Alexander Glazunov - Nov 1922 Shadowland

Sergei Prokofiev circa 1918 over Chair Bain

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Sofia Gubaidulina July1981 Sortavala ©DSmirnov

This is an alphabetical list of significant

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

s who were born or raised in Russia or the Russian Empire.

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Els Aarne Els Aarne (''correctly Else'', Els Paemurru; 30 March 1917 – 14 June 1995) was an Estonian composer and pedagogue. She was born in Makiivka, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) and studied at Tallinn Conservatory, graduating as a music teacher in 193 ...

(1917–1995), born in present-day Estonia *

Evald Aav Evald Aav ( – 21 March 1939) was an Estonian composer born in Tallinn, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire. He studied music composition there with Artur Kapp and wrote primarily vocal music to words in the Estonian language. In 1928 he comp ...

(1900–1939), born in present-day Estonia *

Juhan Aavik Juhan Aavik (29 January 1884, in Holstre, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 26 November 1982, in Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden) was an Estonian composer. Aavik studied music composition at the Saint Petersburg C ...

(1884–1982), born in present-day Estonia *

Arkady Abaza Arkady Maksimovich Abaza (Абаза́ Арка́дий Макси́мович; 1843 in Sverdlikovo, Kursk Governorate – , in Kursk) was a Russian composer, journalist and pianist. He studied in St. Petersburg with Alexander Dreyschock for fort ...

(1843–1915) *

Alexander Abramsky Alexander Abramsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Савва́тьевич Абра́мский; 22 January 1898 in Lutsk – 29 August 1985 in Moscow) was a Soviet composer. He was known for his adaptation of folk music Folk music is a m ...

(1898–1985), born in present-day Ukraine *

Joseph Achron Joseph Yulyevich Achron, also seen as Akhron (Russian: Иосиф Юльевич Ахрон, Hebrew: יוסף אחרון) (May 1, 1886April 29, 1943) was a Russian-born Jewish composer and violinist, who settled in the United States. His preoccu ...

(1886–1943), born in present-day

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

* Ella Adayevskaya (1846–1926) * Nikolay Afanasyev (1820/1–1898) *

Vasily Agapkin Vasily Ivanovich Agapkin (russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Ага́пкин; 3 February 1884 – 29 October 1964) was a Russian and Soviet military orchestra conductor, composer, and author of the well-known march "Farewell of ...

(1884–1964) * Alexander Alexandrov (1883–1946) * Anatoly Alexandrov (1888–1982) * Boris Alexandrov (1905–1994), son of Alexander *

Achilles Alferaki Achilles Nikolayevich Alferaki ("Achilles" sometimes spelled Akhilles or Ahilles) (July 3, 1846, Kharkov, Russian Empire – December 27, 1919, Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union) was a Russian composer and mayor of Greek descent. His brother was ...

(1846–1919) * Alexander Alyabyev (1787–1851) *

Anatoliy Andreyev Anatoliy Andreyevich Andreyev (russian: Анатолий Андреевич Андреев; 10 April 1941 – 2004) was a Buryat composer of classical music. In 1995, he composed the music for the Anthem of the Republic of Buryatia, with lyrics b ...

(1941–2004) *

Iosif Andriasov Iosif Arshakovich Andriasov, also Ovsep Andreasian (russian: Ио́сиф Арша́кович Андриа́сов; 7 April 1933 in Moscow – 16 November 2000 in New York City), was a composer-symphonist, a moral philosopher, and a teacher. Iosi ...

(1933–2000) *

Boris Arapov Boris Aleksandrovich Arapov (russian: Бори́с Алекса́ндрович Ара́пов; 12 September 1905 in Saint Petersburg – 27 January 1992 in Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of the RSFSR (197 ...

(1905–1992) *

Anton Arensky Anton Stepanovich Arensky (russian: Анто́н Степа́нович Аре́нский; – ) was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, a pianist and a professor of music. Biography Arensky was born into an affluent, music-loving ...

(1861–1906) *

Sasha Argov Alexander "Sasha" Argov ( he, סשה ארגוב, born Alexander Abramovich; Moscow, 26 October 1914 – Tel Aviv, 27 September 1995) was a prominent Israeli composer. Life and career Argov was born Alexander Abramovich in Moscow, Russia in 1914 ...

(1914–1995) * Mykola Arkas (1853–1909), born in present-day Ukraine * Alexander Arkhangelsky (1846–1924) * Eduard Artemyev (born 1937) *

Nikolai Artsybushev Nikolai Vasilievich Artsybushev (russian: Николай Васильевич Арцыбушев; 15 April 1937) was a Russian Empire jurist, music publisher and promoter, and minor composer. His name is sometimes seen as Artsibushev, Artsybuchev, ...

(1858–1937) *

Vyacheslav Artyomov Vyacheslav Petrovich Artyomov (russian: Вячесла́в Петро́вич Артё́мов, link=no; born on June 29, 1940, in Moscow) is a Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet composer. Biography Artyomov was preparing to become a physicist, s ...

(born 1940) *

Boris Asafyev Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev (russian: link=no, Бори́с Влади́мирович Аса́фьев; 27 January 1949) was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology. He is the ...

(1884–1949) *

Mukhtar Ashrafi Mukhtar Ashrafi (russian: Мухтар Ашрафович Ашрафи, Uzbek: ''Muxtor Ashrafiy''; in Bukhara – 10 December 1975 in Tashkent) was a Soviet Uzbek composer. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1951. He became a member o ...

(1912–1975), born in present-day Uzbekistan *

Sergei Aslamazyan Sergei Zakharovich Aslamazyan, also Aslamazian ( hy, Սերգեյ Զաքարի Ասլամազյան, russian: Серге́й Захарович Асламазя́н; 27 January 1897 – 27 September 1978) was a Soviet Armenian cellist, compo ...

(1897–1978), born in present-day Armenia * Lera Auerbach (born 1973) *

Arseny Avraamov Arseny Mikhailovich Avraamov (russian: Арсений Михайлович Авраамов) (born Krasnokutsky �раснокутский 1886 died Moscow, 1944) was an avant-garde Russian composer and theorist. He studied at the Russian Insti ...

(1886–1944) *

Artemi Ayvazyan Artemi (Harutyun) Ayvazyan ( hy, Արտեմի Այվազյան, russian: Артемий Айвазян; June 26, 1902 – November 14, 1975) was a Soviet Armenian composer, conductor, founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra, and People' ...

(1902–1975), born in present-day Armenia *

Mikhail Azanchevsky Mikhail Pavlovich (von) Azanchevsky (russian: Михаи́л Па́влович (фон) Азанче́вский), – ) was a Russian composer and music teacher. He was the director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1871-1876. Not long befor ...

(1839–1881)

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* Vytautas Bacevičius (1905–1970), born in present-day

Afrasiyab Badalbeyli Afrasiyab Badal bey oghlu Badalbeyli ( az, Əfrasiyab Bədəl bəy oğlu Bədəlbəyli) (19 April 1907, in Baku – 6 January 1976, in Baku) was a Soviet Azerbaijani composer, with noble Iranian origins (he was the descendant of Bahman Mirza and ...

(1907–1976), born in present-day Azerbaijan * Vladimir Bakaleinikov (1885–1953) * Mily Balakirev (1837–1910) *

Sergey Balasanian Sergey Artemyevich Balasanian (russian: Серге́й Арте́мьевич Баласаня́н; 13 August 1902 in Ashgabat, Russian Empire13 June 1982 Moscow, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet Armenian composer. He taught composition in the Moscow ...

(1902–1982), born in present-day Turkmenistan * Sargis Barkhudaryan (1887–1973), born in present-day Georgia *

Veniamin Basner Veniamin Efimovich Basner (russian: Вениами́н Ефи́мович Ба́снер, 1 January 1925 in Yaroslavl – 3 September 1996 in St Petersburg) was a Russian composer. He was recognized by the Soviet Union as a People's Artist of Russ ...

