List Of Classical Pianists
This is an alphabetized list of notable solo pianists who play or played classical music on the piano. For those who worked with other pianists as piano duos, see List of classical piano duos (performers).
For a list of recorded classical pianists see List of classical pianists (recorded). If you add a name to the list below and know that the pianist recorded, please add it to the other list as well.
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