Valentyn Sylvestrov belongs to the musical record as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Valentyn Sylvestrov as Soviet and Ukrainian pianist and composer (b. 1937).
Valentyn Sylvestrov was born at Kyiv in 1937. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Ukrainian National Academy of Music.
Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.
He worked as composer, pianist and film actor.
The instruments recorded are piano.
His work is classed as symphony, contemporary classical music and piano music.
Among his best-known works are Bagatelles, Two Dialogues with a Postscript and Liturgical Chants. Music outlives its context more reliably than any other art, and usually for reasons its makers did not predict.
Recognition followed: Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class, Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class, Shevchenko National Prize (1995) and Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class.
That the work came out of Russia shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Achievements
- Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
- Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
- Shevchenko National Prize — 1995
- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class
- Notable work: Bagatelles
- Notable work: Two Dialogues with a Postscript
- Notable work: Liturgical Chants
- Notable work: Silent Music
- Instruments: piano
- Genres: symphony, contemporary classical music and piano music
