List of Austrians in music explained

This is a list of Austrian composers, singers, conductors and bands:

A

• Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809), composer and music theorist
• August Wilhelm Ambros (1816–1876), composer
• Wolfgang Ambros (born 1952), singer (Austropop)

B

• Paul Badura-Skoda (1927–2019), pianist
• Caroline Bayer (1758–1803), violinist and composer
• Johanna Beisteiner (born 1976), classical guitarist
• Alban Berg (1885–1935), composer, born in Vienna
• Walter Berry (1929–2000), bass-baritone
• Bilderbuch (founded in 2005), band
• Karl Böhm (1894–1981), conductor
• Norbert Brainin (1923–2005), violinist
• Alfred Brendel (born 1931), pianist
• Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), composer

C

• Amalia Carneri (1875–1943), Polish-born soprano opera singer
• Friedrich Cerha (1926–2023), composer and conductor
• Meena Cryle (born 1977), singer (Blues) and composer
• Carl Czerny (1791–1857), pianist and composer

D

• Johann Nepomuk David (1895–1977), composer
• Anton Diabelli (1781–1858), publisher, editor and composer
• Wolfgang Dimetrik (born 1974), classical accordionist
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799), composer
• Nico Dostal (1895–1981), composer

E

• Gottfried von Einem (1918–1996), composer
• Karlheinz Essl (born 1960), composer and electronic musician

F

• Falco, (1957–1998), pop musician
• Rainhard Fendrich (born 1955), singer (Austropop)
• Christian Fennesz (born 1962), electronic musician
• Rudolf Fitzner (1868–1934), violinist and music teacher
• Gerhard Friedle (born 1971) better known by the stage name DJ Ötzi, dance pop musician and DJ
• Camilla Frydan (1887–1949), pianist, soubrette singer, composer and songwriter
• Robert Fuchs (1847–1927), composer and music scientist
• Johann Fux (c. 1660–1741), composer

G

• Bernhard Gál (born 1971), composer and artist
• Ernest Gold (1921–1999), composer (winner of the Academy Award)
• Franz Gruber (1787–1863), composer ("Silent Night, Holy Night")
• Gerhard Gruber (born 1951), pianist and composer
• Heinz Karl Gruber (born 1943), composer
• Friedrich Gulda (1930–2000), pianist and composer, born in Vienna

H

• Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953), composer of contemporary classical music
• Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929–2016), famous contemporary conductor, mainly of early music
• Josef Matthias Hauer (1883–1959), composer and music theorist
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), author of "Imperial Hymn" now German Anthem
• Michael Haydn (1737–1806), composer (younger brother of Joseph Haydn)
• Hansi Hinterseer (born 1954), singer (Schlager)
• Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812), composer
• Roman Hofstetter (1742–1815), composer
• Wolfgang Holzmair (born 1952), baritone

J

• Hanns Jelinek (1901–1969), composer (also known as Hanns Elin)
• Udo Jürgens (1934–2014), singer-songwriter
• Walter Jurmann (1903–1971), composer

K

• Franz Kalchmair (born 1939), opera singer
• Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989), conductor
• King Electric (founded in 2005), pop duo
• Carlos Kleiber (1930–2004), conductor, son of Erich Kleiber
• Erich Kleiber (1890–1956), conductor
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), composer (born in Brno, Austria-Hungary)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962), violinist and composer
• Ernst Krenek (1900–1991), composer
• Kruder & Dorfmeister (founded in 1993), DJ and producer duo

L

• Bill Leeb (born 1966), of Front Line Assembly. Born in Vienna, but currently lives in Vancouver, Canada
• György Ligeti (1923–2006), composer (born in Hungary, citizen of Austria)
• Lukas Ligeti (born 1965), composer
• Franz Liszt (1811–1886), composer (born in Raiding, then Hungary, now Austria)

M

• Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), composer, conductor
• Marianna Martines (1744–1812), composer, singer
• Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806–1856), guitarist and composer
• Felix Mottl (1856–1911), conductor and composer
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composer and musician, born in Salzburg

N

• Olga Neuwirth (born 1968), composer

O

• Opus (founded in 1973), rock band (Live is Life)

P

• Franz Pomassl (born 1966), electronic musician and sonic artist

R

• Emil von Reznicek (1860–1945), composer
• Marcel Rubin (1905–1995), composer

S

• Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), composer
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828), composer and musician
• Hedi Stadlen (1916–2004), musicologist
• Max Steiner (1888–1971), composer, born in Vienna
• Johann Strauss, Sr. (1809–1849), composer
• Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825–1899), composer
• Josef Strauss (1827–1870), composer
• Heinz Strobl (born 1952), composer and artist, goes by the name of Gandalf
• Franz von Suppé (1819–1895), composer, born in Split, Austrian Empire
• Hermann Szobel (born 1958), jazz fusion composer

T

• von Trapp, family of famous folk music vocalists and Anschluss refugees in 1938 and the main subjects of two 1950's German films named for them, The Trapp Family (1956) and its sequel The Trapp Family in America (1958) the first of which premiered in the U.S. in 1961, and of 1965's The Sound of Music.

V

• Johann Michael Vogl (1768–1840), baritone

W

• Josef Wagner (1856–1908), composer, known for military marches
• Wanda (founded in 2012), band
• Stefan Weber (1946–2018), singer (Drahdiwaberl)
• Anton Webern (1883–1945), composer
• Felix Weingartner (1863–1942), conductor, composer, pianist
• Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885–1974), composer, pupil of Arnold Schoenberg
• Franz Welser-Möst (born 1960), conductor
• Hugo Wolf (1860–1903), composer (Slovenian origin)
• Peter Wolf (born 1952), producer
• Conchita Wurst (born 1988), singer, winner of the Eurovision song contest 2014

Z

• Joe Zawinul (born 1932), jazz musician, composer, born in Vienna
• Erich Zeisl (1905–1959), modernist composer
• Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942), composer and conductor

See also

• List of Austrians
• Austrian music