Квартет Рязанова | en

The Terem Quartet is a musical ensemble from St. Petersburg, Russia known for its virtuosity on Russian folk instruments. The group performs repertoire from both folk and classical genres at a frantic pace and with humorous attitude. The quartet was founded in 1986 by students of the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire’s Folk Instrument Department. The group first performed in public on November 26, 1986 and considers this date the Quartet’s birthday. In 1991, they met Peter Gabriel at the WOMAD festival. Gabriel helped the group to reach a wider audience in the western world by releasing their albums Terem...