Sofia Gubaidulina

|birth_place = Chistopol, TASSR, Russian SFSR |notable_works = *''Stimmen... Verstummen...'' *''Offertorium (Жертвоприношение)'' *''Music for Flute, Strings, and Percussion'' *''The Canticle of the Sun of St Francis of Assisi'' *''Fachwerk'' *Concerto for violin, cello and bayan }}

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina ( , ; born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Russian composer and an established international figure. Major orchestras around the world have commissioned and performed her works. She is considered one of the foremost Russian composers of the second half of the 20th century along with Alfred Schnittke and Edison Denisov. Provided by Wikipedia