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New-age music New-age is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation technique, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, and reading as a method of stress management to bring about a state of ecs ...
is broadly defined as relaxing, even "meditative", music that is primarily instrumental. Unlike relaxing forms of classical music, new-age music makes greater use of electronica and non-Western instrumentation. There is some debate on what can be considered "new-age music"; for example several musicians in
Celtic music Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Northwestern Europe. It refers to both orally-transmitted traditional music and recorded music and the styles vary considerab ...
or
Smooth jazz Smooth jazz is a genre of commercially-oriented crossover jazz and easy listening music that became dominant in the mid 1970s to the early 1990s. History Smooth jazz is a commercially oriented, crossover jazz which came to prominence in the 19 ...
have expressed annoyance at being labeled "new-age musicians". For more on that debate, see the article on
new-age music New-age is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation technique, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, and reading as a method of stress management to bring about a state of ecs ...
. In addition, several musicians object to the label because they fear it implies a connection to the
New Age New Age is a range of spiritual or religious practices and beliefs which rapidly grew in Western society during the early 1970s. Its highly eclectic and unsystematic structure makes a precise definition difficult. Although many scholars conside ...
movement.


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Philip Aaberg Philip Aaberg (born April 8, 1949) is an American pianist and composer. He gained international recognition through a series of successful piano recordings released on Windham Hill Records. Although classically trained, Aaberg incorporates clas ...
– pianist * William Ackerman – guitarist * Acoustic Alchemy -band * Paul Adams – guitarist and multi-instrumentalist * Adiemus – band *
AeTopus AeTopus is a progressive Electronic music project performed and produced by composer Bryan Tewell Hughes. The music has received critical acclaim within the New-age music, new-age and electronic music genres, and the album ''Between Empires'' won ...
– project by composer/producer Bryan Tewell Hughes *
Omar Akram Omar Akram is an Afghan-American producer, composer, and pianist. In 2013, he became the first Afghan-American to win a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for his fourth studio album, ''Echoes of Love.'' He is also an inspirational writer who co ...
– composer, pianist * Azam Ali – singer, songwriter * Alpha Wave Movement – composer, synthesizer music *
Amethystium Amethystium is an ambient/ electronica/ neoclassical music project created by Norwegian producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Øystein Ramfjord. Under the Amethystium name, Ramfjord has released five full-length albums (''Odonata'', ''Aph ...
– band * Ancient Future – World music band * Darol Anger – violinist, composer * Romina Arena – vocals, composer, songwriter, producer, piano, violin, guitar * David Arkenstone – composer *
Diane Arkenstone Diane Arkenstone is a multi-genre musician. Career Arkenstone, who grew up in California, wrote her first song at the age of three and started playing guitar at the age of seven. She is trained as an opera singer. In her early career, she co ...
– composer, pianist, keyboardist *
Armik Armik Dashchi, professionally known as Armik, is an Iranian-Armenian American New Flamenco New flamenco (or ''nuevo flamenco'') or flamenco fusion is a musical genre that was born in Spain, starting in the 1980s. It combines flamenco guitar virt ...
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James Asher James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...
– composer, percussionist *
Can Atilla Can Atilla (born 1969 in Ankara), is a Turkish musician and composer of electronic, ethnic, orchestral and new age music. Graduated from Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory in 1990 with a BA degree in violin, he has composed several s ...
– pianist, songwriter, violinist * Australis – composer, producer *
Paul Avgerinos Paul Avgerinos (born November 21, 1957 in Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American music composer, performer, and producer. His work is in the genres of ambient, space, world, World Fusion, electronic, and drone. Avgerinos has worked with Deana Cart ...
– composer, producer * Ayana – singer, songwriter * Sara Ayers


