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Valentyn Sylvestrov
Person · male · Soviet Union · Kyiv · born 1937 · recording since 1969
Soviet and Ukrainian pianist and composer (b. 1937)
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Also known as Valentyn Sylvestrov · Валентин Сильвестров · Silvestrov · Valentin Silvestrov · Valentin Vasil'yevich Silvestrov · Valentin Vasilyevich Silvestrov · +9 more
Timeline
44 events▣ Album 40✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1930s
1960s
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Debut release: Serocki: Continuum / Silvestrov: Mystères / Puig: Provisoires agglomérats
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Album: Serocki: Continuum / Silvestrov: Mystères / Puig: Provisoires agglomérats
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1990s
2000s
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Album: Symphony no. 2 / Serenade for String Orchestra / Meditation Symphony for Cello and Chamber Orchestra
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Album: Shostakovich: Complete Works for Piano Trio / Silvestrov: Postlude DSCH
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2010s
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Album: Karabits: Concertos for Orchestra / Silvestrov: Elegie / Abschiedsserenade
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2020s
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Album: Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3, Youth Symphony; Silvestrov: The Messenger
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Album: Symphony for Violin and Orchestra, “Widmung” / Postludium for Piano and Orchestra
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Biography
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Biography
Valentin Vasylyovych Silvestrov (Ukrainian: Валентин Васильович Сильвестров; born 30 September 1937) is a Ukrainian composer and pianist who plays and writes contemporary classical music. He is a laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize.
Biography
Valentin Vasylyovych Silvestrov was born on 30 September 1937 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, then part of the Soviet Union.
Silvestrov began private music lessons at 15. After first teaching himself, he studied piano at the Kyiv Evening Music School from 1955 to 1958 whilst training to become a civil engineer. He attended the Kyiv Conservatory from 1958 to 1964, where he studied musical composition with Borys Lyatoshynsky and harmony and counterpoint with Levko Revutsky. He then taught at a music studio in Kyiv.
Silvestrov was a freelance composer in Kyiv from 1970 to 2022. He fled to Berlin upon the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Music
Silvestrov is best known for his postmodern music, some of which is also considered neoclassical. Using traditional tonal and modal techniques, he creates delicate tapestries of dramatic and emotional textures, qualities he feels are often lost in contemporary music: "I do not write new music. My music is a response to and an echo of what already exists."
In 1974, pressured to conform to socialist realism and trends of modernism, and to apologise for his composers' meeting walkout protesting the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, Silvestrov withdrew from the spotlight and began to reject his earlier modernist style, composing the Silent Songs (Тихі Пісні, 1977) cycle for private performance. After the Soviet Union's fall, he composed spiritual and religious works influenced by Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox liturgical music. He traced his rejection of avant-garde techniques to his Kyiv Conservatory years, when Lyatoshynsky asked, "Do you like this?", a question he said was "ingrained in my soul".
His 2004-05 70-minute violin and piano cycle, Melodies of the Moments (Мелодії Миттєвостей), seven works with 22 movements, is intimate and elusive. He describes it as "melodies ... on the boundary between their appearance and disappearance". Elements of Ukrainian nationalism occur in works like Diptych, which sets the words of Taras Shevchenko's prominent patriotic poem "Testament" ("Заповіт", 1845) to music for chorus. He dedicated it in 2014 to Serhiy Nigoyan, the Armenian-Ukrainian Euromaidan activist killed in the 2014 Hrushevsky Street protests, perhaps the first of the Maidan casualties that led to the Revolution of Dignity.
