Concert Information
The annual BDAA Festival Concert brings together musicians from around the world to perform Slavic folk music, including Eastern European, Romani, and Klezmer musical traditions. The performance will feature virtuoso guest artists with a 60-piece folk orchestra.
The BDAA Festival Concert is performed in a different city each year and is the culmination of the BDAA’s annual convention, which celebrates and Eastern European folk music and culture in the US. This year the concert will be held on Saturday, July 13th, 2024 at 7:30 pm in the Grand Ballroom of the Sonesta Executive Park Hotel in Charlotte, NC.
Ticket Prices
- Adult: $25
- Student: $20
- Children 12 & Under: Free
- Ask us about Group Rates (BDAA.board (at) gmail.com)
Guest Artists
This year we are featuring all new guest artists, including:
Denis Zhukov – Prima Balalaika
Guzel Safiullina – Prima Domra
Alexander Veprinskiy – Festival Orchestra Conductor
Guzel Safiullina
Prima Domra
Guzel is a musician and teacher with 17+ years of experience. She graduated from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow, Russia, majoring in domra. Guzel is a Laureate of international competitions, and the Grand Prix at the international festival “Mediterranean Legend” in Spain. She now lives in Los Angeles, where she continues to perform and teach.
Alexander Veprinskiy
Orchestra Conductor
Originally from Ukraine, Alexander is currently the conductor of the Toronto Mandolin Orchestra and the Artistic Director of the Shevchenko Musical Ensemble. He is a prolific choral and orchestral arranger, an accomplished pianist. He has composed music for a number of Ukrainian productions, stages musical dramas, and arranges for the Toronto Orchestra and Shevchenko Ensemble
Denis Zhukov
Prima Balalaika
Denis is a prodigious balalaika performer and soloist, and is a Laureate of prestigious international competitions. Denis also teaches and founded a children’s orchestra of Slavic folk instruments. He performs in several innovative musical projects that combine folk and modern music, including “Bryatz Guys“– The new age of balalaika, which truly pushes balalaika to the limit
With Special Guest Artists
Irina and Aleksei Lutcenko
Prima Domra and Bayan Duo
Irina and Aleksei Lutcenko both studied at the Academy of Far Eastern Arts in Vladivostok, Russia. In 2017, the two artists decided to settle in Quebec, Canada. The love of music and the complementarity of their instruments, bayan and domra, are at the origin of the success of this family. The musicians also take an active part not only in the artistic life, but in the social life of Montreal.
Previous Concert Clips
Check out a few recordings from previous concerts / conventions below!
2024 Sponsors / Donors
The BDAA is a non-profit organization that relies on the generosity of our members, donors, and sponsors.
We are seeking additional donations and sponsorships for the concert. If you would like to donate and be recognized here and in our concert playbill / program booklet as an individual or as an organization please click below to go directly to the donation site or email BDAA.board (at) gmail.com for more info.
2024 Benefit Concert Donors
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