Konstanty Wileński

Костянтин Віленський

Born|  (1949-12-25) 25 December 1949 (age 75)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Genres|

* Classical
* Jazz

Occupations|

* Pianist
* Composer

Instrument| Piano

Musical artist

Konstanty Michajłowicz Wileński[a] (born 25 December 1949) is a pianist, composer, and jazz musician.

Born in Kiev to a family of musicians, he is a grandson (by adoption) of Illia Vilenskyi [uk] (1896–1975), the first director of the Kiev Philharmonic Hall and founder of three musical theaters. His parents, Mykhailo Vilensky and Yelyzaveta Rostkovska, were choreographers. In 1974 he graduated from the Kiev Conservatory and in 1978 completed his postgraduate studies at the same Conservatorium. Since 1983 he was a lecturer of harmony, orchestration, and composition in the same conservatoire. In 1995–2001 he was a musical director of the Stefan Żeromski Theater [pl] in Kielce (Poland). He has twelve albums of his own musical works.

Since 1995 he has resided in Kielce, Poland, and he obtained Polish citizenship in 2002.[1]

## Notes

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* Ukrainian: Костянтин Михайлович Віленський, romanized: Kostiantyn Mykhailovych Vilenskyi
* Polish: Konstanty Michajłowicz Wileński
* Russian: Константин Михайлович Виленский, romanized: Konstantin Mikhaylovich Vilensky

## References

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1. ^ "Ewa Ziółkowska, Nie strzelajcie do pianisty, Słowo Ludu, 13–14 kwietnia 2002, Nr 86" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2008.

## External links

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* Personal site (in English and Polish)
* K. Vilensky plays G. McHugh's I Can't Give You Anything But Love on YouTube

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