Discography & profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | 40 | 94.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 42 | 93.1th |
| Studio albums | 41 | 99th |
| Awards recorded | 7 | 98.2th |
| Timeline events | 44 | 98.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 57 | 96.1th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
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Discography (42 release groups · 41 studio albums)
Albums · 41
Serocki: Continuum / Silvestrov: Mystères / Puig: Provisoires agglomérats
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 54:38
A1Continuum12:53A2Mystères12:35BProvisoires agglomérats29:10Trois Sonates pour piano / Sonate pour violoncelle et piano
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:09:58
1Sonate no. 217:132Sonate no. 315:323Sonate no. 1: I. Moderato con molta attenzione11:244Sonate no. 1: II. Andantino5:095Sonate pour violoncelle et piano20:401996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:05:07
1Symphony no. 5: Maestoso, pesante2:582Symphony no. 5: Moderato, leggiero7:223Symphony no. 5: Animato, leggiero, con moto4:264Symphony no. 5: Andante6:385Symphony no. 5: Più mosso5:256Symphony no. 5: Meno mosso3:147Symphony no. 5: Leggiero3:478Symphony no. 5: Andantino5:029Symphony no. 5: Moderato8:1110Postludium: Comodo5:1311Postludium: Allegro vivace6:1812Postludium: Dolce6:331999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:12:11
1Stufen: Dedication4:512Stufen: Elegy4:073Stufen: My Soul4:354Stufen: The Blue-Grey Shadows Have Moved3:085Stufen: What Are You For, Days?5:066Stufen: Elegy5:147Stufen: Oh, My Prophetic Soul3:038Stufen: Sisters? Heaviness and Tenderness5:529Stufen: To the Dream4:3810Stufen: Last Love5:2111Stufen: I Have Forgotten the Word I Wanted to Say10:1612Unsnaya Musika 18:2513Unsnaya Musika 27:352002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:10:30
1Sonata for Violoncello and Piano22:112String Quartet no. 121:173Three Postludes: No. 1. "D-S-C-H"6:534Three Postludes: No. 29:255Three Postludes: No. 34:166Hymn 20016:282003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 1:07:46
1Metamusik (Symphony for Piano and Orchestra)47:522Postludium (Symphonic Poem for Piano and Orchestra)19:54Symphony no. 2 / Serenade for String Orchestra / Meditation Symphony for Cello and Chamber Orchestra
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 58:31
1Symphony no. 212:132Meditation for Cello and Chamber Orchestra30:293Serenade for String Orchestra15:492004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 52:33
1Requiem for Larissa: I. Largo6:322Requiem for Larissa: II. Adagio - moderato - allegro9:113Requiem for Larissa: III. Largo - allegro moderato9:524Requiem for Larissa: IV. Largo5:375Requiem for Larissa: V. Andante - moderato9:206Requiem for Larissa: VI. Largo5:557Requiem for Larissa: VII. Allegro moderato6:062004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 28 tracks · 2:01:23
Disc 11Silent Songs, Part I: Song Can Tend the Ailing Spirit3:182Silent Songs, Part I: There Were Some Storms and Blizzards3:593Silent Songs, Part I: La Belle Dame sans merci7:114Silent Songs, Part I: O Melancholy Time3:415Silent Songs, Part I: Farewell, O World, O Earth5:236Silent Songs, Part II: What Meaning Has My Name for You?2:457Silent Songs, Part II: I Will Tell You With Unswerving Frankness3:188Silent Songs, Part II: I’m Drinking to Mary4:349Silent Songs, Part II: Winter Journey5:3710Silent Songs, Part II: White, a Solitary Sail4:4011Silent Songs, Part II: I Met You6:0212Silent Songs, Part II: The Isle4:07Disc 21Silent Songs, Part II: Something Tender, Blue, Unspoken5:512Silent Songs, Part II: Autumn Song4:253Silent Songs, Part II: Swamps and Marshes4:524Silent Songs, Part II: Winter Evening6:005Silent Songs, Part III: When the Cornfield, Yellowing, Stirs4:316Silent Songs, Part III: I Set Out on the Road Alone5:327Silent Songs, Part III: Mountain Summits4:518Silent Songs, Part IV: Elegy. Verses Composed at Night, at a Time of Insomnia3:389Silent Songs, Part IV: Choral. A Vengeful God2:1010Silent Songs, Part IV: Meditation. It’s Time, My Friend, It’s Time!4:3011Silent Songs, Part IV: Ode. Schubert on Water3:5212Silent Songs, Part IV: Postludium. Those Sweet Companions3:1813Four Songs After Osip Mandelstam: My Lashes Are Pricking4:2914Four Songs After Osip Mandelstam: I Don’t Know When1:3815Four Songs After Osip Mandelstam: For the Thunderous Grandeur of Ages to Come3:2616Four Songs After Osip Mandelstam: The Oaks Drink From a Cold Vessel3:452005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:10:37
