The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational institution located in

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. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in musical performance and musical research. The conservatory offers various degrees including Bachelor of Music Performance, Master of Music and PhD in research.

History

It was co-founded in 1866 as the Moscow Imperial Conservatory by

Nikolai Rubinstein Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (russian: Николай Григорьевич Рубинштейн; – ) was a Russian pianist, conductor, and composer. He was the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein and a close friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tc ...

and Prince Nikolai Troubetzkoy. It is the second oldest conservatory in Russia after the

Saint Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...

was appointed professor of theory and harmony at its opening. Since 1940, the conservatory has borne his name.

Choral faculty

Prior to the

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, the choral faculty of the conservatory was second to the Moscow Synodal School and

Moscow Synodal Choir The Moscow Synodal Choir (Московский Синодальный хор), founded 1721, was the choir attached to the Moscow Synodal School prior to its dissolution and merger into the choral faculty of the Moscow Conservatory in 1919. The choi ...

, but in 1919, both were closed and merged into the choral faculty. Some of the students now listed as being of the conservatory were in fact students of the Synodal School.

Great Hall

The renovation of the hall was completed in 2011.

Some notable graduates

Valery Afanassiev Valery Afanassiev (russian: Валерий Павлович Афанасьев, ''Valerij Pavlovič Afanasiev''; born 8 September 1947) is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor. Life Valery Afanassiev was born in Moscow. He studied piano at ...

(b. 1947) – pianist *

Nelly Akopian-Tamarina Nelly Akopian-Tamarina (born in Moscow) is a Russian pianist. Akopian-Tamarina had performed Haydn concertos publicly with orchestras by age 9. She studied with Anaida Sumbatyan at the Moscow Central Music School. At the Moscow Conservatory she ...

– pianist *

Ashot Ariyan Ashot Ariyan ( hy, Աշոտ Արիյան, russian: Ашот Размикович Ариян; born April 3, 1973) is a Canadian-Armenian composer and pianist. He is the author of more than 25 compositions including an opera-ballet, two symphonies, ...

(b. 1973) – composer and pianist *

Eduard Artemyev Eduard Nikolayevich Artemyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Никола́евич Арте́мьев, p=ɨdʊˈart ɐrˈtʲemʲjɪf; born 30 November 1937) is a Soviet and Russian composer of electronic music and film scores. Outside of Russia, he is ...

(b. 1937) – composer *

Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович Ашкена́зи, ''Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazi''; born 6 July 1937) is an internationally recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. He ...

(b. 1937) – pianist, conductor *

Vladimir Bakaleinikov Vladimir Romanovich Bakaleinikov, also Bakaleynikov and Bakaleinikoff (russian: Владимир Романович Бакалейников; 3 October 1885 in Moscow – 5 November 1953 in Pittsburgh) was a Russian-American violist, music educa ...

(1885-1953) – violist, composer, conductor *

Stanisław Barcewicz Stanisław Barcewicz (16 April 18581 September 1929) was a noted Polish violinist, conductor and teacher. Although his repertoire included almost all of the classical and romantic violin literature, he was valued primarily for his interpretati ...

(1858-1929) – violinist *

Rudolf Barshai Rudolf Borisovich Barshai (russian: Рудольф Борисович Баршай, link=no, September 28, 1924November 2, 2010) was a Soviet and Russian conductor and violist. Life Barshai was born on September 28, 1924, in Stanitsa Labinskay ...

(1924-2010) – violist, conductor *

Dmitri Bashkirov Dmitri Aleksandrovich Bashkirov (russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Башки́ров; November 1, 1931 – March 7, 2021) was a Russian pianist and academic teacher. Trained in his hometown Tbilisi and Moscow, he began an in ...

(1931-2021) – pianist *

Yuri Bashmet Yuri Abramovich Bashmet (russian: link=no, Юрий Абрамович Башмет; born 24 January 1953) is a Russian conductor, violinist, and violist. Biography Yuri Bashmet was born on 24 January 1953 in Rostov-on-Don in the family of A ...

