List of women classical pianists

The following is a list of notable women classical pianists by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of classical music.

• Edlira Dedja (fl. 1990s), pianist, art critic and opera promotor

• Mariana Alandia (born 1941), concert pianist
• Martha Argerich (born 1941), concert pianist, recording artist and virtuoso icon
• Ingrid Fliter (born 1973), classical pianist and recording artist
• Violeta Hemsy de Gainza (born 1929), pianist and educator
• Sylvia Kersenbaum (born 1945), pianist, composer and educator

• Nareh Arghamanyan (born 1989), award-winning classical pianist
• Svetlana Navasardyan (born 1946), classical concert pianist
• Varduhi Yeritsyan (born 1981), concert pianist now based in France

• Rebecca Chambers (born 1975) concert pianist, teacher, Director of Kidko Performing Arts
• Vera Bradford (1904–2004), pianist and teacher
• Tamara-Anna Cislowska, performing pianist and radio host
• Lucinda Collins (fl. 1980s), pianist, educator, chamber musician
• Anna Goldsworthy (born 1974), writer, pianist and teacher
• Sonya Hanke (1933–1993), pianist and educator
• Miriam Hyde (1913–2005), composer, pianist, educator and poet
• Maureen Jones (born 1927), pianist
• Eileen Joyce (1908–1991), distinguished concert pianist
• Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957), pianist and composer
• Stephanie McCallum (born 1956), pianist and teacher
• Hephzibah Menuhin (1920–1981), American-Australian pianist, writer and human rights activist
• Lisa Moore (born 1960), pianist
• Ariel Shearer (born c.1905), composer and classical pianist
• Kathryn Selby (born 1962), pianist
• Constance Brandon Usher (fl. 1900s), classical pianist
• Natasha Vlassenko (born 1956), Russian-Australian concert pianist and educator
• Nancy Weir (1915–2008), pianist and educator
• Sally Whitwell (born 1974), pianist and composer

• Luna Alcalay (1928–2012), Croatian-born Austrian pianist, music educator and composer
• Ilse von Alpenheim (born 1927), international classical pianist and chamber musician focusing on early romantic composers
• Marianna Auenbrugger (1759–1782), pianist and composer who studied under Haydn and Salieri
• Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820), pianist who studied under Mozart
• Donka Angatscheva (born 1979), Austrian pianist of Bulgarian descent
• Jeanette Antonie Bürde (1799–1875), Austrian pianist, singer and teacher, career mostly in Berlin
• Ingrid Haebler (1929–2023), international concert pianist and recording artist
• Cornelia Herrmann (born 1977), pianist and chamber musician
• Anastasia Huppmann (born 1988), Russian-born Austrian concert pianist
• Mathilde Kralik (1857–1944), pianist and composer
• Christiana Lin (fl. 1980s), Taiwanese-born Austrian pianist and harpsichordist
• Henriette von Pereira-Arnstein (1780–1859), Austrian pianist and salon-holder
• Barbara Ployer (born 1765), piano and composition pupil of Mozart
• Lisa Smirnova (born 1972), Russian-born Austrian pianist

• Yegana Akhundova (born 1960), pianist, composer and educator
• Khadija Gayibova (1893–1938), pianist and educator who played the Azeri mugham

• Marina Osman (born 1965), classical and jazz concert pianist
• Hanna Shybayeva (born 1979), concert pianist and chamber musician

• Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946), pianist, violinist, educators, conductor and composer
• Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930), contemporary composer, pianist and music educator
• Irina Lankova (born 1977), Russian-Belgian concert pianist and recording artist
• Flore Levine-Cousyns (1898–1989), concert pianist and educator
• Marcelle Mercenier (1920–1996), pianist and educator
• Jeanne-Catherine Pauwels (1795–1889), pianist who performed in Brussels salons
• Janine Reding (1920–2015), pianist who performed internationally in piano duos
• Éliane Reyes (born 1977), pianist, chamber musician and educator
• Edna Stern (born 1977), Belgian-Israeli pianist and educator now based in London

• Mariana Alandia (fl. 2000s), classical pianist keen on Bolivian composers

• Milica Pap (born 1973), classical pianist and educator
• Dženana Šehanović (born 1991), educator and professional pianist

• Yara Bernette (1920–2002), internationally acclaimed classical pianist
• Helza Cameu (1903–1995), composer, pianist, musicologist and writer
• Dinorá de Carvalho (c.1905–1980), pianist, conductor, music educator and composer
• Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936), pianist, multimedia artist, and composer
• Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935), composer, pianist and conductor
• Débora Halász (fl. 1990s), classical pianist, harpsichordist and educator
• Clelia Iruzun (fl. 1988), concert pianist based in London
• Clarisse Leite (1917–2003), composer, pianist and educator.^[1]
• Guiomar Novaes (1895–1979), globally recognized Brazilian concert pianist
• Cristina Ortiz (born 1950), international concert pianist
• Sonia Rubinsky (born 1957), international concert pianist
• Antonietta Rudge (1885–1974), internationally recognized pianist and educator
• Anna Stella Schic (1922–2009), pianist, music writer and educator
• Clara Sverner (born 1936), classical concert pianist specializing in Brazilian music
• Magda Tagliaferro (1893–1986), international concert pianist and educator

• Dora Deliyska (born 1980), concert pianist based in Vienna
• Plamena Mangova (born 1980), concert pianist
• Panka Pelishek (1899–1990), pianist and music teacher^[2]
• Svetla Protich (born 1939), concert pianist and educator
• Emma Tahmizian (born 1957), pianist of Armenian descent
• Angela Tosheva (born 1961), pianist, chamber musician, educator, editor and publisher
• Julia Tsenova (1948–2010), award-winning composer, pianist and educator

• Frances Adaskin (1900–2001), pianist who worked as an accompanist
• Ellen Ballon (1896–1969), child prodigy, pianist and educator
• Louise Bessette (born 1959), pianist specializing in contemporary music
• Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968), composer, pianist and music educator
• Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910–2003), composer, pianist and music educators
• Albertine Caron-Legris (1906–1972), pianist, composer and music educator
• Victoria Cartier (1867–1955), pianist, organist and music educator
• Eva Clare (1885–1961), pianist, music writer and educator
• Françoise de Clossey (born 1974), concert pianist and organist
• Jane Coop (born 1950), pianist and music pedagogue
• Marylou Dawes (1933–2013), concert pianist, accompanist, chamber musician and educator
• Isabelle Delorme (1900–1991), pianist, composer and music educator
• Lucille Dompierre (1899–1968), child prodigy, concert pianist and arranger
• Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899–1974), Russian-born Canadian composer, virtuoso pianist and violinist
• Anne Eggleston (1934–1994), pianist, composer and educator
• Gladys Ewart (1892–1957), concert pianist, accompanist and music educator
• Janina Fialkowska (born 1951), classical concert pianist and recording artist
• Janina Fialkowska (1899–1988), pianist, composer, publisher, music editor and educator
• Marian Grudeff (1927–2006), concert pianist, music educator and musical theatre composer
• Johana Harris (1912–1995), pianist, composer and music educator
• Angela Hewitt (born 1958), classical pianist specialising in Bach
• Alice Ho (born 1960), pianist and notable Canadian composer
• Anna Moncrieff Hovey (1902–1995), pianist, accompanist and music educator
• Yvonne Hubert (1895–1988), Belgian-born Canadian pianist and eminent educator
• Elaine Keillor (born 1939), musicologist, pianist and music writer specializing in Canadian composers
• Gwendolyn Koldofsky (1906–1998), piano accompanist and music educator
• Lubka Kolessa (1902–1997), Ukrainian-born Canadian classical pianist and educator
• Patricia Krueger (born 1946), classical pianist, organist and percussionist
• Gordana Lazarevich (born 1939), pianist, musicologist and educator
• Germaine Malépart (1898–1963), pianist and music educator
• Diana McIntosh (born 1937), composer and pianist
• Albertine Morin-Labrecque (1886–1957), pianist, soprano, composer and music educator
• Renée Morisset (1928–2009), pianist who played piano duos with her husband
• Dorothy Morton (1924–2008), pianist and music educator
• Marie-Thérèse Paquin (1905–1997), concert pianist and educator
• Christina Petrowska-Quilico (born 1948), classical concert pianist and recording artist
• Karen Quinton (fl. 1970s), pianist, organist, harpsichordist and music educator
• Dana Reason (fl. 1994), pianist, composer, recording artist and broadcaster
• Jacqueline Richard (1928–2015), pianist and conductor
• Anastasia Rizikov (born 1998), award-winning concert pianist
• Viviana Sofronitsky (fl. 1982), Russian-born Canadian pianist now based in the Czech Republic
• Alexandra Stréliski (born 1985), neo-classical composer and pianist
• Lorraine Vaillancourt (born 1947), pianist, conductor and educator
• Catherine Vickers (born 1952), pianist and educator now based in Germany
• Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932), composer, pianist and accompanist

