Dobranotch

Dobranotch (Russian: Добраночь) is a folk music ensemble from Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Dobranotch was founded in Nantes, France in 1997 by three folk musicians from Saint Petersburg: Mitia Khramtsov, Oleg Drobinsky, and Stas Zubtsov.

[1] These musicians had been living in France at that time, busking and playing Jewish and Celtic music.

[2] The group's name, which means "good night" in Russian, is also a reference to a tune genre in Klezmer music which marked the end of the day's events in a traditional Eastern European Jewish wedding.

[1] The group became an important part of the renewed popularity of Klezmer music in Russia in the 1990s, notable for their use of traditional acoustic instruments rather than electronic music.