Alexander Hrustevich
Uses classical transcriptions and orchestral collaborations to show the bayan as both solo and concerto instrument.
- Years
- 1983–
- Country
- Ukraine
- Instrument
- Bayan
Alexander Hrustevich is a Ukrainian bayan player born in 1983. He began playing at six and studied at the National Academy of Music of Ukraine with Vladimir Besfamilnov.
His concert repertoire includes bayan transcriptions of classical violin and orchestral music. He also performs with orchestras, including a performance of Vladimir Zubitsky's Omaggio ad Astor Piazzolla with the Russian Chamber Philharmonic St. Petersburg. His solo repertoire includes an excerpt from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. He has performed both music adapted from violin and orchestral parts for a single bayan and works in which the bayan exchanges lines with an orchestra.
Selected works, recordings and publications
- The Four Seasons (excerpt)
Hrustevich performs a passage from Vivaldi's violin concertos on solo bayan.
TypeBayan transcription · concert repertoire
Performance source - Omaggio ad Astor Piazzolla
A Vladimir Zubitsky work performed with the Russian Chamber Philharmonic St. Petersburg.
TypeBayan and orchestra · performance
Performance source