This instrument, most probably, originated from the words “to talk”, “to babble”. Musicians would play the balalaika and “babble” some folk lyrics - it was a rather popular leisure among peasants. At ...

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, ...

About Victor Solomin (bandleader of Solominband ): I was born in the country of mountains, rivers and dzhigits near the Caspian Sea. There I graduated from the music school with bayan and spesialized ...