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  • Valentina Vasilevna Tolkunova (Russian: Валенти́на Васи́льевна Толкуно́ва, 12 July 1946 – 22 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian singer and was bestowed the title of Honored Artist of RSFSR (1979) and People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1987). Her performances exhibited a kindhearted mood and sincerity, and her voice was noted for its clarity.
  •      Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Толсто́й; 10 January 1883 [O.S. 29 December 1882] – 23 February 1945), nicknamed the Comrade Count, was a Russian and Soviet writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. During World War II, he served on an Extraordinary State Commission which "ascertained without reasonable doubt" the mass extermination of people in gas vans by the German occupiers. His work in the investiga...
  • Alexander Naumovich Tsfasman (Russian: Александр Цфасман; born December 14, 1906 - died February 20, 1971) was a Soviet Jazz pianist, composer, conductor, arranger, publisher and activist. He was an important figure in Soviet Jazz from the period of the mid-1920s until the late 1960s.  Tsfasman was born in Alexandrovsk (now Zaporizhya, Ukraine) in the Russian empire, and graduated from the Nizhegorod Musical Technicum in 1923, where he played percussion in the orchestra, and graduated...
  • Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (Russian: Марина Ивановна Цветаева, IPA: [mɐˈrʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə tsvʲɪˈta(j)ɪvə]; 8 October [O.S. 26 September] 1892 – 31 August 1941) was a Russian poet. Her work is considered among some of the greatest in twentieth century Russian literature.[1] She lived through and wrote of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Moscow famine that followed it. In an attempt to save her daughter Irina from starvation, she placed her in a state orphanage in 1919, where she died of hun...
  • Tsvety (Russian: Цветы, lit. 'The Flowers') is a Soviet and Russian rock band formed in 1969 by guitarist and songwriter Stas Namin. It was one of the first Russian bands to play rock music on the Soviet stage. According to the magazine “Itogi”, “the whole Russian non-format began with it”. In 1973 “Flowers” as a student ensemble released flexible records on the firm “Melodiya”, which sold out 7-million copies. Having gained huge popularity in the USSR, the group began its professional touring...
  • David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov PAR (Russian: Дави́д Фёдорович Тухма́нов, was born on July 20, 1940, in Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of Russia (2000), State Prize of Russian Federation (2003).
  • Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky (Russian: Александр Трифонович Твардовский, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈtrʲifənəvʲɪtɕ tvɐrˈdofskʲɪj]; 21 June [O.S. 8 June] 1910 – 18 December 1971) was a Soviet poet and writer and chief editor of Novy Mir literary magazine from 1950 to 1954 and 1958 to 1970. His name has also been rendered in English as Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovski, Aleksandr Tvardovski, and Alexander Tvardovsky (though "Aleksandr Tvardovsky" is by far the most common spelling).
  • Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Тютчев, Pre-Reform orthography: Ѳедоръ Ивановичъ Тютчевъ; December 5 [O.S. November 23] 1803 – July 27 [O.S. July 15] 1873) was a Russian poet and diplomat.
  • Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (Russian: Эдуард Николаевич Успенский; 22 December 1937 – 14 August 2018) was a Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwriter and TV presenter. His works have been translated into 25 languages and spawned around 60 cartoon adaptations. Among the characters he created are Cheburashka and Crocodile Gena, Uncle Fyodor and Kolobki brothers. He was awarded IV Class Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" in 1997.
  • Created in 1929 under the name "Thea-jazz", the first performance of which took place on 8 March on the stage of the Leningrad Maly Opera Theatre. From 1934 it was called simply the Jazz Orchestra of L. Utyosov, in 1940 it received the status of the State Jazz Orchestra of the RSFSR, from 1947 - the State Variety Orchestra of the RSFSR.
  • Leonid Osipovich Utyosov or Utesov (Russian: Леони́д О́сипович Утёсов); real name Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein (Russian: Ла́зарь (Ле́йзер) Ио́сифович Вайсбе́йн) (21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1895, Odessa – 9 March 1982, Moscow), was a famous Soviet jazz singer and comic actor of Jewish origin, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1965.
  • Вазге́н Суре́нович Вартаня́н (род. 18 марта 1974, Москва) — российский и армянский пианист. Вазген Суренович Вартанян родился 18 марта 1974 года в Москве, окончил Московскую государственную консерваторию имени П. И. Чайковского, его преподавателями были пианист Лев Николаевич Власенко, пианист и композитор Дмитрий Николаевич Сахаров, Алла Зиновьевна Турянская. Вазген Вартанян стажировался в Америке, в Джульярдской школе у&n...
  • Aida Semyonovna Vedishcheva (Russian: Аида Семёновна Ведищева, born Ida Solomonovna Weiss, Russian: Ида Соломоновна Вайс, 10 June 1941) is a Soviet and American singer. In the 1960s, she contributed songs to several film soundtracks, including the timeless hits: "Song About Bears", "Help Me", "Forest Deer", "She-bear's Lullaby", "I'll Wait for You", "Chunga-Changa", "Blue Water", "The First Spring" and many others.
