HallOfFame-WilliamGoldesJr

<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="bdaa_study_tours_84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE BDAA HALL OF FAME "><FONT COLOR="#000066"><B>BDAA Hall of Fame</B></FONT></A><A HREF="bdaa_study_tours_84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE BDAA HALL OF FAME "><FONT COLOR="#000066"><B>  </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 ~ William Goldes Jr.  </B></I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="10" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="686" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#777777" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#0000BF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 492 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="651" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#EEEEEE > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 476 WIDTH="645"><div> <B>WILLIAM GOLDES, JR. - 1994</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="5d0008b0.jpg" border=0 width="256" height="395" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     Bill Goldes, a multitalented balalaika player, conductor and arranger, was born in 1953 in Detroit.  From the early years, Bill was surrounded by music in his family. His father played in the Detroit Russian Folk Orchestra, and also made Russian string instruments.  Bill played French horn, tuba, double bass and balalaika equally well.  </FONT></div> <bR> <div>      When he was 12, he recorded V.V. Andreyev's Polonaise Brilliante with the orchestra.  Bill received an excellent education, graduating from the Technological and Michigan Universities as an electrical engineer.  All his life Bill played in the Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit as a soloist and later became its music director.  He was praised for his sensitive playing style and high level of musicianship.  </div> <bR> <div>      Bill made many arrangements as well as recordings with the orchestra.  Without a doubt, he was the best among American amateur balalaika players.  His best-known arrangement, "Themes from Dr. Zhivago" has been performed by many Russian folk orchestras and by the BDAA festival orchestra.<B> </B>Bill's arrangements are catalogued and are available through the BDAA. <B> </B></div> <bR> <div>      Bill Goldes died of a cranial aneurysm at the age of 40 in 1993 on a river cruiser on the Volga River during the convention of the Balalaika and Domra Association of America, just one day after achieving a lifelong dream -- playing a concert solo on the stage of Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> .</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>