• Delfina de la Cruz (1837–1905), pianist and First Lady of Chile
• Nina Frick Asenjo (1884–1963), pianist and composer
• Edith Fischer (born 1935), classical pianist; daughter of Elena Waiss
• Carmela Mackenna (1879–1862), pianist and composer.^[3]
• Rosita Renard (1894–1949), classical pianist
• Carla Sandoval (born 1982), pianist and chamber musician
• Mahani Teave (born 1983), classical pianist and educator from Easter Island
• Elena Waiss (1908–1988), pianist, music school founder

• Jie Chen (born 1985), international concert pianist
• Sa Chen (born 1979), award-winning classical pianist
• Cheng Wai (fl. 2000s), Hong Kong award-winning pianist
• Guo Shan (born 1946), contemporary classical pianist
• Sunny Li (born 1991), concert pianist based in London
• Yuja Wang (born 1987), internationally recognized concert pianist
• Di Wu (fl. 1990s), Chinese-American classical pianist
• Wu Qian (born 1984), award-winning classical pianist
• Wu Yili (1931–2019), Chinese-Singaporean classical pianist
• Di Xiao (fl. 1996), international concert pianist now based in the UK
• Xie Jingxian (born 1983), award-winning Chinese concert pianist
• Zhang Dingyuan (born 1976), pianist and educator
• Mélodie Zhao (born 1994), pianist, composer and conductor
• Yin Zheng (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and educator
• Zhang Zuo (born 1988), award-winning classical pianist
• Zhu Xiao-Mei (born 1949), classical pianist and educator now based in Paris

• Josefina Acosta de Barón (born 1897), composer, pianist and educator
• Teresita Gómez (born 1943), influential pianist and educator

• Martina Filjak (born 1978), international concert pianist
• Eva Kirchmayer-Bilić (born 1971), pianist, chamber musician organist and educator
• Melita Lorković (1907–1987), international concert pianist and educator
• Ana-Marija Markovina (born 1970), classical pianist based in Cologne
• Branka Musulin (1917–1975), German-Croatian classical pianist and educator
• Ivana Švarc-Grenda (born 1970), classical pianist specializing in Chopin

• María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957), Cuban pianist and composed based in Spain
• Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930), composer, pianist and educator
• Catalina Berroa (1849–1911), pianist, music teacher, composer
• Nohema Fernández (born 1944), pianist and educator who emigrated to the United States.
• Emma Martínez de la Torre Shelton (1889–1980), pianist and composer active in the Canary Islands
• Arminda Schutte (1909–1995), classical pianist and educator who settled in the United States

• Rüya Taner (born 1971), Turkish Cypriot pianist now in Ankara

• Alice Herz-Sommer (1903–2014), Jewish pianist, music teacher and holocaust survivor
• Eliška Kleinová (1912–1999), Jewish pianist and music educator
• Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová (1899–1975), concert pianist and educator
• Kristýna Znamenáčková (born 1988), classical pianist

• Agnes Adler (1865–1935), pianist and chamber musician
• Dagmar Borup (1867–1959), pianist and educator
• Katrine Gislinge (born 1969), pianist and chamber musician
• Margaret Hamerik (1867–1942), American-born Danish composer and pianist
• Elisabeth Klein (1911–2004), Hungarian-born Danish pianist who specialized in contemporary music
• Amalie Malling (born 1948), German-born Danish classical pianist and educator
• Anne Øland (1949–2015), concert pianist and educator
• Marianna Shirinyan (born 1978), Armenian-Danish pianist and chamber musician
• Johanne Stockmarr (1869–1944), virtuoso concert pianist
• Esther Vagning (1905–1986), concert pianist, accompanist, chamber musician and educator
• Catharine Wernicke (1789–1862), early female concert pianist
• Galina Werschenska (1906–1994), Russian-born Danish pianist, chamber musician and educator
• Elisabeth Westenholz (born 1942), pianist, organist and recording artist
• Assia Zlatkowa (born 1953), popular Bulgarian-Danish pianist who performed from age 8

• Ninón Lapeiretta de Brouwer (1907–1989), composer and pianist

• Mona Ghoneim (born 1955), composer and pianist

Irina Zahharenkova (born 1976), pianist and harpsichordist

• Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (1923-2023), composer, pianist and nun

• Tuija Hakkila (born 1959), pianist and educator
• France Ellegaard (1913–1999), Danish-born Finnish pianist and educator considered one of the 20th century's great concert pianists

