P :: Composers

Paassen, Marius van - (1952- ) Pianist/composer. Biography, picture, and list of works.

Packales, Joseph - (1948- ), New York City. College professor of theory and composition. Includes recent works for orchestra, sacred choral and small ensemble.

Pade, Steen - (1956- ) Picture, work list, biography from Dacapo Records.

Pagès, Xavier - Biography, list of works and concerts are available.
Meta Description: [ This site contains information about the composer and conductor Xavier Pagès. You can download music in mp3 and pdf formats. ]

404 Pagh-Paan, Younghi - (1945- ), Cheongji, South Korea. Biography and discussion of 'Tsi-Shin / Ta-Ryong III,' from the Gaudeamus Foundation.

Palkowski, Daniel - (1955- ), Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Biography and music, from the Classical Composers Database.
Meta Description: [ Information about classical music composer Daniel Palkowski. Visitors can submit information and corrections. Life, biography, sheet music, recording, CD, book about ]

Palmer, John - (1959- ), England. Biography and selected works, from the British Composers World Wide Web Project.
Meta Description: [ page for composer John Palmer ]

Palmer, Juliet Kiri - Picture, biography, artist's statement, reviews and articles, selected compositions, and recordings.

Palmer, Nicholas - Includes MIDI samples of music for commercial purposes, string quartet music for Christmas, and church music.
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Panufnik, Roxanna - (1968- ) Includes biography, list works, recent reviews, discography and performance schedule.
Meta Description: [ Roxanna Panufnik (daughter of composer Andrzej Panufnik) major works include Westminster Mass and The Music Programme, and also a wide range of pieces including opera, ballet, music theatre, choral works, chamber music. ]

Pape, Gerard - Picture, biography, and list of works, from Kalvos and Damian.
Meta Description: [ New Contemporary Music Radio Show Cybercasts Interviews Essays and Music ]

Papineau-Couture, Jean - (1916-2000), Outremont, Québec. Picture, biography, selected works, and CDs, from the Canadian Music Centre.

Parker, Alice - Picture, biography, and works list.
Meta Description: [ Homepage of Alice Parker, composer, conductor and lecturer. Includes a database of her compositions and information about Melodious Accord ]

Parker, C. S. L. - (1961- ), England. Picture, biography, and selected works, from the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland.

Parker, Michael - (1948- ), Toronto. Picture, biography. selected works, and CDs, from the Canadian Music Centre. 

Parkinson, Tim - (1973- ), England. Biography, works, articles and interviews, sound files, and images.

Parry, Jonathan - Background, news, compositions, ideas, CDs, and photographs.

Parsch, Arnost - (1936- ), Bucovice, Czech Republic. Biography and selected compositions, from the Czech Music Information Project.
Meta Description: [ Czech Music Information Project ]

Pasoulas, Aki - (1962- ), Thessaloniki, Greece. Picture, biography, projects, list of works, and abstracts.
Meta Description: [ information and biography of a composer ]

Pasquotti, Corrado - (1954- ), Vittorio Veneto, Italy. Picture, biography, works, and recordings, from the Archives of Contemporary Music, University of Trento.

Patch, Marc - (1958- ) Picture, biography, selected works, and CDs, from the Canadian Music Centre.

Paterson, Robert - (1970- ), Buffalo. New York. Picture, biography, sound files, and discography.

Patriquin, Donald - (1938- ), Sherbrooke, Québec. Picture, biography, selected works, and CDs, form the Canadian Music Centre.

Patterson, David - Picture, and works.
Meta Description: [ Notescape is a colorful and friendly interactive site that introduces American composer and educator David Patterson: his music, an entertaining intermission, and news about his students along with a short lecture on Clara Schumann. ]

Patterson, Paul - (1947- ), Chesterfield, England. Biography from the Classical Composers Database.
Meta Description: [ Information about classical music composer Paul Patterson. Visitors can submit information and corrections. Life, biography, sheet music, recording, CD, book about ]

Patterson, Robert G. - Picture, biography, and sound files.

Pauer, Jiri - (1919- ) Biography and available music, from Musica Bono.
Meta Description: [ Classical Music Shop | Sheets | Jiri Pauer ]

Pauk, Alex - (1945- ), Toronto. Picture, biography, selected works, and Cds, from the Canadian Music Centre.

Paull, James - (1957- ) Picture, biography, and list of works and recordings, from the Australian Music Centre.

