# List of Russian composers

This is an alphabetical list of significant composers who were born or raised in Russia or the Russian Empire.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## 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)