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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
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* Evald Aav (1900–1939), born in present-day
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Juhan Aavik Juhan Aavik (29 January 1884, in Holstre, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 26 November 1982, in Stockholm, Sweden) was an Estonian composer. Aavik studied music composition at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He lat ...
(1884–1982), born in present-day
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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 Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Joseph Achron (1886–1943), born in present-day Lithuania * Ella Adayevskaya (1846–1926) * Nikolay Afanasyev (1820/1–1898) * Vasily Agapkin (1884–1964) * Alexander Alexandrov (1883–1946) * Anatoly Alexandrov (1888–1982) *
Boris Alexandrov Boris Viktorovich Alexandrov (russian: Борис Викторович Александров; November 13, 1955 — July 31, 2002) was a Soviet and Kazakh professional ice hockey player. Boris Alexandrov competed for Torpedo Ust-K ...
(1905–1994), son of
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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 ...
(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 ...
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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 (1914–1995) * Mykola Arkas (1853–1909), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* 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 composer. Biography Artyomov was preparing to become a physicist, studying mus ...
(born 1940) * Boris Asafyev (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 Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
* Sergei Aslamazyan (1897–1978), born in present-day
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...
* Lera Auerbach (born 1973) * Arseny Avraamov (1886–1944) * Artemi Ayvazyan (1902–1975), born in present-day
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...
* Mikhail Azanchevsky (1839–1881)


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* Vytautas Bacevičius (1905–1970), born in present-day Lithuania * Afrasiyab Badalbeyli (1907–1976), born in present-day
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
* Vladimir Bakaleinikov (1885–1953) *
Mily Balakirev Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (russian: Милий Алексеевич Балакирев,BGN/PCGN Romanization of Russian, transliteration of Russian: Miliy Alekseyevich Balakirev; ALA-LC system: ''Miliĭ Alekseevich Balakirev''; ISO 9 system: ''M ...
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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 Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...
* Sargis Barkhudaryan (1887–1973), born in present-day
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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 R ...
(1925–1996) *
Kārlis Baumanis Kārlis Baumanis (11 May 1835 – 10 January 1905), better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, was an ethnic Latvian composer in the Russian Empire. He is the author of the lyrics and music of '' Dievs, svētī Latviju! '' (“God bless Latvia!”), th ...
(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 (born 1990) * Maxim Berezovsky (c. 1745 – 1777) * Anastasiya Bespalova * Timofiy Bilohradsky (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 wor ...
(1903–1990) * Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931) * Leonid Bobylev (born 1949) * Anatoly Bogatyrev (1913–2003), born in present-day
Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
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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 ...
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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
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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, harpsichordi ...
(1751–1825), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Rostislav Grigor'yevich Boyko (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 ...
(1905–1981) * Vitaly Bujanovsky (1928–1993) * Pavel Bulakhov (1824–1875), brother of Pyotr * Pyotr Bulakhov (1822–1885), brother of
Pavel 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). ...
* Revol Bunin (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 Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...


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* Georgy Catoire (1861–1926) * Catterino Cavos (1775–1840) *
Nektarios Chargeishvili Nektarios Nektariosovich Chargeishvili (in Georgian: ნექტარიოს ჩარგეიშვილი) (5 September 1937 – 14 November 1971) was a Russian/Soviet and Georgian composer, as well as an educator and a philosopher. He ...
(1937–1971) * Gayane Chebotaryan (1918–1998) * Yekaterina Chemberdzhi (born 1960) * Yury Chernavsky (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 Tatyana Alexeyevna Chudova (russian: Татья́на Алексе́евна Чу́дова; 16 June 1944 – 23 November 2021) was a Russian composer. She was born in Moscow and studied at the Central Music School in Moscow and then at the Mosco ...
(1944–2007) * Alexander Chuhaldin (1892–1951) * Näcip Cihanov (1911–1988) * Jānis Cimze (1814–1881), 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 ...
* Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911), born in present-day Lithuania * Georgi Conus (1862–1933), brother of Julius 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 Julius * Serge Conus (1902–1988), son of Julius *
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 Rus ...
(1835–1918)