(b. 1953) – violist, conductor * Boris Berezovsky (b. 1969) – pianist * Boris Berman (b. 1948) – pianist *

Lazar Berman Lazar Naumovich Berman (russian: Ла́зарь Нау́мович Бе́рман, ''Lazarʹ Naumovič Berman''; February 26, 1930February 6, 2005) was a Soviet Russian classical pianist, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1988). He was hailed for a h ...

(1930-2005) – pianist *

Pavel Berman Pavel Berman is a violinist and conductor of Russian origin, laureate of international competitions. Biography Pavel Berman was born in Moscow. Father — renowned Russian pianist Lazar Berman, mother — pianist Valentina Berman (Sedova). He s ...

(b. 1970) – violinist, conductor *

Vadim Borisovsky Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky (russian: Вадим Васильевич Борисовский; January 20, 1900 – July 2, 1972) was a Soviet and Russian violist. Biography Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying ...

(1900-1972) – violist *

Anatoliy Brandukov Anatoly Andreyevich Brandukov (russian: Анато́лий Андре́евич Брандуко́в) ( – February 16, 1930) was a Russian cellist who premiered many cello pieces of prominent composers including Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergei ...

(1859-1930) – cellist *

Alexander Chuhaldin Alexander Gregorovitch Chuhaldin (russian: Александр Григорьевич Чухалдин) (27 August 1892 – 20 January 1951) was a Russian violinist, conductor, composer, and music educator who later emigrated to Canada. He spen ...

(1892-1951)– violinist, conductor, composer *

Tish Daija Tish Daija (Shkodër, 30 January 1926 – 3 October 2003) was an Albanian composer. He composed the first Albanian ballet ''Halili dhe Hajria'' (Halili and Hajria) that premiered on 13 January 1963 and has since been shown more than 250 times at ...

(1926-2003) – Albanian composer *

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(b. 1958) – pianist *

Bella Davidovich Bella Mikhaylovna Davidovich (Бэлла Миха́йловна Давидо́вич; born July 16, 1928) is a Soviet-born American pianist. Biography Davidovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, into a Jewish family of musicians and began studyi ...

(b. 1928) – pianist *

Nikolai Demidenko Nikolai Demidenko (born 1 July 1955, Anisimovo) is a Russian-born classical pianist. Biography Demidenko studied at the Gnessin State Musical College with Anna Kantor and at the Moscow Conservatoire under Dmitri Bashkirov. He was a finalist ...

(b. 1955) – pianist *

Edison Denisov Edison Vasilievich Denisov (russian: Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called " Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. ...

(1929-1996) – composer * Vladimir Denissenkov (b. 1956) –

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* Fyodor Druzhinin (1932-2007) – violist *

Youri Egorov Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov (russian: Юрий Александрович Егоров; 28 May 1954 – 16 April 1988) was a Soviet and Monegasque classical pianist. Early years Born in Kazan, USSR, Youri Egorov studied music at the Kazan Conser ...

(1954-1988) – pianist *

Samuil Feinberg Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (russian: Самуи́л Евге́ньевич Фе́йнберг, also Samuel; 26 May 1890, Odessa – 22 October 1962, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist. Biography Born in Odessa, Feinberg ...

(1890-1962) – pianist, composer * Frank Fernandez (b. 1944) – pianist, composer *

Yakov Flier Yakov Vladimirovich Flier (russian: Я́ков Влади́мирович Флие́р; , 1912 – December 18, 1977; last name also spelled Fliere or Fliyer) was a Jewish Russian concert pianist and teacher. Flier was born in Orekhovo-Zuy ...

(1912-1977) – pianist *

Andrei Gavrilov Andrei Gavrilov (in Russian Андрей Гаврилов; born September 21, 1955) is a Swiss pianist of Russian background. Early life and music career Andrei Gavrilov was born into a family of artists in Moscow. His father was Vladimir Gav ...

(b. 1955) – pianist * Misha Geller (1937-2007) – composer, violist *

Emil Gilels Emil Grigoryevich Gilels ( Russian: Эми́ль Григо́рьевич Ги́лельс; 19 October 1916 – 14 October 1985) was a Russian pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time. Early life and educati ...

(1916-1985) – pianist *

Marina Goglidze-Mdivani Marina Goglidze-Mdivani (Georgian: მარინა გოგლიძე-მდივანი; born October 6, 1936 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Canadian virtuoso pianist of Georgian descent. Biography Marina Goglidze-M ...

