Mykola Yosypovych Silvansky (5 January 1916, Kharkiv - 6 March 1985) was a Ukrainian pianist, composer, and teacher.
In 1944, he graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire (entered in 1937, speciality - piano). Teachers: Viacheslav Barabashov (composition), Yakiv Flier (piano).
He was a soloist of the Kharkiv Regional Philharmonic. 1947-1953 - teacher at the Music School and Kharkiv Conservatory.
1953-1955 - a teacher at the Mykola Lysenko Kyiv Secondary Specialised Ten-Year Music School.
Since 1955 - lecturer, since 1963 - associate professor of the Department of General and Specialised Piano at the Kyiv Conservatory. Among his students: Serhiy Kyrylov - artistic director and chief conductor of the Stavropol Municipal Chamber Orchestra "Cantabile" (graduated from the Conservatory in 1976).
Works.
The composer wrote most of his works for children. Silvansky's works were often staged by groups that catered to children's audiences. For example, in 1985, the newly created Kyiv Academic Music Theatre for Children and Youth debuted with three performances, including Mykola Silvansky's ballet Boy-Kybalchysh.
Ballets:
"Ivan the Good Guy",
"An Unusual Day,
"Boy-Kibalchysh.
Symphony (1966).
Suite.
Symphonic fairy tales:
"Ivasyk-Telesyk" (words by Pavlo Tychyna),
"The Tailed Cat" (words by Hrytsko Boyko).
"Ukrainian Scherzo for piano and orchestra of folk instruments.
Five concertos for piano and orchestra.
"Pioneer Concerto" (with an episode on the theme of Kaidan-Deshkin's "March of Young Pioneers"; published in 1963).
Three sonatas for piano.
"Ukrainian Sonatina".
"Ukrainian Folk Songs in Easy Transcription for Piano", State Publishing House of Fine Arts and Musical Literature of the Ukrainian SSR, Kyiv - 1959.
Solos.
Music for radio broadcasts, etc.
