Concerto per Theremin. Live in Italy

'Concerto per Theremin. Live in Italy' is Lydia Kavina's second album. It was recorded in Italy in 1998 and released on CD by Teleura in 2000.

Theremin & Lydia Kavina
Invented in 1919 in Russia by Lev Sergeivitch Termen, the Theremin was not only the first electronic musical instrument, but also the first (and still the only) instrument played without touching it by moving the hands in the space between two antennas, one of which controls intonation and the other the volume.

Lydia Kavina is universally recognised as being the greatest virtuoso of the Theremin in the world. The niece of one of Lev Termen's first-degree cousins, Kavina began studying the Theremin under the direction of Termen himself when she was nine years old. Five years later, she was ready to give her first Theremin concert, which marked the beginning of a musical career that has so far led to more than 500 theatre, radio and television performances throughout the world.

In addition to giving concerts, Kavina is a composer of music for the Theremin (three of her works can be heard on this disc) and teaches the instrument in Russia, the United States and Western Europe.

Together with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, she participated in creating the sound track of the Oscar-winning film Ed Wood.

In 1999 has been published Lydia's first disc entitled "Music from the Ether".

(Liner notes by Valerio Saggini)

Track listing
Author: Claude Debussy Performed by: Lydia Kavina, Mauro Cavalieri D'Oro Author: Sergej Rachmaninov Performed by: Lydia Kavina, Mauro Cavalieri D'Oro Author: Sergej Rachmaninov Performed by: Lydia Kavina, Mauro Cavalieri D'Oro Author: Jerome Kern Performed by: Lydia Kavina, Mauro Cavalieri D'Oro Author: Alexander Alabiev Performed by: Lydia Kavina, Mauro Cavalieri D'Oro Author: Johann Sebastian Bach Performed by: Lydia Kavina, Columbus Orchestra Author: Antonin Dvorâk Performed by: Lydia Kavina, Columbus Orchestra Author: George Gershwin Performed by: Lydia Kavina, Columbus Orchestra Author: Charles Paul Performed by: Lydia Kavina, Mauro Cavalieri D'Oro Author: Charles Paul Performed by: Lydia Kavina, Mauro Cavalieri D'Oro Author: Lydia Kavina Performed by: Lydia Kavina, Columbus Orchestra Author: Lydia Kavina Performed by: Lydia Kavina, Columbus Orchestra Author: Lydia Kavina Performed by: Lydia Kavina
 * 1) Claire de Lune (4:14)
 * 1) The River (2:05)
 * 1) Vocalise (3:12)
 * 1) Smoke gets in your eyes (1:58)
 * 1) The Nightingale (2:52)
 * 1) Air on a G String (3:05)
 * 1) Humoresque (2:47)
 * 1) Summertime (2:49)
 * 1) Palestinian Song (2:25)
 * 1) Hora (2:39)
 * 1) The Mirror (3:59)
 * 1) Transformations (3:47)
 * 1) Swampmusic (5:14)