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B-Tribe B-Tribe, or The Barcelona Tribe of Soulsters, is a musical project of the German-born musicians and producers Claus Zundel, Markus Staab and Ralf Hamm ("The Brave"), who are also known for their Sacred Spirit project. Driven by the use of classi ...
– a Spanish trio * Emily Bear – pianist, composer *
Hennie Bekker Hennie Bekker (born 1934) is a Juno award, Juno-nominated, Zambian-born composer, arrangement, arranger, Record producer, producer and keyboardist based in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His work includes jazz fusion, film score, film scoring ...
– pianist, composer *
Benise Roni Benisek, best known as Benise, is an American guitarist who describes his style as "Spanish guitar" or "nouveau flamenco." After growing up in Ravenna, Nebraska, Benise moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue rock stardom. After hear ...
– flamenco guitarist *
Daniel Berthiaume Daniel J. Berthiaume (born January 26, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Winnipeg Jets, Minnesota North Stars, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins, and ...
 – composer, guitar and keyboards * Biddu – vocalist, music producer * Tim Blake – keyboardist *
Jo Blankenburg Jo Blankenburg is a German composer based in Los Angeles. He writes music for film and motion picture advertising. His primary musical instrument is the piano. Early life and education Blankenburg was born and raised in Munich, Germany. He has ...
– composer, pianist * Blue Stone – band * Moya Brennan – composer, singer *
Thom Brennan Thom Brennan (born May 31, 1957 in Lubbock, Texas) is an American electronic ambient musician, composer and synthesist. Active since the 1980s with his first album ''Mountains'' (1987), he belongs to the scene of Californian pioneers of elect ...
– composer * Jim Brickman – pianist *
Peter Buffett Peter Andrew Buffett (born May 4, 1958) is an American musician, composer, author and philanthropist. With a career that spans more than 30 years, Buffett is an Regional Emmy Award winner, New York Times best-selling author and co-chair of the ...
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Markus Burger Markus Burger (born September 30, 1966) is a German pianist, composer and music educator. He started playing the piano at age 6. Burger studied in Hilversum with Rob Madna and Tine Schneider and in Hamburg with Rainer Schnelle and Udo Dahmen. H ...
– pianist, composer * John Burke – pianist *
Richard Burmer Richard Steven Burmer (September 19, 1955 – September 9, 2006) was an American composer, engineer, sound designer, musician and ethnomusicologist. His work with electronic music combined with musical styles and instruments from around the world ...
– composer, keyboardist *
Ray Buttigieg Ray Buttigieg (born May 1, 1955) is a poet and musician. He attended Qala primary school, then the Lyceum in Victoria, Gozo. He then moved to the United States and continued his studies in New York, where he settled permanently. By the age of 2 ...
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* Wendy Carlos – composer, keyboardist * Stephen Caudel – composer, guitarist, keyboardist, arranger *
Celtic Woman Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish musical ensemble conceived and created by David Kavanagh, Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show ''Riverdance.'' In 2004, Downes recruited five Irish female music ...
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Ceredwen Ceredwen (pronounced ker-ED-wen) is a Celtic music, Celtic band comprising Andrew Fryer and Renee Gray. The name comes from the Ceridwen, Celtic goddess of inspiration and legendary mother of Taliesin, King Arthur's bard and "Keeper of the Cauldr ...
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Sheila Chandra Sheila Chandra (born 14 March 1965) is a retired English pop singer of Indian descent. She is no longer able to perform, as the result of burning mouth syndrome which she has had since 2010. Indian–Western pop fusion period Sheila Chandra wa ...
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Craig Chaquico Craig Clinton Chaquico (or Chaquiço, ; born September 26, 1954) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and composer. From 1974 to 1990 he was lead guitarist for the rock bands Jefferson Starship and Starship. In 1993, he started a solo career as ...
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Checkfield Checkfield is an American eclectic music ensemble from San Diego, whose style skilfully blends various genres, notably folk, classical, pop and electronica, though their music is commonly mis-categorised as New Age. Checkfield was founded by Ron ...
– duo, composer, guitarist, keyboardist * Suzanne Ciani – composer, pianist *
Clannad Clannad () is an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal by siblings Ciarán, Pól, and Moya Brennan and their twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan. They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history, including f ...
– band * Michael Colina – composer, producer, pianist, keyboardist, engineer * Al Conti – composer, pianist, keyboardist *
Jesse Cook Jesse Arnaud Cook is a Canadian guitarist. He is a Juno Award winner, '' Acoustic Guitar'' Player's Choice Award silver winner in the Flamenco Category, and a three-time winner of the Canadian Smooth Jazz award for Guitarist of the Year. He has ...
– flamenco guitarist *
Randy and Pamela Copus 2002 is a new-age group composed of Pamela, Randy, and Sarah Copus. 2002 has charted twelve albums on the '' Billboard'' New Age Charts. ''This Moment Now'' won the COVR award for Best New Age Album in 2004. 2002 was named amongst the top new-age ...
– duo known as 2002 *
Corciolli José Antônio Marchezani Corciolli (born January 8, 1968, in São Paulo), known simply as Corciolli, is a Brazilian composer, instrumentalist, and producer known for his innovative use of electronic synthesizers and his compositions. He is also t ...
– composer, musician *
Coyote Oldman Coyote Oldman is a duo of new-age musicians consisting of Native American flute players Barry Stramp and Michael Graham Allen. The name Coyote Oldman is derived from the trickster archetype in Native American mythology. Michael Graham Allen met ...
– band * Michael Cretu – composer, MIDI keyboard, guitar *
Cusco Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu ()), is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. The city is the list of cities in Peru, seventh m ...
– band * CFCF