1And So Ended Kant's Travelling in this World8:012Three Poems of Cecco Angiolieri: La mia malinconia...3:473Three Poems of Cecco Angiolieri: S'i' fosse foco...4:424Three Poems of Cecco Angiolieri: La stremita...5:345Da ispravitsja molitva moja9:146On Photography: Expressa Solis2:377On Photography: Expressa Solis / Tersa Perfetta17:148On Photography: Resonare fibris...3:349Diptychon: The Lord's Prayer5:4010Diptychon: Testament10:14Shostakovich: Complete Works for Piano Trio / Silvestrov: Postlude DSCH
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:09:56
1Piano Trio no. 1, op. 813:342Piano Trio no. 2, op. 67: I. Andante - Moderato7:333Piano Trio no. 2, op. 67: II. Allegro Non Troppo3:084Piano Trio no. 2, op. 67: III. Largo (Attacca)4:575Piano Trio no. 2, op. 67: IV. Allegretto10:556Seven Verses of Alexander Blok, op. 127: I. Pesnja Ofelii2:257Seven Verses of Alexander Blok, op. 127: II. Gamajun ptica veshchaj3:288Seven Verses of Alexander Blok, op. 127: III. My byli vmestre2:479Seven Verses of Alexander Blok, op. 127: IV. Gorod spit2:4510Seven Verses of Alexander Blok, op. 127: V. Burja2:0911Seven Verses of Alexander Blok, op. 127: VI. Tajnyje znaki4:2612Seven Verses of Alexander Blok, op. 127: VII. Muzyka5:0213Postlude D‐S‐C‐H6:472007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:15:17
1Nostalghia4:302Two Pieces: Benedictus2:423Two Pieces: Sanctus3:444Two Dialogues with an Epilogue: Wedding Waltz3:435Two Dialogues with an Epilogue: Postludium3:276Two Dialogues with an Epilogue: Morning Serenade2:227Three Postludes: I2:158Three Postludes: II1:389Three Postludes: III1:2510Three Pieces: Bagatelle3:4711Three Pieces: Hymn 20015:5412Three Pieces: Melody2:3413Two Pieces: Chopin Moments4:3414Two Pieces: Spring Moments4:2415Three Waltzes: Schoenberg1:2116Three Waltzes: Webern0:5517Three Waltzes: Berg1:4018Sonata no. 1: I11:4619Sonata no. 1: II4:5220The Messenger - 19967:442007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:14:56
1Bagatellen: I2:102Bagatellen: II2:553Bagatellen: III3:414Bagatellen: IV2:325Bagatellen: V2:046Bagatellen: VI1:517Bagatellen: VII2:058Bagatellen: VIII1:509Bagatellen: IX2:0210Bagatellen: X1:5311Bagatellen: XI2:1712Bagatellen: XII2:1013Bagatellen: XIII3:5614Bagatellen: II (var.)3:1315Elegie4:5616Stille Musik: I. Walzer des Augenblicks4:4017Stille Musik: II. Abendserenade3:1318Stille Musik: III. Augenblicke der Serenade2:2119Abschiedsserenade: I2:0720Abschiedsserenade: II2:5421Der Bote9:1822Zwei Dialoge mit Nachwort: I. Hochzeitswalzer4:5423Zwei Dialoge mit Nachwort: II. Postludium3:1524Zwei Dialoge mit Nachwort: III. Morgenserenade2:392007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 54:18
1Symphony no. 6: I. Andantino - vivace - allegretto (attacca)8:402Symphony no. 6: II. Allegro moderato - commodo (attacca)6:313Symphony no. 6: III. Andantino - animato - adagio - moderato - andante (attacca)24:584Symphony no. 6: IV. Intermezzo. larghetto (attacca)5:265Symphony no. 6: V. Vivace con moto - larghetto8:432007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 52:38
1Symphony no. 6: I. Andantino - Vivace - Allegretto7:482Symphony no. 6: II. Allegro moderato - Commodo6:453Symphony no. 6: III. Andantino - Animato - Adagio - Moderato - Andante24:364Symphony no. 6: IV. Intermezzo: Larghetto4:245Symphony no. 6: V. Vivace con moto - Larghetto9:052008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks
1Five Pieces for Gidon Kremer: 1. Elegy2Five Pieces for Gidon Kremer: 2. Serenade3Five Pieces for Gidon Kremer: 3. Intermezzo4Five Pieces for Gidon Kremer: 4. Barcarolle5Five Pieces for Gidon Kremer: 5. Nocturne6Three Pieces for Anatoliy Bazhenov: 1. Serenade7Three Pieces for Anatoliy Bazhenov: 2. Barcarolle8Three Pieces for Anatoliy Bazhenov: 3. Pastoral9Three Pieces for Helle Mustonen: 1. Lullaby10Three Pieces for Helle Mustonen: 2. Barcarolle11Three Pieces for Helle Mustonen: 3. Lullaby12Fleeting Melodies for Olga Rexrot: 1. Lullaby13Fleeting Melodies for Olga Rexrot: 2. Barcarolle14Fleeting Melodies for Olga Rexrot: 3. Menuet15Two Elegies to Eduard Edelchuk: 1. Elegy16Two Elegies to Eduard Edelchuk: 2. Elegy1725.X.1893 in Memory of Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 1. Prelude (The Birth of a Melody)1825.X.1893 in Memory of Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 2. Lullaby1925.X.1893 in Memory of Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 3. Serenade20Songs Without Words to Bohdana Pivnenko: 1. Elegy21Songs Without Words to Bohdana Pivnenko: 2. Barcarolle22Songs Without Words to Bohdana Pivnenko: 3. Musical Moment2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 1:07:01
