Notable Alumni of Royal Academy of Music, University of London [Sorted List]

1. Michael Schønwandt

1953-. (aged 73)

conductor

Michael Detlev Schønwandt is a Danish conductor. In Denmark, he studied piano, theory, and composition, and later continued musical studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

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2. Rosemary Ashe

1953-. (aged 73)

singer

Rosemary Elizabeth Ashe is an English stage actress and singer.

3. Adam Searles

1981-. (aged 45)

actor television actor

Adam Searles is a British stage, film, and television actor. He has portrayed Gavroche in Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre, London, and played the original Artful Dodger in Cameron Mackintosh's 1994 production of Oliver! at the London Palladium. Searles opened the show in 1994 with Jonathan Pryce in the role of Fagin and was requested to close the show...

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4. Tobias Matthay

1858-1945 (aged 87)

composer pianist musicologist music educator

Tobias Augustus Matthay was an English pianist, teacher, and composer.

5. Denise Orme

1885-1960 (aged 75)

singer musician opera singer

Jessie Smither, Duchess of Leinster, known by her stage name Denise Orme, was an English music hall singer, actress and musician who appeared regularly at the Alhambra and Gaiety Theatres in London in the early years of the 20th century. Married, successively, to an English baron, a Danish millionaire, and an Irish duke, she was the maternal grandmother of Aga...

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6. Ludovic Morlot

1973-. (aged 53)

conductor

Ludovic Morlot is a French conductor.

7. Ayşedeniz Gökçin

1988-. (aged 38)

composer classical pianist

Ayşedeniz Gökçin is a Turkish classical pianist and composer.

8. George Alexander Macfarren

1813-1887 (aged 74)

composer theorist university teacher musicologist conductor

Sir George Alexander Macfarren was an English composer and musicologist.

9. Carroll Gibbons

1903-1954 (aged 51)

bandleader conductor composer

Carroll Richard Gibbons was an American-born pianist, bandleader and popular composer who made his career primarily in England during the British dance band era.

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10. Jessie Bond

1853-1942 (aged 89)

opera singer

Jessie Charlotte Bond was an English singer and actress best known for creating the mezzo-soprano soubrette roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. She spent twenty years on the stage, the bulk of them with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

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11. Eva Turner

1890-1990 (aged 100)

opera singer music educator

Dame Eva Turner DBE was an English dramatic soprano. Determined from an early age to become an opera singer, she studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and then joined the chorus of the Carl Rosa Opera Company. She was allotted increasingly important solo roles, and by 1920 was the company's prima donna.

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12. Geraldo

1904-1974 (aged 70)

bandleader conductor jazz musician

Gerald Walcan Bright, better known as Geraldo, was an English bandleader. He adopted the name "Geraldo" in 1930, and became one of the most popular British dance band leaders of the 1930s with his "sweet music" and his "Gaucho Tango Orchestra". During the 1940s, he modernised his style and continued to enjoy great success.

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13. Gwilym Simcock

1981-. (aged 45)

jazz musician pianist horn player composer bandleader

Gwilym Simcock is a Welsh pianist and composer working in both jazz and classical music. He was chosen as one of the 1000 Most Influential People in London by the Evening Standard in 2009. He was featured on the front cover of the August 2007 issue of the UK's Jazzwise magazine.

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14. Philip Langridge

1939-2010 (aged 71)

violinist singer opera singer

Philip Gordon Langridge CBE was an English tenor, considered to be among the foremost exponents of English opera and oratorio.

15. Osian Ellis

1928-2021 (aged 93)

music educator harpist composer

Osian Gwynn Ellis CBE was a Welsh harpist, composer and teacher. He was principal harpist of the London Symphony Orchestra, a founding member of the Melos Ensemble and a professor of harp at the Royal Academy of Music. Many composers wrote music for him. From 1959 onwards, Ellis had a close professional partnership with Benjamin Britten that lasted to the...

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16. Carol Williams

1962-. (aged 64)

organist

Carol Anne Williams D.M.A., ARAM, FRCO, FTCL, ARCM is a British-born international concert organist and composer, residing in America. She served from October 2001 and resigned her post in October 2016 as Civic Organist for the city of San Diego, California, performing regularly at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion. She was formerly the Artist in Residence at St. Paul's Cathedral San...

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17. Alicia Previn

violinist songwriter children's writer

Alicia Previn is an American violinist, songwriter, recording artist and author. She is the daughter, along with sister Claudia Previn, of André Previn, conductor of the Houston, Pittsburgh, and London Symphony Orchestras and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and American jazz singer Betty Bennett.

