List of Russian composers
This is an alphabetical list of significant composers who were born or raised in Russia or the Russian Empire.
A
- Els Aarne, born in present-day Estonia
- Evald Aav, born in present-day Estonia
- Juhan Aavik, born in present-day Estonia
- Arkady Abaza
- Alexander Abramsky, born in present-day Ukraine
- Joseph Achron, born in present-day Lithuania
- Ella Adayevskaya
- Nikolay Afanasyev
- Vasily Agapkin
- Alexander Alexandrov
- Anatoly Alexandrov
- Boris Alexandrov, son of Alexander
- Achilles Alferaki
- Alexander Alyabyev
- Anatoliy Andreyev
- Iosif Andriasov
- Boris Arapov
- Anton Arensky
- Sasha Argov
- Mykola Arkas, born in present-day Ukraine
- Alexander Arkhangelsky
- Eduard Artemyev
- Nikolai Artsybushev
- Vyacheslav Artyomov
- Boris Asafyev
- Mukhtar Ashrafi, born in present-day Uzbekistan
- Sergei Aslamazyan, born in present-day Armenia
- Lera Auerbach
- Arseny Avraamov
- Artemi Ayvazyan, born in present-day Armenia
- Mikhail Azanchevsky
B
- Vytautas Bacevičius, born in present-day Poland
- Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, born in present-day Azerbaijan
- Vladimir Bakaleinikov
- Mily Balakirev
- Sergey Balasanian, born in present-day Turkmenistan
- Sargis Barkhudaryan, born in present-day Georgia
- Veniamin Basner
- Kārlis Baumanis, born in present-day Latvia
- Sonya Belousova
- Maxim Berezovsky
- Anastasiya Bespalova
- Timofiy Bilohradsky
- Matvey Blanter
- Felix Blumenfeld
- Leonid Bobylev
- Anatoly Bogatyrev, born in present-day Belarus
- Nikita Bogoslovsky
- Alexander Borodin
- Sergei Bortkiewicz, born in present-day Ukraine
- Dmitry Bortniansky, born in present-day Ukraine
- Yevgeny Brusilovsky
- Vitaly Bujanovsky
- Pavel Bulakhov, brother of Pyotr
- Pyotr Bulakhov, brother of Pavel
- Revol Bunin
- Mutal Burhonov, born in present-day Uzbekistan
C
- Georgy Catoire
- Catterino Cavos
- Nektarios Chargeishvili
- Gayane Chebotaryan
- Yekaterina Chemberdzhi
- Yury Chernavsky
- Peter Chernobrivets
- Pavel Chesnokov
- Tatyana Chudova
- Alexander Chuhaldin
- Näcip Cihanov
- Jānis Cimze, born in present-day Latvia
- Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, born in present-day Lithuania
- Georgi Conus, brother of Julius and Lev
- Julius Conus, brother of Georgi and Lev
- Lev Conus, brother of Georgi and Julius
- Serge Conus, son of Julius
- César Cui
D
- Alexandre Danilevski
- Kostiantyn Dankevych, born in present-day Ukraine
- Alexander Dargomyzhsky
- Emīls Dārziņš, born in present-day Latvia
- Volfgangs Dārziņš, son of Emils, born in present-day Latvia
- Karl Davydov
- Stepan Davydov, born in present-day Ukraine
- Stepan Degtyarev
- Edison Denisov
- Leonid Desyatnikov
- Nikolay Diletsky
- Issay Dobrowen