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* Alexandre Danilevski (born 1957) * Kostiantyn Dankevych (1905–1984), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* 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
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 ...
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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
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 ...
* Karl Davydov (1838–1889) * Stepan Davydov (1777–1825), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
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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 (c. 1630 – after 1680) * Issay Dobrowen (1891–1953) * Victor Dolidze (1890–1933), born in present-day
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...
* Sandra Droucker (1875–1944) * Fyodor Druzhinin (1932–2007) * Fedo Dubiansky (1760–1796) * Alexandre Dubuque (1812–1897/8) *
Vernon Duke Vernon Duke ( 16 January 1969) was a Russian-born American composer/songwriter who also wrote under his birth name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for " Taking a Chance on Love," with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche (1940), " I Can ...
(1903–1969) * Balys Dvarionas (1904–1972), born in present-day Lithuania * 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 Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
* Abdalla El-Masri (born 1962) *
Irina Emeliantseva Irina Emeliantseva (Russian: Ирина Емельянцева) (born 26 September 1973 in Seltso, Bryansk Oblast, Russia) is a Russian composer of orchestral works and chamber music in different cast and pianist. Biography Throughout her ca ...
(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 Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
* Andrei Eshpai (1925–2015) *
Victor Ewald Victor Vladímirovich Ewald (or Ėval′d) (russian: Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Э́вальд; 27 November 1860 – 16 April 1935), was a Russian engineer, architect, and composer of music, mainly for conical brass instruments. ...
(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 ...
(1902–1971) * Alissa Firsova (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 ...
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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 Vio ...
(1913–1941) * Yevstigney Fomin (1761–1800) * Isadore Freed (1900–1960) * Grigory Frid (1915–2012) * Alexander Fridlender (1906–1980) * Arthur Friedheim (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
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 ...
* Aleksandr Gauk (1893–1963) * Valery Gavrilin (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 Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (born Reinhold Ernest Glier, which was later converted for standardization purposes; russian: Рейнгольд Морицевич Глиэр; 23 June 1956), was a Russian Imperial and Soviet composer of German and ...
(1875–1956), born in modern-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
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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 ...
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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) ( o.s. 9">Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in Eastern Europe">o.s. 9/nowiki> 21 January 1891 – 2 ...
(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 bor ...
(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. ...
(1949–2021) * Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956) * Alexander Griboyedov (1795–1829) * Juozas Gruodis (1884–1948), born in present-day Lithuania *
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 ...
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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 Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
* Yevgeny 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 ...
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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 Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov ( az, Üzeyir bəy Əbdülhüseyn oğlu Hacıbəyov; russian: Узеир Абдул-Гусейн оглы Гаджибеков, translit=Uzeir Abdul-Guseyn ogly Gadzhibekov; September 18, 1885November 23, 19 ...
(1885–1948), born in present-day
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
* Zulfugar Hajibeyov (1884–1950), born in present-day
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
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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 ( ...
(1917–2002), born in present-day
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
* Miina Härma (1864–1941), born in present-day
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
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Vladimir Horowitz Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz; yi, וולאַדימיר סאַמוילאָוויטש האָראָוויץ, group=n (November 5, 1989)Schonberg, 1992 was a Russian-born American classical pianist. Considered one of the greatest pianists of al ...
(1903–1989) * André Hossein (1905–1983), born in present-day
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
* Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873), born in present-day
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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 Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Ипполи́тов-Ива́нов; 28 January 1935) was a Russian and Soviet composer, conductor and teacher. His music ranged from the late-Romantic era ...
(1859–1935) *
Timur Ismagilov Timur Aleksandrovich Ismagilov (russian: Тиму́р Алекса́ндрович Исмаги́лов; born 27 February 1982) is a Russian Bashkir composer and pianist. In his music he combines various composition techniques with a sustained inte ...
(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. Iv ...
(1530–1584) * Mikhail Ivanov (1859–1920) * Jānis Ivanovs (1906–1983), 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 ...


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* Paul Juon (1872–1940) * Andrejs Jurjāns (1856–1922), 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 ...


