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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=62 BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>The Balalaika and Domra Association of America</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>  </B></FONT><B>  |    </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Balalaika and Domra Association of A"><FONT COLOR="#003333"><B>Home</B></FONT></A></div> <div> <B>RETURN TO   </B><A HREF="hall_of_fame.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE BDAA HALL OF FAME "><FONT COLOR="#000066"><B>BDAA Hall of Fame</B></FONT></A><B>   </B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=418 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>The BDAA Hall of Fame ~ Emanuil Sheynkman</B></I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="10" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="686" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#0000BF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 710 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="651" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#EEEEEE > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 678 WIDTH="629"><div> <B>EMANUIL 'MISHA' SHEYNKMAN - 1995</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="5e131950.png" border=0 width="305" height="405" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     B</FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >orn in St. Petersburg in 1939, Misha began his musical studies at the age of nine and became the youngest laureate at the International Competition for Stringed Instrument Performers in Warsaw.  Two years later, he received his first professional degree from the Mussorgsky Institute, and subsequently trained as a soloist, conductor, and teacher at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory.  A well-known and prodigious arranger, Misha performed as prima domra soloist with the Andreyev Russian Folk Orchestra, to name only a few affiliations.  First Prize Laureate in the Soviet Instrumental Competition, Misha produced fifteen recordings before leaving Russia.</FONT></div> <bR> <div>      After immigrating to the United States in 1978, Misha and his wife, pianist and accompanist Ksenia Sudarikova, and their two sons lived briefly in New York, but moved to Los Angeles when he got his first job playing balalaika at a major hotel.  "It was my friend, Charley Rappaport, who got me this first job."  Says Misha.  "It was because of Charley that I was able to make these first steps to establish myself as a musician in America.  He later worked as a musical arranger for the Canadian Brass ensemble.  </div> <bR> <div>      Known as a domra virtuoso in Russia, Misha sensed that American audiences would be more responsive to the balalaika, and soon developed a loyal following as a balalaikaist and mandolinist.  While hotel and restaurant jobs were necessary to survive, more serious concerts and musical collaborations would soon develop, as conductors and musical groups learned of Misha's whereabouts.</div> <bR> <div>      Over the years, Misha had written numerous arrangements for American balalaika orchestras and the BDAA Festival Orchestra.  Anyone who has played in the BDAA Festival Orchestra, or plays with balalaika groups in Atlanta, Houston or Washington has probably played more than one arrangement by Misha.  </div> <bR> <div>      During 1994, Misha became the first musical director of the Los Angeles-St. Petersburg Balalaika Orchestra and had been working on new arrangements until shortly before his untimely death in 1995.  Misha was a musical genius, but more than that, he was a <I>mensch</I>; a man who loved life, loved his family, and loved his friends.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> .</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>