Notable Alumni of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory [Sorted List]

1. Sulkhan Tsintsadze

1925-1991 (aged 66)

music educator composer

Sulkhan Tevdores dze Tsintsadze was a Georgian composer known for his chamber music and his film scores.

2. Valeri Kikta

1941-. (aged 85)

music educator film score composer composer

Valeri Grigoryevich Kikta is a Russian classical composer, a professor of the Moscow Conservatory.

3. Rudolf Barshai

1924-2010 (aged 86)

violist conductor

Rudolf Borisovich Barshai was a Soviet and Russian conductor and violist.

4. Tamara Milashkina

1934-2024 (aged 90)

animator musician opera singer

Tamara Andreyevna Milashkina was a Russian lyric and dramatic soprano. A member of the Bolshoi Theatre from 1958 to 1989, she also appeared at La Scala in Milan, throughout Europe and at the Metropolitan Opera. She focused on roles by Tchaikovsky such as Lisa in Pique Dame and Tatyana in Eugene Onegin. She was the first Soviet soprano to be...

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5. Alexander Goedicke

1877-1957 (aged 80)

university teacher pianist composer music educator organist

Alexander Fyodorovich Goedicke was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist.

6. Olga Kern

1975-. (aged 51)

pianist

Olga Vladimirovna Kern is a Russian and American classical pianist. She became a US citizen in 2016.

7. Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov

1905-1994 (aged 89)

musician film score composer composer choir director songwriter

Boris Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov was a Soviet and Russian composer and, from 1946 to 1986, the second head of the Alexandrov Ensemble which was founded by his father, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov. Aleksandrov reached the rank of Major-General and was awarded the order of Hero of Socialist Labour, the Lenin and Stalin Prize, and named People's Artist of the USSR.

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8. Vissarion Shebalin

1902-1963 (aged 61)

composer conductor professor music educator

Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin was a Soviet composer and music pedagogue. He was Rector of the Moscow Conservatory (1942-1948) and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1947).

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9. Emin Sabitoglu

1937-2000 (aged 63)

composer

Emin Sabitoglu was a Soviet Azerbaijani composer, author of a lot of well-known Azerbaijani songs and music for films. People's Artist of Azerbaijan.

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10. Vadym Kholodenko

1986-. (aged 40)

classical pianist

Vadym Tymurovych Kholodenko is a Ukrainian pianist who won the gold medal at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

11. Antonina Nezhdanova

1873-1950 (aged 77)

university teacher music educator opera singer

Antonina Vasilyevna Nezhdanova was a Russian and Soviet lyric coloratura soprano.

12. Natalia Gutman

1942-. (aged 84)

university teacher music educator cellist

Natalia Grigoryevna Gutman, PAU, is a Russian cellist. She began to study cello at the Moscow Music School with R. Sapozhnikov. She was later admitted to the Moscow Conservatory. She later studied with Mstislav Rostropovich.

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13. Dmitry Shishkin

1992-. (aged 34)

pianist

Dmitry Igorevich Shishkin, born on 12 February 1992, is a Russian classical pianist. He is best known for winning the 2nd prize at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019.

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14. Lev Oborin

1907-1974 (aged 67)

composer pianist music educator university teacher

Lev Nikolayevich Oborin; (Moscow, 11 September [O.S. 29 August] 1907 – Moscow, 5 January 1974) was a Soviet and Russian pianist, composer and pedagogue. He was the winner of the first International Chopin Piano Competition in 1927.

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15. Iosif Kotek

1855-1885 (aged 30)

composer

Iosif Iosifovich Kotek, also seen as Josef or Yosif, was a Russian violinist and composer remembered for his association with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. He assisted Tchaikovsky with technical difficulties in the writing of the solo part in his Violin Concerto in D.

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16. Bella Davidovich

1928-. (aged 98)

composer pianist music educator university teacher

Bella Mikhaylovna Davidovich is a Soviet and American pianist.

17. Kirill Kondrashin

1914-1981 (aged 67)

conductor

Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin was a Soviet and Russian conductor. People's Artist of the USSR (1972).