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Dadawa Dadawa a.k.a. Zhu Zheqin ( 朱 哲 琴) (born 15 July 1968) is a Chinese musician, sound artist and independent producer. She has also served as a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador. Dadawa established SOUND LAB at Shanghai’s Tongji University, Institut ...
* Scott D. Davis – pianist, composer * Alex De Grassi – American Grammy Award-nominated fingerstyle guitarist * Deep Forest – band * Delerium *
Constance Demby Constance Mary Demby (née Eggers; May 9, 1939 – March 20, 2021) was an American musician, composer, painter, sculptor, and multimedia producer. Her music fell into several categories, most notably new age, ambient and space music.Wright, Car ...
– composer, multi-instrumentalist *
Deuter Deuter (born Georg Deuter, 1945) is a German new-age music, new age instrumentalist and recording artist known for his meditative style that blends Eastern and Western musical elements. Discography * 1971 - ''D (Deuter album), D'' * 1972 - ''Au ...
– composer, multi-instrumentalist *
Thomas Di Leva Sven Thomas Magnusson (born 23 October 1963), known by his stage names Thomas Di Leva or simply Di Leva, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Biography Sven Thomas Magnusson was born 1963 in Gävle, Gävleborg County, Gästrikland, Sweden. At 14 ...
– singer, guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica, drummer, peace activist, composer * Julius Dobos – composer *
Suzanne Doucet Suzanne Doucet is a German new-age musician, producer, composer, and singer, best known for being one of the founders of new age music. She was the founder of the first new age music store in Hollywood, California ''Only New Age Music'' in 1987 ...
– composer, multi-instrumentalist * Catherine Duc – composer, pianist/keyboardist * Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, arranger, performer *
Chinmaya Dunster Chinmaya Dunster (born 1954 in Kent, England) is a sarod player whose compositions incorporate elements of Celtic and Hindustani music. He is an active environmentalist and performs concerts to foster awareness for saving ecosystems and wildli ...
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sarod The sarod is a stringed instrument, used in Hindustani music on the Indian subcontinent. Along with the sitar, it is among the most popular and prominent instruments. It is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound, in contrast with the sweet ...


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* Ludovico Einaudi – composer, pianist * Levente Egry – composer, pianist * Elements – band consisting of ex members of the Pat Metheny Group *
Emerald Web Emerald Web was an American musical duo, made up of the husband-wife team of Bob Stohl and Kat Epple. Founded in 1978 and active through the 1980s, Stohl and Epple were pioneers in New Age, ambient, and electronic music. History In the early 197 ...
– musical project *
Marc Enfroy Marc Maurice Enfroy (born 1965) is an American composer, songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a compo ...
– composer, songwriter * Enigma – musical project by Michael Cretu *
Enya Enya Patricia Brennan (; ga, Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin; born 17 May 1961), known professionally by the mononym Enya, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician known for modern Celtic music. She is the best-selling Irish solo arti ...
– singer, composer *
Era An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regnal eras in the history of a given monarchy, a calendar era used for a given calendar, or the geological eras defined for the history of Earth. Compa ...
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Erwilian Erwilian is an American musical group featuring acoustic instrumentation, led by soprano recorder, violin, and hammered dulcimer. The group blends elements from celtic, world, and folk music into an original cross-genre style classified as New ...
– band *
Esteban Esteban () is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend t ...
* Dean Evenson – flautist, keyboardist, composer *
Roger Evernden Roger Evernden (born ca. 1954) is a British enterprise architect, musician, composer, writer and speaker. As an enterprise architect he is a consultant at the Cutter Consortium, known for his contributions to Enterprise Architecture and as auth ...
– composer, pianist


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Ryan Farish Ryan Farish is an American artist, composer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentist. Hailing from Norfolk, Virginia, and based in Los Angeles, California, Ryan is known for his downtempo electronica, chillout, and uplifting dance music. His ...
– composer, multi-instrumentalist * Larry Fast *
Alex Fox Alex Fox (born October 18, 1953) is a guitarist. Fox was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he was inspired by a broad range of artists ranging from Paco De Lucia, The Beatles to Gipsy Kings, The Gipsy Kings. Fox later received ...
– flamenco guitarist *
Christopher Franke Christopher Franke (born 6 April 1953) is a German musician and composer. From 1971 to 1987, he was a member of the electronic group Tangerine Dream. Initially a drummer with The Agitation, later renamed Agitation Free, his primary focus eventua ...
– keyboardist *
Eloy Fritsch Eloy Fernando Fritsch (born 1968) is an electronic musician, keyboard player and main composer of Brazilian progressive rock band Apocalypse (band), Apocalypse. As a solo artist he creates cosmic new-age music. History In 1983 Fritsch formed pr ...
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Edgar Froese Edgar Willmar Froese (; 6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015) was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the group ...
– composer, guitarist, keyboardist * Fortuna – singer-songwriter * Michael Flatley


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* Gandalf – composer, multi-instrumentalist *
Jan Garbarek Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław ...
– composer, saxophonist * Tim Gemmill – composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer *
Michael Gettel 'Michael Gettel'' (born Oct. 18, 1958) is a recording artist, composer, and pianist, who has been creating, teaching, and performing music for decades. Widely known for his piano and composition work, the native of Evergreen, Colorado, has release ...
– composer, pianist *
Lisa Gerrard Lisa Germaine Gerrard (; born 12 April 1961) is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with music partner Brendan Perry. She is known for her unique singing style technique ( ...
– vocalist, composer, yangqinist *
Medwyn Goodall Medwyn Goodall (born in 1961) is a composer, musician and owner of record label MG Music. He is mostly associated with the New Age genre. He was born in Yorkshire, England. He lives with his wife Wendy in Cornwall, England. According to AllMusic, ...
– multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer * David & Steve Gordon – recording duo, producers *
Govi Govi may refer to: * Govi-Altai Province, province of Mongolia * Govi-Ugtaal, district of Dundgovi Province in central Mongolia Persons * Govi (musician), new age/ambient Hawaiian-German musician * Anselmo Govi, Italian painter and decorator ...
– composer, multi-instrumentalist *
Francis Goya Francis Goya (born François Edouard Weyer; 16 May 1946) is a Belgian classical guitar player and producer. He has recorded fifty albums, many of which have reached gold or platinum status. Francis went solo in 1975, changing his name to Goya. H ...
– guitarist * Gregorian – band * Nicholas Gunn – flautist, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, composer, producer


