On March 12, 2026 the “Psalmodia”, one of the movements of Margarita Zelenaia’s spiritual concerto ‘Byzantine Chants’, was performed as part of the “Celebration Woman Composers” concert series. Originally, the concerto was written for solo cello, however, following the performers’ request I made a version for clarinet and piano. On March 12, 2026 the “Psalmodia”, one of the movements of […]
https://youtu.be/fYcoClAx2Ss On March 3rd, 2026, at 6 pm, Margarita Zelenaia’s trio ‘Rowing in Eden’, for mezzo-soprano, flute and piano, set to the poems of Emily Dickinson, was performed as part of Zephyra Music Ensemble’s concert season at the series at St. Paul’s Chapel music series at Columbia University. The program was a showcase of chamber music and sung by prominent women […]
Margarita Zelenaia’s ‘Mussorgsky and Beyond’, Double Variations for piano solo were performed on November 25, 2025, at Marc A. Scorca Hall, National Opera Center, (New York, NY) as part of the New York Composers’ Circle concert series. Performer: Craig Ketter, piano
The world premiere of Margarita Zelenaia’s emotionally intense and thrilling ‘anti-tyranny’ opera, titled ‘Caligula’s Favorite Play,’ is scheduled for June 17, 2026. It will take place in the medieval UNESCO-protected Teatro di Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy. The libretto is freely inspired by Albert Camus’ famous play ‘CALIGULA’ (Copyright Ⓒ Editions Gallimard) and was written by Eric Nicolas and Igor Tsunsky. […]
WHEN: May 20, 2025, at 7:00 PM. WHERE: Church of the Transfiguration, “Little Church Around the Corner,” 1 E. 29th Street, New York City. Performers: Zoya Gramagin, soprano spinto, Margarita Zelenaia, piano The program included the music of Margarita Zelenaia, Debra Kaye, Roger Blanc, Patricia Leonard, Timothy Miller, Jakub Polaczyk, Victor Xie, Alexa Canales, and Christopher Kaufman.
A world premiere of Margarita Zelenaia’s “I Wear My Wings”, a song cycle based on Emily Dickinson’s poetry took place on March 27, 2025 as part of the New York Composers’ Circle concert series. WHEN: March 27th, 2025 at 7pm WHERE: Church of the Transfiguration “Little Church Around the Corner” 1 E. 29th Street, New York, New York General admission […]
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
Happy to share this exciting news: my Vivaldi’s transcription will conclude the Keyboard Weekend: Variations on 88 keys program. Here is the link to the livestream that the concert will be broadcasting on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaBKKr7Vnz4 Here are the details: Variations on a Theme of Beethohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaBKKr7Vnz4ven, Op.35 – Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Variations on a Theme by Haydn for 2 Pianos, Op.56b – Johannes […]
Music and vocal: Margarita Zelenaia Poetry: Ovsey Driz Declamation: Margarita Vishnyakova Performers: Duet “Margo-Rita” Violin: Nathaniel Faerman Piano: Gragina Benalia
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 […]
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