List of composers by nationality

The following is a list of composers by nationality.

Albania

See List of Albanian composers

• Simon Gjoni (1926–1991), composer of orchestral and piano pieces
• Tonin Harapi
• Agim Krajka (born 1937), composer of the National Song Festival
• Aleksandër Peçi
• Esat Rizvanolli (born 1936), composer of songs and choral music
• Çesk Zadeja (1927-1997), often nicknamed the "Father of Albanian music"

Australia

• Alfred Hill (1869-1960)
• Phillip Houghton (b. 1954)
• Peter Sculthorpe (1929-2014)

Azerbaijan

See List of Azerbaijani composers.

• Fikret Amirov (1922-1984)
• Gara Garayev (1918-1982)
• Uzeyir Hajibeyov(1885-1948)

Belgium

• Jean Absil - (1893 - 1974)
• Jean-Baptiste Accolay - (1833 - 1900)
• Karel Albert - (1901 - 1987)
• Flor Alpaerts - (1875-1954)
• August Baeyens - (1895-1966)
• Peter Benoit (1834-1901), founder of the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp
• Charles Auguste de Bériot, founder of the Belgian violin school
• Jan Blockx - (1851-1912), founder of the Antwerp Opera House
• August de Boeck - (1865 – 1937)
• Luc Brewaeys - (1959)
• Dirk Brossé - (1960)
• Boudewijn Buckinx - (1945)
• Joseph Callaerts - (1830-1901)
• Roland Cardon - (1929)
• Jean de Castro - (1540-1611)
• Peeter Cornet - (1575 - 1633)
• Alain Crépin - (1954)
• Arthur De Greef - (1862 - 1940)
• Thierry De Mey - (1956)
• Eva Dell'Acqua - (1856 - 1930)
• Frédéric Devreese - (1929)
• Albert Dupuis - (1877 - 1967)
• Sylvain Dupuis - (1856 - 1931)
• Johan Evenepoel - (1965)
• Ernest van der Eyken - (1913 - 2010)
• François-Joseph Fétis - (1784 - 1871)
• Jean-Joseph Fiocco - (1696 - 1746)
• Joseph-Hector Fiocco - (1703 - 1741)
• Bernard Foccroulle - (1953)
• Jacqueline Fontyn - (1930)
• François-Auguste Gevaert - (1828 - 1908), composer of the Belgian colonial hymn
• Frans Geysen - (1936)
• Pierre De Geyter - (1848 - 1932)
• Matthias van den Gheyn - (1721 - 1785)
• Paul Gilson - (1865 - 1942)
• Lucien Goethals - (1932 - 2006)
• Karel Goeyvaerts - (1923 - 1999)
• Jacques Gregoir - (1817 - 1876)
• André Grétry - (1741 - 1813)
• Albert Grisar - (1808 - 1869)
• Richard de Guide - (1909 - 1962)
• Carolus Hacquart - (1640 - 1701)
• Alphonse Hasselmans - (1845 - 1912)
• Wim Henderickx - (1962)
• Robert Herberigs - (1886 - 1974)
• Léonard de Hodémont - (1575 - 1639)
• Johan Hoogewijs - (1957)
• Luc van Hove - (1957)
• Walter Hus - (1959)
• Albert Huybrechts - (1899 - 1938)
• Heinrich Isaac - (1450 - 1517)
• Joseph Jongen - (1873 - 1953)
• Joannes Florentius a Kempis - (1635 - 1711)
• Pierre Kolp - (1969)
• André Laporte - (1931)
• Paul Lebrun - (1863 - 1920)
• Claude Ledoux (composer) - (1960)
• Pierre Leemans - (1897 - 1980)
• Vic Legley - (1915 - 1994)
• Guillaume Lekeu - (1870 - 1894)
• Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens - (1823 - 1881)
• Armand Limnander - (1814 - 1892)
• Jacques Loeillet - (1685 - 1748)
• Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent - (1688 - 1720)
• Jef Maes - (1905 - 1996)
• Pierre van Maldere - (1729 - 1768)
• Paul de Maleingreau - (1887 - 1956)
• Martin Pierre Marsick - (1847 - 1924)
• Martin-Joseph Mengal - (1784 - 1851)
• Wim Mertens - (1953)
• Karel Miry - (1823 - 1889), composer of the Flemish national hymn
• Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny - (1762 - 1842)
• Arie Van de Moortel - (1918 - 1976)
• Lodewijk Mortelmans - (1868 - 1952)
• Johannes Ockeghem - (1410 - 1497)
• Willy Ostijn - (1913 - 1993)
• Flor Peeters - (1903 - 1986)
• Marcel Poot - (1901 - 1988)
• Henri Pousseur - (1929 - 2009)
• Marcel Quinet - (1915 - 1986)
• Jean-Théodore Radoux - (1835 - 1911)
• Godfried-Willem Raes - (1952)
• Peter Ritzen - (1956)
• Joseph Ryelandt - (1870 - 1965)
• Adolphe Samuel - (1824 - 1898)
• Adrien-François Servais - (1807 - 1866)
• André Souris - (1899 - 1970)
• Daniel Sternefeld - (1905 - 1986)
• André Stordeur - (1941)
• Rudi Tas - (1957)
• Edgar Tinel - (1854 - 1912)
• Alexander Utendal - (1543 - 1581)
• Yolande Uyttenhove - (1925 - 2000)
• François van Campenhout - (1779 - 1848), composer of the Belgian National hymn
• Jan Van der Roost – (1956)
• Jules Van Nuffel - (1883 - 1953)
• Annette Vande Gorne – (1946)
• Maurice Vaute - (1913 - 2000)
• Lucie Vellère - (1896 - 1966)
• Carl Verbraeken (1950), president of the Union of Belgian Composers
• Henri Vieuxtemps - (1820 - 1881)
• Josée Vigneron-Ramackers - (1914 - 2002)
• Berthe di Vito-Delvaux - (1915 - 2005)
• Josephine-Rosalie de Walckiers - (1756 - 1836)
• Eugène Ysaÿe - (1858 - 1931)

