Well, people. Now in this topic will be a bit of variety. Russian music well as diverse as the inner world of each of us! Here you can find links to groups and musicians from different musical directions and also to discuss them!

Russian symphonic Music

Let's start with a classic! Russian symphonic music is appreciated not only in our country but in the whole world!

The great Russian composers to exploit native Russian music traditions into the realm of Secular music was...

Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)


Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–93)


Sergey Rakhmaninov (1873–1943)


Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)


Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869)


It is worth noting that this type of music not out of date, he has a lot of admirers and followers such as...

Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev


But in general the Russian Symphonic music of one of the most popular. So you can find a lot of useful portals on the internet... But if you're lazy as me...

I would recommend you to visit THIS and THIS sites. Enjoy!

Ethnic Russian Music

Ethnic Russian music specifically deals with the folk music traditions of the ethnic Russian people. It does not include the various forms of art music, which in Russia often contains folk melodies and folk elements or music of another ethnic groups living in Russia.



The roots of Russian folk music can be dated as far back as to the first millennium AD, when Slavic tribes first settled in the European part of what is presently Russia. In Greek chroniclas state that in 591 the Avar khan sent Slav's were captured who had musical instruments (kitharas often thought to be gusli) players.

Authentic Russian folk music is primarily vocal. Russian folk song was an integral part of daily life in the village. It was sung from morning to night and reflected the four seasons and significant events in a villager's life. Its roots are in the orthodox church services where significant parts are sung. Most of the population was also illiterate and poverty stricken meaning that resources for instruments could not be had and notation of any kind, which is more relevant for instrumentals than for vocals, could not be read.

Authentic village singing differs from academic singing styles. It is usually done using just the chest register and is often called "white sound" or "white" voice. It is often described as controlled screaming or shouting. Female chest register singers only have a low diapason of an octave to 12 notes.

Chest register singing has evolved into a style used by many of the Folk Choirs in Russia and neighbouring countries. It was first pioneered by Pyatnitsky and Ukrainian folk choir director Demutsky in the early 1900s.

Notable ensembles include: The Pyatnitsky Russian Folk Chorus, The Northern Russian Folk Chorus, The Omsk State Russian Folk Chorus, The Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army, Moscow Military Area Song and Dance Ensemble.

You can find more interesting information HERE or HERE.