(b. 1936) – pianist * Alexei Gorokhov (1927-1999) – violinist, musicologist *

Vera Gornostayeva Vera Gornostayeva (October 1, 1929 – January 19, 2015) was a Russian pianist and pedagogue. An Emeritus Artist of the Russian Federation at the time of her death, Gornostayeva was a graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where her te ...

(1929-2015) – pianist * Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931) – composer *

Maria Grinberg Maria Grinberg ( Russian: Mария Израилевна Гринберг, Marija Israilevna Grinberg; September 6, 1908 – July 14, 1978) was a Russian pianist. She was born in Odessa, Russian Empire. Her father was a Hebrew scholar and her mot ...

(1908-1978) – pianist *

Natalia Gutman Natalia Grigoryevna Gutman (russian: Наталья Григорьевна Гутман) (born 14 November 1942 in Kazan), PAU, is a Russian cellist. She began to study cello at the Moscow Music School with R. Sapozhnikov. She was later admitted t ...

(b. 1942) – cellist *

Rustem Hayroudinoff Rustem Hayroudinoff (russian: link=no, Рустем Афзалович Хайрутдинов) is a Russian concert pianist. Tatar by nationality, he was born in Kazan, Russian Federation (Republic of Tatarstan). His father, Afzal Hayroudinoff is a ...

– pianist *

Andrej Hoteev Andrej Ivanovich Hoteev (Андрей Иванович Хотеев/'; 2 December 1946 - 28 November 2021) was a Russian classical pianist. Early life Andrej Hoteev was born in Leningrad. He studied piano at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in ...

(b. 1946) – pianist * Waleed Howrani (b. 1948) – composer, pianist * Rinat Ibragimov (1960-2020) – double bassist, conductor *

Valentina Igoshina Valentina Igoshina (born 4 November 1978 in Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast) is a Russian classical pianist. She has won several international piano competitions. Biography Valentina Igoshina began studying piano with her mother, and first took lessons ...

(b. 1978) – pianist *

Konstantin Igumnov Konstantin Nikolayevich Igumnov (russian: Константи́н Никола́евич Игу́мнов; , 1873 – March 24, 1948) was a Soviet and Russian pianist and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1946). Biography Igumnov studie ...

(1873-1948) – pianist *

Ilya Itin Ilya Itin (born 3 April 1967 in Yekaterinburg) is a Russian concert pianist of international acclaim currently residing in New York City. Early career Music Competition Ilya Itin was the Gold Medalist of the 1996 Leeds International Piano Co ...

(b. 1967) – pianist *

Dmitry Kabalevsky Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский ; 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent. He helped set up the Union of Soviet Co ...

(1904-1987) – composer, pianist *

Olga Kern Olga Vladimirovna Kern (russian: Ольга Владимировна Керн; born Olga Pushechnikova, 23 April 1975) is a Russian American, Russian-American classical pianist. She became an American citizen in 2016. Early life Olga Kern was bor ...

(b. 1975) – pianist *

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; rus, Арам Ильич Хачатурян, , ɐˈram ɨˈlʲjitɕ xətɕɪtʊˈrʲan, Ru-Aram Ilyich Khachaturian.ogg; hy, Արամ Խաչատրյան, ''Aram Xačʿatryan''; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet and Armenian ...

(1903-1978) – composer *

Yuri Kholopov Yuri Nikolaevich Kholopov (russian: link=no, Ю́рий Никола́евич Холóпов, ; August 14, 1932, Ryazan – April 24, 2003, Moscow) was a Russian musicologist and educator. Biography After graduating from Ryazan Music Regional C ...

(1932-2003) – musicologist * Vladimir Khomyakov (b. 1984) – pianist *

Tikhon Khrennikov Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (russian: Тихон Николаевич Хренников; – 14 August 2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also known ...

(1913-2007) – composer *

Igor Khudolei Igor Leonidovich Khudolei (also Khudoley) (7, July 1940 - 2001) was a Russian pianist, composer and Honored Artist of Russia.Olga Kiun – pianist * Pavel Klinichev – conductor *

Leonid Kogan Leonid Borisovich Kogan (russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Ко́ган; uk, Леонід Борисович Коган; 14 November 1924 – 17 December 1982) was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider ...

(1924-1982) – violinist * Pavel Kogan (b. 1952) – violinist, conductor *

Evgeni Koroliov Evgeni Alexandrovich Koroliov (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Королёв; born 1 October 1949, in Moscow) is a Russian classical pianist. Koroliov studied at the Moscow Conservatory. Since 1978 he has been a teacher at ...

(b. 1949) – pianist *

Serguei Kostiuchenko Sergey Nikolaevich Kostiuchenko (Russian:Сергей Николаевич Костюченко) is a Belarusian military conductor. He is the former Chief Director of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, hold ...

(b. 1965) – Belarusian conductor * Ivan Kotov (1950-1985) – bassist *

Vladimir Krainev Vladimir Krainev (russian: Влади́мир Все́володович Кра́йнев; 1 April 1944 – 29 April 2011) was a Russian pianist and professor of piano, People's Artist of the USSR. Biography Krainev was born in Krasnoyarsk, the ...

(1944-2011) – pianist *

Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer ( lv, Gidons Krēmers; born 27 February 1947) is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica. Life and career Gidon Kremer was born in Riga. His father was Jewish and had survived the Holoc ...

(b. 1947) – violinist *

Eduard Kunz Eduard Kunz (russian: Эдуард Кунц), (born October 30, 1980 in Omsk, Soviet Union) is a Russian pianist. He reached the 2nd round in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011. Biography Eduard was born in Siberia from an assi ...

(b. 1980) – pianist * Ina Lange (1846-1930) – pianist; later music historian and writer *

Elisabeth Leonskaja Elisabeth Leonskaja (born 23 November 1945) (In Russian: Елизавета Ильинична Леонская) is a Soviet and Austrian pianist. She was born to a family of Jewish and Polish extraction living in Tbilisi, then the capital of t ...

– pianist *

Josef Lhévinne Josef Lhévinne (13 December 18742 December 1944) was a Russian pianist and piano teacher. Lhévinne wrote a short book in 1924 that is considered a classic: ''Basic Principles in Pianoforte Playing''. Asked how to say his name, he told ''The Li ...

– pianist *

Rosina Lhévinne Rosina Lhévinne (née Bessie; March 29, 1880 – November 9, 1976) was a Russian pianist and famed pedagogue born in Kyiv, Russian Empire. Early life, education and family Rosina Bessie was the younger of two daughters of Maria (née Katz) and ...

– pianist *

Dong-Hyek Lim Dong-Hyek Lim (born July 25, 1984 in Seoul) is a South Korean classical pianist. Lim has previously studied with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover and received the Samsung Culture Scholarship and the Ezoe Scholarshi ...

– pianist *

Alexei Lubimov Alexei Lubimov (born 1944 as Алексе́й Бори́сович Люби́мов, Alexey Borisovich Lyubimov) is a Russian pianist, fortepianist and harpsichordist. Lubimov studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus and Lev Nau ...

– pianist *

Nikolai Lugansky Nikolai Lvovich Lugansky (russian: Никола́й Льво́вич Луга́нский; born 26 April 1972) is a Russian pianist. Early life and education Nikolai Lugansky was born on 26 April 1972 in Moscow, Russia, to research scientist p ...

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Radu Lupu Radu Lupu (30 November 1945 – 17 April 2022) was a Romanian pianist. He was widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of his time. Born in Galați, Romania, Lupu began studying piano at the age of six. Two of his major piano teach ...

– pianist *

Anna Saulowna Lyuboshits Anna Saulowna Luboshutz (russian: Анна Сауловна Любошиц; 13 July 1887 – 20 February 1975) was a Russian cellist. She was a gold medal winner in 1908 at the Moscow Conservatory and had a major performing career in Russia. She ...

– cellist *

Dmitry Malikov Dmitry Yurievich Malikov (russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Маликов; born 29 January 1970) is a Russian actor, composer, singer and a recent record producer. Early life Dmitry Malikov, who goes by his nickname Dima (Дима), was b ...