1Symphony no. 425:452Symphony no. 541:162009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:15:32
1Liturgical Chants: Litany7:472Liturgical Chants: Four Spiritual Songs: Christmas Song1:363Liturgical Chants: Four Spiritual Songs: Dithyrambic Song1:284Liturgical Chants: Four Spiritual Songs: Cherubic Song1:205Liturgical Chants: Four Spiritual Songs: Alleluia1:436Liturgical Chants: Bless, o Lord3:597Liturgical Chants: O Holy God2:528Liturgical Chants: The Creed6:409Liturgical Chants: Gloria1:3810Liturgical Chants: Hymn of the Cherubs3:0011Liturgical Chants: The Beatitudes6:2512Liturgical Chants: Ave Maria2:3013Two Spiritual Songs: Alleluia2:3614Two Spiritual Songs: Ave Maria3:2515Two Spiritual Chants: A Mercy of Peace3:4216Two Spiritual Chants: To Thee We Sing2:1317Two Psalms of David: Fret Not Thyself Because of the Ungodly (Psalm 37)3:4918Two Psalms of David: O Praise God in His Sanctuary (Psalm 150)2:3619Diptych: The Lord's Prayer3:5520Diptych: Testament (From the Poems of T.H. Shevchenko)6:1921Alleluia: Evening1:2922Alleluia: Morning1:5623Alleluia: Night2:342012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:15:07
1Songs for Vespers: Come, Let Us Worship3:202Songs for Vespers: World of Peace2:563Songs for Vespers: Holy God3:494Songs for Vespers: O Virgin Mother of God3:135Songs for Vespers: Today You Release (Your Servant)3:576Songs for Vespers: Many Years (Vivat)3:187Songs for Vespers: Silent Night3:518Psalms and Prayers: Praise God All Ye Nations (Psalm 116)2:109Psalms and Prayers: Lord, My Heart Swells Not With Pride (Psalm 130)3:1610Psalms and Prayers: Lord Jesus Christ4:1211Psalms and Prayers: Blessed Is He (Psalm 1)2:5712Psalms and Prayers: O King of Heaven2:4013Psalms and Prayers: With the Saints Grant Eternal Peace1:4614Psalms and Prayers: Our Father3:4115Two Psalms of David: To You, O Lord, I Call (Psalm 27)4:2416Two Psalms of David: The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 22)4:3417Two Spiritual Refrains: Do Not Forsake Me3:5918Two Spiritual Refrains: Alleluia3:1919Two Spiritual Songs : Cherubic Hymn3:1720Two Spiritual Songs : Many Years (Vivat)2:3321Three Spiritual Songs: Cherubic Hymn3:5722Three Spiritual Songs: Many Years (Vivat)2:0623Three Spiritual Songs: Alleluia1:52Karabits: Concertos for Orchestra / Silvestrov: Elegie / Abschiedsserenade
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 59:24
1Concerto for Orchestra no. 2: I. Allegro -4:592Concerto for Orchestra no. 2: II. Andante, molto espressivo -5:153Concerto for Orchestra no. 2: III. Moderato7:004Concerto for Orchestra no. 3 "Holosinnya": I. Largo rubato -5:355Concerto for Orchestra no. 3 "Holosinnya": II. Allegro10:476Concerto for Orchestra no. 1 "Musikalnoe prinosheniye Kievu": I. Maestoso -3:447Concerto for Orchestra no. 1 "Musikalnoe prinosheniye Kievu": II. Presto8:478Elegie6:179Abschiedsserenade: I. Adagio3:0110Abschiedsserenade: II. Moderato3:592013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:05:09
1Naive Music: No. 1. Waltz3:402Naive Music: No. 2. Nocturne2:363Naive Music: No. 3. Fairy Tale6:534Naive Music: No. 4. Idyll4:425Naive Music: No. 5. Nocturne2:146Naive Music: No. 6. Prelude2:067Naive Music: No. 7. Waltz4:228The Messenger7:2092 Waltzes, op. 153: No. 1. Allegro assai1:48102 Waltzes, op. 153: No. 2. Allegretto2:28114 Pieces, op. 2: No. 1. Lullaby: Moderato2:38124 Pieces, op. 2: No. 2. Pastorale: Vivace2:02134 Pieces, op. 2: No. 3. Bagatelle: Moderato2:12144 Pieces, op. 2: No. 4. Postludium: Moderato2:00152 Bagatelles, op. 173: No. 1. Moderato1:18162 Bagatelles, op. 173: No. 2. Andantino2:0717Kitsch‐Musik: I. Allegro vivace3:1518Kitsch‐Musik: II. Moderato3:5719Kitsch‐Musik: III. Allegretto3:0220Kitsch‐Musik: IV. Moderato2:4321Kitsch‐Musik: V. Allegretto1:46To Thee We Sing: Sacred Choral Works
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 59:51