404 Pauly-Laubry, Henri - (1962- ), France. Biography and discussion of 'Unterredung,' for viola and piano, from the Gaudeamus Foundation.

Paviour, Paul - Picture, biography, and list of works and recordings, from the Australian Music Centre.

Pavlova, Alla - List of works from New York Women Composers.
Meta Description: [ Compositions of the members of New York Women Composers ]

Payette, Alain - (1953- ), Montréal, Québec. picture, biography, and selected works, from the Canadian Music Centre.

Paynter, John - (1931- ) Article Why Do We Compose?

Pazdziora, Eric M. - Information on the pronunciation of the composer's last name, list of hymnwriters whose texts he has composed new music for, and CDs.
Meta Description: [ Christian composer and musician with original hymns, worship songs, and art music ]

404 Pécou, Thierry - (1965- ), France. Biography and discussion of 'La Partition de la Jungle' (1992), from the Gaudeamus Foundation.

Pépin, Clermont - (1926- ) Picture, biography, selected works, and CDs, from the Canadian Music Centre.

Peachey, Andrew - Picture, biography, and list of works and recirdings, from the Australian Music Centre.

Pearce, Trevor - (1954- ), Windsor, New South Wales. Picture, biography, and list of works and recordings, from the Australian Music Centre.

Peaslee, Richard - Biography and music.
Meta Description: [ The official website of composer, Richard Peaslee, featuring bio and music. ]

Pehkonen, Elis - (1950- ) Several works published by Oxford University Press.

Pelecis, Georgs - (1947- ), Riga, Latvia. Picture, biography, list of works, and recordings.

Penberthy, James - (1917- ), Melbourne, Australia. Picture, biography, list of owris and recordings, from the Australian Music Centre.

Penicka, Miloslav - (1935- ), Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. Picture, biography, and list of works and recordings, from the Australian Music Centre.

Pennycook, Bruce - (1949- ), Toronto. Picture and biography.
Meta Description: [ brucepennycook.info opening page, bruce pennycook info site ]

404 Penrose, Christopher - Post-modern computermusic in sound, pictures and words.

Pentland, Barbara - (1912-2000), Winnipeg. Picture, selected works, and CDs, from the Canadian Music Centre.

Percival, Richard - (1953- ), Nelson, New Zealand. Picture, biography, and list of works and recordings, from the Australian Music Centre.

Perger, Andreas Paolo - Contains recent works, sound files, pictures, and texts.
Meta Description: [ Works of contemporary guitarist and composer andreas paolo perger [www.andreas-paolo-perger.at] - contemporary guitar and composition ]

Perillo, Steve - Picture, biography, reviews, list of works, MIDI scores, discography, and news.
Meta Description: [ Steve Perillo, the contemporary classical music composer of exciting and comprehensible music for orchestra, chamber groups and soloists. David del Tredici student, businessman and Centaur recording artist he is leader of the new generation of tonalists. ]

Pert, Morris - (1947- ), Arbroath, Scotland. Biography, music, sound files, CDs, and news.
Meta Description: [ The website of Scottish composer / percussionist / keyboardist Morris Pert. He has just released three new CDs. Listen to the MP3 music, covering the musical spectrum of Morris: Free Jazz, Contemporary and Avantgarde Electronic Music as well as Contemporary Classical and Chamber Music. Listen and... ]

Pertout, Andrian - (1963- ), Santiago, Chile. Includes biography, discography, works, film music, articles, and performances.

Pesenti, Honoré - French composer and accordionist. Biography, awards, prizes, and sound files.
Meta Description: [ Le monde de la fête et de l'accordéon par le célèbre Honoré Pesenti - The world of feast and accordion by the awarded Honore Pesenti ]

Pessina, Paolo - (1969- ), Milan, Italy. Music and life from the Classical Composers Database.
Meta Description: [ Information about classical music composer Paolo Pessina. Visitors can submit information and corrections. Life, biography, sheet music, recording, CD, book about ]

404 Pesson, Gérard - (1958- ), France. Biography and discussion of 'Nocturnes,' from the Gaudeamus Foundation.

Petering, Mark D. - (1973- ) Picture, biography, sound files, and resume.

Peters, Troy - (1969- ), Greenock, Scotland. Picture, sound files, biography, and selected compositions, from Kalvos and Damian.
Meta Description: [ New Contemporary Music Radio Show Cybercasts Interviews Essays and Music ]

Peterson, John - (1957- ), Wollongong. Picture, biography, and list of works and recordings, from the Australian Music Centre

Petersson, Per Gunnar - (1954- ), Markaryd, Sweden. Biography from the Swedish Music Information Center.
Meta Description: [ This biography of Per Gunnar Petersson was updated 04/18/2005. This database of biographies contains around 400 swedish composers. ]

Petitgirard, Laurent - (1950- ), France. Biography, picture, list of works, recordings,press, and sound files.
Meta Description: [ Site du compositeur et chef d’orchestre français.Biographie, actualités, œuvres symphoniques, opéra, filmographie, discographie, Académie des Beaux Arts, calendrier des concerts ,extraits sonores et vidéo, contacts. ]

Petraskevics, Janis - (1978- ), Riga, Latvia. Biography and list of works, from Music in Latvia.

Petrassi, Goffredo - (1904-2003), Rome, Italy. Brief summary about his life and his works. Includes pictures of the artist.
Meta Description: [ Musica Classica - Classical Music - Klassische Musik - Karadar Bertoldi Ensemble - Dizionario della Musica Classica - Classical Music - Klassische Musik - Karadar Bertoldi Ensemble ]

Phillips, Bea - Picture, biography, compositions, and sound files, from Kalvos and Damian.
Meta Description: [ New Contemporary Music Radio Show Cybercasts Interviews Essays and Music ]

Phillips, Mark - (1952- ) Biography, awards, publications, performances, list of compositions, interviews, and CDs.

Phillips, Nathaniel Tull - (1969- ), El Paso, Texas. Picture, biography, sound files, and performances.
Meta Description: [ Nathaniel Tull Phillips composes and teaches in Tokyo, Japan where he is a guest professor at Keio University. ]

Phillips, Rohan - (1971- ), Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Biography and list of works and recordings from the Australian Music Centre.

Piacentini, Riccardo - (1958- ), Turin, Italy. Picture, biography, works, photo-music, reviews (in Italian), and CDs, from Rive-Gauche Concerti.
Meta Description: [ Sito contenente il catalogo dei lavori, delle principali esecuzioni, recensioni e curriculum del compositore Riccardo Piacentini ]

Piché, Jean - Biography, selected works, and CDs, from the Canadian Music Centre.

Pignato, Joe - Biography, picture, and works.

Pimakhova, Anna - (1965- ), Ukraine. Picture, biography, and list of works and recordings from the Australian Music Centre.

Pinkham, Daniel - (1923- ), Lynn, Massachusetts. Picture and biography, from Thorpe Music Publishing Company.
Meta Description: [ Biography of American composer Daniel Pinkham / Thorpe Music Publishing Company ]

Pinkham, Daniel - (1923- ), Lynn, Massachusetts. Picture, biography,catalog,discography, and news.

Pinos, Alois - (1925- ), Vyskov, Moravia. Picture, biography, and selected works, from the Czech Music Information Centre.
Meta Description: [ Alois Pinos ]

404 Pintscher, Matthias - (1971- ),Marl, Germany. Picture and biography from Van Walsum Management.

Piper, Deirdre J. - Picture, biography, and selected works, from the Canadian Music Centre.

Pishny-Floyd, Monte Keene - (1941- ), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Picture, biography, selected works, and CDs, from the Canadian Music Centre.

Pitfield, Thomas - (1903-1999) Biography and picture.

Pizer, Elizabeth Hayden - List of works from New York Women Composers.
Meta Description: [ Compositions of the members of New York Women Composers ]

404 Platz, Robert HP - (1951- ), Baden-Baden, Germany. Biography and discussion of 'Nerv II' (1995), from the Gaudeamus Foundation.

Pleskow, Raoul - (1931- ), Vienna, Austria. Picture, biography, list of compositions, performances, and discography.
Meta Description: [ Raoul Pleskow: composer, brief biography, compositions, writings, references, discography, links to relevant materials ]

Plocharski, Wojciech - Includes MP3s of his piano pieces.

Plonsey, Dan - (1958- ), Cleveland, Ohio. Picture, biography, and CDs.

Plush, Vincent - (1950- ), Adelaide, Australia. Picture, biography, and list of works and recordings, from the Australian Music Centre.

Pokorny, Petr - (1932- ) Picture, biography, selected works, and discography, from the Czech Music Information Centre.
Meta Description: [ Petr Pokorny - contemporary czech composer ]

Pokrovsky, Kirill - Picture, biography, and CDs.

Polansky, Larry - (1954- ) Biography.