– pianist, composer, singer *

Anna Malikova Anna Malikova (born 14 July 1965) is a Russian pianist. Life Malikova was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where she received her first musical education with Tamara A. Popovich at Uspensky Music School. At the age of 14 years she entered Central Mu ...

– pianist *

Yevgeny Malinin Yevgeny Malinin (8 November 19306 April 2001), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian pianist. Biography Malinin was born in Moscow. A disciple of Heinrich Neuhaus, he began his career while a student at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1949 he won (ex-a ...

– pianist *

Alexander Malofeev Alexander Dmitrievitch Malofeev ( rus, Александр Дмитриевич Малофеев; also Alexander Dmitrievitch Malofeyev; born 21 October 2001 in Moscow) is a Russian pianist. Biography Early life Alexander Malofeev was born ...

- pianist * Álvaro Manzano (1955-2022) - Ecuadorian conductor *

Emanuil Manolov Emanuil Manolov () (7 January 1860 – 2 February 1902) was a Bulgarian composer. Born at Gabrovo, Manolov is thought to be one of the founders of the Bulgarian professional musical culture. He composed the first Bulgarian opera '' Siromahkinia'' ...

– pianist, flutist, conductor, composer *

Fuat Mansurov Fuat Mansurov ( tt-Cyrl, Фоат Шакир улы Мансуров, russian: Мансуров, Фуат Шакирович) (January 10, 1928 – June 12, 2010) was a Soviet and Russian conductor. Biography Mansurov was born on 10 January 1928 ...

– conductor *

Denis Matsuev Denis Leonidovich Matsuev ( rus, Дени́с Леони́дович Мацу́ев /ma'tsujef/; born June 11, 1975) is a Russian classical pianist and occasional jazz performer. Biography Born in Irkutsk, Soviet Union, Matsuev is the only child o ...

– pianist *

Nikolai Medtner Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (russian: Никола́й Ка́рлович Ме́тнер, ''Nikoláj Kárlovič Métner''; 13 November 1951) was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. After a period of comparative obscurity in the 25 years immedi ...

– composer, pianist *

Victor Merzhanov Victor Karpovich Merzhanov (russian: Ви́ктор Ка́рпович Мержа́нов) (15 August 191920 December 2012) was a Russian pianist and People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Biography Merzhanov was born in Tambov and studied at Tam ...

– pianist * Alexander Mogilevsky – violinist *

Roman Moiseyev Roman Yurevich Moiseyev (russian: Роман Юрьевич Моисеев) (born May 12, 1960 in Moscow) is a Russian conductor. Biography Moiseyev received a musical education at the Academic Music College (1975-1979) and the Gnessins Russi ...

– conductor *

Alexander Mosolov Alexander Vasilyevich MosolovMosolov's name is transliterated variously and inconsistently between sources. Alternative spellings of Alexander include Alexandr, Aleksandr, Aleksander, and Alexandre; variations on Mosolov include Mossolov and Mossol ...

– pianist, composer *

Avni Mula Avni Mula (Gjakova, 4 January 1928 – Tirana, 29 October 2020) was an Albanian singer, composer, and musician. For his contribution to the arts, he received two of the highest awards from the Albanian government: the People's Artist of Albani ...

– Albanian singer, composer * Shoista Mullodzhanova –

Shashmaqam Shashmaqam (russian: Шашмаком; uz, shashmaqom; tg, шашмақом; fa, شش‌مقام) is a Central Asian musical genre (typical of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) which may have developed in the city of Bukhara. Shashmaqam means the six ...

singer *

Viktoria Mullova Viktoria Yurievna Mullova ( rus, Виктория Юрьевна Муллова, , vʲɪˈktorʲɪɪ̯ə ˈmuɫəvə; born 27 November 1959) is a Russian-born British violinist. She is best known for her performances and recordings of a number ...

– violinist * Sergey Musaelyan – pianist *

Lisa Nakazono-Węgłowska , born 15 February 1984, is a Japanese pianist. She is signed with the label Sony Music, and JESC ("Japan-Exchange-Seminar-Concerts" foundation, ''JESC Ongaku Bunka Shinkōkai'') is her acting agency. She was born Risa Nakazono, and the Western ...

