), virtuoso pianist
  • Germaine Mounier (1920–2006), classical pianist and music educator
  • Isabelle Oehmichen (born 1961), pianist and educator
  • Micheline Ostermeyer (1922–2001), athlete and concert pianist
  • Cécile Ousset (born 1936), global concert performer and educator
  • Simone Plé-Caussade (1987–1986), music educator, composer and pianist
  • Henriette Puig-Roget (1910–1992), pianist, organist and music educator
  • Anne Queffélec (born 1948), concert pianist and chamber musician
  • Anne Rey (1944–2012), musicologist, pianist, journalist and educator
  • Éliane Richepin (1910–1999), pianist and educator
  • Jacqueline Robin (1917–2007), pianist and accompanist
  • Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos (1860–1951), widely performed concert pianist and educator
  • Véronique Roux (born 1955), pianist and chamber musician
  • Caroline Sageman (born 1973), pianist specializing in Chopin and Liszt and educator
  • Lise de la Salle (born 1988), classical pianist
  • Amandine Savary (born 1984), concert pianist, chamber musician and educator
  • Blanche Selva (1884–1942), pianist, educator, writer and composer
  • Lydie Solomon (born 1982), pianist and actress
  • Elizabeth Sombart (born 1958), pianist and educator
  • Valérie Soudères (1914–1995), pianist, composer and educator
  • Emmanuelle Swiercz (born 1978), classical pianist
  • Nadia Tagrine (1917–2003), pianist and music broadcaster
  • Sophie Teboul (born 1976), pianist and educator
  • Françoise Thinat (born 1934), pianist and educator
  • Hélène Tysman (born 1982), classical pianist
  • Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (1902–1987), classical pianist specializing in French music
  • Andrée Vaurabourg (1894–1980), pianist and educator
  • Justine Verdier (born 1985), classical pianist
  • Marie Vermeulin (born 1983), pianist and chamber musician
  • Vanessa Wagner (born 1973), classical pianist

Georgia[]

  • Elisso Bolkvadze (born 1967), award-winning classical pianist
  • Khatia Buniatishvili (born 1987), French-Georgian concert pianist
  • Manana Doijashvili (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
  • Marina Goglidze-Mdivani (born 1936), Georgian-born concert pianist now based in Canada
  • Inga Kashakashvili (fl. 1991), classical concert pianist
  • Aliza Kezeradze (1937–1996), pianist and educator
  • Elisabeth Leonskaja (born 1945), Soviet-Georgian pianist now based in Vienna
  • Marina Nadiradze (born 1978), concert pianist now based in Scotland
  • Irma Svanadze (fl. 2000s), classical pianist now based in the United States
  • Anastasia Virsaladze (1883–1968), concert pianist and piano teacher
  • Eliso Virsaladze (born 1942), Soviet and Georgian pianist

Germany[]

  • Valentina Babor (born 1989), classical concert pianist from an early age
  • Maria Baptist (born 1971), pianist, composer and educator
  • Elisabeth Brauß (born 1995), concert pianist
  • Siglind Bruhn (born 1951), musicologist and concert pianist
  • Rose Cannabich (1764–1839), pianist taught by Mozart
  • Milana Chernyavska (born 1974), Ukraine-born German classical pianist and chamber musician with a focus on contemporary music
  • Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka (born 1976), German-Japanese composer, pianist and former olympic weightlifter
  • Sandra Droucker (1875–1944), Russian-born concert pianist who settled and taught in Germany before moving to Oslo
  • Konstanze Eickhorst (born 1961), pianist, chamber musician and educator
  • Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872–1948), pianist, composer and writer
  • Caroline Fischer (fl. 2000s), German-Korean concert pianist and educator
  • Henriette Gaertner (born 1975), classical concert pianist
  • Umi Garrett (born 2003), classical pianist who started when very young
  • Gertraud Geißler (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
  • Carmen Geutjes (born 2003), concert pianist performing from an early age
  • Anna Gourari (fl. 1979), Russian-German pianist and recording artist
  • Erika Haase (1935–2013), classical pianist and educator
  • Barbara Heller (born 1936), composer and pianist
  • Else Herold (1906–1909), pianist, recording artist and educator
  • Elisabeth von Herzogenberg (1847–1892), pianist, composer, singer and philanthropist
  • Margarita Höhenrieder (born 1956), classical pianist and chamber musician
  • Therese Jansen Bartolozzi (1770–1843), German-born pianist who settled in London
  • Louise Japha (1826–1910), pianist and composer
  • Ewa Kupiec (born 1964), Polish-born German pianist and educator
  • Elena Kuschnerova (born 1959), Russian-German classical concert pianist and educator
  • Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863), pianist, recording artist and composer
  • Adele Lewing (1866–1943), pianist and composer
  • Helene Liebmann (1795–1869), pianist and composer
  • Sabine Liebner (fl. 2000s), contemporary classical pianist
  • Draga Matković (1907–2013), Croatian-German pianist, conductor and composer who performed when over 100
  • Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847), composer and pianist
  • Sophie Menter (1846–1918), pianist and composer, student of Liszt
  • Kristin Merscher (born 1961), classical pianist and educator
  • Florence Millet (born 1964), French-German classical pianist and educator
  • Elly Ney (1882–1968), virtuoso pianist, chamber musician specializing in Beethoven
  • Adele aus der Ohe (1861–1937), concert pianist and composer
  • Caroline Oltmanns (born 1962), concert pianist and educator
  • Mona Asuka Ott (born 1991), concert pianist who performed from an early age
  • Agnes Elisabeth Overbeck (1870–1919), composer and pianist
  • Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880), pianist and composer who settled in England
  • Sophie Pacini (born 1991), German-Italian pianist who performed from an early age
  • Edith Picht-Axenfeld (1914–2001), concert pianist and harpsichordist
  • Aleksandra Romanić (born 1958), Yugoslavian-German concert pianist
  • Alexandra Röseler (fl. 1988), pianist and mezzo-soprano
  • Olga Scheps (born 1986), Russian-German concert pianist and chamber musician
  • Ragna Schirmer (born 1972), classical pianist
  • Annerose Schmidt (born 1936), concert pianist and educator
  • Clara Schumann (1819–1896), distinguished pianist, composer and educator
  • Katharina Sellheim (born 1976), pianist, chamber musician and lied accompanist
  • Clara Isabella Siegle (born 2000), pianist who performed from an early age
  • Anne Terzibaschitsch (b. 1955), concert pianist and educator
  • Katharina Treutler (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and educator
  • Käte van Tricht (1909–1996), organist, pianist, harpsichordist and educator
  • Dina Ugorskaja (1973–2019), Russian-born German pianist and educator
  • Therese von Zandt (1771–1858), pianist and singer
  • Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925), German concert pianist and composer who lived in England