Brazil

• Sílvio Ferraz - (born 1959)
• Antônio Carlos Gomes - (1836 - 1896)
• César Guerra-Peixe - (1914 - 1993)
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia - (1767 - 1830)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos - (1887 - 1959)
• Edson Zampronha - (born 1962)

Bulgaria

• Georgi Arnaoudov (born 1957), composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, film, vocal and piano music
• Alexandra Fol (born 1981), composer and organist, currently writing her dissertation at McGill University's Schulich School of Music
• Marin Goleminov (1908–2000), composer, violinist, conductor
• Michail Goleminov (born 1956), composer, pianist, conductor, and co-founder of music publishing house The Orange Factory
• Dobri Hristov (1875–1941), composer of choral music as well as music for the church and orchestra
• Petar Krumov (born 1934), composer, arranger, conductor and expert on Bulgarian folk music
• Filip Kutev (1903 – 1982), composer, arranger and founder of Bulgaria's State Ensemble for Folk Song and Dance
• Milcho Leviev (born 1937), composer, arranger, jazz performer and pianist
• Emanuil Manolov (1860–1902), composed the first Bulgarian opera Siromahkinia based on the work of Ivan Vazov with the same title
• Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965), composer and director in Luxembourg, one of her most famous works is "Gladius"
• Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean composer, harpist, pedagogue
• Petko Staynov (1896–1977), a founding member and first chairman of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933), which later became the Union of Bulgarian Composers
• Veselin Stoyanov (1902-1969), composer of classical music including two symphonies
• Emil Tabakov (born 1947), composer of symphonies and concertos
• Dobrinka Tabakova (born 1980), composer
• Julia Tsenova (1948-2010), contemporary composer, pianist, jazz pedagogue
• Georgi Tutev (1924–1994), composer of contemporary classical music, one of the main representatives of Bulgarian modernism
• Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978), a founding member of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933)

Chile

• Víctor Jara (1932–1973), composer, pedagogue, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist
• Jorge Urrutia (1905–1981), composer, influenced by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel

China

• Du Mingxin (born 1928), composer who collaborated on the ballet Red Detachment of Women
• Nie Er (1912–1935), wrote March of the Volunteers, the national anthem of the People's Republic of China
• Qu Xiao-Song (born 1952), composer, student of Du Mingxin
• Xian Xinghai (1905–1945), composer known for the Yellow River Cantata, a patriotic song during the Second Sino-Japanese War
• Xiao Shuxian (1905–1991), composer who blended elements of Chinese folk culture with Western techniques in her music

Croatia

• Andrea Antico (c. 1480–1538)
• Krešimir Baranović (1894–1975)
• Blagoje Bersa (1873–1934)
• Bruno Bjelinski (1909–1992)
• Rudolf Brucci (1917–2002)
• Arsen Dedić (born 1938)
• Dubravko Detoni (born 1937)
• Jakov Gotovac (1895–1982)
• Josip Hatze (1879–1959)
• Žiga Hirschler (1894-1941)
• Đelo Jusić (born 1939)
• Alfi Kabiljo (born 1935)
• Milko Kelemen (born 1924), contemporary composer
• Ivana Kiš (born 1979)
• Franjo Krežma
• Igor Kuljerić (1938–2006)
• Ivana Lang (Zagreb, 1912 – Zagreb, 1982), composer, pianist and piano teacher.
• Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854), 19th-century composer and co–founder of "Illyrian Movement"
• Ferdo Livadić (1799–1879)
• Nada Ludvig-Pečar
• Ivan Lukačić (1584–1648), renaissance composer
• Ivan Matetić Ronjgov
• Boris Papandopulo (1914–1986), 20th-century composer
• Dora Pejačević (1885–1923), late–romantic composer
• Dragan Plamenac (1895-1983)
• Elena Pucić-Sorkočević (1786–1865)
• Vjekoslav Rosenberg-Ružić (1870–1954)
• Marko Rothmüller (1908–1993)
• Josif Runjanin
• Milan Sachs (1884–1968)
• Antun Sorkočević
• Luka Sorkočević
• Josip Štolcer-Slavenski
• Stjepan Šulek (1906–1991), 20th-century composer
• Ivo Tijardović (1895–1976)
• Marko Tomasović (composer) (born 1976), 21st-century composer
• Marcel Tyberg 1893-1944, composer who lived in Abbazia (formerly in Italy), now called Opatija, Croatia ^[1]
• Albe Vidaković (1914–1964)
• Ivan Zajc (1832–1914)

Cyprus

• Nicolas Economou (1953–1993), composer and conductor

Dominican Republic

• Luis Alberti (1906-1976) composer of Merengue music
• Charytín (born 1949), significant 1970s pop music composer
• Juan Luis Guerra (born 1957) significant contemporary merengue and pop ballad composer
• Johnny Pacheco (born 1935) composer of Salsa music
• Anthony Santos (born 1981) significant bachata composer
• Sandra Zaiter (born 1943) significant children's songs composer

Finland

• Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928)
• Kaija Saariaho (1952)
• Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), significant Finnish nationalist composer

France

See List of French composers.

