* Kurt Adler, conductor
* Norbert Brainin, violinist
* Ignaz Brüll, composer and pianist [13]
* Emanuel Feuermann, cellist
* Felix Galimir, violinist
* Heinrich Grünfeld, cellist
* Alfred Grünfeld, pianist
* Joseph Joachim, violinist (born in Kittsee, Austria, at that
time Hungary)[19]
* Hans Keller, musicologist [14]
* Julius Korngold, music critic
* Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962) violinist and composer, one of the
most famous of his day[15]
* Josef Krips, conductor (Jewish father)
* Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
* Erica Morini, violinist [20]
* David Popper, cellist
* Julius Rudel, conductor
* Erwin Schulhoff (1894 - 1942) composer and pianist[16]
* Julius Schulhoff (1825 - 1898) pianist and composer [17]
* Rudolf Schwarz, conductor [18]
* Rudolf Serkin, pianist
* Fritz Spiegl, broadcaster
* Fritz Stiedry, conductor
* Salomon Sulzer, cantor
* Walter Susskind (1913 - 1980) conductor[19]
* Richard Tauber, singer and composer[20]
* Georg Tintner, conductor
* Egon Wellesz, composer [21]
* Paul Wittgenstein, pianist
* Eric Zeisl (1905-1959) composer
* Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, pianist
* Guido Adler, musicologist (born in Bohemia)
* Max Brand, pioneer of electronic music
* Edmund Eysler, composer
* Leo Fall, composer
* Wilhelm Grosz, composer
* Walter Jurmann, popular composer
* Erich Wolfgang Korngold, composer (born in Bohemia) [21]
* Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962) violinist and composer, one of the
most famous of his day[15]
* Frederick Loewe, Broadway composer (Jewish father)
* Gustav Mahler, composer (born in Bohemia)
* Ignaz Moscheles, composer and pianist
* Arnold Schoenberg, composer
* Robert Starer, composer
* Max Steiner, film composer
* Oscar Straus, composer
* Ernst Toch, composer
* Viktor Ullmann, composer and pianist
* Erich Zeisl, composer
* Alexander von Zemlinsky, composer
* Paul Stein-Dunville,[27], Musician
* Gerald Abraham [28], musicologist
* Elias Parish Alvars [29], composer
* John Barnett [30], composer
* Alvise Bassano, musician [145]
* Anthony Bassano, musician [146]
* Baptista Bassano, musician [147]
* Julius Benedict, composer [148]
* Maria Bland, singer [31]
* John Braham [149], singer
* Norbert Brainin [150], violinist
* Giacobbe Cervetto [32], cellist
* Harriet Cohen [151], pianist
* Michael Costa (conductor) [152], conductor and composer.
* Frederic Hymen Cowen [153], composer
* Solomon Cutner [154], known as Solomon, pianist
* Jacqueline du Pré [155], cellist (convert to Judaism)
* Harry Farjeon [33], composer (Jewish father)
* Gerald Finzi [156], composer
* Norma Fisher, [157], pianist
* Benjamin Frankel [158], composer
* Walter Goehr [159], composer
* Alexander Goehr [34], composer, his son
* Berthold Goldschmidt [35], composer
* George Henschel [160], singer & conductor
* Myra Hess [161], pianist
* Gerard Hoffnung [162], musicologist
* Steven Isserlis [163], cellist
* Hans Keller [36], musicologist
* Isidore de Lara [164], composer
* Yehudi Menuhin [165], Lord Menuhin of Stoke d'Abernon; conductor
& violinist (UK-based)
* Benno Moiseiwitsch [166], pianist
* Isaac Nathan [37]
* Yfrah Neaman [167], violinist & teacher
* Michael Nyman [168], composer
* Murray Perahia [169], pianist (UK-based)
* Landon Ronald [170], conductor & composer
* Henry Russell (musician), pianist, baritone singer and composer.