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18. Suzanna Kempner

1985-. (aged 41)

stand-up comedian singer

Suzanna Maria Kempner is an English stand-up comedian, actress and singer.

19. Alexander Mackenzie

1847-1935 (aged 88)

composer conductor music educator university teacher

Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie KCVO was a Scottish composer, conductor and teacher best known for his oratorios, violin and piano pieces, Scottish folk music and works for the stage.

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20. Andrew Alexander

1944-. (aged 82)

film producer

Andrew Alexander is an English actor and singer, who is best known for his role as Sir John Bullock in Downton Abbey.

21. Graham McGrath

1971-. (aged 55)

film actor actor television actor

Graham McGrath is an English actor with film, television, radio and theatre credits. He currently also works for Merlin Entertainments based near London in Surrey, England. He had tuition at the Junior Academy of the Royal Academy of Music in London when he was only 4 years old. He also studied music and drama at the London Academy of Music...

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22. Augusta Read Thomas

1964-. (aged 62)

musicologist music educator composer

Augusta Read Thomas is an American composer and University Professor of Composition in the Department of Music at the University of Chicago, where she is also director of the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition.

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23. Robert John Godfrey

1947-. (aged 79)

composer pianist

Robert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and a founding member of The Enid.

24. David Giménez Carreras

1964-. (aged 62)

conductor

David Giménez Carreras is a Spanish conductor. He is the Music Director of the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès, and a principal guest conductor of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra. Giménez Carreras is the nephew of tenor José Carreras and has conducted many of his concerts, including the 1998 outdoor concert in Barcelona attended by 50,000 people to mark the 10th...

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25. Joanna MacGregor

1959-. (aged 67)

composer jazz musician television presenter music educator

Joanna Clare MacGregor CBE is a British concert pianist, conductor, composer, and festival curator. She is Head of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and a professor of the University of London. She was artistic director of the International Summer School & Festival at Dartington Hall from 2015 to 2019.

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26. Edward German

1862-1936 (aged 74)

music educator conductor composer

Sir Edward German was an English musician and composer of Welsh descent, best remembered for his extensive output of incidental music for the stage and as a successor to Arthur Sullivan in the field of English comic opera. Some of his light operas, especially Merrie England, are still occasionally performed.

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27. Ari Ólafsson

1998-. (aged 28)

singer

Ari Ólafsson is an Icelandic singer who represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Our Choice" which ended 19th in Semi Final 1 with 15 points.

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28. Joseph Parry

1841-1903 (aged 62)

composer

Joseph Parry was a Welsh composer and musician. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, he is best known as the composer of "Myfanwy" and the hymn tune "Aberystwyth". Parry was also the first Welshman to compose an opera; his composition, Blodwen, was the first opera in the Welsh language.

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29. Leo Abrahams

1977-. (aged 49)

composer guitarist record producer musician

Leo Matthew Abrahams is an English musician, composer and producer. He has collaborated with Brian Eno, Katie Melua, Imogen Heap, Jarvis Cocker, Carl Barât, Regina Spektor, Jon Hopkins and Paul Simon. After attending the Royal Academy of Music in England, he started his musical career by touring as lead guitarist with Imogen Heap.

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30. Carwyn Ellis

1973-. (aged 53)

singer-songwriter composer

Carwyn Meurig Ellis is a Welsh musician, composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is known as the frontman of Welsh alternative band Colorama, as a member of the Pretenders and as a long-time collaborator with Edwyn Collins. In 2014, they worked together on the soundtrack to the film The Possibilities Are Endless which won the Mojo 'Film of the...

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31. Garðar Thór Cortes

1974-. (aged 52)

actor stage actor opera singer

Garðar Thór Cortes is an Icelandic tenor of Icelandic and English parentage. A former child actor, Garðar subsequently trained as a singer in Vienna, Copenhagen and London. He has performed various leading tenor roles in operas, as well as a leading part in The Phantom of the Opera in London's West End. While insisting that he is first and foremost...

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32. Doreen Carwithen

1922-2003 (aged 81)

composer film score composer

Doreen Mary Carwithen was a British composer of classical and film music. She was also known as Mary Alwyn following her marriage to William Alwyn.

33. E. Power Biggs

1906-1977 (aged 71)

organist composer harpsichordist

Edward George Power Biggs was a British-born American concert organist and recording artist.

