Lev Alexandrovich Schurbin

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Lev Alexandrowitsch Schurbin ( Russian Лев Александрович Журбин , also transcribed Lev Zhurbin or Ljova ; born August 18, 1978 in Moscow ) is a Russian composer, arranger and violist.

The son of the composer Alexander Schurbin and the poet Irena Ginzburg had viola lessons from Galina Turchaninowa , the teacher of Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin , from the age of four . He came to the USA with his parents in 1990 and studied at the Juilliard School of Music with Samuel Rhodes , violist of the Juilliard String Quartet .

Zhurbin composed more than 70 works for classical ensembles, jazz and folk groups, as well as more than 20 film scores. In 2005 he attended the Sundance Institute's Film Composers Lab . In 2007 he worked with Osvaldo Golijov on the composition of the music for Francis Ford Coppola's film Youth without Youth . After a stay at the Banff Center, Canada in 2008, he gave guest lectures on film music composition at New York University .

As a violist, Zhurbin leads his own group Ljova and the Kontraband , is a member of the gypsy orchestra Romashka and the contemporary music ensemble Percussia, and forms the duo Joint Custody with Jakub Omsky . As an arranger he worked a. a. for Yo-Yo Mas Silk Road Ensemble , the Kronos Quartet , Jay-Z , Gustavo Santaolalla , Osvaldo Golijov and Alondra de la Parra . He played a viola by Alexander Tulchinsky and a six-string "Famiola" by Eric Aceto .

Works

  • Lamentation for two cellos or violas, 2010
  • Sicilienne for violin or cello and piano, 2000 violin & piano (cello & piano) 2000
  • Garmoshka for chamber or string orchestra, 2004
  • The Vjola Suite 5 character pieces for various instrumental ensembles, 2005–07
  • Sonata for Tuba and Piano , 1995
  • N.Maladie for viola and piano, 2005
  • Fanfare for string quartet, 2004
  • Four for four violas, 2004
  • Potpourelaine for three violins, 2003
  • Intermezzo Sentimentale for one or two violins and viola, 2003
  • Still good, after all these years! for cello and piano, 2002
  • Red Wagon Rag for viola and piano, 2002
  • Woody Allen Coffee Music for string quartet, 2001
  • Windoe Cleaner for string quartet, 2001
  • Waltz: My Heritage for string quartet, 2001
  • Waltz: Kreislerisch for string quartet, 2001
  • Romance Funebre for two violas or violin and viola
  • 1911 for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, 1999
  • Waltz: Agnieszka for string quartet, 1997
  • Waltz for string quartet, 1997
  • Concerto for a young pianist for piano and strings or string quartet, 1996
  • Elegia for cello or viola and piano, 1995
  • Night an Day for string quartet, 1993–94
  • Duet for violin and viola, 1995
  • Morning music for string quartet, 1994–95
  • String Quartet # 0 "Madhouse , 1994

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SURNAME Schurbin, Lev Alexandrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ljova; Журбин, Лев Александрович (Russian); Zhurbin, Lev (English transcription)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian composer and violist
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow