| RACHMANINOV | Russian virtuoso pianist and composer |
| CARLCZERNY | Virtuoso pianist and composer, student of Beethoven and teacher of Liszt |
| SCOTT | Failsworth's Jonathan and Tom ___, who perform as The ___ Brothers Duo; Tom, is a virtuoso pianist, and Jonathan plays organ with the Halle and BBC Philharmonic (5) |
| FRANZLISZT | Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher whose works include Eine Faust-Symphonie |
| CHOPIN | Frederic -; composer and virtuoso pianist whose pieces include Fantaisie-Impromptu and Minute Waltz (6) |
| BRAHMS | Composer and virtuoso pianist whose oeuvre includes A German Requiem and Hungarian Dances (6) |
| LISZT | In recital, record virtuoso pianist (5) |
| PADEREWSKI | Virtuoso pianist who became prime minister of Poland |
| ASHKENAZY | Virtuoso pianist born in Russia in 1937 |
| ARTUR | Virtuoso pianist Rubinstein |
| LIBERACE | Book (classical) virtuoso pianist |
| HOROWITZ | Vladimir ?, virtuoso pianist; posthumous winner of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990 (8) |
| SCRIABIN | Alexander ___ (1872 - 1915), a Russian pianist and composer (8) |
| ANTHEIL | George, pianist and composer of the operas Helen Retires and Volpone (7) |
| ALKAN | Virtuoso French pianist and composer, most famous for his opus 35 12 Etudes in all the minor keys (5) |
| FATSWALLER | US jazz pianist and composer who pioneered the Harlem stride style; co-writer, with lyricist Andy Razaf, of songs including 1929's 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'Ain't Misbehavin' (4,6) |
| FRANZ | Hungarian pianist and composer (1811-86) whose works include the Faust Symphony and Hungarian Rhapsodies (5) |
| KISSIN | Evgeny, Russian-born pianist and composer born in 1971 (6) |
| ERROL | and 48dn, American jazz pianist and composer whose best-known composition, Misty, has become a jazz standard |
| THELONSMONK | Jazz pianist and composer without "marker" |