About Lydia Kavina

Lydia Kavina learned theremin from her great uncle Léon Theremin. Since 1981 she has been performing worldwide with, among others, the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Orchestra, the Boston Modern Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia. She has played in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, in the Thalia Theater and the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, with the Danish Royal Ballet in Copenhagen and at the Lincoln Center Festival in New York. She has worked with John Neumeier, Robert Wilson, Howard Shore, and Tom Waits, among others. Lydia Kavina received her degree in composition at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Today she teaches theremin at the Theremin Center there and gives master classes throughout Europe and in the United States. With the help of her instructional video “Mastering the Theremin” hundreds of musicians have learned to play the theremin since 1995. Lydia Kavina has composed several works for theremin.
CDs/DVDs:
“Concerto per Theremin”. Live in Italy (Teleura, 2000)
“Music from the Ether”. Premiere recordings of original works for theremin, written between 1929 and 1999 (Mode 76, 1999)
“Mastering the Theremin”. Instructional video by Lydia Kavina. DVD (Moogmusic, 1995)
More information: www.lydiakavina.com