The Sobinov Children’s Orchestra Of Folk Instruments, from Russia, are playing a series of concerts after travelling 3,500 miles by coach from their home town of Yaroslavl, east of Moscow.

The ‘children’ are aged between 12 and 18 years and play ‘traditional’ Russian Folk Instruments. These include: balalaikas (prima balalaika, secunda balalaika, alto balalaika, and contrabass balalaika), bayans (button accordions, standard and bass), domras (primdomra, altdomra, and bassdomra), clavichord gusli, and percussion (glockenspiel, xylophone, cymbals, washboard, ‘treshchotka’, wooden spoons, and drums). Within the Orchestra there are two vocalists, plus soloists for balalaika, contrabass balalaika, bayan, domra, and xylophone. The Orchestra is led and conducted by Pavel Sergeev.

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