Duo Balalaika

Celebrating cross-cultural creativity, and exploring the range of possibilities for balalaika, piano and voice is Duo Balalaika, performing Sunday, November 10, at the Brattleboro Music Center.

The 4 p.m. performance will feature Oleg Kruglyakov on the balalaika and Terry Boyarsky on piano.

Duo Balalaika, the only professional balalaika-piano duo touring in North America, is an international project, born out of a love of traditional music and classical elegance. Kruglyakov is a balalaika virtuoso from Siberia and Boyarsky is an American concert pianist. They celebrate cross-cultural creativity, exploring the range of possibilities for balalaika, voice, and piano.

Audiences are taken on a journey across the span of Russian culture—from humorous pieces, virtuoso variations, pulsating dance music, rhythmic folk songs, and lyrical romances. In addition to classical music, Duo Balalaika performs many genres including music of Ukrainian composers, tango, blue grass, Soviet film music, and their own arrangements of ragtime.

Says Robert Spano, Music Director, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, “With music of élan, finesse and passion, this duo’s performances are irresistible.”