Конференция APAP проходит в Нью-Йорке каждый год.  Ансамбль "Барыня" выступает на этой дорогостоящей конференции ежегодно уже лет пять или шесть.  Вот несколько фотографий и видео с нашего выступления в 2012 году. Фотографии и видео, хочу заметить, сняты случайными людьми в порядке самодисциплины. Quality, quality и ещё раз quality.

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Прикольная статья про бал Петрушка в русском журнале СНОБ

It is a very nice article about "Petroushka Ball" in the Russian magazine "Snob" (in Russian)

http://www.snob.ru/selected/entry/31405?rp=fb

вот несколько выдержек:

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Вечер начался с тенора Петра Бежала и сопрано Майи Ковалевской. Вернее ее сначала потеряли. Зал об этом бы не узнал, если бы ( Read more... )

Saturday, November 20th, 2010, Cincinnati Opera's 2010 Ball “An Evening Under the Tsars” at 
Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio

Our singer Sasha Menshikov was biggest hit during an "Evening Under the Tzars".  Leonid Bruk was so exited, he broke the second string on his contrabass-balalaika.  Now he has to fly to Russia to ( Read more... )

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010, 9pm-12am. Anyway Cafe, 34 E 2 Street, New York NY Eina Karokhina (balalaika), Mikhail Smirnov (guitar, vocals).  Может быть и Леня Брук подъедет с контрабасом, все зависит от его настроения.

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010, 9pm-midnight. Anyway cafe NYC www.anywaycafe.com 32 East 2nd Street, New York, NY 10003, Phone: (212) 533-3412. Balalaika/guitar duo Elina Karokhina & Mikhail Smirnov.

Video - "Gypsy Fantasy"

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The Untermyer Performing Arts Council presents BARYNYA, Russian Music, Dance & Song Ensemble, artistic director Mikhail Smirnov

Saturday, August 14th at 7:30 PM at Untermyer Park, 945 N. Broadway, Yonkers, New York

Admission Free - Bring Your Own Seating.This event made possible by Empire City at Yonkers Raceway Arts Westchester with funding from ( Read more... )

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

Певец Саша Меньшиков, Элина Карохина (балалайка), Михаил Смирнов (гармошка, гитара,вокал), Леонид Брук(балалайка-контрабас). Танцовщицы: Анна Зиненко, Ольга Шпитальная, Ольга Елисеева. Концерт ансамбля "Барыня" (http://www.barynya.com) в городе Вильямспорт, штат Пенсильвания, США, апрель 2010 ( Read more... )

Today is the International Balalaika Day. About a thousand years ago they started "to balalaika" in Russia. Six hundred years later they blogged about the balalaika in the "Memory from Strelets Order to MaloRussia Department".  It was the first official mentioning of the balalaika.  The document dated June 13th, 1688 (old style)  or with (new style ( Read more... )

Recently (during our tour to Tennessee) I have found out that all members of Barynya ensemble would like to change their gender at some point or already have done so. I was surprised.

You need to have a lot of money to change your gender. The sex-change operation cost way over 500$. Only wealthiest Russian balalaika players or Ukrainian dancers who ( Read more... )

SINGERS: Alexander Menshikov, Yakov Yavno, DANCERS: Valentina Kvasova, Natalia Ejova, Olga Chpitalnaia, Olga Yeliseyeva, Aliaksandr Anatska, Andrij Cybyk, Alexander Rudoy. MUSICIANS: Leonid Bruk (bass, balalaika contrabass), Lev Zabeginsky (balalaika), Elina Karokhina (balalaika), Alexey Efimenko (guitar), Mikhail Smirnov (garmoshka, guitar, vocals ( Read more... )