List of classical pianists (recorded)

This is a list of pianists of whom recordings survive who play (or played) classical music.

For a more inclusive list not limited to recorded pianists, see also List of classical pianists (solo pianists) and List of classical piano duos (performers) (piano duos, trios, etc.).

A

Behzod Abduraimov Jacques Abram Dag Achatz Joaquín Achúcarro Adolovni Acosta Daniel Adni Adrian Aeschbacher Valery Afanassiev Guido Agosti Pierre-Laurent Aimard Webster Aitken Nelly Akopian-Tamarina Giuseppe Albanese Isaac Albéniz Eugen d'Albert Charlie Albright Dimitri Alexeev Victor Aller Ilse von Alpenheim Louis Demetrius Alvanis Donna Amato Géza Anda Piotr Anderszewski Leif Ove Andsnes Nicholas Angelich Agustin Anievas Eteri Andjaparidze Conrad Ansorge Anton Arensky Martha Argerich Nareh Arghamanyan Kit Armstrong Yvonne Arnaud Claudio Arrau Lydia Artymiw Şahan Arzruni Stefan Askenase Vladimir Ashkenazy Winifred Atwell Lera Auerbach Håkon Austbø Myriam Avalos Yulianna Avdeeva Emanuel Ax

B

Sergei Babayan Stanley Babin Victor Babin Gina Bachauer Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl Wilhelm Backhaus Paul Badura-Skoda Ryszard Bakst Dalton Baldwin Ernő Balogh Artur Balsam Volker Banfield Joseph Banowetz Pierre Barbizet Daniel Barenboim Simon Barere David Bar-Illan Trevor Barnard Rami Bar-Niv Béla Bartók Dimitri Bashkirov Elena Bashkirova Edmund Battersby Harold Bauer Paul Baumgartner Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Alessio Bax Mark Bebbington Betty Humby Beecham (Lady Beecham) Jozef De Beenhouwer Jeanne Behrend Elena Beckman-Shcherbina Giovanni Bellucci Nelly Ben-Or (Clynes) Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Richard Rodney Bennett Boris Berezovsky Martin Berkofsky Bart Berman Boris Berman Lazar Berman Leonard Bernstein Michel Béroff Stephen Beus Sondra Bianca Philippe Bianconi Fabio Bidini Malcolm Bilson Malcolm Binns İdil Biret Tessa Birnie Sari Biro Hans Bischoff Stephen Bishop (see Kovacevich) William Black Easley Blackwood Rafał Blechacz Michel Block Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler Daniel Blumenthal Felicja Blumental Mary Louise Boehm Gergely Bogányi Moissaye Boguslawski Jorge Bolet Stefano Bollani Coenraad V. Bos Hélène Boschi Nadia Boulanger Hendrik Bouman Andreas Boyde Emma Boynet Evgeni Bozhanov Johannes Brahms Alexander Brailowsky Natan Brand Ronald Brautigam Alfred Brendel Benjamin Britten Yefim Bronfman The 5 Browns Deondra Desirae Gregory Melody Ryan Ian Brown John Browning Bruce Brubaker Rudolf Buchbinder Sara Davis Buechner Richard Buhlig Josef Bulva Khatia Buniatishvili Stanislav Bunin Geoffrey Burleson Ammiel Bushakevitz Ferruccio Busoni

C

Sarah Cahill Matthew Cameron Michele Campanella Bruno Canino Claire and Antoinette Cann Boris Cepeda John Carmichael Roberto Carnevale Teresa Carreño (piano rolls only) Gaby Casadesus Jean Casadesus Robert Casadesus Gianluca Cascioli Ricardo Castro Bertrand Chamayou Cécile Chaminade Alton Chung Ming Chan Angelin Chang Abram Chasins Chen Pi-hsien Sa Chen Angela Cheng Shura Cherkassky Rachel Cheung Jan Chiapusso Gian Paolo Chiti Zlata Chochieva Daniel Chorzempa Winifred Christie Myung-whun Chung Marcel Ciampi Dino Ciani Aldo Ciccolini Tamara Anna Cislowska Richard Clayderman Van Cliburn France Clidat Julian Cochran Arnaldo Cohen Harriet Cohen Maurice Cole Naida Cole Catherine Collard Jean-Philippe Collard Finghin Collins Graziella Concas Sylvia Constantinidis John Contiguglia Richard Contiguglia Stephen Coombs Gary Cooper Imogen Cooper Joseph Cooper George Copeland Aaron Copland Chick Corea Alfred Cortot Romola Costantino Henry Cowell Patrick Crommelynck Tan Crone Christine Croshaw Jill Crossland Paul Crossley Lamar Crowson José Cubiles Clifford Curzon Halina Czerny-Stefańska Georges Cziffra

