Chronological list of Russian classical composers

The following is a chronological list of classical music composers who live in, work in, or are citizens of Russia, or who have done so.

Baroque

• Nikolay Diletsky (c. 1630 – after 1680)
• Symeon Pekalytsky (born c. 1630)
• Vasily Polikarpovich Titov (c. 1650 – c. 1715)
• Ivan Domaratsky (second half of the 17th century – first half of the 18th century)

Classical era

• Ivan Kerzelli (fl. 18th century)
• Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
• Timofiy Bilohradsky (c. 1710 – c. 1782)
• Grigory Teplov (1711/1717–1779)
• Gregory Skovoroda (1722–1794)
• Yelizaveta Belogradskaya (c.1739 – c. 1764)
• Anna Bon (c. 1739 – after 1767)
• Vasily Pashkevich (c. 1742 – 1797)
• Maxim Berezovsky (c. 1745 – 1777)
• Ivan Khandoshkin (1747–1804)
• Mariya Zubova (1749–1799)
• Mikhail Matinsky (1750 – c. 1820)
• Dmitry Bortniansky (1751–1825)
• Mikhail Sokolovsky (1756–1795)
• Osip Kozlovsky (1757–1831)
• Yevstigney Fomin (1761–1800)
• Stepan Degtyarev (1766–1813)
• Aleksey Zhilin (c. 1766 – c. 1848)
• Artemy Vedel (c. 1767 – 1808)
• Daniil Kashin (1769–1841)
• Alexey Titov (1769–1827)
• Lev Gurilyov (1770–1844)
• Catterino Cavos (1775–1840)
• Stepan Davydov (1777 – 1825)

Romantic

• Ekaterina Likoshin (1780–1840)
• Alexander Alyabyev (1787–1851)
• Mikhail Vielgorsky (1788–1856)
• Alexander Griboyedov (1795–1829)
• Alexei Lvov (1798–1870)
• Marie von Stedingk (1799–1868)
• Alexey Verstovsky (1799–1862)
• Katerina Maier (fl. c. 1800)
• Nikolai Titov (1800–1875)
• Alexander Egorovich Varlamov (1801–1848)
• Aleksander Gurilyov (1803–1858)
• Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
• Mykola Markevych (1804–1860)
• Alexandre Dubuque (1812–1897/8)
• Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869)
• Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873)
• Alexander Serov (1820–1871)
• Nikolay Afanasyev (1821–1898)
• Nikolai Zaremba (1821–1879)
• Pyotr Bulakhov (1822–1885)
• Boris Sheremetev (1822–1906)
• Pavel Bulakhov (1824–1875)
• Boris Fitinhof-Schell (1829?–1901)
• Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894)
• Ivan Larionov (1830–1889)
• Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892)
• Petro Nishchynsky (1832–1896)
• Alexander Borodin (1833–1887)
• César Cui (1835–1918)
• Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881)
• Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
• Karl Davydov (1838–1889)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
• Mikhail Azanchevsky (1839–1881)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
• Mykola Lysenko (1842–1912)
• Leonid Malashkin (1842–1902)
• Arkady Abaza (1843–1915)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
• Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845–1904)
• Achilles Alferaki (1846–1919)
• Ella Adayevskaya (1846–1926)
• Alexander Arkhangelsky (1846–1924)
• Valentina Serova (1846–1924)
• Nicolai Soloviev (1846–1916)
• David Nowakowsky (1848–1921)
• Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919)
• Mikhail Ivanov (1849–1927)
• Alexander Taneyev (1850–1918)
• Vasily Safonov (1852–1918)
• Mykola Arkas (1853–1909)
• Nikolai Shcherbachov (1853–1922)
• Alexander Kopylov (1854–1911)
• Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914)
• Alexander Kastalsky (1856–1926)
• Eduard Schütt (1856–1933)
• Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915)
• Nikoghayos Tigranian (1856–1951)
• Makar Yekmalyan (1856–1905)
• Nikolai Artsybushev (1858–1937)
• Alexander Ilyinsky (1859–1920)
• Nikolay Sokolov (1859–1922)
• Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924)
• Arthur Friedheim (1859–1932)
• Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935)
• Victor Ewald (1860–1935)
• Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
• Georgy Catoire (1861–1926)
• Mikhail Matyushin (1861–1934)
• Georgi Conus (1862–1933)
• Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931)
• Alexander Siloti (1863–1945)
• Vladimir Sokalsky (1863–1919)
• Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)
• Baluan Sholak (1864–1919)
• Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)
• Alexander Winkler (1865–1935)
• Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901)
• Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920)
• Samuel Maykapar (1867–1938)
• Wassily Sapellnikoff (1867–1941)
• Leonid Nikolayev (1868–1942)
• Julius Conus (1869–1942)
• Vasily Kalafati (1869–1942)
• Viktor Kalinnikov (1870–1927)
• Arseny Koreshchenko (1870–1921)
• Emil Młynarski (1870–1835)
• Lev Conus (1871–1944)
• Nikolay Kedrov Sr. (1871–1940)
• Zacharia Paliashvili (1871–1933)
• Alexander Spendiaryan (1871–1928)
• Paul Juon (1872–1940)
• Leokadiya Kashperova (1872–1940)
• Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
• Sergei Vasilenko (1872–1956)
• Vasily Zolotarev (1872–1964)
• Witold Maliszewski (1873–1939)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873–1945)
• Elena Gnesina (1874–1967)
• Serge Koussevitzky (1874–1951)
• Sandra Droucker (1875–1944)
• Konstantin Eiges (1875–1950)
• Reinhold Glière (1875–1956)
• Alexander Goldenweiser (1875–1961)
• Alexander Koshetz (1875–1944)
• Grikor Suni (1876–1939)