– pianist * Alexandre Naoumenko – singer * Anahit Nersesyan – pianist *

Heinrich Neuhaus Heinrich Gustav Neuhaus ( pl, Henryk (Harry) Neuhaus, russian: Ге́нрих Густа́вович Нейга́уз, Genrikh Gustavovič Nejgauz, 10 October 1964) was a Russian-born pianist and teacher of German and Polish extraction. Part of ...

– pianist * Stanislav Neuhaus – pianist *

Tatiana Nikolayeva Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva (russian: Татья́на Петро́вна Никола́ева, ''Tat'jana Petrovna Nikolajeva''; May 4, 1924November 22, 1993) was a pianist, composer, and teacher from the Soviet Union. Life Nikolayeva was born ...

– pianist * Dmitri Novgorodsky – pianistLevin, Neil M
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Milken Archive The Milken Archive of Jewish Music is a collection of material about the history of Jewish Music in the United States. It contains roughly 700 recorded musical works, 800 hours of oral histories, 50,000 photographs and historical documents, an ext ...

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Lev Oborin Lev Nikolayevich Oborin (russian: Лев Николаевич Оборин, ''Lev Nikolaevič Oborin''; Moscow, Moscow, 5 January 1974) was a Soviet and Russian pianist, composer and pedagogue. He was the winner of the first International Chopin ...

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David Oistrakh David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (; – 24 October 1974), was a Soviet classical violinist, violist and conductor. Oistrakh collaborated with major orchestras and musicians from many parts of the world and was the dedicatee of numerous violin w ...

– violinist * Alexander Osminin − pianist *

Aleksandra Pakhmutova Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova (russian: Александра Николаевна Пахмутова ; born 9 November 1929) is a Soviet and Russian composer. She has remained one of the best-known figures in Soviet The Soviet Union ...

– composer * Dmitry Paperno – pianist *

Georgs Pelēcis Georgs Pelēcis (also Georges Pélétsis; born 18 June 1947) is a Latvian composer and musicologist. He is currently a professor at the Latvian Academy of Music. Compositional career Pelēcis was born in Riga. He studied under Aram Khachaturian ...

– Latvian composer and musicologist * Nikolai Petrov (1943-2011) – pianist *

Gregor Piatigorsky Gregor Piatigorsky (, ''Grigoriy Pavlovich Pyatigorskiy''; August 6, 1976) was a Russian Empire-born American cellist. Biography Early life Gregor Piatigorsky was born in Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipro, Ukraine) into a Jewish family. As a child, he ...

– cellist *

Mikhail Pletnev Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Плетнёв, ''Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv''; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer. Life and career Pletnev was born into a musical fa ...

– pianist, composer, conductor *

Ivo Pogorelić Ivo Pogorelić (also Ivo Pogorelich; born 20 October 1958) is a Yugoslav-born Croatian pianist. He is known for his sometimes unorthodox interpretations, which have brought him a sizable following and both praise and criticism from musical ...

– pianist *

Viktoria Postnikova Viktoria Valentinovna Postnikova (Russian: Виктория Валентиновна Постникова; born 12 January 1944) is a Russian pianist. Biography Postnikova was born in Moscow into a family of musicians. She entered the Central Mus ...

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Mikhail Press Mikhail (Moisej) Isaakovich Press, also known as Michael Press, (russian: Михаил Исаакович Пресс; 29 August 1871, in Vilnius, Lithuania – 22 December 1938, in Lansing, Michigan) was a Russian-American violinist, conductor ...

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Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one o ...

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Sviatoslav Richter Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter, group= ( – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet classical pianist. He is frequently regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, Great Pianists of the 20th Century and has been praised for the "depth of his int ...

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Mstislav Rostropovich Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, (27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Russian cellist and conductor. He is considered by many to be the greatest cellist of the 20th century. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was wel ...

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Gennady Rozhdestvensky Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky, CBE (russian: Генна́дий Никола́евич Рожде́ственский; 4 May 1931 – 16 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian conductor. Biography Gennady Rozhdestvensky was born in Moscow. H ...

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Nikolai Sachenko Nikolai Sachenko (russian: links=no, Николай Саченко; born 1977) is a Russian violinist. He was awarded the top prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Brahms Trio, with pi ...

(b. 1977) – violinist * Aram Satian – composer *

Alexander Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (; russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин ; – ) was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. Before 1903, Scriabin was greatly influenced by the music of Frédéric Chopin and composed ...

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Rodion Shchedrin Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin ( rus, Родион Константинович Щедрин, , rədʲɪˈon kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ɕːɪˈdrʲin; born 16 December 1932) is a Soviet and Russian composer and pianist, winner of USSR State ...

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Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, link=no, Alfred Garriyevich Shnitke; 24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer of Jewish-German descent. Among the most performed and re ...

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Dmitry Shishkin Dmitry Igorevich Shishkin (russian: Дмитрий Игоревич Шишкин), born 12 February 1992, is a Russian classical pianist. He is best known for winning the 2nd prize at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019. In 2 ...

(b. 1992) - pianist *

Leonid Sigal Leonid Sigal is a Russian violinist and conductor. A graduate from the Moscow Conservatory, Sigal is active in the United States, where he settled as he joined in 1995 the New World Symphony Orchestra. He was appointed the orchestra's Concertma ...

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Valery Sigalevitch Valery Sigalevitch ( Russian: Валерий Львович Сигалевич, ''Valerij Lvovič Sigalevič''; born 1950) is a Russian classical concert pianist. Biography Sigalevitch was born in Simferopol, Crimea. His father Lev Sigalevitch wa ...

– pianist * Tamriko Siprashvili – pianist *

Pyotr Slovtsov Pyotr Ivanovich Slovtsov (russian: Пётр Ива́нович Словцо́в; 30 June 1886 – 24 February 1934) was a famous Russian tenor. Early years Slovtsov was born in the village of Ustyanskoye in Yeniseysk Governorate of the Ru ...

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Galina Konstantinovna Smirnova Galina Konstantinovna Smirnova (January 20, 1910 - 1980) was a Russian composer, musicologist, and radio music editor who used folk songs in her compositions and composed at least one film score. Smirnova was born in Moscow. She studied at the Mo ...

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Viviana Sofronitsky Viviana Sofronitsky (russian: Вивиана Владимировна Софроницкая) is a Russian and Canadian classical pianist. Born in Moscow, her father was the Soviet-Russian pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky. Life and career She star ...

– pianist * Aleksandr Sokolov – Russian Minister of Culture *

Senya Son Semyon Avangardovich Son is a Russian pianist, composer, professor of Barcelona Academy of Music. Biography After graduating from Simferopol Music College and serving two years in the Soviet Army, Semyon entered Gnessin State Musical College, G ...

(b. 1951) – pianist, composer * Alexei Soutchkov – pianist *

Vladimir Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov (Russian: Влади́мир Теодо́рович Спивако́в; born 12 September 1944) is a Soviet and Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra. Spiva ...

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Steven Spooner Steven Spooner is an American pianist, and currently Professor of Piano at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Biography As a performing artist, Spooner has given solo recitals at such major venues as Carnegie Hall, Muziekcentrum Vred ...

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Mykola Suk Mykola Petrovich Suk ( uk, Микола Петрович Сук; born December 21, 1945) is a Ukrainian American pianist and Merited Artist of Ukraine. Biography Born in Kiev, Ukraine (formerly: USSR), into a musical family, Mykola studied at ...

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Yevgeny Svetlanov Yevgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov (russian: Евгéний Фёдорович Светлáнов; 6 September 1928 – 3 May 2002) was a Russian conductor, composer and a pianist. Life and work Svetlanov was born in Moscow and studied conducting wi ...

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Ivan Tasovac Ivan Tasovac ( sr-Cyrl, Иван Тасовац; 21 June 1966 – 29 September 2021) was a Serbian pianist and manager. He served as the director of Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra from 2001 to 2013. He also served as the Minister of Culture an ...

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Marina Tchebourkina Marina Nikolayevna Tchebourkina (russian: Марина Николаевна Чебуркина) is a French and Russian organist and musicologist. She has a Doktor nauk (the highest post-doctoral) degree in Science of the Arts. Marina Tchebourk ...

