Don’t laugh. This young man gives a remarkable rendition of the third (“Presto”) movement of the “Summer” concerto from The Four Seasons.
If you enjoy this, be sure to also view the accordion versions of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee and Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.
Update 10/14/09 by Alex – the guy is Alexandr Hrustevich, and you can see many more excellent clips on his YouTube profile page.
Tim Giachetti
Jule, troll some where else please.
Mario
Brilliant!
Eigil
Love it! Come play with us!
wit of a twit
he is very good
Daniel Kim
I will *never* look at an accordion the same!
PaulVI
A. The least annoying - most beautiful - accordian performance I have ever witnessed.
B. Whatever his lessons cost, he got his money's worth. Time to bankroll.
Great!
Donbert
That isn't an accordion, it is a concertina. Accordions have a keyboard for the right hand.
moo
Allen Garvin
That is not a concertina: it's a chromatic button accordion, and they're quite a challenge to play. There are many types of button accordions, usually with the buttons arranged in diatonic rows. I can honk out a few simple tunes on my horribly out-of-tune one-row (usually brought out at Christmas to play auld lang syne).
Concertinas differ from accordions in that the melody buttons are on both ends (instead of melody/chord divisions typical of accordions), and the buttons are oriented in the same direction as the bellows. I have a couple types: a 20-button C/G anglo, and a 1921 Chemnitzer Pearl Queen. They're fun instruments!
Always remember: Accordions don't play Lady of Spain, people do.
Shae
Weird Al has just been thoroughly humbled.
Artist 2
The Red Priest would be pleased. (Look him up.)
Christophe
how many buttons is there on that chromatic thing???
wow.
Gregory
It's russian folk version of classic accordion named button accordion 
Ali S.
Talk about epic. He blew me away!
lansing wedding photographer
he should learn to cover some Metallica songs
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