Registry
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)
- Charles Racquet (1597 - 1664)
- Minou Ragheb (1951 - 2009)
- Eileen Ralf (None - None)
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)
- Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922 - 2000)
- Joseph Rampal (1898 - 1983)
- Edmund Theodor Ratzenberger (1840 - 1879)
- Félix Rault (1736 - 1800)
- Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
- Napoléon Henri Reber (1807 - 1880)
- Alois Reckendorf (1841 - 1911)
- Anton Reicha (1770 - 1836)
- Carl Reinecke (1824 - 1910)
- Fritz Reiner (1888 - 1963)
- Berta Reingbald (1897 - 1944)
- François Cupis de Renoussard (1732 - 1808)
- Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)
- Julius Reubke (1834 - 1858)
- Johann Georg Reutter (1708 - 1772)
- Georg Reutter (1656 - 1738)
- Jean-Baptiste Rey (1734 - 1810)
- Josef Rheinberger (1839 - 1901)
- Giovanni Antonio Riccieri (1679 - 1746)
- Ernst Richter (1808 - 1879)
- Sviatoslav Richter (1915 - 1997)
- Dávid Ridley-Kohne (1812 - 1892)
- Hugo Riemann (1849 - 1919)
- Ferdinand Ries (1784 - 1838)
- Franz Anton Ries (1755 - 1846)
- Hubert Ries (1802 - 1886)
- Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
- Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770 - 1846)
- François Roberday (1624 - 1680)
- Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927)
- Richard Robert (1861 - 1924)
- Pierre Rode (1774 - 1830)
- Bernard Rogers (1893 - 1968)
- Johan Helmich Roman (1694 - 1758)
- Bernhard Romberg (1767 - 1841)
- Andreas Jakob Romberg (1767 - 1821)
- Anton Romberg (1742 - 1814)
- Gerhard Heinrich Romberg (1745 - 1814)
- Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti (1814 - 1882)
- Iris Carpani Rosati (1908 - None)
- Daniel Roseingrave (c.1655 - 1727)
- Thomas Roseingrave (c.1690 - 1766)
- Moriz Rosenthal (1946 - None)
- Biagio Rossetti (None - None)
- Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
- Max Rostal (1905 - 1991)
- Mstislav Rostropovich (1927 - 2007)
- Leopold Vitoldovich Rostropovich (1892 - 1942)
- Auguste Rouma (None - None)
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778)
- Jacques Rouvier (1947 - None)
- Walter Rowe (1584 - 1671)
- Nicolas Roze (1745 - 1819)
- Anton Rubinstein (1829 - 1894)
- Arthur Rubinstein (1887 - 1982)
- Nikolai Rubinstein (1835 - 1881)
- Ernst Rudorff (1840 - 1916)
- Vincenzo Ruffo (1508 - 1587)
- Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen (1778 - 1851)
- Ignác Ruzitska (1777 - 1833)
- Johann Caspar Rüttinger (1761 - 1830)