18. Alexander Goldenweiser

1875-1961 (aged 86)

pianist lawyer university teacher music critic composer

Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser 10 March [O.S. 26 February] 1875 – 26 November 1961) was a Russian and Soviet pianist, teacher and composer.

19. Veljo Tormis

1930-2017 (aged 87)

music educator film score composer composer folklorist university teacher

Veljo Tormis was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the great contemporary choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia. Internationally, his fame arises chiefly from his extensive body of choral music, which exceeds 500 individual choral songs, most of it a cappella. The great majority of these pieces are based on...

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20. Lazar Berman

1930-2005 (aged 75)

pianist

Lazar Naumovich Berman was a Soviet Russian classical pianist, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1988). He was hailed for a huge, thunderous technique that made him a thrilling interpreter of Liszt and Rachmaninoff and a late representative of the grand school of Russian Romantic pianism. Emil Gilels described him as a "phenomenon of the musical world."

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21. Andrei Gavrilov

1955-. (aged 71)

pianist conductor

Andrei Gavrilov is a Russian-Swiss pianist.

22. Alexander Siloti

1863-1945 (aged 82)

conductor pianist professor composer music educator

Alexander Ilyich Siloti was a Russian virtuoso pianist, conductor, and composer.

23. Igor Oistrakh

1931-2021 (aged 90)

conductor violinist music educator university teacher

Igor Davidovich Oistrakh was a Soviet and Russian violinist. He was described by Encyclopædia Britannica as "noted for his lean, modernist interpretations".

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24. Gregor Piatigorsky

1903-1976 (aged 73)

composer cellist music educator musician

Gregor Piatigorsky was a Russian-born American cellist.

25. Zakhar Bron

1947-. (aged 79)

violinist music educator university teacher musician

Zakhar Nukhimovich Bron is a Russian violinist and renowned pedagogue. He has been living in Western Europe since 1989.

26. Vladimir Krainev

1944-2011 (aged 67)

film director pianist music educator university teacher

Vladimir Krainev was a Russian pianist and professor of piano, People's Artist of the USSR.

27. Eliso Virsaladze

1942-. (aged 84)

pianist music educator musician

Eliso Virsaladze is a Georgian pianist.

28. Tofig Guliyev

1917-2000 (aged 83)

composer pianist conductor film score composer

Tofig Alakbar oglu Guliyev was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, pianist, and conductor.

29. Leonid Kharitonov

1933-2017 (aged 84)

conductor military personnel opera singer singer

Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov was a Soviet and Russian bass-baritone (баритональный бас) singer. He was honored with People's Artist of the RSFSR and Honored Artist of RSFSR. In the West he was noted for his 1965 video of The Song of the Volga Boatmen.

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30. Oscar Feltsman

1921-2013 (aged 92)

composer

Oscar Borisovich Feltsman was a Ukrainian-born composer.

31. Sergei Lyapunov

1859-1924 (aged 65)

composer pianist music educator university teacher

Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor.

32. Vladimir Fedoseyev

1932-. (aged 94)

music educator bayanist conductor

Vladimir Ivanovich Fedoseyev is a Soviet and Russian conductor, accordionist, teacher. People's Artist of the USSR (1980). Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1989) and the Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR (1970). Full Commander of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". Artistic director and chief conductor of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra since 1974.

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33. Tatiana Nikolayeva

1924-1993 (aged 69)

university teacher pianist musicologist composer music educator

Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva was a Soviet and Russian pianist, composer, and teacher.

34. Elisabeth Leonskaja

1945-. (aged 81)

music educator pianist

Elisabeth Leonskaja is an Austrian pianist. Born and trained in Tbilisi, she won the Enesco Competition in Bucharest in 1964 which made an international career possible. She then studied at the Moscow Conservatory where she met Sviatoslav Richter who performed with her and became a close friend. She has lived in Vienna since 1978. Besides the great piano concertos, she...

