Walter Hamor Piston, Jr., was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University.
Grace Mary Williams was a Welsh composer, generally regarded as Wales's most notable female composer, and the first British woman to score a feature film.
Mary Oliver is an American performer on violin, viola, and Hardanger fiddle, in the areas of New Music, free improvisation, and avant-garde jazz.
Grete von Zieritz was an Austrian-German composer and pianist.
Lucy Wilkins is an English music educator and composer known for opera.
Marina Marta Vlad is a Romanian composer.
Irma Ravinale was an Italian composer and music educator.
Wang Qiang is a Chinese composer.
Elena Petrová, née Krupková was a Czech composer. She was born in Modrý Kameň, and studied piano with Karel Hoffmeister and composition with Jan Kapr and Miloslav Istvan at the Janáček Academy of Music. After completing her studies, she taught music theory at the Charles University in Prague.
Graciane Finzi is a Morocco-born French composer.
Gerda Geertens is a Dutch composer. She was born in Wildervank, and studied music and philosophy in Groningen. In 1981 she began the study of composition with Klaas de Vries at the Rotterdam Conservatory. Her compositions include chamber music, choir and solo singing and pieces for symphony orchestras.
Ann-Elise Hannikainen was a Finnish composer. She was born in Hanko, Finland, the daughter of Heikki and Marianne Hannikainen. She studied music in Finland at the Sibelius Academy with Einar Englund for composition and Tapani Valsta for piano. In 1972, she moved to Spain, where she studied composition with Ernesto Halffter Escriche at the Academia Moderne de Musica.
Zhivka Klinkova was a Bulgarian composer, pianist and conductor.
Carmela Mackenna Subercaseaux (1879–1962) was a Chilean pianist and composer. Born in Santiago, to Alberto Mackenna Astorga and Carmela Subercaseaux, she was the great-granddaughter of Chilean hero Juan Mackenna and aunt of composer Alfonso Leng. She studied music theory with Bindo Paoli in Santiago and continued her studies in piano and composition with Conrad Ansorge and Hans Mersmann in Berlin. in 1934 she made her debut as a composer in Berlin with Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.
Edith Canat de Chizy is a French composer, born in Lyon and now based in Paris. She was the first female composer to be elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Frances Ulric Cole was an American pianist, editor, music educator and composer. She was born in New York and studied in Los Angeles with Homer Grunn, and at the Institute of Musical Arts in New York City and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger.
Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman was a Dutch composer. She was born in Rotterdam, and began composing in 1917 without instruction. In 1937 she studied orchestration with Eduard Flipse and became successful as a composer in the 1940s and 1950s.
Edith Borroff was an American musicologist and composer. Her compositions include over 60 commissioned works, including pieces for the stage; for her primary instrument—the organ; choral, vocal, and orchestral music; and several critical editions of works by previous composers such as Jubilate by J.-J. Cassanéa de Mondonville. She also wrote at least 7 books, including the textbook Music in Europe and the United States: a History, as well as various peer-reviewed articles and publications.
Pamela Harrison was an English composer, pianist and music teacher.
Ab Baars is a Dutch saxophonist and clarinetist who has had an active performance career since the 1970s. He has recorded several albums for the Geestgronden Records, Atavistic Records, and WIG records.
