1. Alexander Borodin (1833)

Russian Musician

Remembered for his symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia; his Symphony No. 2 in B minor; his String Quartets no. 1 & 2; and his operatic work Prince...

2. Nikolai Rubinstein (1835)

Russian Musician

Anton Rubinstein's mellower younger brother. He was considered to be one of his generation's greatest pianists.

3. Arthur Friedheim (1859)

Russian Musician

Had to audition several times for Franz Liszt before being accepted as a pupil. He would become one of Liszt's best.

4. Eduard Kunz (1980)

Russian Musician

BBC Music Magazine listed him as one of tomorrow's 10 great pianists.

5. Leo Podolsky (1894)

Russian Musician

Classical musician and highly respected educator. He headed the music department at Notre Dame, Indiana's Saint Mary's College for 18 years.

6. Nikita Magaloff (1912)

Russian Musician

Known for his advocacy of Chopin. He eventually performed and recorded the composer's complete piano works. He was respected by Ravel.

7. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (1989)

Russian Musician

Russian conceptual artist and political activist who is known for being a member of the Anarchist Feminist group Pussy Riot as well as the street art group Voina. She is...

8. Vladimir Spivakov (1944)

Russian Musician

Violinist who was the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra founder and the 1991 People's Artist of the U.S.S.R.

9. Alexander Braginsky (1944)

Russian Musician

Known for his highly acclaimed teaching techniques and for debuting the works of such composers as Stephen Paulus.

10. Alexei Lubimov (1944)

Russian Musician

Known for his skills as a fortepianist and a harpsichordist. The Soviet Union resented his affection for Western composers.

11. Andrei Gavrilov (1955)

Russian Musician

Russian pianist whose repertoire covered Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Ravel, Handel, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and many others.

12. Alexander Osminin (1981)

Russian Musician

Internationally acclaimed classical musician whose wide-ranging repertoire brought much fame and many choice collaborations.

13. Viktoria Mullova (1959)

Russian Musician

Founder of the Mullova Chamber Ensemble and winner of the 1980 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition and the 1982 International Tchaikovsky Competition.

14. Natasha Shneider (1956)

Russian Musician

Best known as the keyboardist for the 1990s hard rock band Eleven, she also performed with Queens of the Stone Age during their Lullabies to Paralyze tour in 2005.

15. Olga Seryabkina (1985)

Russian Musician

Russian singer also known as Holy Molly who came to fame as a member of the girl group Serebro. She and the band came in third at the 2007 Eurovision...

16. Nikolai Lugansky (1972)

Russian Musician

Classical musician and educator with an uncanny ear. He collaborated with some of the biggest names of his day.

17. Shlomo Mintz (1957)

Russian Musician

Individual who acted as the Artistic Director of the Sion-Valais International Music Festival, as well as having taught, conducted, and played violin professionally.

18. Denis Matsuev (1975)

Russian Musician

Internationally known after winning several competitions and touring with acclaimed symphony orchestras.

19. Vladimir Gapontsev (1985)

Russian Musician

Vladimir Gapontsev is a Russian classical guitarist specializing in solo and chamber music repertoire from the Baroque Classical Romantic avant-garde jazz folk and pop genres.

20. Timur Kacharava (1985)

Russian Musician

Timur Kacharava was a Russian rock musician and anti-fascist activist of Georgian origin. He was murdered at the age of 20 by members of a far right nationalist group...

21. Alexey Stadler (1991)

Russian Musician

Alexey Stadler is a Russian cellist.

22. Yulianna Avdeeva (1985)

Russian Musician

Yulianna Andrejewna Avdeeva is a Russian concert pianist. Avdeeva started piano lessons at the age of five studied at the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow and graduated from...

23. Olga Shishkina (1985)

Russian Musician

Olga Shishkina is a Russian born gusli and kantele musician currently residing in Helsinki Finland. As a gusli player she is known for her innovative approach to the instrument such...

24. Andrey Shibko (1975)

Russian Musician

Andrey Shibko is a Russian pianist. He was trained at the Moscow Conservatory under Valery Kastelsky graduating in 1997. The next year he won the Porto Competition and subsequently he...

25. Sergei Nakariakov (1977)

Russian Musician

Sergei Mikhailovich Nakariakov is a Russian virtuoso trumpeter who came to prominence in the late 1990s. He released his first CD recording in 1992 at the age of 15.

26. Miroslav Kultyshev (1985)

Russian Musician

Miroslav Kultyshev is a Russian classical pianist and was awarded second prize at the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Competition.

27. Alena Baeva (1985)

Russian Musician

Alena Baeva is a Russian violinist winner of the Grand-prix at the Second Moscow Paganini violin competition in 2004 the First Prize and nine Special Prizes at the XII International...

