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L'Infonie

L'Infonie was an avant-garde Québécois chamber ensemble founded in Montreal in 1967, under the direction of classical composer Walter Boudreau and artist/poet Raôul Duguay. The name is derived from a

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Lia Ouyang Rusli

Lia Ouyang Rusli, also known professionally as OHYUNG, is an American composer, musician, and artist. She is known for her work as a composer on films such as Problemista (2023) and Sorry, Baby

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Liana Alexandra

Liana Alexandra Șaptefrati (born Liana Moraru; 27 May 1947 – 10 January 2011) was a Romanian composer, pianist, and music educator. Biography Alexandra was born in Bucharest, Romania, on 27 May

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Licia Missori

Licia Missori (born in Rome, Italy) is an Italian pianist, keyboardist, composer, songwriter and music producer. Her work spans a diverse array of genres, ranging from classical music to rock and

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Licinio Refice

Licinio Refice (Patrica, February 12, 1883 – Rio de Janeiro, September 11, 1954) was an Italian composer and priest. With Monsignor Lorenzo Perosi he represented the new direction taken by Italian

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Lico Jiménez

José Manuel Jiménez Berroa (7 December 1851 – 15 January 1917), known as Lico Jiménez, was a Cuban pianist and composer. Early years José Manuel "Lico" Jiménez Berroa was born in Trinidad, Cuba, Las

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Lidia Zielińska

Lidia Zielińska (born 9 October 1953) is a Polish composer and music educator. Biography Lidia Zielińska was born in Poznań, Poland. She graduated from the State Higher School of Music in Poznań in

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Liis Viira

Liis Jürgens (Viira) (born Jürgens; years 2010-2020 Viira; born 7 April 1983) is an Estonian composer, harpist, and animator. She has also used the pseudonym Liz Wirestring. Life and career Liis

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Lil Kesh

Keshinro Ololade (born 7 March 1999), known professionally as Lil Kesh, is a Nigerian rapper, singer and songwriter. He rose to the limelight after releasing the hit single "Shoki" in 2014. Early

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Lila Lalauni

Lila Lalauni (; 9 June 1918 – 12 February 1996) was a Greek pianist and composer who frequently performed in Greece and around Europe. She was also the first person to teach Manolis Kalomiris'

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Lila-Gene George

Lila-Gene George (September 25, 1918 – December 22, 2017) was an American composer and pianist. Her work included chamber music, piano and vocal music. Education George graduated from the University

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Lili Boulanger

Marie Juliette Boulanger (; 21 August 189315 March 1918), professionally known as Lili Boulanger (), was a French composer and musician, associated with the Symbolist and Impressionist movements. The

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Lili Hutterstrasser-Scheidl

Lili Hutterstrasser-Scheidl (October 7, 1882 - April 22, 1942) was an Austrian composer and member of the Nazi party, known by the pseudonym Lio Hans. Her opera Maria von Magdala was performed at the

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Lili Wieruszowski

Lili Wieruszowski (10 December 1899 in Cologne – 2 March 1971) and her sister Helene became a well-known historian. Lili's parents converted from Judaism to Protestantism and raised their daughters

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Lilian Elkington

Iris Lilian Mary Elkington (15 September 1900 – 13 August 1969) was an English pianist and composer. She studied piano, organ and composition (with Sir Granville Bantock) at the Birmingham and

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Lillian Tait Sheldon

Lillian Alison Tait Sheldon (10 September 1865 – 10 January 1925) was an American composer and organist who composed many hymns. Sheldon was born in Gouverneur, New York to Lucretia Maria and George

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Lily Reiff

Lily Sertorius Bamberger Reiff (21 June 1866 - 8 May 1958) was a German composer and pianist who spent much of her life in Switzerland. A patron of the arts as well as a musician, she helped found

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Lily Strickland

Lily Strickland (January 28, 1884 – June 6, 1958) was an American composer, painter and writer. Biography Lily Strickland was born on January 28, 1884, in Anderson, South Carolina. Her father was

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Lin Wang (composer)

Lin Wang ( (original name), also called ), is a Chinese composer. Lin Wang was born in Dalian, China, in 1976. Biography Lin Wang studied music composition at Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing

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Linda Bouchard

Linda Bouchard (born 21 May 1957) is a Canadian composer and conductor. She is also an active conductor, teacher and producer. Biography Bouchard was born in Montreal, Quebec, and was raised in

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Linda Catlin Smith

Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957 in New York City) is a composer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2005 she became the second woman to win the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music. Smith studied

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Lindsay Cooper

Lindsay Cooper (3 March 1951 – 18 September 2013) was an English bassoon and oboe player and composer. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National

