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Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)
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Yuri Levitin
Yuri Levitin
Soviet Russian composer
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Alexander Glazunov
Alexander Glazunov
Russian composer, music teacher and conductor
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Maria Yudina
Maria Yudina
pianist from Russia
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Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Russian conductor and composer
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Leonid Kogan
Leonid Kogan
Soviet musician
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Aram Khachaturian
Aram Khachaturian
Armenian Soviet composer and conductor (1903-1978)
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Nikolai Myaskovsky
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Russian composer
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Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian cellist and conductor
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Mieczysław Weinberg
Mieczysław Weinberg
Polish Soviet composer
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Gavriil Popov
Gavriil Popov
Russian composer
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Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Pletnev
Russian pianist, conductor, and composer
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Alfred Schnittke
Alfred Schnittke
German Soviet composer
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David Oistrakh
David Oistrakh
Soviet violinist
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Russian musician
Awards Received
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Music

Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev (Russian: Леони́д Влади́мирович Никола́ев, August 13, 1878 – October 11, 1942) was a Russian/Soviet pianist, composer and pedagogue.