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Ljova's recorded catalog now available on Disco

Ljova's recorded catalog now available on Disco

  Dear Friends, Since my debut album in 2006, I've released roughly a dozen...

Ljova April 16, 2025
Looking at the Dohany Street Synagogue

Looking at the Dohany Street Synagogue

It's been a few months since I've shared any original music in this space...

Ljova November 17, 2024
Are you looking for a world premiere? Step right up!

Are you looking for a world premiere? Step right up!

Dear Friends, In my composing work, I feel incredibly fortunate to have had most...

Ljova September 6, 2023

Shtetl Portrait

Ljova: Shtetl Portrait (2022)Ljova, fadolín Ljova's fadolín was made by Alexander TulchinskyCreated with support...

Ljova August 3, 2023

The Gaze (from Lost in Kino 2)

"The Gaze" from the dance work "The Triangle" by Banning Bouldin score composed and...

Ljova October 14, 2022
Enter The Fadolín - Behind The Tracks - Five Miniatures

Enter The Fadolín - Behind The Tracks - Five Miniatures

Hello friends - thank you so much for reading my posts in "Behind the...

Ljova January 26, 2022
Enter The Fadolín - Behind The Tracks - Playground Móòd

Enter The Fadolín - Behind The Tracks - Playground Móòd

Hello friends - I'm back with another installment of "Behind the Tracks", a series...

Ljova January 12, 2022
Enter The Fadolín - Behind the Tracks - A Nocturne

Enter The Fadolín - Behind the Tracks - A Nocturne

Hello friends - I'm back with another installment of "Behind the Tracks", a series...

Ljova January 10, 2022
Enter The Fadolín - Behind the Tracks - Fine Fantasy

Enter The Fadolín - Behind the Tracks - Fine Fantasy

Dear Friends, Continuing the thread of "Behind The Tracks" posts about my new album,...

Ljova December 22, 2021

Waiting for the Bus

Ljova - Waiting for the Bus November 5 2021 Ljova, fadolín and music (Live...

Ljova November 6, 2021
Professors discouraged me against grad school - and it worked

Professors discouraged me against grad school - and it worked

Fun fact -- I did not go to grad school -- my only degree...

Ljova December 1, 2020
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

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

"kind of"

The composer Nico Muhly has recently written a blog post broadly discussing genre, which...

Ljova July 1, 2012

bowling for poetry

I don't know how ACB does it, but I barely if ever have time...

Ljova July 6, 2008