Mikhail Rafailovich Raukhverger (also transliterated as Rauchverger or Rauverger; ; December 5 (November 22 O.S.), 1901 October 18, 1989) was a Jewish–Soviet pianist and composer. Career Mikhail Raukhverger was born in Odessa. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory under Felix Blumenfeld in 1927 and in 1929–1941 taught there. He then moved to the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, where he composed early Kirghiz operas and ballets. He composed several operas and ballets, a symphony and a symphonic suite, a cello concerto, three string quartets, piano pieces, more than four hundred choral works and songs as well as drama and film scores. He was awarded Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1974) and People's Artist of Kyrgyzstan (1961). He died in Moscow in 1989, aged 87. Selected film scores 1937 - The Lonely White Sail 1956 - For the Power of the Soviets 1959 - Morning Star References 1901 births 1989 deaths Russian composers Russian male composers Russian classical pianists Male classical pianists Moscow Conservatory alumni Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century composers Jewish classical pianists 20th-century Russian male musicians