Modern/contemporary

• Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877–1952)
• Pavel Chesnokov (1877–1944)
• Alexander Goedicke (1877–1957)
• Yevgeny Gunst (1877–1950)
• Mykola Leontovych (1877–1921)
• Yuliya Veysberg (1878/80–1942)
• Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878–1936)
• Huseyngulu Sarabski (1879–1945)
• Armen Tigranian (1879–1950)
• Jacob Weinberg (1879–1956)
• Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
• Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950)
• Nikolai Roslavets (1881–1944)
• Joseph Rumshinsky (1881–1956)
• Leonid Sabaneyev (1881–1968)
• Vsevolod Zaderatsky (1881–1953)
• Lazare Saminsky (1882–1959)
• Kyrylo Stetsenko (1882–1922)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
• Maximilian Steinberg (1883–1946)
• Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883–1946)
• Mikhail Gnessin (1883–1957)
• Alexander Krein (1883–1951)
• Romanos Melikian (1883–1935)
• Yakiv Stepovy (1883–1921)
• Boris Asafyev (1884–1949)
• Vasily Agapkin (1884–1964)
• Zulfugar Hajibeyov (1884–1950)
• Leo Zeitlin (1884–1930)
• Vladimir Bakaleinikov (1885–1953)
• Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885–1948)
• Muslim Magomayev (1885–1937)
• Joseph Achron (1886–1943)
• Arseny Avraamov (1886–1944)
• Moses Milner (1886–1953)
• Sargis Barkhudaryan (1887–1973)
• Ernest Pingoud (1887–1942)
• Yuri Shaporin (1887–1966)
• Julius Isserlis (1888–1968)
• Adrian Shaposhnikov (1888–1967)
• Alexei Stanchinsky (1888–1914)
• Mykola Vilinsky (1888–1956)
• Anatoly Alexandrov (1888–1982)
• Levko Revutsky (1889–1977)
• Vladimir Shcherbachev (1889–1952)
• Alexander Veprik (1889–1958)
• Victor Dolidze (1890–1933)
• Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)
• Samuil Feinberg (1890–1962)
• Aleksandr Yurasovsky (1890–1922)
• Issay Dobrowen (1891–1953)
• Nikolai Golovanov (1891–1953)
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
• Alexander Chuhaldin (1892–1951)
• Arthur Lourié (1892–1966)
• Nikolai Obukhov (1892–1954)
• Aleksandr Gauk (1893–1963)
• Pylyp Kozytskiy (1893–1960)
• Leo Ornstein (1893–2002)
• Sergei Protopopov (1893–1954)
• Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893–1979)
• Mikhail Youdin (1893–1948)
• Boris Ledkovsky (1894–1975)
• Samuel Pokrass (1894–1939)
• Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995)
• Dimitri Tiomkin (1894–1979)
• Boris Lyatoshinsky (1895–1968)
• Joseph Schillinger (1895–1943)
• Viktor Kosenko (1896–1938)
• Anatoliy Novikov (1896–1984)
• Sergei Aslamazyan (1897–1978)
• Lev Knipper (1898–1974)
• Alexander Veprik (1898–1958)
• Alexander Abramsky (1898–1985)
• Mischa Levitzki (1898–1941)
• Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899–1974)
• Dmitry Pokrass (1899–1978)
• Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977)
• Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985)
• Isaak Dunayevsky (1900–1955)
• Isadore Freed (1900–1960)
• Alexander Mosolov (1900–1973)
• Kazimierz Wiłkomirski (1900–1995)
• Mikhail Zhukov (1901–1960)
• Artemi Ayvazyan (1902–1975)
• Sergey Balasanian (1902–1982)
• Serge Conus (1902–1988)
• Vladimir Fere (1902–1971)
