Green Bird Fountain

Released on the fine Wild Silence label. "My parents used to tell me that I was born with two bumps on my head. "Like the little horns of a baby goat," my father explained. But the doctors in the hospital in Kyiv quickly removed any evidence of them. Not long after my birth the whole family left for the new world. During the long, windy passage my grandmother nearly got arrested in Vienna for having an argument with a young solider. In fairness, he tried to steal a lollipop from me. We eventually settled in Baltimore, Maryland where I was ushered through a string of stern and extremely well postured piano teachers. I had my first recital at the age of 5.