Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky was a Russian composer and renowned teacher. He helped to set up the Union of Soviet Composers in Moscow and remained one of its leading figures. He was a prolific composer of piano music and chamber music; many of his piano works have been performed by Vladimir Horowitz. He is probably best known in Western Europe for the "Comedians' Galop" from The Comedians Suite, Op. 26 and his third piano concerto.