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35. Irina Gribulina

1953-. (aged 73)

singer poet writer composer songwriter

Irina Yevgenevna Gribulina is a Russian pop singer, composer, poet. She was the winner of the Television Festival Pesnya goda' 87.

36. Nicolai Ghiaurov

1929-2004 (aged 75)

opera singer

Nicolai Ghiaurov was a Bulgarian opera singer and one of the most famous basses of the postwar period. He was admired for his powerful, sumptuous voice, and was particularly associated with roles of Mussorgsky and Verdi. Ghiaurov married the Bulgarian pianist Zlatina Mishakova in 1956 and Italian soprano Mirella Freni in 1978, and the two singers frequently performed together. They...

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37. Irina Arkhipova

1925-2010 (aged 85)

opera singer music educator opinion journalist politician

Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano, and later contralto, opera singer. She sang leading roles first in Russia at the Sverdlovsk Opera and the Bolshoi Theatre, and then throughout Europe and in the United States. People's Artist of the USSR (1966) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1984).

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38. Eduard Khanok

1940-. (aged 86)

composer songwriter

Eduard Semyonovich Khanok is a Soviet and Belarusian musician and composer. Honored Worker of Culture of the Byelorussian SSR (1982). People's Artist of Belarus (1996).

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39. Dmitri Kogan

1978-2017 (aged 39)

violinist musician

Dmitri Pavlovich Kogan was a Russian violinist and an Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation.

40. Yevgeny Svetlanov

1928-2002 (aged 74)

composer pianist conductor opinion journalist

Yevgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov was a Soviet and Russian conductor, composer, and pianist.

41. Nikolai Lugansky

1972-. (aged 54)

music educator pianist

Nikolai Lvovich Lugansky is a Russian pianist. He regularly performs with leading orchestras and conductors and records for labels including Warner Classics and Harmonia Mundi.

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42. Gennady Rozhdestvensky

1931-2018 (aged 87)

composer pianist conductor music educator

Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky, CBE was a Soviet and Russian conductor, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.

43. Tikhon Khrennikov

1913-2007 (aged 94)

composer university teacher pianist music critic politician

Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also known for his political activities. He wrote three symphonies, four piano concertos, two violin concertos, two cello concertos, operas, operettas, ballets, chamber music, incidental music and film music.

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44. Sergei Lemeshev

1902-1977 (aged 75)

opera singer director theatrical director writer music educator

Sergei Yakovlevich Lemeshev was a Soviet and Russian opera singer and director. People's Artist of the USSR (1950).

45. Andrei Eshpai

1925-2015 (aged 90)

composer pianist music educator film score composer

Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai was a Soviet composer. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1981.

46. Leonid Kogan

1924-1982 (aged 58)

violinist

Leonid Borisovich Kogan was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider him to be among the greatest violinists of the 20th century. In particular, he is considered to have been one of the greatest representatives of the Soviet School of violin playing.

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47. Zakaria Paliashvili

1871-1933 (aged 62)

music educator composer

Zacharia Petres dze Paliashvili, also known by his Russian name Zachary Petrovich Paliashvili (Russian: Захарий Петрович Палиашвили; 3 August 1871 – 6 October 1933), was a Georgian composer. Regarded as one of the founders of Georgian classical music, his work is known for its eclectic fusion of folk songs and stories with 19th-century Romantic classical themes. He was the founder...

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48. Samvel Yervinyan

1966-. (aged 60)

violinist composer

Samvel Yervinyan is an Armenian violinist and composer.

49. Alexander Malofeev

2001-. (aged 25)

pianist

Alexander Dmitrievitch Malofeev is a Russian pianist. Described by Der Standard as "a world piano revolution" and hailed by Il Giornale for embodying "the piano mastery of the new millennium," he has established himself as one of the most captivating pianists of his generation.

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50. Myroslav Skoryk

1938-2020 (aged 82)

musicologist music educator composer

Myroslav Mykhailovych Skoryk was a Ukrainian composer and teacher. His music is contemporary in style and contains stylistic traits from Ukrainian folk music traditions.

