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Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin
violist and composer
RESUME
| GENERAL EDUCATION | MUSICAL EDUCATION | MUSIC TEACHERS |
| ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE | SOLO APPEARANCES | |
| AWARDS | MASTERCLASSES |
- The Juilliard School (1996-2000) - BM
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of the Arts; Music and Art and Performing Arts (1992-1996)
- Manhattan Day School (1991-1992)
- Columbia Middle School (1990-1991)
- Central Music School (Moscow) (1985-1990)
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LANGUAGES
- fluent: English and Russian
- somewhat: German, Italian, Slavic Dialects
- read and write: Hebrew
- The Juilliard School (1996-2000) - BM
- Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestral Academy (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999)
- Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division (1990-1996)
- LaGuardia High School for the Arts (1992-present)
- Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt (1994)(Austria)
- Waterloo Music Festival (1993,1994)
- French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts(1992)
- Luzerne Music Festival (1991)
- Interlochen Music Festival (1990)
- Central Music School (Moscow) (1985-1990)
MUSICAL
EDUCATION
- Samuel Rhodes (1997-2000)
- Toby Appel (1996-1997)
- Karen Ritscher (1994-1996)
- Emanuel Vardi (1992-1994)
- Leonard Davis (1991-1992)
- Patinca Kopec (1990-1991) (Violin, later Viola)
- Elena Voitova (1988-1990) (Violin) (Moscow)
- Galina Turchininova (1985-1989) (Violin) (Moscow)
- Alexander Zhurbin (1990-present)
- Bruce Adolphe (1994-2000)
- Tom Cipullo (1994-1996)
- Alex Yagupsky (1991-1993)
- Christopher Vassiliades (1993-1994)
- Jonathan Strasser (1993-1996)
SOLO APPEARANCES
(Left: During the premiere of "Long
Island Sound." Photo © by William
Irwin
Right: During the premiere of Newton Strandberg's Viola Concerto. Photo
by Yury Shubov.)
| DATE | COMPOSER | COMPOSITION | ORCHESTRA / CONDUCTOR |
| March 28, 2004 | Alexander Zhurbin | Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (world premiere) | New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble / Sybille Werner |
| February 9th, 2003 | Newton Strandberg | Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (world premiere) | New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble / Timothy Hutto |
| October 17th, 1999 | Lev Zhurbin | "Long Island Sound" | New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble / Sybille Werner |
| October 11th, 1998 | Lev Zhurbin | "Long Island Sound" (world premiere) | Manhattan Virtuosi / Denis Segond |
| July 17th, 1996 | Hoffmeister, Franz Anton | Viola Concerto, D Major | Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestral Academy / Christian Lorenz |
| May 27th, 1995 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeo | Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 | Manhattan Philharmonic / Jonathan Strasser |
| Summer 1992 | Casadesus, Henri | "Händel" Viola Concerto | French Woods Festival Orchestra / Scott Knipe |
ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE*
(Rehearsing with Kurt Sanderling at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik
Festival.)
*(When written as '1994-1995' means the 1994-1995 concert
season; when written as '1992-1995', means all concert seasons from 1992
to 1995; when written '1995' means half of a concert season or a summer
season.)
| ORCHESTRA | DATES | HIGHEST POSITION ACHIEVED | CONDUCTOR(s) |
| Prometheus Chamber Orchestra | 1999-2000 | assistant principal | Wilson Hermanto |
| Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble | 1999-present | Principal viola | Petr Kotik |
| The Bronx Opera Company / Bronx Chamber Orchestra |
1999-2001 | Principal viola | Michael Spierman |
| NY Metamorphoses Orchestra | 1998-present | assistant principal | Eugene Sirotkine |
| Southshore Symphony | 1998-present | assistant principal (guest) | Scott Jackson Wiley |
| Spoleto Festival Orchestra (Italy) | 1998 | principal viola, canon | Richard Hickox, Federico Cortese, Lorenzo Ricci Muti, Kosta Popovic, Alberto Maria Giurri |
| Cosmopolitan Symphony of NY | 1998 | section viola | Gerhard Samuel |
| Manhattan Virtuosi | 1997-2000 | principal viola | Arkady Leytush, Marlon Daniel, Denis Segond |
| The Lyric Theatre (Hoboken, NJ) | 1997-1998 | assistant Principal viola | Franco Bertacci |
| Wild Ginger Philharmonic | 1997-present | Principal viola | David Goodman |
| Orchestra of St. Lukes | 1997 | substitute | Andre Previn |
| New York String Orchestra [Seminar] | 1996 | section viola | Jaime Laredo |
| Staten Island Symphony | 1996-present | acting principal | Bradley Lubman, Jonathan Strasser |
| Juilliard Opera Orchestra | 1998-2000 | principal viola, solo viola | Randall Behr |
| Juilliard Orchestra | 1996-2000 | principal viola, mandolin |
Otto Werner Müller, Robert Spano, Jeffrey Milarsky |
