Balalaika Balalayka Балалайка

Russian musical instrument Balalaika (Russian: БАЛАЛАЙКА) is also sometimes spelled as "BALALAYKA". Description of balalaika, balalaika video, pictures, history, lessons, free balalaika music mp3 download, video, list of balalaika players, orchestras and bands, handmade balalaika for sale, manufactured balalaikas for sale, balalaika virtuoso performances, Russian Balalaika Polyphonic Ringtones Free Downloads, contrabass Balalaika, Balalayka Bass, and "Balalaika player’s Christmas Diary" written by Mikhail Smirnov.

Jewish Valenki. Balalaika virtuoso Elina Karokhina and Russian dance and music ensemble Barynya 2011 compact disk album "Jewish Valenki" (Russian: «Еврейские Валенки»). Elina Karokhina (balalaika), Leonid Bruk (balalaika-contrabass), Mikhail Smirnov (guitar, vocals).

01. Gypsy Medley.mp3
02. The Moon Is Shining.mp3
03. Kalinka.mp3
04. Jewish Valenki.mp3
05. I Met You.mp3
06. Kamarinskaya.mp3
07. Bruk's Medley.mp3
08. Dr.Zhivago Lara.mp3
09. Ural's Dance.mp3
10. WWII Medley.mp3
11. Jewish Medley.mp3
12. Polonaise.mp3
13. Rondo Alla Turca.mp3
14. Chardash.mp3
15. MY Husband Forsed Me.mp3
16. Semyonovna.mp3
17. Mountan Ash Tree.mp3
18. Paganini.mp3
19. Schnittke.mp3
20. Sailors' Dance.mp3
21. Two Guitars.mp3

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Russian Balalaika Duo from Philadelphia, Pennsilvania performs Russian Ukrainian, Russian Gypsy music and songs on balalaikas, guitars, and garmoshka (Russian folk button accordion) at any kind of events.

Balalaika (balalayka) description

Balalaika is Russian folk guitar with triangular body shape. The back of balalaika is slightly bowed. Three strings run from the tuning pins over the metal frets on the neck across soundboard and secured on the base of the instrument. Sometimes one can find six string balalaika, usually it is tuned exactly like regular three strings instrument.

Balalayka strings

Often people email us with question where do we get Balalayka strings. Answer provided by Alex Siniavski, balalaika virtuoso and director of Russian music and dance ensemble "Barynya":

For the first (A) balalaika string you can use any first (E) steel guitar string .011 diameter, for 2nd and 3rd balalaika (E) strings you can use 3rd (G) nylon guitar strings

Balalayka question

Hello, dear balalaika professionals, fans and friends! Our friend who owns this balalaika wants to know who, when and why made this balalaika. To see more pictures please click the image on the left. If you have an idea how old this instrument might be, where it was made and who was the master, please post your reply or opinion to GOOGLE BALALAIKA GROUP or email me. Thank you! Mikhail Smirnov, Russian dance and music ensemble Barynya from New York.

Balalaika Variations "The Moon Is Shining Brightly"

Variations on Russian folk song: "The Moon Is Shining Brightly" (sometimes translated as "The New Moon is Lighting") written by the "Father of Russian Balalaika" Vasily Vasileyevich Andreyev (1861-1918) is so popular it was even mentioned in Michail Bulgakov's book "The heart of a dog":
Someone was hard at work playing a rousing tune on the balalaika two rooms away and the sound of a series of intricate variations on 'The Moon is Shining' mingled in Philip Philipovich's head with the words of the sickening newspaper article. When he had read it he pretended to spit over his shoulder and hummed absentmindedly through his teeth: ' "The moo-oon is shining . . . shining bright . . . the moon is shining . . ." God, that damned tune's on my brain!'... read more

The Balalaika Tutorial online

Famous Russian balalaika virtuoso Alex Siniavski have released an online version of his best selling The Balalaika Tutorial DVD. You can get it at his website www.iBalalaika.com. Below you can see two samples - short intro into the course, and lesson 6 - tremolo.