34. Moura Lympany

1916-2005 (aged 89)

pianist autobiographer

Dame Moura Lympany DBE was an English concert pianist.

35. Michael Berkeley

1948-. (aged 78)

film score composer radio personality composer

Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Baron Berkeley of Knighton is an English composer, broadcaster on music and non-party political member of the House of Lords, speaking as an advocate for the arts, contemporary music and music education.

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36. Jonathan Noyce

1971-. (aged 55)

keyboardist guitarist bassist

Jonathan Mark Thomas Noyce is an English musician. He is primarily a bass guitar player. Noyce is known for being a member of British rock group Jethro Tull for 12 years, and also for his collaborations with guitarist Gary Moore, film composer Daniel Pemberton, the band Archive and French artist Mylène Farmer. In 2018 he was awarded an ARAM by...

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37. Anna Russell

1911-2006 (aged 95)

actor comedian singer

Anna Russell was an English–Canadian singer and comedian. She gave many concerts in which she sang and played comic musical sketches on the piano. Among her best-known works are her concert performances and recordings of The Ring of the Nibelungs (An Analysis) – a humorous 22-minute synopsis of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen – and (on the same album)...

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38. Fiona Brice

violinist composer

Fiona Brice is an English composer, orchestral arranger and violinist.

39. Harriet Cohen

1895-1967 (aged 72)

pianist music educator composer

Harriet Pearl Alice Cohen CBE was a British pianist.

40. Edith Craig

1869-1947 (aged 78)

theatrical producer actor costume designer director film actor

Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig, was a prolific theatre director, producer, costume designer and early pioneer of the women's suffrage movement in England. She was the daughter of the actress Ellen Terry and the progressive English architect-designer Edward William Godwin, and the sister of theatre practitioner Edward Gordon Craig.

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41. Philip Sheppard

conductor cellist composer music educator musician

Philip Sheppard is an English musician.

42. York Bowen

1884-1961 (aged 77)

conductor pianist horn player composer music educator

Edwin York Bowen was an English composer and pianist. Bowen's musical career spanned more than fifty years during which time he wrote over 160 works. As well as being a pianist and composer, Bowen was a talented conductor, organist, violist and horn player. Despite achieving considerable success during his lifetime, many of the composer's works remained unpublished and unperformed until...

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43. Clifford Curzon

1907-1982 (aged 75)

composer pianist

Sir Clifford Michael Curzon CBE was an English classical pianist.

44. Alan Bush

1900-1995 (aged 95)

composer pianist conductor music educator

Alan Dudley Bush was a British composer, pianist, conductor, teacher and political activist. A committed communist, his uncompromising political beliefs were often reflected in his music. He composed prolifically across a range of genres but struggled through his lifetime for recognition from the British musical establishment, which largely ignored his works.

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45. Granville Bantock

1868-1946 (aged 78)

choreographer conductor composer

Sir Granville Ransome Bantock was a British composer of classical music.

46. Bramwell Tovey

1953-2022 (aged 69)

composer pianist conductor musicologist

Bramwell Tovey OC OM was a British conductor and composer.

47. Teo Gheorghiu

1992-. (aged 34)

pianist film actor

Teo Gheorghiu is a Swiss-Canadian pianist.

48. Edmundo Ros

1910-2011 (aged 101)

songwriter bandleader conductor singer

Edmundo Ros OBE, FRAM, born Edmund William Ross, was a Trinidadian-Venezuelan musician, vocalist, arranger and bandleader who made his career in Britain. He directed a highly popular Latin American orchestra, had an extensive recording career and owned one of London's leading nightclubs.

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49. Vanraj Bhatia

1927-2021 (aged 94)

composer music director

Vanraj Bhatia was an Indian composer best known for his work in Indian New Wave cinema. He was also one of the leading composers of Western classical music in India.

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50. Dominic Seldis

1971-. (aged 55)

music educator musician

Dominic Seldis is a British double bass soloist and principal (1st solo) double bass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

51. Kerry Minnear

1948-. (aged 78)

songwriter pianist guitarist singer

Kerry Churchill Minnear is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer. He is known primarily for his work with the progressive rock band Gentle Giant from 1970 to 1980.

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52. Jiří Stivín

1942-. (aged 84)

composer jazz musician pedagogue saxophonist film actor

Jiří Stivín is a Czech flute player and composer.

