The following is a list of notable women classical pianists by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of classical music.
Albania Edlira Dedja (fl. 1990s), pianist, art critic and opera promotor
Argentina Martha Argerich (born 1941), concert pianist, recording artist and virtuoso icon Ingrid Fliter (born 1973), classical pianist and recording artist Violeta Hemsy de Gainza (born 1929), pianist and educator Sylvia Kersenbaum (born 1945), pianist, composer and educator
Armenia Nareh Arghamanyan (born 1989), award-winning classical pianist Svetlana Navasardyan (born 1946), classical concert pianist Varduhi Yeritsyan (born 1981), concert pianist now based in France
Australia Rebecca Chambers (born 1975) concert pianist, teacher, Director of Kidko Performing Arts Vera Bradford (1904–2004), pianist and teacher Tamara-Anna Cislowska, performing pianist and radio host Lucinda Collins (fl. 1980s), pianist, educator, chamber musician Anna Goldsworthy (born 1974), writer, pianist and teacher Sonya Hanke (1933–1993), pianist and educator Miriam Hyde (1913–2005), composer, pianist, educator and poet Maureen Jones (born 1927), pianist Eileen Joyce (1908–1991), distinguished concert pianist Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957), pianist and composer Stephanie McCallum (born 1956), pianist and teacher Hephzibah Menuhin (1920–1981), American-Australian pianist, writer and human rights activist Lisa Moore (born 1960), pianist Ariel Shearer (born c.1905), composer and classical pianist Kathryn Selby (born 1962), pianist Constance Brandon Usher (fl. 1900s), classical pianist Natasha Vlassenko (born 1956), Russian-Australian concert pianist and educator Nancy Weir (1915–2008), pianist and educator Sally Whitwell (born 1974), pianist and composer
Austria Luna Alcalay (1928–2012), Croatian-born Austrian pianist, music educator and composer Ilse von Alpenheim (born 1927), international classical pianist and chamber musician focusing on early romantic composers Marianna Auenbrugger (1759–1782), pianist and composer who studied under Haydn and Salieri Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820), pianist who studied under Mozart Donka Angatscheva (born 1979), Austrian pianist of Bulgarian descent Jeanette Antonie Bürde (1799–1875), Austrian pianist, singer and teacher, career mostly in Berlin Ingrid Haebler (1929–2023), international concert pianist and recording artist Cornelia Herrmann (born 1977), pianist and chamber musician Anastasia Huppmann (born 1988), Russian-born Austrian concert pianist Mathilde Kralik (1857–1944), pianist and composer Christiana Lin (fl. 1980s), Taiwanese-born Austrian pianist and harpsichordist Henriette von Pereira-Arnstein (1780–1859), Austrian pianist and salon-holder Barbara Ployer (born 1765), piano and composition pupil of Mozart Lisa Smirnova (born 1972), Russian-born Austrian pianist
Azerbaijan Yegana Akhundova (born 1960), pianist, composer and educator Khadija Gayibova (1893–1938), pianist and educator who played the Azeri mugham
Belarus Marina Osman (born 1965), classical and jazz concert pianist Hanna Shybayeva (born 1979), concert pianist and chamber musician
Belgium Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946), pianist, violinist, educators, conductor and composer Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930), contemporary composer, pianist and music educator Irina Lankova (born 1977), Russian-Belgian concert pianist and recording artist Flore Levine-Cousyns (1898–1989), concert pianist and educator Marcelle Mercenier (1920–1996), pianist and educator Jeanne-Catherine Pauwels (1795–1889), pianist who performed in Brussels salons Janine Reding (1920–2015), pianist who performed internationally in piano duos Éliane Reyes (born 1977), pianist, chamber musician and educator Edna Stern (born 1977), Belgian-Israeli pianist and educator now based in London
Bolivia Mariana Alandia (fl. 2000s), classical pianist keen on Bolivian composers
Bosnia and Herzegovina Milica Pap (born 1973), classical pianist and educator Dženana Šehanović (born 1991), educator and professional pianist