Balalaika Lessons Tutorial DVD Intro

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Balalaika Lesson 6 - Tremolo

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The full list of Balalaika Lessons

1. Introduction 2. Tuning 3. Strumming 4. Thumb Pizzicato 5. Pizzicato Vibrato 6. Double Pizzicato 7. Single Pizzicato 8. Tremolo 9. The Rolls 10. Left Hand Position 11. Learning a Song 12. Scales 13. Basic Chords 14. The Folk Balalaika

Free sample from The Balalaika Tutorial online

Peddlers "Коробейники"

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Balalaika lesson 2 - Tuning
Balalaika lesson 3 - Strumming
Balalaika lesson 6 - Double Pizzicato
Balalaika lesson 8 - Tremolo

The most popular Russian songs and dances sheet music

A very useful book for musicians who play Russian gigs made available by balalaika virtuoso Alex Siniavski.

   

List of songs available on Dec 28, 2008: Along the Mourom Road - Na muromskoy dorozhke, Along the Piterskaya Road - Vdol’ po piterskoj, Autumn Slumber - Osennij son, Birds Fly Home - Domoj vozvrashchayutsya ptitzy, Birds Take Wing - Letyat perelyotnye ptitzy, Black Cat - Chyorny kot, Blue Kerchief - Sinij platochek, Chick is Roasted - Tzyplyonok zharenyj, Clouds Over The City - Tuchi nad gorodom vstali, Coachman, Hold Your Horses - Yamshchik, ne goni loshadej, Cranes - Zhuravli, Czardas - Chardash, Dark Eyes - Ochi chernye, Dark Night - Tyomnaya noch’, Daydreams - Vals “Gryozy”, Evening Song - Vechernyaya pesnya, Exhausted Sun - Utomlyonnoe solntze, Felt Boots - Valenki, Friendship - Kogda prostym i nezhnym vzorom, Frost, O Frost - Oj, moroz, moroz, Gentlemen of Fortune - Dzhentel’meny udachi, Heart On the Snow - Serdtze na snegu, Hey, Coachman, Take Me to the Yar - Ey, yamshchik, goni-ka k Yaru, Hopak - Gopak, In Dugout Shelter - V zemlyanke, In the Smithy - Vo kuznitze, In the Wood Near the Front - V lesu prifrontovom, It Is Not the Wind - To ne veter, Kalinka, Katyusha, Kostya the Sailor - Shalandy polnye kefali, Lara’s Theme, Little Willow Tree - Ivushka, Lonely Accordion - Odinokaya garmon’, Lyric Song From Sormovo - Sormovskaya liricheskaya, Meadowlands - Polyushko-pole, Mishka - Mishka, Mishka, gde tvoya ulybka, Moon Is Shining - Svetit mesyatz, Moscow Nights - Podmoskovnye vechera, Murka, Officers’ Waltz - Sluchajny vals, Peddlers - Korobejniki, Snow Storm - Vdol’ po ulitze metelitza metyot, So Many Lovely Girls - Kak mnogo devushek horoshih, Song About a Good Mood - Pesenka o horoshem nastroyenii, Song About Bears - Pesenka o medvedyah, Song About Five Minutes - Pesenka o pyati minutah, Song Flows On - I lyotsya pesnya, Song of Old Coachman - Pesnya starogo izvozchika, Steppes - Step’ da step’ krugom, There Is But an Instant - Est’ tol’ko mig, These Dark Eyes - Ah, eti chernye glaza, Those Were the Days - Dorogoj dlinnoyu, Town Of Samara - Ah, Samara-gorodok, Trainman, Hold On - Postoj, parovoz, Turquoise Rings - Biryuzovye kolechki, Two Guitars - Dve gitary, Two-Step - Tustep, Unhitch the Horses - Rospryagajte, hloptzi, koni, Ural Rowan Tree - Ural’skaya ryabinushka, Volga Boatmen Song - Ej, uhnem, When We Met - Ya vstretil vas, You Stood Me Up - Pidmanula, pidvela, Your Excelency - Vashe blagorodie... read more, purchase

