List of centenarians (musicians, composers and music patrons)

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
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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