Most Famous Russian Musicians
Russia has produced 194 notable musicians throughout history, led by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
PI
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Russian Composer 1840 – 1893
#
131
IS
Igor Stravinsky Russian Composer 1882 – 1971
#
425
SR
Sergei Rachmaninoff Russian Composer 1873 – 1943
#
773
SP
Sergei Prokofiev Russian Composer 1891 – 1953
#
819
NR
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Composer 1844 – 1908
#
1,065
AN
Anna Netrebko Russian Opera Born 1971
#
1,625
MM
Modest Mussorgsky Russian Composer 1839 – 1881
#
2,062
AK
Aram Khachaturian Russian Composer 1903 – 1978
#
2,290
MG
Mikhail Glinka Russian Composer 1804 – 1857
#
3,266
DB
Dima Bilan Russian Singer Born 1981
#
3,859
SR
Sviatoslav Richter Russian Composer 1915 – 1997
#
4,367
AR
Anton Rubinstein Russian Composer 1829 – 1894
#
5,395
FC
Feodor Chaliapin Russian Singer 1873 – 1938
#
5,601
AS
Alfred Schnittke Russian Composer 1934 – 1998
#
5,610
KS
Karol Szymanowski Russian Composer 1882 – 1937
#
8,368
SG
Sofia Gubaidulina Russian Composer Born 1931
#
10,016
JK
Joseph Kobzon Russian Singer 1937 – 2018
#
11,199
Z
Zemfira Russian Singer Born 1976
#
12,099
UH
Uzeyir Hajibeyov Russian Conductor 1885 – 1948
#
12,468
LG
Lyudmila Gurchenko Russian Singer 1935 – 2011
#
14,333