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An alphabetical list of significant composers who were born in Russia or worked there for a significant time.
[edit] The Five
The Five, also known as "The Mighty Handful", a circle of influential Russian musical nationalists, during the Romantic period in music:
[edit] Other Russian composers
- Alexander Abramsky (1898-1985), composer, most well known work is his piano concerto which premiered in 1941.
- Anton Arensky (1861–1906), Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32, is his most famous work.
- Alexander Arkhangelsky (1846–1924), composer of church music and conductor.
- Lera Auerbach (born 1973) 21st century composer of opera, ballet, symphonic works and chamber music
- Yury G. Chernavsky (born 1947), 20th and 21st century composer, works in Russia, West Europe and US (Hollywood), writes music mostly in R&B, Pop and Rock music styles
- Pavel Chesnokov (1877–1944), choral composer and conductor. He composed over five hundred choral works.
- Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869).
- Victor Ewald (1860–1935), composer of four famous brass quintets.
- Valery Gavrilin (1939–1999) 20th century composer of chamber, vocal, choral and ballet music.
- Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936), late Romantic composer influenced by Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt, one of the few composers ever to write a saxophone concerto
- Reinhold Glière (1875–1956), composer who wrote pieces in a romantic style well into the 20th century
- Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857), one of the first significant Russian composers
- Nicolai Golovanov (1891-1951), also a foremost conductor
- Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956), late Romantic, student of Rimsky-Korsakov, member of the "new Russian choral school"
- Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931), Russian composer of half Tartar ethnicity.
- Alexander Ilyinsky (1859–1919), composer known for the opera The Fountain of Bakhchisaray, orchestral suites, and a symphony
- Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935), Romantic composer, noted for his orchestral suite Caucasian Sketches
- Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987), 20th century composer
- Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901), Romantic composer who lived a short life due to illness. Most famous for his first symphony.
- Nikolai Kapustin (born 1937), 20th century composer and pianist, who uses jazz idioms set amid formal classical structures in his compositions.
- Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948), 20th and 21st century composer, writes mostly theatrical music and jazz
- Yuri Khanon (born 1965), 20th and 21st century composer-ideologist of opera, ballet, symphonic works and chamber music, laureate of the European Film Awards (1988)
- Alexander Kopylov (1854–1911), composer of four quartets, a symphony, also a member of the Belyayev circle
- Yevgeny Kostitsyn (born 1963), 21st century composer, originator of synchronous and Cubist music
- Andrei Krylov (born 1961), 20th and 21st century composer, wrote mostly works for classical guitar, flute and keyboards
- Boris Ledkovsky (1894—1975), Russian-American composer of Church music
- Dmitry Lubensky (born 1979), 21st century composer of film scores and cartoons
- Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914), known for The Enchanted Lake, Baba Yaga, and the Eight Russian Folksongs.
- Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924), composer and pianist, member of the Belyayev circle.
- Vladimir Martynov (born 1946), 20th and 21st century composer
- Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951), 20th century composer and pianist
- Alexander Mosolov (1900–1973), avant-garde composer of the early Soviet era, best known for Iron Foundry from the ballet "Steel".
- Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950), 20th century composer and teacher of Polish birth, composer of 27 symphonies, 13 string quartets and other works
- Vyacheslav Nagovitsin (born 1939), 20th century composer and violinist, works in Russia.
- Alla Pavlova (born 1952), 20th and 21st century composer. Recognized mostly for her symphonic compositions.
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), 20th century neoclassical composer, known for his symphonies (particularly #1 "Classical Symphony and #5), ballets, five piano concertos and six operas
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), late Romantic virtuoso pianist and composer, known for Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and four popular piano concertos
- Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920), late Romantic 20th century composer and pianist.
- Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894), pianist, composer and conductor. As a pianist he was regarded as a rival of Franz Liszt. Particularly known for his piano music.
- Adrian Schaposhnikov (1888–1967), 20th century composer.
- Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Romantic, known for his harmonically adventurous piano sonatas and theatrical orchestral works
- Julian Scriabin (1908–1919), son of Alexander Scriabin and a composer himself. Drowned at the young age of 11.
- Vladimir Shainsky (born 1925), 20th and 21st century composer, wrote mostly works for children and popular songs.
- Rodion Shchedrin (b. December 16, 1932), the chairman of the Union of Russian Composers from 1973 until 1990.
- Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998) composer, wrote 9 symphonies, 6 Concerto Grosso, 4 Violin Concertos, and many other works in various genres.
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), 20th century composer, wrote fifteen symphonies and is especially noted for his fifth symphony, combined elements of romantic music with atonality and tone rows
- Nikolay Sokolov (1859–1922), composer of chamber and choral music, member of the Belyayev circle
- Maximilian Steinberg (1883–1946), 20th century composer and pedagogue, born in what is now Lithuania
- Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), 20th century primitivist, neoclassical and jazz composer, known for his early ballet The Rite of Spring
- Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998), 20th century neoromantic chamber, mostly vocal and choral composer, pianist.
- Alexander Taneyev (1850–1918), Romantic era nationalist composer.
- Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915), Romantic composer, oriented towards classical forms and the central European tradition
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), influential Romantic composer, famous for his ballets (The Nutcracker, Swan Lake), his Romeo and Juliet Overture–Fantasy, 1812 Overture and his later symphonies (#4 – #6)
- Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977), composer and pianist, invented his own harmonic languages, including the "Tcherepnin scale".
- Vladimir Vavilov (1925–1973) guitarist, lutenist and composer of the famous "Ave Maria" which he falsely attributed to Giulio Caccini.
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