Roman Semenovich Ledenev (December 4, 1930 - August 15, 2019) was a Soviet and Russian composer and music teacher, professor at the Moscow Conservatory.
From 1956 to 1964, he was a professor at Moscow State University, and taught polyphony, solfeggio, instrumentation, harmony, and composition (as an assistant).
In 1978, he began to formally teach his own composition class, becoming a fully fledged professor in 1991.
In 2006, Ledenev became a professor at the Central Music School as well, teaching a compositional class.
On 15 August 2019,[2] Ledenov died, and was buried in Moscow in the Troekurovsky Cemetery.