53. Xuefei Yang

1977-. (aged 49)

guitarist classical guitarist

Xuefei Yang is a Chinese classical guitarist acclaimed as one of the world's finest classical guitarists. Classic FM named her one of the 100 Top Classical Musicians of Our Time, and BBC Music Magazine ranks her among the Top Six Guitarists of the Century. The first internationally recognized Chinese guitarist, she has captivated audiences in more than 50 countries and...

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54. Freddy Kempf

1977-. (aged 49)

pianist

Frederick Albert Kempf is a British pianist born in Croydon to a German father and a Japanese mother. He lives in Berlin.

55. Evelyn Dove

1902-1987 (aged 85)

actor cabaret performer jazz singer

Evelyn Mary Dove was a British singer and actress, who early in her career drew comparisons with Josephine Baker. Of Sierra Leone Creole and English parentage, Dove is recognized as a "trailblazing performer": in 1939, she made history as the first black singer to feature on BBC Radio, building a solid reputation not only through her work in Britain but...

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56. Dominic Lewis

1985-. (aged 41)

composer singer film score composer musician

Dominic Alexander Charles Lewis is a British film and television composer and singer. He first worked on various music departments for film projects before transitioning into more solo work starting with Free Birds. His other credits include The Man in the High Castle, DuckTales, Peter Rabbit, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, Monsters at Work, Bullet Train, The Fall Guy, and...

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57. Vikki Stone

1985-. (aged 41)

actor comedian musician

Vikki Stone is a British writer, composer, lyricist, comedian, actress and musician. In 2023, her show Hey Duggee Live was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Family Show.

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58. Miloš Karadaglić

1983-. (aged 43)

classical guitarist

Miloš Karadaglić, sometimes known mononymously as Miloš, is a Montenegrin classical guitarist and Sony Classical recording artist. He was born in Montenegro and currently lives and works in the United Kingdom.

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59. William Sterndale Bennett

1816-1875 (aged 59)

conductor university teacher pianist composer music educator

Sir William Sterndale Bennett was an English composer, pianist, conductor and music educator. At the age of ten Bennett was admitted to the London Royal Academy of Music (RAM), where he remained for ten years. By the age of twenty, he had begun to make a reputation as a concert pianist, and his compositions received high praise. Among those impressed...

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60. Ray Noble

1903-1978 (aged 75)

film actor jazz musician songwriter conductor television actor

Raymond Stanley Noble was an English jazz and big band musician, who was a bandleader, composer and arranger, as well as a radio host, television and film comedian and actor; he also performed in the United States. He is best known for his signature tune, "The Very Thought of You", and for "Cherokee".

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61. Myra Hess

1890-1965 (aged 75)

music educator pianist

Dame Julia Myra Hess was an English pianist known for her performances of the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms. She famously organised concerts in London during the Second World War and The Blitz.

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62. Es Devlin

1971-. (aged 55)

costume designer scenographer production designer theatre designer

Esmeralda Devlin CBE RDI is an English artist and stage designer who works in a range of media, often mapping light and projecting film onto kinetic sculptural forms. She has received several accolades including a Tony Award and two Olivier Awards. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours and...

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63. John Barbirolli

1899-1970 (aged 71)

music educator conductor cellist

Sir John Barbirolli was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving from 1936 to 1943....

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64. Rebecca Clarke

1886-1979 (aged 93)

composer violist musicologist musician

Rebecca Helferich Clarke was a British classical composer and violist. Internationally renowned as a viola virtuoso, she also became one of the first female professional orchestral players in London.

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65. Harrison Birtwistle

1934-2022 (aged 88)

music educator film score composer composer

Sir Harrison Birtwistle was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects. Among his many compositions, his better known works include The Triumph of Time (1972) and the operas The Mask of Orpheus (1986), Gawain (1991), and The Minotaur (2008). The last of these was ranked by music critics at The...

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66. Edward Gardner

1974-. (aged 52)

conductor music director

Edward Gardner OBE is an English conductor. While still studying at the Royal Academy of Music in the late 1990s, he began his professional career as a choral conductor and repetiteur. Among other early posts, he was music director of Glyndebourne on Tour from 2004 to 2007. Gardner was music director of English National Opera from 2007 to 2015. From...

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67. Gabriela Montero

1970-. (aged 56)

composer pianist

Gabriela Montero is a Venezuelan pianist, known both for her improvisations of musical pieces on themes suggested by her audience and other sources, as well as for her performances of a standard classical repertoire.

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68. Phil Gould

1957-. (aged 69)

songwriter drummer musician

Philip Gabriel Gould is a British drummer, songwriter and singer from the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England. He founded the band Level 42 with Mark King.

