Dalhousie University: Kolesov and Music Degree

dalhousie university: Kolesov and the rest of the YAS string quartet were set to perform Beethoven's Serioso at a concert hall in Halifax on Sunday, but the show was cancelled because of his immigration issues, according to Hamilton Spectator. Kolesov, 23, is currently studying in Chicago, having previously pursued a music degree at Halifax's Dalhousie University, but the musical prodigy says he doesn't feel fully welcome in any of the three countries in which he has lived. But Artem Kolesov says first getting Canada's permission to cross the border for a classical concert is a struggle in itself. Kolesov says he has known he is gay since he was five years old, but between his parents' strict conservative beliefs at home in St. I truly believed that gay people were these horrible monsters that caused so many issues in the world, and you should really get rid of them, says Kolesov. Petersburg and homophobic sentiment in Russia sanctioned by a so-called anti-gay propaganda law he says coming out meant risking family banishment or even violence. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.