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

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

to a family of musicians, he is a grandson (by adoption) of (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 The Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music (), formerly Kyiv Conservatory, is a national music tertiary academy in Kyiv, Ukraine. Its courses include postgraduate education. History The Kyiv Conservatory was founded on 3 November 1913 at ...

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 in

Kielce Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnic ...

(Poland). He has twelve albums of his own musical works. Since 1995 he has resided in

, Poland, and he obtained Polish citizenship in 2002.

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(in English and Polish) * 1949 births Living people Musicians from Kyiv Polish composers Polish conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Polish jazz musicians Ukrainian composers Ukrainian jazz musicians 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century male musicians Male jazz musicians {{Ukraine-composer-stub