Mykola Vilinsky (1888–1956) was a Ukrainian composer, musicologist, and teacher, one of the leading representatives of the Odesa composing school and a pupil of Witold Maliszewski. His work is marked by refined taste, lyricism, and a deep knowledge of folk music.
Especially valuable is his contribution to the art-song genre — solo songs and refined arrangements of Ukrainian and Moldovan folk songs, in which the beauty of the original melodies is carefully preserved. Vilinsky also wrote piano and choral works. For many years he taught at the Odesa and later the Kyiv Conservatory, raising a galaxy of well-known musicians. Mykola Vilinsky's work is an important link in the development of Ukrainian professional music of the first half of the 20th century.