1Alleluia: I. Evening2:182Alleluia: II. Morning2:413Alleluia: III. Night3:304Liturgical Chants: Cherubic Song2:345Liturgical Chants: Alleluia2:476Liturgical Chants: O Holy God3:217Liturgical Chants: Ave Maria3:208Diptych: I. Otche nash (The Lord's Prayer)4:519Diptych: II. Zapovit (Testament)8:5810Two Sacred Chants: I. Milist' Miru (Mercy of Peace)5:0311Two Sacred Chants: II. Tobi spivaemo (To Thee We Sing)3:1412Two Sacred Songs: I. Alleluia3:1813Two Sacred Songs: II. Ave Maria4:3914Two Christmas Lullabies: I. Spi, Isuse (I Sleep, Jesus)3:5015Two Christmas Lullabies: II. Tikha nich' (Quiet Night)5:272017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:07:59
1Two Dialogues with Postscript (version for piano and string orchestra): I. Wedding Waltz4:122Two Dialogues with Postscript (version for piano and string orchestra): II. Postlude2:313Two Dialogues with Postscript (version for piano and string orchestra): III. Morning Serenade2:034Serenade for String Orchestra14:525Farewell Serenade6:166Silent Music: I. Waltz of the Moment4:457Silent Music: II. Evening Serenade3:448Silent Music: III. Moments of the Serenade2:369The Messenger (version for piano, strings and synthesizer)9:2610Moments of Memory II: I. Serenade of Childhood3:2211Moments of Memory II: II. Elegy3:5812Moments of Memory II: III. Farewell Waltz2:3813Moments of Memory II: IV. Postitude2:1614Moments of Memory II: V. Autumn Serenade2:0415Moments of Memory II: VI. Pastoral3:162017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:05:37
1Drei Stücke: I. Hieroglyphen der Nacht1:512Drei Stücke: II. Nachhall eines Walzers2:383Drei Stücke: III. Nachhall einer Sarabande3:504Elegie: I.2:025Elegie: II.3:126Elegie: III.11:1178.VI.1810… zum Geburtstag R.A. Schumann: I. Elegie3:5488.VI.1810… zum Geburtstag R.A. Schumann: II. Serenade1:5298.VI.1810… zum Geburtstag R.A. Schumann: III. Menuett2:2710Augenblicke der Stille und Traurigkeit7:5611Serenaden: I. Abendserenade3:1212Serenaden: II. Augenblicke einer Serenade2:2913Lacrimosa3:421425.X.1893… zum Andenken an P.I. Tschaikowskij: I. Präludium “Geburt der Melodie”2:511525.X.1893… zum Andenken an P.I. Tschaikowskij: II. Wiegenlied4:381625.X.1893… zum Andenken an P.I. Tschaikowskij: III. Serenade3:4717Walzer der Alpenglöckchen4:052019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 27 tracks · 1:08:06
13 Waltzes, op. 62: I. Allegretto1:5223 Waltzes, op. 62: II. Moderato2:0733 Waltzes, op. 62: III. Allegretto3:3042 Waltzes, op. 74: I. Allegro2:0952 Waltzes, op. 74: II. Con moto3:0165 Elegies, op. 35: I. Grave2:4975 Elegies, op. 35: II. Andante2:3385 Elegies, op. 35: III. Allegro1:0295 Elegies, op. 35: IV. Adagio3:16105 Elegies, op. 35: V. Allegretto2:00114 Pieces, op. 63: I. Pastoral2:24124 Pieces, op. 63: II. Serenade4:37134 Pieces, op. 63: III. Intermezzo2:57144 Pieces, op. 63: IV. Waltz2:10153 Pieces, op. 80: I. Intermezzo1:20163 Pieces, op. 80: II. Pastoral2:05173 Pieces, op. 80: III. Waltz2:17184 Pieces, op. 97: I. Animato1:19194 Pieces, op. 97: II. Pastoral2:21204 Pieces, op. 97: III. Intermezzo1:51214 Pieces, op. 97: IV. Serenade1:3722Melodies of the Moments, op. 145: I. Lullaby3:1923Melodies of the Moments, op. 145: II. Barcarole2:1924Melodies of the Moments, op. 145: III. Menuet2:17253 Pieces, op. 9: I. Moments of Mozart (I)3:59263 Pieces, op. 9: II. Moments of Mozart (II)3:37273 Pieces, op. 9: III. Moments of Autumn3:18Symphony no. 7 / Ode to a Nightingale / Piano Concerto
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:13:06
1Ode to a Nightingale19:122Cantata no. 4: I. Diptych: No. 1. Pesnia Siluana (Silouan's Song)2:233Cantata no. 4: II. Diptych: No. 2. Pastorale2:114Cantata no. 4: III. 2 Songs: No. 1. Vechir (Evening)4:015Cantata no. 4: IV. 2 Songs: No. 2. Blakyt' moyu dushu obviyala (My Soul Swathed in Celestial Azure)3:016Concertino for Piano and Small Orchestra: I. Preliudium4:097Concertino for Piano and Small Orchestra: II. Pastorale6:498Concertino for Piano and Small Orchestra: III. Serenade3:339Concertino for Piano and Small Orchestra: IV. Postliudium4:4710Moments of Poetry and Music: I. Stikhotvorenije Paulya Tselana (A Poem of Paul Celan)1:5811Moments of Poetry and Music: II. Melodiya (Melody) - Post Scriptum3:4612Symphony no. 717:162020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:18:46
1Fantasia no. 3 in D minor, K. 3975:472Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466: I. Allegro (cadenza by Beethoven)13:533Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466: II. Romance9:014Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466: III. Rondo. Allegro assai (cadenza by Beethoven)7:335Fantasia no. 4 in C minor, K. 47511:376The Messenger (for piano and strings)10:277Two Dialogues with Postscript: I. Wedding Waltz4:598Two Dialogues with Postscript: II. Postlude3:029Two Dialogues with Postscript: III. Morning Serenade2:5010The Messenger9:372021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 44:03
