The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as musicians/singers, composers and music patrons – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see: Lists of centenarians.
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
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Claude Abadie | 1920–2020 | 100 | French jazz clarinetist and bandleader[1][2] |
Frances Adaskin | 1900–2001 | 100 | Canadian pianist[3] |
Licia Albanese | 1909–2014 | 105 | Italian-born American operatic soprano[4] |
Pol Albrecht | 1874–1975 | 100 | Luxembourg composer[5][6] |
Fedora Alemán | 1912–2018 | 105 | Venezuelan singer[7] |
Van Alexander | 1915–2015 | 100 | American bandleader, arranger and composer[8] |
Marshall Allen | 1924– | 100 | American saxophonist and bandleader[9] |
Bartolo Alvarez | 1914–2017 | 102 | Puerto Rican musician[10] |
Robert Alexander Anderson | 1894–1995 | 100 | American composer[11] |
Katja Andy | 1907–2013 | 106 | German-American classical pianist and piano professor[12] |
Ray Anthony | 1922– | 102 | American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor[13] |
Walter Arlen | 1920–2023 | 103 | American composer[14] |
Svend Asmussen | 1916–2017 | 100 | Danish jazz violinist[15] |
Dave Bartholomew | 1918–2019 | 100 | American musician, bandleader and composer[16] |
Irving Berlin | 1888–1989 | 101 | Russian-American composer and lyricist[17][18] |
Ralph Berkowitz | 1910–2011 | 100 | American composer and classical pianist[19] |
Bernard Bierman | 1908–2012 | 104 | American composer[20] |
Esther Borja | 1913–2013 | 100 | Cuban singer[21] |
David Botwinik | 1920–2022 | 101 | Lithuanian-born Canadian composer[22] |
José Bragato | 1915–2017 | 101 | Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist[23] |
Slim Bryant | 1908–2010 | 101 | American country music singer-songwriter[24] |
Charles Burrell | 1920– | 103 | American jazz bassist[25] |
Henri Büsser | 1872–1973 | 101 | French classical composer, conductor and organist[26] |
Emil Cadkin | 1920–2020 | 100 | American TV and film composer[27] |
Irving Caesar | 1895–1996 | 101 | American lyricist and theatre composer[28] |
Matilde Capuis | 1913–2017 | 104 | Italian organist, pianist, music educator and composer[29] |
Elliott Carter | 1908–2012 | 103 | American classical composer[30] |
Alice Chalifoux | 1908–2008 | 100 | American harpist[31] |
Gina Cigna | 1900–2001 | 101 | Italian soprano[32] |
Helen Clare | 1916–2018 | 101 | British singer[33] |
Orlando Cole | 1908–2010 | 101 | American cellist[34] |
Christopher Columbus | 1902–2002 | 100 | American jazz drummer[35] |
Anton Coppola | 1917–2020 | 102 | American opera conductor and composer; uncle of film director Francis Ford Coppola[36] |
Hugues Cuénod | 1902–2010 | 108 | Swiss tenor[37] |
Jean Cussac | 1922– | 102 | French baritone and music director[38] |
Thanga Darlong | 1920–2023 | 103 | Indian folk musician[39] |
Deva Dassy | 1911–2016 | 104 | French mezzo-soprano[40] |
Jimmie Davis | 1899–2000 | 101 | American singer-songwriter[41] |
Vincent DeRosa | 1920–2022 | 101 | American hornist[42] |
Alfredo Diez Nieto | 1918–2021 | 102 | Cuban composer and conductor.[43] |
Annette Richardson Dinwoodey | 1906–2007 | 100 | American Latter Day Saint vocalist[44] |
Renée Doria | 1921–2021 | 100 | French operatic soprano[45] |
Roy Douglas | 1907–2015 | 107 | British composer and pianist[46] |
Helena Dunicz-Niwińska | 1915–2018 | 102 | Polish violinist, translator and author.[47] |
Jan Ekier | 1913–2014 | 100 | Polish pianist and composer[48] |
Hellmut Federhofer | 1911–2014 | 102 | Austrian musicologist[49] |
Lionel Ferbos | 1911–2014 | 103 | American jazz trumpeter[50] |
Irving Fields | 1915–2016 | 101 | American pianist[51] |
Anthony Galla-Rini | 1904–2006 | 102 | American accordionist[52] |
Manuel García | 1805–1906 | 101 | Spanish baritone and singing teacher[53] |