- Victor Dolidze, born in present-day Georgia
- Sandra Droucker
- Fyodor Druzhinin
- Fedo Dubiansky
- Alexandre Dubuque
- Vernon Duke
- Balys Dvarionas, born in present day Lithuania
- Ivan Dzerzhinsky
E
- Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté
- Konstantin Eiges
- Irina Elcheva
- Boris Elkis
- Heino Eller, born in present-day Estonia
- Abdalla El-Masri
- Irina Emeliantseva
- Gustav Ernesaks, born in present-day Estonia
- Andrei Eshpai
- Victor Ewald
F
- Samuil Feinberg
- Boris Feoktistov
- Vladimir Fere
- Alissa Firsova, daughter of Dmitri Smirnov and Elena Firsova
- Elena Firsova
- Boris Fitinhof-Schell
- Veniamin Fleishman
- Yevstigney Fomin
- Isadore Freed
- Grigory Frid
- Alexander Fridlender
- Arthur Friedheim
G
- Ossip Gabrilowitsch
- Varvara Gaigerova
- German Galynin
- Lūcija Garūta, born in present-day Latvia
- Aleksandr Gauk
- Valery Gavrilin
- Misha Geller
- Alexander Glazunov
- Reinhold Glière, born in modern-day Ukraine
- Mikhail Glinka
- Elena Gnesina, sister of Mikhail Gnessin
- Mikhail Gnessin, brother of Elena Gnesina
- Alexander Goedicke
- Alexander Goldenweiser
- Alexander Goldstein
- Nikolai Golovanov
- Boris Goltz
- Evgeny Golubev
- Alexander Gradsky
- Alexander Gretchaninov
- Alexander Griboyedov
- Juozas Gruodis, born in present-day Lithuania
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Tofig Guliyev, born in present-day Azerbaijan
- Yevgeny Gunst
- Aleksander Gurilyov, son of Lev
- Lev Gurilyov
H
- Niyazi Hajibeyov, son of Zulfugar
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov, born in present-day Azerbaijan
- Zulfugar Hajibeyov, born in present-day Azerbaijan
- Jovdat Hajiyev, born in present-day Azerbaijan
- Miina Härma, born in present-day Estonia
- Vladimir Horowitz
- André Hossein, born in present-day Uzbekistan
- Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, born in present-day Ukraine
I
- Alexander Ilyinsky
- Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
- Timur Ismagilov
- Julius Isserlis
- Ivan the Terrible
- Mikhail Ivanov
- Jānis Ivanovs, born in present-day Latvia
J
- Paul Juon
- Andrejs Jurjāns, born in present-day Latvia
K
- Dmitry Kabalevsky
- Murad Kajlayev
- Vasily Kalafati
- Vasily Kalinnikov
- Sandor Kalloś
- Alfrēds Kalniņš, born in present-day Latvia
- Jānis Kalniņš, son of Alfrēds, born in present-day Latvia
- Artur Kapp, born in present-day Estonia
- Eugen Kapp, son of Artur, born in present-day Estonia
- Villem Kapp, nephew of Artur, born in present-day Estonia
- Nikolai Kapustin
- Nikolai Karetnikov
- Daniil Kashin
- Leokadiya Kashperova
- Yuri Kasparov
- Alexander Kastalsky
- Yakov Kazyansky
- Nikolay Kedrov Jr., son of Nikolay Kedrov Sr.
- Nikolay Kedrov Sr.
