- Konstanty Wileński
Konstanty Wileński, born Konstantin Mikhailovich Vilensky, _ru. Константин Михайлович Виленский, _uk. Костянтин Михайлович Віленський (born
25 December 1949 ,Kiev ) is a Ukrainian and Polishpianist ,composer andjazz musician .Born to a family of Kiev musicians, he is a grandson (by adoption) of Ilya Vilensky (1896 - 1975), the first director of
Kiev Philarmonic Hall and founder of three musical theaters. His parents, Mikhail Vilensky and Yelizaveta Rostkovskaya, were choreographers. In1974 he graduated from Kiev Conservatoire, and in1978 completed his postgraduate studies at the same Conservatorium. Since1983 he was a lecturer of harmony, orchestration and composition in the same Conservatoire. In1995 -2001 he was a musical director of Stefan Żeromski Theater in Kielce (Poland). He has 7 disks with own musical works.Since
1995 he resides inKielce (Poland), obtained Polish citizenship in2002 [ [http://www.slowoludu.com.pl/gazeta/codzienna/2002/IV/13/5.pdf Ewa Ziółkowska, "Nie strzelajcie do pianisty", Słowo Ludu, 13-14 kwietnia2002 , Nr 86.] ] .References
Links
* [http://www.vilensky.com.pl/ Personal site (in English and Polish)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFlSBpuokUo K. Vilensky plays G. McHugh's I Can't Give You Anything But Love]
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