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Akkord

Akkord

Akkord is a Soviet musical group (quartet) that was active on the stage in 1960-1988.
Mikhail Alexandrovich

Mikhail Alexandrovich

Mikhail Davidovich Alexandrovich, a.k.a. Misha Alexandrovich (23 July 1914, Bērzpils, Vitebsk Governorate - 3 July 2002, ...
Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

Hilarion Alfeyev (born Grigoriy Valerievich Alfeyev, 24 July 1966) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. At present he ...
Alexander Alyabyev

Alexander Alyabyev

Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Аля́бьев; 15 August [O.S. 4 August] 1787 – 6 March [O.S...
Levon Ambartsumian

Levon Ambartsumian

Levon Ambartsumian (Russian: Лево́н Амбарцумя́н; Armenian: Լևոն Համբարձումյան; born 1955) is an Armenian classical violin...
Zurab Anjaparidze

Zurab Anjaparidze

Zurab Anjaparidze (Georgian: ზურაბ ანჯაფარიძე; born April 12, 1928 – April 12, 1997) was a Soviet and Georgian tenor. People's A...
Oleg Anofriyev

Oleg Anofriyev

Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev (sometimes spelled as Oleg Anofriev, Russian: Оле́г Андре́евич Ано́фриев; 20 July 1930 – 28 March ...
Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army

Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army

The Alexandrov Ensemble (Russian: Ансамбль Александрова, tr. Ansambl Aleksandrova; commonly known as the Red Army Choir i...
Aleksey Apukhtin

Aleksey Apukhtin

Aleksey Nikolayevich Apukhtin (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Апу́хтин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ɐˈpuxtʲɪn]) (November...
Anton Arensky

Anton Arensky

Anton Stepanovich Arensky (Russian: Анто́н Степа́нович Аре́нский; 12 July [O.S. 30 June] 1861 – 25 February [O.S. 12 February...
Marco Armiliato

Marco Armiliato

     Marco Armiliato, considered one of today’s most respected opera conductors, is a frequent guest in the world’s most...
Arno Babajanian

Arno Babajanian

Arno Babajanian (Armenian: Առնո Բաբաջանյան) (January 22, 1921 – November 11, 1983) was an Armenian composer and pianist durin...
Mily Balakirev

Mily Balakirev

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (Russian: Милий Алексеевич Балакирев, IPA: [ˈmʲilʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲeɪvʲɪtɕ bɐˈɫakʲɪrʲɪf]; 2 January ...
Konstantin Balmont

Konstantin Balmont

     Konstantin Dmitriyevich Balmont (Russian: Константи́н Дми́триевич Бальмо́нт; 15 June [O.S. 3 June] 1867 – 23 December...
Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók

Béla Viktor János Bartók (/ˈbeɪlə ˈbɑːrtɒk/; Hungarian: Bartók Béla, pronounced [ˈbɒrtoːk ˈbeːlɒ]; 25 March 1881 – 26 Septemb...
Rudolf Barshai

Rudolf Barshai

Rudolf Borisovich Barshai (Russian: Рудольф Борисович Баршай, September 28, 1924 – November 2, 2010) was a Soviet and Russian...
Dmitri Bashkirov

Dmitri Bashkirov

Dmitri Aleksandrovich Bashkirov (Russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Башки́ров; born November 1, 1931) is a Russian pianist ...
Yuri Bashmet

Yuri Bashmet

Yuri Abramovich Bashmet (Russian: Юрий Абрамович Башмет; born 24 January 1953) is a Russian conductor, violinist, and violist.
Elizaveta Beketova

Elizaveta Beketova

Elizaveta Beketova - russian translator.
Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini

     Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italian opera composer, ...
Andrei Bely

Andrei Bely

     Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев; better known by the pen name Andrei Bely (Russian: Андре́й Б...
Kola Beldy

Kola Beldy

Kola Beldy (Russian: Кола́ Бельды́) (2 May 1929 – 21 December 1993) was a Soviet pop singer of Nanai ethnicity. In 1986 he wa...
Boris Berezovsky

Boris Berezovsky

Boris Vadimovich Berezovsky (Russian: Бори́с Вади́мович Березо́вский) is a Russian pianist. Berezovsky studied at the...
Ludmila Berlinskaya

Ludmila Berlinskaya

Ludmila Berlinskaya is the daughter of a lawyer mother and musician father: cellist Valentin Berlinsky, founder o...
Hector Berlioz

Hector Berlioz

Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer. His output includes orchestral wor...
Lazar Berman

Lazar Berman

Lazar Naumovich Berman (Russian: Ла́зарь Нау́мович Бе́рман, Lazarʹ Naumovič Berman; February 26, 1930 – February 6, 2005) was...
Mark Bernes

Mark Bernes

Mark Naumovich Bernes (Russian: Ма́рк Нау́мович Берне́с) (October 8 [O.S. September 25] 1911, Nezhin, Chernigov Governorate, ...
Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

     Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure ...
Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet (UK: /ˈbiːzeɪ/ BEE-zay, US: /biːˈzeɪ/ bee-ZAY, French: [ʒɔʁʒ bizɛ]; 25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875), registe...
Matvey Blanter

Matvey Blanter

Matvei Isaakovich Blanter (Russian: Матве́й Исаа́кович Бла́нтер) (10 February [O.S. 28 January] 1903 – 27 September 1990) was...
Alexander Blok

Alexander Blok

     Alexander Alexandrovich Blok (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к; 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1880 – 7 Augus...
Nikita Bogoslovsky

Nikita Bogoslovsky

Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (Russian: Никита Владимирович Богословский; May 22, 1913 in Saint-Petersburg, Russian Em...
Arrigo Boito

Arrigo Boito

     Arrigo Boito (Italian: [arˈriɡo ˈbɔito]; 24 February 1842 – 10 June 1918) (whose original name was Enrico Giuseppe Gi...
Alexander Borodin

Alexander Borodin

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr pɐrˈfʲi rʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈdʲin] (1...
Dmitry Bortniansky

Dmitry Bortniansky

Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky (Russian: Дмитрий Степанович Бортнянский, Ukrainian: Дмитро Степанович Бортнянський; alter...
Mikhail Boyarsky

Mikhail Boyarsky

Mikhail Sergeyevich Boyarsky (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Боя́рский; born 26 December 1949 in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russ...
Nani Bregvadze

Nani Bregvadze

Nani Bregvadze (Ge. ნანი ბრეგვაძე, Rus. Нани Брегвадзе; born 21 July 1936, in Tbilisi) is a Georgian and Soviet singer, piani...
Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and...
Valery Bryusov

Valery Bryusov

     Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (Russian: Вале́рий Я́ковлевич Брю́сов; 13 December [O.S. 1 December] 1873 – 9 October 1924...
Anna Buturlina