- Ivan Kerzelli
- Aram Khachaturian, born in Georgia to an Armenian family
- Karen Khachaturian, nephew of Aram
- Ivan Khandoshkin
- Yuri Khanon
- Tikhon Khrennikov
- Igor Khudolei
- Victor Kissine
- Dmitri Klebanov, born in present-day Ukraine
- Alexander Knaifel
- Lev Knipper, born in present-day Georgia
- Vladimir Kobekin
- Mikhail Kollontay
- Lev Konov
- Yelena Konshina
- Alexander Kopylov
- Grigoriy Korchmar
- Arseny Koreshchenko
- Nikolai Korndorf
- Viktor Kosenko
- Alexander Koshetz, born in present-day Ukraine
- Nikita Koshkin
- Serge Koussevitzky
- Osip Kozlovsky
- Pylyp Kozytskiy, born in present-day Ukraine
- Cyrillus Kreek, born in present-day Estonia
- Alexander Krein
- Vyacheslav Kruglik
- Yevgeny Krylatov
- Andrei Krylov
L
- Ivan Larionov
- Boris Ledkovsky
- Albert Leman
- Artur Lemba, born in present-day Estonia
- Mykola Leontovych, born in present-day Ukraine
- Zara Levina
- Alexander Levine
- Yuri Levitin
- Mischa Levitzki
- Ekaterina Likoshin
- Vasily Lobanov
- Aleksandr Lokshin
- Arthur Lourié
- Mihkel Lüdig, born in present-day Estonia
- Oleg Lundstrem
- Alexei Lvov
- Anatoly Lyadov
- Lyudmila Lyadova
- Sergei Lyapunov
- Boris Lyatoshinsky, born in present-day Ukraine
- Mykola Lysenko, born in present-day Ukraine
M
- Muslim Magomayev, born in present-day Azerbaijan
- Heorhiy Maiboroda, born in present-day Ukraine
- Katerina Maier
- Nina Makarova
- Leonid Malashkin
- Dmitry Malikov
- Witold Maliszewski, born in present-day Ukraine
- Igor Markevitch, born in present-day Ukraine
- Mykola Markevych, born in present-day Ukraine
- Vladimir Martynov
- Mikhail Matinsky
- Mikhail Matyushin
- Samuel Maykapar
- Jānis Mediņš, born in present-day Latvia
- Nikolai Medtner
- Yuliy Meitus, born in present-day Ukraine
- Romanos Melikian, born in present-day Armenia
- Emilis Melngailis, born in present-day Latvia
- Zhanneta Metallidi
- Moses Milner
- Emil Młynarski, born in present-day Lithuania
- Boris Mokrousov
- Kirill Molchanov
- Fred Momotenko
- Alexander Mordukhovich
- Alexander Mosolov
- Veli Mukhatov, born in present-day Turkmenistan
- Vano Muradeli, born in present-day Georgia
- Modest Mussorgsky
- Mansur Muzafarov
- Nikolai Myaskovsky
N
- Nicolas Nabokov
- Vyacheslav Nagovitsin
- Aleksey Nasedkin
- Lev Naumov
- Svetlana Nesterova
- Leonid Nikolayev
- Tatiana Nikolayeva
- Petro Nishchynsky, born in present-day Ukraine
- Mikhaïl Nosyrev
- Anatoly Novikov
- David Nowakowsky
O
- Nikolai Obukhov
- Eduard Oja, born in present-day Estonia
- German Okunev
- Leo Ornstein, born in present-day Ukraine
- Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
- Dangatar Ovezov, born in present-day Turkmenistan
- Valdemārs Ozoliņš, born in present-day Latvia
P
- Aleksandra Pakhmutova
- Zacharia Paliashvili, born in present-day Georgia
- Boris Parsadanian
- Vasily Pashkevich
- Boris Pasternak
- Alla Pavlova
- Andrey Petrov
- Ernest Pingoud
- Mikhail Pletnev
- Daniil Pokrass, brother of Samuel and Dmitry
- Dmitry Pokrass, brother of Samuel and Daniil
- Samuel Pokrass, brother of Dmitry and Daniil
- Gavriil Popov
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Sergei Protopopov
Q
- Abai Qunanbaiuly, born in present-day Kazakhstan
R
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Alexander Radvilovich
- Nikolai Rakov
- Eda Rapoport, born in present-day Latvia
- Alexander Raskatov
- Vladimir Rebikov
- Levko Revutsky, born in present-day Ukraine
- Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Alexander Rosenblatt
- Nikolai Roslavets
- Baruch Rosowsky, born in present-day Latvia
- Solomon Rosowsky, son of Baruch, born in present-day Latvia
- Olesya Rostovskaya
- Anton Rubinstein, brother of Nikolai
- Nikolai Rubinstein, brother of Anton
- Joseph Rumshinsky, born in present-day Lithuania
- Said Rustamov, born in present-day Armenia
S
- Mart Saar, born in present-day Estonia
- Leonid Sabaneyev
- Martha von Sabinin
- Tolibjon Sadikov, born in present-day Uzbekistan
- Vasily Safonov
- Niescier Sakałoŭski, born in present-day Belarus
- Vadim Salmanov
- Lazare Saminsky
- Huseyngulu Sarabski, born in present-day Azerbaijan
- Joseph Schillinger
- Alfred Schnittke
- Eduard Schütt
- Alexander Scriabin
- Julian Scriabin, son of Alexander
- Tatyana Sergeyeva
- Alexander Serov
- Valentina Serova
- Vladimir Shainsky
- Masguda Shamsutdinova
- Yuri Shaporin, born in present-day Ukraine
- Adrian Shaposhnikov
- Rodion Shchedrin
- Vladimir Shcherbachov
- Vissarion Shebalin
- Boris Sheremetev
- Baluan Sholak, born in present-day Kazakhstan
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Andriy Shtoharenko, born in present-day Ukraine.