• Mansur Muzafarov (1902–1966)
• Niescier Sakałoŭski (1902–1950)
• Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963)
• Andriy Shtoharenko (1902–1992)
• Vladimir Vlasov (1902/3–1986)
• Vernon Duke (1903–1969)
• Varvara Gaigerova (1903–1944)
• Vladimir Horowitz (1903–1989)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)
• Matvey Blanter (1903–1990)
• Yuliy Meitus (1903–1997)
• Nicolas Nabokov (1903–1978)
• Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987)
• Gavriil Popov (1904–1972)
• Aleksey Zhivotov (1904–1964)
• Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov (1905–1994)
• Boris Arapov (1905–1992)
• Yevgeny Brusilovsky (1905–1981)
• Kostiantyn Dankevych (1905–1984)
• André Hossein (1905–1983)
• Nikolay Kedrov Jr. (1905–1981)
• Daniil Pokrass (1905–1954)
• Alexander Fridlender (1906–1980)
• Zara Levina (1906–1976)
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
• Afrasiyab Badalbeyli (1907–1976)
• Konstantin Ivanov (1907–1984)
• Dmitri Klebanov (1907–1987)
• Said Rustamov (1907–1983)
• Tolibjon Sadikov (1907–1957)
• Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (1907–1979)
• Antonio Spadavecchia (1907–1977)
• Julian Scriabin (1908–1919)
• Vano Muradeli (1908–1970)
• Nina Makarova (1908–1976)
• Nikolai Rakov (1908–1990)
• Grigor Yeghiazaryan (1908–1988)
• Ivan Dzerzhinsky (1909–1978)
• Boris Mokrousov (1909–1968)
• Asaf Zeynally (1909–1932)
• Evgeny Golubev (1910–1988)
• Soulima Stravinsky (1910–1994)
• Näcip Cihanov (1911–1988)
• Dangatar Ovezov (1911–1966)
• Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911–1990)
• Mukhtar Ashrafi (1912–1975)
• Niyazi Hajibeyov (1912–1984)
• Yuri Levitin (1912–1993)
• Igor Markevitch (1912–1983)
• Vadim Salmanov (1912–1978)
• Anatoly Bogatyrev (1913–2003)
• Nikita Bogoslovsky (1913–2004)
• Veniamin Fleishman (1913–1941)
• Boris Goltz (1913–1942)
• Tikhon Khrennikov (1913–2007)
• Heorhiy Maiboroda (1913–1992)
• Valery Zhelobinsky (1913–1946)
• Sasha Argov (1914–1995)
• Serafim Tulikov (1914–2004)
• Grigory Frid (1915–2012)
• Albert Leman (1915–1998)
• Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998)
• Mutal Burhonov (1916–2002)
• Oleg Lundstrem (1916–2005)
• Veli Mukhatov (1916–2005)
• Tofig Guliyev (1917–2000)
• Jovdat Hajiyev (1917–2002)
• Gayane Chebotaryan (1918–1998)
• Gara Garayev (1918–1982)
• Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006)
• Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
• Aleksandr Lokshin (1920–1987)
• Yan Frenkel (1920–1989)
• Karen Khachaturian (1920–2011)
• Aleksandr Lokshin (1920–1987)
• German Galynin (1922–1966)
• Kirill Molchanov (1922–1982)
• Revol Bunin (1924–1976)
• Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924–1993)
• Mikhaïl Nosyrev (1924–1981)
• Andrei Eshpai (1925–2015)
• Lyudmila Lyadova (1925–2021)
• Lev Naumov (1925–2005)
• Vladimir Vavilov (1925–1973)
• Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–1996)
• Veniamin Basner (1925–1996)
• Vladimir Shainsky (1925–2017)
• Boris Parsadanian (1925–1997)
• Irina Elcheva (1926–2013)
• Aleksandr Zatsepin (born 1926)
• Vitaly Bujanovsky (1928–1993)
• Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928–2002)
