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Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), Polish virtuoso pianist, composer of Manru and the Polonia symphony, and statesman; Prime Minister of Poland 1919 and signatory of the Treaty of Versailles.
Ignaz Moscheles
Ignaz Moscheles (Isack Moscheles, 1794–1870), Bohemian pianist, composer, and teacher; friend of Beethoven and Mendelssohn, London virtuoso, and professor of piano at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1846.
Igor Cavalera
Igor (Iggor) Graziano Cavalera, born 1970 in Belo Horizonte, Brazilian drummer who co-founded Sepultura in 1984, played on Roots (Billboard 200 No. 3), left in 2006, and now records with Cavalera Conspiracy, Mixhell, Soulwax, and Petbrick.
Igor Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский)
Igor Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, 1882–1971), Russian-born composer of the Rite of Spring, Firebird, and Petrushka; career spans Russian, neoclassical, and late serial periods.
Igor Talkov
Igor Talkov (Игорь Тальков, 1956–1991), Soviet rock musician and singer-songwriter of 'Chistye prudy' and 'Rossiya', shot dead backstage at Leningrad's Yubileyny in 1991; his concert director Valery Shlyafman was convicted in absentia in 2025.
Ihsahn
Ihsahn (Vegard Sverre Tveitan, born 1975, Notodden, Norway) is a Norwegian black metal composer and multi-instrumentalist, frontman of Emperor, founder of Thou Shalt Suffer and Peccatum, and a solo artist since The Adversary (2006), with eight albums including the 2024 dual metal/orchestral Ihsahn.
Ike Turner
Ike Turner (Ike Wister or Izear Luster Turner Jr., 1931-2007), American R&B bandleader, guitarist, pianist, producer and talent scout from Clarksdale, Mississippi; Kings of Rhythm recorded Rocket 88 (1951), led the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, won a 2007 Grammy.
Ike Zimmerman
Isaiah "Ike" Zimmerman (also spelled Zinnerman), Alabama-born blues guitarist of Beauregard, Mississippi, taught Robert Johnson guitar around 1930-31, practiced in Beauregard cemetery at night, never recorded, and was recovered by scholarship as Johnson's key mentor.
Ilaiyaraaja (இளையராஜா)
Ilaiyaraaja (இளையராஜா), born Gnanathesikan in 1943, is an Indian composer who fused Tamil folk, Carnatic ragas, and Western orchestration from his 1976 debut Annakili, scoring 1,500+ films, 7,000+ songs, 5 National Film Awards, Padma Vibhushan, and Rajya Sabha membership.
Ilan Rubin
Ilan Rubin, also known for The New Regime, is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist from San Diego; Nine Inch Nails drummer 2008-2025, youngest Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee (2020), and Foo Fighters drummer since July 2025.
Imelda May
Imelda May (born Imelda Mary Clabby, 1974) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Dublin's Liberties. Rockabilly albums Love Tattoo, Mayhem, and Tribal hit Irish number one; Life Love Flesh Blood and 11 Past the Hour mark her later reinvention.
Imogen Heap
Imogen Heap (born 1977, Havering, London) is a British singer, songwriter, and producer, formerly of Frou Frou, known for Speak for Yourself, Ellipse, two Grammys, the Mi.Mu gloves, and Mycelia.
Ina Wroldsen
Ina Wroldsen (Ina Christine Wroldsen, born 1984, Finnsnes) is a Norwegian pop singer-songwriter behind UK number ones like Rockabye, Symphony, Impossible, and Hold My Hand, member of Ask Embla, and solo artist behind Strongest and Hex.
India Arie
India.Arie (India Arie Simpson, born 1975, Denver) is an American neo-soul singer-songwriter and guitarist; Acoustic Soul (2001) went multiplatinum with seven Grammy nominations, and she has won four Grammys from 23 nominations.
Indila
Indila (Adila Sedraïa, born 1984, Paris) is a French pop singer whose 2014 album Mini World and single "Dernière danse", the first French-language song with one billion YouTube views, made her a rare international streaming phenomenon.
