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Composers whose names start with LA.
L.A.X (musician)
Damilola Afolabi (born April 10, 1993), known professionally as L.A.X is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and rapper. L.A.X started out as a rapper and was part of a three-man group called Flyboiz while
Read → Post-WarLa Monte Young
La Monte Thornton Young (born October 14, 1935) is an American composer, musician, and performance artist recognized as one of the first American minimalist composers and a central figure in post-war
Read → Post-WarLaci Boldemann
Laci Boldemann (24 April 1921 – 18 August 1969) was a Swedish composer of German and Finnish descent. Life and career Boldemann was born in Helsinki. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in
Read → Post-WarLadislav Burlas
Ladislav Burlas (3 April 1927 – 11 February 2024) was a Slovak composer and musicologist. He worked at the institute of musicology at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava from 1951 to 1990,
Read → Post-WarLadislav Kubík
Ladislav Kubík (26 August 1946 – 27 October 2017) was a Czech-American composer. His style is associated with other post-war Eastern European composers, such as Krzysztof Penderecki and Witold
Read → Post-WarLadislav Kupkovič
Ladislav Kupkovič (17 March 1936 – 15 June 2016) was a Slovak composer and conductor. Life Kupkovič was born in Bratislava, and studied violin and conducting there, first at the conservatory, then at
Read → RomanticLady Arthur Hill
Annie Jessie Fortescue Harrison (30 December 1848 – 12 February 1944), also known as Annie, Lady Hill and Lady Arthur Hill, was an English composer of songs and piano pieces. She composed two
Read → BaroqueLady Mary Dering
Lady Mary Dering (née Mary Harvey; baptised 3 September 1629 – 7 February 1704) was an English composer of the Baroque period. Three of her songs were included in the Select Ayres and Dialogues
Read → 20th CenturyLajos Bárdos
Lajos Bárdos (1 October 1899 – 18 November 1986) was a composer, conductor, music theorist, and professor of music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, in Budapest, Hungary, where he had previously
Read → Post-WarLajos Dudas
Lajos Dudas (; born February 18, 1941, in Budapest, Hungary) is a German-Hungarian jazz clarinetist and composer. Biography Dudas studied at the and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. He
Read → Post-WarLallo Gori
Lallo Gori (7 March 1927 – 1 December 1982) was an Italian composer and musician. Life and career Born in Cervia, Ravenna as Coriolano Gori, Gori graduated in piano, harmony and composition at the
Read → Post-WarLam Bun-Ching
Lam Bun-Ching (; b. Macau, 1954) is a Chinese American composer, pianist, and conductor. Early life and training Lam holds a B.A. degree in piano performance from the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Read → Post-WarLam Manyee
Lam Manyee () is a Chinese composer and music producer from Hong Kong. Early life On 10 September 1950, Lam was born in Hong Kong. In 2009, she also gained qualification as a naturopathic
Read → 20th CenturyLamartine Babo
Lamartine Babo (10 January 1904 — 16 June 1963) was one of the most important popular composers of Brazil. He also appeared in four films. Career Babo composed several satirical sambas, marchinhas
Read → BaroqueLambert Chaumont
Lambert Chaumont (c. 1630 – April 1712) was a Flemish Baroque composer and organist. Chaumont was from the Liège area, possibly born in that city. The earliest mention of his name dates from January
Read → Late RomanticLandon Ronald
Sir Landon Ronald (born Landon Ronald Russell) (7 June 1873 – 14 August 1938) was an English conductor, composer, pianist, teacher and administrator. In his early career he gained work as an
Read → 21st CenturyLane Tietgen
Lane Tietgen (born Topeka, Kansas ) was an American poet, composer and musician who sang and played guitar and bass. Tietgen lived in the Bay Area in California. He died on 14 July 2020, as reported
Read → 21st CenturyLansing McLoskey
Lansing McLoskey (born 1964) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. His Zealot Canticles: An Oratorio for Tolerance was a winner of the 61st Annual Grammy Award for Best Choral
Read → Post-WarLarry Austin