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* John Hackett – composer, flautist, member of
Symbiosis Symbiosis (from Greek , , "living together", from , , "together", and , bíōsis, "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasit ...
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Jean Ven Robert Hal Jean Ven Robert Hal (born 11 May 1970), known as his stage name Roberto D'Agostino Vendola, is an Italian musician and composer of krautrock, progressive rock, ambient, jazz, synthpop, electronic, space and orchestral music. Biography As a gra ...
– composer, synthesizer player, keyboardist * Steven Halpern –
Grammy The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...
-nominated recording artist and proponent of music therapy * Paul Hardcastle – composer, synthesizer player, guitarist *
Michael Allen Harrison Michael Allen Harrison is an American new-age musician, songwriter and pianist from Portland, Oregon. Early years Michael started playing the piano at age six. He was prompted by his mother, who thought that playing the piano would help the ...
– composer, pianist, songwriter *
Fiona Joy Hawkins Fiona Joy Hawkins, known professionally as Fiona Joy, is an Australian vocalist and pianist. Her collaborations have included five albums produced by Will Ackerman. Her influences include George Winston, Michael Nyman, Chopin, and Mendelssoh ...
– pianist * Michael Hedges – composer, guitarist *
Scott Helland Scott Helland is an American alternative rock musician, acoustic guitarist, bassist and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Deep Wound, Outpatients, and Frenchy and the Punk. He also performs instrumental music as Guitarmy of One. Helland ...
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Barbara Higbie Barbara Higbie (born 1958) is an American Grammy Award, Grammy nominated, Bammy Awards, Bammy award winning pianist, composer, violinist, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She has played on over 100 CDs including songs with Carlos Sant ...
– pianist, violinist, composer, singer, songwriter *
Steve Hillage Stephen Simpson Hillage (born 2 August 1951) is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s. Besides his solo sound recording and reprodu ...
* Himekami *
Michael Hoppé Michael Hoppé is an English musician, composer, and record producer. In the early 1980s, he was head of A&R for PolyGram Records and signed new-age artists including Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, and Kitaro as well as resigning ABBA and the ...
– composer * Paul Horn – flautist * Yoshiaki Hoshi – composer, synthesizer player, and founder of the group Himekami


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* Iasos – composer, keyboardist, synthesizer player *
Ralf Illenberger Ralf Illenberger (born December 20, 1956 in Stuttgart) is a German Grammy-nominated new-age guitarist. Biography His first appearance was in 1977 as a duet with Jürgen Kirsch. He then founded the duo ''Kolbe & Illenberger'' with the guitarist ...
– guitarist, keyboardist * Mark Isham – composer, synthesist


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Steve Jansen ''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people * Steve ...
– composer, drummer, keyboardist * Jean-Michel Jarre – composer *
Karl Jenkins Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins (born 17 February 1944) is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer. His best known works include the song " Adiemus" and the ''Adiemus'' album series; '' Palladio''; ''The Armed Man''; and his ''Requiem''. J ...
– composer *
Theo Jörgensmann Theodor Franz Jörgensmann (born 29 September 1948) is a German jazz clarinetist. Activities Theo Jörgensmann belongs to the second generation of European free jazz musicians. He was part of the clarinet renaissance in the jazz and improvisin ...
– composer, basset clarinetist * Bradley Joseph – composer, pianist, keyboardist * William Joseph – pianist, composer *
Prem Joshua Prem Joshua ( hi, प्रेम जोशुआ) is a German-Indian musician, active since 1991. Born in Germany in 1958, Joshua learned the flute at the age of five and played the flute and the saxophone for various local bands. At the age of ...
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Kerani Kerani (1968) is a Dutch composer, orchestrator, and producer of Hungarian heritage known for her sophisticated and meticulously crafted music, infused with classical influences. She is recognised for her contributions to various media project ...
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Karunesh Karunesh ( sa, करुणेश, "God of Compassion"; born Bruno Reuter in 1956)Karunesh
Peter Kater – composer, songwriter, pianist *
Kevin Kern Kevin Kern (born Kevin Lark Gibbs on December 22, 1958) is an American pianist, composer and recording artist. He is generally recognized as a representative of new-age music. Born legally blind, Kern is aided in studio by SONAR's accessibilit ...
– composer, pianist *
Al Gromer Khan Al Gromer Khan is a German sitar player and composer whose music spans the multiple genres of ambient, new age, world and electronica. He is author of 4 novels and author of National-Radio documentaries and features about music for more than 25 ye ...
– composer,
sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in ...
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Sandeep Khurana Sandeep Khurana is a US based music composer, record producer, singer, and filmmaker originally from India. He has produced and directed short films and documentaries, and released more than 100 music albums in the genres of new-age music, West ...
– composer, songwriter * Kitarō – composer *
Bernward Koch Bernward Koch (born January 23, 1957 in Siegen) is a German composer, pianist and keyboardist. Additionally, he plays percussion, bass, and guitar. His music mainly evokes a soothing and calming style, with a clearly recognizable melody from the p ...
– pianist, composer * Kokin Gumi – music group *
Darlene Koldenhoven Darlene Koldenhoven (born October 9, 1950) is an American musician. Darlene won a Grammy Award for her singing. Career Grammy recipient and is a three-time Grammy nominee for the lead soprano in Clare Fischer's 2+2. She was the featured sopra ...
– vocalist, keyboardist, songwriter *
Tetsuya Komuro is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is recognized as the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced contemporary electronic dance music to the Japanese mainstream. He was also a former owner of the ...
– composer, pianist *
Ron Korb Ron Korb is a Grammy-nominated Canadian flutist (flautist) and composer. Musical style Korb is best known for writing culturally diverse music and his mastery of a wide array of world music wind instruments. His work spans a range of genres incl ...
– composer, flutist, songwriter * Andrei Krylov – composer, guitarist, keyboardist, flutist


