Full name, alternate transliteration: Valentyn Vasil′yovych Sil′vestrov
Born in Kiev, Sept 30, 1937
- Silvestrov studied at the Kiev Institute of Construction Engineering before enrolling at the Kiev Conservatory (1958–64) to study harmony and counterpoint.
- In his article for Grove on Silvestrov, Virko Baley discusses the conflict between avant-garde and tradition as a major theme in Silvestrov’s work. Some compositions integrate these two impulses; at other times, he explores one or the other in a single work or period. Thus, he music can range in style from neoclassicism to minimalism to atonality.1
March 30, 2022 NYT article about Silvestrov’s status as a refugee from the current war in Ukraine
Sources
- Virko Baley, “Sil′vestrov, Valentyn Vasil′yovych,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed April 1, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000025801.