Sil'vestrov, Valentin Vasil'yevich

Sil'vestrov [Seevlvyéstruhff] (Silwestrow), Valentin Vasil'yevich (9–30–1937, Kiev). Ukrainian comp. Sil'vestrov began music studies at the age of 15, at first privately and then at the Stetsenko Adults'; Evening Music School. In 1955 he left the school with a Gold Medal and entered the Kiev Institute of Construction Engineering. From 1958–64 he studied composition under Lyatoshinsky and harmony and counterpoint under Revutsky at the P. Chaikovsky Cons. in Kiev, graduating in 1964…