Valentin Silvestrov (*1937) is one of the most important contemporary Ukrainian pianists and composers. He initially favoured the avant-garde, but on being expelled from the Ukrainian Composers’ Union in 1970, he turned to tonal music, and eventually turned to sacred works. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore the wide world of Valentin Silvestrov with Stretta Music today!
Valentin Silvestrov studied composition at the Kiev Conservatoire from 1958-64. He summed up his postmodern approach with the following words:
“I don’t write new music. My music is an echo and response to what already exists.”
In the 1960s, Silvestrov was co-founder of the “Kiever Avantgarde” group, whose members were mainly inspired by Anton Webern and the Darmstadt School. After being expelled from the Ukrainian Composers’ Union in 1970, he devoted himself entirely to tonal and melodic writing. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he began composing sacred works, influenced by Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox music. In these works, he was perhaps at his furthest from modernism.
In 2014, Silvestrov set the words of the patriotic poem “Testament” to music, and dedicated the piece to the memory of Serhiy Nigoyan, who was the first victim of the 2014 Maidan Revolution. He also wrote many film scores, and nine symphonies.
Works from 1996 - 2003
for: Piano
Item no.: 272661
for: Voice (soprano), violin, cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 136786
Sonaten Nr. 1–3
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 432889
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 676178
from 'Melodies of the Moments'
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 566138
op. 1 - 5
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 491833
for mixed choir a cappella
Graduated prices on request!
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 676355
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1161268
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 486265
Melodies of the Moment – Cycle III
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 621058
3 Stücke
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 621059
7 movements attacca
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1672049
8 variations on the Ukrainian folk song “Oh, from the rocky mountain” (I-VIII attacca)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690760
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1646289
3 Sacred Chants
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690690
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