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Lydia Kavina

Lydia Kavina was born in Moscow in 1967 and is a relative of the theremin's inventor, Léon Theremin. She began studying the instrument at nine under his direction and gave her first theremin concert five years later. She holds a composition degree from the Moscow Conservatory and is based in Oxfordshire. She has played on film soundtracks including Howard Shore's music for Ed Wood and eXistenZ, and in Olga Neuwirth's opera Bählamms Fest. Her students include Carolina Eyck and Barbara Buchholz. Mode released Music from the Ether and Spellbound!.

Lydia Kavina was born in Moscow in 1967 and is a relative of the theremin's inventor, Léon Theremin. She began studying the instrument at nine under his direction and gave her first theremin concert five years later. She holds a composition degree from the Moscow Conservatory and is based in Oxfordshire. She has played on film soundtracks including Howard Shore's music for Ed Wood and eXistenZ, and in Olga Neuwirth's opera Bählamms Fest. Her students include Carolina Eyck and Barbara Buchholz. Mode released Music from the Ether and Spellbound!.

Music from the Ether
This disc is full of discoveries, including Martinu's Fantasia, and Grainger's graphically notated Free Music #1, along with other "period" works by Schillinger (known for his writings on music and as a guru to composers from Gershwin to Earle Brown) and Isidor Achron (the accompanist to Heifetz). Modern works are represented by Kavina herself, Brazilian Jorge Antunes (with electronic tape) and Russian Vladimir Komarov, whose work also incorporates the inventor's voice and a rendition of Glinka'…
Spellbound!
As a follow-up to her first CD of original theremin works, "Music from the Ether", Lydia Kavina returns with first recordings of major works for theremin and ensemble. The first recording of Miklos Rosza's chamber version of music from the Hitchcock film "Spellbound". 3 premiere recordings of works by Howard Shore, Olga Neuwirth and Christian Wolff. 2 premiere recordings of graphically notated works for multiple theremins by Percy Grainger. Oscar winning composer Howard Shore ("Lord of the Rings…
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