• Irène Aïtoff (1904–2006), pianist, accompanist and voice educator
• Miirrha Alhambra (1890–1957), stage name of the pianist Pauline Joutard
• Annie d'Arco (1920–1998), classical pianist
• Yvonne Arnaud (1890–1958), pianist, singer and actress
• Racha Arodaky (fl. 2000s), Syrian-French concert pianist
• Delphine Bardin (born 1974), contemporary classical pianist
• Nathalie Béra-Tagrine (born 1960), classical pianist of Russian descent
• Marie Bigot (1786–1820), pianist, educator, composer
• Myriam Birger (born 1951), pianist who has performed from an early age
• Jeanne Blancard (1884–1972), composer and pianist
• Michèle Boegner (1941–2021), concert pianist
• Véronique Bonnecaze (fl. 2000s), classical pianist and educator
• Marie-Léontine Bordes-Pène (1858–1924), pianist specializing in French composers
• Hélène Boschi (1917–1990), French-Swiss pianist and educator
• Magdeleine Boucherit Le Faure (1879–1960), pianist, composer and educator
• Brigitte Bouthinon-Dumas (born 1947), pianist, music educator and writer
• Emma Boynet (1891–1974), classical pianist
• Marie-Françoise Bucquet (1937–2018), pianist and educator
• Agnelle Bundervoët (1922–2015), pianist and composer, one of more notable French pianists of the 20th century
• Khatia Buniatishvili (born 1987), Georgian-born French concert pianist
• Célanie Carissan (1843–1927), composer and pianist.^[4]
• Paule Carrère-Dencausse (1891–1967), concert pianist and educator
• Gaby Casadesus (1901–1999), pianist and educator
• Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944), composer and pianist
• Claire Chevallier (born 1969), Franco-Belgian pianist specializing in the fortepiano
• Françoise Choveaux (born 1953), composer and pianist
• Wilhelmine Clauss-Szarvady (1832–1907), Bohemian-born French pianist
• France Clidat (1932–2012), classical pianist specializing in Liszt
• Catherine Collard (1947–1993), concert pianist and chamber musician
• Jeanne-Marie Darré (1905–1999), classical pianist specializing in Chopin and Liszt
• Célimène Daudet (born 1977), contemporary classical pianist and educator
• Florence Delaage (fl. 2000s), contemporary classical pianist
• Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968), organist, pianist, composer and educator
• Lucette Descaves (1906–1993), pianist and educator
• Claire Désert (born 1967), pianist and educator
• Françoise Deslogères (born 1929), pianist and ondist
• Marie Dihau (1843–1935), singer, pianist and educator
• Geneviève Dinand (1927–1987), classical pianist
• Françoise Doreau (1910–2011), pianist and chamber musician
• Thérèse Dussaut (born 1939), pianist and music educator
• Stéphanie Elbaz (fl. 2010s), concert pianist
• Brigitte Engerer (1952–2012), pianist, educator and recording artist
• Jacqueline Eymar (1922–2008), pianist with an interest in contemporary composers
• Laure Favre-Kahn (born 1976), classical pianist
• Victoire Ferrari (1785–c.1823), pianist and voice educator
• Elena Filonova (fl. 2000s), contemporary pianist of Russian origin
• Marylin Frascone (born 1975), contemporary classical pianist
• Reine Gianoli (1915–1979), pianist and educator
• Marie-Catherine Girod (born 1949), pianist and educator
• Lélia Gousseau (1909–1997), classical pianist
• Yvonne Gouverné (1890–1982), pianist, accompanist and choir conductor
• Hélène Grimaud (born 1969), classical pianist and wildlife conservationist
• Youra Guller (1895–1980), classical pianist of Russian-Romanian heritage
• Annette Haas (1912–2002), concert pianist and educator
• Monique Haas (1909–1987), pianist specializing in French composers
• Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936), pen name of the composer, pianist and educator Helen Rhodes
• Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (1925–2001), pianist and educator
• Jeanne Herscher-Clément (1878–1941), pianist and composer
• Cécile Hugonnard-Roche (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
• Marie Jaëll (1846–1925) pianist, composer and educator
• Catherine Joly (fl. 1970s), classical pianist
• Suzanne Joly (1914–2012), child prodigy, composer and pianist
• Geneviève Joy (1919–2009), classical and modernist pianist
• Marie-Josèphe Jude (born 1968), classical pianist
• Clotilde Kleeberg (1866–1909), classical pianist who performed throughout Europe
• Monique de La Bruchollerie (1915–1972), concert pianist
• Frédérique Lagarde (fl. 1980s), pianist performing in a saxophone-piano duo
• Françoise Landowski-Caillet (1917–2007), pianist and painter
• Claire-Marie Le Guay (born 1974), concert pianist and recording artist
• Yvonne Lefébure (1898–1986), pianist and educator
• Marguerite Long (1874–1966), pianist and educator
• Yvonne Loriod (1924–2010), pianist, educator and composer
• Anne Lovett (fl. 2000s), pianist and recording artist based in London
• Gisèle Magnan (fl. 1980s), classical pianist
• Lily Maisky (born 1987), classical pianist
• Xénia Maliarevitch (born 1980), contemporary French pianist
• Madeleine Malraux (1914–2014), concert pianist
• Marquesa del Ter (1864–1936), pianist, feminist and linguist
• Ginette Martenot (1902–1996), pianist and ondes Martenot player
• Berthe Marx (1859–1925), concert pianist remembered for memorizing some 250 works
• Marcelle Meyer (1897–1958), pianist performing with Les Six
• Nathalia Milstein (born 1995), award-winning classical pianist
• Caroline Montigny-Rémaury (1843–1913), virtuoso pianist
• Germaine Mounier (1920–2006), classical pianist and music educator
• Isabelle Oehmichen (born 1961), pianist and educator
• Micheline Ostermeyer (1922–2001), athlete and concert pianist
• Cécile Ousset (born 1936), global concert performer and educator
• Simone Plé-Caussade (1987–1986), music educator, composer and pianist
• Henriette Puig-Roget (1910–1992), pianist, organist and music educator
• Anne Queffélec (born 1948), concert pianist and chamber musician
• Anne Rey (1944–2012), musicologist, pianist, journalist and educator
• Éliane Richepin (1910–1999), pianist and educator
• Jacqueline Robin (1917–2007), pianist and accompanist
• Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos (1860–1951), widely performed concert pianist and educator
• Véronique Roux (born 1955), pianist and chamber musician
• Caroline Sageman (born 1973), pianist specializing in Chopin and Liszt and educator
• Lise de la Salle (born 1988), classical pianist
• Amandine Savary (born 1984), concert pianist, chamber musician and educator
• Blanche Selva (1884–1942), pianist, educator, writer and composer
• Lydie Solomon (born 1982), pianist and actress
• Elizabeth Sombart (born 1958), pianist and educator
• Valérie Soudères (1914–1995), pianist, composer and educator
• Emmanuelle Swiercz (born 1978), classical pianist
• Nadia Tagrine (1917–2003), pianist and music broadcaster
• Sophie Teboul (born 1976), pianist and educator
• Françoise Thinat (born 1934), pianist and educator
• Hélène Tysman (born 1982), classical pianist
• Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (1902–1987), classical pianist specializing in French music
• Andrée Vaurabourg (1894–1980), pianist and educator
• Justine Verdier (born 1985), classical pianist
• Marie Vermeulin (born 1983), pianist and chamber musician
• Vanessa Wagner (born 1973), classical pianist

• Eteri Andjaparidze (born 1956), pianist and educator now based in USA
• Elisso Bolkvadze (born 1967), award-winning classical pianist
• Khatia Buniatishvili (born 1987), French-Georgian concert pianist
• Manana Doijashvili (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
• Marina Goglidze-Mdivani (born 1936), Georgian concert pianist now based in Canada
• Inga Kashakashvili (fl. 1991), classical concert pianist
• Aliza Kezeradze (1937–1996), pianist and educator
• Elisabeth Leonskaja (born 1945), Soviet-Georgian pianist now based in Vienna
• Marina Nadiradze (born 1978), concert pianist now based in Scotland
• Irma Svanadze (fl. 2000s), classical pianist now based in the United States
• Tamriko Siprashvili (born 1963), pianist and educator
• Anastasia Virsaladze (1883–1968), concert pianist and educator
• Eliso Virsaladze (born 1942), Georgian concert pianist and educator
• Elena Dzamashvili (1942–2020), pianist and educator

• Valentina Babor (born 1989), classical concert pianist from an early age
• Maria Baptist (born 1971), pianist, composer and educator
• Elisabeth Brauß (born 1995), concert pianist
• Siglind Bruhn (born 1951), musicologist and concert pianist
• Rose Cannabich (1764–1839), pianist taught by Mozart
• Milana Chernyavska (born 1974), Ukraine-born German classical pianist and chamber musician with a focus on contemporary music
• Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka (born 1976), German-Japanese composer, pianist and former olympic weightlifter
• Sandra Droucker (1875–1944), Russian-born concert pianist who settled and taught in Germany before moving to Oslo
• Konstanze Eickhorst (born 1961), pianist, chamber musician and educator
• Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872–1948), pianist, composer and writer
• Caroline Fischer (fl. 2000s), German-Korean concert pianist and educator
• Henriette Gaertner (born 1975), classical concert pianist
• Umi Garrett (born 2003), classical pianist who started when very young
• Gertraud Geißler (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
• Christine Genast (1798–1860), actress, singer and pianist.<refFürstenau, Moritz (1878). Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 8 (in German). pp. 560–562. Archived from the original on 2025-02-20. Retrieved 5 August 2025.</ref>
• Carmen Geutjes (born 2003), concert pianist performing from an early age
• Anna Gourari (fl. 1979), Russian-German pianist and recording artist
• Erika Haase (1935–2013), classical pianist and educator
• Barbara Heller (born 1936), composer and pianist
• Else Herold (1906–1909), pianist, recording artist and educator
• Elisabeth von Herzogenberg (1847–1892), pianist, composer, singer and philanthropist
• Margarita Höhenrieder (born 1956), classical pianist and chamber musician
• Therese Jansen Bartolozzi (1770–1843), German-born pianist who settled in London
• Louise Japha (1826–1910), pianist and composer
• Ewa Kupiec (born 1964), Polish-born German pianist and educator
• Elena Kuschnerova (born 1959), Russian-German classical concert pianist and educator
• Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863), pianist, recording artist and composer
• Adele Lewing (1866–1943), pianist and composer
• Helene Liebmann (1795–1869), pianist and composer
• Sabine Liebner (fl. 2000s), contemporary classical pianist
• Draga Matković (1907–2013), Croatian-German pianist, conductor and composer who performed when over 100
• Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847), composer and pianist
• Sophie Menter (1846–1918), pianist and composer, student of Liszt
• Kristin Merscher (born 1961), classical pianist and educator
• Florence Millet (born 1964), French-German classical pianist and educator
• Elly Ney (1882–1968), virtuoso pianist, chamber musician specializing in Beethoven
• Adele aus der Ohe (1861–1937), concert pianist and composer
• Caroline Oltmanns (born 1962), concert pianist and educator
• Mona Asuka Ott (born 1991), concert pianist who performed from an early age
• Agnes Elisabeth Overbeck (1870–1919), composer and pianist
• Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880), pianist and composer who settled in England
• Sophie Pacini (born 1991), German-Italian pianist who performed from an early age
• Edith Picht-Axenfeld (1914–2001), concert pianist and harpsichordist
• Aleksandra Romanić (born 1958), Yugoslavian-German concert pianist
• Alexandra Röseler (fl. 1988), pianist and mezzo-soprano
• Olga Scheps (born 1986), Russian-German concert pianist and chamber musician
• Ragna Schirmer (born 1972), classical pianist
• Annerose Schmidt (born 1936), concert pianist and educator
• Clara Schumann (1819–1896), distinguished pianist, composer and educator
• Katharina Sellheim (born 1976), pianist, chamber musician and lied accompanist
• Clara Isabella Siegle (born 2000), pianist who performed from an early age
• Katharina Treutler (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and educator
• Käte van Tricht (1909–1996), organist, pianist, harpsichordist and educator
• Dina Ugorskaja (1973–2019), Russian-born German pianist and educator
• Walburga Willmann (1769–1835), concert pianist and composer
• Therese von Zandt (1771–1858), pianist and singer
• Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925), German concert pianist and composer who lived in England

