Phillipoff at 3YA

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 36, 21 March 1930, Page 5

Phillipoff at 3YA

Russian B alalaika Exponent SIMON PHILLIPOFF and his balalaika, who have been travelling round the world together for the last seven or eight years since they left Ukraine, are now in Christchurch. They appeared on 3YA’s programmes the last two Saturday evenings. Phillipoff is an adept with the balalaika, the Russian national musical instrument.. Two of its three strings are tuned to "EH" and the other to "A," It requires very great skill to extract from it the music that Phillipoff does. He provides a very interesting and entertaining turn.