this Friday at 7pm, join me at Bargemusic for a concert of music by my dad, composer Alexander Zhurbin!
fadolín
Trio Fadolín at Bulgarian Concert Evenings, November 8 2023
NEXT UP: Trio Fadolín performs at the Bulgarian Consulate General in New York, as part of the Bulgarian Concert Evenings series. The program includes works by Vasyl Barvinsky, Andrea Casarrubios, Ljova, Tsvetomir Petkov, Alfred Schnittke. Join us!
Are you looking for a world premiere? Step right up!
In my composing work, I feel incredibly fortunate to have had most of the pieces I’ve composed performed at least once. This is a post about the opposite — pieces I’ve composed that haven’t (yet) been performed. A playlist of score videos awaits.
Checkpoint 45
In the winter of 1977-1978, my parents, composer Alexander Zhurbin and poet Irena Ginzburg embarked on an ambitious collaborative project, the ramifications of which are still unknown, the effects of which are still compounding in front of our eyes. After an initial incubation period….
Shtetl Portrait
“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!
All of the questions about the fadolín, answered
Foreword: I’m increasingly cautious about text on the internet — but with little literature about…
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”
Ljova brought the fadolín WFMU’s Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
When life gives you Jersey City on a Saturday Night — always great to visit…
Chorinho 101
Ljova: Chorinho 101 Ljova, fadolín composed October 6, 2022 Patreon supported –> https://patreon.com/ljova ©2022 Ljova…
The Inland Sea
Ljova – The Inland Seawritten in Tadoussac, Quebec, CanadaSeptember 2 2022 recorded in New York,…