Silvina Milstein

Biography

Silvina Milstein studied at Glasgow University, where her composition teachers were Judith Weir and Lyell Cresswell. At Cambridge University she worked with Alexander Goehr from 1983 to 1988. She held research fellowships at Jesus College and King's College, Cambridge before joining King’s College London in 1990. Her research interests lie in the areas of composition and in the musical and intellectual environment of the Second Viennese School, particularly the music of Arnold Schoenberg. The main core of her teaching is in composition, twentieth-century music history, and analysis of contemporary music. Her music has been played by some of the world’s leading orchestras, ensembles and performers in Britain and abroad, such as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Ensemble Modern, the London Sinfonietta, Lontano, the BBC Singers, the Endellion String Quartet, and Jane Manning. Her compositions have been championed by the conductors Oliver Knussen and Odaline de la Martinez, who have been instrumental in the commissioning of many of her compositions.   Silvina Milstein studied at Glasgow University, where her composition teachers were Judith Weir and Lyell Cresswell. At Cambridge University she worked with Alexander Goehr from 1983 to 1988. She held research fellowships at Jesus College and King's College, Cambridge before joining King’s College London in 1990. Her research interests lie in the areas of composition and in the musical and intellectual environment of the Second Viennese School, particularly the music of Arnold Schoenberg. The main core of her teaching is in composition, twentieth-century music history, and analysis of contemporary music. Her music has been played by some of the world’s leading orchestras, ensembles and performers in Britain and abroad, such as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Ensemble Modern, the London Sinfonietta, Lontano, the BBC Singers, the Endellion String Quartet, and Jane Manning. Her compositions have been championed by the conductors Oliver Knussen and Odaline de la Martinez, who have been instrumental in the commissioning of many of her compositions.  

Research Interest

"Composition Schoenberg twentieth-century music history analysis of contemporary music"