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* Lara & Reyes – flamenco guitarists * Fariborz Lachini – composer, pianist *
David Lanz David Howard Lanz (born June 28, 1950 in Seattle, Washington) is a Grammy-nominated pianist and composer. His album '' Cristofori's Dream'' topped the New Age music charts in 1988. Early years Lanz attributes his interest in the piano to experien ...
– composer, pianist *
Caroline Lavelle Caroline Lavelle is an English singer-songwriter and cellist who has created three solo albums and contributed vocals, music, and production help to many other artists and bands. Career Lavelle studied at the Royal College of Music in London. ...
- cellist, composer *
Leah Leah ''La'ya;'' from (; ) appears in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two wives of the Biblical patriarch Jacob. Leah was Jacob's first wife, and the older sister of his second (and favored) wife Rachel. She is the mother of Jacob's first son ...
- singer, pianist, keyboardist, composer *
Nolwenn Leroy Nolwenn Le Magueresse (; born 28 September 1982), known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy (), is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actress. Originally classically trained (violin and opera singing), she rose to fame after winning the second ...
– singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist *
Lesiëm Lesiëm is a German musical project created in 1999 by the producers Sven Meisel and Alex Wende and active until 2005. The project's music combines elements of rock, pop, electronica, new age, enigmatic and ambient music, as well as Gregorian c ...
– musical project by German producers Sven Meisel and Alex Wende *
Lia Lia is a feminine given name. In the Spanish-speaking world, it is accented Lía. In America, the name may be a variant of Leah or Lea. Lia may be a diminutive of various names including Julia, Cecilia, Amelia, Talia, Cornelia, Ophelia, Rosal ...
– singer, songwriter *
Ottmar Liebert Ottmar Liebert (born 1 February 1959) is a German guitarist, songwriter and producer best known for his Spanish-influenced music. A five-time Grammy Award nominee, Liebert has received 38 Gold and Platinum certifications in the United States, as ...
– flamenco guitarist * Lorie Line – composer, pianist *
Johannes Linstead Johannes Linstead (also records under the name Sevaji) is a Canadian guitarist and instrumentalist who fuses virtuoso Spanish-style guitar with Afro-Cuban, Middle Eastern, and Latin American percussion and instrumentation. In 2017, Linstead wa ...
– flamenco guitarist * Helen Jane Long – composer, pianist * Oscar Lopez – flamenco guitarist *
Ray Lynch Raymond "Ray" Lynch (born July 3, 1943) is an American guitarist, lutenist, keyboardist, and composer. He began his musical career in 1967 by performing in The Renaissance Quartet in New York City before leaving in 1974 and giving up his musical ...
– composer, musician, producer *
Lisa Lynne Lisa Lynne is a Celtic harpist, a composer and new-age recording artist. She is a self-proclaimed multi-instrumentalist who has "spent the last eighteen years pursuing her passion for the Celtic harp." Lynne released her first solo albums, sta ...
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* Mannheim Steamroller – group (leader:
Chip Davis Louis F. "Chip" Davis Jr. (born September 5, 1947 in Hamler, Ohio) is the founder and leader of the music group Mannheim Steamroller. Davis composed the music for several C. W. McCall albums, including the hit 1975 song "Convoy (song), Convoy". H ...
) * Michael Manring – electric bassist, composer *
Catya Maré Catya Maré (pronunciation: catya maree) is a multiple award-winning composer, music producer, classical crossover violinist, visual artist and writer from Germany, now located in California. She received her US green card based on her achieveme ...
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Giovanni Marradi Giovanni Marradi (1852–1922) was an Italian poet born at Livorno and educated at Pisa and Florence. At the latter place he started with others a short-lived review, the ''Nuovi Goliardi'', which made a literary sensation. He became a teacher at ...
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Mars Lasar Mars Lasar is a German-born keyboardist and composer, raised in Australia. Predominantly new-age, his music also contains elements of electronica, jazz, pop, world, and rock. Lasar's music has appeared on television and in films; one nota ...
-German keyboardist and composer *
Vasco Martins Vasco Martins is a Cape Verdean musician and composer. Born in Queluz, Portugal, in 1956, he lives now in Calhau, Cape Verde. Biography Self-taught, he began his studies in 1974. He was a member of the band Colá in 1976, but then went to Por ...
– symphonic composer, pianist, guitarist, electronic keyboards *
Keiko Matsui , is a Japanese keyboardist and composer, specializing in smooth jazz and New-age music. Biography Keiko Matsui was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her mother, Emiko, took her to her first piano lesson in the June following her fifth birthday. Japanese t ...
– pianist * Lyle Mays – composer, pianist * Paul McCandless – composer, woodwind player * Loreena McKennitt – singer, musician, composer, producer *
Stephan Micus Stephan Micus (; born 19 January 1953) is a German musician and composer, whose musical style is heavily influenced by his study of traditional instruments and musical techniques from Japan, India, South America, and other countries. With the exc ...
– composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer * Miten *
Mithoon Mithun Sharma (born 11 January 1985), also known as Mithoon, is an Indian Hindi film music director, lyricist-composer and singer. Mithoon composed the Hindi song "Tum Hi Ho" from the 2013 Bollywood romantic film ''Aashiqui 2''. Mithoon recei ...
– film composer *
Alain Morisod Alain Morisod (born 23 June 1949) is a Swiss musician and television producer, known for forming Sweet People who had a UK number 4 hit in 1980 with "Et Les Oiseaux Chantaient (And the Birds Were Singing)". Early life Morisod grew up with an ...
– pianist * Mythos – Bob D'Eith (piano and producer) and Paul Schmidt (guitar) *
Robert ÆOLUS Myers Robert ÆOLUS Myers was an American composer, performer and producer best known for his cinematic soundscapes incorporating flute, synthesizer, and percussion. These works utilizing western classical and indigenous compositional stylings draw re ...
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Nightnoise Nightnoise was a music ensemble active from 1984 to 1997. Their original blend of Irish traditional music, Celtic music, jazz, and classical chamber music inspired a generation of Irish musicians. They released seven albums on the Windham Hill ...
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Michael Nyman Michael Laurence Nyman, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, libretto, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film soundtrack, scores (many written during his length ...
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Patrick O'Hearn Patrick John O'Hearn (born September 6, 1954) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and recording artist. Known primarily as a bass guitarist and keyboardist, O'Hearn came to prominence with Frank Zappa and co-founded the early 1980s ...
– keyboardist, composer * Mike Oldfield – composer, guitarist * Terry Oldfield – composer *
Opafire Opafire was a jazz fusion group from San Francisco, California. Their debut album ''Opafire'' (RCA, 1991) sold close to half a million units worldwide. Opafire was created in 1990 by composer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer Zachary No ...
– musical project *
Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
– ethnic jazz band (leaders: Ralph Towner and Paul McCandless) *
Thomas Otten Thomas Otten is a French countertenor singer in the Classical Crossover style. Otten was classically trained as a child, learning piano and singing in chamber choirs. His voice did not break as thoroughly as usual upon reaching adolescence, retai ...


