Nihad Hrustanbegovic, Bosnian Dutch Maestro on the classical accordion, pianist and composer will perform Winter Solstice Concert 4 Seasons Vivaldi in Sacred Heart Cathedral in Sarajevo, on Wednesday, 21st December at 8 pm.
Program is the following:
Spring – Concert number. 1 in E-duru, Op. 8, RV 269 I Allegro II Largo III Allegro, Summer – concert number. 2 in g-molu, Op. 8, RV 315 I Allegro non molto II Adagio e piano III Presto e forte III Presto, Autumn– concert number. 3 in F-duru, Op. 8, RV 293 I Allegro II Adagio molto II Allegro and Winter concert number. 4 in f-molu, Op. 8, RV 297 I Allegro non molto II Largo III Allegro.
In the past 20 years Nihad Hrustanbegovic gave more than 1000 concerts and solo recitals : including 7 times in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam (3 times solo concert), France Tour Les 4 Saisons Vivaldi 2015, at La Cathedrale Notre Dame Le Puy en Valley (national monument of France, Pilgrimage Route Santiago de Compostela and since 1998 part of UNESCO World Heritage Site), with Grace Jones in Paradiso Amsterdam, with Flairck in Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam, 2 times at Hall of Knights in the Hague, in the presence of the former Queen of Netherlands Prinses van Oranje-Nassau Beatrix. As a composer Hrustanbegovic made several music works for accordion, piano and orchestra including Wereldpromenade (Stork suite) for the Heineken Extra Cold TV Commercial (2007), Balkan Sorrow for the Swiss short movie “Zimmer 606” (Winner of the international film awards in 2012) by Peter Volkart, Tango Village for Dutch documentary film Natural Born Farmers of Jack Janssen (2016) and “Sto te nema” as a soundtrack for the documentary film “Slike iz zivota BH Filma” of Mustafa Mustafic’s film presented at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2022.
Hrustanbegovic released 9 solo albums since 2007. The Best of Concert Accordion (2007), Opus 7 The Cross over (2010), Live In Concertgebouw Amsterdam (2011), Sevdah for Petronella (2013 piano solo album) Black Orpheus (2013) , Vivaldi The Four Seasons (2015) , Une belle journée (2016) In the Valley of Love and Peace (2016 piano solo album) and Between Sunrise and Sunset Opus Magnum XII (2017 piano solo album).