Anna Buturlina

Anna Vladimirovna Buturlina (Russian: Анна Владимировна Бутурлина, born 31 May 1977) is a Russian jazz singer and musical act...
Polad Bülbüloğlu

Polad Bülbüloğlu

Polad Bülbüloğlu (Azerbaijani: Polad Murtuza oğlu Məmmədov; born February 4, 1945) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, ac...
Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

     Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and cond...
Mieczysław Weinberg

Mieczysław Weinberg

Mieczysław Weinberg (also Moisey or Moishe Vainberg, Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg; Russian: Моисей Самуилович Вайнберг; Polish...
Aida Vedishcheva

Aida Vedishcheva

Aida Semyonovna Vedishcheva (Russian: Аида Семёновна Ведищева, born Ida Solomonovna Weiss, Russian: Ида Соломоновна Вайс, 10 ...
Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi

     Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer primar...
Gaya

Gaya

“Gaya“ (Azerbaijani: Qaya) were an Azerbaijani vocal quartet consisting of Arif Hajiyev, Teymur Mirzoyev, Lev Yelisovetski an...
Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (née Ivanova, Russian: Гали́на Па́вловна Вишне́вская; 25 October 1926 – 11 December 2012) was a ...
Andrei Voznesensky

Andrei Voznesensky

Andrei Voznesensky (May 12, 1933, Moscow - June 1, 2010, Peredelkino, Moscow Region) was a Soviet and Russian poet, publicist, a...
Vladimir Vysotsky

Vladimir Vysotsky

Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (Russian: Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj]; 25 Januar...
Valery Gavrilin

Valery Gavrilin

Valery Aleksandrovich Gavrilin (Russian: Валерий Александрович Гаврилин, (17 August 1939 – 28 January 1999) was a Soviet and ...
Onegin Gadzhikasimov

Onegin Gadzhikasimov

Onegin Yusif oğlu Hacıqasımov (Azeri: Onegin Yusif oğlu Hacıqasımov; June 4, 1937, Baku - June 30, 2002, Reutov, Moscow region) ...
Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

Franz Joseph Haydn (/ˈhaɪdən/; German: [ˈfʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈhaɪdn̩] (listen); 31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809) was an Austrian c...
Galina Galina

Galina Galina

     Galina Galina - pseudonym, russian poet, essays by and translator.
Ekaterina Ganelina

Ekaterina Ganelina

     Ganelina studied piano under professor Vera Gornostayeva and completed her postgraduate concertmaster course under profes...
Georgy Garanian

Georgy Garanian

Georgy Aramovich Garanian (Russian: Гео́ргий Ара́мович Гараня́н; 15 August 1934 – 11 January 2010) was an ethnic Armenian...
Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine

     Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, journalist, essayist, and ...
George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ˈhændəl/; born Georg Friederich Händel [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩]; 23 February 1...
Lukas Geniušas

Lukas Geniušas

Lukas Geniušas (Russian: Лукас Генюшас; born July 1, 1990 in Moscow) is a Russian-Lithuanian pianist. Geniušas began to s...
Valery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev

Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (Russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев; Russian pronunciation: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ɐbʲɪˈsaɫəvʲɪtɕ ˈɡʲɛrɡʲ...
Anna German

Anna German

Anna Wiktoria German-Tucholska (14 February 1936 – 25 August 1982) was Polish singer, immensely popular in Poland and in the ...
George Gershwin

George Gershwin

George Gershwin (/ˈɡɜːrʃ.wɪn/; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pia...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (/ˈɡɜːtə/, also US: /ˈɡɜːrtə, ˈɡeɪtə, -ti/ GURT-ə, GAYT-ə, -ee; German: [ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn...
Jean Guillou

Jean Guillou

Jean Victor Arthur Guillou (18 April 1930 – 26 January 2019) was a French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue. Titular...
Elizabeth Gilels

Elizabeth Gilels

Elizabeth Gilels (born Yelizaveta Grigoryevna Gilels; Russian: Елизаве́та Григо́рьевна Ги́лельс; 30 September 1919 – 13 M...
Emil Gilels

Emil Gilels

Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (Ukrainian: Емі́ль Григо́рович Гі́лельс; 19 October 1916 – 14 October 1985) was a Soviet pianist...
Gennady Gladkov

Gennady Gladkov

Gennady Igorevich Gladkov (Russian: Генна́дий И́горевич Гладко́в; born February 18, 1935, Moscow) is a prominent Soviet a...
Grigory Gladkov

Grigory Gladkov

Grigory Vasilievich Gladkov (born July 18, 1953, Khabarovsk, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian bard, composer, Honored Art Worker of...
Alexander Glazunov

Alexander Glazunov

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Константи́нович Глазуно́в, 10 August[b] 1865 – 21 March 193...
Mikhail Glinka

Mikhail Glinka

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Russian: Михаил Иванович Глинка, tr. Mikhaíl Ivánovich Glínka; 1 June [O.S. 20 May] 1804 – 15 Febru...
Reinhold Glière

Reinhold Glière

Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (born Reinhold Ernest Glier, which was later converted for standardization purposes; Russian: Рей...
Christoph Gluck

Christoph Gluck

Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈvɪlɪbalt ˈɡlʊk]; born 2 July, baptized 4 July 1714 – 15 Novemb...
Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol

     Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Го́голь, tr. Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol; Ukrainian: Мико́ла Васи́ль...
Nikolai Golovanov

Nikolai Golovanov

Nikolai Semyonovich Golovanov (Russian: Никола́й Семёнович Голова́нов, Nikoláy Semyónovich Golovánov) ([o.s. 9] 21 Januar...
Boris Goldstein

Boris Goldstein

Boris Goldstein (Busya Goldshtein) (25 December 1922 – 8 November 1987) was a Soviet violinist whose career was greatly hinde...
Alexander Gretchaninov

Alexander Gretchaninov

Alexander Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ти́хонович Гречани́нов, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɡrʲɪtɕɐˈnʲinəf]; 25 October...
Edvard Grieg

Edvard Grieg

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (/ɡriːɡ/ GREEG, Norwegian: [ˈɛ̀dvɑɖ ˈhɑ̀ːɡərʉp ˈɡrɪɡː]; 15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norw...
Maria Grinberg

Maria Grinberg

Maria Grinberg (Russian: Mария Израилевна Гринберг, Marija Israilevna Grinberg) (September 6, 1908 – July 14, 1978), was a Ru...
Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (Russian: Софи́я Асгáтовна Губaйду́лина), Tatar: София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина; born 24 October ...
Charles Gounod

Charles Gounod

Charles-François Gounod (/ɡuːˈnoʊ/; French: [ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa ɡuno]; 17 June 1818 – 18 October 1893), usually known as Charle...
Natalia Gutman

Natalia Gutman

Natalia Grigoryevna Gutman (Russian: Наталья Григорьевна Гутман) (born 14 November 1942 in Kazan), PAU, is a Russian cell...
Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

     Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movem...
Jean-Marie Guyau

Jean-Marie Guyau

     Jean-Marie Guyau (October 28, 1854, Laval, Mayenne – March 31, 1888, Menton) was a French philosopher and poet. ...
Bella Davidovich

Bella Davidovich

Bella Mikhaylovna Davidovich (Бэлла Миха́йловна Давидо́вич; born July 16, 1928) is a Soviet-born American pianist. D...
Alexander Dargomyzhsky

Alexander Dargomyzhsky

Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Даргомыжский) (14 February [O.S. 2 February] 1813 – 17 J...
Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Leopold Dvořák (/d(ə)ˈvɔːrʒɑːk, -ʒæk/ d(ə-)VOR-zha(h)k, Czech: [ˈantoɲiːn ˈlɛopold ˈdvor̝aːk] (8 September 1841 –...
Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy

(Achille) Claude Debussy (French: [aʃil klod dəbysi]; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is someti...
Edison Denisov

Edison Denisov

Edison Vasilievich Denisov (Russian: Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in...
Leonid Derbenyov

Leonid Derbenyov

Leonid Petrovich Derbenyov (Russian: Леони́д Петро́вич Дербенёв, IPA: [lʲɪɐˈnʲit pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ dʲɪrbʲɪˈnʲɵf]; April 12, 1931 –...
Artyom

Artyom

Artyom Dervoed (Russian: Артём Дервоед), (October 25, 1981, Rostov-on-Don, USSR) is a classical guitarist from Russia.
Leonid Desyatnikov

Leonid Desyatnikov

Leonid Arkadievich Desyatnikov (Russian: Леони́д Арка́дьевич Деся́тников, born: 16 October 1955, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a...
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan (Russian: Армен Борисович Джигарханян; Armenian: Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան, romanized: Arm...
Aleksandr Dmitriyev

Aleksandr Dmitriyev

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dmitriyev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Дми́триев; born in Leningrad on 19 January 1935), PAU, is a R...
Nikolai Dobronravov

Nikolai Dobronravov

Nikolai Nikolaevich Dobronravov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Добронравов; born 22 November 1928 in Leningrad) is a Soviet/Rus...
Vyacheslav Dobrynin

Vyacheslav Dobrynin

Vyacheslav Grigoryevich Dobrynin (Russian: Вячесла́в Григо́рьевич Добры́нин, born Antonov/Анто́нов on January 25, 1946, R...
Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky

Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky

Yevgeniy Aronovich Dolmatovsky (Russian: Евге́ний Аро́нович Долмато́вский, May 5, 1915 – September 10, 1994) was a Soviet poe...
Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Donizetti

     Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer from Bergamo in Lombardy...
Dos Mukasan

Dos Mukasan

Dos Mukasan (Kazakh: Досмұқасан, Dosmūqasan) is a Kazakh rock and pop music group, which was formed in Pavlodar Region in...
Isaak Dunayevsky

Isaak Dunayevsky

Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky (Russian: Исаак Осипович Дунаевский; also transliterated as Dunaevski or Dunaevsky; 30 January [O...
Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Yevgény Aleksándrovich Yevtushénko (Russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Евтуше́нко; 18 July 1933 – 1 April 2017) was a Soviet an...
Sergei Yesenin

Sergei Yesenin

Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (/jəˈseɪnɪn/; sometimes spelled as Esenin; Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Есе́нин, IPA: [sʲɪrˈg...
Mikhail Zhvanetsky

Mikhail Zhvanetsky

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Жване́цкий; March 6, 1934 – November 6, 2020) was a Soviet ...
André Jolivet

André Jolivet

André Jolivet (pronounced [ɑ̃.dʁe ʒo.li.vɛ], 8 August 1905 – 20 December 1974) was a French composer. Known for his devotion to ...
Mikhail Zhukov

Mikhail Zhukov

Mikhail Nikolayevich Zhukov (Жуков, Михаил Николаевич) (1901–1960) was a Russian conductor and composer. Zhukov gradua...
Alexander Zhurbin

Alexander Zhurbin

Alexander Borisovich Zhurbin (Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Журби́н; born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 7 August 1945) is a Russian comp...
Algis Žiūraitis

Algis Žiūraitis

Algis Marcelovich Žiūraitis (Algis Žiūraitis, 27 July 1928, Raseiniai, Lithuania - 25 October 1998, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet...
Vsevolod Zaderatsky

Vsevolod Zaderatsky

Vsevolod Petrovych Zaderatsky (Всеволод Петрович Задерацький) (Rivne 21 December 1891 – Lviv, 1 February 1953) was a Ukrainia...
Yakov Zak

Yakov Zak

Yakov Izrailevich Zak (Ukrainian: Яків Ізраїлович Зак), (Russian: Яков Израилевич Зак), Jiakov Israilevič Sak; Odessa, 20...
Kurt Sanderling

Kurt Sanderling

Kurt Sanderling, CBE (19 September 1912 – 18 September 2011) was a German conductor. Sanderling was born in Arys, Kin...
Aleksandr Zatsepin

Aleksandr Zatsepin

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zatsepin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Заце́пин; born 10 March 1926 in Novosibirsk, USSR) is a Soviet...
Zemlyane

Zemlyane

Zemlyane (Russian: Земляне, lit. 'Earthlings') is a Soviet and later Russian rock band, formed in Leningrad in 1978. Most...
Zodiac / Zodiaks

Zodiac / Zodiaks

Zodiac (Zodiak, Russian: Зодиа́к, Latvian: Zodiaks) was a space disco music band that existed in the 1980s in Latvia, then a...
Iveria

Iveria

Iveria (Georgian: ივერია) was a Georgian music ensemble founded in 1968 that gained popularity in the Soviet Union in the 197...
Alla Yoshpe

Alla Yoshpe

Alla Yakovlevna Ioshpe (Yoshpe) (Russian: А́лла Я́ковлевна Ио́шпе (Йо́шпе); 13 June 1937 – 30 January 2021) was a Soviet and ...
Avetik Isahakyan

Avetik Isahakyan

     Avetik Isahakyan (Armenian: Ավետիք Իսահակյան; October 30, 1875 – October 17, 1957) was a prominent Armenian lyric poe...
Liana Isakadze

Liana Isakadze

Liana Isakadze (Georgian: ლიანა ისაკაძე, Russian: Лиана Александровна Исакадзе, German: Liana Isakadse) (born August 2, 1946)...
Nina Isakova

Nina Isakova

     Born Oct. 8, 1928, in Se-bezh, present-day Pskov Oblast. Soviet Russian mezzo-soprano. People’s Artist of the RSFSR...
Mikhail Isakovsky

Mikhail Isakovsky

Mikhail Vasil'evich Isakovsky (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Исако́вский) (19 January [O.S. 7 January] 1900 – 20 July 1973...
Oleg Kagan