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Deva Premal Deva Premal (born 2 April 1970 in Nürnberg, Germany, as Jolantha Fries) is a singer known for introducing Sanskrit mantras into the mainstream. Her meditative, spiritual music — composed and produced with Prabhu Music — puts ancient Tibeta ...
– musician, singer * David Parsons – composer


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Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...
– ambient composer, musician * Jorge Reyes – Mexican ethnic fusions * Laza Ristovski – keyboardist, composer *
Lawson Rollins Lawson Rollins is an American guitarist from North Carolina noted for his virtuoso fingerstyle technique and melodic compositional skills. Guitar Player magazine ranked him as one of the "50 Best Acoustic Guitarists of All Time". His music is ge ...
– flamenco guitarist *
Ron Roy Ron Roy (born April 29, 1940) is an American writer of children's fiction, primarily mysteries for young readers. He is best known for the series '' A to Z Mysteries'' (from 1997), '' Capital Mysteries'' (from 2001), and ''Calendar Mysteries' ...
– producer, director, composer, arranger * Rondò Veneziano – chamber orchestra *
Terje Rypdal Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. He has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given show concerts with guitarists Ronni Le Tekrø and Mads Eriksen as "N3". Career Rypdal ...
– guitarist, composer *
Nancy Rumbel Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel are musicians who have performed, recorded and traveled together since 1985, and are responsible for 19 albums. Eric Tingstad is a composer who plays fingerstyle guitar. Nancy Rumbel plays oboe, English horn and t ...
 – ocarina, oboe, English horn, keyboards