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* Dmitry Kabalevsky (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 Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (russian: Васи́лий Серге́евич Кали́нников; 13 January 1866 – 11 January 1901 ) was a Russian composer. His body of work consists of two symphonies, several additional orchestral wo ...
(1866–1901) * Sandor Kalloś (born 1935) * Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879–1951), 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 ...
* Jānis Kalniņš (1904–2000), son of Alfrēds, 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 ...
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Artur Kapp Artur Kapp (28 February 1878 – 14 January 1952) was an Estonian composer. Born in Suure-Jaani, Estonia, then part of the Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, he was the son of Joosep Kapp, who was also a classically trained musician. Ka ...
(1878–1952), born in present-day
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
* Eugen Kapp (1908–1996), son of Artur, born in present-day
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
* Villem Kapp (1913–1964), nephew of Artur, born in present-day
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
* Nikolai Kapustin (1937-2020) * Nikolai Karetnikov (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 (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 ...
(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 Kedrov Sr. (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 ...
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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 Armeni ...
(1903–1978), born in
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...
to an
Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
family * Karen Khachaturian (1920–2011), nephew of Aram * Ivan Khandoshkin (1747–1804) *
Yuri Khanon Yuri Khanon is a pen name of ''Yuri Feliksovich Soloviev-Savoyarov'' (russian: Юрий Феликсович Соловьёв-Савояров),
(born 1965) *
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 kno ...
(1913–2007) * Igor Khudolei (1940–2001) * Victor Kissine (born 1953) * Dmitri Klebanov (1907–1987), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* 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 ...
(1898–1974), born in present-day
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...
* Vladimir Kobekin (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 Lev Konov (russian: Лев Конов) (born 11 February 1952 in Moscow) is a Russian composer, conductor, and producer. He graduated in Moscow Conservatory in 1980. Operas *''King Matt the First'' - the opera for/by children, the libretto is wr ...
(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 (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 Alexander Koshetz (12 September 1875 – 21 September 1944) was a Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer, ethnographer, writer, musicologist, and lecturer. He helped popularize Ukrainian music around the world. His name is sometim ...
(1875–1944), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Nikita Koshkin (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 Koussevi ...
(1874–1951) * Osip Kozlovsky (1757–1831) * Pylyp Kozytskiy (1893–1960), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Cyrillus Kreek (1889–1962), born in present-day
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
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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 ...
(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 ...
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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. Bio ...
(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 ...
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Ivan Larionov Ivan Petrovich Larionov (russian: Ива́н Петро́вич Ларио́нов; January 23, 1830 – April 22, 1889) was a Russian composer, writer and folklorist. He is mostly remembered for the famous song " Kalinka", which he wrote in ...
(1830–1889) * Boris Ledkovsky (1894–1975) * Albert Leman (1915–1998) * Artur Lemba (1885–1963), born in present-day
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
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Mykola Leontovych Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (23 January 1921; ua, Микола Дмитрович Леонтович, link=no (); also Leontovich) was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist and teacher. His music was inspired by the Ukrainian co ...
(1877–1921), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Zara Levina (1906–1976) * Alexander Levine (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. . wa ...
(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 ...
(1898–1941) * Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810) *
Vasily Lobanov Vasily Pavlovich Lobanov also Vassily Lobanov (Васи́лий Па́влович Лоба́нов, born 2 January 1947) is a Russian composer and pianist. He has been a Duo-Partner of Sviatoslav Richter Biography Vasily Lobanov was born in ...
(born 1947) * Aleksandr Lokshin (1920–1987) * Arthur Lourié (1892–1966) * Mihkel Lüdig (1880–1958), born in present-day
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
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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 Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (russian: Анато́лий Константи́нович Ля́дов; ) was a Russian composer, teacher, and conductor. Biography Lyadov was born in 1855 in St. Petersburg, into a family of eminent Russian ...
(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 Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
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Mykola Lysenko Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko ( uk, Мико́ла Віта́лійович Ли́сенко; 22 March 1842 – 6 November 1912) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist of the late Romantic period. In his time he was the ...
(1842–1912), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...


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* Muslim Magomayev (1885–1937), born in present-day
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
* Heorhiy Maiboroda (1913–1992), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
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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 Leonid Dimitrievitch Malashkin (1842 – February 11, 1902) was a Russian composer and conductor. Though he wrote a few works in larger forms, he is today chiefly remembered for his romances, particularly "Oh, Could I But Express in Song". Li ...
(1842–1902) * Dmitry Malikov (born 1970) * Witold Maliszewski (1873–1939), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Igor Markevitch (1912–1983), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
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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 Push ...
(1804–1860), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Vladimir Martynov (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 (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
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 ...
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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 (1903–1997), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Romanos Melikian (1883–1935), born in present-day
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...
* Emilis Melngailis (1874–1954), 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 ...
*
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 (1886–1953) * Emil Młynarski (1870–1835), born in present-day Lithuania * 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 (born 1970) * Alexander Mordukhovich (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 Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...
*
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 Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...
*
Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...
(1839–1881) * Mansur Muzafarov (1902–1966) *
Nikolai Myaskovsky Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky or Miaskovsky or Miaskowsky (russian: Никола́й Я́ковлевич Мяско́вский; pl, Mikołaj Miąskowski, syn Jakóbowy; 20 April 18818 August 1950), was a Russian and Soviet composer. He is so ...
(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 ...
(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 (1832–1896), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Mikhaïl Nosyrev (1924–1981) * Anatoly Novikov (1896–1984) * David Nowakowsky (1848–1921)


