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March 9, 2025

A world premiere of Margarita Zelenaia’s “Rowing in Eden”, a mini song cycle (version for mezzo, flute and piano) based on Emily Dickinson, will take part at the ‘Music by Woman Composers Since the Age of Enlightenment’ concert.

WHEN: Sunday, March 16th at 3:30pmWHERE: David Greer Hall, Bloomingdale School of MusicADDRESS: 333 West 108th Street, NY, NY 10025 Featured composers:Chaminade,Viardot,Colman,Anna Bon di Venezia,Florence Price,Margaret Bond,Marion Bauer,Margarita Zelenaia Featured performers:Anna Tona, mezzoLaura Falzon, fluteOlga Gurevich, piano Free admission. However, suggested donations are welcome to help the trio to edit a short clip for marketing purposes

February 27, 2024

After the tragedy that took place in Israel in October 2023, as a sign of solidarity and support of the amazing Israeli people a video (based on my song “Today”) was created: 

Music and vocal: Margarita Zelenaia Poetry: Ovsey Driz Declamation: Margarita Vishnyakova Performers: Duet “Margo-Rita” Violin: Nathaniel Faerman Piano: Gragina Benalia

February 17, 2024

“Unwinding the Memory’s Thread” for cello and piano.

The world premiere of Margarita Zelenaia’s piece “Unwinding the Memory’s Thread” for cello and piano will be featured at the concert on February 13, 2024 at 7:30pm at the Merkin Hall (129 West 67th Street btw Broadway and Amsterdam, New York, NY 10023) https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/andrey-tchekmazov-cello-irina-nuzova-piano/ Performers: Andrey Tchekmazov, cello Irina Nuzova, piano The duo Andrey Tchekmazov and Irina Nuzova won first […]

January 20, 2021

Two choreographic premiers of the “Inter/Ago” based on Margarita Zelenaia’s “Byzantine Chants”, sacred concerto for a solo cello.

Featured Andrey Tchekmazov, cello. Choreography by Tadej Brdnik, a former principal dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company, a recipient of the Benetton Dance Award and Battery Dance’s Eugene Loring Award. World premiere – Battery Dance Festival (2015) The second premiere – at the Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University (2016) as part of the international program with work commissioned by […]

January 14, 2020

Wild Turnpike Trailer with music by Margarita Zelenaia

I was thrilled to be part of this project based on my music! I am talking of the “Wild Turnpike”, the film-ballet by amazingly gifted Lauren Starobin. Here is her description: “Wild Turnpike is the story of a young woman searching for a connection. Turning onto the “Wild Turnpike,” she is thrust into a surreal odyssey and encounters strange characters […]

August 15, 2019

Margarita Zelenaia’s “Fantasy for Four Pianos on Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade” is featured on the Chicago Debut Concert’s CD of the “Pianissimo!”

The Pianissimo! ensemble’s mission as a four piano ensemble is topresent entertaining and education programs of Classical music on two and fourpianos. https://youtu.be/2SxR92LzoWQ The “Fantasy for Four Pianos on Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade” continues the tradition of Russian romanticism, a music style that changed the world. In 2015, it was commissioned and premiered by the “Pianissimo!” Four pianos Chicago based ensemble. The […]

July 26, 2019

Music by Margarita Zelenaia will be featured in the upcoming film-ballet “Wild Turnpike”

Here is the production trailer video: https://vimeo.com/349955270 A few words from the author of the project Lauren Starobin, an extremely talented designer and dancer: “The concept of this film came from a desire to be expressive in the art and craft of fashion design by using costumes as symbolic devices integral to the narrative of a story. In ‘Wild Turnpike’ […]