Indy (musician)
Indy is the stage name of India Yelich O'Connor (born 1998), New Zealand indie pop singer-songwriter and poet, younger sister of Lorde and daughter of poet Sonja Yelich. Debut single "Threads" (2022), EPs Threads (2023) and Fame Is a Bedroom (2025), based in New York City.
Ingrid Andress
Ingrid Andress, American country-pop singer-songwriter from Michigan and Colorado, Berklee-trained, ex-songwriter for Charli XCX; debut album Lady Like, four GRAMMY nominations, 2024 anthem incident.
Ingrid Croce
Ingrid Croce (Ingrid Jacobson, born 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, artist, restaurateur, and author, widow of Jim Croce, founder of San Diego's Croce's Restaurant & Jazz Bar (1985-2016), and author of I Got a Name: The Jim Croce Story.
Ingrid Michaelson
Ingrid Michaelson (born 1979) is an American indie-pop singer-songwriter from Staten Island, known for "The Way I Am", self-released albums including Girls and Boys, and the Broadway musical The Notebook.
Iniko
Iniko (Iniko Ijhara Dixon, born 1996) is a Brooklyn-born nonbinary singer-songwriter signed to Audio Angel/Columbia Records, known for the viral, gold-certified single "Jericho" and the 2025 debut album The Awakening.
Inna
Inna (Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu, born 1986) is a Romanian dance-pop singer whose 2008 debut single "Hot" topped charts across Europe and Billboard's US dance chart; later hits include "Sun Is Up" and "Cola Song".
Inva Mula
Inva Mula (Inva Mula-Tchako), Albanian lyric soprano born 1963 in Tirana; Operalia 1993 winner, voice of Diva Plavalaguna in The Fifth Element, Paris-based international opera career.
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin (Israel Gershvin, 1896-1983), American lyricist and older brother of composer George Gershwin; first lyricist to win a Pulitzer Prize (Of Thee I Sing, 1932), lyricist of Porgy and Bess, Lady Be Good, and I Got Rhythm.
Iris DeMent
Iris DeMent (Iris Luella DeMent, born 1961) is an American folk, country, and gospel singer-songwriter, youngest of 14 children, whose 1992 debut Infamous Angel and albums My Life, The Way I Should, Sing the Delta, The Trackless Woods, and Workin' On A World define her career.
Irlene Mandrell
Irlene Mandrell (Ellen Irlene Mandrell), born 1956 in Corpus Christi, Texas, is the youngest Mandrell sister: a drummer in Barbara's band the Do-Rites, co-star of the NBC Mandrell Sisters variety show, Hee Haw Honey, and 2024 Texas Country Music Hall of Fame inductee.
Irmin Schmidt
Irmin Schmidt, born 29 May 1937 in Berlin, is a German keyboardist and composer who co-founded the experimental band Can in 1968 with Czukay, Karoli, and Liebezeit, studied under Stockhausen and Ligeti, and composed over 120 film scores plus the opera Gormenghast.
Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine is the indie folk project of American singer-songwriter Sam Beam (born 1974, Columbia, South Carolina). Known for The Creek Drank the Cradle, Our Endless Numbered Days, collaborations with Calexico and Fiona Apple, and albums on Sub Pop, Warner Bros., and Nonesuch.
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin, born Israel Beilin, was a Russian-born American songwriter who wrote over a thousand songs across sixty years, including "White Christmas" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band."
Isaac Albéniz
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz (1860–1909), Spanish pianist and composer of the Spanish Modern Nationalist School, born in Camprodon, died in Cambo-les-Bains. Known for Iberia, Suite española, and operas for patron Money-Coutts.
Isaac Brock (musician)
Isaac Brock, born 1975, is the American singer, guitarist, and songwriter who founded and still fronts indie rock band Modest Mouse, runs Glacial Pace Recordings, led the Ugly Casanova side project, and is the band's sole original member after drummer Jeremiah Green's 2022 death.