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Family name Given name Life dates Residence Began Notes  
Shostakovich A
Шостакович
Chostakovitch
Schostakowitsch
ext
Dmitriy A
Дмитрий
Dmitri
Dmitry
1906–1975
Russian Empire 1906
  M P R
Additional references

Hulme 2002
Photo

Shoujounian A
Շուժունյան
Shuzhunyan
Petros A
Պետրոս
b. 1957
Armenia 1957
Canada 1976
  M R
Shtoharenko Andrij 1902–1992
Russian Empire 1902
  M R
Shulman U Alan 1915–2002
USA 1915
 
Sibelius U ext Jean A
Johan
Janne
1865–1957
Russian Empire 1865
Germany 1889
Austria 1890
Russian Empire 1891

Born in the Grand Duchy of Finland and returned there in 1891.

JS catalog numbers, for works without opus numbers, are ordered alphabetically, not chronologically.

M P R
Additional references

Dahlström 2003; Barnett 2007

Siegel U Wayne b. 1953
USA 1953
Denmark 1974
  M
Siegmeister Elie 1909–1991
USA 1909
France 1927
USA 1932
  M P R
Sigurbjörnsson Þorkell 1938–2013
Iceland 1938
USA 195u
Iceland 1962
  M P R
Sigurðsson U Valgeir b. 1971
Iceland 1971
  M P R
Sikorski Kazimierz 1895–1986
Switzerland 1895
Poland
  M
Silberberg Laura b. 1986
Canada 1986
  M P R
Silvestrov Valentin    

--> Syl'vestrov, Valentyn

Simaku U Thomas b. 1958
Albania 1958
England 1991
  M R
Simms U Bekah b. 1990
Canada 1990
  M P R
Simpson U Robert 1921–1997
England 1921
  M P R
Sims U Ezra 1928–2015
USA 1928

Resulting from an error on the part of Nicolas Slonimsky, String Quartet No. 2 (1962), written in 1974, is a quintet for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and cello.

M P
Singleton Alvin b. 1940
USA 1940
  M R
Sink ext Kuldar 1942–1995
Estonia 1942
  M R
Problems, questions

Further residences to be determined

Sirota U Robert b. 1949
USA 1949
France 1971 ca.
USA 19uu
  M P
Širvinskas Juozas b. 1943
Lithuania 1943
  M R