(1925–1996) * Kārlis Baumanis (1835–1905), born in present-day

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

Sonya Belousova Sonya Belousova (; born February 4, 1990) is a Russian-American film composer, pianist and recording artist who resides and works in Los Angeles, California. Belousova is a winner of international composition and piano competitions. Recognized as ...

(born 1990) * Maxim Berezovsky (c. 1745 – 1777) *

Anastasiya Bespalova Anastasiya Bespalova (russian: Анастаси́я Беспа́лова) is a Russian composer. Biography Bespalova is a graduate of the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire where she studied music composition under Vladimir Kobekin. In 2003 sh ...

Timofiy Bilohradsky Timofiy Bilohradsky (also Belogradsky, Pelogradsky; uk, Тимофій Білоградський; ca. 1710 — ca. 1782) was a lutenist, composer and kobzar-bandurist of Ukrainian ethnicity, active in St. Petersburg and Königsberg. Little is ...

(c. 1710 – c. 1782) *

Matvey Blanter Matvey Isaakovich Blanter (russian: Матве́й Исаа́кович Бла́нтер) (27 September 1990) was a Soviet composer, and one of the most prominent composers of popular songs and film music in the Soviet Union. Among many other work ...

(1903–1990) * Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931) * Leonid Bobylev (born 1949) *

Anatoly Bogatyrev Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatyrev ( be, Анатоль Васільевіч Багатыроў, russian: Анатолий Васильевич Богатырё́в; – 19 September 2003) was a Soviet and Belarusian composer and music teacher, seen ...

(1913–2003), born in present-day Belarus *

Nikita Bogoslovsky Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (russian: Ники́та Влади́мирович Богосло́вский; 22 May 1913 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 4 April 2004 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian composer. Author of more t ...

(1913–2004) *

Alexander Borodin Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin ( rus, link=no, Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir’yevich Borodin , p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr pɐrˈfʲi rʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈdʲin, a=RU-Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin.ogg, ...

(1833–1887) * Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877–1952), born in present-day Ukraine *

Dmitry Bortniansky Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky ; ; alternative transcriptions of names are ''Dmitri Bortnianskii'', and ''Bortnyansky'', group=n (28 October 1751 – ) was a Russian Imperial composer of Ukrainian Cossack origin. He was a composer, harpsichord ...

(1751–1825), born in present-day Ukraine *

Rostislav Grigor'yevich Boyko Rostislav Grigor'yevich Boyko (1 August 1931, Leningrad – 18 November 2002, Moscow), sometimes transliterated Rostislaw Grigorjewitsch Boiko, was a Russian composer and conducting, conductor. He was principally active in both occupations within th ...

(1931–2002) *

Yevgeny Brusilovsky Yevgeny Grigoryevich Brusilovsky ( rus, Евгений Григорьевич Брусиловский; – 9 May 1981) was a Soviet and Russian composer who settled in Kazakhstan. He wrote the first Kazakh opera, co-wrote the music for the a ...

(1905–1981) *

Vitaly Bujanovsky Vitaly Mikhailovich Bujanovsky or Buyanovsky (russian: link=no, Виталий Михайлович Буяновский; 27 August 1928, in Leningrad – 5 May 1993, in Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet Russian classical horn player, music teacher a ...

(1928–1993) *

Pavel Bulakhov Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

(1824–1875), brother of Pyotr *

Pyotr Bulakhov Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (Петр Петрович Булахов; 1822 in Moscow – 2 December 1885 in Kuskovo) was a Russian composer. His father: singer Pyotr Alexandrovich Bulakhov (ru: Петр Александрович Булахов, (17 ...

(1822–1885), brother of Pavel *

Revol Bunin Revol Samuilovich Bunin (russian: Ре́воль Саму́илович Бу́нин; 6 April 1924, in Moscow – 3 July 1976, in Moscow) was a Russian composer. Early life and education Bunin's father, Samuil Markovich, was a bolshevik, a membe ...

(1924–1976) *

Mutal Burhonov Mutavakkil (Mutal) Burhonov (Мутаваккил �уталБурҳонов/مۇتەۋەككىل �ۇتەلبۇرحاناۋ; russian: Мутаваккиль �утальМузаинович Бурханов); Bukhara, – June 15, 2002) was ...

(1916–2002), born in present-day Uzbekistan

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Georgy Catoire Georgy Lvovich Catoire (or ''Katuar'', russian: Гео́ргий Льво́вич Катуа́р, french: Georges Catoire) (Moscow 27 April 1861 – 21 May 1926) was a Russian composer of France, French heritage. Life Catoire studied piano in Berl ...

(1861–1926) * Catterino Cavos (1775–1840) * Nektarios Chargeishvili (1937–1971) *

Gayane Chebotaryan Gayane Chebotaryan (8 November 1918, Rostov-on-Don16 January 1998, Moscow) was an Armenian composer and musicologist. She was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, and graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory. She studied composition with K'usnaryan and ...

(1918–1998) *

Yekaterina Chemberdzhi Yekaterina Chemberdzhi (russian: Екатерина Владимировна Чемберджи́ ), also Katia Tchemberdji (nickname) or Jekaterina Wladimirowna Tschemberdschi (German form) (born 6 May 1960), is a Russians, Russian pianist and c ...

(born 1960) *

Yury Chernavsky Yury (George) Chernavsky (russian: Юрий Александрович Чернавский; born March 17, 1947) is a Russian producer, composer and songwriter. Chernavsky is a member of performance rights organisations such as GEMA, BMI, an ...

(born 1947) *

Peter Chernobrivets Peter Anatolievich Chernobrivets ( rus, Пётр Анато́льевич Чернобри́вец, born on 24 August 1965 in Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrogra ...

(born 1965) * Pavel Chesnokov (1877–1944) * Tatyana Chudova (1944–2007) * Alexander Chuhaldin (1892–1951) *

Näcip Cihanov Näcip Ğayaz ulı Cihanov — Tatar Cyrillic: Нәҗип Гаяз улы Җиһанов, pronounced ; russian: Нази́б Гая́зович Жига́нов; anglicised as Najip Jihanov or, more usually, Nazib Gayazovich Zhiganov — was a Sov ...

(1911–1988) *

Jānis Cimze Jānis Cimze (3 July/21 June 1814 — 22 October/10 October 1881) was a Latvian pedagogue, collector and harmoniser of folk songs, organist, founder of Latvian choral music and initiator of professional Latvian music. He is buried at the Lugaž ...

(1814–1881), born in present-day

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ( pl, Mikołaj Konstanty Czurlanis – ) was a Lithuanian painter, composer and writer. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau, and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. He has been ...

(1875–1911), born in present-day

* Georgi Conus (1862–1933), brother of

Julius The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...

and Lev *

Julius Conus Julius or Jules Conus (russian: Юлий Эдуардович Конюс, ''Yuly Eduardovich Konyus''; 1 February 1869 3 January 1942) was a Russian violinist and composer. Conus was born in Moscow, the son of the pianist Eduard Conus. His bro ...

(1869–1942), brother of Georgi and Lev * Lev Conus (1871–1944), brother of Georgi and

Serge Conus Serge Yulievitch Conus (russian: Серге́й Юльевич Коню́с; October 18, 1902 – October 26, 1988) was a Russian pianist and composer who performed in the United States and Europe. Biography Early life Conus was born i ...

(1902–1988), son of

César Cui César Antonovich Cui ( rus, Це́зарь Анто́нович Кюи́, , ˈt͡sjezərʲ ɐnˈtonəvʲɪt͡ɕ kʲʊˈi, links=no, Ru-Tsezar-Antonovich-Kyui.ogg; french: Cesarius Benjaminus Cui, links=no, italic=no; 13 March 1918) was a Ru ...

