Avant-garde composers

Russian composer (1882–1971)

American musician (1940–1993)

Hungarian composer and pianist (1881–1945)

French composer and pianist (1866-1925)

Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951)

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1942)

American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)

Estonian composer (born 1935)

French composer, conductor and writer (1925–2016)

Austrian composer and conductor

Polish composer and conductor (1933–2020)

American film composer (1929–2004)

Hungarian composer (1923-2006)

Christa Päffgen (; 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, actress and model.

Japanese composer (1952–2023)

Italian composer (1925–2003)

American composer (born 1936)

French composer (1883-1965)

American composer, saxophonist and bandleader

Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory (1930–1996)

Italian composer (1924-1990)

American composer, music theorist, creator of musical instruments

American singer

French composer and musicologist (1910-1995)

American avant-garde composer, pianist, author and inventor (1900–1959)

American composer and musician (born 1935)

American avant-garde composer (born 1935)

Czech music educator and composer (1893-1973)

American composer (1929-2022)

American singer-songwriter

American composer and guitarist (1948-2018)

Italian conductor and composer (1920-1973)

American musician (born 1942)

American composer and musician (1922–2019)

English musician, composer and improvisor

Italian composer

American mezzo-soprano and composer

German composer (1918–1970)

American musician (1936–2020)

American composer (1912–1997)

American composer and musician (1932–2016)

American composer and pianist (1895–2002)

American musician

English composer and double bassist

Polish composer and singer

Japanese composer, pianist (1933-2022)

American musician

American composer

Belgian composer (1929-2009)

American pianist and composer (1926–1996)

Canadian composer (1948–1983)

American neo-classical composer and avant-garde electronic musician (born 1933)

Italian composer (1931–2021)

American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver

French composer (1929-2016)

Slovenian musician

Finnish composer (1911-2006)

Finnish musician

Brazilian composer, university professor and researcher (1922–2016)