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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bidders were quick out of the blocks July 13 as the morning session of the Tattersalls July Sale welcomed a 330,000 guineas (US$449,220, 1gn=US$1.3612) market leader before the clock had even struck ...

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 ...

NORTH CANTON − The St. Nicholas Balalaika Orchestra will perform Saturday at the Community Christian Church, 210 N. Main St. The program is part of the monthly meeting of the College Club of Canton ...

The Arizona Balalaika Orchestra celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend in concerts that include appearances by the Rusyny Dancers, Sons of Orpheus and celebrated Russian domrist Alexander ...