(1835–1918)

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* Alexandre Danilevski (born 1957) *

Kostiantyn Dankevych Kostiantin Fedorovych Dankevych ( uk, Констянтин Фе́дорович Дaнкевич; December 24, 1905February 26, 1984) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. He was awarded the People's Artist of the US ...

(1905–1984), born in present-day Ukraine * Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869) *

Emīls Dārziņš Emīls Dārziņš (November 3, 1875 – August 31, 1910) was a Latvian composer, conductor and music critic. Dārziņš' work bears a distinct romantic character, with a strong trend towards national themes. His main musical authorities and i ...

(1875–1910), born in present-day

Volfgangs Dārziņš Volfgangs Dārziņš (25 September 1906 – 24 June 1962) was a Latvian composer, pianist and music critic. Biography Volfgangs Dārziņš was born on 25 September 1906 in Riga to Latvian composer Emīls Dārziņš and Marija Deidere. He was ...

(1906–1962), son of Emils, born in present-day

Karl Davydov Karl Yulievich Davydov (russian: Карл Юльевич Давидов; ) was a Russian cellist of great renown during his time, and described by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the "czar of cellists". He was also a composer, mainly for the cello. Hi ...

(1838–1889) *

Stepan Davydov Stepan Ivanovich Davydov (russian: Степа́н Ива́нович Давы́дов, uk, Степа́н Іва́нович Давидів born: January 12 S January 11777 – died: May 21 S May 91825 Moscow) was an Imperial Russian composer ...

(1777–1825), born in present-day Ukraine *

Stepan Degtyarev Stepan Anikiyevich Degtyarev (Степан Аникиевич Дегтярёв) (17665 May 1813), was a renowned Russians, Russian composer of the late 18th century. He was most famous for his nationalistic Russian Choral Music. His oratorio ''Mi ...

(1766–1813) * Edison Denisov (1929–1996) * Leonid Desyatnikov (born 1955) *

Nikolay Diletsky Nikolay Diletsky ( uk, Микола Дилецький, Mykola Dyletsky, russian: Николай Павлович Дилецкий, Nikolay Pavlovich Diletsky, Nikolai Diletskii, pl, Mikołaj Dilecki, also ''Mikolaj Dylecki'', ''Nikolai Dilezki ...

(c. 1630 – after 1680) *

Issay Dobrowen Issay Alexandrovich Dobrowen (russian: Исай Александрович Добровейн; in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire9 December 1953, Oslo, Norway), born Itschok Zorachovitch Barabeitchik, was a Russian/Soviet-Norwegian pianist, com ...

(1891–1953) * Victor Dolidze (1890–1933), born in present-day Georgia *

Sandra Droucker Sandra Droucker (Drouker or Droucher) (7 May 18751 April 1944) was a Russian concert pianist, composer and music pedagogue. Life and career Sandra Droucker was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, the daughter of a Jewish German father and a mother wh ...

(1875–1944) *

Fyodor Druzhinin Fyodor Serafimovich Druzhinin, also Fedor, (russian: Фёдор Серафимович Дружинин; 6 April 1932 in Moscow – 1 July 2007) was a Soviet violist, composer and music teacher. Druzhinin studied viola at the Moscow Central Musi ...

(1932–2007) * Fedo Dubiansky (1760–1796) *

Alexandre Dubuque Alexandre Ivanovich Dubuque, also Alexander and Dubuc (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Дюбю́к; ''Aleksandr Ivanovich Diubiuk''; – ), was a 19th-century Russian pianist, composer and teacher of French desc ...

(1812–1897/8) * Vernon Duke (1903–1969) *

Balys Dvarionas Balys Dvarionas ( in Liepāja — 23 August 1972 in Vilnius), was a Soviet and Lithuanian composer, pianist, conductor and educator. Dvarionas first became known as a composer after World War II. His works are in a romantic vein, with roots in f ...

(1904–1972), born in present-day

* Ivan Dzerzhinsky (1909–1978)

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* Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1898–1974) * Konstantin Eiges (1875–1950) *

Irina Elcheva Irina Mikhaylovna Elcheva (russian: Ирина Михайловна Ельчева; 28 November 1926 – 8 May 2013) was a Russian composer. She studied at Mussorgsky College and the Leningrad Conservatory. She collected folk song Folk mus ...

(1926–2013) * Boris Elkis (born 1973) * Heino Eller (1887–1970), born in present-day Estonia *

Abdalla El-Masri Abdallah Hani El Masri عبدالله هاني المصري (born 1962, Beirut) is a Lebanese-Russian composer, now resident in Kuwait, of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. https: ...

(born 1962) * Irina Emeliantseva (born 1973) *

Gustav Ernesaks Gustav Ernesaks (12 December 1908 – 24 January 1993) was an Estonian composer and a choir conductor. Biography Ernesaks was born in Perila, Peningi Parish. He played an integral role in the Singing Revolution and was one of the father figu ...

(1908–1993), born in present-day Estonia * Andrei Eshpai (1925–2015) * Victor Ewald (1860–1935)

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* Samuil Feinberg (1890–1962) *

Boris Feoktistov Boris Feoktistov is a composer and conductor of Russian Orthodox liturgical chants. He has written musical compositions for piano, vocalists, for orchestra and has scored films. He began his musical studies at a young age, learning the violin while ...

(born 1941) *

Vladimir Fere Vladimir Georgievich Fere (russian: Владимир Георгиевич Фере; in Kamyshin – 2 September 1971 in Moscow) was a Russian composer. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory in 1925 and later taught there. He was a member of a Ki ...

(1902–1971) *

Alissa Firsova Alissa Firsova (Russian language, Russian: Алиса Фирсова; 24 July 1986) is a Russian-British classical music, classical composer, pianist and Conducting, conductor. Born in Moscow to the composers Elena Firsova and Dmitri Smirnov (c ...

(born 1986), daughter of Dmitri Smirnov and

Elena Firsova Elena Olegovna Firsova (russian: link=no, Еле́на Оле́говна Фи́рсова; also ''Yelena'' or ''Jelena Firssowa''; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian composer. Life Firsova was born in Leningrad into the family of physicists Ol ...

(born 1950) * Boris Fitinhof-Schell (1829–1901) *

Veniamin Fleishman Veniamin Iosifovich Fleishman, (russian: Вениами́н Ио́сифович Фле́йшман, July 20, 1913 in Bezhetsk, Tver Governorate – September 14, 1941 in Krasnoye Selo, Leningrad Oblast) was a Soviet composer. ''Rothschild's Viol ...

(1913–1941) *

Yevstigney Fomin Yevstigney Ipat'yevich Fomin (russian: Евстигне́й Ипа́тьевич Фоми́н) (born St. Petersburg – died St. Petersburg c ) was a Russian opera composer of Ukrainian originShuliar, Orest: History of Vocal Art. Ivano- ...

(1761–1800) * Isadore Freed (1900–1960) *

Grigory Frid Grigory Samuilovich Frid also known as Grigori Fried (russian: Григо́рий Самуи́лович Фри́д, 22 September N.S. 1915 – 22 September 2012) was a Russian composer of music written in many different genres, including chamber ...

(1915–2012) * Alexander Fridlender (1906–1980) *

Arthur Friedheim Arthur Friedheim (russian: Артур Фридхайм, 14/26 October 1859 – 19 October 1932) was a Russian-born concert pianist and composer who was one of Franz Liszt's foremost pupils. One of Friedheim's students was Rildia Bee O'Bryan ...

(1859–1932)

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* Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878–1936) * Varvara Gaigerova (1903–1944) *

German Galynin German Germanovich Galynin (russian: Ге́рман Германо́вич Галы́нин; 30 March 1922, in Tula, Russia – 18 June 1966, in Moscow) was a Russian composer, student, and continuer of the Shostakovich and Myaskovsky line in Sovi ...

