These new works for piano, chamber instruments and electronics were composed in celebration of a newly transformed world, for the new 5,125 year cycle of the Mayan Calendar- inspired by the happy fact that the world did NOT end on Dec. 21, 2012 at the end of the previous Mayan Calendar cycle! All the pieces touch on themes of transformation, of resonances across time, of cycles of rebirth. Pianist Nadia Shpachenko-Gottesman is currently Assoc. Prof. of Music, Cal. State Poly Univ, Pomona. She has performed in solo recitals and with orchestras across North America, Europe and Asia.