Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian: Силвестер Леваи, Silvester Levai) is a Hungarian recording artist and composer, born in Yugoslavia (now Serbia).

Levay was born on 16 May 1945 in Subotica[1] in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Yugoslavia (now Serbia).

[2] Upon his arrival in Munich in 1972, he met his writing partner, Michael Kunze, with whom he has created many successful theatrical works.

[1] In October 2010, Levay worked with Xiah Junsu of JYJ to prepare for a musical concert - "Kim Junsu Musical Concert, Levay with Friends" in South Korea to be held at Seoul's Olympic Gymnastics Arena.

Married for twenty-five years, he and his wife Monika have a daughter, Alice, and a son, Sylvester Jr.[citation needed]