Valentin Silvestrov

I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincerest gratitude to Eamonn Quinn, Artistic Director of Louth Contemporary Music Society in Ireland, for his deep empathy, appreciation and great...

Written for the Kronos String Quartet, this piece contains Irish accents and some simple ideas that both convey the composer's enthusiasm for Ireland, the historical fate of which reminds him of his n...

String Quartet No. 1 is one of the most successful and most frequently performed works by Silvestrov. It can be described as a work standing on a threshold between avant-garde and post-avant-garde and...

The edition contains two string quartet miniatures which are 43 years apart. Quartetto piccolo (1961) is Valentin Silvestrov's first twelve-note composition which consists of three little movements me...

This work is a noble song of praise with a fanned-out texture on a tonal and harmonic basis. 'My hymn is enveloped in silence although it looks like a normal string setting on the outside. The paradox...

En la soledad del confinamiento por la COVID-19, Silvestrov, que por entonces aún vivía en Kiev, compuso un gran número de obras breves y ciclos para diversos conjuntos, que posteriormente combinó en...

Silvestrov's violin sonata 'Post scriptum' is another of his chamber music postludes. The composer once stated that the title of the work signifies that it is 'a postscript to Mozart and the whole cla...

Anniversary edition on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Valentin Silvestrov: 'This work could well be called (in analogy to Bach's 'Art of Fugue') 'Art of Melody' if there were a didactic mission....

Anniversary edition on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Valentin Silvestrov: 'This work could well be called (in analogy to Bach's 'Art of Fugue') 'Art of Melody' if there were a didactic mission....

Anniversary edition on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Valentin Silvestrov: 'This work could well be called (in analogy to Bach's 'Art of Fugue') 'Art of Melody' if there were a didactic mission....

Anniversary edition on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Valentin Silvestrov: 'This work could well be called (in analogy to Bach's 'Art of Fugue') 'Art of Melody' if there were a didactic mission....

Anniversary edition on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Valentin Silvestrov: 'This work could well be called (in analogy to Bach's 'Art of Fugue') 'Art of Melody' if there were a didactic mission....

Anniversary edition on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Valentin Silvestrov: 'This work could well be called (in analogy to Bach's 'Art of Fugue') 'Art of Melody' if there were a didactic mission....

Con moto, poco rubato, dolce, leggiero, lontano ... - these terms at the beginning of the score occur in almost all compositions of Silvestrov, not only in those many smaller pieces for various ensemb...

With this homage, the composer bows to J.S. Bach by repackaging seemingly familiar things and listening sensitively after melody fragments and harmonies. The violin part, mostly supported by the piano...

En esta edición, Silvestrov ha recopilado por primera vez cinco ciclos de una multitud de 'Bagatellen', su género favorito en los últimos años - e incluso las ha grabado en CD (ECM). Lo que le interes...

'Veni, creator spiritus', 'Lacrimosa', 'Alleluja' - diese drei geistlichen Lieder von Valentin Silvestrov bergen zumindest sprachlich keine Probleme, dennoch stellen sie höchste Ansprüche an den bis z...

Los Cuatro Salmos (2024) -encargo de la Fundación Príncipe Pierre de Mónaco- están dedicados a Su Alteza Real la Princesa Carolina de Hannover. Este ciclo expresa la actitud espiritual y muy personal...

Ein Schlaflied für das Jesus-Kind und 'Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht' auf Ukrainisch, mit volkstümlichen Worten, 'als seien diese gerade eben auf den Lippen der Menschen von Heute erschienen' (V. Silves...

Ein Schlaflied für das Jesus-Kind und 'Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht' auf Ukrainisch, mit volkstümlichen Worten, 'als seien diese gerade eben auf den Lippen der Menschen von Heute erschienen' (V. Silves...