PIANIST

: ''For other meanings see Pianist (disambiguation).''
A 'pianist' is a person who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with a smaller ensemble, or accompany one or more singers or solo instrumentalists.
A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age, some as early as three years old. Many well-known classical composers were also virtuoso pianists: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Maria von Weber, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Johannes Brahms, Ferruccio Busoni, Anton Rubinstein, Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich.
Most western forms of music can make use of the piano. Consequently, pianists have a wide variety of repertoire and styles to choose from, including jazz, classical music, and all sorts of popular music.
Below is a list of well-known or influential contemporary pianists of different genres.

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Classical pianists

Pop and rock music pianists

Jazz pianists

Blues pianists

Country pianists

Gospel pianists

New age pianists

Classical pianists

★ List of classical pianists

★ Classical pianists (recorded) - A list of classical pianists whose work is specifically documented in recorded form.

Pop and rock music pianists

★ List of Pop and Rock pianists

Jazz pianists

★ List of jazz pianists

Blues pianists

★ List of blues musicians

★ List of boogie woogie musicians

Country pianists

★ List of country music performers

Gospel pianists

★ List of gospel musicians

New age pianists

★ List of new age and new instrumental musicians