Photo: Alexander Bashmanov
Scholar and performer of traditional Russian songs Vladimir Ivanov made the capital of Primorye in the accompaniment of the lyre and the wheel drum Balkan Festival of Folk Traditions, «Butter.»
According to vocalist and musician supported him — Moldovan virtuoso Mario Kaldararu, combine two such strange instrument was not difficult. They explained this by the fact that both instruments are made by hand in the old tradition.
«Unions are not such dissimilar instruments often met in Russia. This is not surprising. So here you have Balkan drum and wheel lyre sounded perfectly together » — Said after the concert at the Pushkin Theater vocalist and leader of the Moscow band «Cossack Circle» Vladimir Ivanov.
About his wheel lyre Ivanov can talk for hours. Reporters learned from the Moscow guest that the lira — typical medieval stringed musical instrument. Usually plays it beggars and vagrants, trying to earn a living. Under her accompaniment they sang spiritual songs. Tool out of use, but returned in the late XX century, when interest in ethnic and folk music has experienced a surge. In contemporary music, the tool used by musicians playing folk and ethno-jazz.
Mario Kaldararu told reporters that his drum he made with his own hands «in the traditional way.» «It is made of 300-year-old larch razdobytoy me in the royal vaults» — Said the master. He added that such a tool is popular in India, Peru, and the Middle East.
Kaldararu himself — besides the fact that manufactures drums and other percussion — also developed his own method of learning to play the drums. Vladivostok in the ethnic festival «oiler» he gave a master class, where everyone learned the basics of playing the ethnic percussion: heard and seen playing techniques and combinations of tools and know how to use them in modern music.
The master class was conducted by Russian folklore and master Vladimir Ivanov. In addition to «Cossack Circle» Ivanov known as the organizer of the group «Russian music», the author of works on traditional Russian culture. As a folk singer, he participated in programs on radio and television, theater and design kinopostanovok.
Vladivostok on the «oiler» presented ensemble «Tradition,» folk group «Nibelungen» and «North Wind» and other well-known in the city of ethnic groups.
The festival organizers emphasized that the main purpose of this festival was the «revival» ancient Russian traditions.
«We have shown that the festivities — it can be a fun and interesting alive. How do we interpret the tradition, so they continue and develop. We urge people to ensure that they paid attention to the profound legacy that we have,» — Told reporters festival director Vasily Danilov.