Greece[]

  • Gina Bachauer (1913–1976), classical pianist, educator, and early recording artist
  • Rita Bouboulidi (20th century), concert pianist and recording artist
  • Danae Kara (born 1953), classical concert pianist, recording artist and educator
  • Rena Kyriakou (1917–1994), pianist and composer
  • Nefeli Mousoura (fl. 2000s), classical pianist
  • Clio-Danae Othoneou (born 1979), actress, musician and pianist

Haiti[]

  • Carmen Brouard (1909–2005), pianist, composer and music educator

Hong Kong[]

  • Rachel Cheung (born 1991), award-winning classical pianist
  • Colleen Lee (born 1980), international concert pianist
  • Blanc Wan (fl. 2010s), classical pianist and music writer
  • Eleanor Wong (fl. 1990s), pianist, educator and contest juror

Hungary[]

  • Sari Biro (1912–1990), concert pianist and educator who settled in the United States
  • Ilona Eibenschütz (1873–1967), pianist, a close friend of Brahms
  • Edith Farnadi (1921–1973), pianist, partner of violinist Jenő Hubay
  • Annie Fischer (1914–1995), classical pianist and recording artist
  • Etelka Freund (1879–1977), international concert pianist
  • Gisella Grosz (1875–1942), classical pianist and educator
  • Márta Gulyás (born 1953), pianist, chamber musician and educator
  • Ilona Kabos (1893–1973), Hungarian-British pianist and educator
  • Lili Kraus (1903–1986), Hugarian-born pianist who settled in New Zealand
  • Adrienne Krausz (born 1967), classical pianist
  • Márta Kurtág (1927–2019), classical pianist and educator
  • Clara Lichtenstein (1860–1946), pianist and educator
  • Lívia Rév (1916–2018), classical concert pianist
  • Irén Marik (1905–1986), Hungarian-born pianist who settled in the United States
  • Zsuzsanna Sirokay (born 1941), classical pianist now based in Switzerland
  • Valéria Szervánszky (born 1947), Hungarian classical pianist now based in the United Kingdom
  • Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979), pianist, music educator and composer
  • Judit Varga (born 1979), composer, pianist and educator
  • Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919), pianist and composer

Indonesia[]

  • Ayke Agus (born 1949), international classical violinist, pianist and educator
  • Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi (born 1997), concert pianist
  • Kuei Pin Yeo (fl. 1980s), classical pianist and educator

Ireland[]

  • Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000), pianist, composer and poet
  • Joan Trimble (1915–2000), composer and pianist
  • Bettina Walker (1837–1893), pianist and composer, remembered for her memoirs

Israel[]

  • Astrith Baltsan (born 1956), concert pianist and musicologist specializing in Beethoven
  • Berenika Glixman (born 1984), classical pianist'
  • Dorel Golan (fl. 2000s), classical pianist
  • Aviya Kopelman (born 1978), composer and pianist
  • Sally Pinkas (fl. 1983), Israeli-born American pianist specializing in contemporary music
  • Pnina Salzman (born 1922), classical pianist and educator
  • Shira Shaked (born 1981), concert pianist now based in New York
  • Verdina Shlonsky (born 1905), early Israeli composer and pianist
  • Bella Shteinbuk (born 1960), pianist and educator
  • Ilana Vered (born 1943), concert pianist and educator
  • Miri Yampolsky (born 1971), Russian-Israeli pianist

Italy[]

  • Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–1913), pianist and composer
  • Vanessa Benelli Mosell (born 1987), pianist and conductor performing from an early age
  • Gilda Buttà (born 1959), concert pianist
  • Gloria Campaner (born 1986), concert pianist
  • Graziella Concas (born 1970), pianist and composer
  • Maria Curcio (c.1919–2009), classical pianist and educator
  • Ada Gentile (born 1947), pianist and composer
  • Virginia Mariani Campolieti (1869–1941), pianist, orchestra conductor and composer
  • Maria Perrotta (born 1974), classical concert pianist
  • Teresa Rampazzi (1914–2001), pianist with an interest in avant-garde music
  • Beatrice Rana (born 1993), pianist and recording artist
  • Madame Ravissa (died 1807), singer and composer
  • Gilda Ruta (1853–1932), pianist, music educator and composer
  • Antonia Sarcina (born 1963), pianist, composer and conductor
  • Marina Scalafiotti (born 1965), concert pianist and educator
  • Maria Tipo (born 1931), concert pianist, recording artist and educator
  • Mariangela Vacatello (born 1982), international concert pianist
  • Veronica Rudian (born 1990), international concert pianist, composer