| New Juilliard Ensemble / Focus! Festival | 1996-2000 | solo viola | Joel Sachs, Phillip Scriven, George Manahan |
| Juilliard Symphony | 1996-1999 | Principal viola | Joel Smirnoff, Robert Duerr, Andre Smith, Otto Werner Müller, Robert Mann, Sir Colin Davis |
| Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchesterakademie (Germany) | 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 | principal viola | Herbert Blomstedt, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Krzysztof Penderecki, Helmuth Rilling, Kurt Sanderling, Christian Lorenz, Hartmut Haenchen, Carl Davis, Leonard Slatkin, John Neal Axelrod, Christoph Eschenbach, Vladimir Spivakov, Rupert Huber, Pascal Rophé, Peter Rundel, Lucas Vis |
| Seoul Symphony Orchestra of New York | 1995-1996 | assistant principal | Christopher Lee, Andrei Andreev |
| The Absolute Ensemble | 1995-1997 | principal, solo viola | Kristjan Järvi |
| New York Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra | 1994-1995 | principal viola | Raffael Adler |
| Orchestra of the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt (Austria) | 1994 | principal viola | Don V. Moses |
| New York Youth Symphony | 1993 | section viola, acting principal viola | Miguel Harth-Bedoya |
| Manhattan Philharmonic (Manhattan School of Music) | 1993-1996 1996-1997 |
principal viola hired professional |
Jonathan Strasser |
| F.H. LaGuardia High School Senior Orchestra | 1992-1996 | principal viola | Jonathan Strasser, Gerald Trevor, Michael Kamen, Richard Dreyfuss |
| Bronx Symphony Orchestra / Lehman College Symphony Orchestra | 1992-1998 | principal viola | Diana Mittler-Battipaglia, Alejandro Guzman, among others |
| Waterloo Festival Orchestra | 1993, 1994 | section viola (on rotation) | Gerard Schwarz, Yoav Talmi, Catherine Comet, Joseph Silverstein, John Nelson |
| The ISO Orchestra (InterSchool Orchestras of New York) | 1991-1993 | principal viola | Jonathan Strasser, Dino Anagnost |
| Manhattan Symphony (Manhattan School of Music) | 1990-1993 | principal viola | Jonathan Strasser, James Sadewhite |
- Buddy Baker (Chair of Film Composition, USC) - Buddy Baker Film Scoring Workshop, NYU
- Mike Lowenstern (bass clarinettist, improvisor, Earspasm)
- Wilfried Strehle (principal viola, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Joseph DePasquale (principal viola, Philadelphia Orchestra, retired)
- Andreas Reiner (1st violinist, Rosamunde Quartett - München; ex-concertmaster, Münchener Philharmoniker)
- Helmut Nicolai (violist, Rosamunde Quartett - München; ex-solo violist of the Münchener Philharmoniker)
- Cynthia Phelps (principal viola, New York Philharmonic)
- Susan Gulkis (principal viola, Seattle Symphony)
- Yuri Gandelsman (principal viola, Israel Philharmonic)
- Matthias Hermann (professor of composition, Musikhochshule Stuttgart)
- Gunther Schuller (professor of composition, Boston University)
- Mstislav Rostropovich (professor of violoncello, Moscow Conservatory)
(acted as a translator to Mr. Rostropovich from Russian to English)
- Arts International Artists Exploration Fund Grant for travel to France, Spain and the UK (2002) = $2645
- American Composers Forum "Composer Commissioning Program" Commission for New Work for the Angel Orensanz Center (2002) = $7500
- Manhattan Virtuosi: Commission of New Work for openning concert of the season, 1998. (Result: "Long Island Sound" for viola and chamber orchestra)
- RTL NORD-LIVE "Menschenskinderpreis" - DM 5000 (Germany)
AWARDS
(Receiving the ASCAP / Boosey & Hawkes Young Composer Award from Marilyn Bergman, at the graduation ceremony of F.H. LaGuardia High School.)
(1996 for Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto)
- ASCAP / Boosey & Hawkes Young Composer Award Honoring Aaron Copland - $1,000 (1996)
- Benjamin M. Steigman Award for Creative Achievement (1996)
- Certificates in Chamber Music and Performance
(Presented by Marilyn Bergman at the graduation ceremony of F.H. LaGuardia High School)
(Presented by F.H. LaGuardia High School)
(Presented by F.H. LaGuardia High School)
- Mary B. Lenom Award for Outstanding Seniors - $100 (1996)
- National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Talent Search - Honorable Mention - $100
- Absolute Ensemble Commission of work for 1996-97 season
- Delius Composition Contest for High School Composers - 1st Prize - $200
- National Guild of Community Arts Schools Young Composers Awards - 1st Prize - $1,000
(Presented by Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division)
(1995 - for achievement in composition)
(1995 for "Three Pieces" for piano solo)
(1995 for "Duet" for Violin and Viola)
- ASCAP Grants to Young Composers - Honorable Mention
- Manhattan School of Music Concerto Competition Winner
- LaGuardia High School Charles Fox Scholarship in Composition - $750 Commission
- National Guild of Community Arts Schools Young Composer Awards - Honorable Mention
(1995 for "Duet" for Violin and Viola)
(1995 for Mozart: Symphonie Concertante, with Peter Chung, Violin)
(1994 for "Scars" for String Orchestra)
(1994 for "String Quartet #1")