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Valentyn Silvestrov flees Kyiv for Berlin

March 19, 2022

Valentyn Silvestrov is one of Ukraine's leading contemporary composers. In early March he and his family fled Kyiv for Berlin. Soon after his arrival in the German capital, he took part in a solidarity concert for Ukraine.

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