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 Translation for 'balalaika' from English to Icelandic
NOUN   balalaika | balalaikas
hljóðfr.
balalaíka {kv}
balalaika
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Translation for 'balalaika' from English to Icelandic

balalaika
balalaíka {kv}hljóðfr.
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Usage Examples English
  • He later studied with Wyndham Thomas at Bristol to complete his PhD thesis on the growth of balalaika orchestras and the migration of the balalaika.
  • More single releases followed, including "Illusionen" ("Illusions"), "Schwarze Balalaika" ("Black balalaika") and "Erstes Morgenrot" ("First red sunrise").
  • In the late 19th century, Vasily Andreyev, a salon violinist, took up the balalaika in his performances for French tourists to Petersburg.
  • The modern domra is typically played with a plectrum, although some performers strum the instrument like a balalaika, but this is uncommon.
  • While there, he founded another balalaika group, the Odessa Balalaikas.

  • The bass balalaika and contrabass balalaika rest on the ground, on a wooden or metal pin that is drilled into one of its corners.
  • Klemetti plays keyboards and electric balalaika. Among the most prominent musicians in her band have been Alexi (guitar), Baba-R (bass) and Sammy (drums).
  • As for the Musical Museum in St. Petersburg, there was purchased Kravchenko's portrait of the great Russian balalaika virtuoso and composer V.V. Andreev.
  • Quartet Skaz (...) is a concert quartet employing Russian folk instruments: the prima domra, prima balalaika, alto domra, and bass balalaika.
  • He returns to his apartment, where his servant is playing the balalaika, he dismisses him and wallows in self-pity.

  • The "pararayki" is a long-necked lute played by the Ainu people of the Kuril Islands. It generally has three strings, and is based upon the Russian balalaika.
  • Bibs Ekkel (born 11 January 1946 in Brighton) is one of few exponents of the balalaika outside Russia.
  • Of distinguished appearance with wavy grey hair, an inclination to be as formally dressed as possible when photographed with his instrument, and a transcriber of classical pieces for balalaika; Necheporenko, following in the footsteps of Vasily Vasilievich Andreyev, presents the balalaika as a musical instrument with the same status as any "serious" instrument used in classical music.
  • She completed her education in Saint Petersburg; earning a Doctor of Musical Art degree in the balalaika.
  • Alexey Vitalyevich Arkhipovsky (also spelled as Arhipovskiy, [...]; born 15 May 1967) is a modern-day Russian balalaika player.

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