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Mykola Kolessa
Born: 6th December 1903, Sambir, Ukraine
Died: 8th June 2006, Lviv, Ukraine
Nationality: Ukrainian
Mykola Filaretovych Kolessa 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.
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.
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