Larry Don Austin (September 12, 1930 – December 30, 2018) was an American composer noted for his electronic and computer music works. He was a co-founder and editor of the avant-garde music
Read → Post-WarLarry Crosley
Lawrence Crosley (May 19, 1932 - January 24, 1998) was an American-Canadian composer. He was most noted as a two-time Canadian Film Award winner for his film scores, winning at the 23rd Canadian Film
Read → 21st CenturyLarry Goves
Larry Goves (born 1980 in Cardiff, Wales) is a British composer. A PhD student at the University of Southampton, his tutor is Michael Finnissy. In addition to Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies
Read → Post-WarLarry Grossman (composer)
Larry Grossman (born September 3, 1938) is an American composer of stage and screen. Early life A Chicago native, Grossman graduated from Northwestern University School Communication in 1960. Career
Read → Post-WarLarry Harlow (musician)
Larry Harlow (born Lawrence Ira Kahn; March 20, 1939 – August 20, 2021) was an American salsa music pianist, performer, composer, band leader and producer. He was born into a musical American family
Read → Post-WarLarry Lake (musician)
Larry Ellsworth Lake (2 July 1943 – 17 September 2013 ) was an American-born Canadian composer, trumpeter, freelance writer on music, radio broadcaster, and record producer. As a composer, he was
Read → 21st CenturyLarry Mullins (musician)
Lawrence Edward Mullins, also known as Toby Dammit, (born 13 December 1966 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American musician, record producer, and composer. A multi-instrumentalist (primarily drums,
Read → Post-WarLarry Nickel
Larry Nickel (born March 12, 1952) is a Canadian composer, conductor, music publisher and singer who devotes much of his focus to choral music. He is an associate composer of the Canadian Music
Read → Post-WarLarry Polansky
Larry Polansky (October 16, 1954 – May 9, 2024) was an American composer, guitarist, mandolinist, and academic. Biography Polansky was born on October 16, 1954, in New York City to first-generation
Read → Post-WarLars Edlund
Lars Edlund (6 November 1922 – 21 December 2013 ) was a Swedish composer, organist and music teacher. Edlund was born in Karlstad, Värmland County. He studied music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Read → Post-WarLars Jansson (composer)
Lars Jansson (born 1951) is a Swedish jazz pianist and composer. Life Jansson grew up in Örebro, Sweden, where he was bored by his lessons at the community music school. In his early teens, a
Read → 21st CenturyLars Petter Hagen
Lars Petter Hagen (born 2 August 1975) is a Norwegian contemporary composer, former director of the Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival and currently an adviser for the Oslo Philharmonic
Read → 21st CenturyLars Taylor
Lars Rainer Rüetschi (born March 24, 1977), professional known as Lars Taylor, is a Swiss fusion guitarist, composer, and producer. He has collaborated with many notable musicians and Grammy Award
Read → 20th CenturyLars-Erik Larsson
Lars-Erik Vilner Larsson (15 May 190827 December 1986) was a Swedish composer, conductor, radio producer, and educator. He wrote three of the most popular works (each a suite) in Swedish art music: A
Read → Post-WarLars-Gunnar Bodin
Lars-Gunnar Bodin (15 July 1935 – 10 May 2021) was a Swedish pioneer in the field of electronic music during the 1960s, especially in the Scandinavian scene. Education and early career Bodin was born
Read → Post-WarLárus Halldór Grímsson
Lárus Halldór Grímsson (born December 13, 1954) is an Icelandic composer and musician. He is known mostly for his electronic compositions with traditional instruments but he has been writing more
Read → 21st CenturyLarysa Kuzmenko
Larysa Kuzmenko (born 1956) is a Juno Awards-nominated Canadian composer and pianist based in Toronto, Ontario. She currently teaches on the music faculties of The Royal Conservatory of Music and the
Read → 20th CenturyLasse Dahlquist
Lars Erik ("Lasse") Dahlquist (14 September 1910 – 14 October 1979) was a Swedish composer, singer and actor. Many of his songs are among the most popular sing-along songs in Sweden, such as Oh boy
Read → 20th CenturyLászló Lajtha