- Nikolaï Sidelnikov
- Alexander Siloti
- Juhan Simm, born in present-day Estonia
- Yekaterina Sinyavina
- Gregory Skovoroda
- Ādolfs Skulte, born in present day Latvia
- Nicolas Slonimsky
- Sergei Slonimsky, nephew of Nicolas
- Dmitri Smirnov
- Vladimir Sokalsky
- Ivan Sokolov
- Nikolay Sokolov
- Mikhail Sokolovsky
- Nicolai Soloviev
- Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi
- Senya Son
- Antonio Spadavecchia
- Alexander Spendiaryan
- Alexei Stanchinsky
- Maximilian Steinberg, born in present-day Lithuania
- Yakiv Stepovy, born in present-day Ukraine
- Kyrylo Stetsenko, born in present-day Ukraine
- Igor Stravinsky
- Peeter Süda, born in present-day Estonia
- Grikor Suni, born in present-day Armenia
- Viktor Suslin
- Yevgeny Svetlanov
- Georgy Sviridov
T
- Alexander Taneyev
- Sergei Taneyev
- Vladimir Tarnopolsky
- Boris Tchaikovsky
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Alexander Tcherepnin, son of Nikolai
- Nikolai Tcherepnin
- Grigory Teplov
- Armen Tigranian, born in present-day Armenia
- Nikoghayos Tigranian, born in present-day Armenia
- Dimitri Tiomkin, born in present-day Ukraine
- Boris Tishchenko
- Alexey Titov
- Nikolai Titov, son of Alexey
- Vasily Titov
- Rudolf Tobias, born in present-day Estonia
- Eduard Tubin, born in present-day Estonia
- Serafim Tulikov
U
- Vladimir Ussachevsky
- Galina Ustvolskaya
V
- Raimond Valgre, born in present-day Estonia
- Alexander Varlamov
- Sergei Vasilenko
- Vladimir Vavilov
- Artemy Vedel, born in present-day Ukraine
- Alexander Veprik
- Alexey Verstovsky
- Yuliya Veysberg
- Mikhail Vielgorsky
- Ernests Vīgners, born in present day Latvia
- Tony Vilgotsky
- Mykola Vilinsky, born in present-day Ukraine
- Jāzeps Vītols, born in present-day Latvia
- Vladimir Vlasov
- Andrei Volkonsky
- Alexander Vustin
W
- Jacob Weinberg
- Kazimierz Wiłkomirski
- Alexander Winkler
- Ivan Wyschnegradsky
Y
- Grigor Yeghiazaryan, born in present-day Turkey
- Makar Yekmalyan, born in present-day Armenia
- Mikhail Youdin
- Yuri Yukechev
- Aleksandr Yurasovsky
Z
- Vsevolod Zaderatsky
- Nikolai Zaremba
- Marģeris Zariņš, born in present-day Latvia
- Aleksandr Zatsepin
- Leo Zeitlin
- Asaf Zeynally
- Valery Zhelobinsky
- Aleksey Zhivotov
- Mikhail Zhukov
- Alexander Zhurbin
- Efrem Zimbalist
- Vasily Zolotarev
- Vladislav Zolotaryov
- Mariya Zubova