List of centenarians (musicians, composers and music patrons)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as musicians, composers and music patrons – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see: Lists of centenarians.

Name Lifespan Age Notability
Frances Adaskin1900–2001100Canadian pianist
Licia Albanese1909–2014105Italian-born American operatic soprano[1]
Fedora Alemán1912–2018105Venezuelan singer[2]
Van Alexander1915–2015100American bandleader and composer[3]
Robert Alexander Anderson1894–1995100American composer[4]
Katja Andy1907–2013106German-American classical pianist and piano professor[5]
Svend Asmussen1916–2017100Danish jazz violinist[6]
Irving Berlin1888–1989101Russian-American lyricist and composer [7]
Ralph Berkowitz1910–2011100American composer and classical pianist[8]
Bernard Bierman1908–2012104American composer[9]
Esther Borja1913–2013100Cuban singer[10]
José Bragato1915–2017101Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist
Slim Bryant1908–2010101American country music singer-songwriter[11]
Henri Büsser1872–1973101French classical composer, conductor and organist
Irving Caesar1895–1996101American lyricist and theatre composer
Anton Coppola1917–101American opera conductor and composer[12]
Matilde Capuis1913–2017104Italian composer[13]
Elliott Carter1908–2012103American classical music composer[14]
Alice Chalifoux1908–2008100American harpist[15]
Gina Cigna1900–2001101Italian soprano[16]
Orlando Cole1908–2010101American cellist[17]
Chris Columbus1902–2002100American jazz drummer[18]
Hugues Cuénod1902–2010108Swiss tenor[19]
Deva Dassy1911–2016104French mezzo-soprano[20]
Jimmie Davis1899–2000101American composer Governor of Louisiana
Annette Richardson Dinwoodey1906–2007100American Latter Day Saint vocalist
Roy Douglas1907–2015107British composer and pianist[21]
Helena Dunicz-Niwińska1915–2018102Polish violinist, translator and author.[22]
Jan Ekier1913–2014100Polish pianist and composer[23]
Hellmut Federhofer1911–2014102Austrian musicologist[24]
Lionel Ferbos1911–2014103American jazz trumpeter[25]
Irving Fields1915–2016101American pianist[26]
Anthony Galla-Rini1904–2006102American accordionist
Manuel García1805–1906101Spanish music and singing teacher
John Gerrish1910–2010100American composer[27]
Peggy Gilbert1905–2007102American jazz saxophonist
Coleridge Goode1914–2015101Jamaican jazz musician[28]
Sidonie Goossens1899–2004105English harpist
Roy Henderson1899–2000100English baritone
Alice Herz-Sommer1903–2014110Austro-Hungarian pianist and Holocaust survivor[29]
Randolph Hokanson1915–103American pianist[30]
Dolores Hope1909–2011102American singer and philanthropist[31]
Mieczysław Horszowski1892–1993100Polish pianist
Francis Jackson1917–101English organist, choral director and composer
Herb Jeffries1913–2014100American singer and actor[32]
William Manuel Johnson1872–1972100American jazz musician
Maurice Journeau1898–1999100French composer
Abdul Rashid Khan1908–2016107Indian musician[33]
Mykola Kolessa1903–2006102Ukrainian composer
Marcelle de Lacour1896–1997100French harpsichordist[34]
Marjorie Lane1912–2012100American singer[35]
Margaret Ruthven Lang1867–1972104American composer
Johnny Lange1905–2006100American Academy Award-nominated songwriter
André Lavagne1913–2014100French composer[36]
Paul Le Flem1881–1984103French composer
Everett Lee1916–102American conductor and violinist[37]
Conrad Leonard1898–2003104British pianist and composer
Huey Long1904–2009105American jazz singer[38]
Lawrence Lucie1907–2009101American jazz musician[39]
Alice Ludes1912–2017104American singer[40]
Nonie Lynch1910–2011101Irish singer[41]
Dame Vera Lynn1917–101English singer and songwriter[42]
Wade Mainer1907–2011104American country music singer and banjoist[43]
Léo Marjane1912–2016104French singer[44]
Draga Matković1907–2013105German classical pianist[45]
Sir Robert Mayer1879–1985105German-born music patron and British philanthropist who co-founded the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Buddy Moreno1912–2015103American singer, bandleader, and radio personality[46]
Blanche Honegger Moyse1909–2011101Swiss-born American conductor[47]
Marcel Mule1901–2001100French classical saxophonist
Donnchadh Ó Hámsaigh1695–1807111–112Irish harpist[48]
Magda Olivero1910–2014104Italian soprano[49]
Leo Ornstein1895–2002106Ukrainian-born American pianist and composer
Uncle Charlie Osborne1890–1992101American Appalachian Mountains musician
Ernest "Doc" Paulin1907–2007100American brass band leader
Andreja Preger1912–2015103Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav and Serbian pianist[50]
Harry Rabinowitz1916–2016100British film and television composer[51]
H. Owen Reed1910–2014103American composer, conductor, and author[52]
Elsa Respighi1894–1996101Italian composer and singer; wife of Ottorino Respighi
Lívia Rév1916–2018101Hungarian classical concert pianist[53]
Rosa Rio1902–2010107American organist[54]
Edmundo Ros1910–2011100Trinidadian musician, vocalist, and bandleader[55]
Thomas Round1915–2016100English opera singer[56]
Olga Rudge1895–1996100American violinist
Joseph Salemi1902–2003100American jazz trombonist
Horacio Salgán1916–2016100Argentine composer and pianist[57]
Teresa Saporiti1763–1869106Italian soprano[58]
Luther Saxon1916–2017101American singer[59]
Cecilia Seghizzi1908–110Italian composer[60]
George Beverly Shea1909–2013104Canadian-born American gospel music singer and songwriter[61]
Ed Simons1917–2018101American conductor[62]
Nicolas Slonimsky1894–1995101Russian-American composer and conductor
Eleanor Sokoloff1914–104American pianist[63]
Viola Smith1912–105American drummer[64]
Leif Solberg1914–2016101Norwegian classical composer and organist[65]
Ljerko Spiller1908–2008100Croatian and Argentine violinist[66]
Sally Sweetland1911–2015103American soprano[67]
Jenő Takács1902–2005103Austrian-Hungarian composer and pianist
Bill Tapia1908–2011103American musician[68]
Tillit Sidney Teddlie1885–1987102American hymn composer
Roman Toi1916–2018101Estonian-Canadian composer, choir conductor, and organist[69][70]
Juan Vicente Torrealba1917–101Venezuelan harpist and composer[71]
Roman Totenberg1911–2012101Polish-born American violinist and educator[72]
Orrin Tucker1911–2011100American bandleader and composer[73]
Stanley Vann1910–2010100English composer[74]
Bea Wain1917–2017100American vocalist and big band singer[75]
Winifred Warburton1907–2008101English singer (The Zimmers)[76]
Elder Roma Wilson1910–107American gospel harmonicist[77]
Izabella Zielińska1910–2017106Polish pianist[78]

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