List of female composers by name
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This article provides a list of female composers, sorted alphabetically by surname. For a list of female composers sorted by year of birth, see List of female composers by birth year.
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A[edit]
- Mary Anne à Beckett (1817–1863)
- Keiko Abe (born 1937)
- Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)
- Lora Aborn (1907–2005)
- Harriett Abrams (1758–1821)
- Ella Adayevskaya (née Schultz) (1846–1926)
- Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795)
- Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
- Graciela Agudela (born 1945)
- Countess Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810)
- Sieglinde Ahrens (born 1936)
- Doris Akers (1923–1995)
- Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
- Alamanda de Castelnau (fl. second half of 12th century)
- Eleanor Alberga (born 1949)
- Luna Alcalay (1928–2012)
- Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866–1956)
- Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575–after 1620)
- Leni Alexander (1924–2005)
- Liana Alexandra (born 1947)
- Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947)
- Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869)
- Esther Allan (1914–1985)
- Kristi Allik (born 1952)
- Frances Allitsen (1849–1912)
- Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)
- Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)
- Martha Alter (1904–1976)
- Maria de Alvear (born 1960)
- Berta Alves de Sousa (1906–1997)
- Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
- Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
- Solange Ancona (born 1943)
- Laura Andel (born 1968)
- Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)
- Avril Anderson (born 1953)
- Beth Anderson (born 1950)
- Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
- Ruth Anderson (born 1928)
- Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
- Kerry Andrew (born 1978)
- Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787)
- Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–after 1913)
- Caroline Ansink (born 1959)
- Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828)
- Yoshino Aoki (born 1971)
- Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)
- Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884)
- Izabella Arazova (born 1936)
- Violet Archer (1913–2000)
- Isabel Aretz (1913–2005)
- Anneli Arho (born 1951)
- Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930)
- Marian Arkwright (1863–1922)
- Elinor Armer (born 1939)
- Claude Arrieu (born 1903)
- Elena Asachi (1789–1877)
- Caterina Assandra (1580–1632)
- Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917)
- Marianna von Auenbrugger (1759–1782)
- Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
- Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
- May Aufderheide (1888–1972)
- Valborg Aulin (1860–1928)
- Dorothea Austin (1921–2011)
- Elizabeth R. Austin (born 1938)
- Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961)
- Florence Aylward (1862–1950)
- Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mid-12th century)
- Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)
- Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
B[edit]
- Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940)
- Grazyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
- Maria Bach (1896–1978)
- Rosa Giacinta Badalla (1660–1710)
- Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861)
- Maya Badian (born 1945)
- Vera Baeva (born 1930)
- Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941)
- Ruth Bakke (born 1947)
- Giovanna Bruna Baldacci (1886–after 1910)
- Esther Ballou (1915–1973)
- Puchi Balseiro (1926–2007)
- Bára Gísladóttir (born 1989)
- Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
- Mansi Barberis (1899–1986)
- Cacilda Borges Barbosa (1914–2010)
- Elaine Barkin (born 1932)
- Alice Barnett (1886–1975)
- Carol E Barnett (born 1949)
- Ethel Barns (1874–1948)
- Leonora Baroni (1611–1670)
- Carmen Barradas (1888–1963)
- Elsa Barraine (1910–1999)
- Gisèle Barreau (born 1948)
- Françoise Barrière (born 1944)
- Bebe Barron (born 1927)
- Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (c. 1769–1840)
- Maria Barthélemon (1749–1799)
- Carin Bartosch Edström (born 1965)
- Adriana Basile (c. 1580–c. 1640)
- Carola Bauckholt (born 1959)
- Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
- Alison Bauld (born 1944)
- Sophie Bawr (1773–1860)
- Christabel Baxendale (1886–?)
- Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825)
- Amy Beach (1867–1944)
- Sally Beamish (born 1956)
- Janet Beat (born 1937)
- Betty Beath (born 1932)
- Beatritz de Dia (fl. late 12th/early 13th centuries)
- Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884–1964)
- Norma Beecroft (born 1934)
- Sonja Beets (born 1953)
- Eve Beglarian (born 1958)
- Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (born 1941)
- Jeanne Behrend (1912–1988)
- Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969)
- Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (1784–1855)
- Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–1720)
- Barbara Benary (born 1946)
- Chiara Benati (born 1956)
- Josefina Benedetti (born 1953)
- Soledad Bengoecha de Cármena (1849–1893)
- Cathy Berberian (1925–1983)
- Charlotte Bray (born 1982)
- Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840)
- Christine Berl (born 1943)
- Catalina Berroa (1849–1911)
- Louise Bertin (1805–1877)
- Johanna Beyer (1888–1944)
- Lycia de Biase Bidart (1910–1990)
- Gillian Bibby (born 1945)
- Marie Bigot (1786–1820)
- Beatriz Bilbao (born 1951)
- Elizabeth Weichsell Billington (c.1768–1818)
- Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968)
- Judith Bingham (born 1952)
- Renate Birnstein (born 1946)
- Roberta Bitgood (1908–2007)
- Annesley Black (born 1979)
- Helen Blackwood (1807–1867)
- Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885)
- Blanche of Castile (1188–1252)
- Olga De Blanck Martín (1916–1998)
- Maria Theresa Bland (c. 1769–1838)
- Carla Bley (born 1938)
- Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910–2003)
- Sonia Bo (born 1960)
- Berta Bock (1857–1945)
- Mlle Bocquet (early 17th century–after 1660)
- Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)
- Josina Anna Petronella van Boetzelaer (1733–1787)
- Ana Bofill Levi (born 1944)
- Michèle Bokanowski (born 1943)
- Anna Bon di Venezia (born 1738/1739)
- Carrie Bond (1862–1946)
- Victoria Bond (born 1945)
- Margaret Allison Bonds (1913–1972)
- Andrée Bonhomme (1905–1982)
- Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
- Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet (1866–1945)
- Modesta Bor (1926–1998)
- Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892–1971)
- Teresa Borràs i Fornell (1923–2010)
- Edith Borroff (born 1925)
- Maura Bosch (born 1958)
- Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952)
- Marianna Bottini (1802–1858)
- Linda Bouchard (born 1957)
- Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
- Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
- Joséphine Boulay (1869–1925)
- Helen Bowater (born 1952)
- Anne Boyd (born 1946)
- Ina Boyle (1889–1967)
- Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824)
- May Brahe (1884–1956)
- Gena Branscombe (1881–1977)
- Josefina Brdlíková (1843–1910)
- Thérèse Brenet (born 1935)
- Bettina Brentano (1785–1859)
- Dora Bright (1862–1951)
- Radie Britain (1899–1994)
- Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1775–1822)
- Roslyn Brogue (1919–1981)
- Ingeborg von Bronsart (1840–1913)
- Augusta Browne (1820–1882)
- Harriet Browne (1790–1858)
- Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
- Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
- Filipina Brzezinska-Szymanowska (1800–1886)
- Dorothy Quita Buchanan (born 1945)
- Olivia Buckley (born mid-1790s–after 1845)
- Margaret Buechner (1922–1998)
- Nini Bulterijs (1929–1989)
- Diana Burrell (born 1948)
- Canary Lee Burton (born 1942)
C[edit]
- Gayane C'ebotaryan (1918–1998)
- Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?)
- Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?)
- Geneviève Calame (1946–1993)
- Ann Callaway (born 1949)
- Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675)
- Eugenia Calosso (1878–1914)
- Francesca Campana (died 1665)
- Virginia Mariani Campolieti (1869–1941)
- Marguerite Canal (1890–1978)
- Marta Canales (1893–1986)
- Edith Canat de Chizy (born 1950)
- Julie Candeille (1767–1834)
- Constança Capdeville (1937–1992)
- Matilde Capuis (born 1913)
- Nicole Carignan (born 1952)
- Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
- Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935)
- Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
- Teresa Carreño (1853–1917)
- Dinorá de Carvalho (1905–1980)
- Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)
- Ernestina Lecuona y Casado (1882–1951)
- Luisa Casagemas (1863–after 1894)
- Felicita Casella (c. 1820–after 1865)
- Lola Castegnaro (1900–1979)
- Castelloza (fl. early 13th century)
- Graciela Castillo (born 1940)
- Eve de Castro-Robinson (born 1956)
- Maddalena Casulana (c.1540–c.1590)
- Amalia Catharina (1640–1697)
- Eunice Catunda (1915–1991)
- Gabriella Cecchi (born 1944)
- Monic Cecconi-Botella (born 1936)
- Julia Cenova (1948–2010)
- Sulpitia Cesis (fl. 1619)
- Wendy Mae Chambers (born 1953)
- Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
- Nancy Laird Chance (born 1931)
- Janine Charbonnier (born 1926)
- Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805)
- Gayane Chebotarian (1918–1998)
- Maria Chefaliady-Taban (1863–1932)
- Yekaterina Chemberdzhi (born 1960)
- Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
- Geghuni Hovannesi Chitchian (born 1929)
- Hedwige Chrétien (1859–1944)
- Pearle Christian (born 1955)
- Tatyana Chudova (born 1944)
- Suzanne Ciani (born 1946)
- Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858)
- Maya Ciobanu (born 1952)
- Dolores Claman (born 1927)
- Zana Clarke (born 1965)
- Laura Clayton (born 1943)
- Siobhán Cleary (born 1970)
- Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1761–after 1795)
- Judith Ann Clingan (born 1945)
- Adrienne Clostre (1921–2006)
- Gloria Coates (born 1938)
- Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833)
- Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000)
- Isabella Colbran (1785–1845)
- Ulric Cole (1905–1992)
- Ellen Coleman (1886–1973)
- Valerie Coleman (born 1970)
- Avril Coleridge-Taylor (born 1903)
- Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (born 1924)
- Theodora Cormontan (1840–1922)
- Graziella Concas (born 1970)
- Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962)
- Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913–1981)
- Eleanor Cory (born 1943)
- Monica Cosachov (born 1946)
- Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938–1985)
- Jean Coulthard (1908–2000)
- Mildred Couper (1887–1974)
- Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678)
- Anna Cramer (1873–1968)
- Zulema de la Cruz (b. 1958)
- Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)
D[edit]
- Melanie Ruth Daiken (born 1945)
- Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949)
- Kathleen Dale (1895–1984)
- Eleanor Joanne Daley (born 1955)
- Dame Margot (fl. 13th century) (see: Dames Margot and Maroie)
- Dame Maroie (fl. 13th century) (see: Dames Margot and Maroie)
- Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800)
- Tina Davidson (born 1952)
- Katherine K. Davis (1892–1980)
- Miss Davis (c. 1726–after 1755)
- Mme Delaval (fl. 1791–1802)
- Claire Delbos (1906–1959)
- Carmelina Delfin (c. 1900–after 1948)
- Eva Dell'Acqua (1856–1930)
- Sophia Dellaporta (fl. second half of the 19th century)
- Hélène-Louise Demars (b. c. 1736)
- Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
- Beth Denisch (b. 1958)
- Lady Mary Dering (1629–1704)
- Marcelle Deschênes (born 1939)
- Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993)
- Alma Deutscher (born 2005)
- Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes (1765-?1834)
- Jody Diamond (born 1953)
- Hilda Dianda (born 1925)
- Ellen Dickson (1819–1878)
- Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927)
- Consuelo Díez (born 1958)
- Fannie Charles Dillon (1881–1974)
- Violeta Dinescu (born 1953)
- Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000)
- Felicia Donceanu (born 1931)
- Dora Draganova (born 1946)
- Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
- Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
- Leonora Duarte (1610–1678)
- María Enma Botet Dubois (1903–?)
- Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858)
- Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1613–1676)
- Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739–1807)
- Anne Dudley (born 1956)
- Katerina Veronika Anna Dusíkova (1769–1833)
- Sophia Corri Dussek (1775–1847)
- Mlle Duval (1718–after 1775)
- Judith Dvorkin (born c. 1927)
- Lesya Dychko (born 1939)
- Maria Dziewulska (1909–2006)
E[edit]
- Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901–1974)
- Lotten Edholm (1839–1930)
- Clara Edwards (1880–1974)
- Fredrikke Egeberg (1815–1861)
- Katharine Emily Eggar (1874–1961)
- Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
- Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787)
- Maija Einfelde (born 1939)
- Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951)
- Michelle Ekizian (born 1956)
- Eleonora Eksanishvili (born 1919)
- Irina Elcheva (born 1926)
- Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857–1924)
- Dilys Elwyn-Edwards (born 1918)
- Katerina Emingerová (1856–1934)
- Heimo Erbse (born 1924)
- Susanne Erding-Swiridoff (born 1955)
- Siegrid Ernst (born 1929)
- Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
- María Escribano (1954–2002)
- Reena Esmail (born 1983)
- Margaret Essex (1775–1807)
- Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949)
- Tanya Ekanayaka (born 1977)
F[edit]
- Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872–1948)
- Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006)
- Evelyn Faltis (1887–1937)
- Eibhlis Farrell (born 1953)
- Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
- Zanetta Farussi (1707–1776)
- Hélène-Frédérique de Faye-Jozin (1871–1942) (name often abbreviated as Fréd. de Faye-Jozin)
- Sarah Feigin (born 1928)
- Johanne Amalie Fenger (1836–1913)
- Amber Ferenz (born 1972)
- Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes (born 1933)
- Carlotta Ferrari (1837–1907)
- Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)
- Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937)
- Sylvia Fine (1913–1991)
- Vivian Fine (1913–2000)
- Mary Finsterer (born 1962)
- Graciane Finzi (born 1945)
- Elena Firsova (born 1950)
- Helen Fisher (born 1942)
- Tsippi Fleischer (born 1946)
- Hélène Fleury-Roy (1876–?)
- Eliza Flower (1803–1846)
- Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946)
- Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
- Annie Fortescue Harrison (1851–1944)
- Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)
- Erika Fox (born 1936)
- Kalitha Dorothy Fox (1894–1934)
- Ludmila Frajt (born 1919)
- Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003)
- Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979)
- Joan Franks Williams (born 1930)
- Shena Fraser (1910–1993)
- Isadore Freed (1900–1960)
- Eleanor Everest Freer (1864–1942)
- Narcisa Freixas (1859–1926)
- Ilse Fromm-Michaels (1888–1986)
- Susan Frykberg (born 1954)
- Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995)
- Keiko Fujiie (born 1963)
- Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
- Biancamaria Furgeri (born 1935)
- Jessie Furze (1903–1984)
G[edit]
- Virginia Gabriel (1825–1877)
- Sophie Gail (1775–1819)
- Diamanda Galás (born 1955)
- Margherita Galeotti (1867–after 1912)
- Rachel Galinne (born 1949)
- Caterina Galli (ca. 1723–1804)
- Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
- Kay Gardner (1941–2002)
- Garsenda de Proensa (fl. early 13th century)
- Lucija Garuta (1902–1977)
- Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (1903–?)
- Koharik Gazarossian (1907–1967)
- Roberta Geddes-Harvey (1849–1930)
- Gerda Geertens (born 1955)
- Gertrude of Dagsburg (1205–1225)
- Ada Gentile (born 1947)
- Abbie Gerrish-Jones (1863–1929)
- Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)
- Helen Gifford (born 1935)
- Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
- Suzanne Giraud (born 1958)
- Julie Giroux (born 1961)
- Janice Giteck (born 1946)
- Barbara Giuranna (1898–1998)
- Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
- Helen Glatz (1908–1996)
- Evelyn Glennie (born 1965)
- Julia Gomelskaya (1964–2016)
- Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935)
- Florence Everilda Goodeve (1861–1915)
- Annette Vande Gorne (born 1946)
- Annie Gosfield (born 1960)
- Ida Gotkovsky (born 1933)
- Luise Adelgunda Gottsched (1713–1762)
- Dorothy Gow (1893–1982)
- Janet Graham (born 1948)
- Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)
- Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907)
- Micki Grant (born 1941)
- Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. early 18th century)
- Gisella Delle Grazie (born 1868, fl. 1894–95)
- Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
- María Grever (1885–1951)
- Beverly Grigsby (born 1928)
- Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. early 18th century)
- Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907)
- Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
- Emilia Gubitosi (1887–1972)
- Mlle Guédon de Presles (early 18th century–1754)
- Mlle Guerin (born c. 1739, fl. 1755)
- Jane Mary Guest (1762–1846)
- Lynn Gumert (born 1961)
- Rosa Guraieb (born 1931)
- Nazife Güran (1921–1993)
- Elizabeth Gyring (1886–1970)
H[edit]
- Louise Haenel de Cronenthall (1839–c. 1876)
- Hafdís Bjarnadóttir (born 1977)
- Helen Eugenia Hagan (1893–1964)
- Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809/10)
- Júlia Hajdú (1915–1987)
- Juliana Hall (born 1958)
- Pauline Hall (1890–1969)
- Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854)
- Ann-Elise Hannikainen (born 1946)
- Olga Hans (born 1971)
- Kazuko Hara (born 1935)
- Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936)
- Halina Harelava (born 1951)
- Miina Härma (1864–1941)
- Ethel R. Harraden (1857–1917)
- Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956)
- Pamela Harrison (1915–1990)
- Susie Frances Harrison (1859–1935)
- Emma Hartmann (1807–1851)
- Irina Hasnas (born 1954)
- Faustina Hasse Hodges (1822–1895)
- Elisabeth de Haulteterre (fl. 1737–1768)
- Birgit Havenstein (born 1954)
- Hanna Havrylets' (born 1958)
- Elizabeth Hayden Pizer (born 1954)
- Sorrel Hays (born 1941)
- Åse Hedstrøm (born 1950)
- Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)
- Barbara Heller (born 1936)
- Mara Margaret Helmuth (born 1957)
- Moya Henderson (born 1941)
- Ig Henneman (born 1945)
- Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841–1918)
- Gisela Hernández (1912–1971)
- Teresa Tanco Cordovez de Herrera (1859–1946)
- Ethel Glenn Hier (1889–1971)
- Jennifer Higdon (born 1962)
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
- Mirrie Hill (1892–1986)
- Rozalie Hirs (born 1965)
- Margriet Hoenderdos (1952–2010)
- Dulcie Sybil Holland (1913–2000)
- Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
- Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938)
- Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
- Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)
- Helen Francis Hood (1863–1949)
- Katherine Hoover (born 1937)
- Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945)
- Sarah Hopkins (born 1958)
- Amy Elsie Horrocks (1867–after 1915)
- Eleanor Hovda (born 1940)
- Joyce Howard Barrell (1917–1989)
- Mary Howe (1882–1964)
- Dorothy Howell (1898–1982)
- Zhun Huang (born 1926)
- Elaine Hugh-Jones (born 1927)
- Fanny Hünerwadel (1826–1854)
- Brenda Hutchinson (born 1954)
- Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)
I[edit]
- Regina Irman (born 1957)
- Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956)
- Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923–2010)
- Adina Izarra (born 1959)
J[edit]
- Najla Jabor (born 1915)
- Marie Jaëll (1846–1925)
- Dorothy James (1901–1982)
- Viera Janárceková (born 1941)
- Natalia Janotha (1856–1932)
- Kerstin Jeppsson (born 1948)
- Hilda Jerea (1919–1980)
- Ludmila Jeske-Choinska-Mikorska (1849–1898)
- Eva Jessye (1885–1992)
- Marta Jiráčková (born 1932)
- Sally Johnston Reid (born 1948)
- Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
- Victoria Jordanova (born 1952)
- Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929)
- Patricia Jünger (born 1951)
K[edit]
- Clotilde Kainerstorfer (fl. second half 19th century)
- Yuki Kajiura (born 1965)
- Trisutji Kamal (born 1936)
- Laura Kaminsky (born 1956)
- Kikuko Kanai (1911–1986)
- Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
- Laura Karpman
- Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
- Janice Kapp-Perry
- Sirvart Karamanuk (born 1912)
- Helene Karastoyanova (born 1933)
- Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh (born 1948)
- Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (born 1918)
- Kassia (c.810–before 867)
- Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
- Eunice Katunda (1915–1991)
- Hiba Kawas (born 1972)
- Minna Keal (1909–1999)
- Denise Kelly (born 1954)
- Hope Anne Keng-Wai Lee (born 1953)
- Le Sénéchal de Kerkado (c. 1786–after 1805)
- Frida Kern (1891–1988)
- Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002)
- Usha Khanna (born 1942)
- Joelle Khoury (born 1963)
- Hi Kyung Kim (born 1954)
- Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858)
- Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956)
- Antoinette Kirkwood (born 1930)
- Melinda Kistétényi (1926–1999)
- Anna Maria Klechniowska (1888–1973)
- Judy Klein (born 1943)
- Meri von KleinSmid (born 1974)
- Zhivka Klinkova (born 1924)
- Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944)
- Wilhelmina Koch (1845–1924)
- Barbara Kolb (born 1939)
- Nagako Konishi (born 1945)
- Yelena Sergeyevna Konshina (born 1950)
- Yüksel Koptagel (born 1931)
- Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941)
- Dina Koston (1940–2009)
- Georgia Koumará (born 1991)
- Mathilde Kralik von Mayerswalden (1857–1944)
- Neva Krasteva (born 1946)
- Astrid Kruisselbrink
- Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813)
- Grazyna Krzanowska (born 1952)
- Halina Krzyzanowska (1860–1937)
- Christina Kubisch (born 1948)
- Mayako Kubo (born 1947)
- Felicitas Kukuck(1914–2001)
- Hanna Kulenty (born 1961)
- Izabella Kuliffay (1863–1945)
- Renata Kunkel (born 1954)
- Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953)
- Iryna Kyrylina (born 1955)
L[edit]
- Joan La Barbara (born 1947)
- Zulema de La Cruz (born 1958)
- Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
- Nicole Lachartre (1934–1992)
- Susan Cohn Lackman (born 1948)
- Lila Lalauni (1910–1996)
- Bun-Ching Lam (born 1954)
- Marta Lambertini (born 1937)
- Eleni Lambiri (c. 1889–1960)
- Wanda Landowska (1879–1959)
- Josephine Lang (1815–1880)
- Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
- Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945)
