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Composers whose names start with KE.

20th Century

Kees van Baaren

Kees van Baaren (; 22 October 1906 – 2 September 1970) was a Dutch composer and teacher. Early years Van Baaren was born in Enschede. His early studies (1924–29) were in Berlin with Rudolph

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21st Century

Kees Wieringa

Kees Wieringa is a Dutch pianist, composer, writer and cultural entrepreneur. His mission is to inspire and connect people through art and culture. He came to prominence for his performances of the

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Keff McCulloch

Keff McCulloch (born 8 July 1954 ) is an English composer best known for his electronic music for Doctor Who in the late 1980s. In 1987, he was employed by producer John Nathan-Turner to arrange the

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21st Century

Keiji Inai

is a Japanese composer, arranger and orchestrator best known for his work in anime and video games. He is affiliated with the music production company Imagine. Biography Inai was born in Hiroshima,

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Post-War

Keiko Abe

is a Japanese composer and marimba player. She has been a primary figure in the development of the marimba, in terms of expanding both technique and repertoire, and through her collaboration with the

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21st Century

Keiko Fujiie

Keiko Fujiie (), born in 1963 in Kyoto, is a composer whose music is frequently performed both in Japan and internationally. She is best known for guitar compositions, many of them for the

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20th Century

Keith Bissell

Keith Warren Bissell (12 February 1912 in Meaford, Ontario – 9 May 1992 in Newmarket, Ontario) was a Canadian composer, conductor, and music educator. He was particularly known for his choral music,

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21st Century

Keith Burstein

Keith Burstein born 1957 as Keith Burston (the anglicised form adopted by his father of the surname, which Burstein later dropped) is an English composer, conductor and music theorist with Jewish

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Keith Dale Gordon

Keith Dale Gordon (born July 14, 1966), is an American lyricist and composer of musical theater, commercial jingles, and award shows. He is known primarily for his 2006 musical Saint Heaven which

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21st Century

Keith Hamel

Keith Hamel (born 1956 in Morden, Manitoba, Canada) is a composer, software designer, and professor of music. His music consists of orchestral, chamber, solo, and vocal music, often focussing on live

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21st Century

Keith Patchel

Keith Patchel (July 23, 1955 – August 7, 2021) was an American musician and composer. Patchel studied at the Juilliard School in New York City with among other teachers Samuel Adler. His Pluto

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Post-War

Keith Tippett

Keith Graham Tippetts (25 August 1947 – 14 June 2020), known professionally as Keith Tippett, was a British jazz pianist and composer. According to AllMusic, Tippett's career "...spanned jazz-rock,

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21st Century

Keivan Saket

Keivan Saket () (born 1961 in Mashhad) is an Iranian composer and university professor and Tar and Setar Player, and author of 12 books for Tar and Setar. Early life Keivan Saket was born in 1961 to

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21st Century

Kekko Fornarelli

Kekko Fornarelli, pseudonym of Francesco Fornarelli (born 10 January 1978 in Bari, Italy) is an Italian jazz pianist and composer of crossover jazz music and soundtracks. Biography Kekko Fornarelli

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21st Century

Kelly Tang

Kelly Tang (born 1961) is a Singaporean composer known internationally for his wind band, chamber and orchestral works. For his contributions to the local music scene, Tang was conferred the Cultural

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Post-War

Kelsey Jones

Herbert Kelsey Jones (June 17, 1922 – October 10, 2004) was a Canadian composer, pianist, harpsichordist, and music teacher. Early life Jones was born in South Norwalk, Norwalk, Connecticut; he grew

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20th Century

Kemp Stillings

Katharine Kemp Stillings (June 30, 1888 – April 30, 1967) was a violinist, composer, and music educator. Early life Katharine Kemp Stillings was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and began studying

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Post-War

Ken Field

Ken Field (born January 26, 1953) is a saxophonist, flautist, percussionist, and composer. Since 1988 he has been a member of the electrified modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, with

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Post-War

Ken Howard (composer)

Kenneth Charles Howard (26 December 1939 – 24 September 2024) was an English songwriter, lyricist, author and television director. Early years Howard was born in Worthing, West Sussex, on 26 December

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Ken Silverman (musician)

Ken Silverman is an American guitarist and composer based in New York City in the United States. Silverman has been described as incorporating in his compositions and guitar style elements of jazz,

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21st Century

Ken Ueno

Ken Ueno (born January 11, 1970, in Bronxville, New York) is an American composer. Career Ueno pursued initial studies in music at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY, but soon

