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Mykola Filaretovich Kolessa (6 December 1903 – 8 June 2006) was a Ukrainian composer and conductor, born in Sambir near Lviv.

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Mykola Kolessa Микола Колесса
Background information
Birth name	Mykola Kolessa
Also known as	Nikolai Kolessa
Born	6 December 1903 Sambir, Austria-Hungary (present-day Ukraine)
Died	8 June 2006(2006-06-08) (aged 102) Lviv, Ukraine
Occupation(s)	Composer, conductor, professor
Instrument(s)	piano

His father Filaret was a Ukrainian ethnomusicologist and composer and his cousin was the pianist Lubka Kolessa. He graduated from Lysenko Higher Musical Institute, then studied in Prague under Vítězslav Novák and Otakar Ostrčil, 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 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.[1]

References

External links

• Brief biography and worklist at Onno van Rijen's site
• Mykola Kolessa's works for organ
• Mykola Kolessa at Find a Grave

На других языках

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[de] Mykola Kolessa

Mykola Filaretowytsch Kolessa (ukrainisch Микола Філаретович Колесса; * 6. Dezember 1903 in Sambir, Galizien; † 8. Juni 2006 in Lwiw) war ein ukrainischer Komponist, Dirigent und Pädagoge.

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- [en] Mykola Kolessa

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[ru] Колесса, Николай Филаретович

Никола́й Филаре́тович Коле́сса (укр. Микола Філаретович Колесса; 6 декабря 1903 — 8 июня 2006) — советский, украинский композитор, симфонический, оперный и хоровой дирижёр, педагог, общественный деятель. Лауреат Государственной премии Украинской ССР им. Т. Г. Шевченко (1983). Народный артист СССР (1991). Герой Украины (2002).

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