Oleg Kagan

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Murad Kajlayev

Murad Kajlayev

Murad Magomedovich Kajlayev (Russian: Мурад Магомедович Кажлаев; 15 January 1931 – 23 December 2023) was a Russian composer a...
Nikolay Karamzin

Nikolay Karamzin

Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin (Russian: Николай Михайлович Карамзин, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kərɐmˈzʲin]; 12 December ...
Nikolai Karetnikov

Nikolai Karetnikov

Nikolai Nikolayevich Karetnikov (Russian: Николáй Николáeвич Карéтников; June 28, 1930 in Moscow – October 9, 1994 in Moscow)...
Vakhtang Kikabidze

Vakhtang Kikabidze

Vakhtang Kikabidze (Georgian: ვახტანგ კიკაბიძე; 19 July 1938 – 15 January 2023), also known as Buba (Georgian: ბუბა) was a So...
Evgeny Kissin

Evgeny Kissin

Evgeny Igorevich Kissin (Russian: Евге́ний И́горевич Ки́син, romanized: Evgénij Ígorevič Kísin; born 10 October 1971) is ...
Dmitri Kitayenko

Dmitri Kitayenko

Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko (also spelled Dmitrij Kitajenko) (born 18 August 1940) is a Soviet and Russian conductor. Pe...
Van Cliburn

Van Cliburn

Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (/ˈklaɪbɜːrn/; July 12, 1934 – February 27, 2013) was an American pianist who, at the age ...
Alexander Kniazev

Alexander Kniazev

Alexandre Alexandrovitch Kniazev (Russian: Александр Александрович Князев) (born 26 April 1961 in Moscow) is a Russian ce...
Joseph Kobzon

Joseph Kobzon

Iosif (Joseph) Davydovich Kobzon (Russian: Ио́сиф Давы́дович Кобзо́н; 11 September 1937 – 30 August 2018) was a Soviet and Ru...
Leonid Kogan

Leonid Kogan

Leonid Borisovich Kogan (Russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Ко́ган; Ukrainian: Леонід Борисович Коган; 14 November 1924 – 17 Decembe...
Eduard Kolmanovsky

Eduard Kolmanovsky

Eduard Kolmanovsky (Russian: Эдуа́рд Саве́льевич Колмано́вский; 9 January 1923 – 27 July 1994) was a Soviet and Russian compo...
Aleksey Koltsov

Aleksey Koltsov

Aleksey Vasilievich Koltsov (Russian: Алексе́й Васи́льевич Кольцо́в) (October 15, 1809 – October 29, 1842) was a Russian poet...
Kirill Kondrashin

Kirill Kondrashin

Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, (Russian: Кири́лл Петро́вич Кондра́шин, Kirill Petrovič Kondrašin; 6 March [O.S. 21 February] 19...
Vladimir Krainev

Vladimir Krainev

Vladimir Krainev (Russian: Влади́мир Все́володович Кра́йнев; 1 April 1944 – 29 April 2011) was a Russian pianist and professo...
Fritz Kreisler

Fritz Kreisler

Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most...
Maya Kristalinskaya

Maya Kristalinskaya

Maya Vladimirovna Kristalinskaya (Russian: Ма́йя Влади́мировна Кристали́нская; 24 February 1932, Moscow – 19 June 1985, M...
Yevgeny Krylatov

Yevgeny Krylatov

Yevgeny Pavlovich Krylatov (Russian: Евге́ний Па́влович Крыла́тов; 23 February 1934 – 8 May 2019) was a Soviet and Russian co...
Michael Kugel

Michael Kugel

Michael Kugel (Ukrainian: Михайло Бенедиктович Кугель; born December 5, 1946) is a Ukrainian viola player and composer.
Sergey Kuryokhin

Sergey Kuryokhin

Sergey Anatolyevich Kuryokhin (Russian: Серге́й Анато́льевич Курёхин, also transliterated as Sergei Kuriokhin, Sergei Kurekhi...
Alexander Lazarev

Alexander Lazarev

Alexander Nikolayevich Lazarev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Ла́зарев; born 5 July 1945, Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Ru...
Édouard Lalo

Édouard Lalo

Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo (27 January 1823 – 22 April 1892) was a French composer. His most celebrated piece is easily Sy...
Vasily Lanovoy

Vasily Lanovoy

Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy (Russian: Василий Семёнович Лановой; (16 January 1934 – 28 January 2021) was a Soviet and Russian ...
Yuri Levitansky

Yuri Levitansky

Yury Davidovich Levitansky (Russian: Ю́рий Дави́дович Левита́нский; January 22, 1922, Kozelets, Chernigov Oblast, Ukraini...
Leysya, Pesnya

Leysya, Pesnya

Leysya, Pesnya (Russian: Лейся, песня, literally "Flow, song") was a Soviet Vocal and instrumental ensemble active du...
Sergei Lemeshev

Sergei Lemeshev

Sergei Yakovlevich Lemeshev (Russian: Серге́й Я́ковлевич Ле́мешев, born July 10 [O.S. June 27] 1902, Staroye Knyazevo, Tver G...
Valery Leontiev

Valery Leontiev

Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev (Russian: Валерий Яковлевич Леонтьев; born 19 March 1949) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, som...
Mikhail Lermontov

Mikhail Lermontov

Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (/ˈlɛərməntɔːf, -tɒf/;[1] Russian: Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrmən...
Nikolai Leskov

Nikolai Leskov

Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (Russian: Никола́й Семёнович Леско́в; 16 February [O.S. 4 February] 1831 – 5 March [O.S. 21 Fe...
Lev Leshchenko

Lev Leshchenko

Lev Valerianovich Leshchenko (Russian: Лев Валерьянович Лещенко; born 1 February 1942), is a Russian singer, who is best know...
Pyotr Leshchenko

Pyotr Leshchenko

Pyotr Konstantinovich Leshchenko (Russian: Пётр Константинович Лещенко; 2 June 1898 – 16 July 1954), a singer in the Russian ...
Nikolai Lugansky

Nikolai Lugansky

Nikolai Lvovich Lugansky (Russian: Никола́й Льво́вич Луга́нский; born 26 April 1972) is a Russian pianist
Oleg Lundstrem

Oleg Lundstrem

Oleg Leonidovich Lundstrem (also spelled Lundstroem, Lundström, Russian: Олег Леонидович Лундстрем; April 2, 1916, Chita ...
Sergei Lyapunov

Sergei Lyapunov

Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov (or Liapunov; Russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Ляпуно́в, Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajlə...
Muslim Magomayev

Muslim Magomayev

Muslim Magometovich Magomayev (Azerbaijani: Müslüm Məhəmməd oğlu Maqomayev, 17 August 1942 – 25 October 2008), dubbed the "Ki...
Alexey Mazhukov

Alexey Mazhukov

Alexei Sergeevich Mazhukov (February 10, 1936 - June 28, 2011) was a Soviet composer, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federati...
Yuri Mazurok

