Oleh Krysa
Professor of Violin
Fall 2009 Academic Leave
Studied at Lviv Music School, Ukraine, with Konstantin Mikhailov, and Moscow Conservatory with David Oistrakh. Solo recitals at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center. Solo recital tours in Europe, Russia, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, North and South America. Soloist with Moscow, St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Dresden, Gewandhaus (Leipzig), Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, and Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras; Berlin, Malmo, New York, National, and New Mexico Symphonies; Ukrainian State Orchestra, Staatskapelle Weimar, Bach Collegium Stuttgart, Royal Orchestra (London), and Musici di Montreal. Music festivals include Aspen Music Festival, Lake Winnipessaukee Music Festival, Park City International Music Festival, Australian Chamber Music Festival, Bach-Akademie (Stuttgart), Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival (Finland), Louvre Music Festival (Paris), Lockenhaus Music Festival (Austria), Moscow Stars Music Festival, "Prague Spring," and "Warsaw Autumn." Recordings on Melodiya, Triton (DML Classics), Olympia, Cambria, Lydian, BIS, and Russian Disc labels. Outstanding Artist of Ukrainian Republic (1970); Second Prize (shared with Gidon Kremer), Montreal International Violin Competition (1969); Third Prize, Tchaikovsky Competition (1966); First Prize, Paganini Competition (1963); Second Prize, Wieniawski Competition (1962). Adjudicator: Bach, Kreisler, Paganini, Rodolfo Lipizer, Spohr, and Wieniawski competitions. Premieres: Alfred Schnittke, A Paganini (written for Krysa), Concerto Grosso No. 3 (dedicated to Krysa), Sketches After Mahler's Piano Quartet (dedicated to Krysa); Skoryk, Violin Concerti Nos. 1 & 2; Hodkinson, Sonata for Solo Violin (dedicated to Krysa), Scherzo Frenetique for violin and piano (dedicated to Krysa and Tatiana Tchekina), Shredded Postcards for violin, clarinet, and marimba (dedicated to Krysa). Master classes in North America, Europe, Taiwan, Australia, Korea. Faculty member, Kiev Conservatory (1967-73); Moscow Gnesin Musical Institute (1973-75); Moscow Conservatory (1975-89); Manhattan School of Music (1990-93); Eastman (1993-).
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