* Robert Saxton [38]
* Rudolf Schwarz, [39] conductor
* Sir Georg Solti [171], conductor
* Walter Susskind (1913 - 1980) [40], conductor
* Richard Tauber, singer and composer (naturalised British
citizen, 1940)[41]
* Lionel Tertis [172], violist
* Simon Waley Waley [42], musician
* Egon Wellesz [173], composer
* Benjamin Zander [174], music director
* Lionel Bart [175], musical writer
* Don Black [176], lyricist
* Graham Gouldman,
* Eric Maschwitz [177], lyricist, writer & broadcaster
* Mitch Murray
* Monty Norman [178], lyricist, composer & singer (creator of "The
James Bond Theme")
* David Rose [179], songwriter & composer
* Jule Styne [180], songwriter (UK-born)
* Natalie & Nicole Appleton, members of All Saints (Jewish mother)
* Jesse Barksdale, jazz guitarist (Jewish mother)
* Scott Storch, Successful Hip Hop producer
* Steve Bays, member of Hot Hot Heat
* David Buchbinder, jazz and klezmer trumpeter and composer
* Leonard Cohen, songwriter & poet
* Percy Faith, bandleader, composer and conductor
* Chilly Gonzales, electronica
* Daniel Greaves, Joey Serlin, Sammy Kohn, members of The Watchmen
* Shai Haddad, rapper
* Engineer, rapper/producer.
* Adam Jesin, guitar player and vocalist for Moksa and Mint
* Eli Kassner, world renowned classical guitar pedagogue
* Gary Kaufman, drummer and son of Merton Kaufman, who immigrated
to Canada
* Merton Kaufman, house band drummer at the Cavern Club. His band
opened for The Beatles often
* Moe Koffman, jazz musician
* Corky Laing, member of Mountain
* Steve Lederman, musician, music historian, drummer
* Geddy Lee, frontman of Rush
* Marilyn Lerner, jazz pianist
* Sophie Milman (1983 - ) jazz musician[39]
* Ben Mink, collaborator with K.D. Lang (who herself claims remote
Jewish ancestry)
* Steven Page, member of Barenaked Ladies
* Peaches, electrothrash artist
* Robbie Robertson, member of The Band (Jewish father)[40]
* Lindsay Robins (1986 - ) singer/songwriter[41]
* Lhasa de Sela, singer/songwriter (Jewish mother)
* Bernie Senensky jazz pianist
* Jake Shamash, drummer from popular band Transcend/good friend of
Jer :)
* Gian Carlo Sherman, Dj/Producer - Dj So LOW
* Howard Shore, Academy Award winning music writer
* Lenny Solomon violinist
* David Usher, singer/songwriter (Jewish father)
* Zack Werner, judge on Canadian Idol
* Zal Yanovsky, member of The Lovin' Spoonful
* Harry Adaskin, violinist
* Murray Adaskin, violinist & composer
* Louis Applebaum, composer
* Henry Brant, composer
* Alexander Brott, composer, violinist & conductor
* Victor Feldbrill, conductor
* Maureen Forrester, opera singer
* Harry Freedman, composer
* Srul Irving Glick, composer
* Nicholas Goldschmidt, conductor (Jewish father)
* Leo Grinhauz, cellist
* Luis Grinhauz, violinist
* Moshe Hammer, violinist
* Ofra Harnoy, cellist
* Itamar Danziger, composer
* David L. Kaplan, professor and conductor
* Anton Kuerti, pianist
* George London, operatic baritone
* Berta Rosenohl, pianist
* Howard Shore, film composer
* Victoria Taranova, opera singer
* John Weinzweig, composer
* Maurice Zbriger, violinist
* Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888) composer & pianist[96]
* Barbara (born Monique Serf) (1930 - 1997) singer[97]
* Patrick Bruel (born Patrick Benguigui) (1959 - ) singer,
actor[98]
* Joe Dassin (1938 - 1980) singer[99]
* Natalie Dessay (1965 - ) soprano[100]
* Sacha Distel (1933 - 2004) singer[101]
* Paul Dukas (1865 - 1935) composer[102]
* Serge Gainsbourg (1928 - 1991) singer-songwriter[103]
* Benjamin Godard (1849-1895)
* Jean-Jacques Goldman (1951 - ) singer and songwriter[104]
* Helene Grimaud (1969 - ) pianist
* Fromental Halévy (1799 - 1862) composer[105]
* Ludovic Halevy (1834-1908), librettist[106]
* Joseph Kosma (1905 - 1969) film composer[107]