Yuri Mazurok

Yuri Antónovich Mazurók (Russian Ю́рий Анто́нович Мазуро́к, 18 July 1931 in Kraśnik – April 2006 in Moscow), PAU, was a R...
Apollon Maykov

Apollon Maykov

     Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (or Maikov) (Russian: Аполло́н Никола́евич Ма́йков, June 4 [O.S. May 23] 1821, Moscow –...
John Henry Mackay

John Henry Mackay

     John Henry Mackay (6 February 1864 – 16 May 1933) was an individualist anarchist, thinker and writer. Born in Scotl...
Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler (German: [ˈmaːlɐ]; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the lead...
Fuat Mansurov

Fuat Mansurov

Fuat Mansurov (Tatar: Фуат Шакир улы Мансуров, Russian: Мансуров, Фуат Шакирович) (January 10, 1928 – June 12, 2010) was ...
Yevgeniy Martynov

Yevgeniy Martynov

Yevgeniy Grigorievich Martynov (Russian: Евге́ний Григо́рьевич Марты́нов; May 22, 1948 – September 3, 1990) was a Soviet pop ...
Dmitry Masleev

Dmitry Masleev

Masleev was born on May 4, 1988 in Ulan-Ude, a Siberian city between Lake Baikal and the Mongolian border. He was educated at...
Aleksei Maslennikov

Aleksei Maslennikov

Aleksei (Albert) Dmitryevich Maslennikov (Russian: Алексей (Альберт) Дмитриевич Масленников; September 9, 1929 – November...
Mikhail Matusovsky

Mikhail Matusovsky

Mikhail Lvovich Matusovsky (Russian: Михаил Львович Матусовский; 23 July 1915, Luhansk, Yekaterinoslav Governorate – 16 July ...
Lev Mei

Lev Mei

     Lev Aleksandrovich Mei (Russian: Лев Алекса́ндрович Мей; 25 February [O.S. 13 February] 1822 – 28 May [O.S. 16 May] 1...
Alexander Melik-Pashayev

Alexander Melik-Pashayev

Alexander Shamil'evich Melik-Pashayev (Russian: Александр Шамильевич Мелик-Пашаев; 23 October 1905, in Tbilisi – 18 June 1964), ...
Felix Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn,...
Nikolai Medtner

Nikolai Medtner

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (Russian: Никола́й Ка́рлович Ме́тнер, Nikoláj Kárlovič Métner; 5 January 1880 [O.S. 24 December...
Vladimir Migulya

Vladimir Migulya

Vladimir Georgievich Migulya (Russian: Владимир Георгиевич Мигуля; August 18, 1945 – February 16, 1996) was a Soviet and Russ...
Boris Mokrousov

Boris Mokrousov

Boris Andreyevich Mokrousov (Russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Мокроу́сов; 27 February 1909, Nizhny Novgorod — 27 March 1968, Moscow...
Larisa Mondrus

Larisa Mondrus

Larisa Izrailevna Mondrus (Latvian: Larisa Mondrusa, Russian: Лари́са Изра́илевна Мо́ндрус, German: Larissa Mondrus; born...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (German: ˈvɔlfɡaŋ amaˈdeːʊs ˈmoːtsaʁt; 27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Joha...
Yevgeny Mravinsky

Yevgeny Mravinsky

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Mravinsky (Russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Мрави́нский) (4 June [O.S. 22 May] 1903 – 19 January 1988)...
Vadim Mulerman

Vadim Mulerman

Vadim Iosifovich Mulerman (Russian: Вади́м Ио́сифович Мулерма́н; 18 August 1938 – 2 May 2018) was a Soviet, Russian and A...
Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский, 21 March 1839 – 28 March 1881) was a Russian compo...
Nikolai Myaskovsky

Nikolai Myaskovsky

     Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky or Miaskovsky or Miaskowsky (Russian: Никола́й Я́ковлевич Мяско́вский; 20 April [O.S. 8 Ap...
Stas Namin

Stas Namin

Stas Namin is a Russian rock musician and cult figure. He is one of the founders of Russian rock music, the creator and l...
Eduard Nápravník

Eduard Nápravník

Eduard Francevič Nápravník (Russian: Эдуа́рд Фра́нцевич Напра́вник; 24 August 1839 – 10 November 1916) was a Czech conductor ...
Heinrich Neuhaus

Heinrich Neuhaus

Heinrich Gustaw Neuhaus (Polish: Henryk (Harry) Neuhaus, Russian: Ге́нрих Густа́вович Нейга́уз, Genrikh Gustavovič Nejgauz, 1...
Evgeny Nesterenko

Evgeny Nesterenko

Yevgeny Yevgenievich Nesterenko (Евгений Евгеньевич Нестеренко, born 8 January 1938) is a Soviet and Russian operatic bas...
Tatiana Nikolayeva

Tatiana Nikolayeva

Tatyana Petrovna Nikolayeva (Russian: Татья́на Петро́вна Никола́ева, Tat'jana Petrovna Nikolaeva; May 4, 1924 – November 22, ...
Lev Oborin

Lev Oborin

Lev Nikolayevich Oborin (Russian: Лев Николаевич Оборин, Lev Nikolaevič Oborin; Moscow, 11 September [O.S. 29 August] 190...
Elena Obraztsova

Elena Obraztsova

Elena Vasiliyevna Obraztsova (7 July 1939 – 12 January 2015) was a Russian mezzo-soprano. People's Artist of the USSR (1976)...
Nikolay Ogarev

Nikolay Ogarev

Nikolay Platonovich Ogarev (Ogaryov; Russian: Никола́й Плато́нович Огарёв; December 6 [O.S. November 24] 1813 – June 12 [...
David Oistrakh

David Oistrakh

David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (30 September [O.S. 17 September] 1908 – 24 October 1974), was a Soviet classical violinist, v...
Igor Oistrakh

Igor Oistrakh

Igor Davidovich Oistrakh (Russian: И́горь Дави́дович О́йстрах; Ukrainian: Ігор Давидович Ойстрах April 27, 1931 – August 14, ...
Bulat Okudzhava

Bulat Okudzhava

Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (Russian: Була́т Ша́лвович Окуджа́ва; Georgian: ბულატ ოკუჯავა; Armenian: Բուլատ Օկուջավա; May 9, 1...
Leningrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Leningrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

The Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Russian: Симфонический оркестр Санкт-Петербургской филармонии, Symphonic Orc...
Borodin Quartet

Borodin Quartet

The Borodin Quartet is a string quartet that was founded in 1945 in the then Soviet Union. It is one of the world's longe...
Alexander Ostrovsky

Alexander Ostrovsky

Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1823 – 14 June [O.S...
Irina Otieva