(1922–1966) *

Lūcija Garūta Lūcija Garūta (14 May 1902 – 15 February 1977) was a Latvian pianist, poet and composer. She is mostly known for composing the cantata ''Dievs, Tava zeme deg!'' in 1943. Life and career Lūcija Garūta was born in Riga (at the time Russian E ...

(1902–1977), born in present-day

* Aleksandr Gauk (1893–1963) *

Valery Gavrilin Valery Aleksandrovich Gavrilin (russian: Валерий Александрович Гаврилин, (17 August 1939 – 28 January 1999) was a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985). Biography Valery Gavrilin was ...

(1939–1999) *

Misha Geller Michael Lazarevich "Misha" Geller (Russian: Михаил Ла́заревич Геллер) (23 July 1937 in Moscow – 17 December 2007 in Vught) was a Russian viola player and composer. Moscow years (1937–1978) Geller was born in Moscow ...

(1937–2007) *

Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov; ger, Glasunow (, 10 August 1865 – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 ...

(1865–1936) * Reinhold Glière (1875–1956), born in modern-day Ukraine *

Mikhail Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka ( rus, link=no, Михаил Иванович Глинка, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka., mʲɪxɐˈil ɪˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, Ru-Mikhail-Ivanovich-Glinka.ogg; ) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recogni ...

(1804–1857) * Elena Gnesina (1874–1967), sister of

Mikhail Gnessin Mikhail Fabianovich Gnessin (russian: Михаил Фабианович Гнесин; sometimes transcribed ''Gnesin''; 2 February .S. 21 January18835 May 1957)Sitsky, Larry. (1994) ''Music of the Repressed Russian Avant-Garde, 1900–1929,'' pp.24 ...

(1883–1957), brother of Elena Gnesina * Alexander Goedicke (1877–1957) * Alexander Goldenweiser (1875–1961) * Alexander Goldstein (born 1948) *

Nikolai Golovanov Nikolai Semyonovich Golovanov (russian: Никола́й Семёнович Голова́нов, Nikoláy Semyónovich Golovánov) ( Adoption_of_the_Gregorian_calendar#Adoption_in_Eastern_Europe.html" ;"title="/nowiki> o.s._9.html" ;"title="Adop ...

(1891–1951) *

Boris Goltz Boris Grigorevich Goltz (Russian: Борис Григорьевич Гольц; 16 December (OS) / 29 December 1913 – 3 March 1942), was a Soviet composer. He is remembered today mainly for his set of 24 Preludes, Op. 2, for piano. He was born ...

(1913–1942) * Evgeny Golubev (1910–1988) *

Alexander Gradsky Alexander Borisovich Gradsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Гра́дский; born Alexander Borisovich Fradkin, 3 November 1949 – 28 November 2021) was a Russian rock singer, bard, multi-instrumentalist and composer. H ...

(1949–2021) * Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956) *

Alexander Griboyedov Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (russian: Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов, ''Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov'' or ''Sergeevich Griboyedov''; 15 January 179511 February 1829), formerly romanized as Alexander Sergueevich Gri ...

(1795–1829) * Juozas Gruodis (1884–1948), born in present-day

Sofia Gubaidulina Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (russian: Софи́я Асгáтовна Губaйду́лина, link=no , tt-Cyrl, София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина; born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Russian composer and an established ...

(born 1931) *

Tofig Guliyev Tofig Alakbar oglu Guliyev ( az, Tofiq Ələkbər oğlu Quliyev, tr, Tevfik Elekber oğlu Guliyev; 7 November 1917, Baku – 4 October 2000, Baku) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, pianist, and conductor. Biography Tofig Guliyev was born in ...

(1917–2000), born in present-day Azerbaijan *

Yevgeny Gunst Yevgeny Ottovich Gunst ( rus, Евгений Оттович Гунст; May 26 ( Julian) / June 7 ( Gregorian), 1877–January 30, 1950) was a Russian composer, pianist, music essayist, and pedagogue. He was the brother of architect Anatoly Gunst. ...

(1877–1950) * Aleksander Gurilyov (1803–1858), son of Lev *

Lev Gurilyov Lev Stepanovich Gurilyov (russian: Лев Степанович Гурылёв; 1770–1844) was a renowned Russian serf musician and composer of church music and liturgical works in the Italian style fashionable at the period. Father of pianist an ...

(1770–1844)

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Niyazi Hajibeyov Niyazi Zulfugar oghlu Taghizade Hajibeyov ( az, Niyazi Zülfüqar bəy oğlu Hacıbəyov) (1912–1984) was a prominent Soviet Union, Soviet Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani conductor, and composer of the renowned symphonic mugham "Rast". Early life ...

(1912–1984), son of Zulfugar * Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885–1948), born in present-day Azerbaijan *

Zulfugar Hajibeyov Zulfugar Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov ( az, Zülfüqar bəy Əbdülhüseyn bəy oğlu Hacıbəyov, 17 April 1884 – 30 September 1950) was an Azerbaijani composer and a member of a family noted for its musical talents. He was one o ...

(1884–1950), born in present-day Azerbaijan *

Jovdat Hajiyev Ahmad Jovdat Ismayil oglu Hajiyev (June 18, 1917 - January 18, 2002) was one of the major Azerbaijani composers of the Soviet period. He is remembered for his monumental orchestral works, having been the first Azerbaijani to compose a symphony (1 ...

(1917–2002), born in present-day Azerbaijan *

Miina Härma Miina Härma (born Miina Hermann; 9 February 1864 – 16 November 1941) was an Estonian composer. She was the second Estonian musician with higher education. Her greatest contribution is perhaps the fact that she took organ music to the c ...

(1864–1941), born in present-day Estonia * Vladimir Horowitz (1903–1989) *

André Hossein André Hossein, born Aminulla Huseynov, also known as Aminollah Hossein ( fa, امین‌الله حسین; russian: Аминулла Гусейнов 1905, in Samarkand – 9 August 1983, in Paris) was a French composer of Persian or Azerbaijan ...

(1905–1983), born in present-day Uzbekistan *

Semen Hulak-Artemovsky Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovsky ( uk, Семен Степанович Гулак-Артемовський, also referred to as Semyon Gulak-Artemovsky and Artemovs’kyj) ( – ), was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian opera composer, singer (baritone), ...

(1813–1873), born in present-day Ukraine

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Alexander Ilyinsky Alexander Alexandrovich Ilyinsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ильи́нский; 23 February 1920) was a Russian music teacher and composer, best known for the ''Lullaby (Berceuse)'', Op. 13, No. 7, from his orch ...

(1859–1919) * Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935) * Timur Ismagilov (born 1982) *

Julius Isserlis Julius Isserlis (26 October (OS) / 7 November 1888 – 23 July 1968) was a pianist and composer. He was born in Kishinev, Russian Empire (now Chișinău, Republic of Moldova), to a Jewish family. His father was cantor in a synagogue, and also wo ...

(1888–1968) *

Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV Vasilyevich (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич; 25 August 1530 – ), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584. Ivan ...

(1530–1584) * Mikhail Ivanov (1859–1920) *

Jānis Ivanovs Jānis Ivanovs (9 October 1906 in Babri, Preiļi – 27 March 1983 in Riga) was a Soviet and Latvian classical music composer. In 1931, he graduated from the Latvian State Conservatory in Riga. In 1944, he joined the conservatory's faculty, ...

(1906–1983), born in present-day

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Paul Juon Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

(1872–1940) *

Andrejs Jurjāns Andrejs Jurjāns (September 30, 1856 – September 28, 1922) was a Latvian composer and musicologist. He was Latvia's first classical composer, having composed instrumental pieces and cantatas. Jurjāns also studied and collected more than 6000 ...

(1856–1922), born in present-day

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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) *

Murad Kajlayev Murad Magomedovich Kajlayev (russian: Мурад Магомедович Кажлаев, ''Murad Magomedovič Kažlajev'') is a Soviet and Dagestani composer and conductor, People's Artist of the USSR (1981), laureate of international premiums and ...