• Gina Bachauer (1913–1976), classical pianist, educator, and early recording artist
• Rita Bouboulidi (20th century), concert pianist and recording artist
• Danae Kara (born 1953), classical concert pianist, recording artist and educator
• Rena Kyriakou (1917–1994), pianist and composer
• Lila Lalauni (1918–1996), pianist and composer.^[5]
• Nefeli Mousoura (fl. 2000s), classical pianist
• Clio-Danae Othoneou (born 1979), actress, musician and pianist

• Carmen Brouard (1909–2005), pianist, composer and music educator

• Rachel Cheung (born 1991), award-winning classical pianist
• Colleen Lee (born 1980), international concert pianist
• Blanc Wan (fl. 2010s), classical pianist and music writer
• Eleanor Wong (fl. 1990s), pianist, educator and contest juror

• Sari Biro (1912–1990), concert pianist and educator who settled in the United States
• Ilona Eibenschütz (1873–1967), pianist, a close friend of Brahms
• Edith Farnadi (1921–1973), pianist, partner of violinist Jenő Hubay
• Annie Fischer (1914–1995), classical pianist and recording artist
• Etelka Freund (1879–1977), international concert pianist
• Gisella Grosz (1875–1942), classical pianist and educator
• Márta Gulyás (born 1953), pianist, chamber musician and educator
• Ilona Kabos (1893–1973), Hungarian-British pianist and educator
• Zhivka Klinkova (1924–2002), composer, pianist and conductor.^[6]
• Lili Kraus (1903–1986), Hungarian-born pianist who settled in New Zealand
• Adrienne Krausz (born 1967), classical pianist
• Márta Kurtág (1927–2019), classical pianist and educator
• Clara Lichtenstein (1860–1946), pianist and educator
• Lívia Rév (1916–2018), classical concert pianist
• Irén Marik (1905–1986), Hungarian-born pianist who settled in the United States
• Zsuzsanna Sirokay (born 1941), classical pianist now based in Switzerland
• Valéria Szervánszky (born 1947), Hungarian classical pianist now based in the United Kingdom
• Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979), pianist, music educator and composer
• Judit Varga (born 1979), composer, pianist and educator
• Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919), pianist and composer

• Ayke Agus (born 1949), international classical violinist, pianist and educator
• Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi (born 1997), concert pianist
• Kuei Pin Yeo (fl. 1980s), classical pianist and educator

• Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000), pianist, composer and poet
• Joan Trimble (1915–2000), composer and pianist
• Bettina Walker (1837–1893), pianist and composer, remembered for her memoirs

• Astrith Baltsan (born 1956), concert pianist and musicologist specializing in Beethoven
• Berenika Glixman (born 1984), classical pianist'
• Dorel Golan (fl. 2000s), classical pianist
• Aviya Kopelman (born 1978), composer and pianist
• Sally Pinkas (fl. 1983), Israeli-born American pianist specializing in contemporary music
• Pnina Salzman (1922–2006), classical pianist and educator
• Shira Shaked (born 1981), concert pianist now based in New York
• Verdina Shlonsky (1905–1990), early Israeli composer and pianist
• Bella Shteinbuk (born 1960), pianist and educator
• Ilana Vered (born 1943), concert pianist and educator
• Miri Yampolsky (born 1971), Russian-Israeli pianist

• Laura Alvini (1946–2005), pianist and harpsichordist
• Alessandra Ammara (born 1972), classical pianist
• Elena Ciamarra Cammarano (1894–1981), pianist and painter
• Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–1913), pianist and composer
• Cristina Ariagno (born 1962), classical pianist
• Leonora Armellini (born 1992), classical pianist
• Chiara Bertoglio (born 1983), pianist, writer and theologian
• Donatella Bianconi (1929-2017), pianist and singer
• Renata Borgatti (1894-1964), classical pianist
• Gilda Buttà (born 1959), concert pianist
• Gloria Campaner (born 1986), concert pianist
• Marisa Candeloro (1926–2003), classical concert pianist
• Cristina Canziani (born 1972), pianist and artistic director
• Maria Carreras (1877–1966), classical concert pianist
• Enrica Cavallo (1921–2007), classical concert pianist
• Virginia Mariani Campolieti (1869–1941), pianist, conductor, composer
• Enrica Ciccarelli (born 1965), classical pianist
• Elisa Ciccodicola (1854–1950), classical pianist
• Lethea Cifarelli (1917–2003), classical pianist and educator
• Anna Maria Cigoli (born 1952), classical pianist
• Graziella Concas (born 1970), pianist and composer
• Marcella Crudeli (born 1940), classical pianist
• Maria Curcio (1918–2009), classical pianist and educator
• Lya De Barberiis (1919–2013), pianist and educator
• Laura De Fusco (born 1948), classical concert pianist
• Elvira de Gresti (1846–1937), pianist, composer and writer
• Rina De Liguoro (1892–1966), pianist and actress
• Martha Del Vecchio (1906–1991), classical pianist
• Emilia Fadini (1930–2021), pianist, harpsichordist and musicologist
• Ines Maria Ferraris (1882–1971), pianist and soprano
• Vera Franceschi (1877–1966), classical concert pianist
• Ada Gentile (born 1947), pianist and composer
• Maria Giacchino Cusenza (1898–1979), pianist and composer
• Vera Gobbi Belcredi (1903–1999), classical pianist
• Giulietta Gordigiani (1871–1957), pianist and singer
• Emilia Gubitosi (1887–1972), pianist and composer
• Gemma Luziani (1867–1894), classical pianist
• Maria Perrotta (born 1974), concert pianist and recording artist
• Cecilia Pillado (born 1966), pianist, composer and actress
• Maria Luigia Pizzoli (1817–1838), pianist and composer
• Teresa Procaccini (born 1934), pianist and composer
• Lidia Proietti (1921–2014), classical pianist
• Teresa Rampazzi (1914–2001), pianist with an interest in avant-garde music
• Beatrice Rana (born 1993), concert pianist and recording artist
• Madame Ravissa (died 1807), singer and composer of harpsichord sonatas
• Liliana Renzi (1928–2012), classical pianist
• Elsa Respighi (1894–1996), pianist, composer, writer
• Veronica Rudian (born 1990), concert pianist, composer
• Gilda Ruta (1853–1932), pianist, music educator and composer
• Antonia Sarcina (born 1963), pianist, composer and conductor
• Marina Scalafiotti (born 1965), concert pianist and educator
• Giovanna Sorbi (1959–2018), pianist, conductor, composer
• Annarosa Taddei (1918–2011), pianist and educator
• Maria Tipo (1931–2025), concert pianist, recording artist and educator
• Margherita Torretta (born 1985), concert pianist
• Maria Elisa Tozzi (born 1929), concert pianist
• Mariangela Vacatello (born 1982), international concert pianist
• Irene Veneziano (born 1985), classical concert pianist
• Renata Zatti Cicuttini (1932–2003), pianist, composer, cellist

• Akiko Ebi (born 1953), Japanese-French international concert pianist
• Etsuko Hirose (born 1979), classical concert pianist
• Satoko Inoue (born 1958), concert pianist
• Kei Itoh (fl. 1977), concert pianist
• Mayumi Kameda (born 1957), concert pianist
• Yoko Kanno (born 1963), composer, arranger, participating in anime films and soundtracks
• Yuko Kawai (fl. 1990s), concert pianist specializing in Chopin
• Mine Kawakami (born 1969), pianist and composer
• Ruriko Kikuchi (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
• Aimi Kobayashi (born 1995), classical pianist
• Nobu Kōda (1870–1946), composer, violinist, pianist and educator
• Mari Kodama (born 1967), classical concert pianist and recording artist
• Momo Kodama (born 1972), classical concert pianist specializing in French and Japanese modern compositions
• Yu Kosuge (born 1983), concert pianist who played from an early age
• Mayako Kubo (born 1947), pianist and composer now in Berlin
• Mari Kumamoto (born 1964), pianist and educator known for her recordings of Spanish and Japanese composers
• Eriko Makimura, concert pianist, performance artist, and educator
• Nagino Maruyama (born 1999), classical pianist
• Yuki Matsuzawa (born 1960), pianist specializing in Chopin
• Yoko Misumi (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and chamber musician
• Haruna Miyake (born 1942), pianist and composer
• Miku Nishimoto-Neubert (fl. 1990s), pianist and educator
• Noriko Ogawa (born 1962), Japanese pianist based in London
• Saori Sarina Ohno (born 1970), pianist and chamber musician
• Alice Sara Ott (born 1988), German-born Japanese classical pianist
• Hiroko Sasaki (fl. 2000s), pianist, chamber musician and educator
• Atsuko Seki (born 1964), classical pianist
• Atsuko Seta (born 1955), concert pianist and educator
• Fumiko Shiraga (1967–2017), German-Japanese classical pianist
• Yukiko Sugawara (fl. 1990s), pianist and chamber musician
• Aki Takahashi (born 1944), pianist specializing in contemporary classical music
• Marika Takeuchi (born 1987), contemporary composer, music producer and pianist
• Mitsuko Uchida (born 1948), Japanese-British classical pianist and conductor
• Ayako Uehara (born 1980), classical pianist
• Yumiko Urabe (born 1959), classical pianist and educator
• Misato Yokoyama (born 1973), classical concert pianist

