Musicians from Montreal

Canadian jazz pianist (1925–2007)

Claire Elise Boucher (, ; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her work often invokes themes of science fiction, feminism, and fantasy. She has released five studio albums.

Canadian jazz musician and bandleader (1928–2006)

Canadian pianist and composer

Canadian drummer

Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist (1932-2016)

Québécois conductor and pianist

Canadian musician (born 1981)

Henry Russell Walter (born April 23, 1986), known professionally as Cirkut, is a Canadian record producer and songwriter. He has produced and co-written commercially successful singles since 2008. His credits include songs and albums for prominent artists including Katy Perry, Becky G, Ava Max, Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, Charli XCX, R. City, The Weeknd, Kesha, Ciara, Pitbull, Britney Spears, Maroon 5, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Adam Lambert, B.o.B, Marina and the Diamonds, will.i.am, Jungkook, Kygo, Juicy J, Sam Smith, and Ed Sheeran, among others. He has numerous collaborations with American record produce

Canadian musician

Canadian DJ and musician

Canadian singer

American conductor (1951-)

Canadian musician

Louis Kevin Celestin (born August 25, 1992), known professionally as Kaytranada (stylized in all uppercase, sometimes shortened as KAYTRA), is a Haitian-Canadian music producer, and DJ. Celestin rose to prominence after releasing a series of mixtapes, remixes, and original music projects beginning in 2010 under the alias Kaytradamus. By 2013, and under the moniker Kaytranada, he began gaining wider recognition and, the following year, signed a deal with XL Recordings, with whom he would release his critically acclaimed debut studio album 99.9% in 2016. In 2019, he released its follow-up, Bubba

Canadian composer (1948–1983)

Canadian musician

Francophone Canadian author, composer, musician, performer and actor

Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre

Canadian composer and musicologist

Alain Macklovitch (born March 30, 1982), known professionally as A-Trak, is a Canadian DJ, record producer, and record executive. He came to prominence in the late 2000s as an international club DJ and remix artist, known for incorporating highly technical turntable skills and scratching into his genre-spanning work. He is also president of the record label Fool's Gold, which was founded in 2007, and is credited for developing the careers of artists such as Kid Cudi, Danny Brown, and Flosstradamus. Among other collaborative projects, he is part of the DJ duo Duck Sauce with Armand Van Helden a

Canadian musician (1931-2020)

Canadian electronic musician, producer, and composer

Canadian classical music composer (1913-2000)

Canadian musician and composer

Canadian singer

French cellist

Canadian composer (1956-2013)

composer and academic (1916–2000)

Canadian pianist

Canadian pianist

Canadian DJ

Canadian composer (1891–1965)

Canadian pop pianist

Canadian composer (1919–2012)

Canadian musician and conductor (1896-1982)

Canadian musician

Canadian violinist and conductor (1910–2012)

Canadian musician

Marc Leclair (born August 13, 1966), better known by his stage name Akufen, is a Canadian electronic musician. His music is electronic music that is often described as minimal house, minimal techno, glitch, or microhouse.

Canadian composer and educator

Canadian musician

Canadian composer

Canadian jazz trumpeter (1937–2023)

Canadian musician

Canadian-American actor and singer (1927-2016)

Canadian musician (1864-1939)

Canadian singer

classical pianist

Canadian pianist, teacher and soprano

Canadian actor

Canadian DJ and musician

Canadian jazz pianist and composer

Canadian singer-songwriter

Canadian singer

Canadian composer

Canadian pianist

Canadian conductor

Canadian composer (1929–1968)

Ashanti Mutinta (born October 4, 1991), known professionally as Backxwash, is a Zambian-Canadian rapper and record producer based in Montreal, Quebec. She is most noted for her 2020 album God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It, which won the 2020 Polaris Music Prize.