ALEXANDER HRUSTEVICH - Bayan (Russian Accordion)

     This summer from July 7th through 17th, we will present the inaugural “New Musical Generation” Summer Festival and Academy, which will consolidate in one space some of the most talented young performers from all over the world who will bring a real music feast to Vilnius. The main idea of our festival is to create a unique creative atmosphere that will inspire all its participants and audience. www.nmgfestival.com

                                                            

          Liepos 10 July, 2010 8 p.m. Dance Theatre, T. Kosciuškos 11, Vilnius
                                                            ALEXANDER HRUSTEVICH
                                                                                Bayan

     Ukrainian-born Alexander Hrustevich is one of the best bayanists in the world. Mr. Hrustevich is constantly invited to perform in many countries, including Poland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Serbia and many others. Just recently, he performed in Kiev, accompanying the world famous musician Bobby McFerren. He is a winner of many international competitions, including “Golden Accordion” (New York), ”Od baroka do jazza” (Poland), ”Accoholiday” (Ukraine) and others.

                    

     Mr. Hrustevich plays many transcriptions of classical music, for example, Tchaikovsky Concerto for violin, and what is most extraordinary -- he plays both orchestral and violin parts simultaneously. He also plays Bach, Balakirev (“Islamey”), Rachmaninov (“Vocalise”), Wieniawski, Vivaldi, Korsakov (“The Flight of the Bumble Bee”) and other pieces of classical piano and orchestral repertoire.
     As prof. David Yearsley writes about Mr. Hrustevich’s recording, which he saw on Youtube: “The small stage on which Hrustevich demonstrates his art is festooned with yellow and orange balloons and fake flower garlands, the camera is hand-held, but despite all of this, you can feel how great are this virtuoso’s gifts.” The professor also compares his interpretations of Bach Passacaglia with a pianist: “Tricky passages that the pianist divided between the two hands, Hrustevich manages with one. He revels in the virtuosic spectacle of fingers flying and sliding and contorting over buttons and in the same time picking almost every note cleanly. It’s rather like playing the Bach Passacaglia on a travel typewriter, only harder.”(The Musical Patriot, D. Yearsley, 2009).

                    

     Born in 1983, Alexander Hrustevich started to play the bayan by the age of 6. He graduated Ukraine's National Academy of Music as a student of prof. Besfamilnov. Apart from his solo activity, he is also a member of the National Academy Orchestra.

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