1Marthiya13:142String Quartet no. 321:053Embers9:442022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:00:13
1Requiem für Larissa: I. Requiem aeternam. Largo - Allegro vivace (Live)8:192Requiem für Larissa: II. Tuba mirum. Adagio - Moderato - Allegro - Andantino (Live)9:233Requiem für Larissa: III. Lacrimosa dies illa. Largo - Allegro moderato (Live)11:014Requiem für Larissa: IV. Prochai svite. Largo (Live)6:465Requiem für Larissa: V. Agnus Dei. Andante - Moderato (Live)12:036Requiem für Larissa: VI. Requiem aeternam. Largo (Live)6:227Requiem für Larissa: VII. Requiem aeternam. Allegro moderato - Andantino (Live)6:192022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:16:35
1Maidan 2014 / Cycle I - I. National Anthem3:082Maidan 2014 / Cycle I - II. And Glory, Mountains Blue, to You2:443Maidan 2014 / Cycle I - III. Give Rest, O Christ, to Thy Servant2:044Maidan 2014 / Cycle II - I. National Anthem3:025Maidan 2014 / Cycle II - II. Lacrimosa2:466Maidan 2014 / Cycle II - III. Holy God2:577Maidan 2014 / Cycle III - I. National Anthem3:328Maidan 2014 / Cycle III - II. The Lord’s Prayer3:159Maidan 2014 / Cycle III - III. Requiem aeternam1:5710Maidan 2014 / Cycle III - IV. Agnus Dei2:2711Maidan 2014 / Cycle IV - I. National Anthem3:4912Maidan 2014 / Cycle IV - II. Elegy2:5213Maidan 2014 / Cycle IV - III. Prayer for Ukraine3:4914Maidan 2014 / Cycle IV - IV. National Anthem3:0415Maidan 2014 / Cycle IV - V. Lullaby2:0416Four Songs - I. The Mighty Dnieper2:5517Four Songs - II. On Earth There is Fortune4:1818Four Songs - III. A Cherry Orchard by the House3:5719Four Songs - IV. My Testament4:4020Dyptych - I. To Little Mariana4:3321Dyptych - II. Psalm (The Mighty Dnieper)3:3522Tryptich - I. Oh Shining World2:3323Tryptich - II. Come to Your Senses4:1124Tryptich - III. Alleluia2:232022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 58:04
1Melodies of the Moments - Cycle III: I. Lullaby3:302Melodies of the Moments - Cycle III: II. Barcarole2:493Melodies of the Moments - Cycle III: III. Lullaby2:164Nostalghia3:365Melodies of the Moments - Cycle VII: I. Elegy2:236Melodies of the Moments - Cycle VII: II. Barcarole2:267Melodies of the Moments - Cycle VII: III. Musical Moment2:188Two Pieces: I. Moments of Chopin3:589Hommage à J.S.B.: I. Andantino1:1210Hommage à J.S.B.: II. Andantino1:0111Hommage à J.S.B.: III. Andante2:5612Melodies of the Moments - Cycle VI “25.10.1893 … in memoriam P.I.Tsch.”: I. Prelude (Birth of the Melody)4:0213Melodies of the Moments - Cycle VI “25.10.1893 … in memoriam P.I.Tsch.”: II. Lullaby3:4514Melodies of the Moments - Cycle VI “25.10.1893 … in memoriam P.I.Tsch.”: III. Serenade3:2815Pastorales 2020: Epigraph0:1416Pastorales 2020: I. Moderato1:4117Pastorales 2020: II. Allegro assai con moto (poco rubato)1:2818Pastorales 2020: III. Allegro vivace con moto (rubato)1:2819Pastorales 2020: IV. Larghetto1:1320Pastorales 2020: V. Moderato1:5221Pastorales 2020: VI. Moderato2:0122Pastorales 2020: VII. Andantino con moto2:4323Pastorales 2020: VIII. Allegretto con moto2:2024Pastorales 2020: IX. Moderato con moto (dolce, leggiero, lontano)3:24Hélène Grimaud Plays Valentin Silvestrov
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 31:50
1Bagatelles I-XIII-Bagatelle I3:202Bagatelles I-XIII-Bagatelle II3:383Bagatelles I-XIII-Bagatelle III4:254Two Dialogues with Postscript-I. Wedding Waltz4:585Two Dialogues with Postscript-II. Postlude3:026Two Dialogues with Postscript-III. Morning Serenade2:507The Messenger (For Piano Solo)9:372022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:14:34
12 Serenades, op. 1185:1124 Pieces, op. 3057:073English Serenades, op. 4614:0643 Bagatelles, op. 66:4455 Nocturnes, op. 1612:3564 Bagatelles, op. 817:4274 Pieces, op. 3028:2486 Pieces, op. 30712:452023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 56:23
