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(We don't want you to feel like this website came out of the blue. Thus, here are some news from the archives - how we got here.. or, how YOU got here, possibly.)
BOND commissioned and premiered Ljova's arrangement of a Russian-Gypsy tune MAMA, I LOVE THE GYPSY JANA! on their tours in Asia and Australia. In a separate tour, The Pablo Quartet premiered the arrangement on their tour in Japan.
The New York Viola Society presented a program dedicated to the theme Violist as Composer where Ljova's FOUR (for four violas) was prominently featured, performed by Ljova joined by Ann Roggen, Liuh-Wen Ting and Kenji Bunch.
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project commissioned Ljova several new arrangements which they premiered at Tanglewood, as well as at Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall) in New York.
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project are performing Ljova's arrangements of Gypsy tunes on their world tours. Since January 2004, these arrangements have been heard in: (East coast tour: Boston MA, Charleston SC, Columbus GA, Gainesville FL, Clearwater FL, Saratoga FL, West Palm Beach FL, Miami FL) (Midwest tour: Kansas City, Lawrence KS, Rockford IL, Flint MI, Detroit MI, Akron OH) (Asia tour: Singapore, Taipei, Seoul), Tanglewood Music Festival, BBC Proms (London UK)
Big interview in Novoye Russkoye Slovo newspaper (in Russian)
click here to read it (400k jpg)
Alison Marek's short film "The Playground"
(with Ljova's score) debuts on the Showtime TV Network! (info at IMDb)
See a photo of Ljova performing LL Cool J's "Momma Said
Knock You Out" at a fashion show for TROOP!
Two new CDs featuring Ljova are released: Misha Stefanuk's "Suite for Viola and Jazz Trio" (amongst other of Misha's viola-centric works) and "Heavenly Lullabies", a CD benefiting the Twin Towers Orphans Fund.
Lev continues his association with the wonderful Raw Impressions group, creating a theatrical piece for actor and musician in 5 days and premiering it at Chashama/TIXE immediately after. With the actor Tchera Niyego and writer Vanessa Garcia.
Lev's "PotpourElaine" for three violins receives a world premiere from the NJ-based The Sutton Ensemble, led by dear friend Elaine Sutin.
[view/print the sheetmusic]
Lev premieres Joseph Pehrson's "Levitations" for viola and piano (composed for him) with Leonard J. Lehrman at the New York Viola Society's Collegiate concerts.
Lev makes his debut at the celebrated Bargemusic chamber music
series, performing trios by Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven and
Francaix with his friend and collaborator Jakub Omsky on cello
and violinist Mark Peskanov. Improvisations between pieces were
also heard.
Lev and flutist Yulia Musayelyan perform at a benefit for the
Angel Orensanz Foundation, sharing the stage with the performance
artist Karen Finley and LEMUR project robots.
First formal appearance with jazz-guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli,
bassist Jerry Bruno and the Sutton Ensemble at Ramapo College.
Even took a solo on "Nuages".
The young pianist Soheil Nasseri performs Lev's "Sicilienne"
for piano solo on Bonnie Grice's Public Radio program "This
Song is You", broadcast on WLIU and KCLU
[hear
the entire broadcast at Soheil's Site]
World premiere performance of "Transformation"
for six vocalists, jazz trio and chamber orchestra (2003)
in Los Angeles, starring the Wild Ginger Philharmonic under
the direction of Jason M. Gamer (who also wrote the lyrics).
[listen
to the premiere]
Ljova performs with jazz-guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli and
the Sutton Ensemble in New Jersey.
Ljova premieres the Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
by Newton Strandberg, with the New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble
and Timothy Hutto conducting.
Ljova returns from Europe (trip sponsored by Arts International's
Artists Exploration Fund) after appearances and recordings in
France, United Kingdom, Russia, Spain, Belgium and The Netherlands.
Ljova makes his debut at Tonic
(venerable NYC downtown club) with Steven
Bernstein's MILLENNIAL MOB.
The Staten
Island Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan
Strasser, premieres "Island Soliloquy"
for string orchestra, which they commissioned.
[Listen
to the archive recording / View
the sheetmusic]
"Tidepool", a composition
for dance, with vocal talent from its choreographer, Ann Donohue,
premires at The Culture Project in New York City, as part of
Raw
Impressions Dance Theatre Event #2!
[Take
a listen to the music]
20, 2002)
"La Liberte!" and "Elton
Fiction" premiered at the Anthology Film Archives
in NYC, and the Lee Strassberg Institute in LA, as part of the
Raw
Impressions Production Festival #1!
17, 2002)
The Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts, in association with
Ljova, presented "The Big Show", a
concert of Ljova's new compositions, featuring 12 premieres
and great young performers from NYC!
[Info is here, archive
recording of the entire performance is here]
25, 2002)
Premiere performance of "Bush Legs",
a coy political miniature-opera (co-written with Jessica Clark
and starring Justin Greer and Douglas Maxwell) at LaMama
E.T.C., with Raw
Impressions Musical Theatre!
14, 2002)
New York premiere of the solo-piano version of "Sicilienne"
with Soheil
Nasseri, at Weill
Recital Hall (at Carnegie
Hall)!
[View/Buy
the Sheetmusic for the new arrangement!]
20, 2001)
Premiere performance of Lev's new composition "Outside"
for string orchestra (dedicated in memoriam victims of terrorism),
commissioned and performed by the Sebastian Chamber Players.
[listen
to the premiere of "Outside",
View/Buy
the Sheetmusic]
15, 2001)
Robert
McDuffie and Charles
Abramovic performed Lev's acclaimed "Sicilienne"
for violin and pianoat the Aspen Music Festival, on July
13th at 8:30pm. The concert was recorded for broadcast on National
Public Radio's "Performance
Today"!
[listen
to an earlier recording of Sicilienne, View/Buy
the Sheetmusic]
27, 2001)
"Desolate METROPOLIS", a collection of over
15 new tracks! [go
listen]
21, 2001)
Lev Zhurbin's "Duet" for Violin and Viola
(1995) receives its European premiere in Amsterdam, with
Jacobien Rozemond (violin) and Elisabeth Smalt
(viola). The concert was recorded and is scheduled for future
broadcast on Dutch Radio.
5, 2001)
"Twin Strings II", an album of collaborations with
pianist George Davidson and Paraguayan harpist Eugenio
Leon is at last released! [Order
your copy today!]
4, 2001)
"Mexicana" hits #14 in the Overall Top 40 Chart
on mp3.com, surpassing artists like Faith Hill, Eric Clapton,
and many of MP3.com's biggest celebrities! [listen]
10, 2001)
"Spring Valley Sunset" receives a great review
from Tony Lanman, GodsOfMusic.com! [read
the review!]
9, 2001)
You may now purchase the sheet music for "Sicilienne"
online! (Several other selections are also available!)
[Visit Lev's page at scorchmusic.com.]
24, 2001)
Robert McDuffie and Margery Whatley performed "Sicilienne"
to a sold-out audience at a recital in Madison, Georgia.
The performance was so good that "Sicilienne" was
played *AGAIN*! [listen
to the premiere performance! ]
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