The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as musicians/singers, composers and music patrons – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see: Lists of centenarians.
Living
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
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Claude Abadie | 1920–2020 | 100 | French jazz clarinetist and bandleader[1][2] |
Lee Richard Adams | 1924– | 100 | American musical theatre lyricist[3][4] |
Frances Adaskin | 1900–2001 | 100 | Canadian pianist[5] |
Licia Albanese | 1909–2014 | 105 | Italian-born American operatic soprano[6] |
Pol Albrecht | 1874–1975 | 100 | Luxembourg composer[7][8] |
Fedora Alemán | 1912–2018 | 105 | Venezuelan singer[9] |
Van Alexander | 1915–2015 | 100 | American bandleader, arranger and composer[10] |
Marshall Allen | 1924– | 100 | American saxophonist and bandleader[11] |
Bartolo Alvarez | 1914–2017 | 102 | Puerto Rican musician[12] |
Robert Alexander Anderson | 1894–1995 | 100 | American composer[13] |
Katja Andy | 1907–2013 | 106 | German-American classical pianist and piano professor[14] |
Ray Anthony | 1922– | 102 | American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor[15] |
Walter Arlen | 1920–2023 | 103 | American composer[16] |
Svend Asmussen | 1916–2017 | 100 | Danish jazz violinist[17] |
Dave Bartholomew | 1918–2019 | 100 | American musician, bandleader and composer[18] |
Irving Berlin | 1888–1989 | 101 | Russian-American composer and lyricist[19][20] |
Ralph Berkowitz | 1910–2011 | 100 | American composer and classical pianist[21] |
Bernard Bierman | 1908–2012 | 104 | American composer[22] |
Esther Borja | 1913–2013 | 100 | Cuban singer[23] |
David Botwinik | 1920–2022 | 101 | Lithuanian-born Canadian composer[24] |
José Bragato | 1915–2017 | 101 | Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist[25] |
Slim Bryant | 1908–2010 | 101 | American country music singer-songwriter[26] |
Charles Burrell | 1920– | 104 | American jazz bassist[27] |
Henri Büsser | 1872–1973 | 101 | French classical composer, conductor and organist[28] |
Emil Cadkin | 1920–2020 | 100 | American TV and film composer[29] |
Irving Caesar | 1895–1996 | 101 | American lyricist and theatre composer[30] |
Matilde Capuis | 1913–2017 | 104 | Italian organist, pianist, music educator and composer[31] |
Elliott Carter | 1908–2012 | 103 | American classical composer[32] |
Alice Chalifoux | 1908–2008 | 100 | American harpist[33] |
Gina Cigna | 1900–2001 | 101 | Italian soprano[34] |
Helen Clare | 1916–2018 | 101 | British singer[35] |
Orlando Cole | 1908–2010 | 101 | American cellist[36] |
Christopher Columbus | 1902–2002 | 100 | American jazz drummer[37] |
Anton Coppola | 1917–2020 | 102 | American opera conductor and composer[38] |
Hugues Cuénod | 1902–2010 | 108 | Swiss tenor[39] |
Jean Cussac | 1922– | 102 | French baritone and music director[40] |
Thanga Darlong | 1920–2023 | 103 | Indian folk musician[41] |
Deva Dassy | 1911–2016 | 104 | French mezzo-soprano[42] |
Jimmie Davis | 1899–2000 | 101 | American singer-songwriter[43] |
Vincent DeRosa | 1920–2022 | 101 | American hornist[44] |
Alfredo Diez Nieto | 1918–2021 | 102 | Cuban composer and conductor.[45] |
Annette Richardson Dinwoodey | 1906–2007 | 100 | American Latter Day Saint vocalist[46] |
Renée Doria | 1921–2021 | 100 | French operatic soprano[47] |
Roy Douglas | 1907–2015 | 107 | British composer and pianist[48] |
Helena Dunicz-Niwińska | 1915–2018 | 102 | Polish violinist, translator and author.[49] |
Jan Ekier | 1913–2014 | 100 | Polish pianist and composer[50] |
Hellmut Federhofer | 1911–2014 | 102 | Austrian musicologist[51] |
Lionel Ferbos | 1911–2014 | 103 | American jazz trumpeter[52] |
Irving Fields | 1915–2016 | 101 | American pianist[53] |
Anthony Galla-Rini | 1904–2006 | 102 | American accordionist[54] |
Manuel García | 1805–1906 | 101 | Spanish baritone and singing teacher[55] |
