Comments for LJOVA (Lev Zhurbin) - film composer, arranger, violist | music for film, Ljova and the Kontraband, and other projects

have voiced some reservations about posting content on YouTube — principally, I don’t agree that the viewer should

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decided to part ways with this beautiful art fadolín that was made for me by Nathaniel Rowan in 2020. It has great sentimental value for me — my

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http://www.ljova.com/works/arrangements/ Fecha de consulta: 9 de febrero de 2015.

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the release schedule of “Discontent Farm” is behind me, it’s time to get back to get back to posting about my favorite subject

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longtime Kontraband drummer Mathias Künzli for making the premiere recording of my piece “Everywhere is Falling Everywhere” — out today on digital platforms everywhere, including Bandcamp...

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a radio program for an ensemble of promising young players and a couple of faculty, including me on fadolín. This piece has a really fun flamenco-influenced groove, and a quasi-fugal polka — ...

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Works released during COVID-19

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stopped posting on Twitter last year; I had already quit The ‘Book once before, in 2013, and was thinking of doing it again (even wrote a cello concerto inspired by social media use in

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return to posting on my website and “syndicating” elsewhere — a practice known as POSSE that I wrote about in 2020. Syndication is easy — if you have your own site, you should try it. (W...

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the ‘Tube began to show ads on all of the videos it hosted overnight, in November 2020, I re-uploaded most of my videos to Vimeo. It feels utterly unprofessional to send a ‘Tube link to anyo...

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Hutchins. Ljova thought “mezzo six string” was too long, so he decided to run a “baby naming contest” on his blog. Among the suggested names were “megaviola”, “the

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Hutchins. Ljova thought “mezzo six string” was too long, so he decided to run a “baby naming contest” on his blog. Among the suggested names were “megaviola”, “the

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name was a byproduct of a name Ljova came up with for a related instrument, the “famiola“. In 2008, Ljova purchased a “mezzo six string” from luthier Eric Aceto, a

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I have been looking everywhere for this song! I heard it being played in the Met, and it was an unforgettable experience. I what is the name of this song?

https://www.ljova.com/2022/05/untitled-fadolin-project-work-in-progress/#comment-8351

Hello LJOVA, I recently heard one of your arrangements. Specifically Arrangements for The Joffrey Ballet, (Chaikovsky: The Nutcracker Party). I loved listening to the orchestra play your work, bu...

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the LA Phil, and during the pandemic I had the honor of recording strings for her video of “Alfonsína y el mar“.In these twelve years, Natalia has been a constant source of inspiration, lea...

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The soundtrack — a pocket orchestra recorded in my home studio with musicians coming in one by one — is really fun. Here’s an article about the recording and process.

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score composed and performed by Ljova available on Ljova’s new album “Lost in Kino 2”

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of musicians. We talked a lot about the fadolín, previewed some tracks from my new album “Lost in Kino 2“, and I played a couple of tunes live. Thank you, Rob and

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Though very orchestral in its palette, this album was almost exclusively recorded at my home studio on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, with each musician spending one to three hours recording ...

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Arrangements

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arranging for the Bowl, having previously arranged for the LA Phil’s collaborations with Carlos Vives, Natalia Lafourcade and Mon Laferte and this is the first time that my wife Inna was able ...

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released an album of solo fadolín music in January, I wanted to next focus on creating new chamber music with the fadolín as an

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and lovers of the fadolín — well, now! I’m delighted to share that my album “Enter The Fadolín” has entered the world of Billboard charts in top company (see below) — thank you!! It

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Arrangements

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about the music on my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now as a download, as a home-made autographed CD-R, and a collection of sheet music). I’m grateful to hear that these posts ...

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a series of stories about the music on my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now as a download, as a home-made autographed CD-R, and a collection of sheet music). I’m grateful to he...

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vacation. I was also trying to compose a theme for Chris Shimojima‘s debut feature “Alberto and the Concrete Jungle” — half of “Seacliff Serenade” later became “Marina’s

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Hello friends – I’m back with another installment of “Behind the Tracks“, a series of stories behind the music on my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now as a download, as a...

https://www.ljova.com/2021/12/sheet-music-from-enter-the-fadolin-is-now-available/#comment-8334

series of stories behind the music on my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now as a download, as a home-made autographed CD-R, and a collection of sheet

https://www.ljova.com/2021/12/enter-the-fadolin-preorders-now-available/#comment-8333

(available now exclusively via Bandcamp as a download or handmade autographed CD-R, and also as a PDF collection of sheet music you can play through on your own) is a composition by the Celtic h...

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new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now exclusively via Bandcamp as a download or handmade autographed CD-R, and also as a PDF collection of sheet music you can play through on your ow...

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that Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738) was a contemporary of J.S. Bach (1685-1750), whose works also appear on this album. Perhaps, in a more connected century, O’Carolan and Bach would have me...

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posts about my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now exclusively via Bandcamp as a download or handmade autographed CD-R, and also as a PDF collection of sheet music you can play thr...

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the buses, the ambulances… I played it on the street, then went home and played the melody on Facebook Live for twenty minutes. A couple of weeks later, I was a guest on the “Mondays with Ma...

https://www.ljova.com/2020/08/going-home-leaving-home-finding-home-again-songsofcomfort/#comment-8328

(now available for pre-order at Bandcamp as a download, as a collection of sheet music or handmade autographed CD-R), this post focuses on two tracks that go back-to-back, hand-in-hand:“Going ...

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album “Enter The Fadolín” (now available for pre-order at Bandcamp as a download, as a collection of sheet music or handmade autographed CD-R), this post focuses on two tracks that go back-...

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posts about my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now for pre-order as sheet music, digital download album or handmade autographed CD-R), I decided to make a video post instead of

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Yesterday I started writing a series of “Behind The Tracks” posts about my new album “Enter The Fadolín“, currently in pre-order at Bandcamp, starting with the album’s final track, �...

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I started writing a series of “Behind The Tracks” posts about my new album “Enter The Fadolín“, currently in pre-order at Bandcamp, starting with the album’s final track,

https://www.ljova.com/2021/12/enter-the-fadolin-preorders-now-available/#comment-8323

my eleventh album, “Enter The Fadolín” as an exclusive pre-order on Bandcamp, as a collection of sheet music and as a a limited edition handmade autographed CD-R. I’m grateful to all of m...

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Schedule

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mp3 and 96k/24b masters. You can steam the album from Bandcamp (or via the Bandcamp app) for free. Sheet music for most tracks, as well as a one-of-a-kind CD option, are also now available.  Th...

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on the chase of yesterday’s album pre-order, I’m excited to share with you the sheet music from the “Enter The Fadolín”

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Lev, this is Dr. Andre' Godsey from Vermont College of Fine Arts. I wanted to thank you and Trio Lunaire for your remarkable viola playing on my piece. My last semester is coming up and Roger Zah...

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In reply to Jane Rubinsky. Hi Jane! A fadolín is theoretically a violin with FA and...

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What is a fadolin? I can't even find anything on Google!

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making the other secondary and barely audible (if at all). This has been an interesting compositional challenge since the early days of the

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In reply to Richard Oconnor. I'll email you!

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Hi ljova, how much is the famiola?

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