"...there's
no denying the ingenuity and skill of the arrangements, the
native vitality of the music and the brilliance of the playing."
-Richard Dyer, Boston Globe
"... a gripping performance ..."
-Anthony Tommasini, New
York Times
"... wonderful
playing and composing!"
-David Balakrishnan, founder + violinist,
Turtle Island String Quartet
"...
feature uses effective creepy violin music by Lev Zhurbin"
-Psychotronic Video Magazine, reviewing the
film "Daddy"
"Ears
of Doom!"
-Eric Nicolas, songwriter + guitarist
"Musically uninhibited. [Lev Zhurbin] enlightens, exhilarates,
and entertains. His trademarks [are] wit, humor, clarity,
drive, and passion. Very fresh. Superb. In his music, his polyglot ability
to paint the humorous and the tragic, the coarse and the refined,
and to move his audiences, remind me of the broad range and
intensity - the facile depths - of another young player/composer,
Salzburg’s favorite son, despite the centuries and stylistic
differences. Enough already – I like it…"
-Mark Greenfest, of the New Music Connoisseur,
writing about "THE BIG SHOW"
April 17, 2002 @the Orensanz Center, NYC
"always fun!"
-Kalvos and Damian [K&D New Music
Radio]
"Very nice."
-Derek Bailey, guitarist + (pretty much) the
father of free-improvisation
Reviews for"Sicilienne" (sheetmusic)
"Beautiful!"
--- Kathy Fisher, Fisher
"Beautiful composition and performance!
It is difficult to write music in this style without sounding
overly sentimental or commercial, but you have done a wonderful
job of writing a piece that is very enjoyable to listen to,
and still very sophisticated. I will definitely be listening
to more of your music!" -- Tim Tollefson, composer
"Lovely tune, Lev, it's been stuck in
my head all afternoon since I listened!"
--- David Runnion, Serafino
Piano Trio (Spain)
Reviews
for "Spring Valley Sunset" (mp3)
"THIS IS UTTERLY UNIQUE"
--- Tony Lanman, Godsofmusic.com
-
click
here to read the entire review!
"... almost better than sex(!)..."
--- A. Friend
Reviews
for "Mexicana" (A Toast to YOU!) (mp3)
"... had me from the first note"
--- J. Bills, Starpolish.com - click
here to read the entire review!
Reviews
for "Island Soliloquy" for string orchestra
"[Zhurbin's] soliloquy is melodic, with a decidedly
wistful sentimentality, somewhat reminiscnent of the score
to the film "Schindler's List." It was
a perfect match for the Symphony's lush-sounding strings under
the direction of Jonathan Strasser."
-- Eileen Siegel, The Staten Island Advance
Reviews
for "Sturm" for solo cello
"...finally got a chance to listen. I
liked your piece very much. my only reservation is that "sturm"
is such a somber title for such a whimsical, delightful piece.
anyway, great work. thanks so much for sending it my way."
--- Erik Friedlander, cellist/composer
-- visit Erik's
site!
Reviews
for "Lullabye"
"In this versatile Juilliard graduate's
huge [online music] archive we find all sorts of pieces within
the contemporary-experimental-jazz triangle of genres - however
hazy this definition may be. Not everyone will like everything
of Lev's work and not everyone will like "Lullabye",
but it worked for me. I love it."
--- Markus Diedrich, Godsofmusic.com - click
here to read the entire review!
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