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Lost in Kino - CD release performance at Lincoln Center - free!

Join Ljova, Romashka, Tall Tall Trees, the PubliQuartet and special guests, for the CD Release performance of "Lost in Kino" at Lincoln Center on Thursday, December 22nd at 8:30pm. Admission is free, subject to capacity - arrive early! For details, click here. RSVP on Facebook.

"Lost in Kino" is the third album from composer and violist Ljova (a.k.a. Lev Zhurbin), focusing on his recent film works. The album's 24 tracks feature a wide range of textures and emotional states, from collaborations with the Gypsy band Romashka, the alt-indie-folk Tall Tall Trees, to cameos from the Hungarian cymbalom virtuoso Kálmán Balogh (playing a cue from Francis Ford Coppola's film "Youth Without Youth"), pipa player Wu Man, among many others, and of course featuring Ljova himself on viola, famiola and fiddle.

Download and order your copy of "Lost in Kino" today at http://ljova.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-kino. You can also purchase it on Amazon.com and iTunes.

Watch three videos, featuring music from Lost in Kino:
THE COUP - featuring footage by Charles Ludlam

RUSSIAN WINTERLAND - featuring film by Joseph-Louis Mundwiller

WAR THEN PEACE - featuring footage by Roman Khrushch

Thank you all! enjoy.

Ljova - Lost in Kino

"Lost in Kino" is the third album from composer and violist Ljova (a.k.a. Lev Zhurbin), focusing on his recent film works. The album's 24 tracks feature a wide range of textures and emotional states, from collaborations with the Gypsy band Romashka, the alt-indie-folk Tall Tall Trees, to cameos from the Hungarian cymbalom virtuoso Kálmán Balogh (playing a cue from Francis Ford Coppola's film "Youth Without Youth"), pipa player Wu Man, among many others, and of course featuring Ljova himself on viola, famiola and fiddle. (See the detailed track list & credits at Bandcamp.) Scroll down to see three videos, featuring music from the new album. Read reviews of "Lost in Kino" in the New York Times, Lucid Culture, Sequenza21, Armchair Critic, SoundTrax, Oliver di Place, and MundoBSO.

"[Lost in Kino] makes me feel like i'm in another land, one with knights and princesses, i love that. also made me get up and dance, wanna cry. great passion there." - film director Ry Russo-Young

Download and order your copy of "Lost in Kino" today at Bandcamp -- CD orders can be autographed by Ljova upon request. You can also purchase "Lost in Kino" on Amazon.com and iTunes.

"Lost in Kino" was released on December 15, 2011, and premiered live in a performance at New York's Lincoln Center, featuring Romashka, Tall Tall Trees, the PubliQuartet, and special guests.

VIDEOS:
Watch three videos, featuring music from Lost in Kino:
THE COUP - featuring footage by Charles Ludlam

RUSSIAN WINTERLAND - featuring film by Joseph-Louis Mundwiller

WAR THEN PEACE - featuring footage by Roman Khrushch

Thank you all! enjoy.

Ljova related videos (via YouTube)

Compositions

Note: This list is quite incomplete, and the whole sheet-music catalog will be updated soon. Please feel free to contact us with any requests or questions.

Recent or Frequently Performed Instrumental Works

Title	Instrumentation	Year
Sirota	solo piano & historical recording	2011
Lamentation	2 cellos or 2 violas	2010
Sicilienne	violin & piano (cello & piano)	2000
Garmoshka	chamber orch., string orchestra, other arrangements available	2004
The Vjola Suite a suite of 5 character pieces, arranged for diverse ensembles of instruments Bagel on the Malecon Plume Ori's Fearful Symmetry Crosstown Budget Bulgar	string quartet + optional bass, string trio, other instrumentation available	2005-2007
Sonata for Tuba and Piano	tuba, piano	1995

Vocal Works

Title	Text
Niña Dance	M. Agosín, S. Yurkievich
Sensation - for mezzo soprano & piano	Rimbaud
Na Kostre	German vagabond poetry, tr. Lev Ginzburg

Repertoire of Ljova and the Kontraband

Mathias
Mnemosyne
Love Potion, Expired
Crutchahoy Nign
Untango
See Ljova & the Kontraband's webpage for more info.

Older Chamber Works

Title	Instrumentation	Duration	Year
N. MALADIE view and purchase the sheet music	viola, piano	3 mins	2005
FANFARE Commissioned by the Puffin Foundation for The Sutton Ensemble	string quartet	6 mins	2004
FOUR	4 violas	6 mins	2004
POTPOURELAINE for Elaine Sutin and The Sutton Ensemble view and purchase the sheet music	3 violins	6 mins	2003
INTERMEZZO SENTIMENTALE view and purchase the sheet music	1 or 2 violins and viola	4 mins	2003
25	viola, piano	5 mins	2003
STILL GOOD, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!	cello, piano	4 mins	2002
NO SATISFYING ENDING or Thomas Hoppe	viola, piano	17 mins	2002
RED WAGON RAG from the soundtrack to Alison Marek's short film RED WAGON view and purchase the sheet music	viola, piano	3 mins	2002
WOODY ALLEN COFFEE MUSIC view and purchase the sheet music	string quartet	3 mins	2001
WINDOW CLEANER view and purchase the sheet music	string quartet	4 mins	2001
WALTZ: "MY HERITAGE" Dedicated to my family view and purchase the sheet music	string quartet	4 mins	2001
WALTZ: "KREISLERISCH" Dedicated to Lev Veksler view and purchase the sheet music	string quartet	4 mins	2001
ROMANCE FUNEBRE Dedicated to Sarah Darling view and purchase the sheet music	2 violas, or violin and viola	6 mins	2000
1911 view and purchase the sheet music	oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn	5 mins	1999
TeChNo!	2 grand pianos	9 mins	1995-1997
WALTZ: "AGNIESZKA" Dedicated to Agnès Maison	string quartet	5 mins	1997
WALTZ	string quartet	5 mins	1997
CONCERTO FOR A YOUNG PIANIST	piano & strings or string quartet	10 mins	1996
ELEGIA	cello (or viola) and piano	3 mins	1995
NIGHT AND DAY	string quartet	7 mins	1993-1994
DUET 1st Prize Winner of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts Composers Competition, 1995	violin and viola	9 mins	1995
MORGENMUSIK	string quartet	4 mins	1994/95
STRING QUARTET #0, "MADHOUSE" Honorable Mention - National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts Composition Competition, 1994	string quartet	6 mins	1994