(born 1931) * Vasily Kalafati (1869–1942) * Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901) * Sandor Kalloś (born 1935) *

Alfrēds Kalniņš Alfrēds Bruno Jānis Kalniņš (23 August 1879, in Cēsis, Governorate of Livonia – 23 December 1951, in Riga, Latvian SSR) was a Latvian people, Latvian composer, organist, pedagogue, music critic and Conducting, conductor; the founder of n ...

(1879–1951), born in present-day

* Jānis Kalniņš (1904–2000), son of Alfrēds, born in present-day

* Artur Kapp (1878–1952), born in present-day Estonia * Eugen Kapp (1908–1996), son of Artur, born in present-day Estonia *

Villem Kapp Villem Kapp (7 September 1913 – 24 March 1964) was an Estonians, Estonian composer, organist and music teacher. Life Born in Suure-Jaani, Estonia, Villem Kapp was the son of who was a sacristan, teacher and choir director. Villem Kapp gradu ...

(1913–1964), nephew of Artur, born in present-day Estonia *

Nikolai Kapustin Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin (russian: link=no, Никола́й Ги́ршевич Капу́стин ; 22 November 19372 July 2020) was a Soviet composer and pianist of Russian-Jewish descent. He played with early Soviet jazz bands such as the ...

(1937-2020) *

Nikolai Karetnikov Nikolai Nikolayevich Karetnikov (russian: Николáй Николáeвич Карéтников; 28 June 1930 in Moscow – 9 October 1994 in Moscow) was a Russian composer of the so-called Underground music, Underground – alternative or Dissen ...

(1930–1994) *

Daniil Kashin Daniil Nikititsch Kaschin (1769 – December 1841) was a Russian composer, pianist, conductor, and folk-song collector. Kaschin was born the son of a serf of General Bibikov. He was a student of Giuseppe Sarti in Bessarabia in 1788. In 1790, he ...

(1769–1841) *

Leokadiya Kashperova Leokadiya Aleksandrovna Kashperova (russian: Леокадия Александровна Кашперова; 16 May 1872 – 3 December 1940) was a Russian pianist and Romantic music, Romantic composer. She was the piano teacher of composer Igor S ...

(1872–1940) *

Yuri Kasparov Yuri Sergeyevich Kasparov (born 8 June 1955, in Moscow, russian: link=no, Юрий Серге́евич Каспа́ров—his name is variously transliterated) is a Russian composer, music teacher and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory wh ...

(born 1955) *

Alexander Kastalsky Alexand(e)r Dmitriyevich Kastalsky (russian: Александр Дмитриевич Кастальский) ( – 17 December 1926) was a Russian composer and folklorist. Kastalsky was born in Moscow to protoiereus (a title roughly equivalent ...

(1856–1926) *

Yakov Kazyansky Yakov Kazyansky (russian: Яков Казьянский; born Kuybyshev, 30 August 1948) is a Russian musician. He has been named an Honoured Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation ( Заслуженный работник культур� ...

(born 1948) *

Nikolay Kedrov Jr. Nikolay Nikolayevich Kedrov Jr. (russian: Николай Николаевич Кедров; died 23 May 1981) was a Russian singer, pianist and composer, the son of Nikolay Kedrov Sr., whom he succeeded as director of the Kedrov Quartet vocal ense ...

(1905–1981), son of

Nikolay Kedrov Sr. Nikolay Nikolayevich Kedrov Sr. (russian: Николай Николаевич Кедров; 28 October 1871 – 2 February 1940) was a Russians, Russian composer of liturgical music. His setting of ''Otche Nash'' (The Lord's Prayer) is one of t ...

(1871–1940) *

Ivan Kerzelli Ivan Kerzelli or Cherzelli (also known as I. I. Kerzelli, or Iosif Kertsel, Russian: Иван Керцелли, И. И. Керцелли, or Иосиф Керцель) was an opera composer and conductor in Imperial Russia of 18th century. He wa ...

(fl. 18th century) * Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), born in Georgia to an Armenian family * Karen Khachaturian (1920–2011), nephew of Aram *

Ivan Khandoshkin Ivan Yevstafyevich Khandoshkin (russian: Иван Евстафьевич Хандошкин, uk, Іван Остапович Хандошко) (1747 – 29 or 30 March 1804) was a Russian Empire violinist and composer of Ukrainian Cossack o ...

(1747–1804) *

Yuri Khanon Yuri Khanon is a pen name of ''Yuri Feliksovich Soloviev-Savoyarov'' (russian: Юрий Феликсович Соловьёв-Савояров),

(born 1965) * Tikhon Khrennikov (1913–2007) * Igor Khudolei (1940–2001) *

Victor Kissine Victor Kissine (russian: Виктор Романович Кисин; born 15 March 1953) is a Russian-born classical composer. Biography Kissine is a has a PhD in musicology from the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, where h ...

(born 1953) * Dmitri Klebanov (1907–1987), born in present-day Ukraine * Alexander Knaifel (born 1943) *

Lev Knipper Lev Konstantinovich Knipper (Russian: Лев Константинович Книппер; – 30 July 1974) was a Soviet and Russian composer of partial German descent and an active OGPU/NKVD agent. Life and career Lev Knipper was born in Ti ...

(1898–1974), born in present-day Georgia *

Vladimir Kobekin Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kobekin (Владимир Александрович Кобекин) (b. 22 July 1947, Berezniki) is a Russian composer best known for his opera compositions. He studied under Sergei Slonimsky at the Leningrad Conservatory ...

(born 1947) *

Mikhail Kollontay Mikhail Georgiyevich Kollontay (russian: link=no, Михаи́л Гео́ргиевич Коллонта́й; born August 21, 1952 in Moscow), Russian composer and pianist. Also known under his mother's name, Ermolaev. His father, Georgiy Fyodor ...

(born 1952) * Lev Konov (born 1952) *

Yelena Konshina Yelena Sergeyevna Konshina (born 9 January 1950) is a Russian composer and music educator. She was born in Kirovgrad, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), and lives and works in Vladimir Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, ...

(born 1950) *

Alexander Kopylov Alexander Alexandrovich Kopylov or Kopilov
at www.classical.net (Александр Александрович Копы� ...

(1854–1911) *

Grigoriy Korchmar Grigoriy Korchmar (Russian language, Russian Григорий Корчмар, ''Grigorij Korčmar''; alternately translated Grigori or Grigory) (born 1947 in Baltiysk) is a Russian composer and piano, pianist. Although little-known outside his nat ...

(born 1947) * Arseny Koreshchenko (1870–1921) *

Nikolai Korndorf Nikolai Sergeevich Korndorf (russian: Николáй Серге́евич Корндóрф, January 23, 1947 – May 30, 2001) was a Russian and Canadian (from 1991) composer and conductor. He was prolific both in Moscow, Russia, and in Vancouve ...

(1947–2001) *

Viktor Kosenko Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko ( uk, Віктор Степанович Косенко; – 3 October 1938) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, and educator. He was regarded by his contemporaries as a master of lyricism. His first compositions were mar ...

(1896–1938) * Alexander Koshetz (1875–1944), born in present-day Ukraine *

Nikita Koshkin Nikita Arnoldovich Koshkin (; born 28 February 1956) is a classical guitarist-composer born in Moscow USSR. His early influences included Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev, as well as rock music. Koshkin first came to prominence with his sui ...

(born 1956) *

Serge Koussevitzky Sergei Alexandrovich KoussevitzkyKoussevitzky's original Russian forename is usually transliterated into English as either "Sergei" or "Sergey"; however, he himself adopted the French spelling "Serge", using it in his signature. (SeThe Koussevit ...

(1874–1951) * Osip Kozlovsky (1757–1831) *

Pylyp Kozytskiy Pylyp Omelyanovych Kozytskiy ( uk, Пилип Омелянович Козицький; 23 October, 1893 – 27 April, 1960) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer, musicologist, professor, head of the department of history of music at the Kyiv Con ...