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51. Arno Babajanian

1921-1983 (aged 62)

composer pianist music educator film score composer

Arno Harutyuni Babajanian was a Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist. He was made a People's Artist of the USSR in 1971.

52. Yury Bashmet

1953-. (aged 73)

conductor violist public figure music educator violinist

Yuri Abramovich Bashmet is a Russian conductor, violinist, and violist.

53. Yevgeny Krylatov

1934-2019 (aged 85)

composer pianist film score composer musician

Yevgeny Pavlovich Krylatov was a Soviet and Russian composer who wrote songs for over 120 Soviet and Russian movies and animated films.

54. Dang Thai Son

1958-. (aged 68)

piano teacher pianist composer

Đặng Thái Sơn is a Vietnamese and Canadian classical pianist. In 1980, he won the X International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, becoming the first pianist from Asia to do so. He has received particular acclaim for the sonority and poetry in his interpretations of Chopin and the French repertoire.

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55. Gara Garayev

1918-1982 (aged 64)

music educator film score composer composer university teacher pianist

Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, solos for piano, cantatas, songs, and marches, and rose to prominence not only in the Azerbaijan SSR, but also in the rest of the Soviet Union and worldwide.

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56. Antonina Miliukova

1848-1917 (aged 69)

pianist

Antonina Ivanovna Miliukova was the wife of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky from 1877 until his death in 1893. After marriage she was known as Antonina Tchaikovskaya.

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57. Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev

1856-1915 (aged 59)

pianist music theorist university teacher composer writer

Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author.

58. Radu Lupu

1945-2022 (aged 77)

pianist musician

Radu Lupu CBE was a Romanian pianist. He was widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of his time.

59. Nikolai Medtner

1880-1951 (aged 71)

university teacher pianist composer

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner was a Russian composer and pianist. After a period of comparative obscurity in the 25 years immediately after his death, he is now becoming recognized as one of the most significant Russian composers for the piano.

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60. Maxim Shostakovich

1938-. (aged 88)

pianist conductor

Maxim Dmitriyevich Shostakovich is a Russian and American conductor and pianist. He is the second child of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich and Nina Varzar. His older sister is Galina Shostakovich. He is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

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61. Lyubov Kazarnovskaya

1956-. (aged 70)

opera singer actor

Lyubov Yurievna Kazarnovskaya is a Russian operatic soprano who has sung leading roles in opera houses around the world. She has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Philips, and Naxos Records, amongst others. She has her own music show on Russian television and a weekly one-hour radio program, "Vocalissimo", on Radio Orphej.

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62. Reinhold Glière

1874-1956 (aged 82)

pianist university teacher composer conductor musicologist

Reinhold Moritzevich Glière was a Russian and Soviet composer of German and Polish descent. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of RSFSR (1935) and People's Artist of USSR (1938).

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63. Emil Gilels

1916-1985 (aged 69)

music educator pianist

Emil Grigoryevich Gilels was a Russian and Soviet pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time. His sister Elizabeth, three years his junior, was a violinist. His daughter Elena became a pianist.

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64. Mischa Maisky

1948-. (aged 78)

cellist

Mischa Maisky is a Soviet-born Israeli cellist.

65. Ivo Pogorelić

1958-. (aged 68)

pianist academic musician

Ivo Pogorelić is a Croatian pianist. He is known for his sometimes unorthodox interpretations, which have brought him a sizable following and both praise and criticism from musical experts. A musician of wide repertoire, his recordings include works by a variety of composers from the early 18th through 20th centuries.

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66. Hibla Gerzmava

1970-. (aged 56)

opera singer singer

Hibla Levarsovna Gerzmava is an Abkhazian-Russian operatic soprano who currently resides in Moscow.

67. Vladimir Spivakov

1944-. (aged 82)

violinist music educator conductor

Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov is a Soviet and Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra.

68. Alexey Rybnikov

1945-. (aged 81)

composer film score composer

Alexey Lvovich Rybnikov is a modern Russian composer.

69. Alfred Schnittke

1934-1998 (aged 64)

music educator film score composer composer university teacher pianist

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a Soviet and Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth and detail."