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* Ryuichi Sakamoto – composer, pianist *
Jon Schmidt Jon Schmidt (born 1966) is an American pianist and composer. Classically trained, he branched into New Age music in his 20s and has developed a classical crossover style that blends classical, contemporary, and rock and roll. He has released eigh ...
– pianist, composer *
Klaus Schulze Klaus Schulze (4 August 1947 – 26 April 2022) was a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried and was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Cosmic Jokers ...
– keyboardist, composer, drummer * Secret Garden – duo consisting of
Fionnuala Sherry Fionnuala Sherry (born 20 September 1962) is an Irish violinist and vocalist. Together with Norwegian musician Rolf Løvland, she makes up the Celtic-Nordic group Secret Garden, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the predominantly ...
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Rolf Løvland Rolf Undsæt Løvland (born 19 April 1955) is a Norwegian composer, lyricist, arranger, and pianist. Together with Fionnuala Sherry, he formed the Celtic-Nordic group Secret Garden, in which he was the composer, producer, and keyboardist. He beg ...
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SEAY Seay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Jefferson Seay * Albert Seay, American musicologist * Bobby Seay * Clarence Seay * Dick Seay * Edward T. Seay (c. 1869-1941), American lawyer and politician * Frank Howell Seay * ...
– composer, recording artist, vocalist * Jonn Serrie * Shadowfax * Shahin & Sepehr (Shahin Shahida and Sepehr Haddad) – flamenco guitarists *
Dechen Shak-Dagsay Dechen Shak-Dagsay is a modern musician of traditional Tibetan Buddhist mantras expressed in recent lyrical contexts. Life Born in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1959, Shak-Dagsay and her family moved to Switzerland in 1963, where she has resided ever ...
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Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar (11 December 1942 – 26 March 1999) was an Indian musician, singer, and composer best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to dancer and choreographer Tanusree Shankar. Life Born in Almora in U ...
– musician * Oliver Shanti & Friends – band *
Rabbi Shergill Rabbi Shergill (born Gurpreet Singh Shergill on 16 April 1973) is an Indian musician well known for his debut album ''Rabbi'' and the chart-topper song of 2005, '' Bullah Ki Jaana '' ("I know not who I am!"). His music has been described vario ...
– singer, songwriter, guitarist * Yoko Shimomura – composer, pianist * Michael Shrieve * Singh Kaur – singer, composer * Montana Skies – cello, guitar *
Snatam Kaur Snatam Kaur Khalsa ( pa, ਸਨਾਤਮ ਕੌਰ ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ, born 1972 in Trinidad, Colorado), is an American singer, songwriter and author. Kaur performs new age Indian devotional music, kirtan, and tours the world as a peace acti ...
– singer, multi-instrumentalist * Cadence Spalding – singer, composer *
Chris Spheeris Chris Spheeris (; Greek: Χρήστος Σφυρής) is a Greek-American composer of instrumental music. He is a producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. Chris is the cousin of Penelope Spheeris and her brother Jimmie Spheeris Jimmie Sp ...
– composer *
Gary Stadler Gary Stadler is an American new-age pianist, composer, songwriter and producer, specializing in contemporary Celtic-influenced themes and atmospheres. Stadler's six albums generally focus on imaginative concepts loosely based in Celtic mythology, e ...
– recording artist *
Michael Stearns Michael Stearns (born October 16, 1948) is an American musician and composer of ambient music. He is also known as a film composer, sound designer and soundtrack producer for IMAX, large format films, theatrical films, Documentary film, document ...
– composer, keyboardist *
Liz Story Liz Story (born October 28, 1956) is an American pianist. She was born in San Diego, California, United States, and played classical music as a child. She studied at Juilliard School and was a student at Hunter College when she saw jazz pianist B ...
– pianist, composer * Strunz & Farah (Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah) – flamenco guitarists * Andy Summers – composer, guitarist * David Sylvian – composer, guitarist, keyboardist *
Symbiosis Symbiosis (from Greek , , "living together", from , , "together", and , bíōsis, "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasit ...
– band (UK) * Dinesh Subasinghe – composer, violinist, ancient Ravanahatha performer, multi-instrumentalist *
Laura Sullivan Laura Sullivan (born about 1974) is a correspondent and investigative reporter for National Public Radio (NPR). Her investigations air regularly on ''Morning Edition'', ''All Things Considered'', and other NPR programs. She is also an on-air cor ...
– composer, pianist * Sumanth – composer *
Stars Over Foy Stars Over Foy is a Dutch ambient music producer with Australian descent. 3 of his releases entered the ''World Chill Lounge Charts'' in April 2016. History Stars Over Foy was founded in 2015 to create relaxation, meditation and sleep music fo ...
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* Tangerine Dream – band * Team Rockit – Swedish band *
Irv Teibel Irving Solomon "Irv" Teibel (October 9, 1938 – October 28, 2010) was an American field recordist, graphic designer, and photographer. His company, Syntonic Research, Inc., is best known for its influential '' environments'' psychoacoustic reco ...
– field recordist, electronic musician * John Tesh – pianist, composer * Jennifer Thomas – pianist, composer *
Robert Scott Thompson Robert Scott Thompson (born 1959, California) is a composer of ambient, instrumental and electroacoustic music. He earned the B.Mus. degree from the University of Oregon and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, San Diego. H ...
– composer, recording artist *
Tingstad and Rumbel Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel are musicians who have performed, recorded and traveled together since 1985, and are responsible for 19 albums. Eric Tingstad is a composer who plays fingerstyle guitar. Nancy Rumbel plays oboe, English horn and t ...
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Isao Tomita , often known simply as Tomita, was a Japanese composer, regarded as one of the pioneers of electronic music and space music, and as one of the most famous producers of analog synthesizer arrangements. In addition to creating note-by-note rea ...
– composer, keyboardist * Toshi – vocalist, ex-lead singer of Japanese metal band X Japan * Kathryn Toyama – composer, pianist * The Piano Guys – band, piano and cello * Thomas Bergersen – composer


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Vangelis Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou ( el, Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; el, Βαγγέλης, links=no ), was a Greek composer and arranger of ...
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Luis Villegas Luis Villegas (born July 28, 1969) is an American guitarist who released an album called '' Cafe Olé'' in 1996, which was nominated for the ''Best New Album'' award at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards in 1999. Villegas's style combines new-age ...
– flamenco guitarist * Ad Visser – Dutch composer *
Andreas Vollenweider Andreas Vollenweider (born 4 October 1953) is a Swiss harpist. He is generally categorised as a new-age musician and uses a modified electroacoustic harp of his own design. He has worked with Bobby McFerrin, Carly Simon, Luciano Pavarotti and in ...
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Rick Wakeman Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist best known as a former member of the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004, and for his solo albums released in the 1970s. Born and raised ...
– keyboardist, composer *
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. Billy Joe Walker Jr. (February 29, 1952 – July 25, 2017) was an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist. He composed singles for Eddie Rabbitt, including "I Wanna Dance with You", "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" and " B ...
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Kit Watkins Kit Watkins (born 1953) is an American progressive-ambient-jazz recording artist based in Brattleboro, Vermont. He was previously a member of the band Happy the Man.Varga, George (December 28, 1983). "Labyrinth, Kit Watkins, Azymuth Records", ''The ...
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Wavestar Wavestar was an English new-age instrumental music duo active in the 1980s. Formed in 1983, the band consisted of John Dyson and David Ward-Hunt, both of Sheffield. Dyson and Ward-Hunt shared production and arrangement of the band's music. Bot ...
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Hayley Westenra Hayley Dee Westenra (born 10 April 1987) is a New Zealand classical crossover singer and songwriter. Her first internationally released album, ''Pure'', reached number one on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million c ...
– vocals, piano, violin, guitar *
Chuck Wild Chuck Wild (born September 22, 1946, in Kansas City) is a keyboardist, composer, producer, recording artist and Emmy Award-nominated songwriter best known for his series of relaxation music albums using the artist name and imprint Liquid Mind® ...
– composer, keyboardist, producer of the Liquid Mind album series *
Stuart Wilde Stuart Wilde (24 September 1946 – 1 May 2013) was a British writer. Best known for his works on New Age, self-empowerment, and spirituality, he was also a lecturer, teacher, humorist, essayist, scriptwriter, lyricist, and music producer. He wa ...
– producer, lyricist * Willie and Lobo (Willie Royal and Wolfgang "Lobo" Fink) – flamenco duo (guitar & violin) * George Winston – pianist *
Paul Winter Paul Winter (born August 31, 1939) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He is a pioneer of world music and earth music, which interweaves the voices of the wild with instrumental voices from classical, jazz and world music. The ...
– soprano saxophonist, composer * Erik Wøllo – composer, guitarist * Danny Wright – pianist *
David Wright David Allen Wright (born December 20, 1982) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played his entire 14-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the New York Mets. He was drafted by the Mets in 2001 MLB draft and made ...
– keyboardist, composer


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* Akira Yamaoka – composer, producer * Yanni – composer, pianist, keyboardist * Yiruma – composer, pianist, producer * Kim Yoon – pianist * David Young – composer, flautist *
Young & Rollins Young & Rollins is a guitar duo, consisting of Daniel Young and Lawson Rollins, that performs and records original music which draws upon an eclectic mixture of salsa music, Latin jazz, blues, samba, bossa nova, flamenco, and classical styles. ...
– flamenco guitarists


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* Gheorghe Zamfir – pan flute * Zamora – composer, pianist/keyboardist *
Zingaia Zingaia is a musical group in the genres of contemporary world music, new-age music and Ethnic electronica. They have released three albums and have appeared on six compilations, including the Billboard charting album ''Buddha-Lounge 3''. Their mu ...
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Ralph Zurmühle Ralph Zurmühle (or Zurmuhle) is a Swiss composer and pianist. Zurmühle was born in Zürich and grew up mainly in Liechtenstein. He graduated from the University of Zürich and now lives in Spain. Zurmühle discovered his natural talent for the p ...
– composer, pianist


References

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New Flamenco New flamenco (or ''nuevo flamenco'') or flamenco fusion is a musical genre that was born in Spain, starting in the 1980s. It combines flamenco guitar virtuosity and traditional flamenco music with musical fusion (with genres like jazz, blues, roc ...
New Age musicians