Roman Stolyar (born December 6, 1967) is a Russian composer, piano improviser and educator.

As an improviser, he has collaborated with Dominic Duval, William Parker, Vinny Golia, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Marco Eneidi, Weasel Walter, Susan Allen,[1][2] Tanya Kalmanovitch, Oliver Lake, Assif Tsahar, Glen Hall, Thomas Buckner,[3] Martin Kuchen, Ed Sarath, Jin Hi Kim, Ilia Belorukov,[4] Sergey Letov and others.

[8] In 2018 he moved in Saint Petersburg where he worked in Boris Tischenko Music College and continued composing music for theater shows, playing improv concerts and giving lectures and workshops on theory and history of free improvisation.

When the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine started, Roman Stolyar expressed his protests against war and growing reperssions in Russia in a number of interviews given to European mass media.

[9] He finally left Russia in February 2023 and is currently living and working in Berlin, Germany, collaborating with a number of Berlin-based musicians– Edith Steyer, Meinrad Kneer, Sam Hall, Vincent Laju, Lina Allemano, Anna Kaluza, Johannes von Wrochem and many others.