- Vanessa Lann (born 1968)
- Ana Lara (born 1959)
- Libby Larsen (born 1950)
- Hannah Lash (born 1981)
- Joan Mary Last (born 1908)
- Anne Lauber (born 1943)
- Elodie Lauten (born 1950)
- Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850–1927)
- Louise Geneviève de Le Hye (1810–1838)
- Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie (1836–1911)
- Anne LeBaron (born 1953)
- Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791)
- Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863)
- Chan-Hae Lee (born 1945)
- Young-ja Lee (composer) (born 1931/36)
- Nicola LeFanu (born 1947)
- Ethel Leginska (1886–1970)
- Liza Lehmann (1862–1918)
- Clarisse Leite (1917–2003)
- Vânia Dantas Leite (born 1945)
- Helvi Leiviskä (1902–1982)
- Edith Lejet (born 1941)
- Jeanne Leleu (1898–1979)
- Laura Lemon (1866–1924)
- Tania León (born 1943)
- Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
- Marina Leonardi (born 1970)
- Zara Levina (1906–1976)
- Claire Liddell (born in the 20th century)
- Helene Liebmann (1796–1835)
- Nanna Magdalene Liebmann (1849–1935)
- Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810)
- Lili'uokalani (1838–1917)
- Liza Lim (born 1966)
- Maria Lindsay (1827–1898)
- Anne Linnet (born 1953)
- Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845)
- Liu Zhuang (born 1932)
- Beatriz Lockhart (born 1944)
- Kathleen Lockhart Manning (1890–1951)
- Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
- Kate Loder (1825–1904)
- Emma Lomax (1873–1963)
- Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
- Celeste de Longpré Heckscher (1860–1928)
- Silvana Di Lotti (born 1942)
- Ivana Loudová (born 1941)
- Alexina Louie (born 1949)
- Maria de Lourdes Martins (born 1926)
- Mary Lucas (1882–1952)
- Katharine Lucke (1875–1962)
- Nada Ludvig-Pecar (1929–2008)
- Maria Teresa Luengo (born 1940)
- Enid Luff (born 1935)
- Gudrun Lund (born 1930)
- Signe Lund (1868–1950)
- Deborah Lurie (born 1972)
- Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
- Lyudmila Lyadova (born 1925)
- Monica Lynn (Living, born in the 20th-century)
M[edit]
- Emma Maria Macfarren (1824–1895)
- Marianella Machado (born 1959)
- Clara Angela Macirone (1821–1895)
- Carmela Mackenna (1879–1962)
- Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994)
- Adela Maddison (1862/63–1929)
- Mary Mageau (born 1934)
- Ester Mägi (born 1922)
- Alma Mahler (1879–1964)
- Katerina Maier (fl. c. 1800)
- Baronne Almaury de Maistre (1809–1875)
- Maria Malibran (1808–1836)
- Florentina Mallá (1891–1973)
- Carin Malmlöf-Forssling (1916–2005)
- Maria Dolores Malumbres (born 1931)
- Ursula Mamlok (1923–2016)
- Lam Manyee (born 1950)
- Marcelle de Manziarly (1899–1989)
- Soe Tjen Marching (born 1971)
- Myriam Marbe (1931–1997)
- Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (fl. 1723–1742)
- Bunita Marcus (born 1952)
- Tera de Marez Oyens (1932–1996)
- Catya Maré (composer and violinist)
- Maria de Raschenau (fl. 1690s–1703)
- Maria de Ventadorn (fl. late 12th century)
- Ljubica Maric (1909–2003)
- Marie de France (c. 1160–1215)
- Maroie de Dregnau de Lille (fl. 13th century)
- Florence Ashton Marshall (1843–after 1911)
- Pamela J. Marshall (born 1954)
- Roberta Martin (1907–1969)
- Marianna von Martines (1744–1812)
- Odaline de la Martinez (born 1949)
- Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585)
- Elizabeth Masson (1806–1865)
- Kikuko Masumoto (born 1937)
- Celeste Jaguaribe de Matos Faria (1873–1938)
- Bernadetta Matuszczak (born 1937)
- Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
- Eta Mayseyewna Tïrmand (1917–?))
- Marilyn Mazur (born 1955)
- Mona McBurney (1862–1932)
- Mary McDonald (born in the 20th century)
- Cecilia McDowall (born 1951)
- Susan McFarland Parkhurst (1836–1918)
- Diana McIntosh (born 1937)
- Amy Upham Thomson McKean (1893–1972)
- Priscilla McLean (born 1942)
- Jenny Helen McLeod (born 1941)
- Cindy McTee (born 1953)
- Joyce Mekeel (1931–1997)
- Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
- Sophie Menter (1846–1918)
- María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957)
- Zhanneta Lazarevna Metallidi (born 1934)
- Elisabeth Meyer (1859–1927)
- Teresa Milanollo (1827–1904)
- Silvina Milstein (born 1956)
- Zarrina Mirshakar (born 1947)
- Haruna Miyake (born 1942)
- Ida Georgina Moberg (1859–1947)
- Benna Moe (1897–1983)
- Meredith Monk (born 1942)
- Helene de Montgeroult (1764–1836)
- Dorothy Rudd Moore (born 1940)
- Kate Moore (born 1979)
- Mary Carr Moore (1873–1957)
- Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991)
- Vincenza Garelli della Morea (1859–after 1924)
- Virginie Morel-du Verger (1799–1869)
- Nelly Moretto (1925–1978)
- Junko Mori (born 1948)
- Angela Morley (born 1924)
- Susan Morton Blaustein (born 1953)
- Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz (born 1928)
- Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928)
- Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar (1924–2009)
- Ann Mounsey (1811–1891)
- Gabriela Moyseowicz (born 1944)
- Geraldine Mucha (born 1917)
- Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878–1941)
- Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966)
- Isabel Mundry (born 1963)
- Helena Munktell (1852–1919)
- Catherine Murphy Urner (1891–1942)
- Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
N[edit]
- Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (c. 1640–1680)
- Alicia Adélaide Needham (1872–1945)
- Sheila Mary Nelson (born 1936)
- Susanna Nerantzi (fl. 1830–1840)
- Vojna Nešic (born 1947)
- Laura Constance Netzel (1839–1927)
- Amy X Neuburg (living; born in the 20th century)
- Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
- Dika Newlin (born 1923)
- Alberta Nichols (1898–1957)
- Julia Niewiarowska-Brzozowska (1827–1891)
- Tatyana Nikolayeva (1924–1993)
- Eva Noer Kondrup (born 1964)
- Ilza Nogueira (born 1948)
- Gladys Nordenstrom (born 1924)
- Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877)
- Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975)
- Maude Nugent (1873/4–1958)
O[edit]
- Ai Otsuka (born 1982)
- Jane O'Leary (born 1946)
- Jana Obrovská (1930–1987)
- Amado Santos Ocampo (born 1925)
- Irina Odagescu (born 1937)
- Sook-Ja Oh (born 1941)
- Marguerite Olagnier (1844–1906)
- Elisabeth Olin (1740–1828)
- Vivienne Olive (born 1950)
- Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936)
- Betty Olivero (born 1954)
- Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
- Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943)
- Daphne Oram (1925–2003)
- Cecilie Ore (born 1954)
- Caroline Orger (1818–1892)
- Edewede Oriwoh (born 1981)
- Gabriela Ortiz (born 1964)
- Michiru Oshima (born 1961)
- Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971)
- Linda Woodaman Ostrander (born 1937)
- Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880)
- Halyna Ovcharenko (born 1963)
- Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918)
- Terry Winter Owens (1941–2007)
- María Luisa Ozaita (born 1939)
- Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996)
P[edit]
- Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
- Else Marie Pade (born 1924)
- Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945)
- Priti Paintal (born 1960)
- Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929)
- Juliet Palmer (born 1969)
- Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968)
- Mme Papavoine (born c. 1735, fl. 1755–61)
- Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
- Graciela Paraskevaidis (born 1940)
- Hilda Paredes (born 1959)
- Maria Hester Park (1760–1813)
- Dorothy Parke (1904–1990)
- Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822)
- Alice Parker (born 1925)
- Annie Patterson (1868–1934)
- Marcela Pavia (born 1957)
- Alla Pavlova (born 1952)
- Maggi Payne (born 1945)
- Sarah Peebles (born 1964)
- Zenobia Powell Perry (1908–2004)
- Dora Pejacevic (1885–1923)
- Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón (1907–1995)
- Barbara Pentland (1912–2000)
- Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932)
- Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso (born 1916)
- Lourdes Perez (born 1961)
- Anaïs Perrière-Pilte (1836–1878)
- Julia Perry (1924–1979)
- Anna Pessiak-Schmerling (1834–1896)
- Rosica Petkova (born 1947)
- Carmen Petra-Basacopol (born 1926)
- Mara Petrova (1921–1997)
- Elena Petrová (born 1929)
- Irena Pfeiffer (1912–1996)
- Mrs Philarmonica (fl. 1715)
- Liz Phillips (born 1951)
- Elizabeth Philp (1827–1885)
- Maria Antonietta Picconi (1869–1926)
- Agata Della Pietà (fl. c. 1800)
- Michielina Della Pietà (fl. c. 1701–1744)
- Santa Della Pietà (fl. c. 1725–1750, d. after 1774)
- Julie Pinel (fl. 1710–1737)
- Lina Pires de Campos (1918–2003)
- Piera Pistono (born 1938)
- Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815)
- Zhanna Vasil'yevna Pliyeva (born 1949)
- Poldowski (1879–1932)
- Victoria Poleva (born 1962)
- Armande de Polignac (1876–1962)
- Claire Polin (1926–1995)
- Vincenta Da Ponte (fl. second half 18th century)
- Jeanne Pool (born 1951)
- Chris Poole (born 1952)
- Rachel Portman (born 1960)
- Elizabeth Poston (1905–1987)
- Rosephanye Powell (born 20th century)
- Mary Ann Pownall (1751–1796)
- Oliveria Louisa Prescott (1843–1919)
- Florence Beatrice Price (1887–1953)
- María Teresa Prieto (1896–1982)
- Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665)
- Teresa Procaccini (born 1934)
- Marie Proksch (1836–1900)
- Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 1947)
- Marta Ptaszynska (born 1943)
- Loïsa Puget (1810–1889)
Q[edit]
- Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791)
- Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566, fl. 1611)
R[edit]
- Erika Radermacher (born 1936)
- Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
- Priaulx Rainier (1903–1986)
- Teresa Rampazzi (1914–2001)
- Shulamit Ran (born 1949)
- Eda Rapoport (1890–1968)
- Elizabeth Raum (born 1945)
- Irma Ravinale (1937–2013)
- Mme Ravissa (fl. late 18th century)
- Giulia Recli (1890–1970)
- Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957)
- Juliane Reichardt (1752–1783)
- Louise Reichardt (1779–1826)
- Caroline Reinagle (1818–1892)
- Andrea Reinkemeyer (born 1976)
- Julie Reisserová (1888–1938)
- Claire Renard (born 1944)
- Henriette Renié (1875–1956)
- Catherine Rennes (1858–1940)
- Elsa Respighi (1894–1996)
- Michèle Reverdy (born 1943)
- Sylvia Rexach (1922–1961)
- Marisa Rezende (born 1944)
- Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597)
- Kathleen Richards (1895–1984)
- Marga Richter (born 1926)
- Teresa Clotilde del Riego (1876–1968)
- Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919)
- Shoshana Riseman (born 1948)
