This instrument, most probably, originated from the words “to talk”, “to babble”. Musicians would play the balalaika and “babble” some folk lyrics - it was a rather popular leisure ...

He is not only one of the best virtuoso performers on the instrument, but he also taught Russian folk music at university, and recorded a series of balalaika concerts for BBC Radio.

Think Russian folk music. Think "Dr. Zhivago." Think all-volunteer, unpaid musicians ages 8-80. That's the Washington Balalaika Society. The 65-member orchestra is celebrating its 20th anniversary ...

Artists Series Concerts' 2019 Sarasota Lunch & Listen series continues with the Barynya Russian Balalaika Duo, February 28, at Michael's On East, 1212 South East Ave., Sarasota.

For 20 years, the University of Wisconsin Russian Folk Orchestra has continued the folk traditions with instruments and traditional dress. Continuing folk music traditions | Features | channel3000.com ...

Mourka said she has been performing with the Russian Folk Instrument Ensemble since the 1990s. She explained that she was invited by the Mohonk Mountain House, as part of its folk music series, to ...

Most folk music includes singing and musical instruments. It is music created by ordinary people within a culture, that's been played or sung to one another, for a very long time.

The “Kupina”, led by the Honoured Artist of Russia Prof. Lubov Zuk, comprised Dmitriy Volkov, Daria Ogibalina, Alexander Zykov and Dmitriy Kukushkin. Each of the artists is a graduate of music academy ...