About Mykola Kolessa
Lived 1903 – 2006 (aged 102). Mykola Kolessa was an Austrian, Polish and Russian conductor, composer, music educator, writer, chorus master and conductor (music).
Mykola Filaretovych Kolessa (6 December 19038 June 2006) was a Ukrainian composer and conductor, born in Sambir near Lviv.
His father Filaret Kolessa 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. He also studied conducting with Pavel Dědeček.
During the course of his teaching career, Kolessa nurtured more than a hundred choral and orchestral conductors. He also taught composition, where one of his more notable students includes Ukrainian composer and teacher, Myroslav Skoryk.
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Who was Mykola Kolessa?
Ukrainian composer and conductor (1903–2006)
When was Mykola Kolessa born?
Mykola Kolessa was born on 6 December 1903 in Sambir.
When did Mykola Kolessa die?
Mykola Kolessa died on 8 June 2006 in Lviv.
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Mykola Kolessa was a conductor, composer, music educator, writer, chorus master and conductor (music).
What nationality was Mykola Kolessa?
Mykola Kolessa was Austrian, Polish and Russian.
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