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 ...

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 ...

A balalaika is a triangle-shaped string instrument with a fretted neck, hollow body and three strings. Two of them are tuned to the same note and the third is tuned a perfect fourth higher. "Children ...

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 ...

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 ...

102 Lara's Theme (from Dr. Zhivago) / Balalaika. 103 Troika (Russian Dance) / Balalaika. 104 Stariny Vals (Old Waltz) / Balalaika. 105 Haida Troika (Russian Dance) / Balalaika. 105 Proschai Ty Staraya ...

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 ...