The newly formed Trio Fadolín boasts a unique sonority, bringing together violin, cello, and the recently unveiled fadolín: a six-string violin with low C and F strings. No other ensemble has ever given the fadolín an integral role in an acoustic chamber music setting, and this free performance in Times Square is a wonderful opportunity for audiences to experience the new musical possibilities it presents.

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Carnegie Hall Citywide: Trio Fadolín

Times Square

Trio Fadolín is a new ensemble with a unique sonority — featuring Sabina Torosjan on violin, Valeriya Sholokhova on cello, and Ljova, performing on the fadolín – a new instrument that encompasses the range of the violin, viola, and most of the cello, finding its footing in an acoustic chamber music setting for the first time.    In our inaugural season, Trio Fadolín has been presented by Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We formed during the COVID-19 pandemic — our first performances were in the summer of 2021 on a makeshift at the Javits Convention Center mass vaccination site, operated by the US Army and sponsored by Sing for Hope. As our opportunities to play together grew, our repertoire evolved steadily — it now includes works by Ukrainian composers Vasyl Barvinsky, Mykola Kolessa, and Miroslav Skoryk, Spanish-American composer Andrea Casarrubios, Estonian-American composer Lembit Beecher, folk music from Armenia, Denmark, Sweden and Romania, in addition to original works by our fadolínist, Ljova. All three of us are graduates of The Juilliard School.

Valeriya Sholokhova

Events

Upcoming events

Jul 19, 2026

Trio Fadolin · Chapel Restoration

Past events

Jun 29, 2023

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Trio Fadolín · Carnegie Hall

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Ganz kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart

Chapel Restoration

Cello in In the Mountains by Kolessa

Chapel Restoration

Cello in Suite on Ukrainian National Themes by Lyatoshinsky

Chapel Restoration

Cello in The Afterglow by Zhurbin

Chapel Restoration

Cello in Central Asian Dances by Zhurbin

Chapel Restoration

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