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Post-War

Ken'ichiro Kobayashi

is a Japanese conductor and composer. In Japan he is known among his fans as “Kobaken.” Biography Born in Iwaki, Fukushima, Kobayashi's father was a high school music teacher, and mother was a

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Kendall Briggs

Kendall Durelle Briggs is an American composer of classical music and music theorist. He is a professor of music theory, music history and analysis at the Juilliard School in New York City. He has

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21st Century

Kenichi Maeyamada

, also known as , is a Japanese composer, lyricist, and musician. His primary work is composing anime theme songs and for J-pop musicians. He contracts through Supalove, a Japanese record label. He

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21st Century

Kenichiro Fukui

is a Japanese video game composer and electronic rock musician. Before working at Square Enix, he was employed at Konami. He was also an arranger and a keyboardist in the band The Black Mages.

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21st Century

Kenji Bunch

Kenji Bunch (born July 27, 1973) is an American composer and violist based in Portland, Oregon. Bunch currently serves as the artistic director of Fear No Music and teaches at Portland State

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21st Century

Kenji Ito

, also known by the nickname , - !scope=row 1997 SaGa Frontier Music - Culdcept Saga Music - !scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" 2009 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Adventure Team Music with several others - SaGa

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21st Century

Kenji Kawai

is a Japanese music composer and arranger. Known as one of the biggest names in the soundtrack world, he has worked on a wide range of mixed media productions, including anime, TV shows, films, video

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21st Century

Kenji Yamamoto (composer, born 1964)

is a Japanese video game musician working for Nintendo, notable for composing music in many titles of the Metroid series, mainly Super Metroid and the Metroid Prime trilogy. Yamamoto also plays a

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Post-War

Kenjiro Ezaki

is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music, especially famous for his electronic music and computer music. Biography Kenjiro Ezaki was born in Tainan (Taiwan). He studied at the Nihon

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20th Century

Kenneth Duffield

Kenneth Launcelot Duffield (31 May 1885 – 23 November 1958) was an Australian theatrical composer, writer and pastoralist. Early life Kenneth Duffield was born on 31 May 1885, to a wealthy South

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21st Century

Kenneth Fuchs

Kenneth Daniel Fuchs (born July 1, 1956) is a Grammy Award-winning American composer. He currently serves as Professor of Music Composition at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut.

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Post-War

Kenneth Gaburo

Kenneth Louis Gaburo (July 5, 1926 – January 26, 1993) was an American composer. Life Gaburo was born in Somerville, New Jersey. He served as a professor of music at the University of Illinois, the

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21st Century

Kenneth Hesketh

Kenneth Hesketh (born 20 July 1968) He studied at the Royal College of Music, London, with Edwin Roxburgh, Joseph Horovitz and Simon Bainbridge between 1987 and 1992 and attended Tanglewood in 1995

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Late Romantic

Kenneth J. Alford

Frederick Joseph Ricketts (21 February 1881 – 15 May 1945) was an English composer of marches for band. Under the pen name Kenneth J. Alford, he composed marches which are considered to be great

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Post-War

Kenneth Kafui

Kenneth Kwaku Avotri Kafui (July 25, 1951 – March 18, 2020) was a Ghanaian composer. He was a lecturer in music theory and composition at the music department of the University of Ghana, Legon. He

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21st Century

Kenneth Lampl

Kenneth Lampl (born November 7, 1964) is an American composer and lecturer known for his film, television and choral music. He is the former head of the Australian National University School of

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Post-War

Kenneth Leighton

Kenneth Leighton (2 October 1929 – 24 August 1988) was a British composer and pianist. His compositions include church and choral music, pieces for piano, organ, cello, oboe and other instruments,

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Post-War

Kenneth Peacock

Kenneth Howard Peacock (7 April 1922 – 22 November 2000) was a Canadian ethnomusicologist, composer, and pianist. He was a leading authority in Canadian enthnomusicology, and his research and

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Kenneth Young (Scottish composer)

Kenneth Young, also known as Kenneth C. M. Young or Kenny Young, is a Scottish freelance audio director, composer, sound designer and writer. He is best known for his award-winning work on the audio

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Post-War

Kenny Wheeler

Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. Most of his performances

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Kent Devereaux

Kent Devereaux is an American composer, director, academic administrator, and the 12th and current president of Goucher College. He was previously the president of the New Hampshire Institute of Art

