I enjoyed listening to your group on my recent visit to Columbus. You are truly a fine artist and I will try to let the word out that I have heard your music and what I think of it. My heartfelt thank you! Your music made the occasion one of the most memorable our family has ever had. The selections and the whole performance were the best.

Playing 7-string guitar, singing and dancing. Kolpakov has performed extensively in the. Including such venues as Carnegie Hall at. And the Kennedy Concert Hall in. Playing violin, which is certainly the instrument most associated with Gypsy music. The instrument is also a complement to singers, but the violin is often played as a solo instrument, and Arkady Gips embraces this image as a well known soloist. For many years he played in.