Blog by Volodymyr Kurylenko

My special thanks to a wonderful musician - Richard Galliano ! He brought me back to Bach! Having listened to his new "Bach" CD made me coming back to the music of the great Master! --------------  Photo taken from the site: http://www.richardgalliano.com/common_pages/pages_disco/bach.htm 

17 квітня грав у складі К-тріо з Романом Колядою ! Грати було легко, на одному диханні. Не скажу, що попередні виступи були складними, чи ще щось, але, коли за певних обставин відчуваєш Божу допомогу - це окриляє! За день до ансамблевого концерту, мені стало відомо, що доведеться пограти й СОЛО на цьому концерті. Так як я тільки повернувся з закордонної поїздки, програма була готова. От тільки в столиці я виступав вперше, що робило цей виступ особливо хвилюючим. Ніколи не знаєш, як сприймуть гру на Батьківщині! Голандія вже обкатана мною вздовж і впоперек, а от Україна... Але, начебто, обійшлося без помідорів! ;)

At last I've found on the Internet a video where Maestro plays himself! Alexander Na Yun Kin - "Moscow Intermezzo" *** Наконец-то я нашел в инернете видео с игрой Маэстро! Александр На Юн Кин - "Московское интермеццо"   More pieces by Alexander Na Yun Kin *** Другие пьесы Александра На Юн Кина  Another piece, arrangement by Alexander Na Yun Kin of a song by Beatles "Michelle" performed by ensemble of bayan players " Russian Timbre ": *** Еще одна пьеса - аранжировка   Александр На Юн Кина "Мишель" из репертуара Битлз . Исполняет ансамбль " Русский тембр ": The piece by A.Na Yun Kin - Elegy from " Small Romantic Triptyh "- played by Kirill Kriklivets ***   Александр На Юн Кин - "Элегия" из цикла "Маленький романтический триптих". Исполняет Кирилл Крикливец : ************ Music sheets of the piece here: http://music.volod.com.ua/na_yun_kin.php The piece by A.Na Yun...

Alexander Burdyug and Andrey Fesenko Photo taken here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunshinec/2800926237/ Musicians web page: http://volod.com.ua/burdyug_fesenko.php   ***  My friends playing in the streets... So did I once. And I'm not sure, if I won't have to do it again... Is this our - bayan / accordion players - "good luck" or sad necessity? Is this the only way to earn for a living? Why do good musicians with classical education from countries of the former Soviet Union (and others) have to play in the streets in major cases? Is there no demand for performances on serious stages? Is the world of bayan / accordion performers too narrow and there is not much space for everybody? More questions then answers.. *** Enjoy the music!       P.S. If you want to support these artists, you can buy their CDs. Do contact me from this page: http://volod.com.ua/burdyug_fesenko.php P.P.S. This is NOT an advert but trying to help.

Performed on 23.10.2009  on bayan by Folk Artist of Russia Sergey Naiko . O.Meremkuov "Three Frescos" . 1. Immemorial Letters 2. Delusion 3. Choral 25th anniversary performance since the first premiere.

The piece by A.Na Yun Kin - Elegy from " Small Romantic Triptyh "- beautifully played by Kirill Kriklivets Worth to see and listen! ************ Music sheets of the piece here: http://music.volod.com.ua/na_yun_kin.php

Pascal Contet - a French accordion player: www.pascalcontet.com Busy with contemporary music. Performing with varies instruments, artists. I like combination with Chinese Sheng : Nice performance of Nigun by Bloch (originally for violin and piano): ( Here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigun - you can read what " nigun " means ) You can compare performance of this piece by listening to fantastic violin playing by Leonid Kogan :