January 2010 Tennessee tour - a few photos
In January 2010 ensemble Barynya performed a few shows in Tennessee with legendary Russian folk singer Nikolai Massenkoff. Nikolai was born in China and, as both his parents were Russian, he is what was known as a ‘white Russian’. He was raised in the St. Tichon Orphanage and was later moved to San Francisco at twelve years of age. Massenkoff completed his education at public schools and went on to major in drama, music and speech at the San Francisco State University. After taking part in the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition, he was given the opportunity to study in Austria with George London, and in Italy with Tito Gobbi. In the year 1975, Nikolai Massenkoff finally got the opportunity to realise one of his dreams, and founded the Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival.
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dancer Anna Zinenko, Ukrainian folk dance Hopak
Dancers Anna Zinenko and Alexey Klyuchnikov, "Danila Cooper" - dance of Russian Nobility.
Dancers Sophia Panych and Anna Zinenko, Jewish traditional dance from Odessa region of Ukraine.
Alexey Klyuchnikov, Ukrainian traditional dance Hopak
Balalaika virtuoso Lev Zabeginsky
Dancer Sophia Panych is performing Jewish traditional dance MAZAL TOV from Odessa region of Ukraine.
Mikhail Smirnov is playing a balalaika-contrabass
Gypsy dance. Alexey Klyuchnikov, Irakli Shengelia, Sophia Panych, Anna Zinenko
Dancers Alexey Klyuchnikov, Irakli Shengelia, Sophia Panych, Anna Zinenko are performing Gypsy dance
Dancers Alexey Klyuchnikov, Irakli Shengelia, Sophia Panych, Anna Zinenko are performing Ukrainian dance
Lev Zabeginsky, the balalaika virtuoso
singer Nikolai Massenkoff, dancer Anna Zinenko
Russian bayan virtuoso Yan Khmel, Mikhail Smirnov
Mikhail Smirnov with contrabass-balalaika
dancer Alexey Klyuchnikov as Russian Bear