Japan[]

  • Akiko Ebi (born 1953), Japanese-French international concert pianist
  • Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting (born 1965), concert pianist
  • Etsuko Hirose (born 1979), classical concert pianist
  • Satoko Inoue (born 1958), concert pianist
  • Kei Itoh (fl. 1977), concert pianist
  • Mayumi Kameda (born 1957), concert pianist
  • Yoko Kanno (born 1963), composer, arranger, participating in anime films and soundtracks
  • Yuko Kawai (fl. 1990s), concert pianist specializing in Chopin
  • Mine Kawakami (born 1969), pianist and composer
  • Ruriko Kikuchi (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
  • Aimi Kobayashi (born 1995), classical pianist
  • Nobu Kōda (1870–1946), composer, violinist, pianist and educator
  • Mari Kodama (born 1967), classical concert pianist and recording artist
  • Momo Kodama (born 1972), classical concert pianist specializing in French and Japanese modern compositions
  • Yu Kosuge (born 1983), concert pianist who played from an early age
  • Mayako Kubo (born 1947), pianist and composer now in Berlin
  • Mari Kumamoto (born 1964), pianist and educator known for her recordings of Spanish and Japanese composers
  • Nagino Maruyama (born 1999), classical pianist
  • Yuki Matsuzawa (born 1960), pianist specializing in Chopin
  • Yoko Misumi (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and chamber musician
  • Haruna Miyake (born 1942), pianist and composer
  • Miku Nishimoto-Neubert (fl. 1990s), pianist and educator
  • Noriko Ogawa (born 1962), Japanese pianist based in London
  • Saori Sarina Ohno (born 1970), pianist and chamber musician
  • Alice Sara Ott (born 1988), German-born Japanese classical pianist
  • Hiroko Sasaki (fl. 2000s), pianist, chamber musician and educator
  • Atsuko Seki (born 1964), classical pianist
  • Atsuko Seta (born 1955), concert pianist and educator
  • Fumiko Shiraga (1967–2017), German-Japanese classical pianist
  • Yukiko Sugawara (fl. 1990s), pianist and chamber musician
  • Aki Takahashi (born 1944), pianist specializing in contemporary classical music
  • Marika Takeuchi (born 1987), contemporary composer, music producer and pianist
  • Mitsuko Uchida (born 1948), Japanese-British pianist and conductor specializing in Mozart and Schubert
  • Ayako Uehara (born 1980), classical pianist
  • Yumiko Urabe (born 1959), classical pianist and educator

Kazakhstan[]

  • Jania Aubakirova (born 1957), classical pianist

Latvia[]

  • Lūcija Garūta (1902–1977), pianist, poet and composer
  • Olga Jegunova (born 1984), classical pianist now based in London
  • Shoshana Rudiakov (1948–2012), pianist and music educator

Lithuania[]

Luxembourg[]

  • Cathy Krier (born 1985), international concert pianist
  • Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965), Bulgarian-born composer, pianist and educator who has settled in Luxembourg

Mexico[]

Netherlands[]

  • Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938), composer, pianist and accompanist
  • Helena Basilova (born 1983), Russian-born classical pianist and educator based in the Netherlands
  • Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840), pianist and composer
  • Sarah Bosmans-Benedicts (1861–1949), pianist and educator
  • Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809), pianist, educator and composer living in the United States
  • Kristina Sandulova (born 1978), Bulgarian-Dutch classical pianist
  • Arielle Vernède (born 1953), classical pianist
  • Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949), pianist, music educator and composer

New Zealand[]

  • Dorothy Davies (1899–1987), pianist and piano teacher
  • Joan Havill (fl. 2000s), pianist and educator based in London
  • Jennie Macandrew (1866–1949), pianist, organist, music educator and conductor
  • Janetta McStay (1917–2012), pianist, chamber musician and educator
  • Vera Moore (1896–1997), concert pianist who enjoyed a successful career both in England and New Zealand
  • Doris Gertrude Sheppard (1902–1982), British-born New Zealand pianist, singer, composer and educator

Norway[]

  • Amalie Christie (1913–2010), classical pianist and music writer
  • Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907), pianist and composer
  • Theodora Cormontan (1840–1922), pianist, music publisher and composer who made a name in Norway before emigrating to the United States
  • Mary Barratt Due (1888–1969), influential Norwegian pianist and educator
  • Maja Flagstad (1871–1958), pianist, choral conductor and accompanist
  • Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser (1901–1972), pianist and educator
  • Liv Glaser (born 1935), pianist and educator
  • Eva Knardahl (1927–2006), child prodigy and concert pianist who emigrated to the United States
  • Ruth Lagesen (1914–2005), pianist and conductor
  • Erika Nissen (1845–1903), concert pianist and music educator
  • Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (born 1978), classical pianist
  • Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996), pianist and composer
  • Anne Eline Riisnæs (born 1951), pianist and educator
  • Eline Nygaard Riisnæs (1913–2011), pianist and musicologist
  • Natalia Strelchenko (1976–2015), world-renowned concert pianist of Russian origin
  • Gunilla Süssmann (born 1977), classical pianist
  • Hanna-Marie Weydahl (1922–2016), concert pianist and educator

Peru[]

Philippines[]

Poland[]

