Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and journalist (born 1934)

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth and detail."

August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 150 days remain until the end of the year.