Greece

• Manos Hatzidakis (1925–1994)
• Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795–1872), composer of the Greek national anthem
• Thanos Mikroutsikos (born 1947)
• Nikos Skalkottas (1904–1945), member of the Second Viennese School
• Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925)
• Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)

Guatemala

• Ricardo Arjona (born 1964), modern pop composer

Hungary

• Béla Bartók (1881–1945), 20th-century composer, considered one of the founders of ethnomusicology
• Gábor Darvas (1911–1985), composer and musicologist
• Ernő Dohnányi (1877–1960), 20th-century composer, Variations on a Nursery Tune, Suite in F-sharp minor, Ruralia Hungarica
• Karl Goldmark (1830–1915), Romantic composer influenced by Richard Wagner
• Stephen Heller (1813–1888), Early Romantic composer and pianist
• Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967), 20th-century composer and ethnomusicologist
• Rezső Kókai (1906–1962), composer and musicologist
• György Kurtág (born 1926), 20th-century composer
• Franz Lehár (1870–1948), 20th-century composer most known for The Merry Widow
• György Sándor Ligeti (1923–2006), 20th-century composer best known for the various pieces featured in the Stanley Kubrick films 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut
• Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Romantic composer-pianist, wrote a number of tone poems and extended piano technique
• Ervin Nyíregyházi (1903–1987), romantic composer-pianist
• Tibor Szemző (born 1955), composer, performer and media artist
• Leo Weiner (1885–1960), 20th-century composer of the "Fox Dance"

See more in List of Hungarian composers.

India

• M. Balamuralikrishna (1930–2016), carnatic music
• Clarence Barlow (born 1945), contemporary art music
• Sandeep Bhagwati (born 1963), contemporary art music
• R.D. Burman, film composer, musician and singer
• Sachin Dev Burman (1906-1975), music composers for Hindi movies and a Bengali singer and composer
• Pritam Chakraborty, film composer
• Salil Chowdhury (1922- 1995), film music composer, western classical and folk fusion music writer and arranger
• Hamish Hossain (born 1987), contemporary art music
• Ilaiyaraja (born 1943), film composer, record producer, musician and singer
• Jatin-Lalit, music composer duo
• Khayyam, film composer
• Shirish Korde (born 1945), contemporary art music
• Bappi Lahiri, film composer
• Laxmikant–Pyarelal, film composer duo
• Madan Mohan (born 1981), film composer, musician and singer
• Nadeem-Shravan, film composer duo
• Naushad, film composer
• O.P. Nayyar, film composer
• A. R. Rahman (born 1966 as Dilip), film composer, record producer, musician and singer
• Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 1979), singer-songwriter, film score, and soundtrack composer
• Ravi, film composer
• Anirudh Ravichander (born 1990), singer, music director, film composer
• Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio of record producers, musicians, multi-instrumentalists
• Shankar Jaikishan, music composer duo
• Naresh Sohal (born 1939), contemporary art music
• Asha Srinivasan (born 1973), contemporary art music
• Amit Trivedi, film composer
• Param Vir (born 1952), contemporary art music

Indonesia

• Otto Sidharta music composer

Ireland

• See List of Irish classical composers

Italy

• Alessandro Alessandroni
• Paolo Buonvino
• Simone Cilio
• Stelvio Cipriani
• Pino Donaggio
• Andrea Guerra
• Dario Marianelli
• Ennio Morricone
• Nicola Piovani
• Kristian Sensini

Japan

• Yasuharu Takanashi

Latvia

• Jānis Ivanovs (1906–1983)

Macedonia

• Dimitrije Bužarovski (born 1952)
• Todor Skalovski (1909-2004)

Malta

• Charles Camilleri (1931–2009), 20th century classical composer
• Carmelo Pace (1906–1993), music teacher and composer
• Robert Samut (1869–1934), composer of Malta's National Anthem, l-Innu Malti

Mexico

• Miguel Bernal Jiménez (1910–1956), 20th Century composer
• Julián Carrillo (1875–1965), discovered the 13th sound
• Ricardo Castro (1864–1907), composer and pianist
• Daniel Catán (1949), composer of operas
• Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), 20th-century classical composer and conductor
• Jose Mariano Elizaga (1786-1842), composer and theoretician
• Manuel Enriquez (1926–1994), modern classical composer
• Julio Estrada (1943), composer and theoretician
• Blas Galindo (1910–1993), 20th-century composer
• María Grever (1884–1951), composer of romantic songs like "Júrame"
• Carlos Jiménez Mabarak (1916–1994), 20th century composer
• Agustin Lara (1897-1970), composer of romantic songs like Maria Bonita, Solamente una Vez, Granada, etc.
• Mario Lavista (1943), composer and writer
• Francisco López Capillas (1608–1674), composer of the Baroque
• Armando Manzanero (1935), singer, pianist and composer of Boleros
• Arturo Márquez (1950), wrote "Danzón no. 2"
• José Pablo Moncayo (1912–1958), composer of "Huapango"
• Melesio Morales (1839-1908), composer of the opera Ildegonda
• Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997), wrote for player piano
• Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948), 20th-century composer
• Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940), 20th-century classical composer of Sensemayá
• Juventino Rosas (1868–1894), composer of vals "Sobre las olas"
• Manuel de Sumaya (1678–1755), composer of the Baroque
• Eugenio Toussaint (1954–2011), contemporary jazz and classical composer
• Consuelo Velázquez (1924–2005), wrote the song Bésame Mucho