Polansky, Robert D. - (1951- ), Newton, Massachusetts. Biography and list of works with comments on some.
Meta Description: [ New Contemporary Music Radio Show Cybercasts Interviews Essays and Music ]

Polglase, John - (1959- ) Picture, biography, and list of works and recordings, from the Australian Music Centre.

Pollard, Mark - (1957- ), Melbourne, Australia. Picture, biography, and list of works and recordings, from the Australian Music Centre.

Polonio, Eduardo - (1941-), Madrid, Spain. Electroacoustic composer and multimedia artist. Detailed information in words, pictures, and sound.

Pomorin, Sibylle - (1956- ) Picture, biography, awards, performances, news, compositions, discography, and sound files.

Pompili, Claudio - (1949- ), Gorizia, Italy. Picture, biography, and list of works and recordings, from the Australian Music Centre.

Pontvik, Peter - (1963- ), Copenhagen. Biography from the Swedish Music Information Center.
Meta Description: [ This biography of Peter Pontvik was updated 01/30/2003. This database of biographies contains around 400 swedish composers. ]

Poole, Geoffrey - (1949- ), England. Biography and discussion and highlights of his music.
Meta Description: [ Information about classical music composer Geoffrey Poole. Visitors can submit information and corrections. Life, biography, sheet music, recording, CD, book about ]

404 Poppy, Andrew - (1954- ), Kent, england. Biography and discussion of 'Ophelia/Ophelia,' from the Guadeamus Foundation.

Porro, Mauro - (1956- ), Rome, Italy. Biography, list of works, and CDs.
Meta Description: [ Contemporary music ]

404 Porter, Philip - Sound files and scores of guitar compositions written in the late 1980's.

Posman, Lucien - (1952- ), Eeklo, Belgium. Biography and list of works, from The Living Composers Project.

Pousseur, Henri - (1929- ), Malmédy, Belgium. Biography, selected score pages, and sound files, from Universal Edition.

Powell, Jonathan - Picture, biography, sound file, and list of works, from the British Music Information Centre.

Power, Gerard - (1965- ), Waterford, Ireland. Picture, biography, and selected works, from the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland.

Powers, Anthony - (1953- ), London, England. Picture, biography, list of works, discography, and program notes, from Oxford University Press.

Powers, Daniel - Composer-in-residence with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra. Picture, biography, reviews, and performances.

Pozdro, John W. - Biography from Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc.

Prabowo, Tony - (1956- ), Malang, Indonisia. Picture, biography, works, projects, and concerts.

Praesant, Gerhard - (1957- ), Graz, Austria. Picture, biography, and works.

Prévost, André - (1934- ), Hawkesbury, Ontario. Picture, biography, selected works, and CDs, from the Canadian Music Centre.

404 Pröve, Bernfried - (1963, Braunschweig, Germany. Biagraphy and discussion of'Firebird' and 'Interference' (for oboe solo), from the Gaudeamus Foundation.

Prescott, John - Contains picture, biography, and compositions.

Press, Merek Royce - Composers of music for film, theatre and multimedia.
Meta Description: [ custom music, multimedia, website design and computer consulting for individuals and small businesses ]

Previn, Andre - (1929- ), Berlin, Germany. Includes biography, reviews, work list, and composer essay.
Meta Description: [ André Previn ]

Price, Lane - Biography, CD, and services.
Meta Description: [ Canadian singer & composer ]

Pritchard, Alwynne - (1968- ), Glasgow, Scotland. Picture, biography, reviews, sound file, and list of works, from the British Music Information Centre.

Pritchard, Robert - (1956- ), Calgary. Biography and selected works, from the Canadian Music Centre.

Proto, Frank - (1941- ), Brooklyn, New York. Picture, biography, compositions, audio files, recordings, reviews, and program notes.

Prouvost, Romain - France. Electroacoustic works for piano in MP3 audio format.

Przybylski , Dariusz - (1984- ), Konin, Poland. Biography, compositions, and recordings.
Meta Description: [ Strona Dariusza Przybylskiego - kompozytora i organisty ]

Psathas, John - (1966- ) Picture, biography, published editions, and material for hire, from Promethean Editions.

Ptaszynska, Marta - (1943- ), Warsaw, Poland. Picture, biography, music, and reviews, from Theodore Presser.

Puts, Kevin - Site contains biography, discography, sound files, and program notes.
Meta Description: [ Hailed by the press as one of the best American composers of his generation, Kevin Puts has had works commissioned and performed by leading ensembles and soloists throughout North America, Europe and the Far East. ]