BALALAIKA PERFORMANCES VIDEO

Video of Balalaika virtuoso Bibs Ekkel, Alexey Arkhipovski, Alex Siniavski and concert of Russian dance and music ensemble Barynya

Balalaika virtuoso Bibs Ekkel from London, UK

Balalaika virtuoso Alexey Arkhipovsky from Moscow, Russia

   

Balalaika virtuoso Alex Siniavski and ensemble Barynya

Hungarian-style Czardas written by Vittorio Monti. Balalaika virtuoso Alex Siniavski, Mikhail Smirnov (guitar) recorded during Russian music and dance ensemble "BARYNYA" concert on March 8, 2003 at the Smithsonian Institute of America. Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History. Washington, DC. "Czardas" was written by Vittorio Monti for either violin or mandolin and piano. It was soon arranged for all kinds of instruments including the balalaika. Not many people remember Vittorio Monti these days, but everyone will be familiar with his Czardas

Variations on Russian folk song: "The Moon Is Shining Brightly" is the most popular pieces performed on Russian balalaika ever. Alex Siniavsky - balalaika, Mikhail Smirnov - guitar. Recorded on March 8, 2003 during ensemble "BARYNYA" solo performance at at the Smithsonian Institute of America. Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History. Washington, DC.

Balalaika orchestra performance Russian music and dance Ensemble Barynya at the "Petroushka Ball 2007", the 42nd annual Petroushka Ball held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. This is a charity ball benefitting the Russian Children's Welfare Society which raises money to help Russian disadvantaged children.

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Waltz "Daydreams" This waltz composed by "father" of Russian balalaika Vasily Vasilievich Andreev (born 186l). Solo by balalaika virtuoso Alex Siniavski, Mikhail Smirnov-guitar, Leonid Bruk-balalaika-bass. Performed by New York based Brooklyn Balalaikas trio

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Valenki - "Felt Boots" Russian Balalaika Trio is playing Traditional Song "Valenki". Performed by New York based Brooklyn Balalaikas trio. Solo Natalia Smirnov 3701 KB video mpeg file

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"I met you" - Popular Rusian romance, lyrics by Fedor Tyutchev, music of unknown author. Solo by balalaika virtuoso Alex Siniavski, Mikhail Smirnov (guitar), Leonid Bruk (balalaika-bass) New York based "Brooklyn Balalaikas" trio

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"Akh, Ty Beryoza" Russian folk tune "Oh, You, Birch-Tree" Traditional. Solo - balalaika virtuoso Alex Siniavski 4581 KB video mpeg file

Monti's Chardash 8645 KB Quick Time Movie file

Monti's Chardash performed by Alex Siniavsky - balalaika and Mikhail Smirnov - guitar. Recorded at Russian folk music and dance ensemble "BARYNYA" concert, March 8, 2003, Smithsonian Institute of America at Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC

Moon is shining 4333 KB Quick Time Movie file

Russian folk song "Moon is shining" performed by Alex Siniavsky - balalaika and Mikhail Smirnov - guitar. Recorded at Russian folk music and dance ensemble "BARYNYA" concert, March 8, 2003, Smithsonian Institute of America at Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC

Russian Two-Step Dance «Девочка Надя»

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History of Russian balalaika

Balalaika was first mentioned in a document which dates back to XVII century (1688). From this document we learn that Savka Fedoov, a citizen of the city of Arzamas, and Ivashka Fedorov, a peasant, while passing through the Yauza Gates played the balalaika. For such an imprudent behaviour they were flogged and exiled. It would never occur to a civilized person living nowadays that a severe punishment awaited anybody who gave himself to such an innocent occupation as playing the balalaika. But let us recollect the Russian history.

