In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Filaretovich and the family name is Kolessa.

Mykola Filaretovich Kolessa[a] (6 December 1903 – 8 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[1] and Otakar Ostrčil,[2] and taught at Lviv Conservatory. He also studied conducting with Pavel Dědeček.[2]

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.[3]

During the course of his teaching career, Kolessa nurtured more than a hundred choral and orchestral conductors.[4] He also taught composition, where one of his more notable students includes Ukrainian composer and teacher, Myroslav Skoryk.[5][6]

Notes

  1. ^ Ukrainian: Микола Філаретович Колесса, romanized: Mykola Filaretovych Kolessa

References

  1. ^ Despić, Dejan; Milin, Melita (2008). Muziécki Modernizam: Nova Tumaécenja : Zbornik Radova Ca Nauécnog Skupa Odrézanog Od 11. Do 13. Oktobra 2007... [Musical Modernism: New Interpretations: Proceedings of the Scientific Conference Held from 11 to 13 October 2007...]. Institute of Musicology. p. 157. ISBN 978-86-7025-463-3. Other outstanding pupils of Novák were e.g. Sabin Dragoi (1894 Seliste / Arad - 1968 Bucharest), Mykola Kolessa...
  2. ^ a b "Mykola Kolessa II". Radio Prague International (in Czech). 2002-07-17. Retrieved 2025-03-08. Kolessovými učiteli dirigování byli Pavel Dědeček a skladatel Otakar Ostrčil. [Kolessa's conducting teachers were Pavel Dědeček and composer Otakar Ostrčil.]
  3. ^ NRCU Symphony Orchestra website Archived 2013-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, nrcu.gov.ua; accessed 13 March 2017.
  4. ^ П, Чечель Є. Г. , Чечель Н. Англійська мова для вищих навчальних мистецьких закладів.: Підручник для ВНЗ [English for higher educational institutions of the arts: Textbook for universities]. Нова Книга. p. 321. ISBN 978-966-382-205-1. For the years of his teaching activity Mykola Kolessa educated more then hundred choir and symphonic conductors.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Music of the Ukraine". Gramophone. Retrieved 2025-03-08. This appeal to national feeling, treating local ideas and scenes and traditions almost iconically, also makes the Hutsul Triptych and Carpathian Concerto of his pupil Myroslav Skoryk.
  6. ^ The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music. Penguin Books. 2008. p. 678. ISBN 978-0-14-103336-5. The pieces by Kolessa's pupil, Myroslav Skoryk, are more interesting.
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