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List of Russian composers

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List of Russian composers

This is an alphabetical list of significant composers who were born or raised in Russia or the Russian Empire.

Thumb — Bortniansky

Thumb — Glinka

Thumb — Dargomyzhsky

Thumb — Nikolai and Anton Rubinstein

Thumb — Borodin

Thumb — Balakirev

Thumb — Mussorgsky

Thumb — Tchaikovsky

Thumb — Rimsky-Korsakov

Thumb — Taneyev

Thumb — Lyadov

Thumb — Lyapunov

Thumb — Arensky

Thumb — Gretchaninov

Thumb — Glazunov

Thumb — Scriabin

Thumb — Rachmaninoff

Thumb — Glière

Thumb — Medtner

Thumb — Myaskovsky

Thumb — Stravinsky

Thumb — Prokofiev

Thumb — Khachaturian

Thumb — Shostakovich

Thumb — Ustvolskaya

Thumb — Denisov

Thumb — Gubaidulina

Thumb — Shchedrin

Thumb — Schnittke

A

Els Aarne (1917–1995), born in present-day Estonia
Evald Aav (1900–1939), born in present-day Estonia
Juhan Aavik (1884–1982), born in present-day Estonia
Arkady Abaza (1843–1915)
Lev Abeliovich (1912–1985), born in present-day Lithuania
Alexander Abramsky (1898–1985), born in present-day Ukraine
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 (1905–1994), son of Alexander
Achilles Alferaki (1846–1919)
Alexander Alyabyev (1787–1851)
Anatoliy Andreyev (1941–2004)
Iosif Andriasov (1933–2000)
Boris Arapov (1905–1992)
Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
Sasha Argov (1914–1995)
Mykola Arkas (1853–1909), born in present-day Ukraine
Alexander Arkhangelsky (1846–1924)
Eduard Artemyev (1937–2023)
Nikolai Artsybushev (1858–1937)
Vyacheslav Artyomov (born 1940)
Boris Asafyev (1884–1949)
Mukhtar Ashrafi (1912–1975), born in present-day Uzbekistan
Sergei Aslamazyan (1897–1978), born in present-day Armenia
Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
Arseny Avraamov (1886–1944)
Artemi Ayvazyan (1902–1975), born in present-day Armenia
Mikhail Azanchevsky (1839–1881)

B

Vytautas Bacevičius (1905–1970), born in present-day Lithuania
Afrasiyab Badalbeyli (1907–1976), born in present-day Azerbaijan
Vladimir Bakaleinikov (1885–1953)
Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
Sergey Balasanian (1902–1982), born in present-day Turkmenistan
Sargis Barkhudaryan (1887–1973), born in present-day Georgia
Veniamin Basner (1925–1996)
Kārlis Baumanis (1835–1905), born in present-day Latvia
Sonya Belousova (born 1990)
Maxim Berezovsky (c. 1745 – 1777)
Anastasiya Bespalova
Timofiy Bilohradsky (c. 1710 – c. 1782)
Matvey Blanter (1903–1990)
Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931)
Leonid Bobylev (born 1949)
Anatoly Bogatyrev (1913–2003), born in present-day Belarus
Nikita Bogoslovsky (1913–2004)
Alexander Borodin (1833–1887)
Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877–1952), born in present-day Ukraine
Dmitry Bortniansky (1751–1825), born in present-day Ukraine
Rostislav Grigor'yevich Boyko (1931–2002)
Yevgeny Brusilovsky (1905–1981)
Vitaly Bujanovsky (1928–1993)
Pavel Bulakhov (1824–1875), brother of Pyotr
Pyotr Bulakhov (1822–1885), brother of Pavel
Revol Bunin (1924–1976)
Mutal Burhonov (1916–2002), born in present-day Uzbekistan

C

Georgy Catoire (1861–1926)
Catterino Cavos (1775–1840)
Nektarios Chargeishvili (1937–1971)
Gayane Chebotaryan (1918–1998)
Yekaterina Chemberdzhi (born 1960)
Yury Chernavsky (born 1947)
Peter Chernobrivets (born 1965)
Pavel Chesnokov (1877–1944)
Tatyana Chudova (1944–2007)
Alexander Chuhaldin (1892–1951)
Näcip Cihanov (1911–1988)
Jānis Cimze (1814–1881), born in present-day Latvia
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911), born in present-day Lithuania
Georgi Conus (1862–1933), brother of Julius and Lev
Julius Conus (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 (1835–1918)

