Gnessin State Musical College

The Gnessin State Musical College (Государственный музыкальный колледж имени Гнесиных) and Gnessin Russian Academy of Music (Российская академия музыки имени Гнесиных) is a prominent music school in Moscow, Russia. It was established on February 15, 1895 by the sisters Eugenia, Helena, and Maria Gnessin, who had graduated as pianists from the Moscow Conservatory with great distinction. The college has been considered an elite music school ever since.

Alumni

In alphabetical order:

Georgy Yakovlevich Andryushchenko, Russian opera singer
Yulianna Avdeeva, Russian pianist
Evgeny Belyaev, Russian singer
Boris Berezovsky, Russian pianist
Alexandr Brill, Russian jazz saxophonist
Dmitri Brill, Russian jazz saxophonist
Ivan S. Bukreev, Russian singer
Roberto Cani, Italian violinist
Boris Elkis, Russian composer
Ivan Farmakovsky, Russian jazz pianist and composer
Alina Ibragimova, Russian violinist
Alexander Ivashkin, Russian cellist
Eugene Izotov, Russian oboist
Mungonzazal Janshindulam, Mongolian pianist
Yuriy Karnyushin, Russian singer
Yuri Katz, Israeli-American music producer
Sati Kazanova, Russian singer
Yakov Kazyansky, Russian composer and jazz pianist
Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
Lev Knipper, Russian composer and NKVD agent
Alexander Knyazev, Russian cellist
Joseph Kobzon, Legendary Russian vocalist
Oleg Kroll, Russian jazz pianist
Elena Kuznetsova, Russian pianist and teacher
Edward M. Labkovsky, Russian singer
Irina Lankova, Russian pianist
Konstantin Lifschitz, Russian pianist
Oleg Maisenberg, Russian pianist
Eduardo Mirabal, Venezuelan pianist and teacher
Maxim Mironov, Russian tenor
Michael Miropolsky, Russian violinist and conductor
Roman Moiseyev, Russian conductor
Quynh Nguyen, Vietnamese pianist
Yury Nugmanov, Russian guitar player
Yakov Okun, Russian jazz pianist
Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian composer
Alla Pavlova, American composer
Kristina Rozhkova, Russian harpist
Vadim L. Ruslanov, Russian singer
Alexei T. Sergeev, Russian singer
Vissarion Shebalin, Russian composer
Anatoly Sheludyakov, Russian pianist
Vladimir Shkaptsov, Russian singer
Vladislav Shoot, Russian composer
Alexander S. Sibirtsev, Russian singer
Viktor Suslin, Russian composer
Svoy, Russian-American songwriter/producer
Valentina Tolkunova, Russian singer
Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist
Dmitriy Varshavskiy, Russian hard-rock/heavy metal singer and guitar player; one of the first musicians in USSR who started playing heavy music professionally
Alexey Volodin, Russian pianist
Igor Zubkovsky, Russian cellist