Ivan Rebroff concert ~ Ivan Rebroff's concert was unforgettable ~ March 2004

Just as we arrived to the Town Hall, it unexpectedly started to rain and we had no umbrellas so we got a bit wet.

When Ivan Rebroff started singing, his voice felt so expandable in the highs and lows. His voice tricks such as two voices in one made me hum the tune trying to reproduce it for two weeks afterward.
This was also my first time seeing and hearing the contrabass-balalaika (Played by Konstantin Tchirkov), the Balalaika (Played by Andrej Borissov), the Dombra (By Tatjana Borissova) and of course the Bajan (By the beautiful Irina Kawerina.)
I was hoping that Ivan would sing 'Dark Eyes' but for some reason he didn't. His costume was all colourful and royal, especially the Russian Fur hat.
During the show, he walked between the isles and stood and sang right beside me, I was right at the front. His voice was so powerful I think I closed my ears. I even was lucky enough to get a close photo with him at the end of the show; well we waited for about an hour before our turn came.

You should've been there.