Netherlands

• Michel van der Aa (born 1970), modern classical composer
• Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981), classical composer of symphonies, songs and organworks
• Louis Andriessen (1939), modern classical composer
• Henk Badings (1907-1987), classical composer of symphonic works, songs, electro-acoustical works
• Henriëtte Bosmans (1895-1925), classical composer of instrumental music and songs
• Jan Brandts Buys (1868-1933), composer of operas and chamber music
• Johannes van Bree (1801-1857), classical composer of symphonies, orchestral works, operas, songs, chamber music
• Lex van Delden (1919-1988), modern classical composer (symphonies, vocal music)
• Bernard van Dieren (1887-1936), composer of chamber music, symphonies, vocal works
• Cornelis Dopper (1870-1939), classical composer of symphonies, operas, concertos
• Rudolf Escher (1912-1980), classical composer of songs, symphonies, chamber music
• Carel Anton Fodor (1768-1846), classical composer of symphonies, concertos
• Jan van Gilse (1881-1944), classical composer of operas, symphonies, chamber music
• Pieter Hellendaal (1721-1799), classical composer of concerti grossi, chamber music, psalms and oratorios
• Elisabeth Kuyper (1877-1953), classical composer of orchestral works, concertos, chamber music, choral music, and songs
• Guillaume Landré (1905-1968), classical composer of vocal music, operas and symphonies
• Samuel de Lange (1840-1911), classical composer of operas, organ music, symphonic works, chamber music
• Fred Momotenko (1970), modern classical composer
• Leon Orthel (1905-1885), classical composer of symphonies and chamber music
• Willem Pijper (1894-1947), classical composer of chamber music, songs, symphonic works
• Julius Röntgen (1855-1932), classical composer of symphonies, concertos, chamber music, vocal works
• Leo Smit (1900-1943), classical composer of chamber music, songs, symphonic music
• Johannes Verhulst (1816-1891), classical composer of vocal music, symphonic works
• Matthijs Vermeulen (1888-1967), classical composer of symphonies and songs
• Alexander Voormolen (1895-1980), classical composer of chamber music, piano music and orchestral works
• Bernard Zweers (1854-1924), classical composer of vocal music, orchestral works and symphonies

See more in List of Dutch composers.

New Zealand

• Gillian Bibby (born 1945)
• Jack Body (born 1944)
• Ivan Bootham (born 1939)
• Helen Bowater (born 1952)
• Dorothy Buchanan (born 1945)
• Edwin Carr (1926-2003), 20th century classical
• Lyell Cresswell (born 1944), 20th century classical
• Eve de Castro-Robinson (born 1956)
• Gareth Farr (born 1968)
• Sir Dean Goffin (1918-1984), brass band composer
• Peter Hobbs (born 1970)
• Mihi-ki-te-kapua (?-c.1872), composer of waiata
• Douglas Lilburn (1915-2001)
• Andrew Perkins (born 1961)
• Robert J. Pope (1865-1949), songwriter
• John Psathas (born 1966), 20th century classical
• Rihi Puhiwahine Te Rangi-hirawea (?-1906), composer of waiata
• John Rimmer (born 1939)
• Anthony Ritchie (born 1960), 20th century classical
• Stephen Roche (born 1964), composer of film music
• Michael Smither (born 1939)
• Sir William Southgate
• Ronald Tremain (1923-1998), 20th century classical
• Peter van der Fluit (born 1963)
• Gillian Karawe Whitehead (born 1941)
• Michael Williams (born 1962), 20th century classical
• Kenneth Young (born 1955)
• Wayan Yudane, composer of Balinese music

Nigeria

• Joshua Uzoigwe (1946–2005), 20th century classical and Nigerian folk composer

Norway

• Ole Bornemann Bull (1810–1880) was a Norwegian violinist and composer, wrote The Herdgirl's Sunday
• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Romantic composer, known for his incidental music for Peer Gynt and his Piano Concerto
• Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907), Romantic composer and pianist, contemporary of Edvard Grieg
• Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935), Norwegian composer, famous for Entry March of the Boyars and Passacaglia in G minor on a Theme by George Frideric Handel
• Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (1954–)
• Herman Severin Løvenskiold (1815–1870), Romantic composer who wrote the score for the ballet La Sylphide
• Finn Mortensen (1922–1983), Norwegian composer, famous for bringing serialism and twelve-tone music to Norway
• Arne Nordheim (1931–2010), Norwegian composer, famous for bringing the modernism and electro acoustic music to Norway. Wrote Epitaffio for orchestra and tape, the ballet The Storm and Solitaire
• Christian Sinding (1856–1941), Norwegian composer, wrote Rustle of Spring and the Suite for Violin and Orchestra
• Johan Svendsen (1840–1911), Norwegian composer of the Romance for Violin and Orchestra and 2 Symphonies
• Olav Anton Thommessen (1946–), Norwegian composer, famous for "A Glass Bead Game"
• Lasse Thoresen (1949–)
• Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981)
• Fartein Valen (1887–1952), Norwegian composer writing atonal polyphonic music. Famous for Le Cimetère Marin and the Violin Concerto