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69. Henry Wood

1869-1944 (aged 75)

university teacher conductor composer

Sir Henry Joseph Wood CH was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the Proms. He conducted them for nearly half a century, introducing hundreds of new works to British audiences. After his death, the concerts were officially renamed in his honour as the "Henry Wood Promenade Concerts", although they...

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70. Máiréad Nesbitt

1979-. (aged 47)

violinist composer

Máiréad Nesbitt is an Irish musician. She is known for performing Celtic and classical music and being the former fiddler for Celtic Woman. She was also one of the two original fiddlers in Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance in the mid to late 1990s, along with its extended version Feet of Flames in the early 2000s.

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71. Antonio Pappano

1959-. (aged 67)

harpsichordist conductor music director classical pianist

Sir Antonio Pappano CVO is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. Between 2002 and 2024, he was the longest-serving music director of the Royal Opera House. Since 2024, he has served as chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.

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72. Rachel Tucker

1981-. (aged 45)

singer actor stage actor

Rachel Kelly Tucker is a Northern Irish actress and singer, best known for her portrayal of Elphaba in the musical Wicked in the West End and on Broadway. She also starred in the West End and Broadway productions of Come from Away, Sunset Boulevard, Hadestown, The Great Gatsby, The Last Ship.

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73. SuRie

1989-. (aged 37)

singer

Susanna Marie Cork, known professionally as SuRie, is an English singer and songwriter. She was born in Harlow, Essex, and raised in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.

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74. John Dankworth

1927-2010 (aged 83)

bandleader saxophonist actor university teacher composer

Sir John Phillip William Dankworth was an English jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinettist and writer of film scores. With his wife, jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, he was a music educator and also her music director.

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75. Arnold Bax

1883-1953 (aged 70)

composer poet writer classical composer pianist

Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax KCVO was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music. In addition to a series of symphonic poems, he wrote seven symphonies and was for a time widely regarded as the leading British symphonist.

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76. Dee Palmer

1937-. (aged 89)

composer keyboardist

Dee Palmer is an English composer, arranger, and keyboardist best known for having been a member of the progressive rock group Jethro Tull from 1976 to 1980 (although Palmer had worked with the band as an arranger since their inception in 1967).

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77. Jeanne Added

1980-. (aged 46)

singer-songwriter recording artist

Jeanne Added is a French singer songwriter singing mainly in English. After starting as a jazz interpreter with various musicians, she launched her solo EP EP#1 in 2011 followed by an independent album Yes is a Pleasant Country also in 2011. She has released three albums and three EPs and a number of singles.

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78. Sati Kazanova

1982-. (aged 44)

actor singer presenter

Sataney Setgalievna Kazanova, better known as Sati Kazanova (Russian: Сати Казанова), (born 2 October 1982 in Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR) is a Russian singer. Until May 2010, she was one of the three vocalists of the Russian pop girl group Fabrika (Russian: Фабрика; Factory in English). In 2002, she took part in the first season of the Russian talent show Star Factory...

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79. Ian "H" Watkins

1976-. (aged 50)

singer actor

Ian Watkins, known by his stage name H, is a Welsh singer, actor and reality TV contestant. He is a member of the British pop group Steps.

80. Devika Rani

1908-1994 (aged 86)

actor film actor

Devika Rani Chaudhuri, known professionally as Devika Rani (Bengali: দেবিকা রাণী), was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi cinema. Widely acknowledged as the First Lady of Indian cinema, Devika Rani is regarded as one of the greatest actresses. She was the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and was awarded the Padma Shri. One of the highest-paid actress...

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81. Birgit Nilsson

1918-2005 (aged 87)

opera singer

Märta Birgit Nilsson was a Swedish dramatic soprano. Although she sang a wide repertoire of operatic and vocal works, Nilsson was best known for her performances in the operas of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. Her voice was noted for its overwhelming force, bountiful reserves of power, and the gleaming brilliance and clarity in the upper register.

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82. Maxim Vengerov

1974-. (aged 52)

music educator pedagogue conductor university teacher violist

Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov is a Soviet-born Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor. Classic FM has called him "one of the greatest violinists in the world".

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83. Joe Jackson

1992-. (aged 34)

basketball player

Joe Jackson is a British musician, singer and songwriter. Having spent years studying music and playing clubs, he found early success with his hit new wave singles "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" and "It's Different for Girls". After he moved to more jazz-inflected pop music, Jackson achieved a worldwide hit with "Steppin' Out". Jackson is associated with the...