28. Peter Ovtcharov (1981)

Russian Musician

Peter Ovtcharov is a Russian classical pianist currently residing in Seoul South Korea.

29. Nelli Shkolnikova (1928)

Russian Musician

Nelli Efimovna Shkolnikova was a Russian Jewish classical violinist who spent many years teaching in Australia and the United States. She was born in the Ukrainian village of Zolotonosha. At...

30. Vladimir Holstinin (1958)

Russian Musician

Vladimir Petrovich Holstinin is a Russian guitarist. He is one of the founding members of heavy metal band Aria. Vladimir was born May 12 1958 in Lyubertsy Russian SFSR. He...

31. Vladimir Ovchinnikov (pianist) (1958)

Russian Musician

Vladimir Pavlovich Ovchinnikov is a Russian pianist from Belebey Bashkir ASSR. He is the only pianist ever to win the top prizes at both the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow...

32. Sergei Dorensky (1931)

Russian Musician

Sergei Dorensky is a Russian pianist. He was trained under Grigory Ginsburg at the Moscow Conservatory. Dorensky was awarded a Gold Medal at the 5th World Festival of Youth and...

33. Igor Levit (1987)

Russian Musician

Igor Levit born 1987 in Gorky now Nizhny Novgorod) is a Russian-German pianist. Levit began playing piano at age three and as a child he had his first successes on...

34. Elena Fomicheva (1987)

Russian Musician

Elena Fomicheva is a classical pianist soloist and accompanist.

35. Alexander Dolsky (1938)

Russian Musician

Alexander Alexandrovich Dolsky is a Soviet and Russian poet writer artist and most famously known for being a bard. Dolsky graduated from the Ural Polytechnical Institute in 1963 and in...

36. Bobina (1982)

Russian Musician

Dmitry Almazov mostly known by his stage name Bobina is a Russian trance DJ record producer and radio host. He hosts a radio show called Russia Goes Clubbing. He has...

37. Yekaterina Samutsevich (1982)

Russian Musician

Yekaterina Stanislavovna Samutsevich is a Russian political activist. She is a member of the anti-Putinist punk rock group Pussy Riot. On August 17 2012 she was convicted of hooliganism motivated...

38. Sasha Kolpakov (1943)

Russian Musician

Aleksandr Sasha Kolpakov . Coming from a Servo family a group of Romani people found mostly in Russia and Ukraine he started playing a seven string guitar at an early...

39. Mr. Messiah (1988)

Russian Musician

Mr. Messiah is the alias of Yuri Kostrov an electronic musician and DJ who was born October 27 1988 in Russia. He is an important figure in the St. Petersburg...

40. Yuri Bashmet (1953)

Russian Musician

Yuri Abramovich Bashmet is a Russian conductor violinist and violist. He is a direct patrilineal descendant of Besht.

41. Andrey Makarevich (1953)

Russian Musician

Andrey Vadimovich Makarevich PAR is a Soviet and Russian rock musician and the founder of the Russia's oldest still active rock band Mashina Vremeni.

42. Evgeny Mogilevsky (Unknow)

Russian Musician

Evgeny Mogilevsky is a Russian pianist. Son and pupil of Seraphima Mogilevsky at the Stolyarsky Music school in his hometown. Later studied with Heinrich Neuhaus and Yakov Zak at the...

43. Alla Ablaberdyeva (1953)

Russian Musician

Alla Ablaberdyeva is a Russian classical soprano who specializes in chamber music.

44. Youri Egorov (1954)

Russian Musician

Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov was a Soviet classical pianist.

45. Hieromonk Roman (1954)

Russian Musician

Hieromonk Roman is a Russian poet singer-songwriter and hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church. Alexander was born into a family of rural teachers. He graduated from the Philology Department at...

46. Seryoga (1976)

Russian Musician

Sergey Vasilyevich Parkhomenko is a Russian-Belarusian rapper and the owner of the KingRing record label.

47. Alexander Kostarev (1954)

Russian Musician

Aleksander Kostarev is a Russian progressive rock musician. He began his musical career in the 1970s but did not garner popular recognition until the 2000s when he became one of...

48. DJ Ram (1976)

Russian Musician

DJ Ram is a pseudonym of Roman Olegovich Pen'kov born on November 17 1976 in Kirovograd. In 1994 he finished secondary school N10 in the physico-mathematical class in Kursk and...

49. Sergey Kuryokhin (1954)

Russian Musician

Sergey Kuryokhin was a Russian film actor film composer pianist music director experimental artist and writer based in St. Petersburg Russia.

50. Simon Nabatov (1959)

Russian Musician

Simon Nabatov is a jazz pianist. He began playing at three and his first composition was at six. He began his professional career in Rome in 1979 and later attended...