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70. Sviatoslav Richter

1915-1997 (aged 82)

pianist painter composer

Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist. He is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, and has been praised for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique, and his vast repertoire".

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71. Denis Matsuev

1975-. (aged 51)

public figure pianist

Denis Leonidovich Matsuev is a Russian pianist. Primarily a classical pianist, he also performs jazz occasionally.

72. Vladimir Shainsky

1925-2017 (aged 92)

composer pianist actor songwriter public figure

Vladimir Yakovlevich Shainsky was a Soviet and Russian composer. He was a recipient of the People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986).

73. Lola Astanova

1982-. (aged 44)

pianist record producer composer

Ludmilla Astanova, known professionally as Lola Astanova, is an Uzbek-born American pianist.

74. Vladimir Ashkenazy

1937-. (aged 89)

composer pianist conductor classical pianist

Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy is a Soviet-born Icelandic pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. Ashkenazy has collaborated with well-known orchestras and soloists. In addition, he has recorded a large repertoire of classical and romantic works. His recordings have earned him seven Grammy Awards and he has been awarded three stages of Iceland's Order of the Falcon for his overall contribution to...

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75. Eduard Artemyev

1937-2022 (aged 85)

composer film score composer

Eduard Nikolayevich Artemyev was a Soviet and Russian composer of electronic music and film scores. Outside of Russia, he is mostly known for his soundtracks for films such as At Home Among Strangers, Solaris, Siberiade, Mirror, Stalker, and Burnt by the Sun. He was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia in 1999.

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76. Maksim Dunayevsky

1945-. (aged 81)

film score composer conductor composer pianist presenter

Maksim Isaakovich Dunayevsky is a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of Russia (2006). He is the artistic director and chairman of the artistic council of the Moscow Regional Philharmonic since 2015.

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77. Galina Vishnevskaya

1926-2012 (aged 86)

theatrical director opera director diarist actor biographer

Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya 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.

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78. David Oistrakh

1908-1974 (aged 66)

conductor university teacher violist music educator violinist

David Fyodorovich Oistrakh was a Soviet Russian violinist, violist, and conductor. He was also Professor at the Moscow Conservatory, People's Artist of the USSR (1953), and Laureate of the Lenin Prize (1960).

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79. Mstislav Rostropovich

1927-2007 (aged 80)

conductor pianist composer music educator cellist

Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich was a Russian cellist and conductor. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was well known for both inspiring and commissioning new works, which enlarged the cello repertoire more than any cellist before or since. He inspired and premiered over 100 pieces, forming long-standing friendships and artistic partnerships with composers including Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai...

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80. Rodion Shchedrin

1932-2025 (aged 93)

librettist film score composer composer university teacher pianist

Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin was a Soviet and Russian composer, pianist, and music teacher. He wrote in a wide range of genres, including operas such as Lolita and The Left-Hander, and ballets such as the Carmen Suite, created for his wife, the ballerina Maya Plisetskaya of the Bolshoi Theatre. His orchestral works includes five concertos for orchestra and six piano concertos,...

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81. Andrei Konchalovsky

1937-. (aged 89)

memoirist film director director theatrical director opinion journalist

Andrei Sergeyevich Konchalovsky is a Russian film and theatre director, screenwriter, and producer. His filmmaking career spans over 60 years in Soviet, Hollywood, and contemporary Russian cinema. Early in his career, he was a screenwriting collaborator of Andrei Tarkovsky. His film credits include Uncle Vanya (1970), Siberiade (1979), House of Fools (2002), The Postman's White Nights (2014), Paradise (2016), and...

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82. Aram Khachaturian

1903-1978 (aged 75)

university teacher cellist pedagogue music educator film score composer

Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Soviet composers.

83. Nikolay Baskov

1976-. (aged 50)

professor presenter composer actor film actor

Nikolay Victorovich Baskov is a Russian tenor who performs in both operatic and popular-music styles. His honors include commendations as Meritorious Artist and People's Artist of the Russian Federation.