  • Nelly Ben-Or (born 1933), pianist and educator now based in England
  • Felicja Blumental (1908–1991), pianist and recording artist specializing in Beethoven and Chopin
  • Marcelina Czartoryska (1817–1894), pianist, student of Chopin
  • Joanna Domańska (born 1959), pianist and music educator
  • Halina Czerny-Stefańska (1922–2001), pianist and contest juror
  • Władysława Markiewiczówna (1900–1982), pianist and renowned educator
  • Róża Etkin-Moszkowska (1908–1945), pianist specializing in Chopin
  • Lidia Grychtołówna (born 1928), international concert pianist
  • Barbara Hesse-Bukowska (1930–2013), concert pianist
  • Katarzyna Jaczynowska (1872–1920), pianist and educator
  • Maryla Jonas (1911–1959), Polish pianist who moved to Brazil and later to the United States
  • Natalia Karp (1911–2007), concert pianist and Holocaust survivor
  • Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944), composer and pianist
  • Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (born 1948), pianist, educator and contest juror of Bulgarian descent
  • Monika Rosca (born 1961), former child actress, now a pianist
  • Regina Smendzianka (1924–2011), pianist who performed from the age of eight
  • Marta Sosińska (born 1939), classical pianist and educator now based in Germany
  • Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (1912–1994), pianist, music educator and composer
  • Paula Szalit (c.1887–1920), pianist and composer
  • Beata Szalwinska (fl. 1990s), concert pianist based in Luxembourg
  • Jadwiga Szamotulska (1911–1981), pianist, music and voice educator and recording artist
  • Antoinette Szumowska (1868–1938), concert pianist and music educator
  • Maria Szymanowska (1789–1831), composer and early virtuoso pianist
  • Izabella Zielińska (1910–2017), concert pianist and educator

Portugal[]

Romania[]

  • Elena Asachi (1789–1877), pianist, singer and composer
  • Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917), pianist and composer
  • Alina Bercu (born 1990), classical concert pianist
  • Elena Bibescu (1855–1902), noblewoman considered to be one of the greatest 19th-century pianists
  • Manya Botez (1896–1971), pianist and children's music teacher
  • Dana Ciocarlie (born 1968), pianist and educator now based in France
  • Alexandra Dariescu (born 1985), concert pianist from an early age
  • Cella Delavrancea (1887–1991), pianist, writer and piano teacher
  • Violeta Dinescu (born 1953), composer, pianist and educator based in Germany
  • Carola Grindea (1914–2009), Romanian-born British pianist and educator
  • Clara Haskil (1895–1960), classical pianist
  • Diana Ionescu (born 1981), international concert pianist
  • Myriam Marbe (1931–1997), composer and pianist
  • Florica Musicescu (1887–1969), renowned pianist and music educator
  • Liana Șerbescu (born 1934), pianist, educator and musicologist
  • Silvia Șerbescu (1903–1965), concert pianist and educator
  • Alexandra Silocea (born 1984), concert pianist based in Vienna
  • Mihaela Ursuleasa (1978–2012), concert pianist and recording artist

Russia[]

  • Ella Adayevskaya (1846–1926), composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist
  • Nelly Akopian-Tamarina (born 1941), classical concert pianist who performed from an early age
  • Natalya Antonova (born 1974), classical pianist and educator
  • Yulianna Avdeeva (born 1985), concert pianist
  • Helena Basilova (born 1983), classical pianist based in the Netherlands
  • Elena Beckman-Shcherbina (1882–1951), pianist, composer and educator
  • Maria Belooussova (died 2018), chamber music specialist based in Paris
  • Ludmila Berlinskaya (born 1960), pianist and actress
  • Violetta Egorova (born 1969), international concert pianist
  • Violetta Egorova (born 1936), pianist and educator
  • Irina Emeliantseva (born 1973), composer, chamber musician and pianist
  • Victoria Foust (born 1975), classical pianist and composer
  • Margarita Fyodorova (1927–2016), Soviet Russian pianist
  • Eugenia Gabrieluk (born 1967), international concert pianist
  • Varvara Gaigerova (1903–1944), composer and pianist
  • Elena Gilels (1948–1996), pianist remembered for Mozart's piano concertos
  • Vera Gornostayeva (1929–2015), pianist and educator
  • Maria Grinberg (1908–1978), Soviet pianist and educator
  • Anastasia Gromoglasova (born 1984), classical pianist and duo piano performer
  • Sofya Gulyak (born 1979), classical pianist
  • Tamara Guseva (born 1926), Soviet Russian classical pianist
  • Zinaida Ignatyeva (born 1938), pianist and educator
  • Valentina Igoshina (born 1978), award-winning classical pianist
  • Leokadiya Kashperova (1872–1940), pianist, Romantic composer and educator
  • Elizaveta Klyuchereva (born 1999), award-winning pianist who has performed from an early age
  • Olga Kozlova (born 1986), classical pianist
  • Polina Leschenko (fl. 2000s), concert pianist who performed from an early age
  • Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924–1993), Soviet-Russian pianist, composer and educator
  • Dina Parakhina (fl. 1980s), Russian-born concert pianist and educator now based in the United Kingdom
  • Olga Pashchenko (born 1986), international harpsichordist, fortepianist, organist and pianist
  • Irina Plotnikova (born 1954), concert pianist and educator
  • Viktoria Postnikova (born 1944), international concert pianist and chamber musician
  • Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919), pianist and composer who influenced her husband Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Elena Rostropovich (born 1958), concert pianist and philanthropist working for the well-being of children
  • Kira Shashkina (20th century), pianist and renowned educator
  • Tatiana Shebanova (1953–2011), international concert pianist and recording artist who settled in Poland
  • Katia Skanavi (born 1971), Russian concert pianist of Greek descent
  • Svetlana Smolina (fl. 2000s), Russian-born pianist active in the United States
  • Natalia Sokolovskaya (born 1989), international concert pianist and composer
  • Anna t'Haron (born 1978), pianist and chamber musician
  • Rosa Tamarkina (1920–1950), Kiev-born Soviet concert pianist, educator and recording artist
  • Vera Timanova (1855–1942), child prodigy, concert pianist and educator
  • Anna Tsybuleva (born 1990), classical pianist
  • Anna Vinnitskaya (born 1983), classical concert pianist
  • Evelina Vorontsova (born 1972), concert pianist and educator
  • Marina Yakhlakova (born 1991), pianist who has performed from an early age and continues to receive acclaim
  • Anna Yesipova (1851–1914), prominent pianist admired in the United States
  • Maria Yudina (1899–1970), Soviet virtuoso pianist
  • Lilya Zilberstein (born 1965), pianist and recording artist

