Tue 10/3 @ 7:30PM
Both members of Cleveland’s Russian Duo have roots in “the old country.” Balalaika player/pianist Oleg Kruglyakov’s are the most direct: he came to the U.S. in the late ’90s from Siberia after performing with various Russian folk groups. Pianist Terry Boyarski, who is also a singer and dancer, is an American of Russian descent.
The two came together 2007 to perform a wide variety of Russian classical and folk music, from Russian peasant folk songs to lively dance tunes to the morose minor-key pieces many associate with the Russian sensibility; their performances draw on bluegrass, ragtime, tango, classical music, gypsy tunes and film scores among other things.
They’ll be opening the 2023-24 season of the Silver Hall Concert Series at the Maltz Performing Arts Center in University Circle, and they’ll be bringing some special friends. They include Cleveland actor Christopher Bohan who teaches in the Case Western Reserve University Department of Theater and spent a summer studying at the Moscow Art Theater; Cleveland Orchestra viola player Eliesha Nelson, and one of its best-dressed members (she designs and makes her own concert wear); and tenor/choir director Peter Wright, who has sung with many local professional ensembles.
The concert and parking are free. The event will be livestreamed as well. Go here for more information.