John Gerrish | 1910–2010 | 100 | American composer[56] |
Peggy Gilbert | 1905–2007 | 102 | American jazz saxophonist[57] |
Coleridge Goode | 1914–2015 | 100 | Jamaican-born British jazz bassist[58] |
Sidonie Goossens | 1899–2004 | 105 | British harpist[59] |
Stella Greka | 1922– | 102 | Greek singer and actress[60] |
Kaiti Grey | 1924– | 100 | Greek singer and actress[61] |
Roy Henderson | 1899–2000 | 100 | Scottish baritone[62] |
Alice Herz-Sommer | 1903–2014 | 110 | Austro-Hungarian-born pianist and one of the oldest Holocaust survivors[63] |
Randolph Hokanson | 1915–2018 | 103 | American pianist[64] |
Dolores Hope | 1909–2011 | 102 | American singer and philanthropist; wife of Bob Hope[65] |
Mieczysław Horszowski | 1892–1993 | 100 | Polish pianist[66] |
Francis Jackson | 1917–2022 | 104 | British organist, choral director and composer[67] |
Herb Jeffries | 1913–2014 | 100 | American singer and actor[68] |
Maurice Journeau | 1898–1999 | 100 | French composer[69] |
George Katsaros | 1888–1997 | 108 | Greek-American musician[70] |
Abdul Rashid Khan | 1908–2016 | 107 | Indian musician[71] |
Phyllis Kinney | 1922– | 102 | American-born singer and historian of Welsh folk music[72] |
Mykola Kolessa | 1903–2006 | 102 | Ukrainian composer[73] |
Pierre Labric | 1921– | 103 | French organist and composer[74] |
Marcelle de Lacour | 1896–1997 | 100 | French harpsichordist[75] |
Marjorie Lane | 1912–2012 | 100 | American singer[76] |
Margaret Ruthven Lang | 1867–1972 | 104 | American composer[77] |
Johnny Lange | 1905–2006 | 100 | American Academy Award-nominated songwriter[78] |
André Lavagne | 1913–2014 | 100 | French composer[79] |
Paul Le Flem | 1881–1984 | 103 | French composer[80] |
Leo Leandros | 1923– | 101 | Greek musician, composer, singer, songwriter, lyricist and record producer[81] |
Everett Lee | 1916–2022 | 105 | American conductor and violinist[82] |
Mary Lee | 1921–2022 | 100 | Scottish singer[83] |
Matti Lehtinen | 1922–2022 | 100 | Finnish baritone singer.[84] |
Conrad Leonard | 1898–2003 | 104 | British pianist and composer[85] |
María Teresa Linares Savio | 1920–2021 | 100 | Cuban musicologist[86][87] |
Gisela Litz | 1922–2023 | 100 | German contralto opera singer[88] |
Huey Long | 1904–2009 | 105 | American jazz singer[89] |
Lawrence Lucie | 1907–2009 | 101 | American jazz musician[90] |
Alice Ludes | 1912–2017 | 104 | American singer[91] |
Nonie Lynch | 1910–2011 | 101 | Irish singer[92] |
Dame Vera Lynn | 1917–2020 | 103 | British actress, singer and songwriter[93] |
Wade Mainer | 1907–2011 | 104 | American country music singer and banjoist[94] |
Léo Marjane | 1912–2016 | 104 | French singer[95] |
Draga Matković | 1907–2013 | 105 | German classical pianist[96] |
Sir Robert Mayer | 1879–1985 | 105 | German-born British music patron and philanthropist[97] |
Albert J. McNeil | 1920–2022 | 102 | American choral conductor, ethnomusicologist and author[98] |
Buddy Moreno | 1912–2015 | 103 | American singer, bandleader and radio personality[99] |
Jane Morgan | 1924– | 100 | American singer and recording artist[100] |
Blanche Honegger Moyse | 1909–2011 | 101 | Swiss-born American conductor[101] |
Marcel Mule | 1901–2001 | 100 | French classical saxophonist[102] |
Phil Nimmons | 1923–2024 | 100 | Canadian jazz musician and composer[103] |
Magda Olivero | 1910–2014 | 104 | Italian soprano[104] |
Lia Origoni | 1919–2022 | 103 | Italian singer[105][106] |
Leo Ornstein | 1895–2002 | 106 | Ukrainian-born American pianist and composer[107] |
Uncle Charlie Osborne | 1890–1992 | 101 | American Appalachian Mountains musician[108] |
Aldo Parisot | 1918–2018 | 100 | Brazilian-born American cellist[109] |
Ernest "Doc" Paulin | 1907–2007 | 100 | American brass band leader[110] |
Alf Pearson | 1910–2012 | 102 | British variety singer[111] |
Bill Pitman | 1920–2022 | 102 | American guitarist and session musician (The Wrecking Crew)[112] |