1Silent Songs: 5 Songs: No. 1. Song Can Heal the Ailing Spirit3:372Silent Songs: 5 Songs: No. 2. There Were Storms and Tempests4:053Silent Songs: 5 Songs: No. 3. La Belle Dame sans merci6:184Silent Songs: 5 Songs: No. 4. O Melancholy Time! Delight for Eyes!3:065Silent Songs: 5 Songs: No. 5. Farewell, O World, Farewell, O Earth4:506Silent Songs: 11 Songs: No. 2. I Will Tell You With Complete Directness3:277Silent Songs: 11 Songs: No. 3. Here’s a Health to Thee, Mary5:438Silent Songs: 11 Songs: No. 4. Winter Journey5:429Silent Songs: 11 Songs: No. 7. The Isle4:1610Silent Songs: 11 Songs: No. 9. Autumn Song4:4611Silent Songs: 11 Songs: No. 10. Swamps and Marshes4:5512Silent Songs: 11 Songs: No. 11. Winter Evening5:38Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3, Youth Symphony; Silvestrov: The Messenger
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:08:13
1Piano Concerto no. 3 - I. Allegro ma non tanto19:342Piano Concerto no. 3 - II. Intermezzo: Adagio12:093Piano Concerto no. 3 - III. Finale: Alla breve15:494Youth Symphony in D minor - I. Grave - Allegro Molto11:525The Messenger8:49Symphony for Violin and Orchestra, “Widmung” / Postludium for Piano and Orchestra
2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:03:06
1Symphony for Violin and Orchestra “Dedication”: I. Allegro moderato con moto - Moderato11:382Symphony for Violin and Orchestra “Dedication”: II. Moderato con moto - Andantino -7:503Symphony for Violin and Orchestra “Dedication”: IIIa. Allegretto -11:084Symphony for Violin and Orchestra “Dedication”: IIIb. Andante - Moderato12:555Postludium for Piano & Orchestra19:35Symphony no. 8 / Violin Concerto
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 53:53
1Violin Concerto: I. Elegie. Allegretto - Andante - Animato - Adagio6:592Violin Concerto: II. Intermezzo. Allegro3:243Violin Concerto: III. Pastorale. Andante6:304Violin Concerto: IV. Serenade. Andantino2:495Symphony no. 8: I. Andantino - Adagio - Più mosso4:506Symphony no. 8: II. Moderato - Allegro - Allegro assai - Maestoso5:007Symphony no. 8: III. Intermezzo. Andantino2:488Symphony no. 8: IV. Andante - Allegro assai - Allegretto - Andante10:239Symphony no. 8: V. Moderato - Allegro vivace5:0810Symphony no. 8: VI. Dolce, leggiero6:022025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:19:03
1Nostalghia (To Leonid Hrabovsky)3:492Birthday Dedications, op. 20: I. 27 January 1756...To the Birthday of W. A. M.3:513Birthday Dedications, op. 20: II. 31 January 1797...To the Birthday of F. P. Sch.2:274Birthday Dedications, op. 20: III. 22 February 1810...To the Birthday of F. F. Ch.3:52519 November 1828…In Memoriam Franz Schubert, op. 32: I. Prelude2:34619 November 1828…In Memoriam Franz Schubert, op. 32: II. Musical Moment4:28719 November 1828…In Memoriam Franz Schubert, op. 32: III. Lullaby3:02819 November 1828…In Memoriam Franz Schubert, op. 32: IV. Farewell Song2:339Moments of Memory I, op. 8 (To Alexander Knaifel): I. Intermezzo2:1210Moments of Memory I, op. 8 (To Alexander Knaifel): II. Serenade2:4811Moments of Memory I, op. 8 (To Alexander Knaifel): III. Pastorale2:2812Three Postludes, op. 64 (To Arvo Pärt): I. Andantino1:3513Three Postludes, op. 64 (To Arvo Pärt): II. Vivace1:4014Three Postludes, op. 64 (To Arvo Pärt): III. Larghetto1:25153 February 1857…In Memoriam Mikhail Glinka, op. 43: I. Sarabande4:02163 February 1857…In Memoriam Mikhail Glinka, op. 43: II. Waltz3:34173 February 1857…In Memoriam Mikhail Glinka, op. 43: III. Serenade1:37183 February 1857…In Memoriam Mikhail Glinka, op. 43: IV. Postlude3:0219Three Waltzes with a Postlude, op. 3 (To André Volkonsky): I. Allegretto1:4620Three Waltzes with a Postlude, op. 3 (To André Volkonsky): II. Moderato1:3721Three Waltzes with a Postlude, op. 3 (To André Volkonsky): III. Vivace3:3222Three Waltzes with a Postlude, op. 3 (To André Volkonsky): IV. Postlude. Moderato2:1623Hommage à Henry Purcell, op. 95: I. Andantino2:5124Hommage à Henry Purcell, op. 95: II. Andante con moto2:1525Hommage à Henry Purcell, op. 95: III. Animato2:3226Hommage à Henry Purcell, op. 95: IV. Poco mosso1:5627Two Dialogues with a Postscript: No. 1. Wedding Waltz (1826…2002) (Fr. Schubert… V. Silvestrov)3:4928Two Dialogues with a Postscript: No. 2. Postlude (1882…2001) (R. Wagner… V. Silvestrov)3:1229Two Dialogues with a Postscript: No. 3. Morning Serenade (2002) (... V. Silvestrov)2:182026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:19:34
