Sergey Kolesov is one of the brightest representatives of Russian saxophone school. He is the first and the only Russian saxophonist who won the “Grand-prix” at the most prestigious saxophone competition International Adolphe Sax Competition in Dinant, Belgium, 2006. The competition was represented by 176 outstanding international participants. Besides winning the obligatory performance competitions, Sergey Kolesov obtained three First Prizes for the best performance of the works written especially for this competition.

  Being a violinist, at 13 years of age, he became absorbed in studying a new musical instrument – the saxophone. Sergey Kolesov is a graduate of the Russian Gnesin’s Academy of Music in the class of Professor and Russian People's Artist, Margarita Shaposhnikova, who is the founder of the Russian classical saxophone school. A devotion to the love of performance on the saxophone, the desire to create music, and his enormous diligence to music, helped Sergey Kolesov to reach great creative successes. He is the First Prize winner of the International Saxophone Competition “Selmer-Paris” in Kiev, Ukraine. The owner of the “Special Prize Henry Selmer” at the International Competition of saxophonists “Saxiana” in Paris, France. The First Prize winner of the International Chamber Music Competition “Salieri-Zinetti”, Verona, Italy, in duo with the pianist Elena Grinevich. This victory is remarkable, because Duo S.Kolesov (saxophone) - E.Grinevich (piano) was chosen by the jury as the best ensemble of 62 groups from all over the world, including mainly piano, cello and violin ensembles. In October 2011 S.Kolesov in duo with E.Grinevich won the first prize at the 4th European Chamber Music Competition in Karlsruhe, Germany.

  At present, Sergey [Kolesov] conducts an active series of concerts and pedagogical activities in almost all Russian cities and abroad (Italy, Poland, Germany, Belgium, France, Norway, Slovenia). He constantly collaborates with such musical associations as the New Music Studio at the Moscow Conservatory of Music, Moscow Chamber Orchestra under the direction of V.Bulakhov, the St. Petersburg Philarmonic Chamber orchestra under the Direction of Jeffry Meyer, the Chamber Orchestras of Belgium, Pacific Ocean Symphony Orchestra under the direction of M.Arkadiev and many other orchestras.