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 ...

Members of the Kalinka Balalaika Orchestra recently starred in Ewan McGregor's A Gentleman in Moscow television series Britain's only balalaika orchestra is struggling for members partly because of ...

The largest Russian folk instrument orchestra outside the former Soviet Union is based in D.C., and has performed for more than 25 years The sound of the balalaika is evocative, mysterious and deeply ...

The Washington Balalaika Orchestra is excited to present our fall concert, The Stars Align! The concert opens with Andreev’s stirring “Grand Polonaise,” followed by Ukrainian composer Novikov’s ...

NORTH CANTON − The St. Nicholas Balalaika Orchestra will perform Saturday at the Community Christian Church, 210 N. Main St. The program is part of the monthly meeting of the College Club of Canton ...

Bidders were quick out of the blocks July 13 as the morning session of the Tattersalls July Sale welcomed a 330,000 guineas (US$449,220, 1gn=US$1.3612) market leader before the clock had even struck ...

Over the years, we've seen Rob Scallon turn just about everything he can think of into a metal instrument. Heck, even the shovel made for some interesting metal licks. His latest experiment finds him ...

4 Extra Debut. Nick Baker explores the new expanding sound world of Russian virtuoso balalaika player, Alexey Arhipovskiy. From April 2012. This is the story of the humble, three-stringed balalaika ...