Irina Otieva

Irina Adolfovna Otieva (born November 22, 1958, Tbilisi) - Soviet and Russian jazz and pop singer of Armenian origin, Honored Ar...
Georg Ots

Georg Ots

Georg Ots (21 March 1920 – 5 September 1975) was an Estonian singer and actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1960).
Lev Oshanin

Lev Oshanin

Lev Ivanovich Oshanin (Russian: Лев Ива́нович Оша́нин; May 30, 1912 – December 30, 1996) was a poet, author of over 70 books ...
Niccolo Paganini

Niccolo Paganini

Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (Italian: [ni(k)koˈlɔ ppaɡaˈniːni] (27 October 1782 – 27 May 1840) was an Italian violinist, vio...
Boris Pasternak

Boris Pasternak

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (/ˈpæstərnæk/; Russian: Борис Леонидович Пастернак, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ pəstɛrˈnak]...
Raimonds Pauls

Raimonds Pauls

Ojārs Raimonds Pauls (born 12 January 1936 in Iļģuciems, Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian composer and piano player who is well kno...
Aleksandra Pakhmutova

Aleksandra Pakhmutova

Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova (Russian: Александра Николаевна Пахмутова; born 9 November 1929) is a Soviet and Russia...
Pesniary

Pesniary

Pesniary (also spelled Pesnyary, Belarusian: Песняры, [pʲesʲnʲaˈrɨ]) was a popular Soviet Belarusian folk rock VIA. It was fo...
Andrey Petrov

Andrey Petrov

Andrey Pavlovich Petrov (Russian: Андре́й Па́влович Петро́в; September 2, 1930 – February 15, 2006) was a Soviet and Russian ...
Mikhail Pletnev

Mikhail Pletnev

Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Плетнёв, Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv; born 14 April 1957) is a Rus...
Aleksey Pleshcheyev

Aleksey Pleshcheyev

     Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Плеще́ев; 4 December [O.S. 22 November] 1825 – 8 Oc...
Mikhail Plyatskovsky

Mikhail Plyatskovsky

Mikhail Spartakovich Plyatskovsky (Russian: Михаи́л Спарта́кович Пляцко́вский; 1935–1991) was a Soviet songwriter and playwright...
Viktoria Postnikova

Viktoria Postnikova

Viktoria Valentinovna Postnikova (born 12 January 1944) is a Russian pianist. Postnikova was born in Moscow into a fa...
Poyushchiye Gitary

Poyushchiye Gitary

Pojuschie Gitary (Russian: Поющие гитары [pɐˈjʉɕːɪɪ ɡʲɪˈtarɨ], The Singing Guitars) are among the most popular bands of Russi...
Gennady Provatorov

Gennady Provatorov

Gennady Provatorov (Проваторов, Геннадий Пантелеймонович) (Moscow, 11 March 1929 - Minsk 4 May 2010) was a Soviet and Bel...
Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

     Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев, tr. Sergej Sergeevič Prokof'ev; 15/27 April 1891 &ndas...
Alla Pugacheva

Alla Pugacheva

Alla Borisovna Pugacheva (Russian: Алла Борисовна Пугачёва; sometimes transcribed to English as Pugachova, Russian pronun...
Francis Poulenc

Francis Poulenc

Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (French: [fʁɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʁsɛl pulɛ̃k]; 7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963) was a French composer...
Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (UK: /pʊˈtʃiːni/ puu-CHEE-nee, US: /puːˈ-/ poo-, Italian: [ˈdʒaːko...
Francesco Maria Piave

Francesco Maria Piave

     Francesco Maria Piave (18 May 1810 – 5 March 1876) was an Italian opera librettist who was born in Murano in the la...
Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel

Joseph Maurice Ravel French: [ʒɔzɛf mɔʁis ʁavɛl]; 7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and con...
Jean-Philippe Rameau

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Jean-Philippe Rameau (French: [ʒɑ̃filip ʁamo]; 25 September 1683 – 12 September 1764) was one of the most important Frenc...
Stahan Rakhimov

Stahan Rakhimov

Stahan Mamadzhanovich Rakhimov (Uzbek: Staxan Rahimov, Russian: Стаха́н Мамаджа́нович Рахи́мов; December 17, 1937 – March...
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff

     Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Рахма́ниновъ; Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej rɐxˈmanʲɪnəf]...
Ilya Reznik

Ilya Reznik

Ilya Rahmielevich Reznik (Russian: Илья Pахмильeвич Peзник; born April 4, 1938, Leningrad) is a Russian poet and songwriter, ...
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, IPA: [nʲɪkəˈlaj ɐnˈdrʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈrʲimskʲɪj ˈ...
Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky, CBE (Russian: Генна́дий Никола́евич Рожде́ственский; 4 May 1931 – 16 June 2018) was a So...
Robert Rozhdestvensky

Robert Rozhdestvensky

Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky (Russian: Ро́берт Ива́нович Рожде́ственский; 20 June 1932 – 19 August 1994) was a Soviet-Russ...
Alexander Rosenbaum

Alexander Rosenbaum

Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum PAR (Russian: Александр Яковлевич Розенбаум, Aleksandr Jakovlevič Rozyenbaum) (born Septe...
Felice Romani

Felice Romani

     Felice Romani (January 31, 1788 – January 28, 1865) was an Italian poet and scholar of literature and mythology who...
Gioachino Rossini

Gioachino Rossini

     Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well...
Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Leopoldovich "Slava" Rostropovich (Russian: Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич, romanized: Mstislav Leopol'dov...
Anton Rubinstein

Anton Rubinstein

Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (Russian: Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн, tr. Anton Grigor'evič Rubinštejn; 28 November [O.S...
Alexander Rudin

Alexander Rudin

Alexander Israilevich Rudin (born 1960) is a Russian classical cellist and conductor.
Klara Rumyanova

Klara Rumyanova

Klara Mikhailovna Rumyanova (Russian: Кла́ра Миха́йловна Румя́нова; 8 December 1929, Leningrad – 18 September 2004, Mosco...
Lidia Ruslanova

Lidia Ruslanova

Lidia Andreyevna Ruslanova (sometimes spelt Lidiya or Lydia, Russian: Лидия Андреевна Русланова; 27 October 1900 in Saratov G...
Alexey Rybnikov

Alexey Rybnikov

Alexey Lvovich Rybnikov (Russian: Алексе́й Льво́вич Ры́бников; born July 17, 1945) is a modern Russian composer. He i...
Salvadore Cammarano

Salvadore Cammarano

     Salvadore Cammarano (also Salvatore) (born Naples, 19 March 1801 - died Naples 17 July 1852) was a prolific Italian libre...
Samuil Samosud

Samuil Samosud

Samuil Abramovich Samosud (Russian: Самуи́л Абра́мович Самосу́д) (Tbilisi, Georgia, 14 May [O.S. 2 May] 1884 — Moscow, 6 ...
Yury Saulsky