Serbia[]

Singapore[]

  • Abigail Sin (born 1992), award-winning classical pianist
  • Margaret Leng Tan (born 1945), classical musician known for her work as a professional toy pianist

Slovakia[]

Slovenia[]

South Africa[]

  • Elsie Hall (1877–1976), prominent Australian-born South African classical pianist

South Korea[]

  • Yoonjung Han (born 1985), Korean-American pianist and educator
  • Heejae Kim (born c.1987), classical pianist
  • Jiyeong Mun (born 1995), pianist and chamber musician
  • Yeol Eum Son (born 1986), concert pianist and educator
  • Haewon Song (fl. 1980s), concert pianist now based in the United States
  • Hai-Kyung Suh (born 1960), South Korean pianist based in New York
  • Joyce Yang (born 1986), concert pianist now based in the United States
  • Jeanne You (born 1978), concert pianist and educator now based in Germany

Spain[]

  • Rosa García Ascot (1902–2002), composer and pianist specializing in de Falla
  • Amparo Iturbi (1898–1969), pianist who played in MGM musicals
  • Alicia de Larrocha (1923–2009), legendary pianist and composer
  • Teresa Llacuna (born 1935), Catalan classical pianist
  • Leonora Milà Romeu (born 1942), Catalan pianist and composer
  • Paloma O'Shea (born 1936), pianist and arts patron
  • Marianna Prjevalskaya (born 1982), Russian-born Spanish pianist who performs internationally

Sri Lanka[]

  • Shani Diluka (born 1976), Monaco-born Sri Lankan pianist
  • Tanya Ekanayaka (born 1977), concert pianist and composer

Sweden[]

  • Valborg Aulin (1860–1928), pianist and composer
  • Ebba d'Aubert (1819–1860), concert pianist
  • Monica Dominique (born 1940), pianist, composer and actress
  • Marianne Ehrenström (1773–1867), writer, singer, painter and pianist
  • Aurore von Haxthausen (1830–1888), writer, composer and pianist
  • Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming (born 1932), classical concert pianist
  • Wilhelmina Josephson (1816–1906), notable pianist and educator
  • Maria Lettberg (born 1970), pianist now living in Berlin
  • Sara Augusta Malmborg (1810–1860), singer, pianist and painter
  • Natalya Pasichnyk (born 1971), Swedish-Ukrainian classical pianist
  • Ika Peyron (1845–1922), composer, pianist and organist
  • Amanda Sandborg Waesterberg (1842–1918), composer, cantor and pianist
  • Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840–1913), Swedish-German composer and concert pianist
  • Julia Sigova (born 1982), concert pianist
  • Fanny Stål (1821–1889), classical concert pianist
  • Bertha Tammelin (1836–1915), actress, mezzo-soprano, pianist, composer and drama teacher
  • Emilia Uggla (1819–1855), classical concert pianist and concert singer

Switzerland[]

  • Caroline Boissier-Butini (1786–1836), pianist and composer
  • Hélène Boschi (1917–1990), Franco-Swiss pianist and educator
  • Sylviane Deferne (born 1965), concert pianist
  • Lisy Fischer (1900–1999), concert pianist and educator
  • Fanny Hünerwadel (1826–1854), pianist, singer and composer
  • Margaret Kitchin (1914–2008), classical pianist associated with contemporary music
  • Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (1895–1976), composer, pianist and harpsichordist
  • Marianne Schroeder (born 1949), pianist and composer

Taiwan[]

  • Fenia Chang (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and educator
  • Christiana Lin (fl. 1990s), Chinese-Austrian pianist and harpsichordist
  • Chen Pi-hsien (born 1950), Taiwanese-German classical pianist and educator
  • Ching-yun Hu (fl. 2000s), award-winning classical pianist
  • Chia-Hui Lu (born 1976), classical concert pianist
  • Szuyu Rachel Su (born 1998), award-winning concert pianist

Turkey[]

  • Anjelika Akbar (born 1969), composer, pianist and writer
  • İdil Biret (born 1941), known for her romantic repertoire
  • Verda Erman (1944–2014), concert pianist
  • Lara Melda (born 1993), British-Turkish concert pianist
  • Ayşegül Sarıca (born 1935), concert pianist and educator
  • Zeynep Üçbaşaran (fl. 2000s), award-winning pianist

Ukraine[]

  • Anna Fedorova (born 1990), concert pianist
  • Génia (fl. 1999), London-based Ukrainian-born virtuoso pianist and composer
  • Anna Kravtchenko (born 1976), pianist and educator now based in Switzerland
  • Valentina Lisitsa (born 1973), Ukrainian-born American pianist
  • Irina Zaritskaya (1939–2001), pianist who later settled in London

