This one movement composition was written shortly after the death of my beloved aunt and namesake Firsova Elena Borisovna. The music is based on the three notes F-E- Bb of her initials. Feb was also her nickname because she was a great admirer of music and art. The composition was first performed on 7th of February 2016 at the Museum Gunzenhauser in Chemnitz, Germany, by the Ensemble 01. A daughter of the distinguished atomic physicist, Elena Olegovna Firsova was born in 1950 in Saint Petersburg. She began to compose her music at the age of eleven. She studied at the Moscow Conservatory...

Dalla Luce alla Luce (From light to light) is about ten-minute long one-movement composition, a kind of short chamber concerto for bayan (accordion) and string quintet (2 violins, 2 violas and cello). The work was written in 2015 for the Ex Novo Ensemble and a bayanist Germano Scurti whom it is dedicated. The premiere took place in 2015 at Teatro La Fenice in Venice. A daughter of the distinguished atomic physicist, Elena Olegovna Firsova was born in 1950 in Saint Petersburg. She began to compose her music at the age of eleven. She studied at the Moscow Conservatory between 1970 and 1975 with...