Kirbo Center's grand opening events Oct 22, 2008
Balalaika, a Russian folk music group, will perform at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24. The group will also appear at the Early County site on Oct. 28, and on Oct. 29 will give a noon-time special performance for students at the Kirbo auditorium. (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
Activities surround Kirbo's opening Oct 18, 2008
Three performances by Balalaika, a Russian folk music group, are sponsored by the Bainbridge College Foundation. Balalaika will perform Friday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. in the Kirbo Center, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, in the atrium of the BC Early County Site, and at noon Wednesday, Oct. 29, in the Kirbo Center. (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
Previously recorded shows Oct 15, 2008
Trio Voronezh, balalaika. Wendy Chen, piano. (Athens Banner-Herald)
'Rachel Getting Married': All In The Family, By Kurt Loder Oct 4, 2008
(The movie almost overflows with music, ranging from melancholy balalaika motifs to a romping Brazilian samba troupe. . (VHI.com -- Music News)
In Cher's Pants Sep 23, 2008
" The occasion for all this was the second night of taping a PBS special hosted by horn man Botti featuring all these artists. (On the first night, Josh Groban appeared; violinist Yo-Yo Ma was the second-night guest.) Related Column Archive It was certainly one of the wilder nights for Keith Lockhart s Boston Pops, not to mention Symphony Hall, where this reporter once worked. In those days, very few pop stars were ever allowed to perform in the austere hall where Seiji Ozawa and Arthur Fielder... (Fox News)
Masters of Improvisation Music lineup Jul 31, 2008
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Patterson hits a career high note Jul 13, 2008
He first studied in Spain under maestro Jose Tomas, and performed nationally with the Ware-Patterson duo and internationally with Russian mandolin and balalaika virtuoso Emanuel Sheynkman as the Dvoika. Duo. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Pikoli hearings hot up Jul 1, 2008
Trengove had asked Manzini to confirm an article in the Mail ian which reported that he had attended a meeting with Agliotti at the Balalaika Hotel in Sandton where Agliotti had handed over an affidavit relating to the Selebi corruption investigation. Trengove also wanted to know how this affidavit became included in Selebi's application to have the investigation against him stopped and why he had met Agliotti without his lawyer. (iAfrica.com)
Lake Concert Association launches membership campaign Apr 6, 2008
Their program covers Russian, Cossack, Gypsy, Ukrainian, and Klezmer songs and dances, played on many traditional Russian instruments such as balalaika, garmoshka, and more. Their performance also includes vibrant, colorful costumes, and interesting and humorous explanations for each number. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Judging American Idol: 11 To Go Mar 20, 2008
AI's rocker chick puts the Georgia in Soviet Georgia with a Southern rockified version that answers the immortal question: How do you drawl the word "balalaika". Amanda's not the most versatile singer on the show, but she's been good at picking basic 12-bar songs that are within her range, and performs predictably but well enough. (Time.com)
Holland Theatre welcomes Russian folk groups Jan 25, 2008
The musicians perform on traditional Russian instruments, as well, including the prima balalaika, the contrabass balalaika, a wind instrument called the zhaleika and the Bayan accordion. We want to keep the tradition going, said Bezrodnov, speaking by cell phone in a recent interview. (Lima News, OH)
Lil' bits from the senior center Nov 14, 2007
Salubrious, Obstreperous, Bacchanalia, Interregnum, Nomenclator, Balalaika and Appurtenance. Recognize any of these words. (Hopkinton Town Crier, MA)
Star Russian Singer Tours North America Nov 11, 2007
Accompanying some of the songs is a traditional instrumental ensemble including a plucked psaltery called the "gusli," a rounded string "domra" and a balalaika. The choral academy was opened in 1944 to restore traditional Russian choral education, which was interrupted in the early 20th century when the communists came to power. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
The night I scared two lovebirds outside the mortuary Nov 2, 2007
Sadly, they took their balalaika with them. I would have liked to learn to play one. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Extra leaks plot for fourth Indiana Jones movie Oct 4, 2007
Nelson's own big scene comes when he celebrates Indy's capture by dancing to balalaika folk music. But it's doubtful the footage of the 24-year-old actor - a professionally trained ballet dancer who studied at the Bolshoi Academy in Moscow - will make it into the final cut. (Sunday Times.au)
Extra leaks Indy 4 plotline Sep 21, 2007
Nelson's big moment in the spotlight comes after he and his fellow Soviets have captured Jones and obtained the skull, when they celebrate outside their jungle camp by dancing to balalaika folk music. "They were filming us outside a tent dancing," Nelson explained. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Izakuskii, Veezeega Pirog and the balalaika Apr 15, 2007
The Daily Mail Online. Serving Greene County since 1792. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Russian folk troupe to kick up its heels Apr 6, 2007
Barynya s contrabass balalaika player, Leonid Bruk, is the finest contrabass balalaika player in the world, boasts Smirnov. Bruk had been a bass guitar player in Russia, but his wife convinced him to learn the contrabass balalaika after they immigrated to New York from St. Petersburg in 1989 ... When I first began playing the contrabass balalaika, I hated it, admits Bruk. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
For the Record Feb 21, 2007
This new album, which Isaac Brock called "a nautical balalaika carnival romp" has been anxiously awaited by fans who were either disappointed by or introduced to the band through their previous album. The anticipation has been heightened by the new addition to the band - indie rock royalty Johnny Marr, best known as the guitarist for The Smiths, who officially became a Mouse in August of 2006, not to mention the guest appearance by James Mercer of The Shins. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
Otto Preminger Feb 8, 2007
We hear the strains of blintz music a balalaika against the background of a large string section. This is the best part of the whole trial, eating cheese blintzes. (New Yorker)
The Moscow Nights pay visit to Eagle Hill School Feb 3, 2007
Moscow Nights includes two teenagers, Shishkin Yuri and Sergei Ruksha, who play the balalaika, a Russian version of the guitar with three strings and a triangular body. Vitaliy Bezrodnov, who emceed the event, played the bayan accordion, which uses round buttons instead of piano-style keys to choose notes. (Greenwich Time)
