“Take a cupboard full of buttons, ten lightning fingers and a head full of music and you have Nihad Hrustanbegovic. He plays the Children Symphony as he frolics, enjoying himself like a little child. He makes Bach sound as if he is playing the church organ in the cathedral in Cologne and with Djongo Reinhardt he mixes jazz with tango. Virtuoso in timbre, majestic in timbre. In his hands the accordion becomes a complete symphony orchestra. To hear Nihad play is pure emotion coupled with an unparalleled technique. In his own compositions he returns to his roots: Southeast Europe”.