- Julie Rivé-King (1854–1937)
- Angela Ro Ro (born 1949)
- Fanny Arthur Robinson (1831–1879)
- Maria Rodrigo (1888–1967)
- Marcela Rodríguez (born 1951)
- Betty Roe (born 1930)
- Esther Rofe (1904–2000)
- Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844–1931)
- Caro Roma (1869–1937)
- Elena Romero (1923–1996)
- Ann Ronell (1906 or 1908–1933)
- Amanda Röntgen-Maier (1853–1894)
- Clotilde Rosa (born 1930)
- Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710)
- Doina Rotaru (born 1951)
- Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild (1832–1924)
- Anna Rubin (born 1946)
- Vivian Adelberg Rudow (born 1936)
- Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999)
- Magaly Ruiz Lastres (born 1941)
- Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
- Gilda Ruta (1856–1932)
S[edit]
- Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
- Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892)
- Sahakdukht (fl. early 8th century)
- Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (1821–1885)
- Matilde Salvador (born 1918)
- Alice Samter (1908–2004)
- Rhian Samuel (born 1944)
- Marie Samuelsson (born 1956)
- Rocio Sanz (1933–1993)
- Sappho (born c. 612 BCE)
- Antonia Sarcina (born 1963)
- Kimi Sato (born 1949)
- Rebecca Saunders (born 1967)
- Jane Savage (1752/3–1824)
- Carla Scaletti (born 1956)
- Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662–1708)
- Ethel Scarborough (1880–1956)
- Claire Schapira (born 1946)
- Delphine von Schauroth (1814–1887)
- Tona Scherchen (born 1938)
- Mon Schjelderup (1870–1934)
- Annette Schlünz (born 1964)
- Maria Schneider (1960)
- Ruth Schonthal (1924–2006)
- Eva Schorr (born 1927)
- Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751–1802)
- Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
- Phillipa Duke Schuyler (1931–1967)
- Laura Schwendinger (born 1962)
- Esther Scliar (1926–1978)
- Alicia Ann Scott (1810–1900)
- Clara H. Scott (1841–1897)
- Amy Scurria (born 1973)
- Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927)
- Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953)
- Hilda Sehested (1858–1936)
- Ilona Sekacz (born 1948)
- Blanche Selva (1884–1942)
- Daria Semegen (born 1946)
- Johanna Senfter (1879–1961)
- Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou (1679–1745)
- María Luisa Sepúlveda (1896–1958)
- Tat'yana Sergeyeva (born 1951)
- Valentina Serova (1846–1924)
- Claudia Sessa (c. 1570–between 1613 and 1619)
- Kilza Setti (born 1932)
- Charlotta Seuerling (1782–1828)
- Marielli Sfakianaki (born 1945)
- Masguda Shamsutdinova (born 1955)
- Alex Shapiro (born 1962)
- Judith Shatin (born 1949)
- Naomi Shemer (1930–2004)
- Alice Shields (born 1943)
- Chen Shi-hui (born 1962)
- Pan Shiji (born 1957)
- Yoko Shimomura (born 1967)
- Mieko Shiomi (born 1938)
- Verdina Shlonsky (1905–1990)
- Clare Shore (born 1954)
- Marilyn Shrude (born 1946)
- Marie Siegling (1824–1919)
- Arlene Sierra (born 1970)
- Elzbieta Sikora (born 1943)
- Adelaide Pereira da Silva (born 1928)
- Sheila Silver (born 1946)
- Faye-Ellen Silverman (born 1947)
- Netty Simons (1913–1994)
- Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
- Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818)
- Synne Skouen (born 1950)
- Bettina Skrzypczak (born 1962)
- Jane Sloman (1824–after 1850)
- Pril Smiley (born 1943)
- Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884)
- Julia Smith (1911–1989)
- Linda Catlin Smith (born 1957)
- Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
- Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)
- Jitka Snížková (1924–1989)
- Joanídia Sodré (1903–1975)
- Silvia Sommer (born 1944)
- Brunhilde Sonntag (1936–2002)
- Ann Southam (born 1937)
- Isabel Soveral (born 1961)
- Maj Sønstevold (1917–1996)
- Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
- Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
- Cristina Spinei (born 1984)
- Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965)
- Tui St. George Tucker (1924–2004)
- Pamela St. John (born 1950)
- Patty Stair (1869–1926)
- Ivana Stefanovic (born 1948)
- Carolyn Steinberg (born 1956)
- Emma Roberto Steiner (1850–1928)
- Gitta Steiner (1932–1990)
- Elizabeth Stirling (1819–1895)
- Lindsey Stirling (born 1986)
- Stella Stocker (1858–1925)
- Ingrid Stölzel (born 1971)
- Lily Strickland (1887–1958)
- Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
- Maria Anna Stubenberg (1821–1912)
- Dana Suesse (1909–1987)
- Kyungsun Suh (born 1942)
- Marion Dix Sullivan (fl. 1840–50)
- Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984)
- Natela Svanidze (born 1926)
- Elizabeth Swados (born 1951)
- Freda Swain (1902–1985)
- Edith Swepstone (fl. 1885–1930)
- Kay Swift (1897–1993)
- Gloria Wilson Swisher (born 1935)
- Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (1912–1994)
- Iris Szeghy (born 1956)
- Erzsébet Szőnyi (born 1924)
- Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831)
- Joan Szymko (born 1957)
T[edit]
- Dobrinka Tabakova (born 1980)
- Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
- Louise Talma (1906–1996)
- Karen Tanaka (born 1961)
- Hilary Tann (born 1947)
- Phyllis Tate (1911–1987)
- Erna Tauro (1916–1993)
- Cornelia Tautu (born 1938)
- Alice Tegnér (1864–1943)
- Nancy Telfer (born 1950)
- Hope Temple (1859–1938)
- Alicia Terzian (born 1934)
- Rose Thisse-Derouette (1902–1989)
