List of centenarians (musicians, composers and music patrons)

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
AdaskinFrances Adaskin	1900–2001	100	Canadian pianist
AlbaneseLicia Albanese	1909–2014	105	Italian-born American operatic soprano
AlexanderVan Alexander	1915–2015	100	American bandleader and composer
AndersonRobert Alexander Anderson	1894–1995	100	American composer
AndyKatja Andy	1907–2013	106	German-American classical pianist and piano professor
BerlinIrving Berlin	1888–1989	101	Russian-American lyricist and composer
BerkowitzRalph Berkowitz	1910–2011	100	American composer and classical pianist
BiermanBernard Bierman	1908–2012	104	American composer
BorjaEsther Borja	1913–2013	100	Cuban singer
BryantSlim Bryant	1908–2010	101	American country music singer and songwriter
BüsserHenri Büsser	1872–1973	101	French composer
CaesarIrving Caesar	1895–1996	101	American composer
CapuisMatilde Capuis	1913–	109	Italian composer
CarterElliott Carter	1908–2012	103	American classical music composer
CervettoGiacobbe Cervetto	1682–1783	100.1100–101	Italian-English cellist
ChalifouxAlice Chalifoux	1908–2008	100	American harpist
CignaGina Cigna	1900–2001	101	Italian soprano
ColeOrlando Cole	1908–2010	101	American cellist
CuénodHugues Cuénod	1902–2010	108	Swiss tenor
DinwoodeyAnnette Richardson Dinwoodey	1906–2007	100	American Latter Day Saint vocalist
DouglasRoy Douglas	1907–2015	107	British composer
EkierJan Ekier	1913–2014	100	Polish pianist and composer
FederhoferHellmut Federhofer	1911–2014	102	Austrian musicologist
FebrosLionel Ferbos	1911–2014	103	American jazz trumpeter
FieldsIrving Fields	1915–	106	American pianist
Galla-RiniAnthony Galla-Rini	1904–2006	102	American accordionist
GarcíaManuel García	1805–1906	101	Spanish music and singing teacher
GerrishJohn Gerrish	1910–2010	100	American composer
GilbertPeggy Gilbert	1905–2007	102	American jazz saxophonist
GoodeColeridge Goode	1914–2015	101	Jamaican jazz musician
GoossensSidonie Goossens	1899–2004	105	English harpist
HendersonRoy Henderson	1899–2000	100	English baritone
Herz-SommerAlice Herz-Sommer	1903–2014	110	Austro-Hungarian pianist
HokansonRandolph Hokanson	1915–	106	American pianist
HopeDolores Hope	1909–2011	102	American singer and philanthropist
HorszowskiMieczysław Horszowski	1892–1993	100	Polish pianist
JeffriesHerb Jeffries	1913–2014	100	American singer and actor
JohnsonWilliam Manuel Johnson	1872–1972	100	American jazz musician
JourneauMaurice Journeau	1898–1999	100	French composer
KhanAbdul Rashid Khan	1908–	113	Indian musician
KolessaMykola Kolessa	1903–2006	102	Ukrainian composer
LangMargaret Ruthven Lang	1867–1972	104	American composer
LangeJohnny Lange	1905–2006	100	American Academy Award-nominated songwriter
LavagneAndré Lavagne	1913–2014	100	French composer
Le FlemPaul Le Flem	1881–1984	103	French composer
LeonardConrad Leonard	1898–2003	104	British pianist and composer
LongHuey Long	1904–2009	105	American jazz singer
LucieLawrence Lucie	1907–2009	101	American jazz musician
LynchNonie Lynch	1910–2011	101	Irish singer
MainerWade Mainer	1907–2011	104	American country music singer and banjoist
MarjaneLéo Marjane	1912–	109	French singer
MatkovicDraga Matković	1907–2013	105	German classical pianist
MayerSir Robert Mayer	1879–1985	105	German born British philanthropist
MorenoBuddy Moreno	1912–2015	103	American singer, bandleader, and radio personality
MoyseBlanche Honegger Moyse	1909–2011	101	Swiss-born American conductor
MuleMarcel Mule	1901–2001	100	French classical saxophonist
OliveroMagda Olivero	1910–2014	104	Italian soprano
OrnsteinLeo Ornstein	1893–2002	108	Ukrainian-born American pianist and composer
OsborneUncle Charlie Osborne	1890–1992	101	American Appalachian Mountains musician
PaulinErnest "Doc" Paulin	1907–2007	100	American brass band leader
ReedH. Owen Reed	1910–2014	103	American composer, conductor, and author
RespighiElsa Respighi	1894–1996	101	Italian composer, singer and wife of Ottorino Respighi
RioRosa Rio	1902–2010	107	American organist
RosEdmundo Ros	1910–2011	100	Trinidadian musician, vocalist, and bandleader
RoundThomas Round	1915–	106	English opera singer
RudgeOlga Rudge	1895–1996	100	American violinist and mistress of Ezra Pound
SalemiJoseph Salemi	1902–2003	100	American jazz trombonist
SaporitiTeresa Saporiti	1763–1869	106	Italian soprano
SheaGeorge Beverly Shea	1909–2013	104	Canadian-born American gospel music singer and songwriter
SlonimskyNicolas Slonimsky	1894–1995	101	Russian-American composer and conductor
SmithViola Smith	1912–	102	American drummer
SpillerLjerko Spiller	1908–2008	100	Croatian and Argentine violinist
SweetlandSally Sweetland	1911–	110	American soprano
TakácsJenő Takács	1902–2005	103	Austrian-Hungarian composer and pianist
TapiaBill Tapia	1908–2011	103	American musician
TeddlieTillit Sidney Teddlie	1885–1987	102	American hymn composer
TotenbergRoman Totenberg	1911–2012	101	Polish-born American violinist and educator
TuckerOrrin Tucker	1911–2011	100	American bandleader and composer
VannStanley Vann	1910–2010	100	English composer
WilsonElder Roma Wilson	1910–	111	American gospel harmonicist
ZielinskaIzabella Zielińska	1910–	111	Polish pianist