Valentin Silvestrov. A powerful voice, defiant in exile.

Valentin Silvestrov was forced to leave his native Ukraine after the Russian invasion of 2022. His music has a prescient quality that unerringly seems to express the fate of his homeland. Raymond Bisha introduces the world premiere recordings of his intimate Violin Concerto and the heartfelt, single-span Eighth Symphony. N otable for their economy of expression and emphasis on beauty, depth and harmony, these are works that hover on the edge of silence in an uplifting homage to love and humanity, hope and renewal.

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Valentin Silvestrov. A powerful voice, defiant in exile. is an episode from Naxos Classical Spotlight by Raymond.

This episode is 20:07 long.

This episode was published on Jul 25, 2025.

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