Sometime ago as a student at Juilliard, I wrote extra variations on the “Trout” theme as an encore — hear them now performed beautifully in Vienna’s Musikverein!
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Twin Hallelujahs
Which “Hallelujah” shall we play today — how about both? …
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”
US Marine Band String Quintet play Ljova’s “Bagel on the Malecón”
“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band performs Ljova’s “Bagel on the Malecón” beautifully as part of their Music in the Schools program — take a listen (with intro)!
New Video: Old Coin
Here’s a little folk tune I wrote in The Catskills two weeks ago — for…
“4U” – Misha Stefanuk’s piece for Ljova for 2001 – premiere recording
Deadlines are important — as is follow-up. This piece took nearly 20 years to record — with apologies!
Grateful
I didn’t like practicing music, but my mom said one day I’d be “Grateful” – that day came nearly 20 years ago..
Ljova’s tenth album – Solo Opus
A long post about my tenth album “SoLò Ópus”, out January 2019
Interview with Lincoln Center’s “Score”
Originally published in “Score”, by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, on December 10 2018,…
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.