* Jacques Lanzmann (1927 - 2006) lyricist; brother of Claude
Lanzmann[108]
* Isidore de Lara (1858 - 1930) composer [109]
* René Leibowitz (1913 - 1972) composer[110]
* Daniel Levi (1961 - ) singer, composer[111]
* Enrico Macias (1938 - ) singer[112]
* Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974) composer[113]
* Pierre Monteux (1875 - 1964) conductor[114]
* Georges Moustaki (1934 - ) composer, singer[115]
* Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880) composer[116]
* Régine (1929 - ) Belgian-born singer[117]
* Sapho - singer[118]
* Martial Solal (1927 - ) jazz pianist & composer[119]
* Jean-Michel Pilc (1960 - ) jazz pianist & composer
* Olivier Hutman jazz pianist & composer
* Manuel Rocheman (1965 - ) jazz pianist & composer
* Franck Amsallem (1961 - ) jazz pianist & composer
* David El Malek (1970 - ) jazz saxophonist & composer
* Michel Benita jazz bassist & composer
* Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986) composer, pianist[120]
* Émile Waldteufel (1837 - 1915) composer[121]
* Hillel Lowinsky, bassist
* Samuel Adler, composer[249]
* Haim Alexander, composer[250]
* Tzvi Avni, composer[251]
* Paul Ben-Haim, composer[252]
* Julius Benedict, composer [253]
* Wolf Biermann, singer/songwriter (Jewish father)[254]
* Yehezkel Braun, Israeli composer[255]
* Ignaz Brull, composer
* Manfred Bukofzer, musicologist[256]
* Paul Dessau, composer[50]
* Abel Ehrlich, Israeli composer[257]
* Alfred Einstein, musicologist[51]
* Hanns Eisler, German-born composer (Jewish father)[258]
* Lukas Foss, composer & conductor[259]
* Alexander Goehr, composer[52]
* Walter Goehr, conductor[260]
* Berthold Goldschmidt, composer[53]
* Bernard Greenhouse, cellist[261]
* George Henschel, singer & conductor[262]
* Alfred Hertz, conductor[263]
* André Herzberg, musician (Pankow) [264]
* Ferdinand Hiller, composer
* Gerard Hoffnung, musicologist [265]
* Friedrich Holländer, composer[266]
* Salomon Jadassohn, composer[267]
* Leon Jessel, composer[268]
* Robert Kahn, composer[269]
* Otto Klemperer, conductor[270]
* Robert Lachmann, musicologist[271]
* Ludwig Lenel, organist and composer
* Hermann Levi, conductor[54]
* Alfred Lion & Frank Wulff, founders of Blue Note Records[272]
* Edward Lowinsky, musicologist[55]
* Michael Mann, musician (Jewish mother)[273]
* Arnold Mendelssohn, organist[274]
* Felix Mendelssohn, composer & conductor (Jewish ancestry but
raised Lutheran)[275]
* Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, composer[276]
* Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer[56]
* Ben-Zion Orgad, Israeli composer[277]
* Menahem Pressler, pianist[278]
* André Previn, conductor[279]
* Franz Reizenstein, pianist, composer[280]
* Curt Sachs, musicologist, co-founder of modern organology[281]
* Kurt Sanderling, conductor[282]
* Adolf Martin Schlesinger, music publisher [283]
* Heinrich Sontheim, tenor [284]
* William Steinberg, conductor[285]
* Erich Walter Sternberg, composer[57]
* Josef Tal, composer[286]
* Ilia Trilling, synagogue composer[287]
* Ignatz Waghalter, composer & conductor[288]
* Bruno Walter, conductor (Jewish father)[289]
* Franz Waxman, film composer[290]
* Kurt Weill, composer[291]
* Stefan Wolpe, composer[292]
* Alec Empire, member of Atari Teenage Riot[293]
* Hilde Zadek, soprano[294]
* Paul Abraham, composer
* Moshe Atzmon, conductor
* Caroline von Gomperz-Bettelheim, singer
* Leopold Auer, conductor, violinist
* Gábor Darvas, composer
* Antal Dorati, conductor (Jewish mother)
* Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, violinist
* Adam Fischer, conductor
* Annie Fischer, pianist
* Ivan Fischer, conductor
* Carl Flesch, violinist
* Karl Goldmark, composer
* Stephen Heller, composer
* Naftali Hershtik, chazzan
