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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–2020 | 100 | French jazz clarinetist and bandleader[1] [2] | ||
| 1900–2001 | 100 | Canadian pianist[3] | ||
| 1909–2014 | 105 | Italian-born American operatic soprano[4] | ||
| 1874–1975 | 100 | Luxembourg composer[5] [6] | ||
| Fedora Alemán | 1912–2018 | 105 | Venezuelan singer[7] | |
| 1915–2015 | 100 | American bandleader, arranger and composer[8] | ||
| Marshall Allen | 1924– | American saxophonist and bandleader[9] | ||
| 1914–2017 | 102 | Puerto Rican musician[10] | ||
| 1894–1995 | 100 | American composer[11] | ||
| 1907–2013 | 106 | German-American classical pianist and piano professor[12] | ||
| Ray Anthony | 1922– | American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor[13] | ||
| 1920–2023 | 103 | American composer[14] | ||
| 1916–2017 | 100 | Danish jazz violinist[15] | ||
| Dave Bartholomew | 1918–2019 | 100 | American musician, bandleader and composer[16] | |
| 1888–1989 | 101 | Russian-American composer and lyricist[17] [18] | ||
| 1910–2011 | 100 | American composer and classical pianist[19] | ||
| 1908–2012 | 104 | American composer[20] | ||
| 1913–2013 | 100 | Cuban singer[21] | ||
| 1920–2022 | 101 | Lithuanian-born Canadian composer[22] | ||
| 1915–2017 | 101 | Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist[23] | ||
| 1908–2010 | 101 | American country music singer-songwriter[24] | ||
| Charles Burrell | 1920– | American jazz bassist[25] | ||
| 1872–1973 | 101 | French classical composer, conductor and organist[26] | ||
| 1920–2020 | 100 | American TV and film composer[27] | ||
| 1895–1996 | 101 | American lyricist and theatre composer[28] | ||
| 1913–2017 | 104 | Italian organist, pianist, music educator and composer[29] | ||
| Elliott Carter | 1908–2012 | 103 | American classical composer[30] | |
| 1908–2008 | 100 | American harpist[31] | ||
| 1900–2001 | 101 | Italian soprano[32] | ||
| 1916–2018 | 101 | British singer[33] | ||
| 1908–2010 | 101 | American cellist[34] | ||
| 1902–2002 | 100 | American jazz drummer[35] | ||
| 1917–2020 | 102 | American opera conductor and composer[36] | ||
| 1902–2010 | 108 | Swiss tenor[37] | ||
| Jean Cussac | 1922– | French baritone and music director[38] | ||
| 1920–2023 | 103 | Indian folk musician[39] | ||
| 1911–2016 | 104 | French mezzo-soprano[40] | ||
| 1899–2000 | 101 | American singer-songwriter[41] | ||
| 1920–2022 | 101 | American hornist[42] | ||
| 1918–2021 | 102 | Cuban composer and conductor.[43] | ||
| 1906–2007 | 100 | American Latter Day Saint vocalist[44] | ||
| 1921–2021 | 100 | French operatic soprano[45] | ||
| 1907–2015 | 107 | British composer and pianist[46] | ||
| 1915–2018 | 102 | Polish violinist, translator and author.[47] | ||
| 1913–2014 | 100 | Polish pianist and composer[48] | ||
| 1911–2014 | 102 | Austrian musicologist[49] | ||
| 1911–2014 | 103 | American jazz trumpeter[50] | ||
| 1915–2016 | 101 | American pianist[51] | ||
| 1904–2006 | 102 | American accordionist[52] | ||
| 1805–1906 | 101 | Spanish baritone and singing teacher[53] | ||
| 1910–2010 | 100 | American composer[54] | ||
| 1905–2007 | 102 | American jazz saxophonist[55] | ||
| 1914–2015 | 100 | Jamaican-born British jazz bassist[56] | ||
| 1899–2004 | 105 | British harpist[57] | ||
| Stella Greka | 1922– | Greek singer and actress[58] | ||
| Kaiti Grey | 1924– | Greek singer and actress[59] | ||
| 1899–2000 | 100 | Scottish baritone[60] | ||
| 1903–2014 | 110 | Austro-Hungarian-born pianist and one of the oldest Holocaust survivors[61] | ||
| 1915–2018 | 103 | American pianist[62] | ||
| 1909–2011 | 102 | American singer and philanthropist; wife of Bob Hope[63] | ||
| 1892–1993 | 100 | Polish pianist[64] | ||
| Francis Jackson | 1917–2022 | 104 | British organist, choral director and composer[65] | |
| 1913–2014 | 100 | American singer and actor[66] | ||
| 1898–1999 | 100 | French composer[67] | ||
| 1888–1997 | 108 | Greek-American musician[68] | ||
| 1908–2016 | 107 | Indian musician[69] | ||
| Phyllis Kinney | 1922– | American-born singer and historian of Welsh folk music[70] | ||
| 1903–2006 | 102 | Ukrainian composer[71] | ||
| Pierre Labric | 1921– | French organist and composer[72] | ||
| 1896–1997 | 100 | French harpsichordist[73] | ||
| 1912–2012 | 100 | American singer[74] | ||
| 1867–1972 | 104 | American composer[75] | ||
| 1905–2006 | 100 | American Academy Award-nominated songwriter[76] | ||
| 1913–2014 | 100 | French composer[77] | ||
| 1881–1984 | 103 | French composer[78] | ||
| Leo Leandros | 1923– | Greek musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer[79] | ||
| Everett Lee | 1916–2022 | 105 | American conductor and violinist[80] | |
| 1921–2022 | 100 | Scottish singer[81] | ||
| 1922–2022 | 100 | Finnish baritone singer.[82] | ||
| 1898–2003 | 104 | British pianist and composer[83] | ||
| 1920–2021 | 100 | Cuban musicologist[84] [85] | ||
| 1922–2023 | 100 | German contralto opera singer[86] | ||
| 1904–2009 | 105 | American jazz singer[87] | ||
| 1907–2009 | 101 | American jazz musician[88] | ||
| 1912–2017 | 104 | American singer[89] | ||
| 1910–2011 | 101 | Irish singer[90] | ||
| 1917–2020 | 103 | British actress, singer and songwriter[91] | ||
| 1907–2011 | 104 | American country music singer and banjoist[92] | ||
| 1912–2016 | 104 | French singer[93] | ||
| 1907–2013 | 105 | German classical pianist[94] | ||
| 1879–1985 | 105 | German-born British music patron and philanthropist[95] | ||
| 1920–2022 | 102 | American choral conductor, ethnomusicologist and author[96] | ||
| 1912–2015 | 103 | American singer, bandleader and radio personality[97] | ||
| Jane Morgan | 1924– | American singer and recording artist[98] | ||
| 1909–2011 | 101 | Swiss-born American conductor[99] | ||
| 1901–2001 | 100 | French classical saxophonist[100] | ||
| 1923–2024 | 100 | Canadian jazz musician and composer[101] | ||
| 1910–2014 | 104 | Italian soprano[102] | ||
| 1919–2022 | 103 | Italian singer[103] [104] | ||
| 1895–2002 | 106 | Ukrainian-born American pianist and composer[105] | ||
| 1890–1992 | 101 | American Appalachian Mountains musician[106] | ||
| 1918–2018 | 100 | Brazilian-born American cellist[107] | ||
| 1907–2007 | 100 | American brass band leader[108] | ||
| 1910–2012 | 102 | British variety singer[109] | ||
| 1920–2022 | 102 | American guitarist and session musician (The Wrecking Crew)[110] | ||
| 1912–2015 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav and Serbian pianist[111] | ||
| 1916–2016 | 100 | British film and television composer[112] | ||
| 1910–2014 | 103 | American composer, conductor and author[113] | ||
| 1894–1996 | 101 | Italian composer and singer; wife of fellow composer Ottorino Respighi[114] | ||
| 1916–2018 | 101 | Hungarian classical concert pianist[115] | ||
| 1902–2010 | 107 | American organist[116] | ||
| 1920–2021 | 100 | Spanish singer[117] | ||
| 1910–2011 | 100 | Trinidadian musician, vocalist and bandleader[118] | ||
| 1915–2016 | 100 | British opera singer[119] | ||
| 1895–1996 | 100 | American violinist[120] | ||
| 1917–2022 | 104 | American record producer and founder of Specialty Records[121] | ||
| 1902–2003 | 100 | American jazz trombonist[122] | ||
| 1916–2016 | 100 | Argentine composer and pianist[123] | ||
| 1763–1869 | 106 | Italian soprano[124] | ||
| 1916–2017 | 101 | American singer[125] | ||
| 1908–2019 | 111 | Italian composer[126] [127] | ||
| 1909–2013 | 104 | Canadian-born American gospel music singer and songwriter[128] | ||
| 1917–2018 | 101 | American multi-instrumental jazz musician and composer[129] | ||
| 1921–2023 | 102 | American country singer, songwriter and guitarist[130] | ||
| 1917–2018 | 101 | American conductor[131] | ||
| 1919–2020 | 100 | American bandleader and saxophonist[132] | ||
| 1894–1995 | 101 | Russian-American composer and conductor[133] | ||
| 1912–2020 | 107 | American musician[134] [135] | ||
| Eleanor Sokoloff | 1914–2020 | 106 | American pianist[136] | |
| 1914–2016 | 101 | Norwegian classical composer and organist[137] | ||
| 1908–2008 | 100 | Croatian and Argentine violinist[138] | ||
| 1921–2022 | 101 | American oboist[139] | ||
| 1911–2015 | 103 | American soprano[140] | ||
| 1902–2005 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian composer and pianist[141] | ||
| 1908–2011 | 103 | American musician[142] | ||
| 1885–1987 | 102 | American hymn composer[143] | ||
| 1918–2022 | 104 | American singer[144] | ||
| 1916–2018 | 101 | Estonian-Canadian composer, choir conductor and organist[145] [146] | ||
| Juan Vicente Torrealba | 1917–2019 | 102 | Venezuelan harpist and composer[147] | |
| 1911–2012 | 101 | Polish-born American violinist and educator[148] | ||
| 1911–2011 | 100 | American bandleader and composer[149] | ||
| 1921– | Turkish classical composer[150] | |||
| 1910–2010 | 100 | British composer[151] | ||
| 1917–2017 | 100 | American vocalist and big band singer[152] | ||
| Elisabeth Waldo | 1918– | American violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor and ethnomusicologist[153] | ||
| 1919–2021 | 102 | British choral conductor and composer[154] [155] | ||
| 1919–2019 | 100 | American jazz saxophonist and composer[156] | ||
| 1910–2018 | 107 | American gospel harmonicist[157] | ||
| 1920–2021 | 100 | German classical oboist, conductor and academic teacher[158] | ||
| 1899–2000 | 100 | Russian singer[159] | ||
| 1917–2019 | 101 | German operatic soprano[160] [161] | ||
| 1921–2021 | 100 | Italian violinist and teacher[162] | ||
| 1917–2021 | 103 | Swiss composer and jazz pianist[163] | ||
| 1915–2017 | 101 | Austrian-born American soprano[164] | ||
| 1910–2017 | 106 | Polish pianist[165] |