List of women classical pianists

The following is a list of women classical pianists by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of classical music.

Albania

 * Edlira Dedja (fl. 1990s), pianist, art critic and opera promotor

Argentina

 * Mariana Alandia (born 1941), concert pianist
 * Martha Argerich (born 1941), concert pianist, recording artist and virtuoso icon
 * Ingrid Fliter (born 1973), classical pianist and recording artist
 * Violeta Hemsy de Gainza (born 1929), pianist and educator
 * Sylvia Kersenbaum (born 1945), pianist, composer and educator

Armenia

 * Nareh Arghamanyan (born 1989), award-winning classical pianist
 * Svetlana Navasardyan (born 1946), classical concert pianist
 * Varduhi Yeritsyan (born 1981), concert pianist now based in France

Australia

 * Rebecca Chambers (born 1975) concert pianist, teacher, Director of Kidko Performing Arts
 * Vera Bradford (1904–2004), pianist and teacher
 * Tamara-Anna Cislowska, performing pianist and radio host
 * Lucinda Collins (fl. 1980s), pianist, educator, chamber musician
 * Anna Goldsworthy (born 1974), writer, pianist and teacher
 * Sonya Hanke (1933–1993), pianist and educator
 * Miriam Hyde (1913–2005), composer, pianist, educator and poet
 * Maureen Jones (born 1927), pianist
 * Eileen Joyce (1908–1991), distinguished concert pianist
 * Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957), pianist and composer
 * Stephanie McCallum (born 1956), pianist and teacher
 * Hephzibah Menuhin (1920–1981), American-Australian pianist, writer and human rights activist
 * Lisa Moore (born 1960), pianist
 * Ariel Shearer (born c.1905), composer and classical pianist
 * Kathryn Selby (born 1962), pianist
 * Constance Brandon Usher (fl. 1900s), classical pianist
 * Natasha Vlassenko (born 1956), Russian-Australian concert pianist and educator
 * Nancy Weir (1915–2008), pianist and educator
 * Sally Whitwell (born 1974), pianist and composer

Austria

 * Luna Alcalay (1928–2012), Croatian-born Austrian pianist, music educator and composer
 * Ilse von Alpenheim (born 1927), international classical pianist and chamber musician focusing on early romantic composers
 * Marianna Auenbrugger (1759–1782), pianist and composer who studied under Haydn and Salieri
 * Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820), pianist who studied under Mozart
 * Donka Angatscheva (born 1979), Austrian pianist of Bulgarian descent
 * Jeanette Antonie Bürde (1799–1875), Austrian pianist, singer and teacher, career mostly in Berlin
 * Ingrid Haebler (1929–2023), international concert pianist and recording artist
 * Cornelia Herrmann (born 1977), pianist and chamber musician
 * Anastasia Huppmann (born 1988), Russian-born Austrian concert pianist
 * Mathilde Kralik (1857–1944), pianist and composer
 * Christiana Lin (fl. 1980s), Taiwanese-born Austrian pianist and harpsichordist
 * Henriette von Pereira-Arnstein (1780–1859), Austrian pianist and salon-holder
 * Barbara Ployer (born 1765), piano and composition pupil of Mozart
 * Lisa Smirnova (born 1972), Russian-born Austrian pianist

Azerbaijan

 * Yegana Akhundova (born 1960), pianist, composer and educator
 * Khadija Gayibova (1893–1938), pianist and educator who played the Azeri mugham

Belarus

 * Marina Osman (born 1965), classical and jazz concert pianist
 * Hanna Shybayeva (born 1979), concert pianist and chamber musician

Belgium

 * Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946), pianist, violinist, educators, conductor and composer
 * Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930), contemporary composer, pianist and music educator
 * Irina Lankova (born 1977), Russian-Belgian concert pianist and recording artist
 * Flore Levine-Cousyns (1898–1989), concert pianist and educator
 * Marcelle Mercenier (1920–1996), pianist and educator
 * Jeanne-Catherine Pauwels (1795–1889), pianist who performed in Brussels salons
 * Janine Reding (1920–2015), pianist who performed internationally in piano duos
 * Éliane Reyes (born 1977), pianist, chamber musician and educator
 * Edna Stern (born 1977), Belgian-Israeli pianist and educator now based in London

Bolivia

 * Mariana Alandia (fl. 2000s), classical pianist keen on Bolivian composers

Bosnia and Herzegovina

 * Milica Pap (born 1973), classical pianist and educator
 * Dženana Šehanović (born 1991), educator and professional pianist

Brazil

 * Yara Bernette (1920–2002), internationally acclaimed classical pianist
 * Helza Cameu (1903–1995), composer, pianist, musicologist and writer
 * Dinorá de Carvalho (c.1905–1980), pianist, conductor, music educator and composer
 * Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935), composer, pianist and conductor
 * Débora Halász (fl. 1990s), classical pianist, harpsichordist and educator
 * Clelia Iruzun (fl. 1988), concert pianist based in London
 * Guiomar Novaes (1895–1979), globally recognized Brazilian concert pianist
 * Cristina Ortiz (born 1950), international concert pianist
 * Sonia Rubinsky (born 1957), international concert pianist
 * Antonietta Rudge (1885–1974), internationally recognized pianist and educator
 * Anna Stella Schic (1922–2009), pianist, music writer and educator
 * Clara Sverner (born 1936), classical concert pianist specializing in Brazilian music
 * Magda Tagliaferro (1893–1986), international concert pianist and educator

Bulgaria

 * Dora Deliyska (born 1980), concert pianist based in Vienna
 * Iren Dimitrova (born 1950), pianist, chamber musician and educator
 * Plamena Mangova (born 1980), concert pianist
 * Svetla Protich (born 1939), concert pianist and educator
 * Emma Tahmizian (born 1957), pianist of Armenian descent
 * Angela Tosheva (born 1961), pianist, chamber musician, educator, editor and publisher
 * Julia Tsenova (1948–2010), award-winning composer, pianist and educator

Canada

 * Frances Adaskin (1900–2001), pianist who worked as an accompanist
 * Ellen Ballon (1896–1969), child prodigy, pianist and educator
 * Louise Bessette (born 1959), pianist specializing in contemporary music
 * Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968), composer, pianist and music educator
 * Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910–2003), composer, pianist and music educators
 * Albertine Caron-Legris (1906–1972), pianist, composer and music educator
 * Victoria Cartier (1867–1955), pianist, organist and music educator
 * Eva Clare (1885–1961), pianist, music writer and educator
 * Françoise de Clossey (born 1974), concert pianist and organist
 * Jane Coop (born 1950), pianist and music pedagogue
 * Marylou Dawes (1933–2013), concert pianist, accompanist, chamber musician and educator
 * Isabelle Delorme (1900–1991), pianist, composer and music educator
 * Lucille Dompierre (1899–1968), child prodigy, concert pianist and arranger
 * Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899–1974), Russian-born Canadian composer, virtuoso pianist and violinist
 * Anne Eggleston (1934–1994), pianist, composer and educator
 * Gladys Ewart (1892–1957), concert pianist, accompanist and music educator
 * Janina Fialkowska (born 1951), classical concert pianist and recording artist
 * Janina Fialkowska (1899–1988), pianist, composer, publisher, music editor and educator
 * Marian Grudeff (1927–2006), concert pianist, music educator and musical theatre composer
 * Johana Harris (1912–1995), pianist, composer and music educator
 * Angela Hewitt (born 1958), classical pianist specialising in Bach
 * Alice Ho (born 1960), pianist and notable Canadian composer
 * Anna Moncrieff Hovey (1902–1995), pianist, accompanist and music educator
 * Yvonne Hubert (1895–1988), Belgian-born Canadian pianist and eminent educator
 * Elaine Keillor (born 1939), musicologist, pianist and music writer specializing in Canadian composers
 * Gwendolyn Koldofsky (1906–1998), piano accompanist and music educator
 * Lubka Kolessa (1902–1997), Ukrainian-born Canadian classical pianist and educator
 * Patricia Krueger (born 1946), classical pianist, organist and percussionist
 * Gordana Lazarevich (born 1939), pianist, musicologist and educator
 * Germaine Malépart (1898–1963), pianist and music educator
 * Diana McIntosh (born 1937), composer and pianist
 * Albertine Morin-Labrecque (1886–1957), pianist, soprano, composer and music educator
 * Renée Morisset (1928–2009), pianist who played piano duos with her husband
 * Dorothy Morton (1924–2008), pianist and music educator
 * Marie-Thérèse Paquin (1905–1997), concert pianist and educator
 * Christina Petrowska-Quilico (born 1948), classical concert pianist and recording artist
 * Karen Quinton (fl. 1970s), pianist, organist, harpsichordist and music educator
 * Dana Reason (fl. 1994), pianist, composer, recording artist and broadcaster
 * Jacqueline Richard (1928–2015), pianist and conductor
 * Anastasia Rizikov (born 1998), award-winning concert pianist
 * Viviana Sofronitsky (fl. 1982), Russian-born Canadian pianist now based in the Czech Republic
 * Alexandra Stréliski (born 1985), neo-classical composer and pianist
 * Lorraine Vaillancourt (born 1947), pianist, conductor and educator
 * Catherine Vickers (born 1952), pianist and educator now based in Germany
 * Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932), composer, pianist and accompanist

