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Ljova and the Kontaband at Cinema Arts Centre (Huntington, NY) on April 3rd
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Premik Russell Tubbs
Ljova and the Kontraband is new music, i.e. chamber-jam music for the remix generation. As if by alchemy, Eastern-European and Gypsy melodies, Latin rhythms, Jazz-inspired improvisations, and deeply rooted Classical forms are given new meanings in original compositions that fearlessly forge a new direction, with a nostalgic gaze towards the past. Since making its debut in June 2006, the ensemble has performed at venues such as New York's Lincoln Center & the Museum of Modern Art, The Kennedy Center in ...
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January 8th Last Minute Show - Frank London Band / Ljova and the Kontraband Double Bill
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All About Jazz
WHO: FRANK LONDON BAND LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND double bill
WHEN: Wednesday, January 8 at 8pm
WHERE: MEHANATA (a.k.a. The Bulgarian Bar) 113 Ludlow Street, bet. Delancey & Rivington New York City Subway: F/J/M/Z to Delancey, V to 2nd Avenue
COST: $10 at the door.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS: A founder of The Klezmatics, FRANK LONDON -- is a Grammy award winning composer ...
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Ljova and the Kontraband Release Their Debut CD, "Mnemosyne"
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All About Jazz
MNEMOSYNE is the debut release of LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND, a new ensemble project dedicated to original music that washes away distinguishing lines between chamber music, jazz, contemporary global folk music. The ensemble was founded by violist and composer, Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin, an active collaborator of Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, the Kronos Quartet, composer Osvaldo Golijov, as well as a growing list of independent filmmakers. (Among them, Francis Ford Coppola, who used Ljova's composition “Middle Village” in ...
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Kapustnik Records proudly releases Ljova Zhurbin's Vjola: World on Four Strings
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All About Jazz
KAPUSTNIK RECORDS PROUDLY RELEASES LJOVA ZHURBIN'S EAGERLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT RECORDING, VJOLA: THE WORLD ON FOUR STRINGS
LJOVA CAPTURES GLOBAL MUSICAL LANDSCAPE BY FEATURING ORIGINAL AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC, RECORDED PRIMARILY FOR MULTI-TRACK VIOLA
“[Ljova] is an extraordinarily talented and versatile musician, who has an incredible understanding of the intricacies of the imaginative mind"--Yo-Yo Ma
“I am simply in awe of Lev's talents. He is one of the outstanding exponents of a new generation of musicians that I consider, in a good ...
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