(1893–1960), born in present-day Ukraine *

Cyrillus Kreek Cyrillus Kreek (born as Karl Ustav Kreek; in Võnnu, Lääne county – 26 March 1962 in Haapsalu) was an Estonian composer.Strimple, Nick (2002''Choral music in the twentieth century'' p. 164. Hal Leonard Corporation. . Kreek studied trombo ...

(1889–1962), born in present-day Estonia *

Alexander Krein Alexander Abramovich Krein (; 20 October 1883 in Nizhny Novgorod – 25 April 1951 in Staraya Ruza, Moscow Oblast) was a Soviet composer. Background The Krein family was steeped in the klezmer tradition; his father Abram (who moved to Russia fr ...

(1883–1951) *

Vyacheslav Kruglik Vyacheslav Kruglik (in Russian: )is a Russian composer and conductor. He is a member of the orchestral conducting faculty at the Saint Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts. Biography Kruglik's one act opera ''The Carriage "The ...

Yevgeny Krylatov Yevgeny Pavlovich Krylatov (russian: Евге́ний Па́влович Крыла́тов; 23 February 1934 – 8 May 2019) was a Soviet and Russian composer who wrote songs for over 120 Soviet and Russian movies and animated films. Biogr ...

(1934–2019) *

Andrei Krylov Andrei Krylov (russian: Андрей Крылов, born March 3, 1959), is a guitarist and composer, who is best known for his fantasy and romantic music compositions for the classical guitar and lute. Biography Andrei Krylov was born in Leni ...

(born 1961)

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* Ivan Larionov (1830–1889) *

Boris Ledkovsky Boris Mikhailovich Ledkovsky (Бори́с Миха́йлович Ледко́вский; 9 May 1894 in Agrafenovka, Don Host Oblast — 6 August 1975 in Jordanville, New York) was a Russian-American composer of Church music and father of composer ...

(1894–1975) * Albert Leman (1915–1998) * Artur Lemba (1885–1963), born in present-day Estonia * Mykola Leontovych (1877–1921), born in present-day Ukraine * Zara Levina (1906–1976) *

Alexander Levine Alexander Levine (Russian: Александр Левин; born 17 November 1955), is a Russian-born British composer. He writes choral, chamber and orchestral music, publishing through Edition Peters. Background Alexander Levine was born in ...

(born 1955) *

Yuri Levitin Yuri Abramoviсh Levitin (''Yuriy'', ''Youri''; ''Levitine'') (russian: Юрий Абра́мович Левитин; in Poltava – 26 July 1993 in Moscow)Shostakovich, Dmitri; Glikman, Issak; Phillips, Anthony (ed.) (2001). , page 331. . was ...

(1912–1993) *

Mischa Levitzki Mischa Levitzki (also spelled Levitski; uk, Міша Левицький (); May 25, 1898 – January 2, 1941) was a Russian-born U.S.-based concert pianist. Levitzki was born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), to Jewi ...

(1898–1941) *

Ekaterina Likoshin Ekaterina Likoshin (Russian: Екатерина Ликошин; fl. 1800–1810) was a Russian pianist and composer who published short works for keyboard in St. Petersburg through publisher F.A. Dittmar. She is thought to have been employed by ...

(fl. 1800–1810) * Vasily Lobanov (born 1947) *

Aleksandr Lokshin Aleksandr Lazarevich Lokshin (russian: Алекса́ндр Ла́заревич Локши́н) (1920–1987) was a Soviet composer of classical music. He was born on 19 September 1920 in the town of Biysk, in the Altai Region, Western Siberia, ...

(1920–1987) * Arthur Lourié (1892–1966) *

Mihkel Lüdig Mihkel Lüdig ( in Vaskrääma – 7 May 1958 in Vändra) was an Estonian composer, organist and choir conductor. As a composer, he particularly worked on a cappella choral songs. Lüdig is considered one of the major organisers of large- ...

(1880–1958), born in present-day Estonia *

Oleg Lundstrem Oleg Leonidovich Lundstrem (also spelled Lundstroem, Lundström, russian: Олег Леонидович Лундстрем; 2 April 1916, Chita — 14 October 2005, Korolyov, Moscow Oblast) was a Soviet and Russian jazz composer and conducto ...

(1916–2005) *

Alexei Lvov Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov (Russian: ''Алексей Фёдорович Львов'') ( – ) was a Russian composer. He is known for his work — the composition of the Imperial Russian National Anthem ''Bozhe, tsarya khrani'' (also known as ...

(1799–1870) * Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914) *

Lyudmila Lyadova Lyudmila Alekseevna Lyadova (russian: Людмила Алексеевна Лядова; 29 March 1925 – 10 March 2021) was a Russians, Russian composer who lived and worked in Moscow. Early life Lyudmila Lyadova was born in Yekaterinburg, Sver ...

(1925–2021) * Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924) *

Boris Lyatoshinsky Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky ( uk, Бори́с Миколáйович Лятоши́нський ()), also known as Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshinsky (russian: Бори́с Николаевич Лятоши́нский), (3 January 189515 Apr ...

(1895–1968), born in present-day Ukraine *

Mykola Lysenko , native_name_lang = uk , birth_name = Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko , birth_date = 22 March 1842 , birth_place = Hrynky, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire , death_date = 6 November 1912 (aged 70) , death_place ...

(1842–1912), born in present-day Ukraine

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* Muslim Magomayev (1885–1937), born in present-day Azerbaijan *

Heorhiy Maiboroda Heorhiy Ilarionovych Maiboroda, sometimes transcribed in English as Georgiy or Heorhy Maiboroda or Mayboroda (Ukrainian: Георгій Іларіонович Майборода; , in Pelekhivshchyna khutir, Kremenchuk County, Poltava Governorate, ...

(1913–1992), born in present-day Ukraine *

Katerina Maier Katerina Maier-Schiatti (fl. c. 1800) was a Russian composer, the daughter of violinist and composer Luigi Schiatti who lived in Russia from 1760 and played in the court orchestra. She published a set of three piano sonatas dedicated to Count Plat ...

(fl. c. 1800) *

Nina Makarova Nina Vladimirovna Makarova (; , Yurino, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate – 15 January 1976, Moscow) was a Russian composer who had great interest in Russian and Mari folksongs. She studied under Nikolai Myaskovsky, like composer Aram Khachaturi ...

(1908–1976) * Leonid Malashkin (1842–1902) * Dmitry Malikov (born 1970) * Witold Maliszewski (1873–1939), born in present-day Ukraine * Igor Markevitch (1912–1983), born in present-day Ukraine *

Mykola Markevych Mykola Markevych ( uk, Микола Андрійович Маркевич; 7 February 1804 – 21 June 1860) was a Ukrainian historian, ethnographer, musician and poet of Ukrainian Cossack descent, who was known as a friend of Alexander Pushkin ...

(1804–1860), born in present-day Ukraine *

Vladimir Martynov Vladimir Ivanovich Martynov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Мартынов) (Moscow, 20 February 1946) is a Russian composer, known for his compositions in the concerto, orchestral music, chamber music, and choral music genres. ...

(born 1946) *

Mikhail Matinsky Mikhail Alexeyevich Matinsky (russian: Михаил Алексеевич Матинский, 1750 – c. 1820) was a Russian scientist, dramatist, librettist and opera composer. Biography Matinsky originated from the serfs of Count Sergey Yaguzhi ...

(1750 – c. 1820) *

Mikhail Matyushin Michael Vasilyevich Matyushin (russian: Михаил Васильевич Матюшин; 1861 in Nizhny Novgorod – 14 October 1934 in Leningrad) was a Russian painter and composer, leading member of the Russian avant-garde. In 1910–191 ...

(1861–1934) *

Samuel Maykapar Samuel Moiseyevich Maykapar () (18 December 18678 May 1938) was a Russian romantic composer, pianist, professor of music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and author of a number of piano practice pieces. Life Childhood Samuel Maykapar was bor ...

(1867–1938) *

Jānis Mediņš Jānis Mediņš (October 9, 1890 — March 4, 1966) was a Latvian composer. He was born in Riga. He was a vital force in musical life during the short-lived first independent Latvian republic (1918—40). He almost singlehandly established in ...

(1890–1966), born in present-day

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 ...

(1880–1951) *

Yuliy Meitus Yuliy Sergeievitch Meitus (b. in Elisavetgrad – 2 April 1997 in Kyiv), was a distinguished Ukrainian composer, considered the founder of the Ukrainian Soviet opera. His early style was modernistic, later he used more traditional neo-Romant ...

(1903–1997), born in present-day Ukraine * Romanos Melikian (1883–1935), born in present-day Armenia *

Emilis Melngailis Emilis Jūlijs Melngailis (15 February 1874 – 20 December 1954) was a Latvians, Latvian composer, folklorist, and a master of choral songs. He was an organizer and chief conductor of Latvian Song and Dance Festival several times. He wrote 53 o ...

(1874–1954), born in present-day

Zhanneta Metallidi Zhanneta Lazarevna Metallidi (russian: Жаннэ́та Ла́заревна Металли́ди; 1 June 1934 — 7 June 2019) was a Soviet and Russian composer and music educator. Biography She was born in Leningrad, and studied with Ga ...

(1934–2019) *

Moses Milner Mikhail "Moshe" Arnoldovich Milner (Мильнер, Михаил "Моше" Арнольдович; Rokitno Basilovsky, Kiev Governorate 1886-Leningrad, 1953) was a Russian Jewish pianist and composer. He is notable as composer, and conductor, of ...

(1886–1953) *

Emil Młynarski Emil Szymon Młynarski (; 18 July 18705 April 1935) was a Polish conductor, violinist, composer, and pedagogue. Life Młynarski was born in Kibarty (Kybartai), Russian Empire, now in Lithuania. He studied violin with Leopold Auer and composit ...

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* Boris Mokrousov (1909–1968) *

Kirill Molchanov Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov (russian: Кирилл Владимирович Молчанов; 7 September 1922 – 14 March 1982) was a Russian and Soviet composer. He was appointed director of the Bolshoi, at the time political disfavour had ...

(1922–1982) *

Fred Momotenko Alfred Momotenko-Levitsky (born 1970), also known as Fred Momotenko, is a Dutch composer. Education Alfred Momotenko-Levitsky studied percussion at the Moscow State Art and Cultural University, Russia. In 1990, he was invited to perform in th ...

(born 1970) *

Alexander Mordukhovich Alexander Mordukhovich (born March 28, 1946), is a composer and musician from Russia. See also *Music of Russia Music of Russia denotes music produced from Russia and/or by Russians. Russia is a large and culturally diverse country, with ...

(born 1946) * Alexander Mosolov (1900–1973) *

Veli Mukhatov Velimuhammet Muhadov or Welimuhammet Muhadow (Turkmen Cyrillic: Велимухаммет Мухадов; rus, links=no, Велимухаммед Мухатов, Velimukhammed Mukhatov; – 6 January 2005), also known as Veli Muhadov or Weli Muha ...

(1916–2005), born in present-day Turkmenistan *

Vano Muradeli Vano Muradeli ( ka, ვანო მურადელი; russian: Вано Ильич Мурадели; in Gori – 14 August 1970, in Tomsk), was a Soviet Georgian composer. He was born in Gori, Georgia (then part of Imperial Russia) t ...

(1908–1970), born in present-day Georgia * Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881) *

Mansur Muzafarov Mozaffarov Mansur Äxmät ulı (pronounced ), Mansur Mozaffarov; Tatar Cyrillic: Мозаффаров Мансур Әхмәт улы; russian: Музафа́ров Мансу́р Ахме́тович, Muzafarov Mansur Akhmetovich; 1902 – ...

(1902–1966) * Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950)

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Nicolas Nabokov Nicolas Nabokov (Николай Дмитриевич Набоков; – 6 April 1978) was a Russian-born composer, writer, and cultural figure. He became a U.S. citizen in 1939. Life Nicolas Nabokov, a first cousin of Vladimir Nabokov, and of ...

(1903–1978) * Vyacheslav Nagovitsin (born 1939) *

Aleksey Nasedkin Alexei Nasedkin (russian: Алексе́й Насе́дкин; 20 December 1942 in Moscow – 4 December 2014 in Moscow) was a Russian pianist and composer. Nasedkin showed a talent for music at a young age, composing an opera at age 7, ''The Tale ...

(1942–2014) * Lev Naumov (1925–2005) *

Svetlana Nesterova Svetlana Nesterova is a Russian composer and violinist. Since 2002 she has served on the musical instrument faculty at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Biography Born in Yekaterinburg, Nesterova studied music composition at the Saint Petersbu ...

Leonid Nikolayev Leonid Vasilevich Nikolaev (10 May 1904 – 29 December 1934) was the assassin of Sergei Kirov, the first secretary of the Leningrad branch of the Communist Party. Early life Nikolaev was a troubled young Soviet Communist Party member in ...

(1868–1942) * Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924–1993) *

Petro Nishchynsky Petro Ivanovych Nishchynsky (; September 9, 1832 – March 4, 1896) was a Ukrainian linguist and composer. He was born in the village of Nemenka, currently in the Vinnytsia Oblast of Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a co ...

(1832–1896), born in present-day Ukraine * Mikhaïl Nosyrev (1924–1981) *

Anatoly Novikov Anatoli Grigoriévitch Novikov (russian: Анато́лий Григо́рьевич Но́виков; – 24 September 1984) was a Soviet composer, a choral conductor and a political activist. Background Novikov was awarded two Stalin Prizes, ...

(1896–1984) * David Nowakowsky (1848–1921)

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Nikolai Obukhov Nikolai Borisovich Obukhov (russian: Николай Борисович Обухов; Nicolai, Nicolas, Nikolay; Obukhow, Obouhow, Obouhov, Obouhoff) (22 April 189213 June 1954)Jonathan Powell. "Obouhow, Nicolas." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Mu ...

(1892–1954) *

Eduard Oja Eduard Oja (17 January 1905 in Palupõhja – 16 April 1950 in Tartu) was an Estonian composer, conductor, music teacher and critic. His father was a forest warden. Between 1919 and 1925 he studied at Tartu Teachers' College at Tartu University ...

(1909–1950), born in present-day Estonia *

German Okunev German Grigoryevich Okunev ( rus, Ге́рман Григо́рьевич О́кунев; 12 June 1931, in Leningrad – 12 June 1973, in Leningrad) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Russian people, Russian composer, piano, pianist and teacher. Life Oku ...

(1931–1973) *

Leo Ornstein Leo Ornstein (born ''Лев Орнштейн'', ''Lev Ornshteyn''; – February 24, 2002) was an American experimental composer and pianist of the early twentieth century. His performances of works by avant-garde composers and his own innovative ...

(1895–2002), born in present-day Ukraine * Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936–2019) *

Dangatar Ovezov Dangatar Ovezov ( tk, Daňatar Öwezow; rus, links=no, Дангатар Овезов; 1 January 1911 – 5 May 1966), also known as Danatar Ovezov ( tk, Danatar Öwezow; rus, links=no, Данатар Овезов), was a Turkmen composer. Biog ...

(1911–1966), born in present-day Turkmenistan *

Valdemārs Ozoliņš Valdemārs Ozoliņš (5 November 1896 Vestiena parish – 15 February 1973, Pueblo, Colorado, USA) was a Latvian composer and conductor. Valdemārs Ozoliņš songs have been treasured by choirs ever since his triumphant debut during the VI ...