Chile

 * Delfina de la Cruz (1837–1905), pianist and First Lady of Chile
 * Nina Frick Asenjo (1884–1963), pianist and composer
 * Edith Fischer (born 1935), classical pianist; daughter of Elena Waiss
 * Rosita Renard (1894–1949), classical pianist
 * Carla Sandoval (born 1982), pianist and chamber musician
 * Mahani Teave (born 1983), classical pianist and educator from Easter Island
 * Elena Waiss (1908–1988), pianist, music school founder

China

 * Jie Chen (born 1985), international concert pianist
 * Sa Chen (born 1979), award-winning classical pianist
 * Cheng Wai (fl. 2000s), Hong Kong award-winning pianist
 * Guo Shan (born 1946), contemporary classical pianist
 * Sunny Li (born 1991), concert pianist based in London
 * Yuja Wang (born 1987), internationally recognized concert pianist
 * Di Wu (fl. 1990s), Chinese-American classical pianist
 * Wu Qian (born 1984), award-winning classical pianist
 * Wu Yili (1931–2019), Chinese-Singaporean classical pianist
 * Di Xiao (fl. 1996), international concert pianist now based in the UK
 * Xie Jingxian (born 1983), award-winning Chinese concert pianist
 * Zhang Dingyuan (born 1976), pianist and educator
 * Mélodie Zhao (born 1994), pianist, composer and conductor
 * Yin Zheng (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and educator
 * Zhang Zuo (born 1988), award-winning classical pianist
 * Zhu Xiao-Mei (born 1949), classical pianist and educator now based in Paris

Colombia

 * Josefina Acosta de Barón (born 1897), composer, pianist and educator
 * Teresita Gómez (born 1943), influential pianist and educator

Croatia

 * Martina Filjak (born 1978), international concert pianist
 * Eva Kirchmayer-Bilić (born 1971), pianist, chamber musician organist and educator
 * Melita Lorković (1907–1987), international concert pianist and educator
 * Ana-Marija Markovina (born 1970), classical pianist based in Cologne
 * Branka Musulin (1917–1975), German-Croatian classical pianist and educator
 * Ivana Švarc-Grenda (born 1970), classical pianist specializing in Chopin

Cuba

 * María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957), Cuban pianist and composed based in Spain
 * Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930), composer, pianist and educator
 * Catalina Berroa (1849–1911), pianist, music teacher, composer
 * Nohema Fernández (born 1944), pianist and educator who emigrated to the United States.
 * Emma Martínez de la Torre Shelton (1889–1980), pianist and composer active in the Canary Islands
 * Arminda Schutte (1909–1995), classical pianist and educator who settled in the United States

Cyprus

 * Rüya Taner (born 1971), Turkish Cypriot pianist now in Ankara

Czech Republic

 * Alice Herz-Sommer (1903–2014), Jewish pianist, music teacher and holocaust survivor
 * Eliška Kleinová (1912–1999), Jewish pianist and music educator
 * Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová (1899–1975), concert pianist and educator
 * Kristýna Znamenáčková (born 1988), classical pianist

Denmark

 * Agnes Adler (1865–1935), pianist and chamber musician
 * Dagmar Borup (1867–1959), pianist and educator
 * Katrine Gislinge (born 1969), pianist and chamber musician
 * Margaret Hamerik (1867–1942), American-born Danish composer and pianist
 * Elisabeth Klein (1911–2004), Hungarian-born Danish pianist who specialized in contemporary music
 * Amalie Malling (born 1948), German-born Danish classical pianist and educator
 * Anne Øland (1949–2015), concert pianist and educator
 * Marianna Shirinyan (born 1978), Armenian-Danish pianist and chamber musician
 * Johanne Stockmarr (1869–1944), virtuoso concert pianist
 * Esther Vagning (1905–1986), concert pianist, accompanist, chamber musician and educator
 * Catharine Wernicke (1789–1862), early female concert pianist
 * Galina Werschenska (1906–1994), Russian-born Danish pianist, chamber musician and educator
 * Elisabeth Westenholz (born 1942), pianist, organist and recording artist
 * Assia Zlatkowa (born 1953), popular Bulgarian-Danish pianist who performed from age 8

Dominican Republic

 * Ninón Lapeiretta de Brouwer (1907–1989), composer and pianist

Egypt

 * Mona Ghoneim (born 1955), composer and pianist

Estonia

 * Irina Zahharenkova (born 1976), pianist and harpsichordist

Finland

 * Tuija Hakkila (born 1959), pianist and educator
 * France Ellegaard (1913–1999), Danish-born Finnish pianist and educator considered one of the 20th century's great concert pianists