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84. Aleksandra Pakhmutova

1929-. (aged 97)

pianist film score composer composer

Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova is a Soviet and Russian composer. She has remained one of the best-known figures in Soviet and later Russian popular music since she first achieved fame in her homeland in the 1960s. She was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1984.

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85. Alexander Scriabin

1871-1915 (aged 44)

university teacher pianist composer

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist. Before 1903, Scriabin was greatly influenced by the music of Frédéric Chopin and composed in a relatively tonal, late-Romantic idiom. Later, and independently of his influential contemporary Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed a much more dissonant musical language that had transcended usual tonality but was not atonal, which accorded with his personal...

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86. Dmitry Malikov

1970-. (aged 56)

presenter record producer manufacturer musician songwriter

Dmitry Yurievich Malikov is a Russian singer, composer, occasional actor and a recent record producer.

87. Sofia Gubaidulina

1931-2025 (aged 94)

film score composer composer classical pianist

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina was a Soviet and Russian composer of modernist sacred music. She was highly prolific, producing numerous chamber, orchestral and choral works. Her output has been described as exploring the tensions between Western and Eastern music, and has been characterised by "innovative use of microtonality and chromaticism, rhythm over form and use of contrasting tonalities.

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88. Mikhail Pletnev

1957-. (aged 69)

pianist conductor composer

Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.

89. Youri Egorov

1954-1988 (aged 34)

pianist

Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov was a Soviet and Dutch classical pianist.

90. Yevgeny Brusilovsky

1905-1981 (aged 76)

music educator composer

Yevgeny Grigoryevich Brusilovsky was a Soviet and Russian composer who settled in Kazakhstan. He wrote the first Kazakh opera, co-wrote the music for the anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, and was a People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR.

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91. Vladimir Martynov

1946-. (aged 80)

musicologist music educator composer

Vladimir Ivanovich Martynov is a Russian composer, known for his compositions in the concerto, orchestral music, chamber music, and choral music genres.

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92. Alexander Gretchaninov

1864-1956 (aged 92)

composer pianist conductor music educator

Alexander Tikhonovich Gretchaninov was a Russian Romantic composer.

93. Heinrich Neuhaus

1888-1964 (aged 76)

pianist musicologist music educator university teacher

Heinrich Gustav Neuhaus was a Russian and Soviet pianist and teacher. Part of a musical dynasty, he was of German descent. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1922 to 1964. Neuhaus was also awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR (1956).

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94. Alexander Alexandrov

1883-1946 (aged 63)

military personnel choir director composer music educator conductor

Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, was a Soviet and Russian composer and founder of the Alexandrov Ensemble, who wrote the music for the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, which in 2000 became the National Anthem of the Russian Federation (with new lyrics). During his career, he also worked as a professor of the Moscow Conservatory, and became a Doctor of Arts....

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95. Sergei Rachmaninoff

1873-1943 (aged 70)

conductor pianist virtuoso musicologist composer

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom notable for its song-like melodicism,...

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96. Edison Denisov

1929-1996 (aged 67)

university teacher film score composer mathematician musicologist composer

Edison Vasilievich Denisov was a Russian composer in the so-called "Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music.

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97. Boris Berezovsky

1946-2013 (aged 67)

politician Russian oligarch entrepreneur mathematician economist

Boris Abramovich Berezovsky, also known as Platon Elenin, was a Russian business oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He had the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.

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98. Kyōhei Sorita

1994-. (aged 32)

conductor pianist businessperson representative director

Kyōhei Sorita is a Japanese classical pianist and conductor. In 2021, he won second prize, ex aequo, at the XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition, the highest prize for a Japanese-born pianist in the competition since Mitsuko Uchida's second prize in 1970.

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99. Gidon Kremer

1947-. (aged 79)

conductor violinist actor musician

Gidon Markusovich Kremer is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica.

100. Kaj Chydenius

1939-2024 (aged 85)

singer composer politician

Kaj Oskar Chydenius was a Finnish musician and composer, probably best known for his left-wing political songs interpreted by various artists.