| The Grunya ensemble will perform a program of authentic East Slavic village music from various regions of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The songs represent a variety of traditional genres: seasonal ritual songs, lyrical songs, religious songs, comic songs, dance songs and folk games. The concert will include performances on traditional instruments such as the balalaika, Pskov folk psaltery (gusli), Kursk herdsman's horn (rozhok), eastern European hurdy-gurdy (kolesnaya lira/kolavaya lira), Belarusian bagpipe (duda), folk flute (dudka), and more. |
Performer: Oxana Vasiltsova