(1896–1973), born in present-day

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* Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929) *

Zacharia Paliashvili Zacharia Petres dze Paliashvili ( ka, ზაქარია ფალიაშვილი, ''Zakaria Paliaşvili''), also known as Zachary Petrovich Paliashvili (russian: Захарий Петрович Палиашви́ли, ''Zacharij Petrovi� ...

(1871–1933), born in present-day Georgia * Boris Parsadanian (1925–1997) * Vasily Pashkevich (c. 1742 – 1797) *

Boris Pasternak Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (; rus, Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к, p=bɐˈrʲis lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ pəstɛrˈnak; 30 May 1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, composer and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pa ...

(1890–1960) * Alla Pavlova (born 1952) * Andrey Petrov (1930–2006) * Ernest Pingoud (1887–1942) * Mikhail Pletnev (born 1957) * Pokrass brothers, Daniil Pokrass (1905–1954), brother of Samuel Pokrass, Samuel and Dmitry Pokrass, Dmitry * Dmitry Pokrass (1899–1978), brother of Samuel Pokrass, Samuel and Pokrass brothers, Daniil * Samuel Pokrass (1894–1939), brother of Dmitry Pokrass, Dmitry and Pokrass brothers, Daniil * Gavriil Popov (composer), Gavriil Popov (1904–1972) * Nikolai Potolovsky (1878-1927) * Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), born in present-day Ukraine * Sergei Protopopov (1893–1954)

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* Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845–1904), born in present-day Kazakhstan

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* Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) * Alexander Radvilovich (born 1955) * Nikolai Rakov (1908–1990) * Eda Rapoport (1890–1968), born in present-day

* Alexander Raskatov (born 1953) * Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920) * Levko Revutsky (1889–1977), born in present-day Ukraine * Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919) * Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) * Alexander Rosenblatt (born 1956) * Nikolai Roslavets (1881–1944) * Baruch Leib Rosowsky, Baruch Rosowsky (1841–1919), born in present-day

* Solomon Rosowsky (1878–1962), son of Baruch Leib Rosowsky, Baruch, born in present-day

* Olesya Rostovskaya (born 1975) * Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894), brother of Nikolai Rubinstein, Nikolai * Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881), brother of Anton Rubinstein, Anton * Joseph Rumshinsky (1881–1956), born in present-day

* Said Rustamov (1907–1983), born in present-day Armenia

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* Mart Saar (1882–1963), born in present-day Estonia * Leonid Sabaneyev (1881–1968) * Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892) * Tolibjon Sadikov (1907–1957), born in present-day Uzbekistan * Vasily Safonov (1852–1918) * Niescier Sakałoŭski (1902–1950), born in present-day Belarus * Vadim Salmanov (1912–1978) * Lazare Saminsky (1882–1959) * Huseyngulu Sarabski (1879–1945), born in present-day Azerbaijan * Joseph Schillinger (1895–1943) * Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998) * Eduard Schütt (1856–1933) * Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915) * Julian Scriabin (1908–1919), son of Alexander Scriabin, Alexander * Tatyana Sergeyeva (born 1951) * Alexander Serov (1820–1871) * Valentina Serova (composer), Valentina Serova (1846–1924) * Vladimir Shainsky (1925–2017) * Masguda Shamsutdinova (born 1955) * Yuri Shaporin (1887–1966), born in present-day Ukraine * Adrian Shaposhnikov (1888–1967) * Rodion Shchedrin (born 1932) * Nikolai Shcherbachov (1853–1922) * Vladimir Shcherbachov (1889–1952) * Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963) * Boris Sheremetev (composer), Boris Sheremetev (1822–1906) * Baluan Sholak (1864–1919), born in present-day Kazakhstan * Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) * Andriy Shtoharenko (1902–1992), born in present-day Ukraine. * Jean Sibelius (1965–1957), born in present-day Finland * Nikolaï Sidelnikov (1930–1992) * Alexander Siloti (1863–1945) * Juhan Simm (1885–1959), born in present-day Estonia * Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784) * Gregory Skovoroda (1722–1794) * Ādolfs Skulte (1909–2000), born in present-day

* Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995) * Sergei Slonimsky (1932–2020), nephew of Nicolas Slonimsky, Nicolas * Dmitri Smirnov (1948–2020) * Vladimir Sokalsky (1863–1919) * Ivan Sokolov (composer), Ivan Sokolov (born 1960) * Nikolay Sokolov (composer), Nikolay Sokolov (1859–1922) * Mikhail Sokolovsky (composer), Mikhail Sokolovsky (1756 – after 1795) * Nicolai Soloviev (1846–1916) * Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (1907–1979) * Senya Son (born 1951) * Antonio Spadavecchia (1907–1977) * Alexander Spendiaryan (1871–1928) * Alexei Stanchinsky (1888–1914) * Maximilian Steinberg (1883–1946), born in present-day

* Yakiv Stepovy (1883–1921), born in present-day Ukraine * Kyrylo Stetsenko (1882–1922), born in present-day Ukraine * Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) * Peeter Süda (1883–1920), born in present-day Estonia * Grikor Suni (1876–1939), born in present-day Armenia * Viktor Suslin (1942–2012) * Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928–2002) * Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998)

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* Alexander Taneyev (1850–1918) * Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915) * Vladimir Tarnopolsky (born 1955) * Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–1996) * Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) * Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977), son of Nikolai Tcherepnin, Nikolai * Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873–1945) * Grigory Teplov (1717–1779) * Armen Tigranian (1879–1950), born in present-day Armenia * Nikoghayos Tigranian (1856–1951), born in present-day Armenia * Dimitri Tiomkin (1894–1979), born in present-day Ukraine * Boris Tishchenko (1939–2010) * Alexey Titov (1769–1827) * Nikolai Titov (1800–1875), son of Alexey Titov, Alexey * Vasily Polikarpovich Titov, Vasily Titov (c. 1650 – c. 1715) * Rudolf Tobias (1873–1918), born in present-day Estonia * Eduard Tubin (1905–1982), born in present-day Estonia * Serafim Tulikov (1914–2004)

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* Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911–1990) * Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006)

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* Raimond Valgre (1913–1949), born in present-day Estonia * Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, Alexander Varlamov (1801–1848) * Sergei Vasilenko (1872–1956) * Vladimir Vavilov (composer), Vladimir Vavilov (1925–1973) * Artemy Vedel (c. 1767 – 1808), born in present-day Ukraine * Alexander Veprik (1889–1958) * Alexey Verstovsky (1799–1862) * Yuliya Veysberg (1880–1942) * Mikhail Vielgorsky (1788–1856) * Ernests Vīgners (1850–1933), born in present-day

* Tony Vilgotsky (born 1980) * Mykola Vilinsky (1888–1956), born in present-day Ukraine * Jāzeps Vītols (1863–1948), born in present-day

* Vladimir Vlasov (1902/3–1986) * Andrei Volkonsky (1933–2008) * Alexander Vustin (1943–2020)

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* Jacob Weinberg (1879–1956) * Kazimierz Wiłkomirski (1900–1995) * Alexander Winkler (composer), Alexander Winkler (1865–1935) * Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893–1979)

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* Grigor Yeghiazaryan (1908–1988), born in present-day Turkey * Makar Yekmalyan (1856–1905), born in present-day Armenia * Mikhail Youdin (1893–1948) * Yuri Yukechev (born 1947) * Aleksandr Yurasovsky (1890–1922)

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* Vsevolod Zaderatsky (1881–1953) * Nikolai Zaremba (1821–1879) * Marģeris Zariņš (1910–1993), born in present-day

*Aleksandr Zatsepin (born 1926) * Leo Zeitlin (1884–1930) * Asaf Zeynally (1909–1932) * Valery Zhelobinsky (1913–1946) * Aleksey Zhivotov (1904–1964) * Mikhail Zhukov (conductor), Mikhail Zhukov (1901–1960) * Alexander Zhurbin (born 1945) * Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985) * Vasily Zolotarev (1872–1964) * Vladislav Zolotaryov (1942–1975) * Mariya Zubova (1749–1799)