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Silvina Milstein is an Emerita Professor of Music at King's College London, based in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities' Department of Music. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she studied under Alexander Goehr after completing degrees at Glasgow University. Her research focuses on composition, twentieth-century music history, and Arnold Schoenberg's legacy, with particular attention to the Second Viennese School. She has composed works performed by leading ensembles like the London Sinfonietta and Lontano, championed by conductors Odaline de la Martinez and Oliver Knussen. Her 2018 composition 'Shan Shui' was a Royal Philharmonic Society Award finalist.
- Education: PhD (Cambridge, 1988), MPhil (Cambridge, 1984), BMus (Glasgow, 1983)
- Key Research Areas: Schoenberg studies, twelve-tone techniques, contemporary analysis
- Teaching: Leads composition programs at King’s, emphasizing interdisciplinary seminars on form and time
Her analytical work bridges compositional practice, notably reconstructing Schoenberg’s methods in twelve-tone music. Recent projects explore time’s philosophical dimensions in early 20th-century music, intersecting with psychoanalysis and mysticism. She pioneered King’s innovative doctoral composition training program, fostering collaborative artistic discourse.
- Notable Compositions: fire dressed in black, Tigres Azules, Of Gold and Shadows
- Awards: 2018 Royal Philharmonic Society Award Nominee
Milstein’s music merges Buenos Aires vernacular rhythms with Viennese modernism, exemplified in works like música de la ciudad. She actively engages with spiritual and literary themes, as seen in her meditative chamber works inspired by St. John of the Cross and Sergei Paradjanov’s cinematic style.
