NEXT UP: Trio Fadolín makes our debut in the Hudson Valley, playing a concert in Hudson featuring the vocalist Inna Barmash, and benefitting the Hudson Festival Orchestra, on Saturday, October 7th. Music starts at 3pm, but come early for homemade varenyky at 2:30pm! Details –>
Brooklyn Rider, Kinan Azmeh and Mathias Künzli release a premiere recording of Ljova’s piece
Grateful to my brothers and family Kinan Azmeh, Brooklyn Rider and Mathias Künzli for making the premiere recording of my piece “Everywhere is Falling Everywhere” — out today on digital platforms everywhere!
Are you looking for a world premiere? Step right up!
In my composing work, I feel incredibly fortunate to have had most of the pieces I’ve composed performed at least once. This is a post about the opposite — pieces I’ve composed that haven’t (yet) been performed. A playlist of score videos awaits.
Checkpoint 45
In the winter of 1977-1978, my parents, composer Alexander Zhurbin and poet Irena Ginzburg embarked on an ambitious collaborative project, the ramifications of which are still unknown, the effects of which are still compounding in front of our eyes. After an initial incubation period….
Shtetl Portrait
“Shtetl Portrait” was the first piece that came out of this beautiful fadolín, at the house of its maker, Alexander Tulchinsky, in Connecticut, in early February of 2022. I often play “Shtetl Portrait” as a warmup while practicing. It’s quiet and tender, and takes advantage of the fadolín range in a non-flashy way. I hope that you’ll enjoy it, too!
Where are the off-ramps?
The internet experience as many of us know it has become insufferable. Could there be any alternative? If you could offer your friends and fans a better way to experience your work, why wouldn’t you?
All of the questions about the fadolín, answered
Foreword: I’m increasingly cautious about text on the internet — but with little literature about…
Trio Fadolín returns to the Metropolitan Museum’s Petrie Court Cafe this Friday and Saturday!
Hello friends! This Friday and Saturday, our group Trio Fadolín (with Sabina Torosjan on violin,…
Trio Fadolín in Times Square / Carnegie Hall Citywide
A photo report on Trio Fadolín’s performance in Times Square as part of Carnegie Hall Citywide.
Trio Fadolín and Alexander Zhurbin and Irena Ginzburg at Lincoln Center Atrium
A photo report from our concert at Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium with Trio Fadolín, my wife Inna, my parents, and special guests