Pakistan

• Nisar Bazmi

Peru

• Jose Bernardo Alcedo (1788–1878), 19th-century Peruvian romantic composer, wrote the Peruvian National Anthem
• Daniel Alomía Robles (1871–1942), romantic composer, wrote El Cóndor Pasa
• Sadiel Cuentas (born 1973), contemporary composer
• Rafael Leonardo Junchaya (born 1965), contemporary composer
• Celso Garrido Lecca (born 1926), contemporary composer
• Jimmy Lopez (born 1978), contemporary composer
• Clara Petrozzi (born 1965), contemporary composer
• Felipe Pinglo Alva (1899–1936), poet and songwriter, father of Música criolla
• Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann (born 1973), contemporary composer

Poland

• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
• Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834-1861)
• Tadeusz Baird (1928–1981)
• Cyprian Bazylik (c.1535-c. 1600)
• Bazyli Bohdanowicz (1740-1817)
• Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
• Diomedes Cato (c. 1570-c. 1603)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Romantic era composer known for single piano pieces
• Nicolaus Cracoviensis (1st half of the 16th century)
• Wojciech Długoraj (1557–1619)
• Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807–1867)
• Józef Ksawery Elsner (1769–1854)
• Sebastian z Felsztyna (c. 1480/1490-after 1543)
• Julian Fontana (1810-1869)
• Kasia Glowicka (born 1977)
• Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938)
• Mikołaj Gomółka (1535–1591)
• Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1665/67-1734)
• Henryk Górecki (1933–2010)
• Konstanty Gorski (1859–1924)
• Adam Jarzębski (c. 1590 -1649)
• Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (born 1953)
• Bronisław Kaper (1902–1983)
• Zbigniew Karkowski (1958-2013)
• Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909)
• Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013)
• Stefan Kisielewski (1911–1991)
• Krzysztof Klabon (c. 1550-after 1616)
• Sebastian Klonowic (c. 1545-1602)
• Józef Koffler (1896–1944)
• Krzysztof Komeda (1931–1969)
• Zygmunt Konieczny (born 1937)
• Włodzimierz Kotoński (1925-2014)
• Zygmunt Krauze (born 1938)
• Hanna Kulenty (born 1961)
• Karol Kurpiński (1785–1857)
• Marcin Leopolita (c. 1540-c.1589)
• Franciszek Lessel (1780–1838)
• Franciszek Lilius (c. 1600 - 1657)
• Karol Lipiński (1790–1861)
• Jan z Lublina (late 15th century–1540)
• Paweł Łukaszewski (born 1968)
• Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)
• Roman Maciejewski (1910–1998)
• Krzysztof Meyer (born 1943)
• Marcin Mielczewski (1600–1651)
• Emil Młynarski (1870–1935)
• Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872)
• Maurycy Moszkowski (1854–1925)
• Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar (1924-2009)
• Paweł Mykietyn (born 1971)
• Zygmunt Noskowski (1846–1909)
• Feliks Nowowiejski (1877–1946)
• Michał Kazimierz Ogiński (1728–1800)
• Michał Kleofas Ogiński (1765–1833)
• Edward Olearczyk (1915-1994)
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1864–1941)
• Roman Palester (1907-1989)
• Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991)
• Bartłomiej Pękiel (died 1670)
• Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)
• Jakub Polak (1540–1605)
• Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955)
• Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 1947)
• Marta Ptaszyńska (born 1943)
• Jacek Różycki (1625/35-1703/04)
• Ludomir Różycki (1884–1953)
• Witold Rudziński (1913–2004)
• Marian Sawa (1937–2005)
• Bogusław Schaeffer (born 1929)
• Franciszek Ścigalski (1782–1846)
• Kazimierz Serocki (1922–1981)
• Andrzej Siewiński (died by 1726)
• Elżbieta Sikora (born 1943)
• Marek Stachowski (1936-2004)
• Roman Statkowski (1859–1925)
• Zygmunt Denis Antoni Jordan de Stojowski (1870–1946)
• Bolesław Szabelski (1896–1979)
• Wacław z Szamotuł (c. 1526-1560)
• Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (prob. 2nd half of the 17th century)
• Aleksander Szeligowski (1934-1963)
• Tadeusz Szeligowski (1896-1963)
• Władysław Szpilman (1911–2000)
• Maria Szymanowska (1789–1831)
• Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)
• Paweł Szymański (born 1954)
• Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986)
• André Tchaikowsky (1935–1982)
• Zbigniew Turski (1908–1979)
• Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
• Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880)
• Kazimierz Wiłkomirski (1900–1995)
• Juliusz Zarębski (1854–1885)
• Władysław Żeleński (1837–1921)
• Maciej Zieliński (born 1971)
• Mikołaj Zieleński (1st half of the 17th century)

Russia

• Alexander Abramsky (1898–1985)
• Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883-1946)
• Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov (1888-1982)
• Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov (1905-1994)
• Alexander Alyabyev (1787-1851)
• Iosif Andriasov (1933-2000)
• Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
• Alexander Arkhangelsky (1846–1924)
• Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
• Arseny Avraamov (1886-1944)
• Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
• Maksim Berezovsky (c. 1745–1777)
• Matvey Blanter (1903-1990)
• Alexander Borodin (1833–1887)
• Dmitry Bortniansky (1751–1825)
• Yury G. Chernavsky (born 1947)
• Pavel Chesnokov (1877–1944)
• Julius Conus (1869–1942)
• César Cui (1835–1918)
• Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869)
• Edison Denisov (1929–1996)
• Leonid Desyatnikov (born 1955)
• Nikolay Diletsky (c. 1630–after 1680)
• Irina Elcheva (born 1926)
• Victor Ewald (1860–1935)
• Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962)
• Veniamin Fleishman (1913-1941)
• Yan Frenkel (1920-1989)
• Arthur Friedheim (1859-1932)
• Varvara Gaigerova (1903-1944)
• Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)
• Reinhold Glière (1875–1956)
• Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
• Mikhail Gnesin (1883-1957)
• Alexander Goedicke (1877-1957)
• Nicolai Golovanov (1891–1953)
• Evgeny Golubev (1910-1988)
• Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)
• Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
• Alexander Ilyinsky (1859–1920)
• Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935)
• Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987)
• Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901)
• Viktor Kalinnikov (1870-1927)
• Nikolai Kapustin (born 1937)
• Nikolai Karetnikov (1930-1994)
• Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
• Karen Khachaturian (1920-2011)
• Ivan Khandoshkin (1747-1804)
• Yuri Khanon (born 1965)
• Tikhon Khrennikov (1913-2007)
• Alexander Knaifel (born 1943)
• Alexander Kopylov (1854–1911)
• Andrei Krylov (born 1961)
• Ivan Larionov (1830-1889)
• Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810)
• Aleksandr Lokshin (1920-1987)
• Arthur Lourié (1892-1966)
• Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914)
• Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924)
• Katerina Maier (fl. c. 1800)
• Nina Makarova (1908-1976)
• Vladimir Martynov (born 1946)
• Mikhail Matyushin (1861-1934)
• Samuel Maykapar (1867-1938)
• Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
• Fred Momotenko (1970), modern classical composer
• Alexander Mosolov (1900–1973)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
• Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950)
• Vyacheslav Nagovitsin (born 1939)
• Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924-1993)
• Nikolai Obukhov (1899-1954)
• Vasily Pashkevich (c. 1742-1797)
• Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)
• Alla Pavlova (born 1952)
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
• Nikolai Roslavets (1881-1944)
• Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894)
• Leonid Sabaneyev (1881-1968)
• Adrian Schaposhnikov (1888–1967)
• Joseph Schillinger (1895-1943)
• Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
• Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
• Julian Scriabin (1908–1919)
• Vladimir Shainsky (born 1925)
• Rodion Shchedrin (born 1932)
• Vladimir Shcherbachov (1889–1952)
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
• Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
• Gregory Skovoroda (1722-1794)
• Nikolay Sokolov (1859–1922)
• Maximilian Steinberg (1883–1946)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
• Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998)
• Alexander Taneyev (1850–1918)
• Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915)
• Boris Tchaikovsky (1925-1996)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
• Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977)
• Alexey Nikolayevich Titov (1769-1827)
• Vasily Polikarpovich Titov (c. 1650–c. 1715)
• Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006)
• Vladimir Vavilov (1925–1973)
• Artemy Vedel (c. 1767-1808)
• Alexander Veprik (1898-1958)
• Yuliya Veysberg (b. 1878/1880, d. 1942)
• Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893-1979)
• Alexander Zhurbin (born 1945)
• Lev Zhurbin (born 1978)
• Marija Zubova (1749–1799)

Serbia

• Isidor Bajić
• Petar Bergamo
• Stanislav Binički
• Goran Bregović
• Dejan Despić
• Uroš Dojčinović
• Zoran Erić
• Dragutin Gostuški
• Vladimir Graić
• Stevan Hristić
• Jovo Ivanišević
• Ion Ivanovici, Romanian composer of Serbian descent
• Aleksandar Kobac
• Marko Kon
• Petar Konjović (1883–1970)
• Kristina Kovač
• Petar Krstić
• Luigi von Kunits, founder of both the Pittsburg and Toronto symphony orchestras
• Ljubica Marić
• Josif Marinković, one of the most important Serbian composers of the 19th century
• Milan Mihajlović
• Miloje Milojević
• Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
• Vasilije Mokranjac
• Vojna Nešić
• Elena Pucić-Sorkočević (1786–1865) was the first female composer in the Republic of Ragusa (Republic of Dubrovnik)
• Miloš Raičković
• Rudolph Réti
• Josip Runjanin, well-known Croatian and Serbian composer. Ethnic Serb
• Kornelije Stanković
• Petar Stojanović
• Josip Stolcer-Slavenski
• Zoran Sztevanovity
• Marko Tajčević
• Vladimir Tošić
• Dusan Trbojevic
• Jasna Veličković
• Mihailo Vukdragović

South Korea

• Junsang Bahk (born 1937)
• Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
• Insook Choi (born 1962)
• DaeSeob Han (born 1977)
• Sungji Hong (born 1973)
• Hyun Jae-Myung (1902-1960)
• Hi Kyung Kim (born 1954)
• Kim Jin-Hi (born 1957)
• Chan-Hae Lee (born 1945)
• Young-ja Lee (born 1931)
• Lim Jun-Hee (born 1959)
• Sook-Ja Oh (born 1941)
• Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945)
• Jeajoon Ryu (born 1970)
• Kyungsun Suh (born 1942)
• Yun I-sang (1917-1995)

Spain

• Marcial del Adalid y Gurréa (1826–1881), composer
• Dionisio Aguado y García (1784–1849), composer and guitarist
• Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia (1561–1627), composer and organist
• Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), late Romantic composer and pianist, wrote nationalist works such as Iberia
• Mateo Albéniz (1755–1831), composer
• Manuel Alejandro (born 1969), contemporary song composer
• Francisco Alonso (1887–1948), composer of zarzuela
• Vicente Amigo (born 1967), composer
• Juan de Anchieta (1462–1523), composer
• Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806–1826), Romantic composer, nicknamed the "Spanish Mozart" before dying at age 19
• Emilio Arrieta (1821–1894), composer
• Salvador Bacarisse (1898–1963), composer
• Leonardo Balada (born 1933), composer, naturalized American
• Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823–1894), composer of zarzuela
• Sergio Blardony (born 1965), composer
• Tomás Bretón (1850–1923), composer
• Pablo Bruna (1611–1679), composer and organist
• Johannes Cornago (c. 1400–after 1475)
• Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644–1712), composer and organist
• Antonio de Cabezón (1510–1566), composer and organist
• Ramón Carnicer (1841–1922), composer
• Narciso Casanovas (1747–1799), composer
• Ruperto Chapí (1851–1909), composer
• Federico Chueca (1846–1908), composer
• Gaspar Cassado (1897–1966), composer and cellist
• Juan J. Colomer (born 1966), composer
• Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584–1654), composer and organist
• Sebastián Durón (1660–1716), composer
• Gustavo Díaz-Jerez (born 1970), composer
• Juan del Encina (1468–1529), composer
• Manuel de Falla (1876–1946), 20th-century composer, best known for The Three-Cornered Hat
• Mateo Flecha (1481–1553), composer
• Antón García Abril (born 1933), composer
• Manuel García the Senior (1775–1832), also Manuel del Pópulo Vicente Rodriguez García
• Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970), composer
• Enrique Granados (1867–1916), nationalist composer and pianist, influenced later composers such as Manuel de Falla
• Francisco Guerrero (1528–1599), composer
• Jesús Guridi (1886–1961), composer
• Cristóbal Halffter (born 1930), composer and conductor
• Ernesto Halffter (1905–1989), composer
• Rodolfo Halffter (1900–1987), composer
• Luis Venegas de Henestrosa (c. 1510–1570)
• Juan Hidalgo de Polanco (1614–1685), composer and harpist
• Joaquin Homs (1906–2006), composer
• Sebastián Iradier (1809–1865), composer
• Andrés Isasi (1890–1940), composer
• Ricard Lamote de Grignon (1899–1965), composer
• Ramon Lazkano (born 1968), composer
• Antoni Lliteres Carrió (1673–1747), composer of zarzuela
• Miguel Llobet (1878–1938), guitarist and composer
• Alonso Lobo (1555–1617), composer
• Paco de Lucía (1947-2014), composer
• Pablo Luna (1879–1942), composer of zarzuela
• Josep Mestres Quadreny (born 1929), composer
• Tomás Marco (born 1942), composer
• Luis de Milán (c. 1500-1561), composer and vihuelist
• Federico Mompou (1893–1987), composer
• Ramón Montoya (1880–1949), composer
• Xavier Montsalvatge (1912–2002), composer
• Cristóbal de Morales (1500–1553), composer
• Federico Moreno Torroba (1891–1982), composer
• Alonso Mudarra (1510–1580), composer
• Luis de Narváez (fl. 1526-1549), composer and vihuelist
• Pablo Nassarre (1650–1730), composer, organist, and theorist
• Jaime Nunó (1824–1908), composer
• Fernando Obradors (1897–1945), composer
• Gonzalo de Olavide (1934–2005), composer
• Diego Ortiz (1510–1570), composer and theorist
• Luis de Pablo (born 1930), composer
• Felipe Pedrell (1841–1922), 19th-century composer
• Joan Baptista Pla (1720–1773), composer
• David del Puerto (born 1964), composer
• Joan Pau Pujol (1570–1626), composer
• Niño Ricardo (1904–1972), composer
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999), 20th-century composer, wrote the Concierto de Aranjuez for classical guitar and orchestra
• Antonio Rodríguez de Hita (1722–1787), composer
• Antonio Ruiz-Pipò (1934–1997), 20th-century composer for the guitar
• Sabicas (1912–1990), composer
• José María Sánchez-Verdú (born 1968), composer
• Manolo Sanlúcar (born 1943), composer
• Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710), Baroque era guitar composer
• Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908), Romantic era virtuoso violinist and composer
• José Serrano (1873–1941), composer
• Juan Sesé y Balaguer (1736–1801), composer
• Antonio Soler (1729–1783), wrote sonatas and concertos for the harpsichord and organ
• Fernando Sor (1778–1839), Classical/Romantic era composer for the guitar
• Pablo Sorozábal (1897–1988), composer
• Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909), Romantic era guitarist and composer
• Eduardo Torres (1872–1934), Late Romantic composer of organ works and guitar pieces
• Joaquín Turina (1882–1949), composer of chamber music, piano works, guitar pieces, and songs
• Juan de Urrede (c. 1430–after 1482)
• José María Usandizaga (1887–1915)
• Manuel Valls (1920–1984), composer
• Joaquín Valverde Durán (1846–1910), composer of zarzuelas
• Joaquín "Quinito" Valverde Sanjuán (1875–1918), composer of zarzuelas
• Octavio Vazquez (born 1972), composer
• Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611), composer
• Pedro Vilarroig (born 1954), contemporary neo-tonal composer.
• Sebastián de Vivanco (1551–1622), composer
• Amadeo Vives (1871–1932), composer
• Valentín Zubiaurre (1837–1914), composer

Switzerland

• Fritz Bovet (fl. 1845-1888), violinist, composed at least one string quartet (still in print), watchmaker, Swiss vice-counsel to Canton, China
• Heinz Holliger (1939-)
• Arthur Honegger
• Frank Martin
• Othmar Schoeck
• Andreas Vollenweider

See more in List of Swiss composers.