  •      Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer primarily known for his operas. He is considered, with Richard Wagner, the preëminent opera composer of the 19th century. Verdi dominated the Italian opera scene after the eras of Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popu...
  • Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (née Ivanova, Russian: Гали́на Па́вловна Вишне́вская; 25 October 1926 – 11 December 2012) was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. She was the wife of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and mother to their two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich.
  • Анто́нио Лучо (Лучио, Лючио) Вива́льди (итал. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi; 4 марта 1678, Венеция — 28 июля 1741, Вена) — итальянский композитор, скрипач-виртуоз, педагог, дирижёр, католический священник. Вивальди считается одним из крупнейших представителей итальянского скрипичного искусства XVIII века, при жизни получил широкое признание во всей Европе. Мастер ансамблево-оркестрового концерта — ...
  • Lev Vlasenko (1928-1996) was a Soviet and Russian pianist and teacher. People's Artist of the USSR (1991). Lev Vlasenko was born on December 24, 1928 in Tbilisi into the family of Nikolai Apollonovich Vlasenko and Vera Solomonovna Benditskaya. He received his musical education first from his mother, a graduate of the Tbilisi Conservatory, then from A. D. Virsaladze, in a group for gifted children at the Tbilisi Conservatory. At the age of ten he made his debut at the Paliash...
  • Константин Сергеевич Волостнов (2 ноября 1979, Москва) — российский органист, пианист и клавесинист.
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (/ˈɡɜːtə/, also US: /ˈɡɜːrtə, ˈɡeɪtə, -ti/ GURT-ə, GAYT-ə, -ee; German: [ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn ˈɡøːtə]; 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His works include: four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; and treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings ...
  • Andrei Voznesensky (May 12, 1933, Moscow - June 1, 2010, Peredelkino, Moscow Region) was a Soviet and Russian poet, publicist, artist and architect, winner of the USSR State Prize (1978) and the Russian Government Prize (2010, posthumously). One of the most famous poets of the mid-20th century, the so-called sixties. Also known as a songwriter.
  • Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (Russian: Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj]; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980) was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor whose career had an immense and enduring effect on Soviet culture. He became widely known for his unique singing style and for his lyrics, which featured social and political commentary in often humorous street jargon. He was also a prominent stage and screen actor. Though his work was largely ignore...
  •      Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. Initially establishing his reputation as a composer of works in the romantic vein of Weber and Meyerbeer, Wagner revolutionised opera through his concept of the Ges...
  • Mieczysław Weinberg (also Moisey or Moishe Vainberg, Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg; Russian: Моисей Самуилович Вайнберг; Polish: Mojsze [Mieczysław] Wajnberg; 8 December 1919 – 26 February 1996) was a Polish-born Soviet composer. Ever since a revival concert series in the 2010 Bergenz Festival in Austria, his music has been increasingly described as "some of the most individual and compelling music of the twentieth century". Weinberg's output was extensive, encompassing 26 symphonies, 17 string...
  • Composer and pianist Igor Yakovenko belongs to a type of musician for whom there are no boundaries between classical and non-academic music, or between the roles of author and performer. For him there is also no boundary between creativity and exact sciences: choosing in his youth between music and technology, he first graduated from an aerospace university. His engineering education pushed Yakovenko to overcome the closed musical worlds: he studied at the Moscow Conservatory in the departmen...
  • Олег Григорьевич Я́нченко (18 июня 1939, Москва — 12 января 2002, Лесной городок, Московская область) — российский органист и композитор. Народный артист Российской Федерации (1997). Лауреат Государственной премии СССР (1984).
  • Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (/jəˈseɪnɪn/; sometimes spelled as Esenin; Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Есе́нин, IPA: [sʲɪrˈgʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ jɪˈsʲenʲɪn]; 3 October [O.S. 21 September] 1895 – 28 December 1925) was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century.
  • Yevgény Aleksándrovich Yevtushénko (Russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Евтуше́нко; 18 July 1933 – 1 April 2017) was a Soviet and Russian poet. He was also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor and director of several films.
  • Alla Yakovlevna Ioshpe (Yoshpe) (Russian: А́лла Я́ковлевна Ио́шпе (Йо́шпе); 13 June 1937 – 30 January 2021) was a Soviet and Russian pop singer, and a People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2002).
  • Maria Veniaminovna Yudina (Russian: Мари́я Вениами́новна Ю́дина, Mariya Veniaminovna Yudina; September 9 [O.S. 28 August], 1899 – 19 November 1970) was a Soviet pianist.
  • Izabella Yurieva (Russian: Изабелла Юрьева) is the stage name of Izabella Danilovna Livikova (Russian: Изабелла Даниловна Ливикова; 7 September 1899 – 20 January 2000), a Russian singer nicknamed the "Queen of the Russian Romance" who celebrated her centennial at a tribute concert given in her honor at the Central Concert Hall in Moscow in 1999.  She was one of the top performers of the romantic Russian Gypsy songs in the late 1920s and 1930s before the genre became almost taboo in So...