D

Michel Dalberto Dang Thai Son Jeanne-Marie Darré Fanny Davies Bella Davidovich Ivan Davis Claude Debussy Sylviane Deferne Arthur De Greef Cor de Groot Steven De Groote Eduardo Delgado Nikolai Demidenko Jörg Demus Jeremy Denk Anthony di Bonaventura Misha Dichter Louis Diémer Andrei Diev Shani Diluka Liuben Dimitrov Simone Dinnerstein Paul Doguereau Ernő Dohnányi Joanna Domańska Peter Donohoe Sergei Dorensky Ania Dorfmann Marylene Dosse Barry Douglas Danny Driver Zbigniew Drzewiecki Florence Kirsch Du Brul François-René Duchâble François Dumont Duo Tal & Groethuysen

E

Akiko Ebi Severin von Eckardstein Nicolas Economou Bracha Eden Richard Egarr Pavel Egorov Youri Egorov Severin Eisenberger Detlev Eisinger Jan Ekier Abdel Rahman El Bacha Edson Elias Emre Elivar Michael Endres Per Enflo Karl Engel Brigitte Engerer Philippe Entremont Richard Epstein Christoph Eschenbach Morton Estrin Róża Etkin-Moszkowska Lindley Evans

F

Mikhaïl Faerman Joel Fan Edith Farnadi Richard Farrell José Feghali Alan Feinberg Samuil Feinberg Till Fellner Vladimir Feltsman Gordon Fergus-Thompson Arthur Ferrante Jacques Février Janina Fialkowska Margaret Fingerhut Sergio Fiorentino Rudolf Firkušný Annie Fischer Caroline Fischer Edwin Fischer Norma Fisher Philip Edward Fisher Leon Fleisher Yakov Flier Ingrid Fliter Andor Földes Bengt Forsberg Lukas Foss Philip Fowke Fou Ts'ong Malcolm Frager Homero Francesch Samson François Claude Frank Peter Frankl Justus Frantz David Fray Nelson Freire Etelka Freund Carl Friedberg Arthur Friedheim Ignaz Friedman Benjamin Frith Herbert Fryer Kotaro Fukuma David Fung Margarita Fyodorova

G

Gábor Gabos Ossip Gabrilowitsch Irwin Gage Neil Galanter Rudolph Ganz Mark Gasser Ivana Gavrić Andrei Gavrilov Alexander Gavrylyuk Bruno Leonardo Gelber Kemal Gekić Aglika Genova Valentin Gheorghiu Lorenzo Ghielmi Alexander Ghindin Jack Gibbons Walter Gieseking Emil Gilels Rhondda Gillespie Boris Giltburg Jakob Gimpel Håvard Gimse Stéphane Ginsburgh Grigory Ginzburg Katrine Gislinge Frank Glazer Bernd Glemser Leopold Godowsky Aleksandr Goldenweiser Robert Goldsand Alexis Golovin David Golub Richard Goode Isador Goodman Judith Gordon Vera Gornostayeva Sascha Gorodnitzki Daniel Gortler Ralf Gothóni Glenn Gould Anna Gourari Enrique Graf Gary Graffman Percy Grainger Carlo Grante Arthur Greene David Greilsammer Antony Grey Jeffrey Grice Edvard Grieg Dan Grigore Hélène Grimaud Maria Grinberg Bonnie Gritton Andreas Groethuysen Benjamin Grosvenor Alfred Grünfeld Friedrich Gulda Youra Guller Horacio Gutiérrez László Gyimesi Ádám György

H

Monique Haas Werner Haas Ingrid Haebler Andreas Haefliger Reynaldo Hahn Adolph Hallis Mark Hambourg Leonid Hambro Marc-André Hamelin Ambre Hammond Yoonjung Han Adam Harasiewicz Wolf Harden Michael Kieran Harvey Clara Haskil Joyce Hatto Walter Hautzig Endre Hegedűs Inna Heifetz Eero Heinonen Claude Helffer David Helfgott Gerard Hengeveld Dennis Hennig Myra Hess Barbara Hesse-Bukowska Angela Hewitt Peter Hill Robert Hill Eric Himy Christopher Hinterhuber Ian Hobson Josef Hofmann Leonard Hokanson Vladimir Horowitz Mieczysław Horszowski Andrej Hoteev Stephen Hough Michael Houstoun Alan Hovhaness Leslie Howard Philip Howard Roy Howat Fei-Ping Hsu Helen Huang Jean Hubeau Engelbert Humperdinck Bruce Hungerford Frank Hutchens

I

Stanislav Igolinsky Valentina Igoshina Konstantin Igumnov Ivan Ilić Jos Van Immerseel Eugen Indjic Stanislav Ioudenitch Clelia Iruzun Yoram Ish-Hurwitz Eugene Istomin Amparo Iturbi José Iturbi Christian Ivaldi Andrei Ivanovitch

J

Peter Jablonski Paul Jacobs Ahmad Jamal Jenő Jandó Byron Janis Tasso Janopoulo Rudolf Jansen Gintaras Januševičius Dina Joffe Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz Grant Johannesen Gunnar Johansen Graham Johnson Henry Jolles Maryla Jonas Martin Jones Bradley Joseph Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux Eileen Joyce Terence Judd

