NIka Leoni and Yelena Kurdina perform 
"It was not the wind blowing from above" / "Не ветер вея с высоты"

Music by N. Rimsky-Korsakov
Text by A. Tolstoy

It was not the wind, blowing from the heights, 
That touched the leaves on a moonlit night.
My soul was touched by you.
It trembled, like leaves;
It, like a harp, is many-stringed.

I was bedeviled by everyday maelstroms
And crushing invasions,
Whistling and howling, it tore the strings
And buried everything under cold snow.

Your voice caresses my ear,
Your touch is light,
Like a floating flower petals,
Like the air of a May night.

Transl. by Laura Prichard

"It was not the wind blowing from above" / "Не ветер вея с высоты" (N. Rimsky-Korsakov)

Selected tracks from my score to the independent feature film "Killer Contract" (Director Subbu Vedula).

"Cooking" - scene from the film "Killer Contract"

Main Theme for the film "Killer Contract"

Recorded live at Composers Concert on Oct. 9, 2015 in New York.
Nika Leoni, soprano / Violetta Zabbi, piano

Message - from Sara Teasdale's "Love Songs" by Nika Leoni

EURIDICE, Operatic Suite
by Nika Leoni
Performed by Nika Leoni (soprano) and Violetta Zabbi (piano)

Part I. Reflessioni (lyrics by Marilena Ruscica)

EURIDICE, Operatic Suite, Part I

EURIDICE, Operatic Suite
by Nika Leoni
Performed by Nika Leoni (soprano) and Violetta Zabbi (piano)

Part II. Ritrovamenti (lyrics by Nika Leoni, edits by Marilena Ruscica)

EURIDICE, Operatic Suite, Part II

Wild Asters - from "Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale"
by Nika Leoni

Performed by Nika Leoni (soprano) and Violetta Zabbi (piano)

Wild Asters - from "Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale"

Faults - from "Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale"
by Nika Leoni

Performed by Nika Leoni (soprano) and Violetta Zabbi (piano)

Faults from "Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale"

Elegy by Nika Leoni

Aria from "The Tsar's Bride" by N. Rimsky-Korsakov. Performed by Nika Leoni with Stern Orchestra, Prague, Czech Republic.  Conducted by Paul Mauffrey.

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Aria from The Tsar's Bride by N. Rimsky-Korsakov. Performed by Nika Leoni (Paul Mauffray, conductor)

I am a classically trained musician, experienced performer, and composer.  These demo compositions are samples of my recent work with film/TV scores.  

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