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Dear Friends on Pluginamp,

Happy to share some great news with you!
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(1) Ljova's debut CD, VJOLA: WORLD ON FOUR STRINGS - released at last! Preview show at JOE'S PUB and CD Release party to be announced.
(2) Original film score for feature documentary THE TEAM (produced by BBC, directed by James Marsh and Basia Winograd).
(3) Collaboration with MATMOS, new release "The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast" on Matador Records
(4) Ljova's compositions' premiere at Carnegie Hall with Edgar Meyer Workshop, and with "In A Circle" at the Angel Orensanz Foundation
(5) Shh... More to come!

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1. I am very proud to announce that my debut CD, VJOLA: WORLD ON FOUR STRINGS, has at long last been released! Read more about it, preview tracks, and purchase an autographed copy of the CD here:
http://Ljova.com/vjola-released/

To celebrate the release, I've put together a special ensemble, LJOVA AND THE VJOLA CONTRABAND, to perform the music live. You can obtain the CD at any of our upcoming gigs, on the internet at
http://Ljova.com/vjola-released/ as well as many retail locations worldwide.

Thus far, we have two dates scheduled:
June 16th - Om Factory Yoga Studio
July 12th - Joe's Pub (split set with the Luminescent String Orchestrii)

More information about the gigs can be found at:
http://www.ljova.com/vjola_contraband

We would love to come and perform in your town! If you have any ideas and/or performance venues you'd like us to contact, please reply and let me know.

I can't wait to hear your comments about the CD, and hope you'll enjoy it.

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... IN OTHER NEWS!

2. I've recently finished an original score to a wonderfully zany documentary film called "THE TEAM". Produced by the BBC, and directed by James Marsh and Basia Winograd, it follows the triumphs and failures of a group of homeless New Yorkers, who are recruited to compete at the Homeless Soccer World Cup in Graz, Austria. The soundtrack features "Plume" from my debut CD, as well as some music I wrote especially for the film. More info at the IMDb:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0467035/

3. As part of my ongoing work with the Kronos Quartet, I had an opportunity to collaborate with MATMOS, the wildly eclectic duo from San Francisco. I was asked to arrange the string parts for the song "Solo Buttons for Joe Meek", on their new CD. More info at:
http://www.ljova.com/ljova_kronos_matmos_joe_meek

4. Earlier this may, I was a fellow in the Edgar Meyer Workshop at Carnegie Hall. As part of this, two of my pieces ("Plume" and "Ori's Fearful Symmetry") were performed at Zankel Hall, by a band of wonderfully talented young musicians. More at:
http://www.ljova.com/ljova_edgar_meyer_workshop_carnegie

This evening in New York, several of my pieces will be performed as encores at my cousin Jonathan Gandelsman's "In A Circle" series, at the Angel Orensanz Center for the arts. Info at:
http://eventful.com/events/E0-001-000967484-3

5. What lies ahead? More film work - I'm working on two wonderful projects right now. CD Promotion! Road Trips! And more live performances than ever before. You'll be the first to know!

Thanks as always for your support - enjoy the music!

Warmest,

Ljova
WEBSITE ==> http://Ljova.com
LJOVA on MYSPACE ==> http://myspace.com/Ljova