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Russian pianists

54 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alexander AlyabyevPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev (15 August 17876 March 1851), also rendered as Alabiev or Alabieff, was a Russian composer known as one of the fathers of the Russian art song.
Alexander GlazunovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (– 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period.
Alexander GoedickePerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Fyodorovich Goedicke (Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gyodike; 4 March 18779 July 1957) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist.
Alexander GoldenweiserPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Borisovich Goldenweiser 26 November 1961) was a Russian and Soviet pianist, teacher and composer.
Alexander SilotiPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Ilyich Siloti (also Ziloti; 9 October 18638 December 1945) was a Russian virtuoso pianist, conductor, composer and arranger
Alexander TcherepninPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Черепни́н, romanized: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Cherepnin;
Alexander TsfasmanPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Naumovich Tsfasman (Russian: Александр Наумович Цфасман; 14 December 1906, Alexandrovsk, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire — 20 February 1971, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet…
Alexei StanchinskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alexei Vladimirovich Stanchinsky
Anna YesipovaPerson · Music memorabiliaAnna Yesipova (born Anna Nikolayevna Yesipova; Russian: Анна Николаевна Есипова; 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1851 – 18 August [O.S. 5 August] 1914) was a Russian pianist.
Anton ArenskyPerson · Music memorabiliaAnton Stepanovich Arensky (–) was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, pianist, conductor and professor of music.
Armas JärnefeltPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Järnefelt (c.
Arseny KoreshchenkoPerson · Music memorabiliaArseny Nikolayevich Koreshchenko (18 December 1870 – 6 January 1921) was a pianist and composer of classical music, including operas and ballets. He was from the Russian Empire.
Boris PasternakPerson · Music memorabiliaBoris Leonidovich Pasternak (10 February 189030 May 1960) was a Russian and Soviet poet, novelist, and literary translator.
Dimitri TiomkinPerson · Music memorabiliaDimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Russian and American film composer and conductor.
Dmitri ShostakovichPerson · Music memorabiliaDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 19069 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in…
Emil GilelsPerson · Music memorabiliaEmil Grigoryevich Gilels (19 October 1916 – 14 October 1985; born Samuil) was a Russian and Soviet pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time.
Felix Mikhailovich BlumenfeldPerson · Music memorabiliaFelix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (19 April 1863 – 21 January 1931) was a Russian and Soviet composer and conductor of the Imperial Opera St-Petersburg, pianist, and teacher.
Georgy SviridovPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (16 December 1915 – 6 January 1998) was a Soviet and Russian composer.
Ignacy Feliks DobrzyńskiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński. Portrait by Maksymilian Fajans.
Igor StravinskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945).
John FieldAuthor · BooksJohn Field (26 July 1782 – 23 January 1837) was an Irish pianist and composer. He is widely credited as the inventor of the nocturne.
Josef LhévinnePerson · Music memorabiliaJosef Lhévinne (13 December 18742 December 1944) was a Russian pianist and piano teacher.
Józef WieniawskiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Józef Wieniawski
Julian ScriabinPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Scriabin in Kiev (1919)
Juliusz ZarębskiPerson · Music memorabiliaJuliusz Zarębski (3 March 185415 September 1885) was a Polish composer and pianist active in the Russian Empire.
Leonid KreutzerPerson · Music memorabiliaLeonid Kreutzer (13 March 1884 – 30 October 1953) was a Russian-born classical pianist and teacher.[1]
Lyubov OrlovaPerson · Film memorabiliaLyubov Petrovna Orlova (– 26 January 1975) was a Soviet and Russian actress, singer, dancer, and People's Artist of the USSR (1950).
Maria SzymanowskaPerson · Music memorabiliaMaria Szymanowska (Polish pronunciation; born Marianna Agata Wołowska; Warsaw, 14 December 1789 – 25 July 1831, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Polish composer and one of the first…
Mily Alexeyevich BalakirevPerson · Music memorabiliaMily Alexeyevich Balakirev[1] (–) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more famous…
Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerson · Music memorabiliaModest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Modest Petrovich Musorgsky; –) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five." He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period and…
Napoleon OrdaPerson · Music memorabiliaNapoleon Mateusz Tadeusz Orda (Napoleonas Orda; 11 February 1807 – 26 April 1883) was a Polish–Lithuanian musician, pianist, composer, and artist, best known for numerous sketches of…
Nicolas SlonimskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Slonimsky in 1933
Nikoghayos TigranianPerson · Music memorabiliaNikoghayos Tigranian (31 August 1856 in Alexandropol – 17 February 1951 in Yerevan) was an Armenian composer, pianist, musicologist, and sociocultural activist.
Nikolai ObukhovPerson · Music memorabiliaNikolai Borisovich Obukhov (Nicolai, Nicolas, Nikolay; Obukhow, Obouhow, Obouhov, Obouhoff) (22 April 189213 June 1954) was a modernist and mystic Russian composer, active mainly in France.
Nikolay OgarevAuthor · BooksNikolay Platonovich Ogarev (also Ogaryov; Russian: Николай Платонович Огарёв; December 6 [O.S. November 24] 1813 – June 12 [O.S.
Ossip GabrilowitschPerson · Music memorabiliaOssip Salomonovich Gabrilowitsch (also Gabrilowitsch; Osip Solomonovich Gabrilovich; 14 September 1936) was a Russian-American pianist, conductor and composer.
Pavel SerebryakovPerson · Music memorabiliaPavel Alekseyevich Serebryakov (28 February 1909 – 17 August 1977) was a Soviet classical pianist and pedagogue.
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPerson · Music memorabiliaPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period.
Samuel MaykaparPerson · Music memorabiliaSamuel Moiseyevich Maykapar (18 December 18678 May 1938) was a Russian romantic composer, pianist, professor of music at the St.
Samuil FeinbergPerson · Music memorabiliaSamuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (Russian: Самуи́л Евге́ньевич Фе́йнберг, also Samuel; 26 May 1890 – 22 October 1962) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist.
Sergei Ivanovich TaneyevPerson · Music memorabiliaSergey Ivanovich Taneyev (pron; –) was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author.
Sergei LyapunovPerson · Music memorabiliaSergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov (or Liapunov, sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ lʲɪpʊˈnof; 8 November 1924) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor.
Sergei ProkofievPerson · Music memorabiliaSergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (– 5 March 1953)While Prokofiev himself believed 11/23 April to be his birth date, the posthumous discovery of his birth certificate showed that he was actually…
Thomas de HartmannPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann (October 3 [O.S.: September 21], 1884 March 28, 1956) was a Ukrainian-born composer, pianist and professor of composition.
Vasily SafonovPerson · Music memorabiliaVasily Ilyich Safonov (25 January 1852 – 27 February 1918), also known as Wassily Safonoff, was a Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer.
Władysław SzpilmanPerson · Music memorabiliaWładysław Szpilman (5 December 1911 – 6 July 2000) was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor.
Yakov ZakPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Yakov Zak in 1937

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