It happened soon after the death of the tsar Alexei Mikhailovich called "The Quietest". This tzar was famous for his hatred towards the popular Russian culture. In 1648 he issued an ukaz where he ordered to collect all musical instruments of the Russian people and to burn them. All those who dared to continue playing them were to be flogged and then exiled to the periphery of the Russian State (Ukraine)...read more

Free Russian Balalaika Polyphonic Ringtones Download

Russian Balalaika Ringtones provided by Russian music ensemble Barynya from Brooklyn, New York. Russian balalaika, garmoshka, guitar and contrabass balalaika were used to record these ringtones. Download the file to your computer and email to your phone or use any wireless connection such as bluetooth or infra red port to transfer the music... download free balalaika ringtones

Contrabass-Balalaika Buying Guide

This article How to buy contrabass balalaika from experience of Mikhail Smirnov, Director of Russian folk dance and music ensemble Barynya from New York City, USA was published at The BDAA newsletter, The official journal of the Balalaika and Domra Association of America.
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120 years old Balalaika

1. This balalaika was brought over with a Russian immigrant between 1910 and before WWI. His widow lived in Chicago. Her daughter gave it to me in 1972... read full story by Will Herzog

Russian balalaika records and mp3 samples

Balalaika Virtuoso Bibs Ekkel. Born in 1946 in England of mixed Polish-English background, Bibs Ekkel is both musician and linguist. His career as one of very few outstanding professional balalaika players outside Russia has brought him much recognition worldwide, including in the balalaika's Motherland, where he has performed on radio and TV as well as at Moscow's prestigious "Hall of Columns" and... read more, download MP3

Ethnic Russian Music Album recorded by ensemble Barynya in December 2006. Total time 45:46. Album released by AS IZ Recording. Philadelphia, PA. 2006. Favorite Russian melodies and songs performed on balalaika, garmoshka, Gypsy guitar, classic guitar, and contrabass... more information, MP3 samples

Russian folk music, song and dance album. Runtime: 64 minutes. Ensemble Barynya live from Wisconsin. Alex Siniavski (balalaika), Mikhail Smirnov (garmoshka, guitar), Ruslan Khain (c-bass). Album released by AS IZ Recording. Philadelphia, PA. 2006. Songs: "The Peddlers", "You stood me up", "Angry mother (bila mene maty)", "Tongue Twister". Dances: "Hopak", "Sailor's Dance", "Barynya", "Kalinka". Balalaika solo: "The Moon is shining", "Chardash"... more info, MP3s, order

Russian Christmas Music Balalaika Album. Balalaika virtuoso Alex Siniavski, Mikhail Smirnov (guitar). Runtime: 51 minutes. Album released by AS IZ Recording. Philadelphia, PA. 2005. 25 Russian folk songs, dances, tunes, favorite Christmas and Holiday selections such as "Carol of Bells", "Deck The Halls", "Father Frost", "Jingle Bells", "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas", "Joy To The World", "Folk Carol from Smolensk", "Snowstorm", "Snegoorochka"... more information, MP3 samples

Sergey Gusarov" Russian folk songs and balalaika music album recorded with ensemble Barynya. Album released by AS IZ Recording. Philadelphia, PA. 2004. Russian folk music, tunes, songs and dances including title song Sergey Gusarov. Runtime: 65 minutes... more information, MP3 samples

Balalaika music album "Barynya Russian folk songs" recorded with balalaika virtuoso Alex Siniavski. Runtime: 35m 09s, Cover Art: Yury Tarler. Album released by AS IZ Recording. Philadelphia, PA. 2003. There are Russian folk tunes, dances and songs including "Evening bells", "Kalinka", "Katyusha", "Moscow Nights" and "Dark Eyes"... MP3 samples, order

Balalaika tutorial on DVD

1. HOME PAGE 2 INTRODUCTION 3. STRUMMING 4. THUMB PIZZICATO 5. PIZZICATO VIBRATO 6. DOUBLE PIZZICATO 7. SINGLE PIZZICATO

8. TREMOLO 9. ROLLS 10. FOLK BALALAIKA 11. LEFT HAND POSITION 12. LEARNING A SONG 13. SCALES 14. BASIC CHORDS

WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY: Alex Siniavski has made it possible for everyone to have private lessons in their own home with his wonderful "12-step program" for balalaika players, and potentially achieve intermediate (or, perhaps, virtuoso ?) level... ...Has your balalaika technique become unmanageable? Alex's DVD, The Balalaika Tutorial, with its extremely useful downward camera angle... .imagine looking down from your own eyes to your right hand.. .can repair all the damage that years of playing without a virtuoso teacher have done. Using mainly Svyetit Mesyats (Bright Moon), Alex walks you through strumming, thumb pizzicato, pizzicato vibrato, double and single pizzicato, tremolo, rolls, combinations of techniques, tips for the left hand and learning tunes, and some fantastic cross-string scale and chord scale exercises... read more from Judy Sherman's article

