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.

Top Ranked

  1. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Russian Composer (1840–1893) , ranked #131
  2. Igor Stravinsky — Russian Composer (1882–1971) , ranked #425
  3. Sergei Rachmaninoff — Russian Composer (1873–1943) , ranked #773
  4. Sergei Prokofiev — Russian Composer (1891–1953) , ranked #819
  5. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Russian Composer (1844–1908) , ranked #1065
  6. Anna Netrebko — Russian Opera (Born 1971) , ranked #1625
  7. Modest Mussorgsky — Russian Composer (1839–1881) , ranked #2062
  8. Aram Khachaturian — Russian Composer (1903–1978) , ranked #2290
  9. Mikhail Glinka — Russian Composer (1804–1857) , ranked #3266
  10. Dima Bilan — Russian Singer (Born 1981) , ranked #3859
  11. Sviatoslav Richter — Russian Composer (1915–1997) , ranked #4367
  12. Anton Rubinstein — Russian Composer (1829–1894) , ranked #5395
  13. Feodor Chaliapin — Russian Singer (1873–1938) , ranked #5601
  14. Alfred Schnittke — Russian Composer (1934–1998) , ranked #5610
  15. Karol Szymanowski — Russian Composer (1882–1937) , ranked #8368
  16. Sofia Gubaidulina — Russian Composer (Born 1931) , ranked #10016
  17. Joseph Kobzon — Russian Singer (1937–2018) , ranked #11199
  18. Zemfira — Russian Singer (Born 1976) , ranked #12099
  19. Uzeyir Hajibeyov — Russian Conductor (1885–1948) , ranked #12468
  20. Lyudmila Gurchenko — Russian Singer (1935–2011) , ranked #14333