Valentyn Vasylyovych Silvestrov ( yaren Ukrain; an haife shi a watan 30 Satumba 1937) mawaƙin kasar Ukraine ne kuma ɗan wasan piano na wakokin gargajiya na zamani. An haifi Silvestrov a ranar 30 ga watan Satumba 1937 a Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, sa'an nan kuma na Tarayyar Soviet. Ya fara darussan kiɗa na sirri tun ɗan shekara 15. Ya karanta piano a Makarantar Kiɗa na Maraice ta Kyiv daga 1955 zuwa 1958, sannan a Kyiv Conservatory daga 1958 zuwa 1964; abun da ke ciki karkashin Borys Lyatoshynsky, jituwa da kuma counterpoint karkashin Levko Revutsky .[ana buƙatar hujja] Wataƙila anfi sanin Silvestrov da salon kiɗan sa na zamani; wasu, idan ba mafi yawan, na ayyukansa za a iya la'akari neoclassical da post-modernist. Yin amfani da fasaha na tonal na gargajiya da na modal, Silvestrov ya ƙirƙiri wani nau'i na musamman kuma mai laushi na zane-zane mai ban mamaki da motsin rai, halayen da ya ba da shawarar cewa an sadaukar da su a yawancin kiɗa na zamani. “Ba na rubuta sabuwar waka. Kiɗa na mayar da martani ne ga abin da ya riga ya wanzu, "in ji Silvestrov.