![]() Today, her title at Irvine is distinguished professor, and she was recently named the Hubbard Chair professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. And so, at age 16, she headed to the prestigious Moscow State University, where she finally fell in love with the subject and obtained both her undergraduate and graduate degrees.Īfter she completed her doctorate in 1991, she and her husband, a physical chemist, moved to the United States, where she began working as a part-time lecturer at the University of California, Irvine. (Even biology and agricultural science were subject to this corruption, with tragic results.) Mathematics seemed blissfully free of that. In the Soviet Union, any humanities education would inevitably be too enmeshed with Communist ideology. She would only start pursuing a career in mathematics as a result of politics and circumstance. As Jitomirskaya grew up, she dreamt of studying Russian poetry instead. She thought that Jitomirskaya didn’t have enough raw talent to become a research mathematician - especially as a woman, and especially in the Soviet Union. Her mother, Valentina Borok, was particularly well known, as back then she was Ukraine’s only female full professor of mathematics.īut her mother also tried to warn her away from the subject. Everyone in her family - her parents and her older brother - was one. You can catch Jordana performing at Rockwood Music Hall and NUBLU, one of NYC best kept secrets for music lovers, musicians, and DJ heads.On paper, it might come as no surprise that Svetlana Jitomirskaya, born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 1966, became a mathematician. ![]() Her self released EP "Jordana de Lovely" was released in 2013 and features trumpet player Takuya Kuroda, arrangement collaborations with Kris Bowers, and co- produced with Marks Saunders. Other collaborations include working with DJ Simbad, Love Science Music, SIBA GIBA, and world class producer Mark Saunders. The song “Love Conversation", was featured in the Fox motion picture “Our Family Wedding”. Jordana joined the Blackmagic tour with José James, with notable performances including Jazz Cafe-London, Suncébeat-Croatia, Ancienne Belgique- Brussels, Billboard Live Tokyo, KCRW “Morning Becomes Eclectic”-LA, and Lincoln Center Outdoors NYC. Other performance credits on José James's Blackmagic include "Beauty", "Evidence of Existence", and "Promise in Love". Jordana is credited on Jose James "Blackmagic" -distributed by Giles Peterson's Brownswood Records, including title track "Love Conversation" in which she co-wrote with José James and produced by Taylor McFerrin. "Love Conversation", co-written with Jose James and Taylor McFerrin was featured in the Fox productions movie "Our Family Wedding." Her song "Swimming" also appeared in the Fader Music Productions documentary film "Hooked". Collaborations including Mali percussionist and singer Baye Kouyate, bluegrass soul songwriter SIBA GIBA, Jorscan, GREMS, Taylor McFerrin, and José James. Since moving from her hometown, San Francisco to Brooklyn, she has worked with and collaborated various musicians and artists. With a soulful voice and a an explosive stage presence, her style has been described as a combination of indie soul, jazz, folk, blues and electronica blending the vintage and the new. ![]() is a vocalist and songwriter in Brooklyn, NYC.
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