Yury Saulsky

Yury Sergeevitch Saulsky (Russian: Юрий Серге́евич Саульский) was a Soviet and Russian composer, author. His works as a film ...
Georgy Sviridov

Georgy Sviridov

Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (Russian: Гео́ргий Васи́льевич Свири́дов; his patronymic is also transliterated Vasil'yevich, Vas...
Igor Severyanin

Igor Severyanin

     Igor Severyanin (Russian: И́горь Северя́нин, pen name, real name Igor Vasilyevich Lotaryov (И́горь Васи́льевич Лотарёв) (...
Vladimir Selivohin

Vladimir Selivohin

Vladimir Selivoknin (23.04.1946 - 08.02.2015) Among the outstanding contemporary pianists - Honored artist...
Camille Saint-Saëns

Camille Saint-Saëns

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (French: [ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃ sɑ̃(s)]; 9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer, o...
Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius (/sɪˈbeɪliəs/; Swedish pronunciation), born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (8 December 1865 – 20 September...
Yuri Simonov

Yuri Simonov

Yuri Ivanovich Simonov (Russian: Ю́рий Ива́нович Си́монов; born 4 March 1941 in Saratov, Soviet Union) is a Russian condu...
Синяя птица

Синяя птица

Sinyaya Ptitsa (Russian: Синяя птица, The Blue Bird) was a Soviet music group, vocal and instrumental ensemble, which existed...
Dmitry Sitkovetsky

Dmitry Sitkovetsky

Dmitry Yulianovich Sitkovetsky (Russian: Дмитрий Юлианович Ситковецкий; born September 27, 1954) is a Soviet-Russian born cla...
Julian Sitkovetsky

Julian Sitkovetsky

Julian (Yulian) Grigoryevich Sitkovetsky (7 November 1925 – 23 February 1958) was a Soviet violinist.
Domenico Scarlatti

Domenico Scarlatti

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (Naples, 26 October 1685 – Madrid, 23 July 1757) was an Italian composer. He is classified primar...
Alexander Scriabin

Alexander Scriabin

Aleksandr Scriabin, in full Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin, Scriabin also spelled Skriabin, or Skryabin, (born Dec. 25, ...
Alexander Sladkovsky

Alexander Sladkovsky

The National artist of the Russian Federation, he graduated from the Moscow and Saint Petersburg Conservatory. The laureate of t...
Innokenty Smoktunovsky

Innokenty Smoktunovsky

Innokenty Mikhaylovich Smoktunovsky (Russian: Иннокентий Михайлович Смоктуновский; born Smoktunovich, 28 March 1925 – 3 Augus...
Arsen Soghomonyan

Arsen Soghomonyan

     Arsen Soghomonyan is a soloist with the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre. He was born in 1983 and stud...
Grigory Sokolov

Grigory Sokolov

Grigory Lipmanovich Sokolov (Russian: Григо́рий Ли́пманович Соколо́в) born April 18, 1950, is a Russian concert pianist. He i...
Vladimir Sollogub

Vladimir Sollogub

     Count Vladimir Alexandrovich Sollogub (Russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Соллогу́б; German: Woldemar Graf Sollogub (Sollo...
Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi

Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi

Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoi (Василий Павлович Соловьёв-Седой; 25 April [O.S. 12 April] 1907a – 2 December 1979) was a...
Fyodor Sologub

Fyodor Sologub

     Fyodor Sologub (Russian: Фёдор Сологу́б, born Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov, Russian: Фёдор Кузьми́ч Тете́рников; March 1 [O.S...
Vladimir Sofronitsky

Vladimir Sofronitsky

Vladimir Vladimirovich Sofronitsky (or Sofronitzky; Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Софрони́цкий, Vladimir Sofronitskij; May...
Vladimir Spivakov

Vladimir Spivakov

     Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov (Russian: Владимир Теодорович Спиваков) (born September 12, 1944 in Ufa) is a leading Russi...
Orchestra and Chorus of the Moscow Academic Music Theatre. K. Stanislavsky and V. Nemirovich-Danchenko

Orchestra and Chorus of the Moscow Academic Music Theatre. K. Stanislavsky and V. Nemirovich-Danchenko

     The Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (Московский Академический Музыкальный Театр имени н...
Alexei Stanchinsky

Alexei Stanchinsky

Alexei Vladimirovich Stanchinsky (Russian: Алексей Владимирович Станчинский; 9 March (OS) / 21 March 1888 – 25 September ...
Cesare Sterbini

Cesare Sterbini

     Cesare Sterbini (born 1784 in Rome – January 19, 1831) was an Italian writer and librettist. Possessing a deep know...
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg

Einar Steen-Nøkleberg

Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (born 25 April 1944) is a Norwegian classical pianist and musical pedagogue. Steen-Nøkleberg wa...
Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ComSE (/strəˈvɪnski/; Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ strɐˈv...
Ivan Surikov

Ivan Surikov

Ivan Zakharovich Surikov (Russian: Ива́н Заха́рович Су́риков, April 6, 1841, Novosyolovo, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Russian Empire– ...
Mikhail Tanich

Mikhail Tanich

Mikhail Isaievich Tanich (Tankhilevich) (Russian: Михаил Исаевич Танич) (September 15, 1923 – April 17, 2008) was a popular R...
Mikael Tariverdiev

Mikael Tariverdiev

Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiev (Russian: Микаэл Леонович Таривердиев, Armenian: Միքայել Թարիվերդիև; 15 August 1931 – 24 July 19...
Aleksandr Tvardovsky

Aleksandr Tvardovsky

Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky (Russian: Александр Трифонович Твардовский, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈtrʲifənəvʲɪtɕ tvɐrˈdofskʲɪj];...
Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann (24 March [O.S. 14 March] 1681 – 25 June 1767) (German pronunciation: [ˈteːləman]) was a German Ba...
Yuri Temirkanov

Yuri Temirkanov

Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov (Russian: Ю́рий Хату́евич Темирка́нов; Kabardian: Темыркъан Хьэту и къуэ Юрий; born December 10, 1938...
Valentina Tolkunova

Valentina Tolkunova

Valentina Vasilevna Tolkunova (Russian: Валенти́на Васи́льевна Толкуно́ва, 12 July 1946 – 22 March 2010) was a Soviet and Rus...
Aleksey Tolstoy

Aleksey Tolstoy

     Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Толсто́й; 10 January 1883 [O.S. 29 December 1882] – 23 ...
David Tukhmanov

David Tukhmanov

David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov PAR (Russian: Дави́д Фёдорович Тухма́нов, was born on July 20, 1940, in Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet...
Fyodor Tyutchev

Fyodor Tyutchev

Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Тютчев, Pre-Reform orthography: Ѳедоръ Ивановичъ Тютчевъ; December 5 [O.S...
Eduard Uspensky

Eduard Uspensky

Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (Russian: Эдуард Николаевич Успенский; 22 December 1937 – 14 August 2018) was a Russian children...
Leonid Utyosov

