Mikhail Kollontay

Mikhail Kollontay
Background information
Born (1952-08-21) 21 August 1952
Moscow, Russia USSR
Occupation(s)Composer, Pianist
InstrumentPiano
Years active1971—present
Websitewww.kollontay.org

Mikhail Georgiyevich Kollontay (Russian: Михаи́л Гео́ргиевич Коллонта́й; born 21 August 1952 in Moscow), Russian composer and pianist. Also known under his mother's name, Ermolaev.

His father, Georgiy Fyodorovich Kollontay (18971954), an artist, was sent to the camps in 1938 (released in 1946, rehabilitated posthumously); his mother, Ekaterina Ilyinichna Ermolaeva (19222001), was a translator (English, modern Greek). In 2022, Kollontay became citizen of Republic of China.