France

 * Irène Aïtoff (1904–2006), pianist, accompanist and voice educator
 * Miirrha Alhambra (1890–1957), stage name of the pianist Pauline Joutard
 * Annie d'Arco (1920–1998), classical pianist
 * Yvonne Arnaud (1890–1958), pianist, singer and actress
 * Racha Arodaky (fl. 2000s), Syrian-French concert pianist
 * Delphine Bardin (born 1974), contemporary classical pianist
 * Nathalie Béra-Tagrine (born 1960), classical pianist of Russian descent
 * Marie Bigot (1786–1820), pianist, educator, composer
 * Myriam Birger (born 1951), pianist who has performed from an early age
 * Jeanne Blancard (1884–1972), composer and pianist
 * Michèle Boegner (1941–2021), concert pianist
 * Véronique Bonnecaze (fl. 2000s), classical pianist and educator
 * Marie-Léontine Bordes-Pène (1858–1924), pianist specializing in French composers
 * Hélène Boschi (1917–1990), French-Swiss pianist and educator
 * Magdeleine Boucherit Le Faure (1879–1960), pianist, composer and educator
 * Brigitte Bouthinon-Dumas (born 1947), pianist, music educator and writer
 * Emma Boynet (1891–1974), classical pianist
 * Marie-Françoise Bucquet (1937–2018), pianist and educator
 * Agnelle Bundervoët (1922–2015), pianist and composer, one of more notable French pianists of the 20th century
 * Khatia Buniatishvili (born 1987), Georgian-born French concert pianist
 * Paule Carrère-Dencausse (1891–1967), concert pianist and educator
 * Gaby Casadesus (1901–1999), pianist and educator
 * Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944), composer and pianist
 * Claire Chevallier (born 1969), Franco-Belgian pianist specializing in the fortepiano
 * Françoise Choveaux (born 1953), composer and pianist
 * Wilhelmine Clauss-Szarvady (1832–1907), Bohemian-born French pianist
 * France Clidat (1932–2012), classical pianist specializing in Liszt
 * Catherine Collard (1947–1993), concert pianist and chamber musician
 * Jeanne-Marie Darré (1905–1999), classical pianist specializing in Chopin and Liszt
 * Célimène Daudet (born 1977), contemporary classical pianist and educator
 * Florence Delaage (fl. 2000s), contemporary classical pianist
 * Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968), organist, pianist, composer and educator
 * Lucette Descaves (1906–1993), pianist and educator
 * Claire Désert (born 1967), pianist and educator
 * Françoise Deslogères (born 1929), pianist and ondist
 * Marie Dihau (1843–1935), singer, pianist and educator
 * Geneviève Dinand (1927–1987), classical pianist
 * Françoise Doreau (1910–2011), pianist and chamber musician
 * Thérèse Dussaut (born 1939), pianist and music educator
 * Stéphanie Elbaz (fl. 2010s), concert pianist
 * Brigitte Engerer (1952–2012), pianist, educator and recording artist
 * Jacqueline Eymar (1922–2008), pianist with an interest in contemporary composers
 * Laure Favre-Kahn (born 1976), classical pianist
 * Victoire Ferrari (1785–c.1823), pianist and voice educator
 * Elena Filonova (fl. 2000s), contemporary pianist of Russian origin
 * Marylin Frascone (born 1975), contemporary classical pianist
 * Reine Gianoli (1915–1979), pianist and educator
 * Marie-Catherine Girod (born 1949), pianist and educator
 * Lélia Gousseau (1909–1997), classical pianist
 * Yvonne Gouverné (1890–1982), pianist, accompanist and choir conductor
 * Hélène Grimaud (born 1969), classical pianist and wildlife conservationist
 * Youra Guller (1895–1980), classical pianist of Russian-Romanian heritage
 * Annette Haas (1912–2002), concert pianist and educator
 * Monique Haas (1909–1987), pianist specializing in French composers
 * Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936), pen name of the composer, pianist and educator Helen Rhodes
 * Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (1925–2001), pianist and educator
 * Jeanne Herscher-Clément (1878–1941), pianist and composer
 * Cécile Hugonnard-Roche (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
 * Marie Jaëll (1846–1925) pianist, composer and educator
 * Catherine Joly (fl. 1970s), classical pianist
 * Suzanne Joly (1914–2012), child prodigy, composer and pianist
 * Geneviève Joy (1919–2009), classical and modernist pianist
 * Marie-Josèphe Jude (born 1968), classical pianist
 * Clotilde Kleeberg (1866–1909), classical pianist who performed throughout Europe
 * Monique de La Bruchollerie (1915–1972), concert pianist
 * Frédérique Lagarde (fl. 1980s), pianist performing in a saxophone-piano duo
 * Françoise Landowski-Caillet (1917–2007), pianist and painter
 * Claire-Marie Le Guay (born 1974), concert pianist and recording artist
 * Yvonne Lefébure (1898–1986), pianist and educator
 * Marguerite Long (1874–1966), pianist and educator
 * Yvonne Loriod (1924–2010), pianist, educator and composer
 * Anne Lovett (fl. 2000s), pianist and recording artist based in London
 * Gisèle Magnan (fl. 1980s), classical pianist
 * Lily Maisky (born 1987), classical pianist
 * Xénia Maliarevitch (born 1980), contemporary French pianist
 * Madeleine Malraux (1914–2014), concert pianist
 * Marquesa del Ter (1864–1936), pianist, feminist and linguist
 * Ginette Martenot (1902–1996), pianist and ondes Martenot player
 * Berthe Marx (1859–1925), concert pianist remembered for memorizing some 250 works
 * Marcelle Meyer (1897–1958), pianist performing with Les Six
 * Nathalia Milstein (born 1995), award-winning classical pianist
 * Caroline Montigny-Rémaury (1843–1913), virtuoso pianist
 * Germaine Mounier (1920–2006), classical pianist and music educator
 * Isabelle Oehmichen (born 1961), pianist and educator
 * Micheline Ostermeyer (1922–2001), athlete and concert pianist
 * Cécile Ousset (born 1936), global concert performer and educator
 * Simone Plé-Caussade (1987–1986), music educator, composer and pianist
 * Henriette Puig-Roget (1910–1992), pianist, organist and music educator
 * Anne Queffélec (born 1948), concert pianist and chamber musician
 * Anne Rey (1944–2012), musicologist, pianist, journalist and educator
 * Éliane Richepin (1910–1999), pianist and educator
 * Jacqueline Robin (1917–2007), pianist and accompanist
 * Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos (1860–1951), widely performed concert pianist and educator
 * Véronique Roux (born 1955), pianist and chamber musician
 * Caroline Sageman (born 1973), pianist specializing in Chopin and Liszt and educator
 * Lise de la Salle (born 1988), classical pianist
 * Amandine Savary (born 1984), concert pianist, chamber musician and educator
 * Blanche Selva (1884–1942), pianist, educator, writer and composer
 * Lydie Solomon (born 1982), pianist and actress
 * Elizabeth Sombart (born 1958), pianist and educator
 * Valérie Soudères (1914–1995), pianist, composer and educator
 * Emmanuelle Swiercz (born 1978), classical pianist
 * Nadia Tagrine (1917–2003), pianist and music broadcaster
 * Sophie Teboul (born 1976), pianist and educator
 * Françoise Thinat (born 1934), pianist and educator
 * Hélène Tysman (born 1982), classical pianist
 * Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (1902–1987), classical pianist specializing in French music
 * Andrée Vaurabourg (1894–1980), pianist and educator
 * Justine Verdier (born 1985), classical pianist
 * Marie Vermeulin (born 1983), pianist and chamber musician
 * Vanessa Wagner (born 1973), classical pianist

Georgia

 * Eteri Andjaparidze (born 1956), pianist and educator now based in USA
 * Elisso Bolkvadze (born 1967), award-winning classical pianist
 * Khatia Buniatishvili (born 1987), French-Georgian concert pianist
 * Manana Doijashvili (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
 * Marina Goglidze-Mdivani (born 1936), Georgian concert pianist now based in Canada
 * Inga Kashakashvili (fl. 1991), classical concert pianist
 * Aliza Kezeradze (1937–1996), pianist and educator
 * Elisabeth Leonskaja (born 1945), Soviet-Georgian pianist now based in Vienna
 * Marina Nadiradze (born 1978), concert pianist now based in Scotland
 * Irma Svanadze (fl. 2000s), classical pianist now based in the United States
 * Tamriko Siprashvili (born 1963), pianist and educator
 * Anastasia Virsaladze (1883–1968), concert pianist and educator
 * Eliso Virsaladze (born 1942), Georgian concert pianist and educator
 * Elena Dzamashvili (1942–2020), pianist and educator

Germany

 * Valentina Babor (born 1989), classical concert pianist from an early age
 * Maria Baptist (born 1971), pianist, composer and educator
 * Elisabeth Brauß (born 1995), concert pianist
 * Siglind Bruhn (born 1951), musicologist and concert pianist
 * Rose Cannabich (1764–1839), pianist taught by Mozart
 * Milana Chernyavska (born 1974), Ukraine-born German classical pianist and chamber musician with a focus on contemporary music
 * Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka (born 1976), German-Japanese composer, pianist and former olympic weightlifter
 * Sandra Droucker (1875–1944), Russian-born concert pianist who settled and taught in Germany before moving to Oslo
 * Konstanze Eickhorst (born 1961), pianist, chamber musician and educator
 * Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872–1948), pianist, composer and writer
 * Caroline Fischer (fl. 2000s), German-Korean concert pianist and educator
 * Henriette Gaertner (born 1975), classical concert pianist
 * Umi Garrett (born 2003), classical pianist who started when very young
 * Gertraud Geißler (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
 * Carmen Geutjes (born 2003), concert pianist performing from an early age
 * Anna Gourari (fl. 1979), Russian-German pianist and recording artist
 * Erika Haase (1935–2013), classical pianist and educator
 * Barbara Heller (born 1936), composer and pianist
 * Else Herold (1906–1909), pianist, recording artist and educator
 * Elisabeth von Herzogenberg (1847–1892), pianist, composer, singer and philanthropist
 * Margarita Höhenrieder (born 1956), classical pianist and chamber musician
 * Therese Jansen Bartolozzi (1770–1843), German-born pianist who settled in London
 * Louise Japha (1826–1910), pianist and composer
 * Ewa Kupiec (born 1964), Polish-born German pianist and educator
 * Elena Kuschnerova (born 1959), Russian-German classical concert pianist and educator
 * Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863), pianist, recording artist and composer
 * Adele Lewing (1866–1943), pianist and composer
 * Helene Liebmann (1795–1869), pianist and composer
 * Sabine Liebner (fl. 2000s), contemporary classical pianist
 * Draga Matković (1907–2013), Croatian-German pianist, conductor and composer who performed when over 100
 * Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847), composer and pianist
 * Sophie Menter (1846–1918), pianist and composer, student of Liszt
 * Kristin Merscher (born 1961), classical pianist and educator
 * Florence Millet (born 1964), French-German classical pianist and educator
 * Elly Ney (1882–1968), virtuoso pianist, chamber musician specializing in Beethoven
 * Adele aus der Ohe (1861–1937), concert pianist and composer
 * Caroline Oltmanns (born 1962), concert pianist and educator
 * Mona Asuka Ott (born 1991), concert pianist who performed from an early age
 * Agnes Elisabeth Overbeck (1870–1919), composer and pianist
 * Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880), pianist and composer who settled in England
 * Sophie Pacini (born 1991), German-Italian pianist who performed from an early age
 * Edith Picht-Axenfeld (1914–2001), concert pianist and harpsichordist
 * Aleksandra Romanić (born 1958), Yugoslavian-German concert pianist
 * Alexandra Röseler (fl. 1988), pianist and mezzo-soprano
 * Olga Scheps (born 1986), Russian-German concert pianist and chamber musician
 * Ragna Schirmer (born 1972), classical pianist
 * Annerose Schmidt (born 1936), concert pianist and educator
 * Clara Schumann (1819–1896), distinguished pianist, composer and educator
 * Katharina Sellheim (born 1976), pianist, chamber musician and lied accompanist
 * Clara Isabella Siegle (born 2000), pianist who performed from an early age
 * Katharina Treutler (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and educator
 * Käte van Tricht (1909–1996), organist, pianist, harpsichordist and educator
 * Dina Ugorskaja (1973–2019), Russian-born German pianist and educator
 * Walburga Willmann (1769–1835), concert pianist and composer
 * Therese von Zandt (1771–1858), pianist and singer
 * Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925), German concert pianist and composer who lived in England

