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Hailed by Billboard Magazine as “one of New York’s fastest-rising composers and instrumentalists”, LJOVA (Lev Zhurbin) stands at the forefront of his generation as the premiere bridge between the world’s musical cultures. Ljova was born in 1978 in Moscow, Russia, and moved to New York with his parents, composer Alexander Zhurbin and writer Irena Ginzburg, in 1990. He divides his time between performing as a violist in diverse groups ranging from his own LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND, to string quartets, jazz combos and Gypsy bands; studying and arranging music for Yo-Yo Ma, the Kronos Quartet, Jay-Z and others; and composing original music for film, TV, theatre and the concert stage.

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Ljova is the author of more than 70 compositions for classical, jazz, and folk ensembles, as well as scores to three feature and over a dozen short films. He is co-founder of Mediant Music, a new company specializing in music for advertising and media. In 2005, Ljova was one of six composers invited to participate in the Sundance Institute’s Film Composers Lab. In 2007, Ljova worked as assistant to composer Osvaldo Golijov on his score to Francis Ford Coppolaâ€™s film â€œYouth Without Youthâ€, to which Ljova also contributed an original track, â€œMiddle Village.â€ Most recently, Ljova was as guest faculty at the Banff Centre in Canada.

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3	Central Park in the Dark full track	3
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mpchekuri wrote:
yesterday morning

most aspiring

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March 2009

checkout this game while you wait for the re-release

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March 2009

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klezmerpodcast wrote:
January 2009

Hi Ljova, Hey, create a profile so we can be friends!

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pendulumtalent wrote:
May 2008

Sweet wonderful you !

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drink-up wrote:
August 2007

Oh Ljova how I love thee

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mrswim wrote:
December 2006

Love it ... finding it hard to source a copy for the UK though ?

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innabar wrote:
June 2006

Ljova is finally on Last.fm! Listen up for this viola wizard!!!

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