• Jania Aubakirova (born 1957), classical pianist

• Lūcija Garūta (1902–1977), pianist, poet and composer
• Olga Jegunova (born 1984), classical pianist now based in London
• Shoshana Rudiakov (1948–2012), pianist and music educator

• Pianist Nada, classical pianist now based in USA

• Sulamita Aronovsky (1929–2022), classical pianist and educator now based in London
• Adelė Daunoravičiūtė (born 1991), award-winning classical pianist
• Nadezhda Dukstulskaite (1912–1978), pianist who promoted interest in Lithuanian composers
• Evelina Puzaitė (born 1982), pianist, composer and writer
• Mūza Rubackytė (born 1959), pianist and educator now based in Paris
• Raminta Šerkšnytė (born 1975), composer and pianist
• Aleksandra Žvirblytė (born 1971), pianist and educator

• Cathy Krier (born 1985), international concert pianist
• Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965), Bulgarian-born composer, pianist and educator who has settled in Luxembourg
• Tatsiana Zelianko, Belarus-born composer and pianist.

• Graciela Agudelo (1945–2018), pianist and composer
• Sofía Cancino de Cuevas (1897–1982), composer, pianist, singer and conductor
• Alba Herrera y Ogazón (1885–1931), pianist, writer, educator and musicologist
• Maria Teresa Naranjo Ochoa (1934–2007), virtuoso pianist and educator
• Margot Rojas Mendoza (1903–1996), concert pianist and educator
• Alicia Urreta (1930–1986), pianist, music educator and composer
• Consuelo Villalon Aleman (1907–1998), pianist and educator specializing in Chopin
• Betty Zanolli Fabila (born 1965), pianist and music educator
• Eva Maria Zuk (1945–2017), Polish-Mexican concert pianist

• Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938), composer, pianist and accompanist
• Helena Basilova (born 1983), Russian-born classical pianist and educator based in the Netherlands
• Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840), pianist and composer
• Sarah Bosmans-Benedicts (1861–1949), pianist and educator
• Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809), pianist, educator and composer living in the United States
• Frida Kindler (1879–1964), Dutch pianist active in the UK, wife of Bernard van Dieren
• Kristina Sandulova (born 1978), Bulgarian-Dutch classical pianist
• Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949), pianist, music educator and composer

• Dorothy Davies (1899–1987), pianist and piano teacher
• Joan Havill (fl. 2000s), pianist and educator based in London
• Jennie Macandrew (1866–1949), pianist, organist, music educator and conductor
• Janetta McStay (1917–2012), pianist, chamber musician and educator
• Vera Moore (1896–1997), concert pianist who enjoyed a successful career both in England and New Zealand
• Doris Gertrude Sheppard (1902–1982), British-born New Zealand pianist, singer, composer and educator

• Amalie Christie (1913–2010), classical pianist and music writer
• Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907), pianist and composer
• Theodora Cormontan (1840–1922), pianist, music publisher and composer who made a name in Norway before emigrating to the United States
• Mary Barratt Due (1888–1969), influential Norwegian pianist and educator
• Fredrikke Egeberg (1815–1861), pianist and composer.^[7]
• Maja Flagstad (1871–1958), pianist, choral conductor and accompanist
• Jacobine Gjertz (1819–1862), pianist, composer and writer.^[8]
• Kari Aarvold Glaser (1901–1972), pianist and educator
• Liv Glaser (born 1935), pianist and educator
• Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938), pianist, teacher, music critic and composer.^[9]
• Eva Knardahl (1927–2006), child prodigy and concert pianist who emigrated to the United States
• Ruth Lagesen (1914–2005), pianist and conductor
• Erika Nissen (1845–1903), concert pianist and music educator
• Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (born 1978), classical pianist
• Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996), pianist and composer
• Anne Eline Riisnæs (born 1951), pianist and educator
• Eline Nygaard Riisnæs (1913–2011), pianist and musicologist
• Natalia Strelchenko (1976–2015), world-renowned concert pianist of Russian origin
• Gunilla Süssmann (born 1977), classical pianist
• Hanna-Marie Weydahl (1922–2016), concert pianist and educator

• Myriam Avalos (fl. 2000s), classical pianist from an early age

• Cecile Licad (fl. 1980s), concert pianist and recording artist
• Rowena Sánchez Arrieta (born 1962), concert pianist
• Ingrid Sala Santamaria (born 1940), concert pianist

• Nelly Ben-Or (born 1933), pianist and educator now based in England
• Felicja Blumental (1908–1991), pianist and recording artist specializing in Beethoven and Chopin
• Marcelina Czartoryska (1817–1894), pianist, student of Chopin
• Joanna Domańska (born 1959), pianist and music educator
• Halina Czerny-Stefańska (1922–2001), pianist and contest juror
• Władysława Markiewiczówna (1900–1982), pianist and renowned educator
• Róża Etkin-Moszkowska (1908–1945), pianist specializing in Chopin
• Lidia Grychtołówna (born 1928), international concert pianist
• Barbara Hesse-Bukowska (1930–2013), concert pianist
• Katarzyna Jaczynowska (1872–1920), pianist and educator
• Maryla Jonas (1911–1959), Polish pianist who moved to Brazil and later to the United States
• Natalia Karp (1911–2007), concert pianist and Holocaust survivor
• Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944), composer and pianist
• Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (born 1948), pianist, educator and contest juror of Bulgarian descent
• Monika Rosca (born 1961), former child actress, now a pianist
• Regina Smendzianka (1924–2011), pianist who performed from the age of eight
• Marta Sosińska (born 1939), classical pianist and educator now based in Germany
• Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (1912–1994), pianist, music educator and composer
• Paula Szalit (c.1887–1920), pianist and composer
• Jadwiga Szamotulska (1911–1981), pianist, music and voice educator and recording artist
• Antoinette Szumowska (1868–1938), concert pianist and music educator
• Maria Szymanowska (1789–1831), composer and early virtuoso pianist
• Izabella Zielińska (1910–2017), concert pianist and educator

• Maria João Pires (born 1944), pianist and educator
• Helena Sá e Costa (1913–2006), concert pianist and educator

• Elena Asachi (1789–1877), pianist, singer and composer
• Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917), pianist and composer
• Alina Bercu (born 1990), classical concert pianist
• Elena Bibescu (1855–1902), noblewoman considered to be one of the greatest 19th-century pianists
• Manya Botez (1896–1971), pianist and children's music teacher
• Dana Ciocarlie (born 1968), pianist and educator now based in France
• Alexandra Dariescu (born 1985), concert pianist from an early age
• Cella Delavrancea (1887–1991), pianist, writer and piano teacher
• Violeta Dinescu (born 1953), composer, pianist and educator based in Germany
• Carola Grindea (1914–2009), Romanian-born British pianist and educator
• Clara Haskil (1895–1960), classical pianist
• Diana Ionescu (born 1981), international concert pianist
• Myriam Marbe (1931–1997), composer and pianist
• Florica Musicescu (1887–1969), renowned pianist and music educator
• Liana Șerbescu (born 1934), pianist, educator and musicologist
• Silvia Șerbescu (1903–1965), concert pianist and educator
• Alexandra Silocea (born 1984), concert pianist based in Vienna
• Mihaela Ursuleasa (1978–2012), concert pianist and recording artist