D

Alexandre Danilevski (born 1957)
Kostiantyn Dankevych (1905–1984), born in present-day Ukraine
Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869)
Emīls Dārziņš (1875–1910), born in present-day Latvia
Volfgangs Dārziņš (1906–1962), son of Emils, born in present-day Latvia
Karl Davydov (1838–1889)
Stepan Davydov (1777–1825), born in present-day Ukraine
Stepan Degtyarev (1766–1813)
Edison Denisov (1929–1996)
Leonid Desyatnikov (born 1955)
Nikolay Diletsky (c. 1630 – after 1680)
Issay Dobrowen (1891–1953)
Vyacheslav Dobrynin (b.1946)
Victor Dolidze (1890–1933), born in present-day Georgia
Viktor Drobysh (born 1966)
Sandra Droucker (1875–1944)
Fyodor Druzhinin (1932–2007)
Alexandre Dubuque (1812–1897/8)
Vernon Duke (1903–1969)
Isaak Dunayevsky (1900–1955), born in present-day Ukraine
Maksim Dunayevsky (b.1945)
Balys Dvarionas (1904–1972), born in present-day Lithuania
Ivan Dzerzhinsky (1909–1978)

E

Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1898–1974)
Konstantin Eiges (1875–1950)
Irina Elcheva (1926–2013)
Boris Elkis (born 1973)
Heino Eller (1887–1970), born in present-day Estonia
Abdalla El-Masri (born 1962)
Irina Emeliantseva (born 1973)
Gustav Ernesaks (1908–1993), born in present-day Estonia
Andrei Eshpai (1925–2015)
Victor Ewald (1860–1935)

F

Maxim Fadeev (b.1968)
Samuil Feinberg (1890–1962)
Boris Feoktistov (born 1941)
Vladimir Fere (1902–1971)
Alissa Firsova (born 1986), daughter of Dmitri Smirnov and Elena Firsova
Elena Firsova (born 1950)
Boris Fitinhof-Schell (1829–1901)
Veniamin Fleishman (1913–1941)
Yevstigney Fomin (1761–1800)
Isadore Freed (1900–1960)
Grigory Frid (1915–2012)
Alexander Fridlender (1906–1980)
Arthur Friedheim (1859–1932)

G

Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878–1936)
Varvara Gaigerova (1903–1944)
German Galynin (1922–1966)
Lūcija Garūta (1902–1977), born in present-day Latvia
Aleksandr Gauk (1893–1963)
Valery Gavrilin (1939–1999)
Misha Geller (1937–2007)
Gennady Gladkov (1935–2023)
Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)
Reinhold Glière (1875–1956), born in modern-day Ukraine
Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
Elena Gnesina (1874–1967), sister of Mikhail Gnessin
Mikhail Gnessin (1883–1957), brother of Elena Gnesina
Alexander Goedicke (1877–1957)
Alexander Goldenweiser (1875–1961)
Alexander Goldstein (born 1948)
Nikolai Golovanov (1891–1951)
Boris Goltz (1913–1942)
Evgeny Golubev (1910–1988)
Alexander Gradsky (1949–2021)
Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)
Alexander Griboyedov (1795–1829)
Juozas Gruodis (1884–1948), born in present-day Lithuania
Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
Tofig Guliyev (1917–2000), born in present-day Azerbaijan
Yevgeny Gunst (1877–1950)
Aleksander Gurilyov (1803–1858), son of Lev
Lev Gurilyov (1770–1844)

H

Niyazi Hajibeyov (1912–1984), son of Zulfugar
Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885–1948), born in present-day Azerbaijan
Zulfugar Hajibeyov (1884–1950), born in present-day Azerbaijan
Jovdat Hajiyev (1917–2002), born in present-day Azerbaijan
Miina Härma (1864–1941), born in present-day Estonia
Vladimir Horowitz (1903–1989)
André Hossein (1905–1983), born in present-day Uzbekistan
Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873), born in present-day Ukraine

