REDWINE JAM and BALALAIKA FANTASIE

REDWINE JAM

Redwine Jam is an Atlanta-based folk music trio comprised of Chris and Carol Moser and Brenda Lloyd. 

Redwine Jam performs a wide range of North American and Celtic folk songs and tunes, from traditional material to newly written compositions by contemporary folk legends. 

For many of their fans, a highlight of the winter holidays is their enchanting Yuletide program.  Moving seamlessly from reverential to rambunctious, the performance features traditional and contemporary seasonal folk music from the British Isles, Ireland, the U.S. and Canada.

This diverse, delightful program makes your holidays complete.  

BALALAIKA FANTASIE

The five musicians of Balalaika Fantasie draw their inspiration from their life-long passion for Slavic folk music and their diverse cultural backgrounds. Performing on authentic folk instruments, the group’s repertoire includes Slavic, Ukrainian, Gypsy and Jewish folk music.

Angelina Galashenkova-Reed (domra) has toured the world as a soloist with the Andreyev Russian Folk Orchestra of St. Petersburg, and is the concertmaster of the Atlanta Balalaika Society Orchestra.

David C. Cooper (balalaika, domra, vocals) is an authority on Slavic folk instruments (he plays them all), and is the artistic director and conductor of the Atlanta Balalaika Society Orchestra.

Gregory Carageorge has been a professional contrabass balalaika and string bass player for over thirty years, and was the leader of the house band at New York’s Russian Tea Room.

Natalia Rezvan (tenor domra) was a member of the Folk Instruments Orchestra in Kharkiv, Ukraine for 29 years, all over the Soviet Union and Poland. 

Kiril Chernoff (alto balalaika, prima balalaika, and vocals) has played prima balalaika with the Atlanta Balalaika Society Orchestra since age 13. He studied balalaika in Atlanta, Georgia as well as in Kirov, and in his birthplace of St Petersburg.

All five performers are members of the Atlanta Balalaika Society Orchestra.