Teofilovitsj Sviatoslav Richter (Russian: Святослав Теофилович Рихтер) ( Ukraine,Zhytomyr, 20 March 1915 – Moscow, 1 August 1997) was a Russian pianist and composer, who is regarded as a grand master of the piano. His father Theophile was German, his mother Anna was Russian. Both parents were likewise pianist.