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Dec 06, 1903 Sambir, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine Died on 08 Jun 2006 (aged 102)
Ukrainian composer and conductor
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About Mykola Kolessa
- Mykola Filaretovich Kolessa (6 December 1903 – 8 June 2006) was a prominent Ukrainian composer and conductor, born in Sambir near Lviv. His father Filaret was a prominent Ukrainian ethnomusicologist and composer and his cousin was the celebrated pianist Lubka Kolessa.
- He graduated from Lysenko Higher Musical Institute, then studied in Prague under Vítezslav Novák and Otakar Ostrcil, and taught at Lviv Conservatory.
- His works include two symphonies (1949 and 1966), symphonic variations (1931), a 'Ukrainian Suite' (1928), all for orchestra, and 'In the Mountains' for string orchestra (1972), and a number of chamber and incidental works as well as some song cycles.
- His composition style was tonal and conservative and has been linked to that of Alexander Glazunov, although influences from Bartok and the early 20th-century French school can be heard as well.
- As a conductor he worked with world-famous ensembles such as the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ballet Theater, the Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Trembita Choir, becoming the founder of the Lviv conducting school.