Leonid Utyosov

Leonid Osipovich Utyosov or Utesov (Russian: Леони́д О́сипович Утёсов); real name Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weiss...
Vladimir Fedoseyev

Vladimir Fedoseyev

Vladimir Ivanovich Fedoseyev (Russian: Владимир Иванович Федосе́ев, born 5 August 1932, Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet ...
Samuil Feinberg

Samuil Feinberg

Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (Russian: Самуи́л Евге́ньевич Фе́йнберг, also Samuel; 26 May 1890, Odessa – 22 October 1962, Mos...
Oscar Feltsman

Oscar Feltsman

Boris Goldstein (Busya Goldshtein) (25 December 1922 – 8 November 1987) was a Soviet violinist whose career was greatly hinde...
Afanasy Fet

Afanasy Fet

Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet (Russian: Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, IPA: [ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt]), later known as Shens...
National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

     The National Philharmonic of Russia (NPR) is an orchestra, formed in January 2003 on the initiative of Russian President Vl...
Mark Fradkin

Mark Fradkin

Mark Grigoryevich Fradkin (Марк Григорьевич Фрадкин, May 4, 1914 in Vitebsk, Russian Empire, now Belarus – April 4, 1990 in M...
Alisa Freindlich

Alisa Freindlich

Alisa Brunovna Freindlich (Russian: Алиса Бруновна Фрейндлих, born 8 December 1934 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet an...
Yan Frenkel

Yan Frenkel

Yan Abramovich Frenkel (Russian: Ян Абрамович Френкель) (November 21, 1920, Kyiv – August 25, 1989, Riga, USSR) was a pop...
Grigory Frid

Grigory Frid

Grigory Samuilovich Frid also Grigori Fried (Russian: Григо́рий Самуи́лович Фри́д, 22 September N.S. 1915 – 22 September 2012...
Boris Khaykin

Boris Khaykin

Boris Emmanuilovich Khaykin (Russian: Борис Эммануилович Хайкин; Belarusian: Барыс Эмануілавіч Хайкін; 26 October [O.S. 1...
Aram Khachaturian

Aram Khachaturian

Aram Il'yich Khachaturian (/ˈærəm ˌkɑːtʃəˈtʊəriən/; Russian: Арам Ильич Хачатурян, IPA: [ɐˈram ɪˈlʲjit͡ɕ xət͡ɕɪtʊˈrʲan]; ...
Hibla Gerzmava

Hibla Gerzmava

     A strong voice, a bright dramatic gift, a passionate temperament, creative courage and a precise sense of a role – ...
Eduard Khil

Eduard Khil

Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (Russian: Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Хиль, IPA: [ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈxʲilʲ] (often anglicized as Edwa...
Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith (/ˈhɪndəmɪt/; 16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a prolific German composer, violist, violinist, teacher...
Vadym Kholodenko

Vadym Kholodenko

Vadym Kholodenko (born 1986, in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian pianist, and winner of the gold medal at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn ...
Tikhon Khrennikov

Tikhon Khrennikov

Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (Russian: Тихон Николаевич Хренников; 10 June [O.S. 28 May] 1913 – 14 August 2007) was a R...
Christian Gellert

Christian Gellert

     Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (4 July 1715 – 13 December 1769) was a German poet, one of the forerunners of th...
Marina Tsvetaeva

Marina Tsvetaeva

Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (Russian: Марина Ивановна Цветаева, IPA: [mɐˈrʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə tsvʲɪˈta(j)ɪvə]; 8 October [O.S. 26 Se...
Alexander Tsfasman

Alexander Tsfasman

Alexander Naumovich Tsfasman (Russian: Александр Цфасман; born December 14, 1906 - died February 20, 1971) was a Soviet J...
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

     Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский;[a 1] tr. Pyotr Ilyich Chaykovsky; 25 April/7 May 1840 – 2...
Vladimir Shainsky

Vladimir Shainsky

Vladimir Yakovlevich Shainsky (Russian: Владимир Яковлевич Шаинский, IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ʂɐˈinskʲɪj]; 12 December 1925 – 25 Dec...
Feodor Chaliapin

Feodor Chaliapin

Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin (Russian: Фёдор Ива́нович Шаля́пин, tr. Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin, IPA: [ˈfʲɵdər ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ...
Yuri Shaporin

Yuri Shaporin

Yuri Alexandrovich Shaporin (Russian: Юрий (Георгий) Александрович Шапорин) (November 8 [O.S. October 27] 1887 – 9 December 1...
Daniil Shafran

Daniil Shafran

Daniil Borisovich Shafran (Russian: Даниил Борисович Шафран, 13 January 1923 – 7 February 1997) was a Soviet Russian cellist...
Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (/ˈʃɜːrnbɜːrɡ/, US also /ˈʃoʊn-/; German: [ˈʃøːnbɛɐ̯k]); 13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951) was an...
Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (Russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, Alfred Garriyevich Shnitke; 24 November 1934 – 3 August 19...
Frederic Chopin

Frederic Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin (22 February or 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849), born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, w...
Ernest Chausson

Ernest Chausson

Amédée-Ernest Chausson (French: [ʃosɔ̃]; 20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899) was a French Romantic composer who died just as his ...
Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitriy Dmitrievich Shostakovich, 25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Russian composer and pianist. He is regarded as on...
Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss

     Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and earl...
Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert

     Franz Peter Schubert (31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer. Schubert died at 31 bu...
Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann (German: [ˈʃuːman]; 8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music cri...
Rodion Shchedrin

Rodion Shchedrin

     Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (Russian: Родио́н Константи́нович Щедри́н, Rodion Konstantinovič Ščedrin; born Dece...
Alexey Ekimyan

Alexey Ekimyan

Alexey Ekimyan (Armenian: Ալեքսեյ Հեքիմյան, Russian: Алексей Гургенович Экимян) also Alexey Gurgenovich Hekimyan (April 10, 1...
Edward Elgar

Edward Elgar

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (/ˈɛlɡɑːr/; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many...
Yuri Entin

Yuri Entin

Yuri Sergeyevich Entin (Russian: Ю́рий Серге́евич Э́нтин; born 21 August 1935 in Moscow) is a Russian and Soviet poet, playwr...
Mark Ermler

Mark Ermler

Mark Fridrikhovich Ermler (Russian: Марк Фридрихович Эрмлер; 5 May 1932 – 14 April 2002) was a Russian conductor.
Maria Yudina

Maria Yudina

Maria Veniaminovna Yudina (Russian: Мари́я Вениами́новна Ю́дина, Mariya Veniaminovna Yudina; September 9 [O.S. 28 August], 18...
Izabella Yurieva

Izabella Yurieva

Izabella Yurieva (Russian: Изабелла Юрьева) is the stage name of Izabella Danilovna Livikova (Russian: Изабелла Даниловна...