O

* Nikolai Obukhov (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 Universit ...
(1909–1950), born in present-day
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
* German Okunev (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 Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
*
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Ovchinnikov (russian: Вячесла́в Алекса́ндрович Овчи́нников; 29 May 1936 in Voronezh, Soviet Union – 4 February 2019 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian composer. Biography ...
(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 Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...
*
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
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 ...


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* Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929) * Zacharia Paliashvili (1871–1933), born in present-day
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...
* Boris Parsadanian (1925–1997) * Vasily Pashkevich (c. 1742 – 1797) * Boris Pasternak (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 Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Sergei Protopopov (1893–1954)


Q

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


R

* Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) * Alexander Radvilovich (born 1955) * Nikolai Rakov (1908–1990) * Eda Rapoport (1890–1968), 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 ...
* Alexander Raskatov (born 1953) * Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920) * Levko Revutsky (1889–1977), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* 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
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 ...
* Solomon Rosowsky (1878–1962), son of Baruch Leib Rosowsky, Baruch, 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 ...
* 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 Lithuania * Said Rustamov (1907–1983), born in present-day
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...


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* Mart Saar (1882–1963), born in present-day
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
* Leonid Sabaneyev (1881–1968) * Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892) * Tolibjon Sadikov (1907–1957), born in present-day
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
* Vasily Safonov (1852–1918) * Niescier Sakałoŭski (1902–1950), born in present-day
Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
* Vadim Salmanov (1912–1978) * Lazare Saminsky (1882–1959) * Huseyngulu Sarabski (1879–1945), born in present-day
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
* 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 Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* 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 Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
. * 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 Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
* Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784) * Gregory Skovoroda (1722–1794) * Ādolfs Skulte (1909–2000), 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 ...
* 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 Lithuania * Yakiv Stepovy (1883–1921), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Kyrylo Stetsenko (1882–1922), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) * Peeter Süda (1883–1920), born in present-day
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
* Grikor Suni (1876–1939), born in present-day
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...
* Viktor Suslin (1942–2012) * Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928–2002) * Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998)


T

* 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 Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...
* Nikoghayos Tigranian (1856–1951), born in present-day
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...
* Dimitri Tiomkin (1894–1979), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* 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 Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
* Eduard Tubin (1905–1982), born in present-day
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
* Serafim Tulikov (1914–2004)


U

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


V

* Raimond Valgre (1913–1949), born in present-day
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
* 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 Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Alexander Veprik (1889–1958) * Alexey Verstovsky (1799–1862) * Yuliya Veysberg (1880–1942) * Mikhail Vielgorsky (1788–1856) * Ernests Vīgners (1850–1933), 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 ...
* Tony Vilgotsky (born 1980) * Mykola Vilinsky (1888–1956), born in present-day
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
* Jāzeps Vītols (1863–1948), 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 ...
* Vladimir Vlasov (1902/3–1986) * Andrei Volkonsky (1933–2008) * Alexander Vustin (1943–2020)


W

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


Y

* Grigor Yeghiazaryan (1908–1988), born in present-day Turkey * Makar Yekmalyan (1856–1905), born in present-day
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...
* Mikhail Youdin (1893–1948) * Yuri Yukechev (born 1947) * Aleksandr Yurasovsky (1890–1922)


Z

* Vsevolod Zaderatsky (1881–1953) * Nikolai Zaremba (1821–1879) * Marģeris Zariņš (1910–1993), 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 ...
*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)


See also

* Chronological list of Russian classical composers * Lists of composers * List of Russian people Russian composers, Lists of composers by nationality, Russian Lists of Russian people by occupation, Composers Russian music-related lists {{Composers by nationality, state=uncollapsed