Greece

 * Gina Bachauer (1913–1976), classical pianist, educator, and early recording artist
 * Rita Bouboulidi (20th century), concert pianist and recording artist
 * Danae Kara (born 1953), classical concert pianist, recording artist and educator
 * Rena Kyriakou (1917–1994), pianist and composer
 * Nefeli Mousoura (fl. 2000s), classical pianist
 * Clio-Danae Othoneou (born 1979), actress, musician and pianist

Haiti

 * Carmen Brouard (1909–2005), pianist, composer and music educator

Hong Kong

 * Rachel Cheung (born 1991), award-winning classical pianist
 * Colleen Lee (born 1980), international concert pianist
 * Blanc Wan (fl. 2010s), classical pianist and music writer
 * Eleanor Wong (fl. 1990s), pianist, educator and contest juror

Hungary

 * Sari Biro (1912–1990), concert pianist and educator who settled in the United States
 * Ilona Eibenschütz (1873–1967), pianist, a close friend of Brahms
 * Edith Farnadi (1921–1973), pianist, partner of violinist Jenő Hubay
 * Annie Fischer (1914–1995), classical pianist and recording artist
 * Etelka Freund (1879–1977), international concert pianist
 * Gisella Grosz (1875–1942), classical pianist and educator
 * Márta Gulyás (born 1953), pianist, chamber musician and educator
 * Ilona Kabos (1893–1973), Hungarian-British pianist and educator
 * Lili Kraus (1903–1986), Hungarian-born pianist who settled in New Zealand
 * Adrienne Krausz (born 1967), classical pianist
 * Márta Kurtág (1927–2019), classical pianist and educator
 * Clara Lichtenstein (1860–1946), pianist and educator
 * Lívia Rév (1916–2018), classical concert pianist
 * Irén Marik (1905–1986), Hungarian-born pianist who settled in the United States
 * Zsuzsanna Sirokay (born 1941), classical pianist now based in Switzerland
 * Valéria Szervánszky (born 1947), Hungarian classical pianist now based in the United Kingdom
 * Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979), pianist, music educator and composer
 * Judit Varga (born 1979), composer, pianist and educator
 * Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919), pianist and composer

Indonesia

 * Ayke Agus (born 1949), international classical violinist, pianist and educator
 * Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi (born 1997), concert pianist
 * Kuei Pin Yeo (fl. 1980s), classical pianist and educator

Ireland

 * Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000), pianist, composer and poet
 * Joan Trimble (1915–2000), composer and pianist
 * Bettina Walker (1837–1893), pianist and composer, remembered for her memoirs

Israel

 * Astrith Baltsan (born 1956), concert pianist and musicologist specializing in Beethoven
 * Berenika Glixman (born 1984), classical pianist'
 * Dorel Golan (fl. 2000s), classical pianist
 * Aviya Kopelman (born 1978), composer and pianist
 * Sally Pinkas (fl. 1983), Israeli-born American pianist specializing in contemporary music
 * Pnina Salzman (1922–2006), classical pianist and educator
 * Shira Shaked (born 1981), concert pianist now based in New York
 * Verdina Shlonsky (1905–1990), early Israeli composer and pianist
 * Bella Shteinbuk (born 1960), pianist and educator
 * Ilana Vered (born 1943), concert pianist and educator
 * Miri Yampolsky (born 1971), Russian-Israeli pianist

Italy

 * Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–1913), pianist and composer
 * Vanessa Benelli Mosell (born 1987), pianist and conductor performing from an early age
 * Gilda Buttà (born 1959), concert pianist
 * Gloria Campaner (born 1986), concert pianist
 * Graziella Concas (born 1970), pianist and composer
 * Maria Curcio (c.1919–2009), classical pianist and educator
 * Ada Gentile (born 1947), pianist and composer
 * Virginia Mariani Campolieti (1869–1941), pianist, orchestra conductor and composer
 * Maria Perrotta (born 1974), classical concert pianist
 * Teresa Rampazzi (1914–2001), pianist with an interest in avant-garde music
 * Beatrice Rana (born 1993), pianist and recording artist
 * Madame Ravissa (died 1807), singer and composer
 * Gilda Ruta (1853–1932), pianist, music educator and composer
 * Antonia Sarcina (born 1963), pianist, composer and conductor
 * Marina Scalafiotti (born 1965), concert pianist and educator
 * Vera Franceschi (1926–1966), Italian-American concert pianist
 * Maria Tipo (born 1931), concert pianist, recording artist and educator
 * Mariangela Vacatello (born 1982), international concert pianist
 * Veronica Rudian (born 1990), international concert pianist, composer
 * Chiara Bertoglio (born 1983), concert pianist, musicologist, writer and theologian

Japan

 * Akiko Ebi (born 1953), Japanese-French international concert pianist
 * Etsuko Hirose (born 1979), classical concert pianist
 * Satoko Inoue (born 1958), concert pianist
 * Kei Itoh (fl. 1977), concert pianist
 * Mayumi Kameda (born 1957), concert pianist
 * Yoko Kanno (born 1963), composer, arranger, participating in anime films and soundtracks
 * Yuko Kawai (fl. 1990s), concert pianist specializing in Chopin
 * Mine Kawakami (born 1969), pianist and composer
 * Ruriko Kikuchi (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
 * Aimi Kobayashi (born 1995), classical pianist
 * Nobu Kōda (1870–1946), composer, violinist, pianist and educator
 * Mari Kodama (born 1967), classical concert pianist and recording artist
 * Momo Kodama (born 1972), classical concert pianist specializing in French and Japanese modern compositions
 * Yu Kosuge (born 1983), concert pianist who played from an early age
 * Mayako Kubo (born 1947), pianist and composer now in Berlin
 * Mari Kumamoto (born 1964), pianist and educator known for her recordings of Spanish and Japanese composers
 * Nagino Maruyama (born 1999), classical pianist
 * Yuki Matsuzawa (born 1960), pianist specializing in Chopin
 * Yoko Misumi (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and chamber musician
 * Haruna Miyake (born 1942), pianist and composer
 * Miku Nishimoto-Neubert (fl. 1990s), pianist and educator
 * Noriko Ogawa (born 1962), Japanese pianist based in London
 * Saori Sarina Ohno (born 1970), pianist and chamber musician
 * Alice Sara Ott (born 1988), German-born Japanese classical pianist
 * Hiroko Sasaki (fl. 2000s), pianist, chamber musician and educator
 * Atsuko Seki (born 1964), classical pianist
 * Atsuko Seta (born 1955), concert pianist and educator
 * Fumiko Shiraga (1967–2017), German-Japanese classical pianist
 * Yukiko Sugawara (fl. 1990s), pianist and chamber musician
 * Aki Takahashi (born 1944), pianist specializing in contemporary classical music
 * Marika Takeuchi (born 1987), contemporary composer, music producer and pianist
 * Mitsuko Uchida (born 1948), Japanese-British pianist and conductor specializing in Mozart and Schubert
 * Ayako Uehara (born 1980), classical pianist
 * Yumiko Urabe (born 1959), classical pianist and educator

Kazakhstan

 * Jania Aubakirova (born 1957), classical pianist

Latvia

 * Lūcija Garūta (1902–1977), pianist, poet and composer
 * Olga Jegunova (born 1984), classical pianist now based in London
 * Shoshana Rudiakov (1948–2012), pianist and music educator

