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Licensing

Licensing

Dear Filmmaker, Choreographer, Theater Director, Juggler and other interested party -- please come closer....

Ljova May 14, 2018
If The Box Doesn't Fit, You Must...?

If The Box Doesn't Fit, You Must...?

  I haven’t written a proper blog post in nearly two years, but the...

Ljova August 10, 2017
How To Use Me - My Residency with the City of London Sinfonia

How To Use Me - My Residency with the City of London Sinfonia

Click the play button above to listen while you read! Earlier this spring, I...

Ljova November 12, 2015

subway story

The kids and I walked into a subway car earlier this week, and a...

Ljova September 19, 2015
Plume - Tenth Anniversary

Plume - Tenth Anniversary

Ten years ago today, I composed and recorded “Plume”, which has become perhaps my...

Ljova July 10, 2015
Coming Clean on Creative Collaborations — Things I Didn’t Know

Coming Clean on Creative Collaborations — Things I Didn’t Know

UPDATE: This was an April Fools' Day post.  To the hundreds of you who...

Ljova April 1, 2015
Ljova's Barbes Residency - Sundays at 5

Ljova's Barbes Residency - Sundays at 5

Dear Friends, I am supremely excited to let you know that for the next...

Ljova October 22, 2014
I Am The Warehouse (in praise of Bandcamp, part 2)

I Am The Warehouse (in praise of Bandcamp, part 2)

(originally written as a guest post on Norman Lebrecht's blog Slipped Disc, under the...

Ljova July 31, 2014
Music for Mother's Day

Music for Mother's Day

Dear Friends -- and welcome readers of the New York Times, If your experience...

Ljova April 30, 2014
An Invitation!

An Invitation!

This post has been updated - take me to the updated post Dear Friends,...

Ljova April 1, 2014
January 2014 update

January 2014 update

  Dear Friends, Happy New Year! My apologies for not writing sooner - the...

Ljova January 17, 2014

a long overdue Ljova and the Kontraband post-tour update

Several months ago, my ensemble Ljova and the Kontraband ran a Kickstarter campaign to...

Ljova January 15, 2014
Reverse genrectomy

Reverse genrectomy

About a year and a half ago, I wrote a post suggesting that genre labels...

Ljova January 14, 2014
Joy & Madness: Three Weeks in the Life of Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin (a diary for the Journal of the American Viola Society)

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

Earlier this spring, I was asked by the Journal of the American Viola Society...

Ljova September 9, 2013

midsummer update

Dear Friends, First off, an invite to a singular show you don't want to...

Ljova July 25, 2013

What we're doing to the "Rite of Spring"

What is this thing called Rite? Do you know your Rites? Rite on, spring...

Ljova July 16, 2013
Ljova and the Kontraband are going to WOMEX

Ljova and the Kontraband are going to WOMEX

Ljova and the Kontraband at Joe's Pub - photo by Pete Matthews / FeastofMusic.com...

Ljova July 11, 2013
Interview about Lullaby and Memory

Interview about Lullaby and Memory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJsd9j9pChs Ljova as interviewed by Jeffrey James, originally published on InternationalComposers.com in 2013. Republished...

Ljova June 13, 2013
Quitting Facebook - one month later

Quitting Facebook - one month later

  Ljova quitting Facebook If you ever try to quit Facebook, you'll head to...

Ljova April 5, 2013
The Gift of Music -- a case for physical media

The Gift of Music -- a case for physical media

When the original iPod was released, a friend and I would sit for hours...

Ljova February 10, 2013
in memoriam Ada Zhurbin

in memoriam Ada Zhurbin

My dear beautiful grandmother died this morning in Israel, having turned 92 in December....

Ljova January 3, 2013
very young people's magic

very young people's magic

In today's world, Facebook constantly asks me about what I like  -- do I...

Ljova December 10, 2012
Excuses, Excuses (Solutions, Solutions?)

Excuses, Excuses (Solutions, Solutions?)

When I was a student, going to shows (concerts, screenings, happenings) was easy -...

Ljova November 30, 2012

in praise of Bandcamp

  I really wanted to release this album on vinyl. Still do. But when...

Ljova November 28, 2012