List of centenarians (musicians, composers and music patrons)

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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 Adaskin 1900–2001 100 Canadian pianist[1]
Licia Albanese 1909–2014 105 Italian-born American operatic soprano[2]
Fedora Alemán 1912–2018 105 Venezuelan singer[3]
Van Alexander 1915–2015 100 American bandleader and composer[4]
Bartolo Alvarez 1914–2017 102 Puerto Rican musician[5]
Robert Alexander Anderson 1894–1995 100 American composer[6]
Katja Andy 1907–2013 106 German-American classical pianist and piano professor[7]
Svend Asmussen 1916–2017 100 Danish jazz violinist[8]
Dave Bartholomew 1918– 100 American musician, bandleader, and composer[9]
Irving Berlin 1888–1989 101 Russian-American lyricist and composer [10]
Ralph Berkowitz 1910–2011 100 American composer and classical pianist[11]
Bernard Bierman 1908–2012 104 American composer[12]
Esther Borja 1913–2013 100 Cuban singer[13]
José Bragato 1915–2017 101 Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist[14]
Slim Bryant 1908–2010 101 American country music singer-songwriter[15]
Henri Büsser 1872–1973 101 French classical composer, conductor and organist[16]
Irving Caesar 1895–1996 101 American lyricist and theatre composer[17]
Anton Coppola 1917– 101 American opera conductor and composer[18]
Matilde Capuis 1913–2017 104 Italian composer[19]
Elliott Carter 1908–2012 103 American classical music composer[20]
Alice Chalifoux 1908–2008 100 American harpist[21]
Gina Cigna 1900–2001 101 Italian soprano[22]
Orlando Cole 1908–2010 101 American cellist[23]
Chris Columbus 1902–2002 100 American jazz drummer[24]
Hugues Cuénod 1902–2010 108 Swiss tenor[25]
Deva Dassy 1911–2016 104 French mezzo-soprano[26]
Jimmie Davis 1899–2000 101 American singer-songwriter[27]
Annette Richardson Dinwoodey 1906–2007 100 American Latter Day Saint vocalist[28]
Roy Douglas 1907–2015 107 British composer and pianist[29]
Helena Dunicz-Niwińska 1915–2018 102 Polish violinist, translator and author.[30]
Jan Ekier 1913–2014 100 Polish pianist and composer[31]
Hellmut Federhofer 1911–2014 102 Austrian musicologist[32]
Lionel Ferbos 1911–2014 103 American jazz trumpeter[33]
Irving Fields 1915–2016 101 American pianist[34]
Anthony Galla-Rini 1904–2006 102 American accordionist[35]
Manuel García 1805–1906 101 Spanish baritone and singing teacher[36]
John Gerrish 1910–2010 100 American composer[37]
Peggy Gilbert 1905–2007 102 American jazz saxophonist[38]
Coleridge Goode 1914–2015 101 Jamaican jazz musician[39]
Sidonie Goossens 1899–2004 105 English harpist[40]
Roy Henderson 1899–2000 100 English baritone[41]
Alice Herz-Sommer 1903–2014 110 Austro-Hungarian pianist and Holocaust survivor[42]
Randolph Hokanson 1915–2018 103 American pianist[43]
Dolores Hope 1909–2011 102 American singer and philanthropist[44]
Mieczysław Horszowski 1892–1993 100 Polish pianist[45]
Francis Jackson 1917– 101 English organist, choral director and composer[46]
Herb Jeffries 1913–2014 100 American singer and actor[47]
William Manuel Johnson 1872–1972 100 American jazz musician[48]
Maurice Journeau 1898–1999 100 French composer[49]
Abdul Rashid Khan 1908–2016 107 Indian musician[50]
Mykola Kolessa 1903–2006 102 Ukrainian composer[51]
Marcelle de Lacour 1896–1997 100 French harpsichordist[52]
Marjorie Lane 1912–2012 100 American singer[53]
Margaret Ruthven Lang 1867–1972 104 American composer[54]
Johnny Lange 1905–2006 100 American Academy Award-nominated songwriter[55]
André Lavagne 1913–2014 100 French composer[56]
Paul Le Flem 1881–1984 103 French composer[57]
Everett Lee 1916– 102 American conductor and violinist[58]