Lithuania

 * Sulamita Aronovsky (1929–2022), classical pianist and educator now based in London
 * Adelė Daunoravičiūtė (born 1991), award-winning classical pianist
 * Nadezhda Dukstulskaite (1912–1978), pianist who promoted interest in Lithuanian composers
 * Evelina Puzaitė (born 1982), pianist, composer and writer
 * Mūza Rubackytė (born 1959), pianist and educator now based in Paris
 * Raminta Šerkšnytė (born 1975), composer and pianist
 * Aleksandra Žvirblytė (born 1971), pianist and educator

Luxembourg

 * Cathy Krier (born 1985), international concert pianist
 * Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965), Bulgarian-born composer, pianist and educator who has settled in Luxembourg

Mexico

 * Graciela Agudelo (1945–2018), pianist and composer
 * Sofía Cancino de Cuevas (1897–1982), composer, pianist, singer and conductor
 * Alba Herrera y Ogazón (1885–1931), pianist, writer, educator and musicologist
 * Maria Teresa Naranjo Ochoa (1934–2007), virtuoso pianist and educator
 * Margot Rojas Mendoza (1903–1996), concert pianist and educator
 * Alicia Urreta (1930–1986), pianist, music educator and composer
 * Consuelo Villalon Aleman (1907–1998), pianist and educator specializing in Chopin
 * Betty Zanolli Fabila (born 1965), pianist and music educator
 * Eva Maria Zuk (1945–2017), Polish-Mexican concert pianist

Netherlands

 * Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938), composer, pianist and accompanist
 * Helena Basilova (born 1983), Russian-born classical pianist and educator based in the Netherlands
 * Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840), pianist and composer
 * Sarah Bosmans-Benedicts (1861–1949), pianist and educator
 * Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809), pianist, educator and composer living in the United States
 * Frida Kindler (1879–1964), Dutch pianist active in the UK, wife of Bernard van Dieren
 * Kristina Sandulova (born 1978), Bulgarian-Dutch classical pianist
 * Arielle Vernède (born 1953), classical pianist
 * Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949), pianist, music educator and composer

New Zealand

 * Dorothy Davies (1899–1987), pianist and piano teacher
 * Joan Havill (fl. 2000s), pianist and educator based in London
 * Jennie Macandrew (1866–1949), pianist, organist, music educator and conductor
 * Janetta McStay (1917–2012), pianist, chamber musician and educator
 * Vera Moore (1896–1997), concert pianist who enjoyed a successful career both in England and New Zealand
 * Doris Gertrude Sheppard (1902–1982), British-born New Zealand pianist, singer, composer and educator

Norway

 * Amalie Christie (1913–2010), classical pianist and music writer
 * Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907), pianist and composer
 * Theodora Cormontan (1840–1922), pianist, music publisher and composer who made a name in Norway before emigrating to the United States
 * Mary Barratt Due (1888–1969), influential Norwegian pianist and educator
 * Maja Flagstad (1871–1958), pianist, choral conductor and accompanist
 * Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser (1901–1972), pianist and educator
 * Liv Glaser (born 1935), pianist and educator
 * Eva Knardahl (1927–2006), child prodigy and concert pianist who emigrated to the United States
 * Ruth Lagesen (1914–2005), pianist and conductor
 * Erika Nissen (1845–1903), concert pianist and music educator
 * Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (born 1978), classical pianist
 * Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996), pianist and composer
 * Anne Eline Riisnæs (born 1951), pianist and educator
 * Eline Nygaard Riisnæs (1913–2011), pianist and musicologist
 * Natalia Strelchenko (1976–2015), world-renowned concert pianist of Russian origin
 * Gunilla Süssmann (born 1977), classical pianist
 * Hanna-Marie Weydahl (1922–2016), concert pianist and educator

Peru

 * Myriam Avalos (fl. 2000s), classical pianist from an early age

Philippines

 * Cecile Licad (fl. 1980s), concert pianist and recording artist
 * Rowena Sánchez Arrieta (born 1962), concert pianist
 * Ingrid Sala Santamaria (born 1940), concert pianist

Poland

 * Nelly Ben-Or (born 1933), pianist and educator now based in England
 * Felicja Blumental (1908–1991), pianist and recording artist specializing in Beethoven and Chopin
 * Marcelina Czartoryska (1817–1894), pianist, student of Chopin
 * Joanna Domańska (born 1959), pianist and music educator
 * Halina Czerny-Stefańska (1922–2001), pianist and contest juror
 * Władysława Markiewiczówna (1900–1982), pianist and renowned educator
 * Róża Etkin-Moszkowska (1908–1945), pianist specializing in Chopin
 * Lidia Grychtołówna (born 1928), international concert pianist
 * Barbara Hesse-Bukowska (1930–2013), concert pianist
 * Katarzyna Jaczynowska (1872–1920), pianist and educator
 * Maryla Jonas (1911–1959), Polish pianist who moved to Brazil and later to the United States
 * Natalia Karp (1911–2007), concert pianist and Holocaust survivor
 * Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944), composer and pianist
 * Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (born 1948), pianist, educator and contest juror of Bulgarian descent
 * Monika Rosca (born 1961), former child actress, now a pianist
 * Regina Smendzianka (1924–2011), pianist who performed from the age of eight
 * Marta Sosińska (born 1939), classical pianist and educator now based in Germany
 * Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (1912–1994), pianist, music educator and composer
 * Paula Szalit (c.1887–1920), pianist and composer
 * Jadwiga Szamotulska (1911–1981), pianist, music and voice educator and recording artist
 * Antoinette Szumowska (1868–1938), concert pianist and music educator
 * Maria Szymanowska (1789–1831), composer and early virtuoso pianist
 * Izabella Zielińska (1910–2017), concert pianist and educator

Portugal

 * Maria João Pires (born 1944), pianist and educator
 * Helena Sá e Costa (1913–2006), concert pianist and educator

Romania

 * Elena Asachi (1789–1877), pianist, singer and composer
 * Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917), pianist and composer
 * Alina Bercu (born 1990), classical concert pianist
 * Elena Bibescu (1855–1902), noblewoman considered to be one of the greatest 19th-century pianists
 * Manya Botez (1896–1971), pianist and children's music teacher
 * Dana Ciocarlie (born 1968), pianist and educator now based in France
 * Alexandra Dariescu (born 1985), concert pianist from an early age
 * Cella Delavrancea (1887–1991), pianist, writer and piano teacher
 * Violeta Dinescu (born 1953), composer, pianist and educator based in Germany
 * Carola Grindea (1914–2009), Romanian-born British pianist and educator
 * Clara Haskil (1895–1960), classical pianist
 * Diana Ionescu (born 1981), international concert pianist
 * Myriam Marbe (1931–1997), composer and pianist
 * Florica Musicescu (1887–1969), renowned pianist and music educator
 * Liana Șerbescu (born 1934), pianist, educator and musicologist
 * Silvia Șerbescu (1903–1965), concert pianist and educator
 * Alexandra Silocea (born 1984), concert pianist based in Vienna
 * Mihaela Ursuleasa (1978–2012), concert pianist and recording artist