• Ella Adayevskaya (1846–1926), composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist
• Nelly Akopian-Tamarina (born 1941), classical concert pianist who performed from an early age
• Natalya Antonova (born 1974), classical pianist and educator
• Yulianna Avdeeva (born 1985), concert pianist
• Helena Basilova (born 1983), classical pianist based in the Netherlands
• Elena Beckman-Shcherbina (1882–1951), pianist, composer and educator
• Maria Belooussova (died 2018), chamber music specialist based in Paris
• Ludmila Berlinskaya (born 1960), pianist and actress
• Violetta Egorova (born 1969), international concert pianist
• Violetta Egorova (born 1936), pianist and educator
• Irina Emeliantseva (born 1973), composer, chamber musician and pianist
• Victoria Foust (born 1975), classical pianist and composer
• Margarita Fyodorova (1927–2016), Soviet Russian pianist
• Eugenia Gabrieluk (born 1967), international concert pianist
• Varvara Gaigerova (1903–1944), composer and pianist
• Elena Gilels (1948–1996), pianist remembered for Mozart's piano concertos
• Vera Gornostayeva (1929–2015), pianist and educator
• Maria Grinberg (1908–1978), Soviet pianist and educator
• Anastasia Gromoglasova (born 1984), classical pianist and duo piano performer
• Sofya Gulyak (born 1979), classical pianist
• Tamara Guseva (born 1926), Soviet Russian classical pianist
• Zinaida Ignatyeva (born 1938), pianist and educator
• Valentina Igoshina (born 1978), award-winning classical pianist
• Leokadiya Kashperova (1872–1940), pianist, Romantic composer and educator
• Elizaveta Klyuchereva (born 1999), award-winning pianist who has performed from an early age
• Olga Kozlova (born 1986), classical pianist
• Polina Leschenko (fl. 2000s), concert pianist who performed from an early age
• Maria Levinskaya (1885–1960), Russian pianist and teacher active in the UK
• Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924–1993), Soviet-Russian pianist, composer and educator
• Dina Parakhina (fl. 1980s), Russian-born concert pianist and educator now based in the United Kingdom
• Olga Pashchenko (born 1986), international harpsichordist, fortepianist, organist and pianist
• Irina Plotnikova (born 1954), concert pianist and educator
• Viktoria Postnikova (born 1944), international concert pianist and chamber musician
• Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919), pianist and composer who influenced her husband Rimsky-Korsakov
• Elena Rostropovich (born 1958), concert pianist and philanthropist working for the well-being of children
• Kira Shashkina (20th century), pianist and renowned educator
• Tatiana Shebanova (1953–2011), international concert pianist and recording artist who settled in Poland
• Katia Skanavi (born 1971), Russian concert pianist of Greek descent
• Svetlana Smolina (fl. 2000s), Russian-born pianist active in the United States
• Natalia Sokolovskaya (born 1989), international concert pianist and composer
• Anna t'Haron (born 1978), pianist and chamber musician
• Rosa Tamarkina (1920–1950), Kiev-born Soviet concert pianist, educator and recording artist
• Vera Timanova (1855–1942), child prodigy, concert pianist and educator
• Anna Tsybuleva (born 1990), classical pianist
• Anna Vinnitskaya (born 1983), classical concert pianist
• Evelina Vorontsova (born 1972), concert pianist and educator
• Marina Yakhlakova (born 1991), pianist who has performed from an early age and continues to receive acclaim
• Anna Yesipova (1851–1914), prominent pianist admired in the United States
• Maria Yudina (1899–1970), Soviet virtuoso pianist
• Lilya Zilberstein (born 1965), pianist and recording artist

• Slavka Atanasijević (1850–1897), pianist and composer
• Lidija Bizjak (born 1976), concert pianist
• Sanja Bizjak (born 1988), concert pianist
• Zorica Dimitrijević-Stošić (1934–2013), pianist, accompanist and educator
• Olivera Đurđević (1928–2006), pianist, harpsichordist and educator
• Marija Gluvakov (born 1973), pianist and educator
• Rita Kinka (born 1962), classical pianist of Hungarian descent
• Olga Mihajlović (fl. 1939–1978), classical pianist and educator
• Jasna Popovic (fl. 1997), classical concert pianist
• Aleksandra Trajković (born 1975), classical pianist and educator, widely broadcast on Yugoslav TV and radio
• Nataša Veljković (born 1968), classical pianist now based in Vienna
• Vera Veljkov-Medaković (1923–2011), concert pianist and educator
• Ljiljana Vukajlović (fl. 1966), pianist, accompanist and chamber musician

• Abigail Sin (born 1992), award-winning classical pianist
• Margaret Leng Tan (born 1945), classical musician known for her work as a professional toy pianist

• Sylvia Čápová-Vizváry (born 1947), concert pianist
• Viera Janárceková (born 1941), pianist, composer and educator now based in Germany
• Monika Mockovčáková (born 1971), classical concert pianist

• Nina Prešiček (born 1976), concert pianist

• Elsie Hall (1877–1976), prominent Australian-born South African classical pianist

• Yoonjung Han (born 1985), Korean-American pianist and educator
• Heejae Kim (born c.1987), classical pianist
• Jiyeong Mun (born 1995), pianist and chamber musician
• Yeol Eum Son (born 1986), concert pianist and educator
• Haewon Song (fl. 1980s), concert pianist now based in the United States
• Hai-Kyung Suh (born 1960), South Korean pianist based in New York
• Joyce Yang (born 1986), concert pianist now based in the United States
• Jeanne You (born 1978), concert pianist and educator now based in Germany

• Rosa García Ascot (1902–2002), composer and pianist specializing in de Falla
• Amparo Iturbi (1898–1969), pianist who played in MGM musicals
• Alicia de Larrocha (1923–2009), legendary pianist and composer
• Teresa Llacuna (born 1935), Catalan classical pianist
• Leonora Milà Romeu (born 1942), Catalan pianist and composer
• Paloma O'Shea (born 1936), pianist and arts patron
• Rosa Sabater (1929-1983), classical pianist
• Marianna Prjevalskaya (born 1982), Russian-born Spanish pianist who performs internationally

• Shani Diluka (born 1976), Monaco-born Sri Lankan pianist
• Tanya Ekanayaka (born 1977), concert pianist and composer

• Valborg Aulin (1860–1928), pianist and composer
• Ebba d'Aubert (1819–1860), concert pianist
• Monica Dominique (born 1940), pianist, composer and actress
• Marianne Ehrenström (1773–1867), writer, singer, painter and pianist
• Aurore von Haxthausen (1830–1888), writer, composer and pianist
• Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming (born 1932), classical concert pianist
• Wilhelmina Josephson (1816–1906), notable pianist and educator
• Maria Lettberg (born 1970), pianist now living in Berlin
• Sara Augusta Malmborg (1810–1860), singer, pianist and painter
• Natalya Pasichnyk (born 1971), Swedish-Ukrainian classical pianist
• Ika Peyron (1845–1922), composer, pianist and organist
• Amanda Sandborg Waesterberg (1842–1918), composer, cantor and pianist
• Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840–1913), Swedish-German composer and concert pianist
• Julia Sigova (born 1982), concert pianist
• Fanny Stål (1821–1889), classical concert pianist
• Bertha Tammelin (1836–1915), actress, mezzo-soprano, pianist, composer and drama teacher
• Emilia Uggla (1819–1855), classical concert pianist and concert singer

• Caroline Boissier-Butini (1786–1836), pianist and composer
• Hélène Boschi (1917–1990), Franco-Swiss pianist and educator
• Sylviane Deferne (born 1965), concert pianist
• Lisy Fischer (1900–1999), concert pianist and educator
• Fanny Hünerwadel (1826–1854), pianist, singer and composer
• Margaret Kitchin (1914–2008), classical pianist associated with contemporary music
• Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (1895–1976), composer, pianist and harpsichordist
• Marianne Schroeder (born 1949), pianist and composer

• Fenia Chang (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and educator
• Christiana Lin (fl. 1990s), Chinese-Austrian pianist and harpsichordist
• Chen Pi-hsien (born 1950), Taiwanese-German classical pianist and educator
• Ching-yun Hu (fl. 2000s), award-winning classical pianist
• Chia-Hui Lu (born 1976), classical concert pianist
• Szuyu Rachel Su (born 1998), award-winning concert pianist

• Anjelika Akbar (born 1969), composer, pianist and writer
• İdil Biret (born 1941), known for her romantic repertoire
• Verda Erman (1944–2014), concert pianist
• Lara Melda (born 1993), British-Turkish concert pianist
• Ayşegül Sarıca (1935–2023), concert pianist and educator
• Zeynep Üçbaşaran (fl. 2000s), award-winning pianist

