Starting 2025 with a fun short new album — a “rejammed” version of Vivaldi’s “Spring” from “The Four Seasons”.
See You Out There
A quick preview of upcoming performances.
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 —
Fadolín Lessons with Ljova
As the community of fadolín players around the world grows, I’d like to throw my hat in the ring and offer fadolín lessons. I should say right away that I’m offering myself as much as a teacher as a student.
Life is just a box of chinrests
A post about chinrests — I spent the past couple of years trying different chinrests and shoulder paddies, amassing a box of options along the way — I wanted to share with you some of these stories, and to highlight some of the options that are less commonly known than what may be available at your local violin shop.
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.
When Technology Steals The Show
“The show must go on” — except when it can’t.
Earlier this October, at our performance of Morton Feldman’s final composition “Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello” with Trio Fadolín and Dan Tepfer at the New York Studio School, we had a technology fail that’s worth sharing as a cautionary tale.
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.
Ljova’s Hot Takes on AI Music
AI is all the rage — from homework to art, to vacation planning, meeting scheduling, shopping, to the new features of your smartphone — what’s not to like? Out with the old ..
People have asked me — as a composer and musician — what do I think of AI music?
Back at the Hollywood Bowl with Natalia Lafourcade
A brief photo and video report from the Hollywood Bowl, where this summer I arranged for the LA Phil, Gustavo Dudamel, and my dear old friend Natalia Lafourcade.
“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.