List of new-age music artists

This is a list of new-age music artists with articles on Wikipedia.

New-age music is broadly defined as relaxing, even "meditative", music that is primarily instrumental. Unlike relaxing forms of classical music, New-age music makes greater use of electronica and non-Western instrumentation. There is some debate on what can be considered "new-age music"; for example several musicians in Celtic music or Smooth jazz have expressed annoyance at being labeled "new-age musicians". For more on that debate, see the article on new-age music. In addition, several musicians object to the label because they fear it implies a connection to the New Age movement.

A

• Philip Aaberg – pianist
• William Ackerman – guitarist
• Paul Adams – guitarist and multi-instrumentalist
• Adiemus – band
• AeTopus – project by composer/producer Bryan Tewell Hughes
• Omar Akram – composer, pianist
• Azam Ali – singer, songwriter
• Alpha Wave Movement – composer, synthesizer music
• Amethystium – band
• Anaya Music – composer, producer, guitarist, keyboardist, singer, arranger
• Darol Anger – violinist, composer
• Romina Arena – vocals, composer, songwriter, producer, piano, violin, guitar
• David Arkenstone – composer
• Diane Arkenstone – composer, pianist, keyboardist
• Armik – flamenco guitarist
• James Asher – composer, percussionist
• Can Atilla – pianist, songwriter, violinist
• Australis – composer, producer
• Paul Avgerinos – composer, producer
• Ayana – singer, songwriter
• Sara Ayers

B

• B-Tribe – a Spanish trio
• Bandari
• Emily Bear – pianist, composer
• Hennie Bekker – pianist, composer
• Benise (Roni Benise) – flamenco guitarist
• Daniel Berthiaume (singer-songwriter) – composer, guitar and keyboards
• Biddu – vocalist, music producer
• Tim Blake – keyboardist
• Jo Blankenburg – composer, pianist
• Blue Stone – band
• Moya Brennan – composer, singer
• Thom Brennan – composer
• Jim Brickman – pianist
• Markus Burger – pianist, composer
• John Burke – pianist
• Richard Burmer – composer, keyboardist
• Ray Buttigieg – composer

C

• Wendy Carlos – composer, keyboardist
• Stephen Caudel – composer, guitarist, keyboardist, arranger
• Celtic Woman – band
• Ceredwen – duo
• Sheila Chandra
• Craig Chaquico – guitarist
• Checkfield – duo, composer, guitarist, keyboardist
• Suzanne Ciani – composer, pianist
• Clannad – band
• Michael Colina – composer, producer, pianist, keyboardist, engineer
• Al Conti – composer, pianist, keyboardist
• Jesse Cook – flamenco guitarist
• Randy and Pamela Copus – duo known as 2002
• Corciolli – Composer, musician
• Coyote Oldman – band
• Michael Cretu – composer, MIDI keyboard, guitar
• Cusco – band
• CFCF

D

• Dadawa
• Scott D. Davis – pianist, composer
• Alex De Grassi - American Grammy Award-nominated fingerstyle guitarist
• Deep Forest – band
• Delerium
• Constance Demby – composer, multi-instrumentalist
• Deuter – composer, multi-instrumentalist
• Thomas Di Leva – singer, guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica, drummer, peace activist, composer
• Julius Dobos – composer
• Suzanne Doucet – composer, multi-instrumentalist
• Catherine Duc – composer, pianist/keyboardist
• Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, arranger, performer
• Chinmaya Dunster – sarod

E

• Ludovico Einaudi – composer, pianist
• Levente Egry – composer, pianist
• Elements_(band) Band consisting of ex members of the Pat Metheny Group
• Emerald Web – musical project
• Enigma – musical project by Michael Cretu
• Enya – singer, composer (however Enya herself is on record as not considering her music to be of the new-age genre.)
• Era – musical project
• Erwilian – band
• Esteban
• Dean Evenson – flautist, keyboardist, composer

F

• Ryan Farish – composer, multi-instrumentalist
• Larry Fast
• Alex Fox – flamenco guitarist
• Christopher Franke – keyboardist
• Eloy Fritsch – composer
• Edgar Froese – composer, guitarist, keyboardist
• Fortuna (Brazilian singer) – singer-songwriter of Jewish background
• Michael Flatley