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Balalaika players, ensembles and virtuosos

Lina Karokhina - balalaika player from Boston, MA.

Alex Siniavski balalaika and Gypsy guitar virtuoso from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

New York Balalaika Orchestra performs at Russian Orthodox weddings, fundraising balls, large scale social events, Doctor Zhivago's style corporate parties.

Russian Balalaika Duo: Alex Siniavski and Mikhail Smirnov with program of Russian, Ukrainian, Gypsy, Cossack, Klezmer, and international music and songs performed on balalaika, garmoshka and guitars. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.

Chicago Cossacks - Russian music and song ensemble from Illinois.

Brooklyn Balalaikas - Russian Folk Music Trio from Brooklyn, New York. Artistic Director Leonid Bruk.

RUSSIAN BAND specialty is Gypsy, Ukrainian, Russian music and songs. All RUSSIAN BAND members are top professionals with many years of experience. Choice of Gypsy, Ukrainian, Russian (2 different sets) and Cossack costumes. Extended repertoire. Formal concert, background music or music for dancing party. Our main instruments are balalaika, domra, drums, garmoshka (Russian button accordion), Gypsy guitar, classic guitar, contrabass balalaika, cello and vocals. Travel with own pro-quality sound system.

Old Red Wine - Klezmer, Yiddish, Russian dixieland band from Brooklyn, New York. Artistic Director Shlomo Leiderman.

Balalaika Russian Dance and Music Trio - Russian Cossack dance, balalaika and garmoshka music from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Russian Balalaika and Garmoshka Duo - Sasha Resitor-balalaika, Mikhail Smirnov - guitar, garmoshka.

Sasha (Alexander) Ressetar - Balalaika virtuoso from Harrisburg, PA.

Balalaika prime Simon Lemberskiy from Brooklyn, New York.

Balalaika virtuoso Lev Zabeginsky from New York City.

Balalaika Contrabass player Leonid Bruk from Brooklyn, New York.

New York Balalaika Duo - balalaika player Lev Zabeginsky and Mikhail Smirnov (vocals, garmoshka, guitar).

Kalinka Duo - Sergey Vashchenko-balalaika, Vladimir Kaliazine-bayan from Austin, TX.

Balalaika virtuoso Sergey Vashchenko from Austin, TX.

Balalaika Stooges.

Brighton Beach Menestrels.

The Balalaika Russe - Russian balalaika band photos and story.

Tum Balalaika - Russian, Jewish, Ukranian, Gypsy band from Chicago, Illinois.

San Fransisco Balalaikas - Russian music ensemble from California. video

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Balalaika player’s Christmas Diary (by Mikhail Smirnov)

1985. Leningrad Conservatory

An elderly man dressed in a thick gray coat brought in an old balalaika. He said he wanted to sell it to the best balalaika student. The Professor thought it over and decided that the right to buy this balalaika by a famous russian luthier Nalimov, also called the Balalaika Stradivarius, belongs to Alyosha Siniavski.
Needless to mention that the amount of hastily gathered 1,500 rubles would have been enough to buy a brand new domestic car or to bribe a Party bureaucrat.

1991. Long Island, NY. 1st string

Right before the New Year with a merry zing went the string. Broke, that is. I ran to the music store on Glen Cove Road. My English is nonexistent. I show to the sales guy my balalaika and the broken string. In return he shows me $20. Everybody watches us with a vivid interest. I am thinking to myself that my Moscow Olympic Games 80 balalaika is worth about $2 dollars and that 20 bucks is way over my budget. Later I whined a string from a guitarist who played in Garanyan-Frumkin’s jazz orchestra.
That trophy string is still intact although very rusty.

