This year not only commemorates Larry Sitsky’s ninetieth year, it also marks sixty-five years since the composition of his first mature work: his self-proclaimed “opus one”, the 1959 Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin. Composed by a young Sitsky aboard a ship destined for further musical study in the United States, the sonata marked the onset of a life-long compositional journey and the beginning of an era of prodigious creative output. Since 1959, Sitsky has composed continuously, with at least one work completed almost every year since; 1976 is the exception to this pattern. His ever-increasing compositional output has reached an unfathomable…
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