I’ve been using Instagram as my on-the-go sketchpad of sorts, making 1-minute (or shorter) loop-minded tunes — here are a few and I’ll add others as they avail themselves.
composing
Pensive Waltz (tiny piano demo)
What’s another waltz among friends? This one very much indebted to a style of my father, composer Alexander Zhurbin — possibly the only moment of me playing piano on all of the internet! Enjoy!
Coming Clean on Creative Collaborations — Things I Didn’t Know
Ljova takes a candid look at the state of his collaborations in 2015.
Joy & Madness: Three Weeks in the Life of Lev ‘Ljova’ Zhurbin (a diary for the Journal of the American Viola Society)
for several uniquely varied weeks in April-May 2013, Ljova kept a diary at the request of the Journal of the American Viola Society. Read the article.
“kind of”
“What kind of music do you make?” — This is a question that composers and performers get asked all the time, and, if you’re anything like me, the ideal answer is a diversion. “Well — at our last show, everyone was given complimentary ice cream, and everyone lost five pounds just by listening!” That’ll pique some interest. It’s just as dishonest as saying that what I make is a mix of “classical, jazz and world music” — it’s none of those, yet borrows from all.
Interview with Composition Today (2009)
Ljova’s interview with David Bruce of Composition:Today, published July 14 2009Re-published here with permission. Tell…
hola from Buenos Aires
Hi to all from Buenos Aires. I’m here for a week on a fairly relaxed assignment, pushing paper and making minor corrections, as I’ve completed all of the prep work back in New York. ..
the viola teacher in my life
An appreciation of a recital by my teacher, violist Samuel Rhodes.
in the details
My wife thinks that I would’ve made a darn good lawyer — but, with due…
bowling for poetry
I don’t know how ACB does it, but I barely if ever have time to…