WFrançois d'Agincourt was a French harpsichordist, organist, and composer. He spent most of his life in Rouen, his native city, where he worked as organist of the Rouen Cathedral and of three smaller churches. Highly regarded during his lifetime, d'Agincourt was one of the organists of the royal chapel. The single surviving book of harpsichord music by him contains masterful pieces inspired by François Couperin; also extant are some 40 organ works that survive in manuscript copies.
WBenjamin Alard is a French classical harpsichordist and organist.
WJean-Henri d'Anglebert was a French composer, harpsichordist and organist. He was one of the foremost keyboard composers of his day.
WClaude-Bénigne Balbastre was a French composer, organist, harpsichordist and fortepianist. He was one of the most famous musicians of his time.
WElisabeth Chojnacka was a Polish harpsichordist living in France. She was one of the world's foremost harpsichordists specializing in the performance of contemporary harpsichord music.
WWilliam Lincoln Christie is an American-born French conductor and harpsichordist. He is a specialist in baroque and classical repertoire and is the founder of the ensemble Les Arts Florissants.
WLouis-Nicolas Clérambault was a French musician, best known as an organist and composer. He was born, and died, in Paris.
WJérôme Correas is a French conductor, harpsichordist and bass baritone.
WFrançois Couperin was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family.
WJean-François Dandrieu was a French Baroque composer, harpsichordist and organist.
WLouis-Claude Daquin was a French composer of Jewish ancestry, writing in the Baroque and Galant styles. He was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist.
WHuguette Dreyfus was a French harpsichordist.
WJean-Nicolas Geoffroy was a French harpsichordist, organist and composer. His birthplace is unknown; he died in Perpignan.
WMaude Gratton is a French classical musician. She is pursuing a career of soloist, mastering the pipe organ, the piano-forte and the harpsichord.
WEmmanuelle Haïm is a French harpsichordist and conductor with a particular interest in early music and Baroque music.
WPierre Hantaï is a French conductor and harpsichordist.
WFrancis Jacob is a French organist and harpsichordist.
WÉlisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre was a French musician, harpsichordist and composer.
WLouis-Emmanuel Jadin was a French composer, pianist and harpsichordist.
WMarcelle de Lacour, née Schaeffer, was a French harpsichordist and teacher.
WWanda Aleksandra Landowska was a Polish harpsichordist and pianist whose performances, teaching, writings and especially her many recordings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord in the early 20th century. She was the first person to record Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations on the harpsichord in 1933. She became a naturalized French citizen in 1938.
WLouis Marchand was a French Baroque organist, harpsichordist, and composer. Born into an organist's family, Marchand was a child prodigy and quickly established himself as one of the best known French virtuosos of his time. He worked as organist of numerous churches and, for a few years, as one of the four organistes du roy. Marchand had a violent temperament and an arrogant personality, and his life was filled with scandals, publicized and widely discussed both during his lifetime and after his death. Despite his fame, few of his works survive to this day, and those that do almost all date from his early years. Nevertheless, a few pieces of his, such as the organ pieces Grand dialogue and Fond d'orgue have been lauded as classic works of the French organ school.
WBéatrice Martin is a French harpsichordist.
WMario Raskin is an Argentine harpsichordist. He was born in Buenos Aires and lives in Paris, France.
WÉtienne Richard was a French composer, organist and harpsichordist. Very little is known about his life and work.
WJean Rondeau is a French harpsichordist and pianist. Early taught by Blandine Verlet, he was later educated at Paris' Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique. Rondeau won Young Soloist 2014 in the Prix des Radios Francophones Publiques and has gone on to release two solo albums.
WChristophe Rousset is a French harpsichordist and conductor, who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on period instruments. He is also a musicologist, particularly of opera and European music of the 17th and 18th centuries and is the founder of the French music ensemble Les Talens Lyriques.
WJoseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer was a French composer, harpsichordist, organist, and administrator.
WJory Vinikour is an American born harpsichordist. He has been living in Paris since 1990, where he studied on a scholarship from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program with Huguette Dreyfus and Kenneth Gilbert.