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Let’s hear it for Ukraine’s leading composer

Let’s hear it for Ukraine’s leading composer

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week:

Valentin Silvestrov, living in German exile since 2022, defies categorisation. Under Soviet rule, he maintained an aloofness from imposed styles, ignoring political and national pressures. He was twice expelled from the Composers Union and carried on composing in his own stubborn way, mining elements of the past to relate to the unhappy present. Under Ukrainian independence he saw no reason to change…

 

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