* Joseph Joachim, violinist
* Emmerich Kálmán, composer
* István Kertész, conductor
* Joseph Kosma, composer
* Lili Kraus, pianist
* György Kurtág, composer
* Yehoshua Lakner, Israeli composer
* György Ligeti, composer
* Oszkar Maleczky, opera singer
* Ervin Nyíregyházi, pianist [14]
* Eugene Ormandy, conductor, violinist
* Ödön Pártos, violist, composer
* Adolph Pollitzer, violinist
* Tommy Ramone, drummer
* Fritz Reiner, conductor
* Eduard Remenyi, violinist
* Sigmund Romberg, composer
* Vera Rozsa, singer, singing educator, vocal consultant
* Márk Rózsavölgyi, composer, originator of csardas
* András Schiff, pianist
* Friedrich Schorr, bass-baritone
* Matyas Seiber, composer
* Edmund Singer, violinist
* Sir Georg Solti, conductor
* János Starker, cellist
* George Szell, conductor
* Joseph Szigeti, violinist
* Miklós Vig, singer and cabaret performer
* Endre Wolf, violinist
* Bela Zerkovitz, composer
* Chava Alberstein - singer/songwriter
* Yossi Amoyal - dance music producer & DJ
* Shlomo Artzi - singer/songwriter
* Ehud Banai
* Eef Barzelay - founder of Clem Snide
* Ethnix - Pop-rock band
* Miri Ben-Ari - jazz & hip hop violinist
* Mike Brant - French-language singer
* David Broza - singer/songwriter
* Matti Caspi - singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer
* Avishai Cohen - jazz bassist
* Arik Einstein - singer, actor, writer
* Yuval Gabay - drummer for Soul Coughing
* Aviv Geffen - singer/songwriter
* Guy Gerber - composer, arranger, dance music producer & DJ
* Gidi Gov - singer
* Shlomo Gronich - singer and composer
* Sarit Hadad - Mizrahi singer
* Yardena Arazi - singer and tv host
* Ofra Haza - singer
* Dana International - pop singer
* Ishtar - vocalist for Alabina
* Rafi Kadischsohn - arranger and orchestrator
* Rebecca Moritz (American-Israeli)
* Amal Murkus - singer
* Ahinoam Nini (Noa) - singer
* Yael Nir - artist
* Esther Ofarim - singer
* Guy Oseary - head of Maverick Records
* Idan Raichel - Ethiopian and Israeli music
* Yoni Rechter - composer and arranger
* Berry Sakharof - singer
* Naomi Shemer - songwriter
* Hillel Slovak - original guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers
* Tamir Kalisky - composer and arranger
* Zeev Tene - singer\song writer
* Larry Vogel - folk singer
* Rika Zaraï, singer
* Nir Zidkyahu - drummer, briefly in Genesis
* Ze'ev Nechama - singer/songwriter
* Zino and Tommy - popular duo, songs in U.S. films.
* Yariv Aloni - violist and conductor
* Moshe Atzmon - conductor
* Adi Bar - conductor and pianist
* Daniel Barenboim - conductor and pianist
* Paul Ben-Haim - composer
* Bart Berman - pianist
* Gary Bertini - conductor
* Yefim Bronfman - pianist
* Natan Brand - pianist
* Beber Bar Moch'a - a Mizrachi producer
* Michael Croitoru-Weissman - cellist
* Avner Dorman - composer
* Dror Elimelech - composer
* Dan Ettinger - conductor
* Giora Feidman - clarinetist
* Miriam Fried - violinist
* Nir Brand - conductor
* Sara Fuxon - pianist
* Ivry Gitlis - violinist
* Matt Haimovitz - cellist
* Aaron Harlap - composer and conductor
* Ofra Harnoy - cellist
* Eliahu Inbal - conductor
* Joseph Kalichstein - pianist
* Amir Katz - pianist
* Richard Lesser - clarinetist
* Yoel Levi - conductor
* Mischa Maisky - cellist
* Shlomo Mintz - violinist
* Itzhak Perlman - violinist
* Rony Rogoff - violinist and conductor
* Shulamit Ran - composer
* Inbal Segev - cellist
* Gil Shaham - violinist
* Hagai Shaham - violinist
* Noam Sheriff - composer
* Gil Shohat - composer
* Mordechai Seter - composer
* Michael Shani - conductor
* Ilan Schul - clarinetist
* Josef Tal - composer
* Yoav Talmi - conductor
* Arie Vardi - pianist
* Pinchas Zukerman - violinist
* Sharon Kam - clarinetist
* Ori Kam - violist
* Emanuel Ax, pianist
* Nelly Ben-Or, pianist
