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An afternoon of Russian folk music

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Cathy Law

31 July 2023, 11:57 AM

An afternoon of Russian folk music

The Gerringong Music Club is looking forward to the return of the colourful and entertaining Balalaika Orchestra, ten years after they first performed here.


"This will be a delightful concert," says the Club's Gillian Spooner.


"They will be performing a very diverse program of traditional Russian folk music and light classics with orchestral performers and singers dressed in attractive folk costumes. 



"We look forward to again hearing a typical Russian folk orchestra which usually features the Domra, Balalaika, Bayan, Zhaleika, and various other woodwind instruments and percussion."


The orchestra - which has played in venues such as the Sydney Opera House, NSW Art Gallery, Riverside Theatre and Sydney Conservatorium of Music - continues to be led by Musical Director, Victor Serghie, who is also the principal arranger.



The orchestra's 28 players and singers are a microcosm of the multicultural fabric of Australian society with performers from a diverse range of ethnic origins: Armenian, Belarusian, Chinese, Danish, Indian, Irish, North American, Polish, Serbian and Ukrainian, as well as Australian and Russian. 

 

Sunday 30 October, Gerringong Town Hall, 2pm.

Tickets on sale at the door from 1.30pm at $25 for visitors. Students and children are free.