Category:
A - Concerts
1. Lead Concerts - 2 parts by 45 min.
2. Lead Concerts with Symphonies and chamber groups - 1 or 2 parts by 45or 30 or 15min.
3. Lead Concerts - Universities, Music Schools, Colleges, Students Clubs.
4. Lead Concerts - TV, Radio, International Projects, Private Concerts.
B - Educational Programs
1. Performances for schools, middle and high schools, colleges, universities.
2. Performances for conferences, conventions, meetings.
C - Adult Performances
1. Private party (background music)
2. Corporations
3. Retirement facilities
4. Celebrations (jubilees, birthdays, inauguration etc.)
5. Festivals.
D - Projects
1. CD Recordings
2. Composition
3. Arrangement
4. Instrumentation's
5. Collaborations
6. Workshop
7. Teaching
E - Advertisement performances
1. Donation
2. Fundraisers
1 review
Lynne K.
October 30, 2014These guys are total professionals, very versatile and accommodating. They adapted their music and act to the crowd as the night progressed. Great to work with. Very creative.
Hired as: Accordion Player, Party Band, World Music
Price range: $1000-$5000
Languages: English, German, Russian, Spanish
Gig length: 120 - 420 minutes
Insurance: $1,000,000 - Business liability Coverage Form
Unions: BMI
All ages.
The Flying Balalaika Brothers are comprised of Russian-Ukrainian-trained musicians who immigrated to the United States in the early 1990's and have since settled in Texas. When a voice from a Texas crowd yelled out, "This sounds like zombie music!” Zhenya realized they had an opportunity to incorporate humor into his sound because it seemed so foreign to Texas audiences.
Sergey Vashchenko has a Masters degree in Orchestral Conducting, Teaching, and Balalaika Performance from the Mussorgsky Ural State Conservatory in Sverdlovsk, Russia and was a contender for Grammy Awards in the World Music Category in 2003 and 2008. His partner, Zhenya, graduated from the Tchaikovsky music college in Vologda, Russia in 1984.
Sergey and Zhenya have brought all of this formal training and talent with them to Austin, Texas where they have created a non-profit organization called Musical Connections and a band called The Flying Balalaika Brothers. MC and the FBB's enjoy a symbiotic relationship - the non-profit provides financial support for educational workshops Sergey and Zhenya conduct at area schools in three languages - English, Russian, and Spanish - while the band personifies the non-profit.
Recently the FBB have released a new CD called Trendy-Brandy, loosely translated as "Tralala Balala-ika". The album incorporates humor into a mix of Russian, Romani-Gypsy, and American music.
Minimum Technical Specification
Flying Balalaika Brothers
1. Amplifiers 3: 1 bass amp; 2 acoustic amps
2. Microphones- 6
3. PA Sound System
12 channel mixing board (minimum)
2 monitors send
4 monitors
4. Lighting-adequate lighting to fill stage
4 no color pink specials
3 additional washes (red, blue one other)
5. 3 chairs, 1- dressing room, 3 - parking spaces.
PERSONNEL
Crew - 2 knowledgeable, strong persons to assist with load-in and load-out, approximately 2 hours for each.
Sound Technician/Board operator
ARTIST COMFORT
Bottled water/no carbonation
100% natural fruit juices
Healthy snacks - e.g. Vegetable or Fruit tray
Wednesday
G Raj Mahal
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Monday
G-Raj Mahal
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Saturday
Festival Hill
9:00pm - 11:30pm
Song List
Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough - The Tough Get Going
Bow Wow Wow - C30 - C60
Crosby - Stills & Nash - Southern Cross
Crosby - Stills & Nash - Wasted On The Way
Earth - Wind & Fire - Fall In Love With Me
Earth - Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
Escape Club - Wild - Wild West
Genesis - Tonight - Tonight
Josie Cotton - Johnny - Are You Queer?
KISS - Crazy - Crazy Nights
Lionel Richie - Say You - Say Me
Lipps - Inc. - Funkytown
Los Lobos - Come On - Lets Go
Mtley Cre - Girls - Girls
Naked Eyes - Promises - Promises
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - Say - Say
The Police - De Do Do Do - De Da Da Da
Ray - Goodman and Brown - Special Lady
Rick Astley - It Would Take A Strong - Strong Man
Teri De Sario with K.C. - Yes - I'm Ready
Timbuk 3 - Future's So Bright - I Gotta Wear Shades
UB40 - Red - Red Wine
______________________________ - Wedding_________________
Air on a G String - J. S. Bach
Cannon in D - J. Pachelbell
Meditation from Thais - J. Massenet
March from Summer Midnight Dream - F. Mendelssohn
Ceremonial March - R. Wagner
Serenade - F. Schubert
Swan - C. Saint-Saenz
Traumerei - R. Schumann
______________________________ - Country Western____________
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Willie Nelson
Crazy - Willie Nelson
Whiskey River - Willie Nelson
Orange Blossom - Johnny Cash
I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash
Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
Home Of The Blues - Johnny Cash
Easy Rider - Johnny Cash
Hey Good Looking - Hank Williams
Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams
Lost Highway - Hank Williams
You're Cheating Heart - Hank Williams
San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills
Right Or Wrong - Bob Wills
Key To Highway - Sonny Terry
2 Dollar Bill - American bluegrass
Sugarfoot Rag - Junior Brown
Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Louisiana Saturday Night - Mel McDaniel
Voodoo Chille - Jimmy Hendrix
Sky Is Crying - Steve Ray Vaughn
I Put A Spell On You - Arthur Brown
Honky Tonk Angels - Merle
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jimmie Rodgers
Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson
Rocky Top - Osborne Brothers
Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard
High Lonesome Sound - Alison Crauss
Walking Te Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb
Nights In The Roadhouse - Junior Brown
My One Desire - Ricky Nelson
Wicked Games - Chris Isaac
At Last - Etta James
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Whittlers
Love Song - The Cure
Too Late - Little Walter
Sleepwalk - Johnny & Santo
Recipe For Making Love - Harry Conick Jr
South Of The Border - Frank Sinatra
Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra
No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
Jamming - Bob Marley
Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
Blackbird - Beatles
All My Loving - Beatles
Little Help - Beatles
______________________________ - Standard/Jazz/ Latino________
All Of Me - Louis Armstrong
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
You'd Be So Nice - Nat King Cole
Wave - A.C. Jobim
Desafinado - A.C. Jobim
Corcovado - A.C. Jobim
Triste - A.C. Jobim
Girl from Ipanema - A.C. Jobim
Europa - Carlos Santana
Sabor A Mi - Latino
Besame Mucho - Latino
Volver - Flaco Himenez
Cumbia De La Carretera - Blazers
Coco-Royado - Latino
La Bamba - Latino
______________________________ - Ethnic Fusion______________
______________________________ - Italian_____________________
Tarantella - Traditional
It's Amore - Dean Martin
Santa Lucia - Traditional
O Sole Mio - Traditional
Volare - Dean Martin
The God Father - Henri Mancini
Arrivederchi Roma - Traditional
Torna a Sorriento - Traditional
______________________________ - French____________________
La Vie En Rose - Louis Guglielmi
Pigale - Traditional
Domino - Traditional
I Love Paris - F. Sinatra
Autumn Leaves - Nat King Cole
Strangers Of The Night - F. Sinatra
______________________________ - Jewish____________________
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Traditional
Hava Nagila - Traditional
Erev Shel Shoshanim - Traditional
7/40 - Traditional
Sunrise, Sunset - Traditional
Gypsy Rock. We're makers of own style of music.
We use our sound equipment and instrumentation. We not provide light equipment.
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