NEW film OUT NOW!
“not alone” is a film that uses music – J.S. Bach's Suite for Unaccompanied Cello No. 5 in C Minor – and dance to tell the story of a young girl's escape to another world.
Starring
LAVENA
Jinyu Johanson
Dancers & Choreographers
Brenna Mazzara
Clara Molina
Leah Logsdon
Reilly Sheriff
Ui-Seng François
Setia Kurniawanto
Eon Allum
Executive Produced & Written by
Lavena Johanson
Directed by
Lavena Johanson with Tim Holt
Music (J.S. Bach’s Suite for Unaccompanied Cello No. 5 in C Minor)
Performed by LAVENA
Recorded, edited, mixed & mastered by Edwin Huet
Additional editing by Teng Chen
Wardrobe by
Rahzé Cheatham
Hair by
Darian Gavin & Lydia Martin
Makeup by
Lydia Martin & AMNESIA
Edited by
Tim Holt
Proudly recorded and filmed in Baltimore, Maryland
Photo credit: Britt Olsen-Ecker Photography
Album artwork by Marian C. Holmes
LISTEN TO LAVENA'S DEBUT ALBUM HERE
DEBUTED AT #1 ON THE BILLBOARD TRADITIONAL CLASSICAL CHARTS
“From the start, Lavena’s debut album casts the young cellist not just as an intrepidly curious adventurer but as a deeply mindful musician.”
-Gramophone
“…a disc of subtlety and power which marks a thrilling new avenue of exploration for the cello.”
-BBC Music Magazine
“Unfolding in a series of waves, the work swells rapturously for seven transfixing minutes, reminding us one final time of the cellist's talent for translating a composer's writing into powerful expressive form.”
-Textura
“This is music of our own time—strangely beautiful, often angst-laden, filled with energy and unrest.”
-Stereophile
“And then it is more besides, a new take on the Contemporary Modern as a whole and undoubtedly of interest to anyone who wants to keep current and looks for something very musical as well as very new. Highly recommended.”
-Gapplegate Classical Modern
BUY in your hands HERE
FEATURING WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS OF MUSIC BY GEMMA PEACOCKE, JESSIE MONTGOMERY, AND BRYCE DESSNER
ALONG WITH MUSIC BY CAROLINE SHAW, TED HEARNE, AND JUDAH ADASHI