List of Austrians in music
This is a list of Austrian composers, singers and conductors:
 These are articles of the List of Austrians series |
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A
- Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, composer and music theorist
- August Wilhelm Ambros, composer (19th century)
- Wolfgang Ambros, singer (Austropop)
- Angelspit, industrial rock group
B
- Paul Badura-Skoda, pianist (born 1927)
- Alban Berg, composer, 1885–1935, born in Vienna
- Walter Berry, bass-baritone, 1929–2000
- Karl Böhm, conductor, 1894–1981
- Norbert Brainin, violinist
- Alfred Brendel, pianist, born 1931
- Anton Bruckner, composer, 1824–1896
C
- Amalia Carneri (1875–1943), Polish-born soprano opera singer
- Friedrich Cerha, composer and conductor, born 1926
- Carl Czerny, pianist and composer
D
- Johann Nepomuk David, composer 1895–1977
- Anton Diabelli, publisher, editor and composer
- Wolfgang Dimetrik, classical accordionist
- Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer, 1739–1799
- Nico Dostal, composer
E
- Gottfried von Einem, composer 20th century
- Karlheinz Essl, composer and electronic musician, born 1960
F
- Falco, (1957–1998), pop musician
- Rainhard Fendrich, singer
- Christian Fennesz, electronic musician
- Gerhard Friedle better known by the stage name DJ Ötzi, dance pop musician and DJ
- Robert Fuchs, composer and music scientist
- Johann Fux, composer 1660–1741
G
- Bernhard Gál, composer and artist
- Ernest Gold, composer 20th century (winner of the Academy Award)
- Franz Gruber, composer ("Silent Night, Holy Night")
- Gerhard Gruber, pianist and composer
- Heinz Karl Gruber, composer, (1943)
- Friedrich Gulda, pianist and composer, born in 1930 in Vienna
H
- Georg Friedrich Haas, composer of contemporary classical music
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt, famous contemporary conductor, mainly of early music
- Josef Matthias Hauer, composer and music theorist
- Joseph Haydn, author of "Imperial Hymn" now German Anthem
- Michael Haydn, composer (younger brother of Joseph Haydn)
- Hansi Hinterseer, singer, actor, entertainer and former alpine skier.
- Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer 1754–1812
- Roman Hofstetter, composer
- Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone
J
- Hanns Jelinek, composer (also known as Hanns Elin)
- Udo Jürgens, singer-songwriter
- Walter Jurmann, composer
K
- Franz Kalchmair, opera singer (born 1939)
- Herbert von Karajan, conductor, 1908–1989
- Carlos Kleiber, conductor, son of Erich Kleiber, 1930–2004
- Erich Kleiber, conductor, 1890–1956
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold, composer (born in Brno, Austria-Hungary)
- Fritz Kreisler, violinist and composer
- Ernst Krenek, composer 1900–1991
- Kruder & Dorfmeister, dj and producer duo
L
- Bill Leeb, of Front Line Assembly. Born in Vienna, but currently lives in Vancouver, Canada
- György Ligeti, composer (born in Hungary, citizen of Austria), 1923–2006
- Franz Liszt, composer (born in Raiding, then Hungary, now Austria)
M
- Gustav Mahler, composer, conductor 1860–1911
- Johann Kaspar Mertz, guitarist and composer, 1806–1856
- Felix Mottl, conductor and composer, 1856–1911
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer & musician, 1756–1791 (born in Salzburg)
- Martin Meister, musician, 1971-present
O
- Opus, rock band (Live is Life)
P
- Pomassl, electronic musician & sonic artist
R
- Emil von Reznicek, composer (died 1945)
- Marcel Rubin, composer (1905–1995)
S
- Franz Schmidt, composer 1874–1939
- Arnold Schoenberg, composer, 1874–1951
- Franz Schubert, composer & musician, 1797–1828
- Johann Strauss, Sr., composer 1809–1849
- Johann Strauss, Jr., composer 1825–1899
- Josef Strauss, composer 1827–1870
- Heinz Strobl, Composer and artist, goes by the name of Gandalf
- Hedi Stadlen, Musicologist 1916–2004
- Franz von Suppé, composer (born in Split, Austrian Empire 1819)
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, baritone
W
- Josef Wagner, composer (known for military marches)
- Stefan Weber, Drahdiwaberl
- Anton Webern, composer, 1883–1945
- Felix Weingartner, conductor, composer, pianist
- Egon Joseph Wellesz, composer (pupil of Arnold Schönberg)
- Franz Welser-Möst, conductor (born 1960)
- Hugo Wolf, composer (Slovenian origin)
- Peter Wolf, producer
- Conchita Wurst, singer, winner of the Eurovision song contest 2014
Z
- Joe Zawinul, jazz musician, composer, born in Vienna, 1932
- Erich Zeisl, modernist composer (1905–1959)
- Alexander von Zemlinsky, composer and conductor 1871–1942
See also
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