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Viktor Tretiakov Viktor Viktorovich Tretiakov (russian: Ви́ктор Ви́кторович Третьяко́в; born 17 October 1946) is a Russian violinist and conductor. Other spellings of his name are Victor, Tretyakov and Tretjakov. Biography The son of a ...

– violinist * Anna Tsybuleva – pianist * Ibrahim Tukiqi – Albanian singer *

Pava Turtygina Pava Grigorevna Turtygina (26 December 1902 – 1985) was a Russian composer. Turtygina was born in Gomel. She studied at the Ekaterinoslav Music School (1915-1919), today known as the Dnipropetrovsk Academy of Music in Ukraine; at the Gnessin Sta ...

- composer, pianist *

Mauricio Vallina Mauricio Vallina (born 1970 in Havana,) is a Cuban pianist living in Brussels.Saša Večtomov Saša Večtomov (12 December 1930 – 29 December 1989) was a Czechoslovak cellist and music pedagogue. Biography Večtomov first studied piano and cello with his father, cellist/composer Ivan Večtomov (1902–81), a soloist in the Czech Phil ...

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Alexander Veprik Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, also Weprik, (russian: Александр Моисеевич Веприк; 23 June 1899 in Balta, Odessa Oblast, Balta, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire, now Ukraine – 13 October 1958 in Moscow) was a Russian-(Uk ...

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Anastasia Vedyakova Anastasia Vedyakova (born 1991) is a violinist, composer and conductor. She is the Soloist of the Philharmonic, member of BMI, the National Union of Composers, the Boston New Music Initiative, the Recordig Academy, International Society for Jazz ...

- violinist and composer * Eliso Virsaladze – pianist *

Oleg Volkov Oleg Volkov (born 1958) is a Russian pianist. Early life and education Volkov was born in the south of Russia in 1958. He began his musical studies at the age of seven, studying in Russian music schools, where he graduated with honors. His studies ...

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Mikhail Voskresensky Mikhail Voskresensky (; born 1935) is a Russian pianist who left Russia for the United States in 2022 protesting against Russian invasion of Ukraine. Training Mikhail Voskresensky is known internationally as a pianist in the great Romantic tradi ...

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Jacob Weinberg Jacob Weinberg (1 July 1879, Odesa – 2 November 1956 New York) was a Russian-born American Jewish composer and pianist who composed over 135 works for piano and other instruments. He was one of the founders of the Jewish National Conserva ...

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Çesk Zadeja Çesk Zadeja (8 June 1927, Shkodër – 15 August 1997, Rome) was an Albanian composer. A native of Shkodër, he studied in Moscow and did much to promote the arts in Tirana. He is known as "The Father of Albanian Music".Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

composer * Marina Yakhlakova – pianist * Irina Zaritskaya – pianist * Igor Zubkovsky – cellist

Notable current professors

– viola * Andrei Diev – piano *

Andrei Eshpai Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai (russian: Андре́й Я́ковлевич Эшпа́й; 15 May 1925 – 8 November 2015) was an ethnic Mari (Russian and Soviet) composer. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1981. Bio ...

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– piano and historical keyboards * Valery Popov – bassoon *

Kirill Rodin Kirill (Kyril or Kyrill) Rodin is a Russian cellist and professor of cello. Rodin performs as a soloist in the Moscow State Philharmonic and is the cellist of the Tchaikovsky String Quartet (commonly referred to as the Tchaikovsky Quartet or Tcha ...

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Natalia Shakhovskaya Natalia Shakhovskaya (September 27, 1935 – May 20, 2017), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian cellist.Yuri Slesarev Yuri Slesarev (born 1947) is a Russian pianist. A graduate of Moscow Conservatory's Central Music School, he studied piano under Victor Merzhanov. After winning the All-Union Piano Competition in Tallinn in 1969, he took part in several internatio ...

– piano * Eliso Virsaladze – piano *

– piano * Irina Zhurina – voice

References

* The Moscow Conservatory. Information Booklet. Second Edition. Moscow, 2001. . * Moscow Conservatoire. Moscow, 1994. . * Moscow Conservatory: Traditions of Music Education, Art, and Science 1866–2006. Moscow: "Moskovskaya Konservatoriya" Publishing House, 2006. *

External links

Moscow Conservatory website
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