John Gerrish | 1910–2010 | 100 | American composer[54] |
Peggy Gilbert | 1905–2007 | 102 | American jazz saxophonist[55] |
Coleridge Goode | 1914–2015 | 100 | Jamaican-born British jazz bassist[56] |
Sidonie Goossens | 1899–2004 | 105 | British harpist[57] |
Stella Greka | 1922– | 102 | Greek singer and actress[58] |
Kaiti Grey | 1924– | 100 | Greek singer and actress[59] |
Roy Henderson | 1899–2000 | 100 | Scottish baritone[60] |
Alice Herz-Sommer | 1903–2014 | 110 | Austro-Hungarian-born pianist and one of the oldest Holocaust survivors[61] |
Randolph Hokanson | 1915–2018 | 103 | American pianist[62] |
Dolores Hope | 1909–2011 | 102 | American singer and philanthropist; wife of Bob Hope[63] |
Mieczysław Horszowski | 1892–1993 | 100 | Polish pianist[64] |
Francis Jackson | 1917–2022 | 104 | British organist, choral director and composer[65] |
Herb Jeffries | 1913–2014 | 100 | American singer and actor[66] |
Maurice Journeau | 1898–1999 | 100 | French composer[67] |
George Katsaros | 1888–1997 | 108 | Greek-American musician[68] |
Abdul Rashid Khan | 1908–2016 | 107 | Indian musician[69] |
Phyllis Kinney | 1922– | 101 | American-born singer and historian of Welsh folk music[70] |
Mykola Kolessa | 1903–2006 | 102 | Ukrainian composer[71] |
Pierre Labric | 1921– | 102 | French organist and composer[72] |
Marcelle de Lacour | 1896–1997 | 100 | French harpsichordist[73] |
Marjorie Lane | 1912–2012 | 100 | American singer[74] |
Margaret Ruthven Lang | 1867–1972 | 104 | American composer[75] |
Johnny Lange | 1905–2006 | 100 | American Academy Award-nominated songwriter[76] |
André Lavagne | 1913–2014 | 100 | French composer[77] |
Paul Le Flem | 1881–1984 | 103 | French composer[78] |
Leo Leandros | 1923– | 100 | Greek musician, singer, composer and record producer[79] |
Everett Lee | 1916–2022 | 105 | American conductor and violinist[80] |
Mary Lee | 1921–2022 | 100 | Scottish singer[81] |
Matti Lehtinen | 1922–2022 | 100 | Finnish baritone singer.[82] |
Conrad Leonard | 1898–2003 | 104 | British pianist and composer[83] |
María Teresa Linares Savio | 1920–2021 | 100 | Cuban musicologist[84][85] |
Gisela Litz | 1922–2023 | 100 | German contralto opera singer[86] |
Huey Long | 1904–2009 | 105 | American jazz singer[87] |
Lawrence Lucie | 1907–2009 | 101 | American jazz musician[88] |
Alice Ludes | 1912–2017 | 104 | American singer[89] |
Nonie Lynch | 1910–2011 | 101 | Irish singer[90] |
Dame Vera Lynn | 1917–2020 | 103 | British actress, singer and songwriter[91] |
Wade Mainer | 1907–2011 | 104 | American country music singer and banjoist[92] |
Léo Marjane | 1912–2016 | 104 | French singer[93] |
Draga Matković | 1907–2013 | 105 | German classical pianist[94] |
Sir Robert Mayer | 1879–1985 | 105 | German-born British music patron and philanthropist[95] |
Albert J. McNeil | 1920–2022 | 102 | American choral conductor, ethnomusicologist and author[96] |
Buddy Moreno | 1912–2015 | 103 | American singer, bandleader and radio personality[97] |
Blanche Honegger Moyse | 1909–2011 | 101 | Swiss-born American conductor[98] |
Marcel Mule | 1901–2001 | 100 | French classical saxophonist[99] |
Phil Nimmons | 1923–2024 | 100 | Canadian jazz musician and composer[100] |
Magda Olivero | 1910–2014 | 104 | Italian soprano[101] |
Lia Origoni | 1919–2022 | 103 | Italian singer[102][103] |
Leo Ornstein | 1895–2002 | 106 | Ukrainian-born American pianist and composer[104] |
Uncle Charlie Osborne | 1890–1992 | 101 | American Appalachian Mountains musician[105] |
Aldo Parisot | 1918–2018 | 100 | Brazilian-born American cellist[106] |
Ernest "Doc" Paulin | 1907–2007 | 100 | American brass band leader[107] |
Alf Pearson | 1910–2012 | 102 | British variety singer[108] |
Bill Pitman | 1920–2022 | 102 | American guitarist and session musician (The Wrecking Crew)[109] |
Andreja Preger | 1912–2015 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav and Serbian pianist[110] |
Harry Rabinowitz | 1916–2016 | 100 | British film and television composer[111] |
H. Owen Reed | 1910–2014 | 103 | American composer, conductor and author[112] |
Elsa Respighi | 1894–1996 | 101 | Italian composer and singer; wife of fellow composer Ottorino Respighi[113] |
Lívia Rév | 1916–2018 | 101 | Hungarian classical concert pianist[114] |
Rosa Rio | 1902–2010 | 107 | American organist[115] |
Diamantina Rodríguez | 1920–2021 | 100 | Spanish singer[116] |
Edmundo Ros | 1910–2011 | 100 | Trinidadian musician, vocalist and bandleader[117] |
Thomas Round | 1915–2016 | 100 | British opera singer[118] |
Olga Rudge | 1895–1996 | 100 | American violinist[119] |
Art Rupe | 1917–2022 | 104 | American record producer and founder of Specialty Records[120] |
Joseph Salemi | 1902–2003 | 100 | American jazz trombonist[121] |
Horacio Salgán | 1916–2016 | 100 | Argentine composer and pianist[122] |
Teresa Saporiti | 1763–1869 | 106 | Italian soprano[123] |
Luther Saxon | 1916–2017 | 101 | American singer[124] |
Cecilia Seghizzi | 1908–2019 | 111 | Italian composer[125][126] |
George Beverly Shea | 1909–2013 | 104 | Canadian-born American gospel music singer and songwriter[127] |
Shep Shepherd | 1917–2018 | 101 | American multi-instrumental jazz musician and composer[128] |
Mervin Shiner | 1921–2023 | 102 | American country singer, songwriter and guitarist[129] |
Ed Simons | 1917–2018 | 101 | American conductor[130] |
Hal Singer | 1919–2020 | 100 | American bandleader and saxophonist[131] |
Nicolas Slonimsky | 1894–1995 | 101 | Russian-American composer and conductor[132] |
Viola Smith | 1912–2020 | 107 | American musician[133][134] |
Eleanor Sokoloff | 1914–2020 | 106 | American pianist[135] |
Leif Solberg | 1914–2016 | 101 | Norwegian classical composer and organist[136] |
Ljerko Spiller | 1908–2008 | 100 | Croatian and Argentine violinist[137] |
Laila Storch | 1921–2022 | 101 | American oboist[138] |
Sally Sweetland | 1911–2015 | 103 | American soprano[139] |
Jenő Takács | 1902–2005 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian composer and pianist[140] |
Bill Tapia | 1908–2011 | 103 | American musician[141] |
Tillit Sidney Teddlie | 1885–1987 | 102 | American hymn composer[142] |
Louise Tobin | 1918–2022 | 104 | American singer[143] |
Roman Toi | 1916–2018 | 101 | Estonian-Canadian composer, choir conductor and organist[144][145] |
Juan Vicente Torrealba | 1917–2019 | 102 | Venezuelan harpist and composer[146] |
Roman Totenberg | 1911–2012 | 101 | Polish-born American violinist and educator[147] |
Orrin Tucker | 1911–2011 | 100 | American bandleader and composer[148] |
İlhan Usmanbaş | 1921– | 102 | Turkish classical composer[149] |
Stanley Vann | 1910–2010 | 100 | British composer[150] |
Bea Wain | 1917–2017 | 100 | American vocalist and big band singer[151] |
Elisabeth Waldo | 1918– | 106 | American violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor and ethnomusicologist[152] |
Stephen Wilkinson | 1919–2021 | 102 | British choral conductor and composer[153][154] |
Irv Williams | 1919–2019 | 100 | American jazz saxophonist and composer[155] |
Elder Roma Wilson | 1910–2018 | 107 | American gospel harmonicist[156] |
Helmut Winschermann | 1920–2021 | 100 | German classical oboist, conductor and academic teacher[157] |
Izabella Yurieva | 1899–2000 | 100 | Russian singer[158] |
Hilde Zadek | 1917–2019 | 101 | German operatic soprano[159][160] |
Renato Zanettovich | 1921–2021 | 100 | Italian violinist and teacher[161] |
Julien-François Zbinden | 1917–2021 | 103 | Swiss composer and jazz pianist[162] |
Maria Zhorella | 1915–2017 | 101 | Austrian-born American soprano[163] |
Izabella Zielińska | 1910–2017 | 106 | Polish pianist[164] |