Joy & Madness: Three Weeks in the Life of Lev ‘Ljova’ Zhurbin (a diary for the Journal of the American Viola Society)

for several uniquely varied weeks in April-May 2013, Ljova kept a diary at the request of the Journal of the American Viola Society. Read the article

midsummer update

What we’re doing to the “Rite of Spring”

a preview of "The First Rite", Ljova's arrangement of the folk sources from Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring"

Ljova and the Kontraband are going to WOMEX

a special announcement about Ljova and the Kontraband going to

Quitting Facebook – one month later

Ljova writes about his experience quitting Facebook, and the associated guilt trip

The Gift of Music — a case for physical media

musings about the gift of music

in memoriam Ada Zhurbin

a few words about my grandmother, Ada, who passed today

very young people’s magic

a visit to the New York Philharmonic's Very Young People's Concerts, Mario the Magician, and Oran Etkin's Wake Up Clarinet

Excuses, Excuses (Solutions, Solutions?)

thoughts on how to make concertgoing more friendly for people in their 30s-40s

in praise of Bandcamp