K

Ilona Kabos Jeffrey Kahane Percy Kahn Joseph Kalichstein Gilbert Kalish Valentina Kameníková Hans Kann Isata Kanneh-Mason William Kapell Richard Kapp Danae Kara Natalia Karp Yakov Kasman Andrey Kasparov Julius Katchen Peter Katin Cyprien Katsaris Amir Katz Martin Katz Mindru Katz Klaus Kaufmann Constance Keene Rudolf Kehrer Freddy Kempf Wilhelm Kempff Kevin Kenner Louis Kentner Olga Kern Rina Kharrasova Stanislav Khegai Frederick B. Kiddle Edward Kilenyi Angela Jia Kim Benjamin Kim Paul Kim Izumi Kimura Gary Kirkpatrick John Kirkpatrick Evgeny Kissin Anatole Kitain Margaret Kitchin Ivan Klánský Dmitri Klebanov Elisabeth Klein Jacques Klein Walter Klien Eva Knardahl Alexander Kobrin Tobias Koch Zoltán Kocsis Raoul Koczalski Mari Kodama Alan Kogosowski Pavel Kolesnikov Lubka Kolessa Alfons Kontarsky Aloys Kontarsky Yu Kosuge Giorgio Koukl Stephen Kovacevich Denis Kozhukhin Vladimir Krainev Boris Krajný Lili Kraus Anna Kravtchenko Leonid Kreutzer Vladimir Krpan Antonín Kubálek Anton Kuerti Elena Kuschnerova Taeko Kuwata Leonid Kuzmin Radoslav Kvapil Rena Kyriakou

L

Katia Labèque Marielle Labèque Monique de La Bruchollerie Frank La Forge Juhani Lagerspetz Frederic Lamond Geoffrey Lancaster Walter Landauer Wanda Landowska Piers Lane Lang Lang Milan Langer Cosimo Damiano Lanza André Laplante Adelina de Lara Ruth Laredo Alicia de Larrocha Ervin László Jacob Lateiner Risto Lauriala George-Emmanuel Lazaridis Dejan Lazić Igor Lazko Philip Ledger Colleen Lee Lee Kum-Sing Amy Lee Noël Lee Yvonne Lefébure Claire-Marie Le Guay Kurt Leimer Ralph Leopold Christian Leotta Simon Lepper Theodor Leschetizky Ray Lev Eric Le Van Oscar Levant Beth Levin Robert Levin Norwegian pianist Robert Levin American pianist James Levine Igor Levit Mischa Levitzki Daniel Levy Ernst Levy Raymond Lewenthal Paul Lewis Josef Lhévinne Rosina Lhévinne George Li Ming-Qiang Li Yundi Li Liberace Francesco Libetta Cecile Licad John Lill Dong-Hyek Lim Dong-Min Lim Yunchan Lim Arthur Moreira Lima Jenny Lin Dinu Lipatti Jan Lisiecki Valentina Lisitsa James Lisney Eugene List Andrew Litton Peter Lockwood Arthur Loesser Nicolai Lomov Kathleen Long Marguerite Long Thomas Lorango Roger Lord Wolfram Lorenzen Yvonne Loriod Louis Lortie Iris Loveridge Jerome Lowenthal Alexei Lubimov Nikolai Lugansky Jean-Marc Luisada Radu Lupu Moura Lympany Charles Lynch Clive Lythgoe

M

Marcel Maas Frederik Magle Richard Markham Alan Marks Edwin McArthur Stephanie McCallum Leon McCawley Joanna MacGregor Murray McLachlan Geoffrey Douglas Madge Aleksandar Madžar Nikita Magaloff Gustav Mahler (piano rolls only; see discussion page) Petronel Malan Yevgeny Malinin Witold Małcużyński Plamena Mangova Wolfgang Manz Rosario Marciano Adele Marcus Israela Margalit Iren Marik Ozan Marsh Oleg Marshev Jean Martin Philip Martin Malcolm Martineau João Carlos Martins Jean-Pierre Marty Draga Matkovic Denis Matsuev Yuki Matsuzawa František Maxián Lincoln Mayorga Nikolai Medtner Alexander Melnikov Hephzibah Menuhin Yaltah Menuhin Yolanda Mero Frank Merrick Janne Mertanen Victor Merzhanov Noel Mewton-Wood Marcelle Meyer Stefano Miceli Aleksander Michałowski Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Miloš Mihajlović Hamish Milne Vladimir Mischouk Yoko Misumi Gertrude Lightstone Mittelmann Evgeny Mogilevsky Benno Moiseiwitsch Gabriela Montero Sergio Monteiro Gerald Moore Ivan Moravec Leszek Możdżer Ian Munro Mieczysław Munz Roger Muraro William Murdoch Olli Mustonen

N

William Grant Naboré Marina Nadiradze Jon Nakamatsu Hiroko Nakamura Alexei Nasedkin Soheil Nasseri Martha Naset Yves Nat Lev Natochenny Eldar Nebolsin Anton Nel Pascal Nemirovski Heinrich Neuhaus Stanislav Neuhaus Anthony Newman Elly Ney Reid N. Nibley Francesco Nicolosi Stanislas Niedzielski Mitja Nikisch Tatiana Nikolayeva Andrei Nikolsky Minoru Nojima