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84. Helen George

1984-. (aged 42)

actor film actor

Helen Elizabeth George is an English actress, best known for playing Trixie Franklin, later Trixie, Lady Aylward, on the BBC drama series Call the Midwife. In 2015, she participated in the thirteenth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing; she was paired with Aljaž Skorjanec, and finished in sixth place. She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical...

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85. Katherine Jenkins

1980-. (aged 46)

opera singer music artist

Katherine Jenkins OBE is a Welsh singer. She is a mezzo-soprano who performs operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre, and hymns.

86. Myleene Klass

1978-. (aged 48)

television presenter musician film actor model pianist

Myleene Angela Klass MBE is a British musician, singer, television presenter, model, writer and designer. She was a member of the pop group Hear'Say, and later released a solo classical crossover album in 2003, followed by additional "lullaby" albums from 2022 onward. Klass then went into television and radio presenting, hosting series including Popstar to Operastar (2010–2011) and BBQ Champ...

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87. Fra Fee

1987-. (aged 39)

singer actor stage actor

Fra Fee is a Northern Irish actor and singer. He is best known for playing Courfeyrac in Tom Hooper's 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables, and for his role as Kazi in the Disney+ series Hawkeye, which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fee also played the role of Michael Carney in Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman at the Royal...

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88. Trevor Jones

1949-. (aged 77)

composer film score composer

Trevor Alfred Charles Jones is a South African composer of film and television scores, who has worked primarily in the United Kingdom.

89. Annie Lennox

1954-. (aged 72)

singer music video director singer-songwriter HIV/AIDS activist songwriter

Ann Lennox OBE is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. When she appeared in the 1983 music video for "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"...

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90. Elton John

1947-. (aged 79)

composer pianist film actor HIV/AIDS activist keyboardist

Sir Elton Hercules John is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting effect on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with the lyricist Bernie Taupin is one of the most successful in history. John was the 19th EGOT winner in history. He has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him...

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91. Gareth Malone

1975-. (aged 51)

conductor television presenter choir director musician

Gareth Edmund Malone OBE is an English choirmaster and broadcaster, self-described as an "animateur, presenter and populariser of choral singing". He is best known for his television appearances in programmes such as The Choir, which focus on singing and introducing choral music to new participants. Malone was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012...

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92. Andrew Parmley

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Sir Andrew Charles Parmley, KStJ is Principal of the Harrodian School in Barnes, London, and served as Lord Mayor of London for 2016–17.

93. Grace Chatto

1985-. (aged 41)

cellist vocalist percussionist musician

Grace Chatto is an English musician and co-founder of electronic music band Clean Bandit. She started the band and leads the band. She produces and plays the cello in the group.

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94. Bill Bailey

1965-. (aged 61)

comedian musician pianist television presenter singer-songwriter

Mark Robert "Bill" Bailey MBE is an English musician, comedian, actor and television presenter. He is known for his role as Manny in the sitcom Black Books (2000–2004), and for his regular appearances on the panel shows Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI, as well as for his stand-up comedy work. He plays a...

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95. Karl Jenkins

1944-. (aged 82)

jazz musician oboist saxophonist composer keyboardist

Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins, CBE, FRAM, HonFLSW is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer. His best known works include the song "Adiemus" (1995, from the Adiemus album series), Palladio (1995), The Armed Man (2000), his Requiem (2005) and his Stabat Mater (2008).

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96. Lionel Tertis

1876-1975 (aged 99)

music educator composer music journalist university teacher violist

Lionel Tertis, CBE was an English violist. A noted teacher, he was one of the first viola players to achieve international fame.

97. Arthur Sullivan

1842-1900 (aged 58)

composer organist conductor music educator

Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO was an English composer. He is best known for 14 comic opera collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral works, ten choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous church pieces, songs,...

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98. Kit Armstrong

1992-. (aged 34)

composer pianist

Kit Armstrong is an American classical pianist, composer, organist, and former child prodigy of British-Taiwanese parentage.

99. Susanna Mälkki

1969-. (aged 57)

conductor cellist

Susanna Ulla Marjukka Mälkki is a Finnish conductor and cellist.

100. John Joubert

1927-2019 (aged 92)

composer

John Pierre Herman Joubert was a British composer of South African birth, particularly of choral works. He lived in Moseley, a suburb of Birmingham, England, for over 50 years. A music academic in the universities of Hull and Birmingham for 36 years, Joubert took early retirement in 1986 to concentrate on composing and remained active into his eighties. Though perhaps...

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