A month ago I shared with you a collaboration with Los Cenzontles and the San Francisco Symphony featuring my arrangements. Today I’m excited to share with you a COVID-style cover of the…
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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…
Meditation on Kol Nidrei
Doubt, confusion, an inner repentance – these were the themes I tried to work with in creating my “Meditation” on this most solemn prayer, recited on the Jewish day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. In my composition, the traditionally familiar motifs are fragmented, inverted, and fused together in a way that is connected by question marks. Will we be forgiven?
Collaboration with Los Cenzontles and San Francisco Symphony
Ten years ago today, September 16 2010, I spent the night in a high security…
Going Home – Leaving Home – Finding Home Again #songsofcomfort
“Going Home — Leaving Home — Finding Home Again” — that was the idea behind this improvisation, taking a familiar tune through new turf — for about twenty minutes.
COVID-times jams with Daniel Mintseris
One of my more frequently recurring partners in surviving COVID-19 musical isolation has been the…
“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!
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!
Midnight Suite #songsofcomfort
Ljova – “Midnight Suite” Improvised Suite for Fadolín in three movements. 1. A Nign 2.…