United Kingdom[]

  • Imogen Cooper (born 1949), concert pianist and chamber musician
  • Jill Crossland (fl. 2000s), English classical pianist
  • Fanny Davies (1861–1934), Guernsey-born British classical pianist
  • Adelina de Lara (1872–1925), classical pianist and composer
  • Alice Diehl (1844–1912), concert pianist who became a novelist
  • Sophia Dussek (1775–1831), Scottish singer, pianist, harpist and composer
  • Margaret Fairchild (1911–1989), concert pianist, nun and homeless woman
  • Margaret Fingerhut (born 1955), classical pianist and educator
  • Alissa Firsova (born 1986), Russian-born British classical composer, pianist and conductor
  • Norma Fisher (born 1940), concert pianist and educator
  • Kyla Greenbaum (1922-2017), British pianist who specialised in contemporary music
  • Margaret Kitchin (1914-2008), Swiss-born British pianist who specialised in contemporary music
  • Harriet Hague (1793–1816), pianist and composer
  • Myra Hess (1890–1965), classical pianist who maintained morale by playing during World War II
  • Dorothy Howell (1898–1982), composer and pianist
  • Edna Iles (1905–2003), English classical pianist who broadcast frequently
  • Elizabeth Jonas (c.1825–1877), child prodicy, concert pianist and educator
  • Anna Robena Laidlaw (1819–1901), court pianist to the Queen of Hanover
  • Kate Loder (1825–1904), composer and pianist
  • Iris Loveridge (1917–2000), English classical pianist specializing in British contemporary music
  • Moura Lympany (1916–2005), concert pianist
  • Joanna MacGregor (born 1959), concert pianist, conductor, composer and festival curator
  • Elizabeth Norman McKay (1931–2018), musicologist, pianist and lieder accompanist
  • Yaltah Menuhin (1921–2001), American-born British pianist, artist and poet
  • Gayatri Nair (born 2001), Indian-British pianist and singer
  • Anne Naysmith (1937–2015), classical pianist known for sleeping rough
  • Marie Novello (1884–1928), Welsh professional pianist
  • Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822), soprano, pianist and composer
  • Annette Bryn Parri (fl. 2000s), Welsh classical pianist and accompanist
  • Jane Savage (c.1753–1824), harpsichordist and composer
  • Irene Scharrer (1888–1971), English classical pianist and recording artist
  • Phyllis Sellick (1911–2007), pianist and educator who performed with her husband Cyril Smith
  • Millicent Silver (1905–1986), harpsichordist, pianist and violinist
  • Kathryn Stott (born 1958), classical concert pianist and chamber musician
  • Penelope Thwaites (fl. 1970s), British-Australian concert pianist and recording artist, specializing in the music of Percy Grainger
  • Denise Tolkowsky (1918–1991), pianist and composer who settled in Belgium
  • Valerie Tryon (born 1934), classical pianist who spends much of her time in Canada
  • Mitsuko Uchida (born 1948), Japanese-born British classical pianist and conductor
  • Adela Verne (1877–1952), prominent classical pianist of her era
  • Mathilde Verne (1865–1936), concert pianist and educator
  • Mary Wurm (1860–1938), pianist and composer who settled in Germany
  • Di Xiao (fl. 1996), Chinese-British classical pianist

United States[]

  • Armenta Adams (born 1936), African-American concert pianist and educator
  • Esther Allan (1914–1985), composer, pianist and organist
  • Stell Andersen (1897–1989), international concert pianist
  • Katja Andy (1907–2013), German-American pianist and educator
  • Lydia Artymiw (fl. 1970s), concert pianist and educator
  • Lola Astanova (born 1982), Uzbek-American pianist specializing in Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff
  • Lera Auerbach (born 1973), Russian-born American classical composer and pianist
  • Dorothea Austin (1921–2011), Austrian-American pianist, composer and educator
  • Nadia Azzi (born 1998), pianist of Lebanese-Japanese origin who has performed from an early age
  • Blanche Hermine Barbot (1842–1919), Belgian-born pianist, educator and music director who settled in the United States
  • Jennifer Margaret Barker (born 1965), Scottish-American composer and pianist
  • Margaret Baxtresser (1922–2005), international concert pianist
  • Amy Beach (1867–1944), composer and pianist
  • Emily Bear (born 2001), composer, pianist and singer who has performed from an early age
  • Sonya Belousova (born 1990), Russian-born American composer, pianist and recording artist
  • Joan Benson (1925–2020), clavichordist, fortepianist and pianist
  • Sondra Bianca (born 1930), concert pianist, educator and recording artist
  • Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (1863–1927), Austrian-American concert pianist
  • Birdie Blye (1871–1935), child prodigy who toured widely, later concert pianist
  • Mary Louise Boehm (1924–2002), pianist and painter
  • Margaret Bonds (1913–1972), early African American composer and pianist
  • Elena Braslavsky (fl. 1980s), Russian-American international concert pianist and chamber musician
  • Allison Brewster Franzetti (fl. 1974), pianist, music educator and recording artist
  • Antonia Brico (1902–1989), Dutch-American conductor and pianist
  • Judith Burganger (born 1939), pianist and educator
  • Winifred Byrd (1884–1970), concert pianist and educator
  • Sarah Cahill (born 1960), pianist, music writer and radio host
  • Angelin Chang (fl. 1990s), award-winning pianist and educator
  • Abbey Perkins Cheney (born 1851), pianist and educator
  • Gloria Cheng (fl. 2000s), contemporary music pianist and film director
  • Kate Sara Chittenden (1856–1949), piano teacher and music school founder
  • Naida Cole (born 1974), Canadian-American concert pianist
  • Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962), Venezuelan-America pianist, composer and conductor
  • Mildred Couper (1887–1974), prominent composer and pianist experimenting with quarter-tone music
  • Cindy Cox (born 1961), composer and pianist
  • Évelyne Crochet (born 1934), French-born American classical pianist
  • Bella Davidovich (born 1928), Soviet-born American pianist and educator
  • Sharon Davis (born 1937), composer, pianist and music publisher
  • Karin Dayas (1892–1971), pianist and music educator
  • Simone Dinnerstein (born 1972), classical pianist noted for recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations
  • Ania Dorfmann (1899–1984), Russian-born American pianist and educator
  • Marylène Dosse (born 1939), French-born American pianist and educator
  • Yelena Eckemoff (fl. 1991), Russian-American pianist, composer and educator
  • Reena Esmail (born 1983), pianist and composer
  • Florence Kirsch Du Brul (1915–2005), concert pianist and educator
  • Elisenda Fábregas (born 1955), Spanish-born American pianist and composer
  • Amy Fay (1844–1928), pianist and writer
  • Nohema Fernández (born 1944), Cuban-born American pianist and educator
  • Chloe Flower (born 1985), composer, writer, producer and pianist
  • Liana Forest (fl. 1990s), Russian-born pianist and recording artist based in the United States
  • Madeleine Forte (born 1938), French-American pianist, recording artist and educator
  • Vera Franceschi (1926–1966), Italian-American pianist specializing in Chopin
  • Gabriela Lena Frank (born 1972), pianist and contemporary music composer
  • Elinor Freer (fl. 2000s), pianist and educator
  • Alice Frisca (1900–1960), concert pianist
  • Umi Garrett (born 2000), American-Japanese classical pianist
  • Mona Golabek (fl. 1970s), concert pianist, writer and radio host
  • Edna Golandsky (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
  • Martha Goldstein (1919–2014), harpsichordist and pianist
  • Patricia Goodson (born 1954), American pianist based in the Czech Republic
  • Thomasina Talley Greene (1913–2003), African-American concert pianist and educator
  • Bonnie Gritton (fl. 1970s), music educator and concert pianist
  • Helen Eugenia Hagan (1891–1964), African American pianist, educator and composer
  • Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809), Dutch-born pianist, educator and composer who lived in the United States
  • Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854), Swedish-born American composer, singer, pianist, educator and organist
  • Hazel Harrison (1883–1969), African American concert pianist
  • Babette Hierholzer (born 1957), German-American pianist and artistic director
  • Mary Howe (1882–1964), composer and pianist
  • Helen Huang (born 1982), Chinese-American pianist and educator
  • Claire Huangci (born 1990), classical pianist of Chinese origin
  • Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950), pianist, impresario, founder of the Cleveland Orchestra
  • Jennifer Hymer (fl. 1990s), American pianist based in Hamburg, Germany
  • Lilian Kallir (1931–2004), Czech-born American pianist
  • Tara Kamangar (fl. 2005), pianist and composer
  • Constance Keene (1921–2005), pianist and educator
  • Anne Gamble Kennedy (1920–2001), African American pianist, accompanist and educator
  • Nina Gamble Kennedy (born 1960), African American pianist, conductor, filmmaker and writer
  • Olga Kern (born 1975), Russian-American classical pianist
  • Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002), Russian-born American concert pianist, composer and educator
  • Angela Jia Kim (fl. 1990s), classical pianist
  • Dina Koston (c.1929–2009), pianist, music educator and composer
  • Min Kwon (fl. 1990s), Korean-American pianist and educator
  • Ruth Laredo (1937–2005), concert pianist remembered for recordings of Rachmaninoff
  • Mihae Lee (fl. 1970s), South Korean-born American pianist and chamber musician
  • Soyeon Kate Lee (born 1979), Korean-American pianist and educator
  • Xenia Boodberg Lee (1927–2004), concert pianist playing modern works
  • Tina Lerner (1889–c.1947), Russian-American concert pianist and educator
  • Ray Lev (1912–1968), concert pianist and recording artist