Conrad Leonard 1898–2003 104 British pianist and composer[59]
Huey Long 1904–2009 105 American jazz singer[60]
Lawrence Lucie 1907–2009 101 American jazz musician[61]
Alice Ludes 1912–2017 104 American singer[62]
Nonie Lynch 1910–2011 101 Irish singer[63]
Dame Vera Lynn 1917– 101 English singer and songwriter[64]
Wade Mainer 1907–2011 104 American country music singer and banjoist[65]
Léo Marjane 1912–2016 104 French singer[66]
Draga Matković 1907–2013 105 German classical pianist[67]
Sir Robert Mayer 1879–1985 105 German-born music patron and British philanthropist who co-founded the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Schools Symphony Orchestra[68]
Buddy Moreno 1912–2015 103 American singer, bandleader, and radio personality[69]
Blanche Honegger Moyse 1909–2011 101 Swiss-born American conductor[70]
Marcel Mule 1901–2001 100 French classical saxophonist[71]
Donnchadh Ó Hámsaigh 1695–1807 111–112 Irish harpist[72]
Magda Olivero 1910–2014 104 Italian soprano[73]
Leo Ornstein 1895–2002 106 Ukrainian-born American pianist and composer[74]
Uncle Charlie Osborne 1890–1992 101 American Appalachian Mountains musician[75]
Aldo Parisot 1918–2018 100 Brazilian-born American cellist[76]
Ernest "Doc" Paulin 1907–2007 100 American brass band leader[77]
Andreja Preger 1912–2015 103 Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav and Serbian pianist[78]
Harry Rabinowitz 1916–2016 100 British film and television composer[79]
H. Owen Reed 1910–2014 103 American composer, conductor, and author[80]
Elsa Respighi 1894–1996 101 Italian composer and singer; wife of Ottorino Respighi[81]
Lívia Rév 1916–2018 101 Hungarian classical concert pianist[82]
Rosa Rio 1902–2010 107 American organist[83]
Edmundo Ros 1910–2011 100 Trinidadian musician, vocalist, and bandleader[84]
Thomas Round 1915–2016 100 English opera singer[85]
Olga Rudge 1895–1996 100 American violinist[86]
Joseph Salemi 1902–2003 100 American jazz trombonist[87]
Horacio Salgán 1916–2016 100 Argentine composer and pianist[88]
Teresa Saporiti 1763–1869 106 Italian soprano[89]
Luther Saxon 1916–2017 101 American singer[90]
Cecilia Seghizzi 1908– 110 Italian composer[91]
George Beverly Shea 1909–2013 104 Canadian-born American gospel music singer and songwriter[92]
Shep Shepherd 1917–2018 101 American multi-instrumental jazz musician and composer[93]
Ed Simons 1917–2018 101 American conductor[94]
Nicolas Slonimsky 1894–1995 101 Russian-American composer and conductor[95]
Eleanor Sokoloff 1914– 104 American pianist[96]
Viola Smith 1912– 106 American drummer[97]
Leif Solberg 1914–2016 101 Norwegian classical composer and organist[98]
Ljerko Spiller 1908–2008 100 Croatian and Argentine violinist[99]
Sally Sweetland 1911–2015 103 American soprano[100]
Jenő Takács 1902–2005 103 Austrian-Hungarian composer and pianist[101]
Bill Tapia 1908–2011 103 American musician[102]
Tillit Sidney Teddlie 1885–1987 102 American hymn composer[103]
Roman Toi 1916–2018 101 Estonian-Canadian composer, choir conductor, and organist[104][105]
Juan Vicente Torrealba 1917– 101 Venezuelan harpist and composer[106]
Roman Totenberg 1911–2012 101 Polish-born American violinist and educator[107]
Orrin Tucker 1911–2011 100 American bandleader and composer[108]
Stanley Vann 1910–2010 100 English composer[109]
Bea Wain 1917–2017 100 American vocalist and big band singer[110]
Elder Roma Wilson 1910–2018 107 American gospel harmonicist[111]
Maria Zhorella Fedorova 1915–2017 101 Austrian-born American soprano[112]
Izabella Zielińska 1910–2017 106 Polish pianist[113]

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