Tikhon Khrennikov, who headed the Composers Union from 1948 to 1991, disapproved of Schnittke's occasional atonality and serialism.

The structure of the Composers Union has at various times included:

In 1948-1953, he was Chairman of the Composers Union of Azerbaijan.

From 1967 to 1968 he was head of the Composers Union of Ukraine.

Finally I went to the Composers Union and explained my position.

"He helped a lot of people at a difficult time," said Eduard Alekseyev, a music scholar and a former member of the Composers Union.

He is the creator and conductor assigned to the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, from the Composers Union of Moscow, since its foundation in 1995.

During 1944-1948 years Revutsky headed the Composers Union of Ukraine.

In 1980 he took a position as secretary of the Composers Union which allowed him better opportunities for composition.

From 1973 to 1990 he was the chairman of the Composers Union of the Russian Federation.