  • Beth Levin (born 1950), classical pianist
  • Rosina Lhévinne (1880–1976), Ukrainian-born American pianist and educator
  • Gertrude Lightstone Mittelmann (1907–1956), concert pianist and broadcaster
  • Jenny Lin (born 1973), Taiwanese-American concert pianist
  • Valentina Lisitsa (born 1973), Ukrainian-American concert pianist and popular recording artist
  • Barbara Lister-Sink (born 1947), pianist, educator and leader in injury-preventive keyboard technique
  • Kate Liu (born 1994), Singaporean-American pianist specializing in Chopin
  • Katherine Allen Lively, American pianist, writer and songwriter
  • Oksana Lutsyshyn (born 1964), Ukrainian-American recording artist, pianist and educator
  • Gulimina Mahamuti (born 1978), Uyghur Chinese-born American concert pianist
  • Mana-Zucca (1885–1981), actress, singer, pianist and composer
  • Adele Marcus (1906–1995), pianist and educator
  • Helen Marlais (fl. 2000s), pianist and music writer
  • Melissa Marse (born 1974), pianist and chamber musician
  • Anne-Marie McDermott (born 1963), classical pianist and chamber musician
  • Louise Meiszner (1924–2008), pianist and music educator
  • Susan Merdinger (born 1962), classical pianist, music director and educator
  • Yolanda Mero (1887–1963), Hungarian-American pianist, opera and theatre impresario and philanthropist
  • Beata Moon (born 1969), Korean-American pianist and composer
  • Marilyn Neeley (1937–2007), award-winning pianist
  • Soon Hee Newbold (fl. 2000s), composer, conductor, musician and actress
  • Ethel Newcomb (1875–1959), pianist who opened a music studio in New York
  • Quynh Nguyen (fl. 1987), Vietnamese-American classical pianist
  • Erika Nickrenz (born 1963), classical pianist and chamber musician
  • Grace Nikae (fl. 1990s), Japanese-American concert pianist and chamber musician
  • Barbara Nissman (born 1944), pianist specializing in Alberto Ginastera and Sergei Prokofiev
  • Heather O'Donnell (born 1973), classical pianist
  • Ursula Oppens (born 1944), concert pianist and educator
  • Margaret Saunders Ott (1920–2010), pianist and educator
  • Our Lady J (fl. 2000s), pianist, television writer and producer
  • Terry Winter Owens (1941–2007), composer, violinist, pianist, chamber musician and educator
  • Natasha Paremski (born 1987), Russian-American classical pianist
  • Margaret Patrick (1913–1994), African American member of the Ebony and Ivory duo
  • Beverley Peck Johnson (1904–2001), voice teacher, soprano and pianist
  • Rebecca Penneys (born 1946), pianist, chamber musician and educator
  • Navah Perlman (fl. 1986), pianist and chamber musician
  • Sally Pinkas (fl. 1983), Israeli-American pianist and educator
  • Wynne Pyle (1881–1971), concert pianist
  • Eda Rapoport (1890–1968), Lativian-American composer and pianist
  • Liza Redfield (1924–2018), conductor, pianist and composer
  • Nadia Reisenberg (1904–1983), Lithuanian-American pianist and educator
  • Blanche Robinson (1863–1969), composer and piano accompanist
  • Martha Baird Rockefeller (1895–1971), pianist, philanthropist and arts advocate
  • Kathryn Salfelder (born 1987), composer, conductor and pianist
  • Olga Samaroff (1880–1948), pianist, music critic and educator
  • Lucy Scarbrough (1927–2020), pianist, conductor and educator
  • Madeline Schiller (1843–1911), British-born American pianist and educator
  • Helen Schnabel (1911–1974), pianist and recording artist
  • Philippa Schuyler (1931–1967), African American child prodigy, concert pianist and journalist
  • Marthe Servine (died 1972), French-American pianist and composer
  • Orli Shaham (born 1975), concert pianist, chamber musician and radio presenter
  • Regina Shamvili (fl. 2000s), Georgian-American pianist performing internationally
  • Marilyn Shrude (born 1946), contemporary classical pianist and educator
  • Bella Shumiatcher (1911–1990), Russian-American pianist and music educator
  • Faye-Ellen Silverman (born 1947), composer, pianist and educator
  • Lori Sims (fl. 1990s), classical pianist and educator
  • Ruth Slenczynska (born 1925), classical pianist who performed from an early age
  • Julia Smith (1905–1989), composer, pianist and music writer
  • Eleanor Sokoloff (1914–2020), pianist and educator
  • Teresa Sterne (1927–2000), pianist and record producer
  • Grete Sultan (1906–2005), German-American pianist and educator
  • Kathleen Supové (fl. 2000s), pianist specializing in modern classical music
  • Nina Svetlanova (born 1932), Russian-American concert pianist and educator
  • Gloria Wilson Swisher (born 1935), composer, music educator and pianist
  • Margaret Leng Tan (born 1945), Singaporean-born American pianist, often using unconventional instruments
  • Marioara Trifan (born 1950), internationally performing pianist and conductor
  • Rosalyn Tureck (1913–2003), pianist, harpsichordist and Bach specialist
  • Aline van Barentzen (1897–1981), Franco-American classical pianist
  • Isabelle Vengerova (1877–1956), Russian-American pianist and music educator
  • Amelia von Ende (1856–1932), Polish-American writer, pianist, composer, educator and translator
  • Lucille Wallace (1898–1977), American-born harpsichordist who settled in English
  • Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991), composer of contemporary classical music and pianist
  • Janice Weber (born 1950), pianist and novelist
  • Gertrude Weinstock (1904–1985), concert pianist
  • Wu Han (born 1959), Taiwanese-American pianist, recording artist, educator and cultural entrepreneur
  • Julianne Vanden Wyngaard (fl. 1960s), carillonist and pianist
  • Oxana Yablonskaya (born 1938), Russian-American international concert pianist and recording artist
  • Sophia Yan (born 1986), classical pianist and international journalist
  • Berenika Zakrzewski (born 1983), international concert pianist who has performed since she was 8
  • Marion Zarzeczna (fl. 1950s), concert pianist and educator
  • Lauren Zhang (born 2001), classical pianist, winner of the 2018 BBC Young Musician Contest

Uruguay[]

  • Dinorah Varsi (1939–2013), classical pianist

Uzbekistan[]

  • Gulnora Alimova (born 1971), classical pianist
  • Anna Malikova (born 1965), concert pianist, recording artist and educator

Venezuela[]

  • Corin Akl Jáuregui (born 1966), composer, pianist, educator
  • Teresa Carreño (1853–1917), pianist, soprano, composer and conductor
  • Gabriela Montero (born 1970), classical pianist and improvisation specialist
  • Alba Quintanilla (born 1944), composer, harpist, harpsichordist, pianist, conductor and educator
  • Clara Rodríguez (born 1970)

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