talking my way out of a Whole Foods paper bag

Dear Whole Foods, My name is Lev Zhurbin, and I'm a dad of two...

hooked on ack!

One of the least gratifying aspects of my experience as a father has been...

January 15, 2012 -- Alexander Zhurbin and Irena Ginzburg at Joe's Pub

(Русский текст ниже) Alexander Zhurbin / Irena Ginzburg with special guests Inna Barmash &...

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. blog the Autogate Strollergate Dear fellow commuters, My wife and I are parents of two young kids, and... blog Sibelius 7 musings Sibelius, the dear notation program that I love and spend many hours of the... blog Sibelius on a laptop, without a keypad Shortly after writing my previous post last year, about using Sibelius on a laptop,... blog Sibelius notation on a laptop - a mobile rig solution that works for me I've been a user of the notation program Sibelius since its very first version,... blog The Girl and Her Trust Below, enjoy "The Girl and Her Trust", D.W. Griffith's 1910 silent film, with a... blog Ljova & My Perestroika at Sundance Film Festival 2010 Ljova is presently attending the Sundance Film Festival, in support of Robin Hessman's wonderful... blog Interview with Composition Today (2009) Ljova's interview with David Bruce of Composition:Today, published July 14 2009Re-published here with permission.... blog hola from Buenos Aires Hi to all from Buenos Aires. I'm here for a week on a fairly... blog the viola teacher in my life My dear viola teacher, Samuel Rhodes (pictured here with "America's crabbiest" composer, Milton Babbitt)... blog Ljova and the Kontraband - CD Release Please buy tickets in advance -- likely to sell out. Here is the Facebook... blog Wagner's Schwannengesang I don't know how many of you read the sports pages for your dose... blog Old Man Sonnet I know a drummer who must bite his tongue To keep the beat. And... blog for the record "we didn't rehearse... but music is actually about people.. and talking is actually about... blog in the details My wife thinks that I would've made a darn good lawyer -- but, with... blog vote In January 2008, Ljova acquired a new 6-string acoustic instrument, built by Eric Aceto.... blog bowling for poetry I don't know how ACB does it, but I barely if ever have time... blog Trumbull Stickney As some of you know, one of my rare original treasures is a song... blog Buckley Loops Brief primer: "Temp Music" is the practice of putting temporary music into a film's... blog Mad Sketchbook - demo if you happen to catch yourself dancing to this, could you please post a... blog singin' out Sometimes, my parents sing to me: