The Medieval Sevdah Rhapsody is the new composition for the accordeon written and played by Bosnian-Dutch composer Nihad Hrustanbegovic, one of the most fameus accordeon players in the world. The Medieval Sevdah Rhapsody is based on the orient tune in 7/8 rhythm. In the first part itâs in typical Bosnian rhythms and melodie, second part in a very fast 4/4 beat and the last part is the sevdah tango in 7/8.


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The Medieval Sevdah Rhapsody is the new composition for the accordeon written and played by Bosnian-Dutch composer Nihad Hrustanbegovic, one of the most fameus accordeon players in the world. The Medieval Sevdah Rhapsody is based on the orient tune in 7/8 rhythm. In the first part itâs in typical Bosnian rhythms and melodie, second part in a very fast 4/4 beat and the last part is the sevdah tango in 7/8.

Nihad Hrustanbegovic was born in 1973 in Bosnia and Herzegovina and started music education at the age of nine at the music school in the city of Bijeljina. At the age of 15, he started professional musical education in the Music college in the city of Tuzla. Between 1988 and 1991, Nihad, won five different prizes as accordionist at the âConcurs for music students of Bosnia and former Yugoslaviaâ, among the others three prizes as soloist. In 1995 He continued his music education in Netherlands at the ArtEZ - College for arts at Arnhem and Messiaen academy â special school for master of music performance. N. Hrustanbegovic received his Bachelors degree in 2000, and in 2002 his Master of Music degree with Cum Laude. Between 1995 and 2011 he performed in many European countries, amoung the others in, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech republic, Germany, Hungary, France, Finland, Spain, England, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and Zwitserland.

As the CD producer, he realised his first solo album âThe Best of Concert Accordionâ on March of 27th 2007. The debut presentation of the CD was presented in one of the most fameus Dutch TV shows âDe wereld draait doorâ - on March 28th. The Best of Concert Accordion includes classical transcriptions (Bach, Scarlatti, Grieg, Paganini), original contemporary works for solo accordion (Gubaidulina, Schmidt), and world music compositions (Semionov, Hrustanbegovic). In the same year he composed and played the music TV comercial tune âWereldpromenadeâ for the Heineken Extra Cold.

Nihad Hrustanbegovic co-operates also with many artists among others with Al Di Meola, Grace Jones, The jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, âThe Corpusâ from Amsterdam and Mozes Rosenberg. During his first accordion recital on 6th juni 2010 in Concertgebouw in Amsterdam he presented his second solo album Opus 7 The Cross-over and got the huge appreciation in Dutch News Paper Trouw by the journalist Stan Rijven: âWhat Pablo Casals did for emancipation of the cello, and Astor Piazzola of the bandoneon is Nihad Hrustanbegovic doing for accordion. He gives a âpoor manâs pianoâ admirable place at the Concert stageâ.