- Jennifer Thomas (pianist) (born 1977)
- Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964)
- Diane Thome (born 1942)
- Shirley Thompson
- Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir (Anna Thorvaldsdottir) (born 1977)
- Pauline-Marie-Elisa Thys (c. 1836–1909)
- Tibors (fl. mid-12th century)
- Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979)
- Serena Tideman
- Katia Tiutiunnik (born 1967)
- Zlata Tkach (1928–2006)
- Helen Tobias-Duesberg (1919–2010)
- Denise Tolkowsky (1918–1991)
- Joan Tower (born 1938)
- Joan Trimble (1915–2000)
- Alba Trissina (fl. 1622)
- Josephine Troup (died 1912)
- Julia Tsenova (1948–2010)
- Karmella Tsepkolenko (born 1955)
- Calliope Tsoupaki (born 1963)
- Yuka Tsujiyoko (born in the 20th century)
- Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856–1938)
- Agnes Tyrrell (1846–1883)
U[edit]
- Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885)
- Ludmila Ulehla (1923–2009)
- Alicia Urreta (1933–1987)
- Irma Urteaga (born 1929)
- Julia Usher (born 1945)
- Galina Ustvolskaya (born 1919)
- Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)
V[edit]
- Ann Valentine (1762–1842)
- Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn (1927–2014)
- Nancy Van de Vate (born 1930)
- Annelies Van Parys (born 1975)
- Janika Vandervelde (born 1955)
- Alida Vázquez (born 1931)
- Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
- Hana Vejvodová (1963–1994)
- Consuelo Velázquez (1924–2005)
- Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (born 1640)
- Lucie Vellère (1896–1966)
- Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (born 1941)
- Yuliya Veysberg (1878/1880–1942)
- Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
- Jórunn Viðar (born 1918)
- Lois V Vierk (born 1951)
- Jane Vieu (1871–1955)
- Josée Vigneron-Ramackers (born 1914)
- Mariana Villanueva (born 1964)
- Henriette Adélaïde Villard Beaumesnil (1748–1813)
- Berthe di Vito-Delvaux (1915–2005)
- Ida Vivado (1908–1989)
- Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662)
- Marina Marta Vlad (born 1949)
- Sláva Vorlová (1894–1973)
- Tat'yana Voronina (born 1933)
- Anne van Schothorst (born 1974)
W[edit]
- Ho Wai-On (born 1946)
- Josephine-Rosalie de Walckiers (1756–1836)
- Gwyneth Walker (born 1947)
- Shirley Walker (born 1945)
- Joelle Wallach (born 1946)
- Errollyn Wallen (born 1958)
- Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria (1724–1780)
- Jennifer Walshe (born 1974)
- Tekla Griebel Wandall (1866–1940)
- Qiang Wang (born 1935)
- Ying Wang (born 1976)
- Hermene Warlick Eichhorn (1906-2001)
- Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991)
- Thérèse Wartel (1814–1865)
- Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932)
- Julie von Webenau née Baroni-Cavalcabo (1813–1874)
- Vilma von Webenau (1875–1953)
- Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953)
- Emmy Wegener (1901–1973)
- Vally Weigl (1889–1982)
- Judith Weir (born 1954)
- Georgina Weldon (1837–1914)
- Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
- Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949)
- Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838)
- Hildegard Westerkamp (born 1946)
- Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1877–1971)
- Maude Valérie White (1855–1937)
- Ruth White (born 1925)
- Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
- Dorothy Whitson Freed (1919–2000)
- Caroline Wichern (1836–1906)
- Inger Wikström (born 1939)
- Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758)
- Margaret Lucy Wilkins (born 1939)
- Grace Williams (1906–1977)
- Joan Franks Williams (1930–2003)
- Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981)
- Debbie Wiseman (born 1963)
- Diane Wittry (born 1964)
- Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820)
- Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
- Erna Woll (1917–2005)
- Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944)
- Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919)
- Barbara Woof (born 1958)
- Julia Woolf (1831–1893)
- Ellen Riley Wright (1859–1904)
- Mary Ann Wrighten (1751–1796)
- Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835)
- Sinta Wullur (born 1958)
- Mary J. A. Wurm (1860–1938)
- Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849–1919)
- Louisa Friderica (Luisa Friederike), Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, née von Württemberg (1722–1792)
- Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989)
X[edit]
- Shuxian Xiao (1905–1991)
- Huguang Xin (born 1933)
- Qu Xixian (born 1919)
- Khosrovidukht (fl. early 8th century)
Y[edit]
- Michiru Yamane (born 1963)
- Kinuyo Yamashita (living; born in the 20th century)
- Irina Yel'cheva (born 1926)
- Chen Yi (born 1953)
Z[edit]
- Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (born 1948)
- Arlene Zallman (1934–2006)
- Ruth Zechlin (1926–2007)
- Isidora Zegers (1803–1869)
- Dafina Zeqiri (composer) (born 1984)
- Gaziza Zhubanova (born 1927)
- Lidia Zielinska (born 1953)
- Grete von Zieritz (1899–2001)
- Marilyn J Ziffrin (born 1926)
- Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925)
- Margrit Zimmermann (born 1927)
- Mirjana Živkovic (born 1935)
- Emiliana de Zubeldia (1888–1987)
- Marija Zubova (1749–1799)
- Mana Zucca (1885–1981)
- Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857)
- Ellen Zwilich (born 1939)