1992. Harrisburg, PA

We are hanging out at a local bar where a pint of beer is 40 cents. Our English is O.5 per cent. Conversation with the barman:
- Where are you guys from?
- We is from Brooklyn.
The barman says to his buddy:
- Them people from Brooklyn can’t speak no English.
We are proud that for the first time somebody took us for the Americans... read more

Black cats dressed in Russian folk costumes with balalaikas

Russian folk costume designer Svetlana Gavrilova has made a set of black cats dressed in Russian costumes with balalaikas. To view all photos you may need to join the balalaika group on Google network

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Как исполнять тремоло на балалайке

За более чем столетнюю историю развития балалайки накоплен немалый опыт в области методики и педагогики, но среди специалистов – балалаечников по многим вопросам нет единого мнения. На наш взгляд это объясняется тем, что отсутствует соответствующая теоретическая и методическая литература, такая как у скрипачей, пианистов и других исполнителей. Переиздаваемые из года в год пособия по обучению игре на балалайке представляют собой элементарные самоучители, в которых многие положения, касающиеся технологии исполнения, были отвергнуты современной исполнительской практикой. Тем не менее, было бы несправедливым не отметить отдельные работы, появившиеся в разные годы становления и развития исполнительской, методической и педагогической мысли балалаечников.

Первые опыты написания различных школ и самоучителей связаны с так называемым «Андреевским» периодом становления инструмента и исполнительства на нем. Популярность В.В. Андреева, выступавшего с пятиладовой балалайкой, была настолько велика, что в конце XIX века назрела необходимость издания пособия для желающих научиться играть на этом инструменте. Поэтому в 1887 году В.В. Андреев совместно с П.К. Селиверстовым издает «Школу игры на пятиладовой балалайке». В начале девяностых годов выходят школы-самоучители И. Деккер-Шенка, Б.Бабкина и Ф. Пасербского, а также школа В.Андреева для хроматической балалайки. Уместно вспомнить школы-самоучители Н. Куликова, Ф. Фойтик, А.Шевелева и др., изданные в период с 1890 по 1898 годы.
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Александр Никитич Рожков

А. Н. Рожков родился в сентябре 1893 года в селе Петухово, которое расположено в 40 километрах от Томска. Село было основано выходцами из Центральной России, которых прельстили бескрайние сибирские просторы, леса и пашни. Вместе со своим нехитрым скарбом и домашней утварью они привезли и музыкальные инструменты. Свои первые музыкальные впечатления Саша Рожков получил именно в своем селе на различных вечеринках и праздниках. У мальчика был прекрасный слух, что было особенно важно для деревенского музыканта, не знающего нот.

В начале XX века семья Рожковых переезжает в Томск, где Александр поступает в приходское городское училище. В этот период он посещает Бесплатную городскую библиотеку Петра Макушина, где были кружки по интересам, в том числе и музыкальные.

Необходимо сказать, что на рубеже XIX - XX веков в Томске начинают возникать оркестры балалаечников и мандолинистов или, как тогда их называли, Великорусские оркестры. Толчком к их появлению послужило несколько обстоятельств, среди которых, несомненно, громадный успех первого Великорусского оркестра народных инструментов, созданного В.В. Андреевым. Слухи о нем дошли и до Томска. Немаловажную роль сыграла и широкая продажа балалаек, домр, гитар, мандолин, организованная в Томских магазинах П. Макушина, А. Смирнова и др. А. Н. Рожков начал посещать занятия кружка в Бесплатной библиотеке, и через некоторое время ему самому удалось организовать небольшой оркестр народных инструментов.
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Balalaika concert at the Russian consulate NYC, New York, USA

Elina Karokhina, Mikhail Smirnov, Leonid Bruk and singer Irina Zagornova at the RUSAL USA corporate party. Click to see all photos from the event at the Russian Consulate NYC

Used domra for sale in Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA.$400

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