• Anna Fedorova (born 1990), concert pianist
• Génia (fl. 1999), London-based Ukrainian-born virtuoso pianist and composer
• Anna Kravtchenko (born 1976), pianist and educator now based in Switzerland
• Valentina Lisitsa (born 1973), Ukrainian-born American pianist
• Irina Zaritskaya (1939–2001), pianist who later settled in London

• Imogen Cooper (born 1949), concert pianist and chamber musician
• Jill Crossland (fl. 2000s), English classical pianist
• Eiluned Davies (1913-1999), Anglo Welsh concert pianist and composer
• Fanny Davies (1861–1934), Guernsey-born British classical pianist
• Adelina de Lara (1872–1925), classical pianist and composer
• Alice Diehl (1844–1912), concert pianist who became a novelist
• Sophia Dussek (1775–1831), Scottish singer, pianist, harpist and composer
• Lilian Elkington (1900–1969), English pianist and composer
• Margaret Fairchild (1911–1989), concert pianist, nun and homeless woman
• Margaret Fingerhut (born 1955), classical pianist and educator
• Alissa Firsova (born 1986), Russian-born British classical composer, pianist and conductor
• Norma Fisher (born 1940), concert pianist and educator
• Kyla Greenbaum (1922–2017), British pianist who specialised in contemporary music
• Margaret Kitchin (1914–2008), Swiss-born British pianist who specialised in contemporary music
• Harriet Hague (1793–1816), pianist and composer
• Myra Hess (1890–1965), classical pianist who maintained morale by playing during World War II
• Dorothy Howell (1898–1982), composer and pianist
• Edna Iles (1905–2003), English classical pianist who broadcast frequently
• Elizabeth Jonas (c.1825–1877), child prodigy, concert pianist and educator
• Anna Robena Laidlaw (1819–1901), court pianist to the Queen of Hanover
• Mabel Lander (1882–1955), British pianist and teacher, piano tutor to the Royal Family
• Ethel Leginska (1886–1970), British pianist, conductor and composer
• Kate Loder (1825–1904), composer and pianist
• Iris Loveridge (1917–2000), English classical pianist specializing in British contemporary music
• Moura Lympany (1916–2005), concert pianist
• Joanna MacGregor (born 1959), concert pianist, conductor, composer and festival curator
• Elizabeth Norman McKay (1931–2018), musicologist, pianist and lieder accompanist
• Yaltah Menuhin (1921–2001), American-born British pianist, artist and poet
• Gayatri Nair (born 2001), Indian-British pianist and singer
• Anne Naysmith (1937–2015), classical pianist known for sleeping rough
• Marie Novello (1884–1928), Welsh professional pianist
• Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822), soprano, pianist and composer
• Annette Bryn Parri (fl. 2000s), Welsh classical pianist and accompanist
• Geraldine Peppin (1912–1980), influential teacher, performed with her twin sister Mary
• Mary Peppin (1912–1989), influential teacher, performed with her twin sister Geraldine
• Helen Perkin (1909–1996), English pianist and composer, premiered John Ireland's Piano Concerto
• Helen Pyke (1905–1954), English pianist, teacher and composer
• Jane Savage (c.1753–1824), harpsichordist and composer
• Irene Scharrer (1888–1971), English classical pianist and recording artist
• Phyllis Sellick (1911–2007), pianist and educator who performed with her husband Cyril Smith
• Millicent Silver (1905–1986), harpsichordist, pianist and violinist
• Kathryn Stott (born 1958), classical concert pianist and chamber musician
• Penelope Thwaites (fl. 1970s), British-Australian concert pianist and recording artist, specializing in the music of Percy Grainger
• Denise Tolkowsky (1918–1991), pianist and composer who settled in Belgium
• Valerie Tryon (born 1934), classical pianist who spends much of her time in Canada
• Mitsuko Uchida (born 1948), Japanese-born British classical pianist and conductor
• Adela Verne (1877–1952), prominent classical pianist of her era
• Mathilde Verne (1865–1936), concert pianist and educator
• Mary Wurm (1860–1938), pianist and composer who settled in Germany
• Di Xiao (fl. 1996), Chinese-British classical pianist

