“Shtetl Portrait” was the first piece that came out of this beautiful fadolín, at the house of its maker, Alexander Tulchinsky, in Connecticut, in early February of 2022. I often play “Shtetl Portrait” as a warmup while practicing. It’s quiet and tender, and takes advantage of the fadolín range in a non-flashy way. I hope that you’ll enjoy it, too!
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The Gaze (from Lost in Kino 2)
Watch a video of “The Gaze”, the first track from Ljova’s new album “Lost in Kino 2”
Lost in Kino 2 – now available!
Lost in Kino 2, the sequel to my 2011 album “Lost in Kino“, features music…
Enter The Fadolín – Behind The Tracks – Five Miniatures
the final installment of “Behind The Tracks” about the album “Enter The Fadolín”, focusing on the five remaining miniatures in the collection — enjoy!
Enter The Fadolín – Behind the Tracks – A Nocturne
A “Behind The Tracks” post about Ljova’s composition “A Nocturne”
Moonlit Waltz
Ljova – “Moonlit Waltz” Ljova, fadolín and composition Thank you so much to my Patreon…
Ljova’s Instagram miniatures
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.
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.