G

• Gandalf – composer, multi-instrumentalist
• Jan Garbarek – composer, saxophonist
• Michael Gettel – composer, pianist
• Lisa Gerrard – vocalist, composer, yangqinist
• Philip Glass – composer, pianist, keyboardist
• Medwyn Goodall – multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer
• David & Steve Gordon – recording duo, producers
• Govi – composer, multi-instrumentalist
• Francis Goya – guitarist
• Gregorian – band
• Nicholas Gunn – flautist, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, composer, producer

H

• John Hackett – composer, flautist, member of Symbiosis
• Jean Ven Robert Hal – composer, synthesizer player, keyboardist
• Steven Halpern - Grammy-nominated recording artist and proponent of music therapy
• Michael Allen Harrison – composer, pianist, songwriter
• Fiona Joy Hawkins – pianist
• Michael Hedges – composer, guitarist
• Scott Helland – composer, guitarist
• Barbara Higbie – pianist, violinist, composer, singer, songwriter
• Steve Hillage
• Himekami
• Michael Hoppé – composer
• Paul Horn, flautist
• Yoshiaki Hoshi – composer, synthesizer player, and founder of the group Himekami

I

• Iasos – composer, keyboardist, synthesizer player
• Isadar – pianist, composer, singer, songwriter
• Ralf Illenberger - guitarist, keyboardist
• Mark Isham – composer, synthesist

J

• Steve Jansen – composer, drummer, keyboardist
• Jean Michel Jarre – composer
• Karl Jenkins – composer
• Theo Jörgensmann – composer, basset clarinetist
• Bradley Joseph – composer, pianist, keyboardist
• William Joseph – pianist, composer
• Prem Joshua – composer

K

• Kerani - composer, arranger
• Karunesh – composer
• Peter Kater – composer, songwriter, pianist
• Kevin Kern – composer, pianist
• Al Gromer Khan – composer, sitar player
• Sandeep Khurana – composer, songwriter
• Kitarō – composer
• Bernward Koch – pianist, composer
• Kokin Gumi – music group
• Darlene Koldenhoven – vocalist, keyboardist, songwriter
• Tetsuya Komuro – composer, pianist
• Ron Korb - composer, flutist, songwriter
• Andrei Krylov – composer, guitarist, keyboardist, flutist

L

• Lara & Reyes (Sergio Lara and Joe Reyes) – flamenco guitarists
• Fariborz Lachini – composer, pianist
• Peter Lai – composer, producer, musician
• David Lanz – composer, pianist
• Raimond Lap – composer, pianist
• Nolwenn Leroy – singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
• Lesiëm – musical project by German producers Sven Meisel and Alex Wende
• Lia – singer, songwriter
• Ottmar Liebert – flamenco guitarist
• Lorie Line – composer, pianist
• Johannes Linstead – flamenco guitarist
• Helen Jane Long – composer/pianist
• Oscar Lopez – flamenco guitarist
• Ray Lynch – composer, musician, producer (Lynch states that his music doesn’t fit into established categories, so it tends to be thrown into the melting pot of the new-age genre.)
• Lisa Lynne – composer, harpist

M

• Mannheim Steamroller – group (Leader Chip Davis)
• Michael Manring – electric bassist, composer
• Catya Maré – (songwriter, violinist)
• Giovanni Marradi – pianist, composer
• Keiko Matsui – pianist
• Lyle Mays – composer, pianist
• Paul McCandless – composer, wood wind player
• Loreena McKennitt – singer, musician, composer, producer
• Stephan Micus – composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer
• Miten
• Mithoon – film composer
• Mythos – Bob D'Eith (piano and producer) and Paul Schmidt (guitar)
• Robert ÆOLUS Myers – composer, performer, producer

N

• Nightnoise
• Michael Nyman – composer

O

• Patrick O'Hearn – keyboardist, composer
• Mike Oldfield – composer, guitarist
• Terry Oldfield – composer
• Proyecto Oniric – pianist, composer.
• Opafire – musical project
• Oregon (band) – ethnic jazz band Ralph Towner (leader)
• Jeff Oster – flugelhorn, trumpet,composer
• Thomas Otten

P

• Jeff Pearce – guitar and Chapman Stick
• Deva Premal – musician and singer

Q

• Asher Quinn – singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist (however Asher Quinn considers himself to not be of the new-age genre)

R

• Raphael – ambient composer, musician
• Jorge Reyes – Mexican ethnic fusions
• Laza Ristovski – keyboardist, composer
• Lawson Rollins – flamenco guitarist
• Ron Roy – producer, director, composer, arranger
• Terje Rypdal – guitarist, composer
• Nancy Rumbel – ocarina, oboe, English horn, keyboards

S

• Ryuichi Sakamoto – composer, pianist
• Bruno Sanfilippo – musician composer
• Jon Schmidt – pianist, composer
• Klaus Schulze – keyboardist, composer, drummer (note that Schulze himself has always denied connections to this genre)
• Secret Garden – duo
• Seay – composer, recording artist, vocalist
• Jonn Serrie
• Shadowfax
• Shahin & Sepehr (Shahin Shahida and Sepehr Haddad) – flamenco guitarists
• Dechen Shak-Dagsay – vocalist
• Ananda Shankar – musician
• Oliver Shanti & Friends – band
• Rabbi Shergill – singer, songwriter, guitarist
• Yoko Shimomura – composer, pianist
• Michael Shrieve
• Singh Kaur – singer, composer
• Manose Singh – bansuri flute
• Montana Skies – cello, guitar
• Snatam Kaur – singer, multi-instrumentalist
• Cadence Spalding – singer, composer
• Chris Spheeris – composer
• Stewart St. John – composer, pianist, multi-instrumentalist
• Gary Stadler – recording artist
• Michael Stearns – composer, keyboardist
• Liz Story – pianist, composer
• Strunz & Farah (Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah) – flamenco guitarists
• Andy Summers – composer, guitarist
• David Sylvian – composer, guitarist, keyboardist
• Symbian – ambient music band
• Symbiosis – band (UK)
• Dinesh Subasinghe – composer, violinist, ancient Ravanahatha performer, multi-instrumentalist
• Laura Sullivan – composer, pianist
• Sumanth – composer

T

• Tangerine Dream – band
• Team Rockit – Swedish band
• Irv Teibel - field recordist, electronic musician
• John Tesh- pianist, composer
• Jennifer Thomas – pianist, composer
• Robert Scott Thompson – composer, recording artist
• Isao Tomita – composer, keyboardist
• Toshi – vocalist, ex-lead singer of Japanese metal band X Japan
• Kathryn Toyama – composer, pianist
• The Piano Guys – band, piano and cello

V

• Vangelis – composer
• Rondò Veneziano – chamber orchestra
• Luis Villegas – flamenco guitarist
• Andreas Vollenweider – harpist, composer
• Vasco Martins – symphonic composer, pianist, guitarist, electronic keyboards

W

• Rick Wakeman – keyboardist, composer
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. — guitarist
• Wavestar – band
• Simon Webb
• Hayley Westenra – vocals, piano, violin, guitar
• Stuart Wilde – producer, lyricist
• Willie and Lobo (Willie Royal and Wolfgang "Lobo" Fink) – flamenco duo (guitar & violin)
• George Winston – pianist
• Paul Winter – soprano saxophonist, composer
• Erik Wøllo – composer, guitarist
• Danny Wright – pianist
• David Wright – keyboardist, composer

Y

• Akira Yamaoka – composer, producer
• Yanni – composer, pianist, keyboardist
• Yiruma – composer, pianist, producer
• Kim Yoon – pianist
• David Young – composer, flautist
• Young & Rollins (Dan Young and Lawson Rollins) – flamenco guitarists

Z

• Gheorghe Zamfir – pan flute
• Zamora – composer, pianist/keyboardist
• Zingaia
• Ralph Zurmühle – composer, pianist

References

See also

• New Flamenco