Andreja Preger | 1912–2015 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav and Serbian pianist[113] |
Harry Rabinowitz | 1916–2016 | 100 | British film and television composer[114] |
H. Owen Reed | 1910–2014 | 103 | American composer, conductor and author[115] |
Elsa Respighi | 1894–1996 | 101 | Italian composer and singer; wife of fellow composer Ottorino Respighi[116] |
Lívia Rév | 1916–2018 | 101 | Hungarian classical concert pianist[117] |
Rosa Rio | 1902–2010 | 107 | American organist[118] |
Diamantina Rodríguez | 1920–2021 | 100 | Spanish singer[119] |
Edmundo Ros | 1910–2011 | 100 | Trinidadian musician, vocalist and bandleader[120] |
Thomas Round | 1915–2016 | 100 | British opera singer[121] |
Olga Rudge | 1895–1996 | 100 | American violinist[122] |
Art Rupe | 1917–2022 | 104 | American record producer and founder of Specialty Records[123] |
Joseph Salemi | 1902–2003 | 100 | American jazz trombonist[124] |
Horacio Salgán | 1916–2016 | 100 | Argentine composer and pianist[125] |
Teresa Saporiti | 1763–1869 | 106 | Italian soprano[126] |
Luther Saxon | 1916–2017 | 101 | American singer[127] |
Cecilia Seghizzi | 1908–2019 | 111 | Italian composer[128][129] |
George Beverly Shea | 1909–2013 | 104 | Canadian-born American gospel music singer and songwriter[130] |
Shep Shepherd | 1917–2018 | 101 | American multi-instrumental jazz musician and composer[131] |
Mervin Shiner | 1921–2023 | 102 | American country singer, songwriter and guitarist[132] |
Ed Simons | 1917–2018 | 101 | American conductor[133] |
Hal Singer | 1919–2020 | 100 | American bandleader and saxophonist[134] |
Nicolas Slonimsky | 1894–1995 | 101 | Russian-American composer and conductor[135] |
Viola Smith | 1912–2020 | 107 | American musician[136][137] |
Eleanor Sokoloff | 1914–2020 | 106 | American pianist[138] |
Leif Solberg | 1914–2016 | 101 | Norwegian classical composer and organist[139] |
Ljerko Spiller | 1908–2008 | 100 | Croatian and Argentine violinist[140] |
Laila Storch | 1921–2022 | 101 | American oboist[141] |
Sally Sweetland | 1911–2015 | 103 | American soprano[142] |
Jenő Takács | 1902–2005 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian composer and pianist[143] |
Bill Tapia | 1908–2011 | 103 | American musician[144] |
Tillit Sidney Teddlie | 1885–1987 | 102 | American hymn composer[145] |
Louise Tobin | 1918–2022 | 104 | American singer[146] |
Roman Toi | 1916–2018 | 101 | Estonian-Canadian composer, choir conductor and organist[147][148] |
Juan Vicente Torrealba | 1917–2019 | 102 | Venezuelan harpist and composer[149] |
Roman Totenberg | 1911–2012 | 101 | Polish-born American violinist and educator[150] |
Orrin Tucker | 1911–2011 | 100 | American bandleader and composer[151] |
İlhan Usmanbaş | 1921– | 102 | Turkish classical composer[152] |
Stanley Vann | 1910–2010 | 100 | British composer[153] |
Bea Wain | 1917–2017 | 100 | American vocalist and big band singer[154] |
Elisabeth Waldo | 1918– | 106 | American violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor and ethnomusicologist[155] |
Stephen Wilkinson | 1919–2021 | 102 | British choral conductor and composer[156][157] |
Irv Williams | 1919–2019 | 100 | American jazz saxophonist and composer[158] |
Elder Roma Wilson | 1910–2018 | 107 | American gospel harmonicist[159] |
Helmut Winschermann | 1920–2021 | 100 | German classical oboist, conductor and academic teacher[160] |
Izabella Yurieva | 1899–2000 | 100 | Russian singer[161] |
Hilde Zadek | 1917–2019 | 101 | German operatic soprano[162][163] |
Renato Zanettovich | 1921–2021 | 100 | Italian violinist and teacher[164] |
Julien-François Zbinden | 1917–2021 | 103 | Swiss composer and jazz pianist[165] |
Maria Zhorella | 1915–2017 | 101 | Austrian-born American soprano[166] |
Izabella Zielińska | 1910–2017 | 106 | Polish pianist[167] |
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