title: “Why Are They Afraid?” (Interpretation of the Later Piano Work by Valentyn Sylvestrov)
abstract: Relevance of the study. Piano works written by the outstanding Ukrainian composer Valentyn Sylvestrov over the past two decades, in their totality, represent a unique phenomenon in Ukrainian and, possibly, world musical culture. Its uniqueness is primarily provided by such obvious properties as a huge volume, genre integrity and stylistic unity. The special requirements of the composer for the performers of these works, the specificity of their prevailing existence not on the concert stage, but 
journal: Scientific herald of Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine