Another Season of “Ovations” Performances for Calaveras this Winter Oct 28, 2009
His voice is deep and magnificent and will be backed by balalaika Slavic folk instruments and joined by Russian folk dancers incorporating songs, stories, native costumes. This spectacular company explodes across the stage in color and beauty. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
Community Bulletin Board: Oct. 22 Oct 22, 2009
The Russian Duo will perform at 7:30 p.m., in the Wakelin Room at Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington St. Oleg Kruglyakov, balalaika, and Terry Boyarsky, piano, will offer vocals and Russian percussion, their repertoire drawn from Russian folk music, romances, dances, classical music and gypsy melodies. The event is free. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Free Day of the Dead Festival Oct 20, 2009
An outdoor stage sponsored by Centerpoint Energy will feature performances by artists and bands like The Jive Sisters, Kofu Daiko Drummers, Mariachi MECA, Grupo Vital, The Grass Skirts, Flamenco by Gabriela Tempestad, Houston Balalaika Society. The indoor stage will be sizzling with performers like Vantress Tillman as TinaTurner, Colombian Folk Dance, Ambassadors International Folkloric Dance Company and a calavera fashion show. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Benedickt Pavlovich "Ben" Eremenko Oct 17, 2009
He loved music and could play the accordion and the Balalaika and he liked watching old westerns on the television. His greatest joy came from spending time with his family and friends and caring for his animals. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Free concert October 11 Oct 1, 2009
The balalaika-prima player is Sergey Pudov, who is originally from Magnitogorsk, Russia ... The third man in the trio is Anton Fadeev on the contra-bass balalaika. (Wickenburg Sun, AZ)
From Eastern and Western traditions, one true sound Sep 25, 2009
Chang explains that the concerto s second movement is a suite of sub-movements, each of which shows off a different aspect of the pipa s character - in one section imitating a balalaika, in another sounding like a Chinese mandolin. In one section, those playing the pipa, a cello, and a bass all tap out rhythms on their instruments, a nod to early Chinese percussion. (Boston Globe)
Warm days, White Nights Jun 16, 2009
SitNiks (Kris Fulton on domra, Jeanne Stolberg or balalaika, John Fulton on concertina, Johnathan Johnston on domra and violin, and Ritch Phillips on contra bass) ... Kodiak Russian Players (Casey Janz vocals and alto balalaika, Stephen Bodmar and Betsy Myrick on prima domras, Joan Brodie on vocals and accordian, Elinor Poll-Ramos on vocals and hand percussion) ... "Our main focus is going to be on songs from the play, and we'll do some more traditional songs as well," said Casey Janz, alto... (Juneau Empire)
Dudley Lee Abbott Mar 6, 2009
Dudley played the guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and the balalaika. His family wrote, Dudley was an extraordinarily accomplished and well-known musician, square dance caller, pilot and commercial fisherman. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
'The Nose' gets a rare showing by Opera Boston Feb 22, 2009
The orchestra is chamber-size and includes six percussionists, two harps, piano, flexatone (at the time a newly patented instrument that sounds like a musical saw) and traditional Russian folk instruments (balalaika and domras). Galops, offbeat polkas, and weird waltzes figure prominently. (Boston Globe)
