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SUMMARY:Simone Baron and Ljova at Dear Mama
DESCRIPTION:DC-based composer\, accordionist\, pianist and improvisor SIMONE BARON joins the New York-based composer and fadolínist LJOVA for a duo set at Dear Mama Coffee (on Columbia University’s new Manhattanville campus\, a block away from the 1 train on 125th street)\, focusing on their original music with influences from klezmer to the music of Brazil\, to John Cage and beyond.    \n\n\n\nSIMONE BARON is a polyglot pianist\, accordionist\, improviser and composer whose work engages curiously and charismatically with a broad spectrum of idioms. Educated at Oberlin and joyfully de-educated at festivals and performances across Europe and the Americas\, Simone has won grants\, fellowships and residencies from Chamber Music America\, South Arts\, Maryland State Arts Council\, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities\, the Hambidge Center\, Sacatar Foundation\, iPark\, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts\, Strathmore Foundation\, ArtOMI\, UMD\, Avaloch Farm\, the Banff Centre\, and Spectrum Toronto. In 2016 Simone founded Arco Belo\, a diasporic chamber music ensemble. Simone is a Victoria Artist and plays a Poeta XB Accordion\, and is a founding member of the Boulanger Initiative. https://simonebaron.com \n\n\n\nLJOVA (Lev Zhurbin) was born in Moscow\, Russia\, and moved to New York with his parents\, composer Alexander Zhurbin and writer Irena Ginzburg\, in 1990. He divides his time between composing for the concert stage\, contemporary dance & film\, leading his own ensemble LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND\, performing with and composing for TRIO FADOLÍN\, as well as a busy career as a violist\, fadolínist & musical arranger. Among recent projects is a film score for the National Geographic\, commissions from the City of London Sinfonia\, The Louisville Orchestra\, a new work for Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble\, a string quartet for Brooklyn Rider\, a clarinet quintet for Art of Élan\, and works for The Knights\, Sybarite5 and A Far Cry\, as well arrangements for the New York Philharmonic\, Los Angeles Philharmonic\, San Francisco Symphony\, Detroit Symphony Orchestra\, tenor Javier Camarena\, conductors Gustavo Dudamel and Alondra de la Parra\, songwriters Ricky Martin\, Natalia Lafourcade and Carlos Vives\, composer/guitarist Gustavo Santaolalla and Osvaldo Golijov. Ljova frequently collaborates with choreographers Aszure Barton\, Damian Woetzel\, Christopher Wheeldon\, Katarzyna Skarpetowska (with Parsons Dance). https://Ljova.com
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LOCATION:Dear Mama Coffee\, 611 West 129th Street\, New York\, New York\, 10027\, United States
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