Russia

 * Ella Adayevskaya (1846–1926), composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist
 * Nelly Akopian-Tamarina (born 1941), classical concert pianist who performed from an early age
 * Natalya Antonova (born 1974), classical pianist and educator
 * Yulianna Avdeeva (born 1985), concert pianist
 * Helena Basilova (born 1983), classical pianist based in the Netherlands
 * Elena Beckman-Shcherbina (1882–1951), pianist, composer and educator
 * Maria Belooussova (died 2018), chamber music specialist based in Paris
 * Ludmila Berlinskaya (born 1960), pianist and actress
 * Violetta Egorova (born 1969), international concert pianist
 * Violetta Egorova (born 1936), pianist and educator
 * Irina Emeliantseva (born 1973), composer, chamber musician and pianist
 * Victoria Foust (born 1975), classical pianist and composer
 * Margarita Fyodorova (1927–2016), Soviet Russian pianist
 * Eugenia Gabrieluk (born 1967), international concert pianist
 * Varvara Gaigerova (1903–1944), composer and pianist
 * Elena Gilels (1948–1996), pianist remembered for Mozart's piano concertos
 * Vera Gornostayeva (1929–2015), pianist and educator
 * Maria Grinberg (1908–1978), Soviet pianist and educator
 * Anastasia Gromoglasova (born 1984), classical pianist and duo piano performer
 * Sofya Gulyak (born 1979), classical pianist
 * Tamara Guseva (born 1926), Soviet Russian classical pianist
 * Zinaida Ignatyeva (born 1938), pianist and educator
 * Valentina Igoshina (born 1978), award-winning classical pianist
 * Leokadiya Kashperova (1872–1940), pianist, Romantic composer and educator
 * Elizaveta Klyuchereva (born 1999), award-winning pianist who has performed from an early age
 * Olga Kozlova (born 1986), classical pianist
 * Polina Leschenko (fl. 2000s), concert pianist who performed from an early age
 * Maria Levinskaya (1885–1960), Russian pianist and teacher active in the UK
 * Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924–1993), Soviet-Russian pianist, composer and educator
 * Dina Parakhina (fl. 1980s), Russian-born concert pianist and educator now based in the United Kingdom
 * Olga Pashchenko (born 1986), international harpsichordist, fortepianist, organist and pianist
 * Irina Plotnikova (born 1954), concert pianist and educator
 * Viktoria Postnikova (born 1944), international concert pianist and chamber musician
 * Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919), pianist and composer who influenced her husband Rimsky-Korsakov
 * Elena Rostropovich (born 1958), concert pianist and philanthropist working for the well-being of children
 * Kira Shashkina (20th century), pianist and renowned educator
 * Tatiana Shebanova (1953–2011), international concert pianist and recording artist who settled in Poland
 * Katia Skanavi (born 1971), Russian concert pianist of Greek descent
 * Svetlana Smolina (fl. 2000s), Russian-born pianist active in the United States
 * Natalia Sokolovskaya (born 1989), international concert pianist and composer
 * Anna t'Haron (born 1978), pianist and chamber musician
 * Rosa Tamarkina (1920–1950), Kiev-born Soviet concert pianist, educator and recording artist
 * Vera Timanova (1855–1942), child prodigy, concert pianist and educator
 * Anna Tsybuleva (born 1990), classical pianist
 * Anna Vinnitskaya (born 1983), classical concert pianist
 * Evelina Vorontsova (born 1972), concert pianist and educator
 * Marina Yakhlakova (born 1991), pianist who has performed from an early age and continues to receive acclaim
 * Anna Yesipova (1851–1914), prominent pianist admired in the United States
 * Maria Yudina (1899–1970), Soviet virtuoso pianist
 * Lilya Zilberstein (born 1965), pianist and recording artist

Serbia

 * Slavka Atanasijević (1850–1897), pianist and composer
 * Lidija Bizjak (born 1976), concert pianist
 * Sanja Bizjak (born 1988), concert pianist
 * Zorica Dimitrijević-Stošić (1934–2013), pianist, accompanist and educator
 * Olivera Đurđević (1928–2006), pianist, harpsichordist and educator
 * Marija Gluvakov (born 1973), pianist and educator
 * Rita Kinka (born 1962), classical pianist of Hungarian descent
 * Olga Mihajlović (fl. 1939–1978), classical pianist and educator
 * Jasna Popovic (fl. 1997), classical concert pianist
 * Aleksandra Trajković (born 1975), classical pianist and educator, widely broadcast on Yugoslav TV and radio
 * Nataša Veljković (born 1968), classical pianist now based in Vienna
 * Vera Veljkov-Medaković (1923–2011), concert pianist and educator
 * Ljiljana Vukajlović (fl. 1966), pianist, accompanist and chamber musician

Singapore

 * Abigail Sin (born 1992), award-winning classical pianist
 * Margaret Leng Tan (born 1945), classical musician known for her work as a professional toy pianist

Slovakia

 * Sylvia Čápová-Vizváry (born 1947), concert pianist
 * Viera Janárceková (born 1941), pianist, composer and educator now based in Germany
 * Monika Mockovčáková (born 1971), classical concert pianist

Slovenia

 * Nina Prešiček (born 1976), concert pianist

South Africa

 * Elsie Hall (1877–1976), prominent Australian-born South African classical pianist

South Korea

 * Yoonjung Han (born 1985), Korean-American pianist and educator
 * Heejae Kim (born c.1987), classical pianist
 * Jiyeong Mun (born 1995), pianist and chamber musician
 * Yeol Eum Son (born 1986), concert pianist and educator
 * Haewon Song (fl. 1980s), concert pianist now based in the United States
 * Hai-Kyung Suh (born 1960), South Korean pianist based in New York
 * Joyce Yang (born 1986), concert pianist now based in the United States
 * Jeanne You (born 1978), concert pianist and educator now based in Germany

Spain

 * Rosa García Ascot (1902–2002), composer and pianist specializing in de Falla
 * Amparo Iturbi (1898–1969), pianist who played in MGM musicals
 * Alicia de Larrocha (1923–2009), legendary pianist and composer
 * Teresa Llacuna (born 1935), Catalan classical pianist
 * Leonora Milà Romeu (born 1942), Catalan pianist and composer
 * Paloma O'Shea (born 1936), pianist and arts patron
 * Marianna Prjevalskaya (born 1982), Russian-born Spanish pianist who performs internationally

Sri Lanka

 * Shani Diluka (born 1976), Monaco-born Sri Lankan pianist
 * Tanya Ekanayaka (born 1977), concert pianist and composer

Sweden

 * Valborg Aulin (1860–1928), pianist and composer
 * Ebba d'Aubert (1819–1860), concert pianist
 * Monica Dominique (born 1940), pianist, composer and actress
 * Marianne Ehrenström (1773–1867), writer, singer, painter and pianist
 * Aurore von Haxthausen (1830–1888), writer, composer and pianist
 * Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming (born 1932), classical concert pianist
 * Wilhelmina Josephson (1816–1906), notable pianist and educator
 * Maria Lettberg (born 1970), pianist now living in Berlin
 * Sara Augusta Malmborg (1810–1860), singer, pianist and painter
 * Natalya Pasichnyk (born 1971), Swedish-Ukrainian classical pianist
 * Ika Peyron (1845–1922), composer, pianist and organist
 * Amanda Sandborg Waesterberg (1842–1918), composer, cantor and pianist
 * Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840–1913), Swedish-German composer and concert pianist
 * Julia Sigova (born 1982), concert pianist
 * Fanny Stål (1821–1889), classical concert pianist
 * Bertha Tammelin (1836–1915), actress, mezzo-soprano, pianist, composer and drama teacher
 * Emilia Uggla (1819–1855), classical concert pianist and concert singer

Switzerland

 * Caroline Boissier-Butini (1786–1836), pianist and composer
 * Hélène Boschi (1917–1990), Franco-Swiss pianist and educator
 * Sylviane Deferne (born 1965), concert pianist
 * Lisy Fischer (1900–1999), concert pianist and educator
 * Fanny Hünerwadel (1826–1854), pianist, singer and composer
 * Margaret Kitchin (1914–2008), classical pianist associated with contemporary music
 * Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (1895–1976), composer, pianist and harpsichordist
 * Marianne Schroeder (born 1949), pianist and composer

Taiwan

 * Fenia Chang (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and educator
 * Christiana Lin (fl. 1990s), Chinese-Austrian pianist and harpsichordist
 * Chen Pi-hsien (born 1950), Taiwanese-German classical pianist and educator
 * Ching-yun Hu (fl. 2000s), award-winning classical pianist
 * Chia-Hui Lu (born 1976), classical concert pianist
 * Szuyu Rachel Su (born 1998), award-winning concert pianist

Turkey

 * Anjelika Akbar (born 1969), composer, pianist and writer
 * İdil Biret (born 1941), known for her romantic repertoire
 * Verda Erman (1944–2014), concert pianist
 * Lara Melda (born 1993), British-Turkish concert pianist
 * Ayşegül Sarıca (1935–2023), concert pianist and educator
 * Zeynep Üçbaşaran (fl. 2000s), award-winning pianist

Ukraine

 * Anna Fedorova (born 1990), concert pianist
 * Génia (fl. 1999), London-based Ukrainian-born virtuoso pianist and composer
 * Anna Kravtchenko (born 1976), pianist and educator now based in Switzerland
 * Valentina Lisitsa (born 1973), Ukrainian-born American pianist
 * Irina Zaritskaya (1939–2001), pianist who later settled in London

