Oleh Mahlay is an American violinist, pianist, bandurist, choral conductor and lawyer of Ukrainian ethnicity.

His violin teachers included Elmer Setzer of the Cleveland Orchestra and Jeannette Drinkold-Meyer, a student of renowned violinist Josef Gingold.

This workshop was run by Wolodymyr Kolesnyk, formerly of the Kyiv Opera and artistic director of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus for over a decade.

This post gave the current artistic director and conductor of the Chorus the opportunity at a very young age to explore and gain insights into the art of choral conducting and the mystical sounds of Slavic sacred music.

In 1988, he began his long association with the Kobzarska Sich Summer Bandura Camp in Emlenton, Pennsylvania, where he has served as conductor, lecturer, and music director over the years.

Currently, Oleh Mahlay is a practicing attorney in the Cleveland as a Staff Hearing Officer, for the Industrial Commission of Ohio.

He continues to teach voice and bandura, and frequently lectures and conducts workshops both in the Northeast Ohio area and throughout the United States and Canada.

He also acts as the vocal coach for the female Ukrainian folk trio Native Spirit (Ridna Dusha).

The Ukrainian Steppe, A Bandura Christmas, Golden Echoes of Kyiv: The Divine Liturgy, The European Tour (2003), Bayda (2005) and 1659 (2007) also feature some of the artistic director's compositions and arrangements.