Музыка и исполнительское искусство

Боб Дилан

Voice of a generation, roots in Odessa

Капитал Бра

Germany's rap king, born in Soviet Siberia

Хелене Фишер

Siberia-born queen of German Schlager

Джо Дассен

The American-born Parisian whose soul was Odessan.

Кэти Мелуа

Kutaisi-born voice behind Britain's quiet revolution

Ленни Кравиц

Rock icon whose roots trace to imperial Kyiv

Мишель Польнарефф

French pop icon, rooted in Odessa

Регина Спектор

Moscow-born singer who made anti-folk poetry in New York

Серж Генсбур

Provocateur poet, born of Crimean Jewish émigrés

Адам Левин

Rock-pop frontman with Russian Empire Jewish roots.

Адриано Челентано

Italy's rock patriarch with Empire roots

Эл Джолсон

The Lithuanian-born cantor's son who became America's first superstar.

Эми Уайнхаус

Back to Black singer whose Russian-Jewish East London roots shaped one of pop's greatest voices

Анна Нетребко

Krasnodar-born soprano who conquered Vienna.

Арик Эйнштейн

The voice Israel called its own.

Аркадий Дучин

Soviet-born Israeli jazz pianist bridging Russian conservatory tradition and Middle Eastern music

Арт Гарфанкел

The golden tenor who echoed an immigrant's longing.

Барбра Стрейзанд

From Galician roots to American icon

Барри Манилоу

Brooklyn's Borscht Belt heir who conquered pop.

Бенни Гудмен

The son of Kaunas immigrants who crowned swing.

Бетт Мидлер

Honolulu-raised daughter of the Russian Empire.

Билли Джоэл

Piano Man with roots in the Russian Empire

Кэрол Кинг

Brooklyn songwriter with Russian-Jewish roots who wrote the soundtrack of a generation

Хава Альберштейн

Voice of the Israeli Yiddish revival, born a child of the Russian Empire's Pale

Чилли Гонсалес

Montreal pianist with Russian-Hungarian roots who holds the Guinness record for longest solo concert

Кортни Лав

Hole frontwoman and grunge icon with Russian-Jewish roots on her father's side

Дана Интернэшнл

Tel Aviv trans icon with Romanian-Yemeni roots who won Eurovision and changed Israel forever

Доджа Кэт

Grammy-winning pop star with a Russian-Jewish grandmother on her mother's side

Дрейк (Обри Грэм)

Global rap superstar whose mother Sandi has Latvian-Russian Jewish roots

Эрика Баду

Neo-soul queen with Russian-Jewish roots on her mother's side

Гедди Ли

Rush bassist and vocalist whose parents survived the Holocaust and emigrated from Russian-controlled Poland

Джин Симмонс

KISS co-founder born in Haifa to a Hungarian mother with Russian roots

Гоголь Бордель

Eugene Hutz — born in Soviet Ukraine, created Gypsy punk and made immigration into a celebration

Харел Скаат

Israeli pop idol and Eurovision representative with Yemenite-Iraqi Jewish roots

Идан Райхель

Israeli world-music pioneer whose ancestors came from Russia and Poland

Идина Мензел

Frozen's Elsa and Broadway's Elphaba — her grandparents came from Russia and Eastern Europe

Илья Прусикин

Little Big frontman from Siberia who nearly won Eurovision and invented Russian rave pop

Иван Ребров

Berlin-born singer with a Russian mother who became the world's most famous interpreter of Russian folk songs

Иври Лидер

Israeli pop star with Polish-Russian roots who became a symbol of LGBTQ+ visibility in Israeli culture

Якоб Дилан

The Wallflowers frontman and son of Bob Dylan, whose Odessa-born grandparents fuel one of music's greatest legacies

Джои Рамон

Queens-born punk icon whose mother Charlotte Mandell has Russian-Jewish roots

Джон Бон Джови

New Jersey rock legend with partial Russian ancestry on his mother's side

Джош Гробан

Multi-platinum tenor with Polish-Russian Jewish roots who became America's classical-pop crossover star

Карен Пелес

One of Israel's most successful pop singers with Polish-Russian Jewish heritage

Леонард Коэн

Montreal poet and songwriter whose mother came from Lithuania — Hallelujah became humanity's anthem