Brazil Yara Bernette (1920–2002), internationally acclaimed classical pianist Helza Cameu (1903–1995), composer, pianist, musicologist and writer Dinorá de Carvalho (c.1905–1980), pianist, conductor, music educator and composer Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936), pianist, multimedia artist, and composer Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935), composer, pianist and conductor Débora Halász (fl. 1990s), classical pianist, harpsichordist and educator Clelia Iruzun (fl. 1988), concert pianist based in London Clarisse Leite (1917–2003), composer, pianist and educator. Guiomar Novaes (1895–1979), globally recognized Brazilian concert pianist Cristina Ortiz (born 1950), international concert pianist Sonia Rubinsky (born 1957), international concert pianist Antonietta Rudge (1885–1974), internationally recognized pianist and educator Anna Stella Schic (1922–2009), pianist, music writer and educator Clara Sverner (born 1936), classical concert pianist specializing in Brazilian music Magda Tagliaferro (1893–1986), international concert pianist and educator
Bulgaria Dora Deliyska (born 1980), concert pianist based in Vienna Plamena Mangova (born 1980), concert pianist Panka Pelishek (1899–1990), pianist and music teacher Svetla Protich (born 1939), concert pianist and educator Emma Tahmizian (born 1957), pianist of Armenian descent Angela Tosheva (born 1961), pianist, chamber musician, educator, editor and publisher Julia Tsenova (1948–2010), award-winning composer, pianist and educator
Canada Frances Adaskin (1900–2001), pianist who worked as an accompanist Ellen Ballon (1896–1969), child prodigy, pianist and educator Louise Bessette (born 1959), pianist specializing in contemporary music Jocelyne Binet (1923–1968), composer, pianist and music educator Patricia Blomfield Holt (1910–2003), composer, pianist and music educators Albertine Caron-Legris (1906–1972), pianist, composer and music educator Victoria Cartier (1867–1955), pianist, organist and music educator Eva Clare (1885–1961), pianist, music writer and educator Françoise de Clossey (born 1974), concert pianist and organist Jane Coop (born 1950), pianist and music pedagogue Marylou Dawes (1933–2013), concert pianist, accompanist, chamber musician and educator Isabelle Delorme (1900–1991), pianist, composer and music educator Lucille Dompierre (1899–1968), child prodigy, concert pianist and arranger Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899–1974), Russian-born Canadian composer, virtuoso pianist and violinist Anne Eggleston (1934–1994), pianist, composer and educator Gladys Ewart (1892–1957), concert pianist, accompanist and music educator Janina Fialkowska (born 1951), classical concert pianist and recording artist Janina Fialkowska (1899–1988), pianist, composer, publisher, music editor and educator Marian Grudeff (1927–2006), concert pianist, music educator and musical theatre composer Johana Harris (1912–1995), pianist, composer and music educator Angela Hewitt (born 1958), classical pianist specialising in Bach Alice Ho (born 1960), pianist and notable Canadian composer Anna Moncrieff Hovey (1902–1995), pianist, accompanist and music educator Yvonne Hubert (1895–1988), Belgian-born Canadian pianist and eminent educator Elaine Keillor (born 1939), musicologist, pianist and music writer specializing in Canadian composers Gwendolyn Koldofsky (1906–1998), piano accompanist and music educator Lubka Kolessa (1902–1997), Ukrainian-born Canadian classical pianist and educator Patricia Krueger (born 1946), classical pianist, organist and percussionist Gordana Lazarevich (born 1939), pianist, musicologist and educator Germaine Malépart (1898–1963), pianist and music educator Diana McIntosh (born 1937), composer and pianist Albertine Morin-Labrecque (1886–1957), pianist, soprano, composer and music educator Renée Morisset (1928–2009), pianist who played piano duos with her husband Dorothy Morton (1924–2008), pianist and music educator