FERUS Festival: Russian Renaissance

will perform original arrangements in scoring the film, highlighting their trademark technical wizardry on traditional Russian instruments like the stringed balalaika, the domra, the button accordion, and the balalaika-contrabasso.

About the Artists
Russian Renaissance marries traditional Russian folk music to the next level. Since making its debut in October 2015, live-scoring with world-renowned director and Cannes Film Festival laureate Emir Kusturica, the quartet has gone on to win accolades for its high-profile appearances in Russia, the United States, Serbia, and Japan. Recently recognized with the University of Michigan’s 2017 M-Prize, which includes a cash award of $100,000, the ensemble comprises Ivan Kuznetsov on balalaika, Alexander Tarasov on accordion, Ivan Vinogradov on contra-balalaika, and Anastasia Zakharova on domra.
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