Igor Outkine - acoustic and midi accordions and vocal.
Igor's vocal and instrumental repertoire covers a wide range of music such as classical and opera, Neapolitan song, Argentine and Russian tango, jazz and Imnternational pop.
He is a good improviser and in demand for recording sessions.
Igor provided a live accompaniment for several silent films.
Igor studied accordion at Electrostal Music College in Russia and and traditional singing at the Gnesin Institute in Moscow.
He also took vocal lessons from Kyra Vayne and Nikolai Gedda.
He came to London in 1990 with the gypsy band Loyko.
In 2004 he appeared in Almeida Theatre in London with Soft Cell lead singer Marc Almond playing and singing Russian songs and is featured on Almond's live DVD Sin Songs.
Igor appeared on screen in David Cronenberg's film “Eastern Promises” (2007) singing “Dark Eyes”,
He appeared in ITV series "A Gentleman in Moscow" (2024), performed a pop medley on ITV Britain Got Talent (2019)
Rercently he appered with Mazaika on Michael McIntyre's Big Show (2025)
He has played on several major film soundtracks including The Man Who Knew Too Little, Birthday Girl, MirrorMask, La Vie en Rose and La Môme.
His main music project is duo Mazaika.
“You are the best entertainer I’ve ever seen, and I saw Elvis!!!”
Audience member at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
Sarah Harrison - violin/viola/voice/ domra/(Russian mandolin) percussion.
Sarah studied violin at Guildhall School of Music and Drama after which she travelled widely researching the musics of many cultures. She has since worked as a freelance violinist specialising in World music, Gypsy Jazz, Tango and crossover. She is in demand for improvised session work for music, advertising and film. She has kept up her classical playing and has a large repertoire of showpieces and violin classics. Sarah also plays Russian Domra and sings, her vocal repertoire encompassing French Chanson, Jazz standards, sea shanties and gypsy songs and she also leads her local Wassail group! She has worked with many diverse groups including Django Bates Powder Room Collapse and Delightful Precipice and Lumiere and Son Theatre company. She was multi instrumentalist in Fascinating Aida show Barefaced Chic, Vocalist and violinist with World music ensemble Orbestra, worked with Teddy Peiro and his Tango Five, Marianne Olyvver Gypsy Orchestra, Charanga Rivera and Piccadilly Dance Orchestra and led the Covent Garden String Quartet. Sarah played and sang in the production of The Other Boleyn Girl at Chicheste Festival Theatre directed by Lucy Bailey. Sarah also teaches violin and is especially passionate about giving young beginners the same great technical foundation she had.