Looking at the Dohany Street Synagogue

Here's a video premiere of my piece "Looking at the Dohany Street Synagogue", composed in Budapest this past summer.

https://www.ljova.com/2024/11/looking-at-the-dohany-street-synagogue/

Morton Feldman’s Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello

On October 9th, Trio Fadolín and pianist Dan Tepfer will perform the final work by American composer Morton Feldman, his seminal "Piano, VIolin, Viola, Cello" at the New York Studio School.

https://www.ljova.com/2024/09/morton-feldmans-piano-violin-viola-cello/

“Hallelujah” for solo fadolín (or viola)

"I think what the world needs is a "Hallelujah" transcription for solo viola", said my dear old friend Pemi, a great violist in Montreal. I couldn't agree more.

https://www.ljova.com/2024/08/hallelujah-for-solo-fadolin-or-viola/

Nathaniel Rowan fadolín for sale

I've decided to part ways with this beautiful art fadolín that was made for me by Nathaniel Rowan in 2020. It has immense sentimental value for me --

https://www.ljova.com/2024/03/nathaniel-rowan-fadolin-for-sale/

Free Trio Fadolín performance at PAC NYC on December 22

Trio Fadolín is excited to return to the brand new PAC NYC (Perelman Performing Arts Center) on Friday December 22nd for a free performance on the Vartan and Clare Gregorian St

https://www.ljova.com/2023/12/free-trio-fadolin-performance-at-pac-nyc-on-december-22/

Trio Fadolín returns to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Petrie Court this Friday and Saturday

Trio Fadolín returns to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Petrie Court this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 15 and 16! Free with museum admission.

https://www.ljova.com/2023/12/trio-fadolin-returns-to-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-petrie-court-this-friday-and-saturday/

This Friday – Music of Alexander Zhurbin at Bargemusic

this Friday at 7pm, join me at Bargemusic for a concert of music by my dad, composer Alexander Zhurbin!

https://www.ljova.com/2023/11/this-friday-music-of-alexander-zhurbin-at-bargemusic/

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'

https://www.ljova.com/2023/09/are-you-looking-for-a-world-premiere-step-right-up/

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....

https://www.ljova.com/2023/08/checkpoint-45/

Trio Fadolín returns to the Metropolitan Museum’s Petrie Court Cafe this Friday and Saturday!

Hello friends! Our group Trio Fadolín (with Sabina Torosjan on violin, Ljova on fadolín and Valeriya Sholokhova on cell

https://www.ljova.com/2023/07/trio-fadolin-returns-to-the-metropolitan-museums-petrie-court-cafe-this-friday-and-saturday/