United Kingdom

 * Imogen Cooper (born 1949), concert pianist and chamber musician
 * Jill Crossland (fl. 2000s), English classical pianist
 * Eiluned Davies (1913-1999), Anglo Welsh concert pianist and composer
 * Fanny Davies (1861–1934), Guernsey-born British classical pianist
 * Adelina de Lara (1872–1925), classical pianist and composer
 * Alice Diehl (1844–1912), concert pianist who became a novelist
 * Sophia Dussek (1775–1831), Scottish singer, pianist, harpist and composer
 * Lilian Elkington (1900–1969), English pianist and composer
 * Margaret Fairchild (1911–1989), concert pianist, nun and homeless woman
 * Margaret Fingerhut (born 1955), classical pianist and educator
 * Alissa Firsova (born 1986), Russian-born British classical composer, pianist and conductor
 * Norma Fisher (born 1940), concert pianist and educator
 * Kyla Greenbaum (1922–2017), British pianist who specialised in contemporary music
 * Margaret Kitchin (1914–2008), Swiss-born British pianist who specialised in contemporary music
 * Harriet Hague (1793–1816), pianist and composer
 * Myra Hess (1890–1965), classical pianist who maintained morale by playing during World War II
 * Dorothy Howell (1898–1982), composer and pianist
 * Edna Iles (1905–2003), English classical pianist who broadcast frequently
 * Elizabeth Jonas (c.1825–1877), child prodigy, concert pianist and educator
 * Anna Robena Laidlaw (1819–1901), court pianist to the Queen of Hanover
 * Mabel Lander (1882–1955), British pianist and teacher, piano tutor to the Royal Family
 * Ethel Leginska (1886–1970), British pianist, conductor and composer
 * Kate Loder (1825–1904), composer and pianist
 * Iris Loveridge (1917–2000), English classical pianist specializing in British contemporary music
 * Moura Lympany (1916–2005), concert pianist
 * Joanna MacGregor (born 1959), concert pianist, conductor, composer and festival curator
 * Elizabeth Norman McKay (1931–2018), musicologist, pianist and lieder accompanist
 * Yaltah Menuhin (1921–2001), American-born British pianist, artist and poet
 * Gayatri Nair (born 2001), Indian-British pianist and singer
 * Anne Naysmith (1937–2015), classical pianist known for sleeping rough
 * Marie Novello (1884–1928), Welsh professional pianist
 * Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822), soprano, pianist and composer
 * Annette Bryn Parri (fl. 2000s), Welsh classical pianist and accompanist
 * Geraldine Peppin (1912–1980), influential teacher, performed with her twin sister Mary
 * Mary Peppin (1912–1989), influential teacher, performed with her twin sister Geraldine
 * Helen Perkin (1909–1996), English pianist and composer, premiered John Ireland's Piano Concerto
 * Helen Pyke (1905–1954), English pianist, teacher and composer
 * Jane Savage (c.1753–1824), harpsichordist and composer
 * Irene Scharrer (1888–1971), English classical pianist and recording artist
 * Phyllis Sellick (1911–2007), pianist and educator who performed with her husband Cyril Smith
 * Millicent Silver (1905–1986), harpsichordist, pianist and violinist
 * Kathryn Stott (born 1958), classical concert pianist and chamber musician
 * Penelope Thwaites (fl. 1970s), British-Australian concert pianist and recording artist, specializing in the music of Percy Grainger
 * Denise Tolkowsky (1918–1991), pianist and composer who settled in Belgium
 * Valerie Tryon (born 1934), classical pianist who spends much of her time in Canada
 * Mitsuko Uchida (born 1948), Japanese-born British classical pianist and conductor
 * Adela Verne (1877–1952), prominent classical pianist of her era
 * Mathilde Verne (1865–1936), concert pianist and educator
 * Mary Wurm (1860–1938), pianist and composer who settled in Germany
 * Di Xiao (fl. 1996), Chinese-British classical pianist