I

Alexander Ilyinsky (1859–1919)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935)
Timur Ismagilov (born 1982)
Julius Isserlis (1888–1968)
Ivan the Terrible (1530–1584)
Mikhail Ivanov (1859–1920)
Jānis Ivanovs (1906–1983), born in present-day Latvia
Airat Ichmouratov (born 1973)

J

Paul Juon (1872–1940)
Andrejs Jurjāns (1856–1922), born in present-day Latvia

K

Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987)
Murad Kajlayev (born 1931)
Vasily Kalafati (1869–1942)
Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901)
Sandor Kalloś (born 1935)
Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879–1951), born in present-day Latvia
Jānis Kalniņš (1904–2000), son of Alfrēds, born in present-day Latvia
Artur Kapp (1878–1952), born in present-day Estonia
Eugen Kapp (1908–1996), son of Artur, born in present-day Estonia
Villem Kapp (1913–1964), nephew of Artur, born in present-day Estonia
Nikolai Kapustin (1937–2020)
Nikolai Karetnikov (1930–1994)
Daniil Kashin (1769–1841)
Leokadiya Kashperova (1872–1940)
Yuri Kasparov (born 1955)
Alexander Kastalsky (1856–1926)
Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948)
Nikolay Kedrov Jr. (1905–1981), son of Nikolay Kedrov Sr.
Nikolay Kedrov Sr. (1871–1940)
Ivan Kerzelli (fl. 18th century)
Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), born in Georgia to an Armenian family
Karen Khachaturian (1920–2011), nephew of Aram
Ivan Khandoshkin (1747–1804)
Yuri Khanon (born 1965)
Tikhon Khrennikov (1913–2007)
Igor Khudolei (1940–2001)
Victor Kissine (born 1953)
Dmitri Klebanov (1907–1987), born in present-day Ukraine
Alexander Knaifel (1943–2024)
Lev Knipper (1898–1974), born in present-day Georgia
Vladimir Kobekin (born 1947)
Mikhail Kollontay (born 1952)
Lev Konov (born 1952)
Yelena Konshina (born 1950)
Alexander Kopylov (1854–1911)
Grigoriy Korchmar (born 1947)
Arseny Koreshchenko (1870–1921)
Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001)
Viktor Kosenko (1896–1938)
Alexander Koshetz (1875–1944), born in present-day Ukraine
Nikita Koshkin (born 1956)
Serge Koussevitzky (1874–1951)
Osip Kozlovsky (1757–1831)
Pylyp Kozytskiy (1893–1960), born in present-day Ukraine
Cyrillus Kreek (1889–1962), born in present-day Estonia
Alexander Krein (1883–1951)
Vyacheslav Kruglik
Yevgeny Krylatov (1934–2019)
Andrei Krylov (born 1961)

L

Ivan Larionov (1830–1889)
Boris Ledkovsky (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 (born 1955)
Yuri Levitin (1912–1993)
Mischa Levitzki (1898–1941)
Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810)
Vasily Lobanov (born 1947)
Aleksandr Lokshin (1920–1987)
Arthur Lourié (1892–1966)
Mihkel Lüdig (1880–1958), born in present-day Estonia
Oleg Lundstrem (1916–2005)
Alexei Lvov (1799–1870)
Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914)
Lyudmila Lyadova (1925–2021)
Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924)
Boris Lyatoshinsky (1895–1968), born in present-day Ukraine
Mykola Lysenko (1842–1912), born in present-day Ukraine

M

Muslim Magomayev (1885–1937), born in present-day Azerbaijan
Heorhiy Maiboroda (1913–1992), born in present-day Ukraine
Katerina Maier (fl. c. 1800)
Nina Makarova (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 (1804–1860), born in present-day Ukraine
Vladimir Martynov (born 1946)
Vladimir Matetsky (born 1952)
Mikhail Matinsky (1750 – c. 1820)
Igor Matvienko (b.1960)
Mikhail Matyushin (1861–1934)
Samuel Maykapar (1867–1938)
Jānis Mediņš (1890–1966), born in present-day Latvia
Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
Yuliy Meitus (1903–1997), born in present-day Ukraine
Romanos Melikian (1883–1935), born in present-day Armenia
Emilis Melngailis (1874–1954), born in present-day Latvia
Ion Melnik (1935–2018)
Zhanneta Metallidi (1934–2019)
Moses Milner (1886–1953)
Emil Młynarski (1870–1835), born in present-day Lithuania
Boris Mokrousov (1909–1968)
Kirill Molchanov (1922–1982)
Fred Momotenko (born 1970)
Alexander Mordukhovich (born 1946)
Alexander Mosolov (1900–1973)
Veli Mukhatov (1916–2005), born in present-day Turkmenistan
Vano Muradeli (1908–1970), born in present-day Georgia
Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
Mansur Muzafarov (1902–1966)
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950)

