Mykola Apolonovych Tutkovsky (5 [17] February 1857, Lypovets - 15 February 1931, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian composer, virtuoso pianist, teacher and musician. Brother of the geologist Pavlo Tutkovsky.
He was born on 5 (17) February 1857 in the town of Lypovtsi (now a city, district centre of Vinnytsia region). In 1880, he graduated from the music school of the Kyiv branch of the Russian Musical Society (piano class of B. Pukhalskyi, music theory class of A. Kazbyriuk), taught there for 10 years; as a pianist, he took part in symphony and chamber concerts of this society. In 1881, he took examinations at the St Petersburg Conservatoire as an external student to become a free artist. In 1893, he opened a music school in Kyiv, where he worked until 1930. In 1920-1923, he was a professor at the Kyiv Conservatory, and in 1923-1929, at the State Music College in Kyiv.
Among his students: L. Revutskyi, O. Kanevtsev, L. Parashchenko, V. Zoldenko-Kruglov, V. Petrushevskyi, M. Kuzmin, and others.
Tomb of Mykola Tutkovsky
Mykola Tutkovsky died on 15 February 1931. He was buried in Kyiv at the Baikove Cemetery (plot No. 4 of the old part).
For his contribution to the development of the Ukrainian State under the Red Banner, he was awarded the title of Hero of Labour (since 1924).
Creativity
Tutkovsky is the author of works for symphony orchestra, piano, violin, cello and choir; the opera "The Raging Wind"; the textbook "Guide to the Study of Harmony" (1905).
Family.
His wife and mother of children was Karolina Tutkovska (d. 1910). His second wife was the pianist and music teacher L. S. Parashchenko (1867-1943).
Son Apollo Mykolaiovych Tutkovskyi (b. 1880), a military officer and economist, was repressed in the 1930s. Daughter Alisa (Elizaveta; b. 1895).