• Armenta Adams (born 1936), African-American concert pianist and educator
• Sophia Agranovich, Ukrainian-American pianist, recording artist, educator and artistic director
• Esther Allan (1914–1985), composer, pianist and organist
• Stell Andersen (1897–1989), international concert pianist
• Katja Andy (1907–2013), German-American pianist and educator
• Lydia Artymiw (fl. 1970s), concert pianist and educator
• Lola Astanova (born 1982), Uzbek-American pianist specializing in Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff
• Lera Auerbach (born 1973), Russian-born American classical composer and pianist
• Dorothea Austin (1921–2011), Austrian-American pianist, composer and educator
• Nadia Azzi (born 1998), pianist of Lebanese-Japanese origin who has performed from an early age
• Blanche Hermine Barbot (1842–1919), Belgian-born pianist, educator and music director who settled in the United States
• Jennifer Margaret Barker (born 1965), Scottish-American composer and pianist
• Margaret Baxtresser (1922–2005), international concert pianist
• Amy Beach (1867–1944), composer and pianist
• Emily Bear (born 2001), composer, pianist and singer who has performed from an early age
• Sonya Belousova (born 1990), Russian-born American composer, pianist and recording artist
• Joan Benson (1925–2020), clavichordist, fortepianist and pianist
• Sondra Bianca (born 1930), concert pianist, educator and recording artist
• Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (1863–1927), Austrian-American concert pianist
• Birdie Blye (1871–1935), child prodigy who toured widely, later concert pianist
• Mary Louise Boehm (1924–2002), pianist and painter
• Margaret Bonds (1913–1972), early African American composer and pianist
• Elena Braslavsky (fl. 1980s), Russian-American international concert pianist and chamber musician
• Allison Brewster Franzetti (fl. 1974), pianist, music educator and recording artist
• Antonia Brico (1902–1989), Dutch-American conductor and pianist
• Judith Burganger (born 1939), pianist and educator
• Winifred Byrd (1884–1970), concert pianist and educator
• Sarah Cahill (born 1960), pianist, music writer and radio host
• Angelin Chang (fl. 1990s), award-winning pianist and educator
• Abbey Perkins Cheney (born 1851), pianist and educator
• Gloria Cheng (fl. 2000s), contemporary music pianist and film director
• Kate Sara Chittenden (1856–1949), piano teacher and music school founder
• Naida Cole (born 1974), Canadian-American concert pianist
• Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962), Venezuelan-America pianist, composer and conductor
• Mildred Couper (1887–1974), prominent composer and pianist experimenting with quarter-tone music
• Cindy Cox (born 1961), composer and pianist
• Évelyne Crochet (born 1934), French-born American classical pianist
• Bella Davidovich (born 1928), Soviet-born American pianist and educator
• Sharon Davis (born 1937), composer, pianist and music publisher
• Karin Dayas (1892–1971), pianist and music educator
• Simone Dinnerstein (born 1972), classical pianist noted for recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations
• Ania Dorfmann (1899–1984), Russian-born American pianist and educator
• Marylène Dosse (born 1939), French-born American pianist and educator
• Yelena Eckemoff (fl. 1991), Russian-American pianist, composer and educator
• Reena Esmail (born 1983), pianist and composer
• Florence Kirsch Du Brul (1915–2005), concert pianist and educator
• Elisenda Fábregas (born 1955), Spanish-born American pianist and composer
• Amy Fay (1844–1928), pianist and writer
• Nohema Fernández (born 1944), Cuban-born American pianist and educator
• Chloe Flower (born 1985), composer, writer, producer and pianist
• Liana Forest (fl. 1990s), Russian-born pianist and recording artist based in the United States
• Madeleine Forte (born 1938), French-American pianist, recording artist and educator
• Vera Franceschi (1926–1966), Italian-American pianist specializing in Chopin
• Gabriela Lena Frank (born 1972), pianist and contemporary music composer
• Elinor Freer (fl. 2000s), pianist and educator
• Alice Frisca (1900–1960), concert pianist
• Umi Garrett (born 2000), American-Japanese classical pianist
• Mona Golabek (fl. 1970s), concert pianist, writer and radio host
• Edna Golandsky (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
• Martha Goldstein (1919–2014), harpsichordist and pianist
• Patricia Goodson (born 1954), American pianist based in the Czech Republic
• Thomasina Talley Greene (1913–2003), African-American concert pianist and educator
• Bonnie Gritton (fl. 1970s), music educator and concert pianist
• Helen Eugenia Hagan (1891–1964), African American pianist, educator and composer
• Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809), Dutch-born pianist, educator and composer who lived in the United States
• Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854), Swedish-born American composer, singer, pianist, educator and organist
• Hazel Harrison (1883–1969), African American concert pianist
• Babette Hierholzer (born 1957), German-American pianist and artistic director
• Natalie Hinderas (1927–1987), African American pianist and educator
• Mary Howe (1882–1964), composer and pianist
• Helen Huang (born 1982), Chinese-American pianist and educator
• Claire Huangci (born 1990), classical pianist of Chinese origin
• Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950), pianist, impresario, founder of the Cleveland Orchestra
• Jennifer Hymer (fl. 1990s), American pianist based in Hamburg, Germany
• Lilian Kallir (1931–2004), Czech-born American pianist
• Tara Kamangar (fl. 2005), pianist and composer
• Constance Keene (1921–2005), pianist and educator
• Anne Gamble Kennedy (1920–2001), African American pianist, accompanist and educator
• Nina Gamble Kennedy (born 1960), African American pianist, conductor, filmmaker and writer
• Olga Kern (born 1975), Russian-American classical pianist
• Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002), Russian-born American concert pianist, composer and educator
• Angela Jia Kim (fl. 1990s), classical pianist
• Dina Koston (c.1929–2009), pianist, music educator and composer
• Min Kwon (fl. 1990s), Korean-American pianist and educator
• Ruth Laredo (1937–2005), concert pianist remembered for recordings of Rachmaninoff
• Mihae Lee (fl. 1970s), South Korean-born American pianist and chamber musician
• Soyeon Kate Lee (born 1979), Korean-American pianist and educator
• Xenia Boodberg Lee (1927–2004), concert pianist playing modern works
• Tina Lerner (1889–c. 1947), Russian-American concert pianist and educator
• Ray Lev (1912–1968), concert pianist and recording artist
• Beth Levin (born 1950), classical pianist
• Rosina Lhévinne (1880–1976), Ukrainian-born American pianist and educator
• Gertrude Lightstone Mittelmann (1907–1956), concert pianist and broadcaster
• Ang Li (born 1985), classical concert pianist featured in broadcasts and recordings
• Jenny Lin (born 1973), Taiwanese-American concert pianist
• Valentina Lisitsa (born 1973), Ukrainian-American concert pianist and popular recording artist
• Barbara Lister-Sink (born 1947), pianist, educator and leader in injury-preventive keyboard technique
• Kate Liu (born 1994), Singaporean-American pianist specializing in Chopin
• Katherine Allen Lively, American pianist, writer and songwriter
• Oksana Lutsyshyn (born 1964), Ukrainian-American recording artist, pianist and educator
• Gulimina Mahamuti (born 1978), Uyghur Chinese-born American concert pianist
• Mana-Zucca (1885–1981), actress, singer, pianist and composer
• Adele Marcus (1906–1995), pianist and educator
• Melissa Marse (born 1974), pianist and chamber musician
• Anne-Marie McDermott (born 1963), classical pianist and chamber musician
• Louise Meiszner (1924–2008), pianist and music educator
• Susan Merdinger (born 1962), classical pianist, music director and educator
• Yolanda Mero (1887–1963), Hungarian-American pianist, opera and theatre impresario and philanthropist
• Beata Moon (born 1969), Korean-American pianist and composer
• Marilyn Neeley (1937–2007), award-winning pianist
• Soon Hee Newbold (fl. 2000s), composer, conductor, musician and actress
• Ethel Newcomb (1875–1959), pianist who opened a music studio in New York
• Quynh Nguyen (fl. 1987), Vietnamese-American classical pianist
• Erika Nickrenz (born 1963), classical pianist and chamber musician
• Grace Nikae (fl. 1990s), Japanese-American concert pianist and chamber musician
• Barbara Nissman (born 1944), pianist specializing in Alberto Ginastera and Sergei Prokofiev
• Heather O'Donnell (born 1973), classical pianist
• Ursula Oppens (born 1944), concert pianist and educator
• Margaret Saunders Ott (1920–2010), pianist and educator
• Our Lady J (fl. 2000s), pianist, television writer and producer
• Terry Winter Owens (1941–2007), composer, violinist, pianist, chamber musician and educator
• Natasha Paremski (born 1987), Russian-American classical pianist
• Margaret Patrick (1913–1994), African American member of the Ebony and Ivory duo
• Beverley Peck Johnson (1904–2001), voice teacher, soprano and pianist
• Rebecca Penneys (born 1946), pianist, chamber musician and educator
• Navah Perlman (fl. 1986), pianist and chamber musician
• Sally Pinkas (fl. 1983), Israeli-American pianist and educator
• Wynne Pyle (1881–1971), concert pianist
• Eda Rapoport (1890–1968), Lativian-American composer and pianist
• Liza Redfield (1924–2018), conductor, pianist and composer
• Caroline Keating Reed (d. 1954), American pianist and music teacher
• Nadia Reisenberg (1904–1983), Lithuanian-American pianist and educator
• Blanche Robinson (1863–1969), composer and piano accompanist
• Martha Baird Rockefeller (1895–1971), pianist, philanthropist and arts advocate
• Kathryn Salfelder (born 1987), composer, conductor and pianist
• Olga Samaroff (1880–1948), pianist, music critic and educator
• Lucy Scarbrough (1927–2020), pianist, conductor and educator
• Madeline Schiller (1843–1911), British-born American pianist and educator
• Helen Schnabel (1911–1974), pianist and recording artist
• Philippa Schuyler (1931–1967), African American child prodigy, concert pianist and journalist
• Marthe Servine (died 1972), French-American pianist and composer
• Orli Shaham (born 1975), concert pianist, chamber musician and radio presenter
• Regina Shamvili (fl. 2000s), Georgian-American pianist performing internationally
• Marilyn Shrude (born 1946), contemporary classical pianist and educator
• Bella Shumiatcher (1911–1990), Russian-American pianist and music educator
• Faye-Ellen Silverman (born 1947), composer, pianist and educator
• Lori Sims (fl. 1990s), classical pianist and educator
• Ruth Slenczynska (born 1925), classical pianist who performed from an early age
• Julia Smith (1905–1989), composer, pianist and music writer
• Eleanor Sokoloff (1914–2020), pianist and educator
• Teresa Sterne (1927–2000), pianist and record producer
• Grete Sultan (1906–2005), German-American pianist and educator
• Kathleen Supové (fl. 2000s), pianist specializing in modern classical music
• Nina Svetlanova (born 1932), Russian-American concert pianist and educator
• Gloria Wilson Swisher (born 1935), composer, music educator and pianist
• Margaret Leng Tan (born 1945), Singaporean-born American pianist, often using unconventional instruments
• Marioara Trifan (born 1950), internationally performing pianist and conductor
• Rosalyn Tureck (1913–2003), pianist, harpsichordist and Bach specialist
• Aline van Barentzen (1897–1981), Franco-American classical pianist
• Isabelle Vengerova (1877–1956), Russian-American pianist and music educator
• Amelia von Ende (1856–1932), Polish-American writer, pianist, composer, educator and translator
• Lucille Wallace (1898–1977), American-born harpsichordist who settled in English
• Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991), composer of contemporary classical music and pianist
• Janice Weber (born 1950), pianist and novelist
• Gertrude Weinstock (1904–1985), concert pianist
• Wu Han (born 1959), Taiwanese-American pianist, recording artist, educator and cultural entrepreneur
• Julianne Vanden Wyngaard (fl. 1960s), carillonist and pianist
• Oxana Yablonskaya (born 1938), Russian-American international concert pianist and recording artist
• Sophia Yan (born 1986), classical pianist and international journalist
• Berenika Zakrzewski (born 1983), international concert pianist who has performed since she was 8
• Marion Zarzeczna (fl. 1950s), concert pianist and educator
• Lauren Zhang (born 2001), classical pianist, winner of the 2018 BBC Young Musician Contest
• Serene, American classical concert pianist and technologist.

• Dinorah Varsi (1939–2013), classical pianist

• Gulnora Alimova (born 1971), classical pianist
• Anna Malikova (born 1965), concert pianist, recording artist and educator

• Corin Akl Jáuregui (born 1966), composer, pianist, educator
• Teresa Carreño (1853–1917), pianist, soprano, composer and conductor
• Gabriela Montero (born 1970), classical pianist and improvisation specialist
• Alba Quintanilla (born 1944), composer, harpist, harpsichordist, pianist, conductor and educator
• Clara Rodríguez (born 1970)

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