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Valentin Silvestrov

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Valentin Silvestrov was born on 30 September 1937 in Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union [now Kyiv, Ukraine]. He is a composer, known for Getting to Know the Big, Wide World (1978), Eralashnyy reys (1978) and White Clouds (1968).
BornSeptember 30, 1937
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      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Getting to Know the Big, Wide World (1978)
    Getting to Know the Big, Wide World
    7.1
    • Composer(as V. Silvestrov)
    • 1978
    Vytautas Tomkus in Eralashnyy reys (1978)
    Eralashnyy reys
    5.6
    • Composer
    • 1978
    White Clouds (1968)
    White Clouds
    7.6
    • Composer(as V. Silvestrov)
    • 1968
    Karantin (1968)
    Karantin
    6.3
    • Composer
    • 1968

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    Composer



    • Klavier-Festival Ruhr (2024)
      Klavier-Festival Ruhr
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Plasticine dreams (2023)
      Plasticine dreams
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Riverbulls (a Letter to Vladimir Putin) (2023)
      Riverbulls (a Letter to Vladimir Putin)
      • composer
      • 2023
    • Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts Series
      Podcast Series
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Sadok vyshnevyi ... (2022)
      Sadok vyshnevyi ...
      Short
      • music by
      • 2022
    • V.Silvestrov (2020)
      V.Silvestrov
      8.6
      • music by
      • 2020
    • Titan
      • Composer
      • 2010
    • Renata Litvinova, Lena Kostyuk, and Roma Burlaka in Melodiya dlya sharmanki (2009)
      Melodiya dlya sharmanki
      6.8
      • Composer
      • 2009
    • Dialoogid: Helilooja Valentin Silvestrov (2008)
      Dialoogid: Helilooja Valentin Silvestrov
      8.0
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2008
    • Renata Litvinova in Nastroyshchik (2004)
      Nastroyshchik
      7.5
      • Composer
      • 2004
    • Untouched by the West (2002)
      Untouched by the West
      6.5
      • Composer
      • 2002
    • Chekhovskie motivy (2002)
      Chekhovskie motivy
      6.9
      • Composer
      • 2002
    • Imya tvoyo (1989)
      Imya tvoyo
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 1989
    • Vyacheslav Tikhonov in Priblizheniye k budushchemu (1986)
      Priblizheniye k budushchemu
      • Composer
      • 1986
    • Ne bylo by schastya... (1983)
      Ne bylo by schastya...
      5.9
      • Composer
      • 1983

    Music Department



    • Niño de Elche in eXtrañas heterodoXias (2021)
      eXtrañas heterodoXias
      Podcast Series
      • composer: The dream
      • 2022
    • Mirrors for Princes (2011)
      Mirrors for Princes
      6.1
      • composer: theme music
      • 2011
    • Getting to Know the Big, Wide World (1978)
      Getting to Know the Big, Wide World
      7.1
      • lyricist (as V. Silvestrov)
      • 1978

    Soundtrack



    • Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: 'Phony Wars' (2023)
      Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: 'Phony Wars'
      6.2
      Short
      • writer: "Metamusik (Symphony for Piano and Orchestra)"
      • 2023
    • Nostalghia - Sui luoghi di Tarkovskij 40 anni dopo (2022)
      Nostalghia - Sui luoghi di Tarkovskij 40 anni dopo
      Short
      • writer: "Serenade"
      • 2022
    • Niño de Elche in eXtrañas heterodoXias (2021)
      eXtrañas heterodoXias
      Podcast Series
      • writer: "The dream"
      • 2022
    • They Have Escaped (2014)
      They Have Escaped
      6.2
      • writer: "Symphony no. 5"
      • 2014
    • Goodbye to Language (2014)
      Goodbye to Language
      5.8
      • writer: "Holy God"
      • 2014
    • Journal de France (2012)
      Journal de France
      7.1
      • writer: "Postlude N (°1-Dsch"))
      • 2012
    • In Memory of Me (2007)
      In Memory of Me
      6.3
      • writer: "Diptychon"
      • 2007
    • Time to Leave (2005)
      Time to Leave
      7.1
      • writer: "Postludium"
      • 2005
    • Henry Ian Cusick in The Gospel of John (2003)
      The Gospel of John
      7.8
      • music: "Symphony No.5"
      • 2003

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • V. Silvestrov
    • Born
      • September 30, 1937
      • Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union [now Kyiv, Ukraine]

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