Soothing the Savage Beast
A string quintet playing in the underground walkway near Ploshchad Revolyutsii and Alexandrovsky Sad.
Igor Tabakov / MT
A man playing guitar on an elektrichka, or train leading out of the city to the suburbs.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
A man playing what appears to be a double-necked lute on the Arbat.
Igor Tabakov / MT
A young boy taking a break from busking with his accordion on Tverskaya Ulitsa.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
A man braving the snow to play his accordion on Tverskaya-Yamskaya Ulitsa.
Igor Tabakov / MT
A blind accordion player being accompanied by a singing dog in an underground walkway on Sushevsky Val.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
A man using cardboard boxes and sticks as improvised drums on Tverskaya Ulitsa.
Igor Tabakov / MT
Two children playing on the Arbat.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
A guitarist plying his trade in an underground walkway on Tverskaya Ulitsa.
Igor Tabakov / MT
Pavel Stepanov performing on the Arbat. Stepanov, who insists that the furry bagpipes aren't Scottish, makes them himself and sells them for $700.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
A man named Sergei, who once served in the Army orchestra, playing tuba on Teatralnaya Ploshchad in 2001.
Igor Tabakov / MT
Sergei pictured several years later.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
A couple singing in a park for the opening of a monument to the hero of Venedict Yerofeyev's cult novel "Moscow to Petushki."
Vladimir Filonov / MT