Russian folk music concert (balalaika evening)
Russian folk music concert (balalaika evening)
From GBP 15.00
Location
Date
Description
Opening of Russian Maslenitsa (pancake week festival)
Balalaika evening: songs and tunes @11 Feb at 7 p.m.
Concert in two parts with Russian blini treat (pancakes)
Enjoy the wonderful concert of Russian traditional balalaika on evening of Saturday, February 11th!
This concert will open the annual Festival Maslenitsa/Russian Week in London. Maslenitsa is a well-loved spring festival marking the end of the winter, this is festival of Sun.
This evening performers are Bibs Ekkel (balalaika), Alesha Ekkel (buss-balalaika), Sergey Pushnin (accordion) and special guest Daria Kulesh (enigmatic vocal).
The event was completely SOLD OUT in last THREE years!!
Bibs Ekkel is regarded as one of the foremost balalaika players in the West - a fact which, along with his being entirely self-taught, makes him something of a celebrity in Russia, where he is regularly invited to perform. His style elevates the balalaika to the stature of concert instrument while never losing close ties with the instrument’s rustic heritage. He has entertained Royalty as well as ordinary folk in a long career covering concerts, cabaret, recordings, films, radio and T.V. appearances in Europe, Russia, Poland, China, the Middle East, the US and Canada.
Bibs Ekkel also plays the Russian 3-string domra, piano, guitar and Russian button accordion and, being a fluent Russian and Polish speaker, has worked as translator, advisor and actor in a number of films. He is also the author of a published comprehensive Tutor for his beloved instrument as well as a songbook for his other passion – Russian Gypsy songs.
Records include: “Blue Skies of Russia” – Russkiy Disk and “The Romantic Sound of the Balalaika” – Decca. Recorded film soundtracks: "Onegin" (with Ralph Fiennes), “Enemy at the Gates”, “The Lost Prince”, “Eastern Promises”. He has performed as soloist at the prestigious Tchaikovsky Hall and Hall of Columns in Moscow, Elton John’s Charity Ball, Last Night of the Proms (accompanying singer Dmitrii Khvorostovsky) and the Andreyev Folk Festival, Vyshnii Volochek, Russia.
Programme
7:00 pm evening opening
concert, traditional Russian drinks and snacks in the interval
9:00 pm end of the evening
Come with friends, share the fun!
Tickets £15 per person inc welcome refreshments and snacks
Watch the video from one of the previous events!
Organiser
Касса билетов от журнала Афиша Лондон.
www.afisha.london
О жизни и культуре в британской столице
Venue
Rossotrudnichestvo, 37 Kensington High Street, W8 5ED London
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Russian folk music concert (balalaika evening)
From GBP 15.00