World’s Only Classical Torban Player from Ukraine | Maria Viksnina | The BeatCurry Podcast
Maria Viksnina | Ukrainian Torbanist | The BeatCurry Podcast
This week’s episode of the BeatCurry Podcast features the versatile, accomplished and the powerhouse performer from Ukraine, Maria Viksnina, who plays this interesting instrument, that is called the Torban.
The Torban is a long-necked Ukrainian string instrument that belongs to the lute family of instruments. The Torban is a 25-60 stringed instrument that has both fretter strings-used for melodies and harmonies and unfretted bass strings as extensions on the body, and is played in Ukrainian traditional folk music, songs of rituals, western classical and other genres of music. A highly widespread instrument during the 17th and 18th century in parts of Europe, it is believed that the Torban was completely forgotten during the 19th and 20th century, and has survived only in museums.
Join us as we warmly welcome Maria Viksnina.
Watch her speak to us about this precious instrument, the Torban, it’s specialties, how this instrument was built, ho
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