The Wolga Virtuosen Quartet was one of the groups at the Eurofestival Zupfmusik in Bruchsal that got a lot of applause for their performance of typical Russian folklore. It was a lot of fun to watch the players play and act. The group was composed of prim-domra, alto-domra, bass-balalaika and the accordion instrument bayan. Ther [...]
Last year was the 250th year after the death of Georg Friedrich Händel, and so Händels music was present in the media. Händels music can also be played on plucked instruments, here I have collected some interesting examples: Suite by Händel played by the Mandolin Orchestra Het CONSORT Evan J. Marshall, Solo Mandolin: Handel’s Pastorale [...]
Stephen Lalor will attend the Eurofestival Zupfmusik in Juni in Bruchsal. Here is the only video with Stephen Lalor that I have found: Mandolin Solo Domra Stephen Lalor “Kolo Kolo” World music mandolin domra solo Russia Volatinsky Trio Australia More information about Stephen Lalor can be found on Stephens myspace site: http://www.myspace.com/stephenlalor I have found [...]
Erich Heinemann, a mandolin player from Bonn who writes about mandolin on his site www.mandolinen-museum.de has discovered the homepage of a very interesting Russian ensemble with domra, balalaika, balalaika bass, accordion, drums and last but not least a saxofone – the Bis-Quit ensemble from Saint Petersburg in Russia. The group is composed of six professional [...]
Last year I watched some videos of Victor Solomin and his band. Victor plays the domra, but he does not only play traditional and classical music on his domra, but also a lot of jazz with his band. Today I found a new video of Victor Solomin with a great performance of Libertango by Astor [...]