Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

male, deceased (1975) (St. Petersburg, Russia)
composer, Sovietcomposer, mahler, neo-classical, grove, belarusian…film score composer, Life in Bloom composer, Cold War Soviet Union
Dmitri Shostakovich was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on September 25, 1906. Years after his death, he remains one of the most important figures...
Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

male, deceased (1953)
film score composer, Classical pianist, Sovietcomposer, julian calendar, Prokofyev, soviet…Soviet film score composer, Neoclassical composer, Classical composer, composer, Opera composer
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev born in Sontsovka, Ukraine of the Russian Empire on April 27 (April 15<small><sup>1<;/sup></small> O.S.), 1891-March 5,...
Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Schnittke

male, deceased (1998)
Classical musician, composer, Russian, film score composer, Opera composer, Classical composer…soviet, Sovietcomposer, Soviet animation
Alfred Garyevich Schnittke (Russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, November 24, 1934 Engels - August 3, 1998 Hamburg) was a Russian and Soviet compos...
Aram Khachaturian

Aram Khachaturian

male, deceased (1978)
Hero of Socialist Labor, Sovietcomposer, musician, folk music, composer, film score composer…Classical composer, Soviet film score composer
Aram Khachaturian was an Armenian composer whose works were often influenced by Armenian folk music.
Tikhon Khrennikov

Tikhon Khrennikov

male, 96 years old
Leonid Borisovitch Kogan, Sovietcomposer, Hero of Socialist Labor, Yelets, Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov, Union of Soviet Composer…Soviet propagandist, Classical composer, soviet, composer, Opera composer
Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (born in Yelets, Orlov District) is a Russian and Soviet composer, but is better known for his political activities....
Dmitri Kabalevsky

Dmitri Kabalevsky

male, deceased (1987)
Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, Union of Soviet Composer, Sovietcomposer, Hero of Socialist Labor, Russian, composer…Opera composer, soviet, Classical composer
Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky (December 30, 1904 - February 18, 1987) was a Russian Soviet composer. Kabalevsky is regarded as one of the great...
Nikolai Myaskovsky

Nikolai Myaskovsky

male, deceased (1950)
Sovietcomposer, composer, Russian, Classical composer, Stalin Prize winner, Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky was a Russian composer. He is sometimes referred to as the "father of the Soviet symphony".
Rodion Shchedrin

Rodion Shchedrin

male, 76 years old
piano concertos, Russian State Prize, soviet, Berlin Academy of Arts, Sovietcomposer, Not Only Love…Opera composer, composer
Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (born December 16, 1932) is a Russian composer. He has been the chairman of the Union of Russian Composers since...
Reinhold Glière

Reinhold Glière

male, deceased (1956)
Sovietcomposer, Classical composer, composer, saxony, Russian, German…Romantic composer
Reinhold Moritzovich Glière (June 23, 1956) was a Soviet composer of German descent. Glière was the second son of the wind instrument maker Ernst Mo...
Tatiana Nikolayeva

Tatiana Nikolayeva

female, deceased (1993)
Tat'jana Petrovna Nikolaeva, Sovietcomposer, soviet, Gramophone Awards, Classical pianist, Beethoven…composer
Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva (Russian: Татьяна Пeтрoвнa Николаева, "Tat'jana Petrovna Nikolaeva"; May 4, 1924-November 13, 1993) was a Russian S...