FANTASY on RIMSKY-KORSAKOV’S SCHEHERAZADE for Two Pianos Eight Hands

Originally written for Four Pianos. Commissioned by the "Pianissimo!", Chicago based piano quartet.

SUMMER from the SEASONS for Two Pianos Eight Hands

Piano concerto transcription for Two Pianos Eight Hands. Commissioned by the "Pianissimo!", Chicago based piano quartet.

FANTASY on RIMSKY-KORSAKOV’S SCHEHERAZADE for Four Pianos

Commissioned by the "Pianissimo!", Chicago based piano quartet for the Debut concert at Anne and Howard Gottlieb Hall of the Merit School of Music (Chicago, IL).

SUMMER from the SEASONS for Four Pianos

Piano concerto transcription for Four Pianos. Commissioned by the "Pianissimo!", Chicago based piano quartet, for the Debut concert at Anne and Howard Gottlieb Hall of the Merit School of Music (Chicago, IL).

PSALMODIA (excerpt from the BYZANTINE CHANTS, SACRED CONCERTO) for cello and piano

Commissioned by Alan Gampel, pianist and musicologist. Clive Greensmith, a cellist from the ‘Tokyo String quartet’ with Alan Gampel, pianist, premiered the “Psalmodia” as part of the ‘Music between East and West: Continuity and Change’ concert event. It took place at the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The AGONY in the GARDEN (BASED on El GRECO), POEM for viola and piano

Combining the painting with music, I wanted to convey a special pulsation, the unreal vibes, emanating from the "heated, scorching canvas of El Greco".

HOMAGE II, SUITE IN THREE MOVEMENTS for violin and cello

Originally it was written as a HOMAGE for soprano and cello. Commissioned by Jasmine Lin, violin, and Jacob Braun, cello. Premiered at the "Chicago Chamber Musicians’ First Monday concert series" at the Chicago Cultural Center.

AUGUST. SUNSET BLOOM, SUITE IN THREE MOVEMENTS for string quartet

Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic violinist Anna Rabinova. Premiered by the musicians from the New York Philharmonic at Merkin Concert Hall as part of the "Philharmonic Ensemble at Merkin Concert Hall" series.

HOMAGE I, SUITE IN THREE MOVEMENTS for clarinet and violin

Originally it was written as a HOMAGE for soprano and cello. Premiered at the American Composers Alliance Festival at the Symphony Space by the members of the "Second Instrumental Unit" ensemble: Sarah Beaty, clarinet, and David Fulmer, violin.

PIANO DUO, SUITE IN TWO MOVEMENTS for Two Pianos

The idea of the first movement named "Reflection" was to express the reflection in many different meanings (inside and outside of us). In the second movement, "Antiphon", I used a very attractive idea of a dialogue and a contradistinction, a repetition and an imitation.

DUO, SUITE IN TWO MOVEMENTS for cello and piano

There are two movements: ‘Lullaby Dedicated to an Adult Son’ and the ‘Soliloquy’ that is based on a reworked Gregorian chant. Premiered by Evangeline Benedetti, a member of the New York Philharmonic, and Margarita Zelenaia.

SUITE IN STYLISTIC DANCES IN THREE MOVEMENTS for violin and piano

Each of three dances: WALTZ, TANGO or FOXTROT moves through various moods, invoking a mosaic of images with the development of each individual plot.

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