Release 10th solo album – Mediterraneo – Nihad Hrustanbegovic – Classical accordion – Anniversary edition – All works composed and played by Nihad Hrustanbegović – Mediterraneo 9.25 Adagio 6.29 Only Jet Lag Mus 2.56 East of the West 4.43 West of the East 2.38 Eleven Voices of Srebrenica 7.31 Gedachten 8.20 Seascapes in Dalmatia 6.45 Infinity 4.40 Melodia Avantgarde 6.25 Total time: 57.52 – Available at Apple iTunes Amazon Music IHeartRadio Deezer iMusica Tidal Spotify You Tube Music Tuned Global CDBaby – Genre Classical Mediterranean 21 Century Contemporary Sevdah – January 2025
Biography
With a name like a waterfall and the musicality of a nightingale concert accordionist, composer, and accordion teacher Nihad Hrustanbegovic has made so far 9 solo albums and inspired Heineken with his composition World Promenade for the Extra Cold TV commercial. In recent years, Nihad Hrustanbegovic has appeared on stage with Grace Jones in Paradiso, Al Di Meola, The Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Flairck, Corpus, and has given more than 1000 solo concerts and performances, including in Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Notre-Dame Cathedral-du-Puy, Hall of Knights – The Hague, Sacred Heart Cathedral Sarajevo, Mostar, Banja Luka, Dubrovnik, Novi Sad, Vienna, Zurich, Berlin. ★★★★★ Klassiek Centraal: “Nihad Hrustanbegović portrayed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons so faithfully on the classical accordion that it is simply incredible how he managed to translate the entire orchestral work into a solo performance without adapting the original.” Dagblad Trouw: “What Pablo Casals meant for the emancipation of the cello and Astor Piazzolla for the bandoneon, Nihad Hrustanbegovic does for the accordion.” Het Parool: “One of the best accordionists in the world.
With a name like a waterfall and the musicality of a nightingale concert accordionist, composer, and accordion teacher Nihad Hrustanbegovic has made so far 9 solo albums and inspired Heineken with his composition World Promenade for the Extra Cold TV commercial. In recent years, Nihad Hrustanbegovic has appeared on stage with Grace Jones in Paradiso, Al Di Meola, The Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Flairck, Corpus, and has given more than 1000 solo concerts and performances, including in Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Notre-Dame Cathedral-du-Puy, Hall of Knights – The Hague, Sacred Heart Cathedral Sarajevo, Mostar, Banja Luka, Dubrovnik, Novi Sad, Vienna, Zurich, Berlin. ★★★★★ Klassiek Centraal: “Nihad Hrustanbegović portrayed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons so faithfully on the classical accordion that it is simply incredible how he managed to translate the entire orchestral work into a solo performance without adapting the original.” Dagblad Trouw: “What Pablo Casals meant for the emancipation of the cello and Astor Piazzolla for the bandoneon, Nihad Hrustanbegovic does for the accordion.” Het Parool: “One of the best accordionists in the world.
