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Chris Higgins
Mind-Blowing Accordion Performance – Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” Performed Solo
by Chris Higgins - November 2, 2009 - 1:31 PM

This bit of musical virtuosity blew my mind, and I urge you to spend two minutes watching and listening. In the video below, 26-year-old Ukrainian Aleksandr Hrustevich plays a Bayan “Jupiter-Lux,” a sort of mega-accordion with the capacity (in the right hands) to stand in for an entire orchestra (in this case, he’s playing parts written for violin, string orchestra, and basso continuo). In this clip, Hrustevich is playing a portion of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” (Concerto in G Minor), I believe it’s from the “Summer” movement, played in Presto tempo (aka wicked fast). (Note: classical music fans, please share more info about the specifics of which portion he’s playing in the comments!)

Anyway, just click on this and be amazed.

You can view more accordion virtuosity on Hrustevich’s YouTube Channel. For more amazing Ukrainian talent, check out Drawing in Sand: Kseniya Simonova.

(Via the amazing Word Surgery blog.)

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Comments (8)

  1. That made me cry. Beautiful. Thanks!

    posted by payne310 on 11-2-2009 at 2:00 pm

  2. Two years ago, in Stuttgart, Germany, I heard another Russian playing this same music on the street on the accordian. He was incredible. Even better (I think) than this amazing musician. They must have a special school in Russia where they learn this. Just amazing!

    posted by Rachel on 11-2-2009 at 2:40 pm

  3. That was F**king amazing.

    posted by Coherent on 11-2-2009 at 4:07 pm

  4. You’re right about the movement. He’s playing the final movement from the “Summer” Concerto from the Four Seasons. This movement is often referred to as “The Storm” for obvious pictorial reasons.

    posted by Mark C. on 11-2-2009 at 4:18 pm

  5. Wow, that’s pretty cool. He doesn’t look 26 though – maybe 12!

    posted by Dorothy on 11-2-2009 at 5:35 pm

  6. Woah since when did the accordion rock so much?

    posted by Sam on 11-3-2009 at 12:58 am

  7. Wow.

    That’s amazing.

    posted by Christina on 11-3-2009 at 8:42 am

  8. I used to be impressed by kids that can wail on Guitar Hero. USED to be. Wow….just wow.

    posted by Geoff in MO on 11-3-2009 at 2:00 pm

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