• Edison Denisov (1929–1996)
• Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929)
• Nikolai Karetnikov (1930–1994)
• Andrey Petrov (1930–2006)
• Nikolaï Sidelnikov (1930–1992)
• Mikael Tariverdiev (1931–1996)
• Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
• Murad Kajlayev (born 1931)
• German Okunev (1931–1973)
• Fyodor Druzhinin (1932–2007)
• Rodion Shchedrin (born 1932)
• Sergei Slonimsky (1932–2020)
• Iosif Andriasov (1933–2000)
• Andrei Volkonsky (1933–2008)
• Yevgeny Krylatov (1934–2019)
• Zhanneta Metallidi (1934–2019)
• Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
• Leonid Hrabovsky (born 1935)
• Sandor Kalloś (born 1935)
• Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936–2019)
• Eduard Artemyev (born 1937)
• Nektarios Chargeishvili (1937–1971)
• Misha Geller (1937–2007)
• Nikolai Kapustin (1937–2020)
• Valentyn Silvestrov (born 1937)
• Valery Gavrilin (1939–1999)
• Tigran Mansuryan (born 1939)
• Vyacheslav Nagovitsin (born 1939)
• Boris Tishchenko (1939–2010)
• Vyacheslav Artyomov (born 1940)
• Igor Khudolei (1940–2001)
• Anatoliy Andreyev (1941–2004)
• Boris Feoktistov (born 1941)
• Vladislav Shoot (born 1941)
• Viktor Suslin (1942–2012)
• Vladislav Zolotaryov (1942–1975)
• Alexander Knaifel (born 1943)
• Alexander Vustin (born 1943)
• Tatyana Chudova (1944–2021)
• Alexander Zhurbin (born 1945)
• Vladimir Martynov (born 1946)
• Alexander Mordukhovich (born 1946)
• Yury Chernavsky (born 1947)
• Vladimir Kobekin (born 1947)
• Grigoriy Korchmar (born 1947)
• Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001)
• Vasily Lobanov (born 1947)
• Yuri Yukechev (born 1947)
• Alexander Goldstein (born 1948)
• Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948)
• Dmitri Smirnov (1948-2020)
• Leonid Bobylev (born 1949)
• Alexander Gradsky (1949–2021)
• Elena Firsova (born 1950)
• Yelena Konshina (born 1950)
• Tatyana Sergeyeva (born 1951)
• Mikhail Kollontay (born 1952)
• Lev Konov (born 1952)
• Alla Pavlova (born 1952)
• Victor Kissine (born 1953)
• Sergei Pavlenko (born 1953)
• Alexander Raskatov (born 1953)
• Leonid Desyatnikov (born 1955)
• Yuri Kasparov (born 1955)
• Alexander Levine (born 1955)
• Alexander Radvilovich (born 1955)
• Masguda Shamsutdinova (born 1955)
• Vladimir Tarnopolsky (born 1955)
• Nikita Koshkin (born 1956)
• Alexander Rosenblatt (born 1956)
• Alexandre Danilevski (born 1957)
• Mikhail Pletnev (born 1957)
• Yekaterina Chemberdzhi (born 1960)
• Ivan Sokolov (born 1960)
• Andrei Krylov (born 1961)
• Abdalla El-Masri (born 1962)
• Andrey Zelenskiy (born 1963)
• Peter Chernobrivets (born 1965)
• Yuri Khanon (born 1965)
• Fred Momotenko (born 1970)
• Dmitry Malikov (born 1970)
• Evgeny Kissin (born 1971)
• Sergej Newski (born 1972)
• Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
• Boris Elkis (born 1973)
• Irina Emeliantseva (born 1973)
• Olesya Rostovskaya (born 1975)
• Lev Zhurbin (born 1978)
• Tony Vilgotsky (born 1980)
• Nikolay Sivchuk (born 1981)
• Timur Ismagilov (born 1982)
• Alissa Firsova (born 1986)
• Sonya Belousova (born 1990)
• Vyacheslav Kruglik
• Anastasiya Bespalova
• Svetlana Nesterova