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Viktoria Mullova
Viktoria Mullova
Russian violinist
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Nikolai Myaskovsky
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Russian composer
2
Tikhon Khrennikov
Tikhon Khrennikov
Russian Soviet composer (1913-2007)
3
Reinhold Glière
Reinhold Glière
Soviet Ukrainian composer
4
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian cellist and conductor
5
Yuri Shaporin
Yuri Shaporin
Soviet composer and conductor
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Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia
7
Rodion Shchedrin
Rodion Shchedrin
Russian composer
8
Aram Khachaturian
Aram Khachaturian
Armenian Soviet composer and conductor (1903-1978)
9
Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Pletnev
Russian pianist, conductor, and composer
10
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
Ukrainian & Russian Soviet pianist and composer
11
Gavriil Popov
Gavriil Popov
Russian composer
12
Dmitri Smirnov
Dmitri Smirnov
Russian composer
13
Anton Arensky
Anton Arensky
Russian composer, pianist and professor of music
14
Tolib Shakhidi
Tolib Shakhidi
Soviet composer
15
Leonid Kogan
Leonid Kogan
Soviet musician
16
Bella Davidovich
Bella Davidovich
American musician
17
David Oistrakh
David Oistrakh
Soviet violinist
18
Mieczysław Weinberg
Mieczysław Weinberg
Polish Soviet composer
19
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)
20
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Russian conductor, composer, and pianist
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Edison Denisov
Edison Denisov
Russian Soviet composer
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Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Russian conductor and composer
Intro
Russian composer
Awards Received
Stalin Prize
USSR State Prize
Order of Lenin
Hero of Socialist Labour
Order of the Badge of Honour
People's Artist of the USSR
Order of the Patriotic War 1st class
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Lenin Komsomol Prize
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Merited Artist of the RSFSR
Lenin Prize
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Member of, past and present
Union of Soviet Composers

Union of Soviet Composers

Academy of Arts of the GDR

Academy of Arts of the GDR

Kabalevsky c. 1940

Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (Russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский listen ; 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1904 – 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer and teacher of Russian gentry descent.

He helped set up the Union of Soviet Composers in Moscow and remained one of its leading figures during his lifetime. He was a prolific composer of piano music and chamber music; many of his piano works were performed by Vladimir Horowitz. He is best known in Western Europe for his Second Symphony, the "Comedians' Galop" from The Comedians Suite, Op. 26 and his Third Piano Concerto.