  • Vsevolod Petrovych Zaderatsky (Всеволод Петрович Задерацький) (Rivne 21 December 1891 – Lviv, 1 February 1953) was a Ukrainian Soviet composer, pianist and teacher at Lviv Conservatory who was blacklisted for most of his life.
  • Родился в 1962 году в Москве. Окончил Московскую государственную консерваторию имени П. И. Чайковского (1986) и ассистентуру-стажировку (1988) по классу профессора Наталии Шаховской.  Лауреат Всесоюзного конкурса музыкантов исполнителей (Кишинев 1985), VIII Международного конкурса камерной музыки в Трапани (Италия), лауреат VI премии IX международного конкурса им. П. И. Чайковского в Москве (1990). С 1991 по 2000 год Александр Загоринский был первым концертмейстером группы...
  • Yakov Izrailevich Zak (Ukrainian: Яків Ізраїлович Зак), (Russian: Яков Израилевич Зак), Jiakov Israilevič Sak; Odessa, 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1913 – Moscow, 28 June 1976) was a Soviet pianist and teacher of Jewish extraction. Born in Odessa, Zak studied piano at the Odessa Conservatory with Maria Starkhova, took classes on special harmony with Mykola Vilinsky, and later studied with Heinrich Neuhaus in Moscow, graduating in 1935. Having made his debut in 1935, he rose to promin...
  • Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zatsepin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Заце́пин; born 10 March 1926 in Novosibirsk, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian composer, known for his soundtracks to many popular movies, notably comedies directed by Leonid Gaidai. In 1982 Zatsepin went to live in France and returned four years later to the Soviet Union; since then he has continued to (using his own words) "work in Moscow, rest in Paris".
  • Zemlyane (Russian: Земляне, lit. 'Earthlings') is a Soviet and later Russian rock band, formed in Leningrad in 1978. Most of their lyrics deal with risk, courage, and masculinity. In 2009, Zemlyane's 1980s hit "Trava u doma" (Russian: «Трава у дома», lit. 'Тhe grass at home') became the first official anthem of the Russian space program.
  • Сергей Сергеевич Жилин (23 октября 1966 года, Москва, РСФСР, СССР) — российский пианист, дирижёр, бэнд-лидер, аранжировщик, композитор и педагог. Народный артист Российской Федерации (2019), артист Москонцерта. Руководитель музыкальных коллективов, объединённых общим названием «Фонограф»: «Фонограф-Джаз-Трио», «Фонограф-Джаз-Квартет», «Фонограф-Джаз-Квинтет», «Фонограф-Джаз-Секстет», «Фонограф-Дикси-Бэнд», «Фонограф-Джаз-Бэнд», «Фонограф-Биг-Бэнд», «Фонограф-Симфо-Джаз».
  • Mikhail Nikolayevich Zhukov (Жуков, Михаил Николаевич) (1901–1960) was a Russian conductor and composer. Zhukov graduated 1918 from the National Choral Academy in Moscow. In 1919-22 he was first concert master, then 1922-32 conductor at the Stanislavsky Opera Studio. From 1932-35 conductor at the Leningrad opera) and then again 1935-38 conductor at the Stanislavsky Opera Studio, and having obtained a diploma in the first all-Soviet conductor's competition in Moscow in 1938, 1939-41 chi...
  • Alexander Borisovich Zhurbin (Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Журби́н; born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 7 August 1945) is a Russian composer.
  • Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Жване́цкий; March 6, 1934 – November 6, 2020) was a Soviet and Russian writer, satirist and performer of Jewish origin, best known for his shows targeting different aspects of the Soviet and post-Soviet everyday life.  Zhvanetsky was born in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. His monologues and sketches were performed by Arkady Raikin, Roman Kartsev and Viktor Ilchenko. He joined the Union of Soviet Writers in 1978 and wr...
  • Algis Marcelovich Žiūraitis (Algis Žiūraitis, 27 July 1928, Raseiniai, Lithuania - 25 October 1998, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Lithuanian conductor. He was a conductor of the USSR Bolshoi Theatre (since 1960). He is the RSFSR People's Artist (1976), the USSR State Prize winner (for the ballet "Angara" directed by Yuri Grigorovich, 1977).
  • Zodiac (Zodiak, Russian: Зодиа́к, Latvian: Zodiaks) was a space disco music band that existed in the 1980s in Latvia, then a part of Soviet Union. The band was extremely popular in the Soviet Union and has been credited by critics as the Soviet answer to the French band Space who were popular at the time. Official website: http://www.zodiacmusic.lv/ Official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/zodiac.latvia/
  • Sinyaya Ptitsa (Russian: Синяя птица, The Blue Bird) was a Soviet music group, vocal and instrumental ensemble, which existed from 1972 to 1991. Later, several Russian musical groups created by former members of the original band took the name Sinyaya Ptitsa.
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