* Leonard & Phil Chess, founders of Chess Records
* Emanuel Feuermann, cellist
* Grzegorz Fitelberg, composer
* Ignaz Friedman, pianist
* Bronislav Gimpel, violinist
* Szymon Goldberg, violinist/conductor
* Ida Haendel, violinist
* Sir George Henschel, musician[25]
* Mieczysław Horszowski, pianist
* Bronislaw Huberman, violinist
* Jan Kiepura, singer[26] (Jewish mother)
* Józef Koffler, classic composer, music teacher, music columnist
* Leopold Kozlowski, composer, arranger, director, pianist (from
the famous Brandwein family)
* Wanda Landowska, harpsichordist (Jewish mother)
* Szymon Laks, composer
* René Leibowitz, composer
* Jerzy Petersburski, composer, pianist (of Jewish ancestry)
* SÅ‚awa Przybylska, singer
* Moriz Rosenthal, pianist
* Eddie Rosner, jazz bandleader, trumpeter
* Arthur Rubinstein, pianist
* Heinrich Schenker, music theorist
* Artur Schnabel, pianist
* Henryk Szeryng, violinist[27]
* Władysław Szpilman pianist, author of The Pianist memoir
* Alexandre Tansman, composer, pianist
* Carl Tausig, composer, pianist
* Golda Tencer, singer
* Ignaz Tiegerman, pianist (Jewish father)
* Ignatz Waghalter, composer
* Henryk Wars, composer[28]
* Mieczyslaw Weinberg, composer
* Geddy Lee
* Henryk Wieniawski, violinist, composer
* Lera Auerbach, composer/pianist [141]
* Vladimir Ashkenazi, pianist (Jewish father)
* Yefim Bronfman, pianist
* Simon Barere, pianist
* Rudolf Barshai, conductor
* Dimitri Bashkirow, pianist
* Yuri Bashmet, violist[142]
* Irving Berlin composer and lyricist[143]
* Lazar Berman, pianist[144]
* Matvei Blanter, composer, Katyusha
* Felix Blumenfeld, pianist
* Shura Cherkassky, pianist
* Bella Davidovich, pianist
* Issay Dobrowen, pianist
* Isaak Dunayevsky, composer
* Mischa Elman, violinist[145]
* Mark Ermler, conductor [146]
* Anthony Fedorov, singer, American Idol finalist[147]
* Samuil Feinberg, composer[148][149]
* Vladimir Feltsman, pianist
* Veniamin Fleishman, composer
* Grigory Frid, songwriter
* Artur Friedheim, composer
* Kirill Gerstein, pianist
* Josef Gingold (1909-1995) violinist[150]
* Emil Gilels, pianist[151]
* Grigory Ginsburg, pianist
* Grigory Ginzburg, conductor
* Mark Gorenstein, conductor
* Riva Gorohovskaya,pianist
* Maria Grinberg, pianist
* Natalia Gutman, cellist
* Jascha Heifetz, violinist
* Jascha Horenstein, conductor
* Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
* Oleg Kagan, violinist
* Ilya Kaler, violinist
* Tina Karol, singer[152]
* Boris Khaikin, conductor[153]
* Evgeny Kissin, pianist
* Alexander Knayfel, composer
* Leonid Kogan, violinist
* Mikhail Kopelman, violinist
* Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
* Josef Lhévinne, pianist
* Alexander Lokshin, composer (Jewish father)
* Arthur Lourié, composer
* Oleg Maisenberg, pianist
* Andrei Makarevich, singer/songwriter[154]
* Samuel Maykapar, composer/pianist [155]
* Nathan Milstein, violinist
* Shlomo Mintz, violinist
* Boris Moiseev, dancer, showmaker
* Benno Moiseiwitsch, pianist
* David Oistrakh, violinist
o Igor Oistrakh, violinist (Jewish father)
* Leo Ornstein, composer
* Gregor Piatigorsky, cellist
* Pokrass brothers, composers
* Alexander Rosenbaum, singer/songwriter
* Anton Rubinstein, pianist
* Nikolai Rubinstein, pianist/composer
* Samuil Samosud, conductor
* Alfred Schnittke, composer (Jewish father)
* Joseph Schillinger, composer, music theorist, and composition
teacher
* Daniil Shafran, cellist
* Leo Sirota, pianist [156]
* Regina Spektor, singer-songwriter and pianist[157]
* Isaac Stern, violinist [158]
* Sophie Tucker, singer
* Efrem Zimbalist, Russian-born American violinist
* Maxim Vengerov, prominent violinist
* Maria Yudina, pianist
* Yakov Zak, pianist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_Jews#Musicians