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Kent Isaacs

Kent Isaacs is a Swedish producer, mixer, musician, songwriter and music entrepreneur. He is co-owner and operator of Cosmos Music, an independent Scandinavian music label. Isaacs has been known to

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20th Century

Kent Kennan

Kent Wheeler Kennan (April 18, 1913, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – November 1, 2003, in Austin, Texas) was an American composer, author, educator, and professor. Biography He learned to play the organ

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21st Century

Kenta Hamano

is a Japanese musician, composer, and actor who is represented by the talent agency Kakubarhythm. He played the trombone in the band Sakerock. Filmography TV dramas Film Video games Dubbing *Soul,

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21st Century

Kentaro Sato

, aka Ken-P, is a composer/conductor/orchestrator/clinician of media music (Film/TV/Game) and concert music (Symphonic and Choral). He is also an accomplished lyricist and voice-over artist. His

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Post-War

Kenton Coe

Kenton Summers Coe (November 11, 1930 – December 29, 2021) was an American composer. Biography Coe was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, the younger of two sons born to Cleveland Beach Coe (1893-1945)

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21st Century

Kenzie (songwriter)

Kim Yeon-jung (; born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Kenzie (), is a South Korean songwriter and record producer signed under SM Entertainment. She has written and produced songs for SM

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21st Century

Kerensa Briggs

Kerensa Rosie Joanne Briggs (born 1991) is a British composer, primarily of choral and organ music. In 2022 she began a three-year term as composer-in-residence with the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus in

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21st Century

Kermit Poling

Kermit Poling (born 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States) is an American conductor, violinist, and composer. Kermit Poling is Music Director of both the South Arkansas Symphony and the Shreveport

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21st Century

Kerry Muzzey

Kerry Muzzey (born 1970) is an American classical composer. Early life Muzzey was born and raised in Joliet, Illinois. Muzzey graduated from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, with a degree in

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Post-War

Kerstin Jeppsson

Kerstin Jeppsson (born 29 October 1948) is a Swedish composer. She was born in Nyköping, Sweden, and graduated from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where she studied composition with Maurice

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20th Century

Kerstin Thieme

Kerstin Thieme (23 June 1909, as Karl Thieme – 26 November 2001) was a German composer, composition teacher, music educator and music writer. Life and career Thieme was born in Bad Schlema, Ore

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Kerzelli family

Kerzelli (Russian: Керцелли, Керцель or Керцеллий; also spelled Cherzelli, Kerzelly, Kertsel, Kercel, Kerzel, or Kerzell) is the surname of a large family of musicians of Italian, Czech or Austrian

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21st Century

Kevin Brady (musician)

Kevin Brady (born 23 January 1974) is an Irish jazz drummer, composer and music educator. Early life and education Brady was born in Dublin. He studied classical piano and trumpet in childhood, later

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21st Century

Kevin James Maher

Kevin James Maher (born April 20, 1988), better known as Kevvy Mental, is a Canadian musician, producer, film composer and remix artist most notable for his work in Fake Shark as lead vocalist and

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21st Century

Kevin Keller (composer)

Kevin Keller (born April 27, 1967) is an American composer and recording artist known primarily for "ambient chamber music", a style that combines live instruments with electronic effects. Biography

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21st Century

Kevin MacNeil

Kevin MacNeil (born 20th century) is a Scottish novelist, poet, screenwriter, lyricist, playwright and educator. Early life and education MacNeil was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer

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21st Century

Kevin Penkin

Kevin Penkin (born 22 May 1992) is a British-born Australian composer, primarily for video games and anime. He is best known for composing the score of the anime Made in Abyss, which won Best Score

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21st Century

Kevin Puts

Kevin Matthew Puts (born January 3, 1972) is an American composer, best known for his opera The Hours and for winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for his first opera, Silent Night, He studied

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Post-War

Kevin Volans

Kevin Volans (born 26 July 1949) is a South African-born Irish composer and pianist. He studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel in Cologne in the 1970s and later became associated with

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21st Century

Keyla Orozco

Keyla María Orozco Alemán (born 22 September 1969) is a Cuban composer based in the Netherlands and the United States. A 2000 Guggenheim Fellow, her music has drawn inspiration from Cuban music.

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21st Century

Keyna Wilkins

Keyna Wilkins is an Australian/British composer-musician. Her compositions are published and distributed by Wiripang Music. Wilkins was a finalist in the Australian Music Centre and APRA AMCOS 2021

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