United States

 * Armenta Adams (born 1936), African-American concert pianist and educator
 * Sophia Agranovich, Ukrainian-American pianist, recording artist, educator and artistic director
 * Esther Allan (1914–1985), composer, pianist and organist
 * Stell Andersen (1897–1989), international concert pianist
 * Katja Andy (1907–2013), German-American pianist and educator
 * Lydia Artymiw (fl. 1970s), concert pianist and educator
 * Lola Astanova (born 1982), Uzbek-American pianist specializing in Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff
 * Lera Auerbach (born 1973), Russian-born American classical composer and pianist
 * Dorothea Austin (1921–2011), Austrian-American pianist, composer and educator
 * Nadia Azzi (born 1998), pianist of Lebanese-Japanese origin who has performed from an early age
 * Blanche Hermine Barbot (1842–1919), Belgian-born pianist, educator and music director who settled in the United States
 * Jennifer Margaret Barker (born 1965), Scottish-American composer and pianist
 * Margaret Baxtresser (1922–2005), international concert pianist
 * Amy Beach (1867–1944), composer and pianist
 * Emily Bear (born 2001), composer, pianist and singer who has performed from an early age
 * Sonya Belousova (born 1990), Russian-born American composer, pianist and recording artist
 * Joan Benson (1925–2020), clavichordist, fortepianist and pianist
 * Sondra Bianca (born 1930), concert pianist, educator and recording artist
 * Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (1863–1927), Austrian-American concert pianist
 * Birdie Blye (1871–1935), child prodigy who toured widely, later concert pianist
 * Mary Louise Boehm (1924–2002), pianist and painter
 * Margaret Bonds (1913–1972), early African American composer and pianist
 * Elena Braslavsky (fl. 1980s), Russian-American international concert pianist and chamber musician
 * Allison Brewster Franzetti (fl. 1974), pianist, music educator and recording artist
 * Antonia Brico (1902–1989), Dutch-American conductor and pianist
 * Judith Burganger (born 1939), pianist and educator
 * Winifred Byrd (1884–1970), concert pianist and educator
 * Sarah Cahill (born 1960), pianist, music writer and radio host
 * Angelin Chang (fl. 1990s), award-winning pianist and educator
 * Abbey Perkins Cheney (born 1851), pianist and educator
 * Gloria Cheng (fl. 2000s), contemporary music pianist and film director
 * Kate Sara Chittenden (1856–1949), piano teacher and music school founder
 * Naida Cole (born 1974), Canadian-American concert pianist
 * Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962), Venezuelan-America pianist, composer and conductor
 * Mildred Couper (1887–1974), prominent composer and pianist experimenting with quarter-tone music
 * Cindy Cox (born 1961), composer and pianist
 * Évelyne Crochet (born 1934), French-born American classical pianist
 * Bella Davidovich (born 1928), Soviet-born American pianist and educator
 * Sharon Davis (born 1937), composer, pianist and music publisher
 * Karin Dayas (1892–1971), pianist and music educator
 * Simone Dinnerstein (born 1972), classical pianist noted for recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations
 * Ania Dorfmann (1899–1984), Russian-born American pianist and educator
 * Marylène Dosse (born 1939), French-born American pianist and educator
 * Yelena Eckemoff (fl. 1991), Russian-American pianist, composer and educator
 * Reena Esmail (born 1983), pianist and composer
 * Florence Kirsch Du Brul (1915–2005), concert pianist and educator
 * Elisenda Fábregas (born 1955), Spanish-born American pianist and composer
 * Amy Fay (1844–1928), pianist and writer
 * Nohema Fernández (born 1944), Cuban-born American pianist and educator
 * Chloe Flower (born 1985), composer, writer, producer and pianist
 * Liana Forest (fl. 1990s), Russian-born pianist and recording artist based in the United States
 * Madeleine Forte (born 1938), French-American pianist, recording artist and educator
 * Vera Franceschi (1926–1966), Italian-American pianist specializing in Chopin
 * Gabriela Lena Frank (born 1972), pianist and contemporary music composer
 * Elinor Freer (fl. 2000s), pianist and educator
 * Alice Frisca (1900–1960), concert pianist
 * Umi Garrett (born 2000), American-Japanese classical pianist
 * Mona Golabek (fl. 1970s), concert pianist, writer and radio host
 * Edna Golandsky (fl. 1970s), pianist and educator
 * Martha Goldstein (1919–2014), harpsichordist and pianist
 * Patricia Goodson (born 1954), American pianist based in the Czech Republic
 * Thomasina Talley Greene (1913–2003), African-American concert pianist and educator
 * Bonnie Gritton (fl. 1970s), music educator and concert pianist
 * Helen Eugenia Hagan (1891–1964), African American pianist, educator and composer
 * Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809), Dutch-born pianist, educator and composer who lived in the United States
 * Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854), Swedish-born American composer, singer, pianist, educator and organist
 * Hazel Harrison (1883–1969), African American concert pianist
 * Babette Hierholzer (born 1957), German-American pianist and artistic director
 * Natalie Hinderas (1927–1987), African American pianist and educator
 * Mary Howe (1882–1964), composer and pianist
 * Helen Huang (born 1982), Chinese-American pianist and educator
 * Claire Huangci (born 1990), classical pianist of Chinese origin
 * Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950), pianist, impresario, founder of the Cleveland Orchestra
 * Jennifer Hymer (fl. 1990s), American pianist based in Hamburg, Germany
 * Lilian Kallir (1931–2004), Czech-born American pianist
 * Tara Kamangar (fl. 2005), pianist and composer
 * Constance Keene (1921–2005), pianist and educator
 * Anne Gamble Kennedy (1920–2001), African American pianist, accompanist and educator
 * Nina Gamble Kennedy (born 1960), African American pianist, conductor, filmmaker and writer
 * Olga Kern (born 1975), Russian-American classical pianist
 * Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002), Russian-born American concert pianist, composer and educator
 * Angela Jia Kim (fl. 1990s), classical pianist
 * Dina Koston (c.1929–2009), pianist, music educator and composer
 * Min Kwon (fl. 1990s), Korean-American pianist and educator
 * Ruth Laredo (1937–2005), concert pianist remembered for recordings of Rachmaninoff
 * Mihae Lee (fl. 1970s), South Korean-born American pianist and chamber musician
 * Soyeon Kate Lee (born 1979), Korean-American pianist and educator
 * Xenia Boodberg Lee (1927–2004), concert pianist playing modern works
 * Tina Lerner (1889–c. 1947), Russian-American concert pianist and educator
 * Ray Lev (1912–1968), concert pianist and recording artist
 * Beth Levin (born 1950), classical pianist
 * Rosina Lhévinne (1880–1976), Ukrainian-born American pianist and educator
 * Gertrude Lightstone Mittelmann (1907–1956), concert pianist and broadcaster
 * Ang Li (born 1985), classical concert pianist featured in broadcasts and recordings
 * Jenny Lin (born 1973), Taiwanese-American concert pianist
 * Valentina Lisitsa (born 1973), Ukrainian-American concert pianist and popular recording artist
 * Barbara Lister-Sink (born 1947), pianist, educator and leader in injury-preventive keyboard technique
 * Kate Liu (born 1994), Singaporean-American pianist specializing in Chopin
 * Katherine Allen Lively, American pianist, writer and songwriter
 * Oksana Lutsyshyn (born 1964), Ukrainian-American recording artist, pianist and educator
 * Gulimina Mahamuti (born 1978), Uyghur Chinese-born American concert pianist
 * Mana-Zucca (1885–1981), actress, singer, pianist and composer
 * Adele Marcus (1906–1995), pianist and educator
 * Melissa Marse (born 1974), pianist and chamber musician
 * Anne-Marie McDermott (born 1963), classical pianist and chamber musician
 * Louise Meiszner (1924–2008), pianist and music educator
 * Susan Merdinger (born 1962), classical pianist, music director and educator
 * Yolanda Mero (1887–1963), Hungarian-American pianist, opera and theatre impresario and philanthropist
 * Beata Moon (born 1969), Korean-American pianist and composer
 * Marilyn Neeley (1937–2007), award-winning pianist
 * Soon Hee Newbold (fl. 2000s), composer, conductor, musician and actress
 * Ethel Newcomb (1875–1959), pianist who opened a music studio in New York
 * Quynh Nguyen (fl. 1987), Vietnamese-American classical pianist
 * Erika Nickrenz (born 1963), classical pianist and chamber musician
 * Grace Nikae (fl. 1990s), Japanese-American concert pianist and chamber musician
 * Barbara Nissman (born 1944), pianist specializing in Alberto Ginastera and Sergei Prokofiev
 * Heather O'Donnell (born 1973), classical pianist
 * Ursula Oppens (born 1944), concert pianist and educator
 * Margaret Saunders Ott (1920–2010), pianist and educator
 * Our Lady J (fl. 2000s), pianist, television writer and producer
 * Terry Winter Owens (1941–2007), composer, violinist, pianist, chamber musician and educator
 * Natasha Paremski (born 1987), Russian-American classical pianist
 * Margaret Patrick (1913–1994), African American member of the Ebony and Ivory duo
 * Beverley Peck Johnson (1904–2001), voice teacher, soprano and pianist
 * Rebecca Penneys (born 1946), pianist, chamber musician and educator
 * Navah Perlman (fl. 1986), pianist and chamber musician
 * Sally Pinkas (fl. 1983), Israeli-American pianist and educator
 * Wynne Pyle (1881–1971), concert pianist
 * Eda Rapoport (1890–1968), Lativian-American composer and pianist
 * Liza Redfield (1924–2018), conductor, pianist and composer
 * Caroline Keating Reed (d. 1954), American pianist and music teacher
 * Nadia Reisenberg (1904–1983), Lithuanian-American pianist and educator
 * Blanche Robinson (1863–1969), composer and piano accompanist
 * Martha Baird Rockefeller (1895–1971), pianist, philanthropist and arts advocate
 * Kathryn Salfelder (born 1987), composer, conductor and pianist
 * Olga Samaroff (1880–1948), pianist, music critic and educator
 * Lucy Scarbrough (1927–2020), pianist, conductor and educator
 * Madeline Schiller (1843–1911), British-born American pianist and educator
 * Helen Schnabel (1911–1974), pianist and recording artist
 * Philippa Schuyler (1931–1967), African American child prodigy, concert pianist and journalist
 * Marthe Servine (died 1972), French-American pianist and composer
 * Orli Shaham (born 1975), concert pianist, chamber musician and radio presenter
 * Regina Shamvili (fl. 2000s), Georgian-American pianist performing internationally
 * Marilyn Shrude (born 1946), contemporary classical pianist and educator
 * Bella Shumiatcher (1911–1990), Russian-American pianist and music educator
 * Faye-Ellen Silverman (born 1947), composer, pianist and educator
 * Lori Sims (fl. 1990s), classical pianist and educator
 * Ruth Slenczynska (born 1925), classical pianist who performed from an early age
 * Julia Smith (1905–1989), composer, pianist and music writer
 * Eleanor Sokoloff (1914–2020), pianist and educator
 * Teresa Sterne (1927–2000), pianist and record producer
 * Grete Sultan (1906–2005), German-American pianist and educator
 * Kathleen Supové (fl. 2000s), pianist specializing in modern classical music
 * Nina Svetlanova (born 1932), Russian-American concert pianist and educator
 * Gloria Wilson Swisher (born 1935), composer, music educator and pianist
 * Margaret Leng Tan (born 1945), Singaporean-born American pianist, often using unconventional instruments
 * Marioara Trifan (born 1950), internationally performing pianist and conductor
 * Rosalyn Tureck (1913–2003), pianist, harpsichordist and Bach specialist
 * Aline van Barentzen (1897–1981), Franco-American classical pianist
 * Isabelle Vengerova (1877–1956), Russian-American pianist and music educator
 * Amelia von Ende (1856–1932), Polish-American writer, pianist, composer, educator and translator
 * Lucille Wallace (1898–1977), American-born harpsichordist who settled in English
 * Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991), composer of contemporary classical music and pianist
 * Janice Weber (born 1950), pianist and novelist
 * Gertrude Weinstock (1904–1985), concert pianist
 * Wu Han (born 1959), Taiwanese-American pianist, recording artist, educator and cultural entrepreneur
 * Julianne Vanden Wyngaard (fl. 1960s), carillonist and pianist
 * Oxana Yablonskaya (born 1938), Russian-American international concert pianist and recording artist
 * Sophia Yan (born 1986), classical pianist and international journalist
 * Berenika Zakrzewski (born 1983), international concert pianist who has performed since she was 8
 * Marion Zarzeczna (fl. 1950s), concert pianist and educator
 * Lauren Zhang (born 2001), classical pianist, winner of the 2018 BBC Young Musician Contest
 * Serene, American classical concert pianist and technologist.

Uruguay

 * Dinorah Varsi (1939–2013), classical pianist

Uzbekistan

 * Gulnora Alimova (born 1971), classical pianist
 * Anna Malikova (born 1965), concert pianist, recording artist and educator

Venezuela

 * Corin Akl Jáuregui (born 1966), composer, pianist, educator
 * Teresa Carreño (1853–1917), pianist, soprano, composer and conductor
 * Gabriela Montero (born 1970), classical pianist and improvisation specialist
 * Alba Quintanilla (born 1944), composer, harpist, harpsichordist, pianist, conductor and educator
 * Clara Rodríguez (born 1970)