Taiwan

• Tyzen Hsiao (1938–2015)
• Liu Shueh-Shuan 劉學軒 (born 1969), 21st century contemporary classical composer

Ukraine

• Hryhory Alchevsky (1866–1920)
• Mykola Arkas (1853–1909)
• Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)
• Virko Baley (born 1938)
• Vasyl Barvinsky (1888–1963)
• Maksym Berezovsky (c. 1745–1777)
• Oleksandr Bilash (1931–2003)
• Timofiy Bilohradsky (c. 1710 – c. 1782)
• Dmytro Bortnyansky (1751–1825)
• Valentyn Borysov (1901–1988)
• Konstantyn Dankevych (1905–1984)
• Ivan Domaratsky
• Eduard Drach (born 1965)
• Lesia Dychko (born 1939)
• Mykola Dyletsky (c. 1630–1690)
• Yuriy Fedynsky (born 1975)
• Arkady Filippenko (1912–1983)
• Volodymyr Flys (1924–1987)
• Bohdana Frolyak (born 1968)
• Mikhail Goldstein (1917–1989)
• Mykhailo Haivoronsky (1892–1949)
• Hanna Havrylets' (born 1958)
• Vitaliy Hodziatsky (born 1936)
• Leonid Hrabovsky (born 1935)
• Volodymyr Huba (born 1938)
• Vitaliy Hubarenko (1934–2000)
• Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873)
• Roman Hurko (born 1962)
• Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949-1979)
• Basilio Kaczurak (1919–1987)
• Ivan Karabyts (1945-2002)
• Hnat Khotkevych (1877–1938)
• Valeri Kikta (born 1941)
• Alexis Kochan (born 1953)
• Filaret Kolessa (1871–1947)
• Mykola Kolessa (1903-2006)
• Taras Kompanichenko (born 1969)
• Viktor Kosenko (1896–1938)
• Alexander Koshetz (1875–1944)
• Oleksandr Kozarenko (born 1963)
• Oleksandr Krasotov (1936-2007)
• Vitalij Kuprij (born 1974)
• Iryna Kyrylina (born 1955)
• Hryhory Kytasty (1907-1984)
• Mykola Leontovych (1877–1921)
• Borys Lyatoshynsky (1895–1968)
• Mykola Lysenko (1842–1912)
• Stanyslav Lyudkevych (1879–1979)
• Heorhiy Maiboroda (1913-1992)
• Platon Maiboroda (1918-1989)
• Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857-1929)
• Igor Markevitch (1912-1983)
• Mykola Markevych (1804–1860)
• Igor Matsiyevsky (born 1941)
• Yuliy Meitus (1903-1997)
• Mykola Mozhovyy (1947-2010)
• Mykola Mykhailov (1903-1936)
• Petro Nishchynsky (1832–1896)
• Yuriy Oliynyk (born 1931)
• Tomasz Padura (1801-1871)
• Alla Pavlova (born 1952)
• Symeon Pekalytsky (c. 1630–c. at the end of 1690s)
• Ihor Poklad (born 1941)
• Victoria Poleva (born 1962)
• Alexey Retinsky (born 1986)
• Levko Revutsky (1889–1877)
• Mykola Roslavets (1881–1944)
• Dorian Rudnytsky (born 1944)
• Volodymyr Runchak (born 1960)
• Mariana Sadovska (born 1972)
• Ihor Shamo (1925-1982)
• Alexander Shchetynsky (born 1960)
• Andriy Shtoharenko (1902-1992)
• Aleksandr Shymko (born 1977)
• Roman Simovych (1901-1984)
• Mikhail Skorulskyi (1887-1950)
• Myroslav Skoryk (born 1938)
• Hryhorii Skovoroda (1722-1794)
• Ihor Sonevytsky (1926-2006)
• Yevhen Stankovych (born 1942)
• Yakiv Stepovy (1883–1921)
• Kyrylo Stetsenko (1882–1922)
• Valentyn Sylvestrov (born 1937)
• Roman Turovsky-Savchuk (born 1961)
• Anatole Vakhnianyn (1841-1908)
• Artem Vedel (c. 1767-1808)
• Mykhaylo Verbytsky (1815–1870)
• Vasyl Verkhovynets (1880–1938)
• Hryhoriy Veryovka (1895–1964)
• Mykola Vilinsky (1888–1856)
• Sydir Vorobkevych (1836–1903)
• Konstanty Wileński (born 1949)
• Peter Wilhousky (1902-1978)
• Yakiv Yatsynevych (1869-1945)
• Ludmila Yurina (born 1962)
• Vsevolod Zaderatsky (1891-1953)
• Alla Zahaikevych (born 1966)
• Sigismund Zaremba (1861-1915)
• León Zuckert (1904-1992)

References

1. http://myemail.constantcontact.com/After-65-years--international-recognition-for-composer-Marcel-Tyberg.html?soid=1102539686325&aid=vZafgurl2BM

External links

• Union of Belgian Composers (in Dutch and French)
• Union of Bulgarian Composers