1Freie Fantasie in F-sharp minor, H. 300, Wq. 6712:002Piano Sonata no. 13 in E-flat major, op. 27 no. 1 "Quasi una fantasia": I. Andante5:043Piano Sonata no. 13 in E-flat major, op. 27 no. 1 "Quasi una fantasia": II. Allegro molto2:044Piano Sonata no. 13 in E-flat major, op. 27 no. 1 "Quasi una fantasia": III. Adagio2:495Piano Sonata no. 13 in E-flat major, op. 27 no. 1 "Quasi una fantasia": IV. Allegro vivace5:506Piano Sonata no. 2 in G-sharp minor, op. 19 "Sonata Fantasy": I. Andante8:267Piano Sonata no. 2 in G-sharp minor, op. 19 "Sonata Fantasy": II. Presto3:558Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 "Italie": No. 7, Après une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi sonata17:499Fantasie in B minor, op. 289:5310Two Dialogues with Postscript: I. Wedding Waltz (After Franz Schubert)5:1911Two Dialogues with Postscript: II. Postlude (After Richard Wagner)3:1412Two Dialogues with Postscript: III. Morning Serenade3:112026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 50:52
1Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 111: I. Allegro moderato14:322Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 111: II. Largo14:173Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 111: III. Vivace12:054Silent Music: I. Waltz of the Moment4:265Silent Music: II. Evening Serenade3:206Silent Music: III. Moments of the Serenade2:12— · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 56:39
1Dedication : I Allegro moderato con moto5:172Dedication : II Moderato5:363Dedication : III Moderato con moto2:484Dedication : IV Andantino4:115Dedication : V Allegretto10:256Dedication : VI Andante6:117Dedication : VII Moderato5:578Post scriptum : I Largo - Allegro - Allegretto8:439Post scriptum : II Andantino3:5710Post scriptum : III Allegro vivace3:34
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | ...Touching the Memory...Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 28 tracks · 1:16:391Four Postludes: Larghetto, Andante3:55 2Four Postludes: Moderato2:55 3Four Postludes: Larghetto2:09 4Four Postludes: Larghetto3:33 5Moments of Poetry and Music: "Keine Stimme"2:21 6Moments of Poetry and Music: Melody-Postscriptum3:43 7Three Postludes, op. 64: Andantino1:32 8Three Postludes, op. 64: Adagio2:18 9Three Postludes, op. 64: Larghetto1:17 10Epitaph8:06 11Three Waltzes, op. 54: Hommage à A. Schönberg1:19 12Three Waltzes, op. 54: Hommage à A. Webern0:54 13Three Waltzes, op. 54: Hommage à A. Berg1:34 14Two Elegies, op. 60: Moderato1:46 15Two Elegies, op. 60: Andante3:02 16Moments of Memory III: Serenade of Childhood3:25 17Moments of Memory III: Elegy4:02 18Moments of Memory III: Farewell Waltz2:57 19Moments of Memory III: Postlude2:45 20Moments of Memory III: Autumn Serenade2:22 21Moments of Memory III: Pastoral2:46 22Moments of Memory II, op. 27: Elegy3:21 23Moments of Memory II, op. 27: Intermezzo1:50 24Moments of Memory II, op. 27: Serenade2:20 25Hymn-20014:44 26Three Waltzes: I.1:43 27Three Waltzes: II.1:56 28Three Waltzes: III.2:04 | Live | 2018 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Valentyn Sylvestrov head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 40 | 94.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 42 | 93.1th |
| Studio albums | 41 | 99th |
| Awards recorded | 7 | 98.2th |
| Timeline events | 44 | 98.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 57 | 96.1th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Shevchenko National Prize | won | |
| 2026 | honorary doctor of Paris 8 University | won | |
| — | Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class | won | |
| — | Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class | won | |
| — | Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class | won | |
| — | People's Artist of Ukraine | won | |
| — | People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| シスターラビッツ(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valentinsilvestrov.JPGaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a4f94049-7b13-4308-9a19-c50348df5825discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a4f94049-7b13-4308-9a19-c50348df5825core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706765genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706765seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentyn_Silvestrovbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentyn_Silvestrov
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Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 0, 40 language versions)
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Wikidata: Q706765 · MusicBrainz: a4f94049-7b13-4308-9a19-c50348df5825
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