László Lajtha (; 30 June 1892 – 16 February 1963) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor. Career Lajtha was born to Ida Wiesel, a Transylvanian-Hungarian and Pál Lajtha, an owner
Read → Post-WarLászló Sáry
László Sáry (born Győrasszonyfa, Hungary, 1 January 1940) is a Hungarian composer and music educator, founding member of Új Zenei Stúdió, brother of composer József Sári. He studied with Endre
Read → 21st CenturyLászló Tihanyi
László Tihanyi (born 21 March 1956) is a Hungarian composer and conductor. Biography László Tihanyi was born in Budapest, Hungary, on 21 March 1956, and pursued musical studies at the Franz Liszt
Read → Post-WarLászló Vidovszky
László Vidovszky (born Békéscsaba, Hungary, 25 February 1944) is a Hungarian composer and pianist. During the 1970s he began composing works in a minimal style. His music has been influential on the
Read → 20th CenturyLászló Weiner
László Weiner (9 April 1916 in Szombathely, Hungary – 25 July 1944 in Lukov) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor who was murdered in the Holocaust. Weiner studied piano and conducting at
Read → 20th CenturyLauma Reinholde
Lauma Reinholde (1906 - 1986) was a Latvian composer, pianist and teacher who toured internationally and composed over 300 works. Although sometimes known as Lauma Vikmane after her marriage, she is
Read → 20th CenturyLauny Grøndahl
Launy Grøndahl (30 June 1886 – 21 January 1960) was a Danish conductor and composer. Grøndahl studied the violin from the age of eight. His first work as a professional musician was as a violinist
Read → 21st CenturyLaura Andel
Laura Andel (born 1968) is an Argentinian musician, conductor and composer. Biography Laura Andel was born in Argentina and has Moldovan descent. She began music lessons in Buenos Aires at the age of
Read → 21st CenturyLaura Canoura
Laura Canoura Sande (born 2 January 1957) is a singer and composer of popular Uruguayan music. She is considered one of the most renowned female solo artists in Uruguay. Biography Early career
Read → Post-WarLaura Clayton
Laura Clayton (born December 8, 1943) is an American pianist and composer. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and studied at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and at Columbia University, New
Read → EntryLaura Coyne
Laura Coyne is a Welsh composer and musician. As a composer, she is best known for her writing within the theatre industry. Career Daniel Curtis and Laura Coyne specialize in performing American show
Read → 21st CenturyLaura Kaminsky
Laura Kaminsky (born September 28, 1956) is an American composer, producer of musical and multi-disciplinary cultural events, and educator. She was born in New York City, graduated from the High
Read → Late RomanticLaura Lemon
Laura Gertrude Lemon (15 October 1866 – 18 August 1924) was a Canadian composer and songwriter who lived and worked in England. She also used the pseudonyms Austin Fleming and Ian Macdonald. Lemon
Read → RomanticLaura Netzel
Laura Constance Netzel ( Pistolekors; pseudonym, N Lago; 1 March 1839 — 10 February 1927) was a Finnish-born Swedish composer, pianist, conductor and concert organizer who sometimes used the
Read → 21st CenturyLaura Rossi
Laura Rossi is a British composer of film and concert works. Originally from Devon, she graduated with a master's degree from the London College of Music, having previously studied at the University
Read → 21st CenturyLaura Schwendinger
Laura Elise Schwendinger (born January 26, 1962) was the first composer to win the American Academy in Berlin's Berlin Prize. Biography Schwendinger was the first composer to win the American Academy
Read → Late RomanticLaura Sedgwick Collins
Laura Sedgwick Collins (c. 1859 – April 20, 1927) was an American musician, composer, lyricist, and actress. Born in Poughkeepsie, she was active as a music educator and composer in New York. While
Read → EntryLaura Shigihara
is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter, composer, video game developer, and Twitch streamer. She is best known as the lead composer and sound designer for the tower defense game Plants vs. Zombies
Read → EntryLaura Stevens
Laura Stevens is a South African and British composer of music for concert hall, film and media, stage and dance. Stevens composed the original score for the documentary Elephant Refugees (2022, dir.
