Leonid Mogilevsky

Leonid Yakovlevich Mogilevsky (Ukrainian: Leonid Yakovych Mohylevskyi) was a Ukrainian conductor, trumpeter, and teacher of music, born on February 18, 1886, in Odesa and died there on June 25, 1950. He belonged to a musical family and was the brother of Alexander and David Mogilevsky.

He graduated from the Odesa Music School in 1902. From 1908 he was a soloist in the orchestra of the Odesa Opera, while also teaching at the Music School. After the school was transformed into the Odesa Conservatory, he continued teaching there for the rest of his life, with the exception of the wartime interruption from 1941 to 1945. From 1935 he headed the department of wind and percussion instruments, and from 1947 he held the title of professor.

Mogilevsky was also active as a conductor. In 1922-1924 he conducted a traveling opera company. From 1927 to 1938 he led the symphony orchestra of Odesa Radio, and in 1939-1941 and again in 1945-1947 he conducted the symphony orchestra of the Odesa Philharmonic.

During the Second World War, from 1942 to 1945, he lived in evacuation in Ashgabat. There he taught at a music school and conducted the orchestra of the drama theater. In 1933 he had also taken an active part in organizing the Stolyarsky music school in Odesa.

He composed small-scale works for trumpet, including a Nocturne and a Scherzo, and also made transcriptions of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Saint-Saens, and others. He became the founder of a musical dynasty: his daughter Serafima Mogilevskaya was a music teacher and pianist, his grandson Evgeny Mogilevsky became a pianist, and his great-grandson Alexander Mogilevsky also became a pianist.

His legacy continued to be honored long after his death. In 2016, the First All-Ukrainian Competition for Young Performers on Brass and Percussion Instruments named after Leonid Mogilevsky was held in Odesa.

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