Marimolin

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Nancy Zeltzman's website describes Marimolin as follows. ``Violinist Sharan Leventhal and marimbist Nancy Zeltsman founded Marimolin in October of 1985 almost as soon as they met. That month, they performed Robert Aldridge's Combo Platter for violin, alto saxophone and marimba (written for Zeltsman in 1983). In May 1986, the formal debut recital of Marimolin in Boston was recorded by WGBH-Radio. The "dynamic duo" (coined by The Boston Globe) continued to be extremely active until they disbanded in 1996. This year, 2006, therefore marks 20 years since Marimolin began their rich collaboration, and ten years since Leventhal and Zeltsman have performed together. ``In the decade they worked together, Marimolin premiered 79 pieces, raised over $68,000 to commission new works (through numerous grants), and sponsored a composition contest for eight years which collectively attracted nearly 200 entries from around the world. The impact of the repertoire garnered by Marimolin has been substantial, particularly in the percussion world. The body of through-composed works for violin and marimba far outweighs that which exists for any other pairing of non-percussion and percussion instruments. Several of these pieces are now widely performed. ``Marimolin performed across the U.S., in Puerto Rico, England, the Netherlands, Sweden and Austria. Venues included Tanglewood, the Huddersfield Festival (England), the Purcell Room at the South Bank Centre (London), De Ijsbreker (Amsterdam), Merk