Read → 21st CenturyLauren Bernofsky
Lauren Bernofsky is an American composer of solo, chamber and choral music as well as larger-scale works for orchestra, film, musical, opera, and ballet. Trained as a violinist, she is particularly
Read → 21st CenturyLaurence Crane
Laurence Crane (born 1961 in Oxford) is a British composer of contemporary classical music. Career Laurence Crane is closely associated with the ensemble Apartment House, who have given over 40
Read → 21st CenturyLaurence Owen (composer)
Laurence Owen is a British composer, musician, comedian and actor. Early career Laurence Owen's career began in the 1990s as a child actor. He had notable credits in the feature film Wilde (playing
Read → 21st CenturyLaurence Traiger
Laurence Traiger (October 16, 1956 – October 18, 2024) was an American composer. Originally from Bellmore, Long Island, New York, he studied and worked in Europe since 1976. Life and career At age 11
Read → 21st CenturyLaurent Ferlet
Laurent Ferlet (born 5 October 1961) in Paris is a French classical pianist, arranger and composer with a focus on film music. Filmography Film Ferlet composed music for film including: *Le seigneur
Read → 21st CenturyLaurent Lefrançois
Laurent Lefrançois (born in 1974 in Caen) is a French composer. Life Winner of the Claude Arrieu Prize of the Sacem in 2016 and public prize at the international competition for young composers in
Read → Post-WarLaurent Petitgirard
Laurent Petitgirard (born 10 June 1950, in Paris) is a French classical composer and conductor. Biography Laurent Petitgirard was born in Paris on 10 June 1950. He studied piano with his father Serge
Read → Post-WarLaurent Voulzy
Lucien Voulzy (, born 18 December 1948), better known as Laurent Voulzy (), is a French singer-songwriter, composer, and musician. Life and career Laurent Voulzy was born in Paris, France. Early in
Read → EntryLauri Conger
Lauri Conger is notable primarily as the keyboardist and one of the principal co-writers of most of the songs of The Parachute Club. History Conger is a native of Thunder Bay, Ontario, where she
Read → Post-WarLaurie Johnson
Laurence Reginald Ward Johnson (7 February 1927 – 16 January 2024) was an English composer and bandleader who wrote scores for dozens of film and television series, described as "one of the most
Read → EntryLaurie San Martin
Laurie Ann San Martin in Oakland, California. where she was one of the last students of Richard Swift before his retirement. In 1999, she was awarded a MacDowell Colony Fellowship. She was awarded an
Read → Post-WarLaurie Scott Baker
Laurie Scott Baker (1943 – 16 November 2022) was a British composer and musician of experimental and electronic music. He was a pioneer of live electronics and graphic scores from the 1960s. Career
Read → Post-WarLaurie Spiegel
Laurie Spiegel (born September 20, 1945) is an American composer. She has worked at Bell Laboratories, in computer graphics, and is known primarily for her electronic music compositions and her
Read → RomanticLauro Rossi
Lauro Rossi (19 February 1810 in Macerata – 5 May 1885 in Cremona), was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. There is no known connection with Luigi Rossi (1597–1653). Life and career Rossi
Read → 21st CenturyLawnie Wallace
Lawnie Wallace (born April 15, 1977) is a Canadian country singer. Wallace recorded one studio album for MCA Canada, Thought I Was Dreaming, in 1996. Four singles from the album charted on the RPM
Read → 20th CenturyLawrence Benjamin Brown
Lawrence Benjamin Brown (August 29, 1893 – December 25, 1972) was an American singer, composer and pianist born in Jacksonville, Florida. He is best known for his arrangements of Negro spirituals,
Read → 21st CenturyLawrence Chandler
Lawrence Dean Chandler (born 27 November 1961) is a British American composer, musician, producer and sound artist based in London. Best known as a founding member of seminal New York duo Bowery
Read → 21st CenturyLawrence Dillon
Lawrence Dillon (born July 3, 1959) is an American composer, and Composer in Residence at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. His music has a wide range of expression, generally
Read → 21st CenturyLaxio Beats
Bernard Antwi-Darko, better known as Laxio Beats, is a Ghanaian record producer and composer. He is best known for the production of Ghanaian rapper Guru's hit single akayida in 2013. Early life,
Read → 21st CenturyLayale Chaker
Layale Chaker (; born 1990) is a French-Lebanese violinist and composer whose music integrates elements of classical, contemporary, jazz, Arabic music and improvisation. Music career She was born in
Read → 21st CenturyLayla Angulo
Layla Angulo, and known mononymously as Layla, is an American saxophonist, composer, singer, band director, and recording artist specializing in Latin music. Layla was born to a Greek mother and an
Read → 20th CenturyLazar Weiner
Lazar Weiner (, October 24, 1897 – January 10, 1982) was a Russian and American composer of Jewish music. He also worked as conductor, vocal coach, and accompanist. He was trained as a pianist at the
Read → Late RomanticLazare Saminsky
Lazare Saminsky (born Lazar Semyonovich Saminsky; ; 8 November 1882 – 30 June 1959) was a Russian-American performer, conductor and composer, especially of Jewish music. Life Born to a merchant
Read → Late RomanticLazare-Auguste Maquaire
Lazare-Auguste Maquaire (25 October 1872 – 16 August 1906) was a French organist and composer. A student of Charles-Marie Widor, he is known for a few works for the organ, most notably his First
Read → Post-WarLazarus Ekwueme
Lazarus Edward Nnanyelu Ekwueme (born 28 January 1935), popularly known as Laz Ekwueme, is a Nigerian musicologist, composer, scholar and actor. He is one of the pioneer lecturers of music in Nigeria
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