When did balalaikas first appear, who played them and, most importantly, still play them? Here's all you need to know about the balalaika. When did the balalaika first appear in Russia? Historians ...

This unique concert brings together internationally-renowned folk musicians for a night of Russian, East European, and Gypsy music on traditional instruments, including the balalaika, domra, bayan, ...

Zhao Cong, vice-president and the principal pipa player of China National Traditional Orchestra, spent months arranging the Chinese musical piece Full Bloom into a duet for the pipa and the Russian ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Background on elements of traditional Russian music, with a focus on the balalaika and accordion. Students perform their own adaptations of ...

Dressed in authentic Russian folk costumes, performers from the Arizona Balalaika Orchestra will bring a program of Slavic folk tunes and dances to the Arizona Senior Academy on Tuesday beginning at ...

This Sunday, Nov. 22 the Washington Balalaika Society (WBS) will be performing their fall concert Musical Treasures. Musical Treasures will feature Russian Soprano Olga Orlovskaya as soloist and ...

Arizona Balalaika Orchestra took a little involuntary breather during the pandemic. But the ensemble, in its 43rd year, is back with its Slavic Winter Concert on Saturday, Feb. 25. The group, under ...

Musicians of the China National Traditional Orchestra gather in Beijing and rehearse for their performance in Moscow, Russia, on May 24. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Zhao Cong, vice-president and the ...