Литл Биг

St. Petersburg rave-pop collective who created gypsy punk anthems and nearly won Eurovision with UNO

Лу Рид

Walk on the Wild Side — his parents came from the Russian Empire's Jewish communities

Лидия Кавина

Moscow-born grandniece of Leon Theremin — the world's foremost theremin virtuoso

Максим Покровский

Moscow rock frontman — lead singer of Nogu Svelo, Russia's most beloved quirky rock band

Марк Болан

T. Rex glam rock pioneer whose father Simeon Feld came from Polish-Russian Jewish roots

Майкл Болтон

How Am I Supposed to Live Without You — his family name was Bolotin, from Russian-Jewish immigrants

Моргенштерн (Алишер Моргенштерн)

Ufa-born rapper who became Russia's most-streamed artist — then fled Russia and became a vocal war opponent

Нил Даймонд

Sweet Caroline singer whose grandparents came from Russia and Poland — 130 million records sold

Нил Седака

Brooklyn pop genius with Russian-Turkish Jewish roots who wrote Laughter in the Rain and Calendar Girl

Нетта Барзилай

Israeli Eurovision winner with Polish Jewish roots — Toy became an anthem for a generation

Николь Шерзингер

Pussycat Dolls frontwoman whose Ukrainian grandfather gave her an unexpected Russian Empire connection

Нинет Тайеб

Israeli pop phenomenon who won Kokhav Nolad and sang with Roger Waters at the Wall

Нойз МС

Born in Yartsevo — Russia's most political rapper who has performed in exile since opposing the Ukraine war

Унаг (Сента-София Деллипонти)

German Celtic folk singer with Bulgarian-Russian roots who became a surprise chart phenomenon

Оксимирон (Мирон Фёдоров)

Leningrad-born rapper educated at Oxford who became Russia's greatest lyricist — now an anti-war exile

Пинк (Алиша Мур)

Pop-rock superstar — her father's family has partial Eastern European Jewish roots

Пол Саймон

Folk poet shaped by immigrant longing

Пол Стэнли

KISS co-founder whose father's family came from the Russian-partitioned territories of Poland

Пола Абдул

American Idol judge and pop star whose mother has Russian-Canadian Jewish roots

Пичес (Меррилл Нискер)

Toronto-born electronic punk provocateur with Polish-Russian Jewish roots — Berlin-based avant-garde icon

Питер Грин

Fleetwood Mac founder whose parents came from Russia and Poland — one of the greatest blues guitarists ever

Саша Алекс Слоан

Introspective American pop singer-songwriter whose first name honours Russian heritage

Шломо Арци

Israel's most beloved male singer — his family came from Romanian Bukovina, on the fringes of the Russian Empire

Шошана Дамари

Yemenite-born Queen of Hebrew Song — the voice of Israel's founding generation

Соня Таюрская

Irkutsk-born Little Big member who became an unlikely international pop star

Софи Такер

Born in Tulchyn, Ukraine — the Last of the Red-Hot Mamas and one of the original American pop stars

Стэн Гетц

His parents came from Kyiv — the Sound became the most beautiful saxophone tone in jazz history

Сюзанна Хоффс

The Bangles frontwoman with Russian-Jewish roots — Eternal Flame and Walk Like an Egyptian

Виктор Цой

Leningrad rock idol with Korean roots — the voice of Soviet youth who died at 28 and became a cult god

Виктория Толстая

Swedish jazz singer and great-great-granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy — carries the greatest name in Russian literature

Йехорам Гаон

Йип Харбург

Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side — wrote Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Brother Can You Spare a Dime

Земфира Рамазанова

Born in Ufa — Russia's greatest female rock star, who left Russia after opposing the Ukraine war

Стивен Тайлер

Aerosmith frontman, roots in Belarusian shtetl

Екатерина Леонова

Russian ballroom champion who won Let's Dance and became one of Germany's most beloved TV personalities

Ширин Давид

Germany's biggest female rapper with Lithuanian-Russian Jewish roots — 4 million YouTube subscribers

Олексеш

Ukrainian-born German rapper with millions of streams — one of Germany's authentic Russian-speaking hip-hop voices