N

Nicolas Nabokov (1903–1978)
Vyacheslav Nagovitsin (born 1939)
Aleksey Nasedkin (1942–2014)
Lev Naumov (1925–2005)
Svetlana Nesterova
Igor Nikolayev (b.1960)
Leonid Nikolayev (1868–1942)
Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924–1993)
Petro Nishchynsky (1832–1896), born in present-day Ukraine
Mikhaïl Nosyrev (1924–1981)
Anatoly Novikov (1896–1984)
David Nowakowsky (1848–1921)

O

Nikolai Obukhov (1892–1954)
Eduard Oja (1909–1950), born in present-day Estonia
German Okunev (1931–1973)
Leo Ornstein (1895–2002), born in present-day Ukraine
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936–2019)
Dangatar Ovezov (1911–1966), born in present-day Turkmenistan
Valdemārs Ozoliņš (1896–1973), born in present-day Latvia

P

Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929)
Zacharia Paliashvili (1871–1933), born in present-day Georgia
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)
Daniil Pokrass (1905–1954), brother of Samuel and Dmitry
Dmitry Pokrass (1899–1978), brother of Samuel and Daniil
Samuel Pokrass (1894–1939), brother of Dmitry and Daniil
Gavriil Popov (1904–1972)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), born in present-day Ukraine
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
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 Rosowsky (1841–1919), born in present-day Latvia
Solomon Rosowsky (1878–1962), son of Baruch, born in present-day Latvia
Olesya Rostovskaya (born 1975)
Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894), brother of Nikolai
Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881), brother of Anton
Joseph Rumshinsky (1881–1956), born in present-day Lithuania
Said Rustamov (1907–1983), born in present-day Armenia
Alexey Rybnikov (b.1945)

S

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
Tatyana Sergeyeva (born 1951)
Alexander Serov (1820–1871)
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 (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 Latvia
Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995)
Sergei Slonimsky (1932–2020), nephew of Nicolas
Dmitri Smirnov (1948–2020)
Vladimir Sokalsky (1863–1919)
Ivan Sokolov (born 1960)
Nikolay Sokolov (1859–1922)
Mikhail Sokolovsky (1756 – after 1795)
Nicolai Soloviev (1846–1916)
Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (1907–1979)
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
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)
Alfred Swan (1890–1970)

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
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
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)

U

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

V

Raimond Valgre (1913–1949), born in present-day Estonia
Alexander Varlamov (1801–1848)
Sergei Vasilenko (1872–1956)
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 Latvia
Tony Vilgotsky (born 1980)
Mykola Vilinsky (1888–1956), born in present-day Ukraine
Jāzeps Vītols (1863–1948), born in present-day Latvia
Vladimir Vlasov (1902/3–1986)
Andrei Volkonsky (1933–2008)
Alexander Vustin (1943–2020)

W

Jacob Weinberg (1879–1956)
Kazimierz Wiłkomirski (1900–1995)
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
Mikhail Youdin (1893–1948)
Yuri Yukechev (born 1947)
Aleksandr Yurasovsky (1890–1922)

Z

Vsevolod Zaderatsky (1891–1953)
Nikolai Zaremba (1821–1879)
Marģeris Zariņš (1910–1993), born in present-day Latvia
Aleksandr Zatsepin (born 1926)
Leo Zeitlin (1884–1930)
Asaf Zeynally (1909–1932)
Valery Zhelobinsky (1913–1946)
Aleksey Zhivotov (1904–1964)
Mikhail Zhukov (1901–1960)
Alexander Zhurbin (born 1945)
Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985)
Vasily Zolotarev (1872–1964)
Vladislav Zolotaryov (1942–1975)
Mariya Zubova (1749–1799)

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