The Group IZUMRUD from Ekaterinburg in Russia is one of the most progressive band playing Russian folk instruments like domra, balalaika or the accordion bayan today. In 2012 the band played at the Picknick Jazz Festival in Tomsk. Several pieces played at this festival are available in a long youtube video that includes interviews (in [...]
The Red Sarafan is a well known Russian song that I have found a long time ago in the mandolin method by Ernesto Köhler published in 1887 by the Zimmermann publishing company. I have looked through this method recently and thought that I should watch some videos of this song. So I found this video [...]
A new video with domra and guitar by Aleksei Kofanov has led me to the videos by the Trio Elinte. The Trio Elinte is composed of Tamilla Krasnokutskaya-Herrera (Domra) and the two guitarists Alexander Malyanov und Alexey Bobylev. Das Trio plays flameco, Spanish and Latin American music, but also classical music. The Trio has recorded [...]
Today I want to present the Washington Balalaika Orchestra. The concert given on Oct. 9 has been recorded and is available in five youtube videos. The orchestra was founded more than 20 years ago and is directed by Svetlana Nikonova since 2003. Today the Washington Balalika Society has the biggest balalaika orchestra in the USA, [...]