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Lindsay Jones (composer)

Lindsay Draper Jones (born June 9, 1969, Durham, North Carolina) is an American composer, sound designer and educator. His career spans over three decades and includes nominations for Tony Award,

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Lindsay Sloper

Lindsay Sloper (full name Edward Hugh Lindsay Sloper; 14 June 1826 – 3 July 1887) was an English pianist and composer. Life Sloper was born in London in 1826. After studying the piano in London under

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Lindsay Vickery

Lindsay Vickery (born 1965) is an Australian composer and performer. Early life and education Lindsay Vickery was born in Perth. He studied composition with John Exton and Roger Smalley at the School

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Lino Liviabella

Lino Liviabella (7 April 1902 – 21 October 1960) was an Italian composer. Liviabella was born in Macerata. In 1936 he won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "La

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Lionel Daunais

Noël Ferdinand Lionel Daunais, (December 31, 1901 – July 18, 1982) was a French Canadian baritone and composer. Life Born in Montreal, Quebec, Daunais studied singing with Céline Marier and harmony

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Lionel Newman

Lionel Newman (January 4, 1916 – February 3, 1989) was an American conductor, pianist, and film and television composer. He won the Academy Award for Best Score of a Musical Picture for Hello Dolly!

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Lior Navok

Lior Navok (; born September 6, 1971) is an Israeli classical composer, conductor and pianist. He was born in Tel Aviv. Navok studied composition privately with the Israeli composer Moshe Zorman, and

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Lipa Feingold

Lipa Feingold (, 1878–1945) was a Russian-born American songwriter, pianist, composer, and jeweler. The peak of his popularity as a composer was in the 1920s and 1930s; his pieces were performed by

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Lisa Conway

Lisa Conway-Bühler, also known as LCON, is a Canadian musician, vocalist, composer and producer. She has performed as part of The Owle Bird, Chrome and the Ice Queen, and is the former singer and

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Lisa de Londres

Lisa de Londres ( 1220–1250) was a trobairitz, a female composer in Old Occitan. Her work is known only from three lines quoted in Italian translation in the Reggimento e costumi di donna of

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Lisa Hannigan

Lisa Margaret Hannigan (born 12 February 1981) is an Irish musician, singer, composer, and voice actress. She began her musical career as a member of Damien Rice's band. Since beginning her solo

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Lisa Scola Prosek

Lisa Scola Prosek (born March 25, 1958) is an American composer and librettist. Among her compositions are two oratorios and seven operas. She is San Francisco Bay Area-based. Life and career Scola

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Lisa Streich

Lisa Streich (born 19 April 1985) is a Swedish composer of contemporary classical music. Motorised instruments and spectral chords characterize her works. Biography Lisa Streich was born on 19 April

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Lisle Ellis

Lisle Ellis (born November 17, 1951) is a Canadian jazz bassist and composer who is known for his improvisational style and use of electronics. Biography Ellis was born in Campbell River, British

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Lists of composers

This is a list of lists of composers grouped by various criteria. Name *List of composers by name Women *List of female composers by name *List of female composers by birth date *List of Australian

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Liszthaus Raiding

The Liszthaus Raiding is the building where Franz Liszt was born in 1811 which has been a museum since 1979. It is located in Raiding, a town in Burgenland province of Austria. A concert hall next to

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Liu Shueh-shuan

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Liu Xue'an

Liu Xue'an (刘雪庵 1905–1985), whose pen names were Yan Ru (晏如), Wu Qing (吴青), and Su Ya (苏崖) was a Chinese composer. Among his best known songs include "The Great Wall Ballad", "When Will You Return?,"

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Livingston & Evans

Livingston and Evans were the songwriting and composing team of Jay Livingston (1915–2001) and Ray Evans (1915–2007), who worked on movies, television and stage. They met while attending the

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Lívio Tragtenberg

Lívio Romano Tragtenberg (born 1961) is a Brazilian musician, composer, music theorist, professor and record producer. Biography Tragtenberg was born in São Paulo in 1961, to professor and

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Liviu Marinescu

Liviu Marinescu (born February 12, 1970, in Bucharest) is a Romanian composer of orchestral and chamber music. He teaches at California State University, Northridge. Early life He studied music

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Liza Lehmann

Elisabetha Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann (11 July 1862 – 19 September 1918) was an English soprano and composer, known for her vocal compositions. Her father was the German painter Rudolf Lehmann, and

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Liza Lim

Liza Lim (born 30 August 1966) is an Australian composer. Lim writes concert music (chamber and orchestral works) as well as music theatre and has collaborated with artists on installation and video

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