Marie-Thérèse Paquin (1905–1997), concert pianist and educator Christina Petrowska-Quilico (born 1948), classical concert pianist and recording artist Karen Quinton (fl. 1970s), pianist, organist, harpsichordist and music educator Dana Reason (fl. 1994), pianist, composer, recording artist and broadcaster Jacqueline Richard (1928–2015), pianist and conductor Anastasia Rizikov (born 1998), award-winning concert pianist Viviana Sofronitsky (fl. 1982), Russian-born Canadian pianist now based in the Czech Republic Alexandra Stréliski (born 1985), neo-classical composer and pianist Lorraine Vaillancourt (born 1947), pianist, conductor and educator Catherine Vickers (born 1952), pianist and educator now based in Germany Ruth Watson Henderson (born 1932), composer, pianist and accompanist
Chile Delfina de la Cruz (1837–1905), pianist and First Lady of Chile Nina Frick Asenjo (1884–1963), pianist and composer Edith Fischer (born 1935), classical pianist; daughter of Elena Waiss Carmela Mackenna (1879–1862), pianist and composer. Rosita Renard (1894–1949), classical pianist Carla Sandoval (born 1982), pianist and chamber musician Mahani Teave (born 1983), classical pianist and educator from Easter Island Elena Waiss (1908–1988), pianist, music school founder
China Jie Chen (born 1985), international concert pianist Sa Chen (born 1979), award-winning classical pianist Cheng Wai (fl. 2000s), Hong Kong award-winning pianist Guo Shan (born 1946), contemporary classical pianist Sunny Li (born 1991), concert pianist based in London Yuja Wang (born 1987), internationally recognized concert pianist Di Wu (fl. 1990s), Chinese-American classical pianist Wu Qian (born 1984), award-winning classical pianist Wu Yili (1931–2019), Chinese-Singaporean classical pianist Di Xiao (fl. 1996), international concert pianist now based in the UK Xie Jingxian (born 1983), award-winning Chinese concert pianist Zhang Dingyuan (born 1976), pianist and educator Mélodie Zhao (born 1994), pianist, composer and conductor Yin Zheng (fl. 2000s), concert pianist and educator Zhang Zuo (born 1988), award-winning classical pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei (born 1949), classical pianist and educator now based in Paris
Colombia Josefina Acosta de Barón (born 1897), composer, pianist and educator Teresita Gómez (born 1943), influential pianist and educator
Croatia Martina Filjak (born 1978), international concert pianist Eva Kirchmayer-Bilić (born 1971), pianist, chamber musician organist and educator Melita Lorković (1907–1987), international concert pianist and educator Ana-Marija Markovina (born 1970), classical pianist based in Cologne Branka Musulin (1917–1975), German-Croatian classical pianist and educator Ivana Švarc-Grenda (born 1970), classical pianist specializing in Chopin
Cuba María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957), Cuban pianist and composed based in Spain Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930), composer, pianist and educator Catalina Berroa (1849–1911), pianist, music teacher, composer Nohema Fernández (born 1944), pianist and educator who emigrated to the United States. Emma Martínez de la Torre Shelton (1889–1980), pianist and composer active in the Canary Islands Arminda Schutte (1909–1995), classical pianist and educator who settled in the United States
Cyprus Rüya Taner (born 1971), Turkish Cypriot pianist now in Ankara
Czech Republic Alice Herz-Sommer (1903–2014), Jewish pianist, music teacher and holocaust survivor Eliška Kleinová (1912–1999), Jewish pianist and music educator Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová (1899–1975), concert pianist and educator Kristýna Znamenáčková (born 1988), classical pianist
Denmark Agnes Adler (1865–1935), pianist and chamber musician Dagmar Borup (1867–1959), pianist and educator Katrine Gislinge (born 1969), pianist and chamber musician Margaret Hamerik (1867–1942), American-born Danish composer and pianist Elisabeth Klein (1911–2004), Hungarian-born Danish pianist who specialized in contemporary music