Biography
Södra Bergens Balalaikor (The South Mountain Balalajkas) is a non-profit orchestra based in Stockholm, Sweden that plays and sings Russian folk music. The orchestra does not have a director, conductor or any other leader. All the members take turns as responsible for rehearsals and administration of the orchestra.
At the start (1969) the orchestra where represented by 30 prim-balalaikas and one guitar. Today it handles the whole balalaika and domra family as well as the Russian accordion (Bayan) and a lot of wind and rhythm instruments. Lately it has performed and played with some classical soloists such as Dan Laurin (recorder) and Cecila Zilliachus (violn) from Sweden and Olga Shishkina (gussli) from Russia.
At the moment the orchestra has the following members:
Tommy Johansson (Bayan)
Keiko Ahlbom (primbalalajka)
Clara Andermo (primbalalajka)
Kari Björkqvist (primbalalajka)
Sven Lindblad (primbalalajka)
Karin Netz-Andreason (prim balalaika)
Lasse Eriksson (alt balalaika)
Ginger Sjöberg (alt balalaika)
Sussane Lundberg (second balalaika)
Anders Sjöberg (second balalaika)
Kajsa Stafström (second balalaika)
Ann-Louise Nilsson (bass balalaika)
Ulf Sundin (bass balalaika)
Britt Ronström (contrabass balalaika)
Uffe Strucke (contrabass balalaika)
Anna-Lena Almås (primdomra)
Susanne Axner (primdomra)
Rebecca Fors (primdomra)
Jonas Nyberg (primdomra)
Cristina Viksten (primdomra)
Åsa Frid (alt domra)
Janina Hettman (alt domra)
Lilian Rapp (alt domra)
Erik Ronström (alt domra)
Sussie Wigelius (alt domra)
Joseph Josephsson (bass domra)
Dan Lundberg (bass domra)
Ante Edelman (rhythm section)
Anders Johansson (rhythm section)
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