Sunday 22 November 2026, 19:30, Keizersgrachtkerk, Amsterdam. A double concert that travels from Bach to The Cure: Nihad Hrustanbegovic on symphonic accordion and Maryna Krylova on grand piano and church organ, in one of the most beautiful concert churches of Amsterdam.
Two instruments that rarely share a stage, two musicians who love to cross borders. Expect the architecture of Bach, the pulse of the eighties, improvisation in the moment and the full sound of the Keizersgrachtkerk organ.
Tickets
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Programme
Nihad Hrustanbegovic, symphonic accordion
- J. S. Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 29
- Claude Debussy: Clair de lune
- Isaac Albéniz: Asturias
- Antonio Vivaldi: Summer, from The Four Seasons
- Nihad Hrustanbegovic: A’dam & Eve, City of Forbidden Fruit
- Nihad Hrustanbegovic: Mediterraneo & symphonic sevdah dream
- The Cure: A Forest, Lullaby, Just Like Heaven
Maryna Krylova, grand piano and church organ
Her own compositions from the albums Red Moon and Dimension 5, together with new, unreleased work. She chooses the pieces on the spot, during the concert.
About Nihad Hrustanbegovic
Nihad Hrustanbegovic started with Bach and classical music and made the accordion a true concert instrument. He has played small stages and the biggest ones: the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the cathedral of Le Puy-en-Velay in France and the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Sarajevo. He performed with Grace Jones at Paradiso and at the thousandth concert of Flairck in Carré.
He studied classical accordion at the ArtEZ Conservatory and the Messiaen Academy in Arnhem and graduated cum laude in 2002. His debut, The Best of Concert Accordion (2007), features transcriptions of Bach (the Chaconne), Scarlatti and Sofia Gubaidulina, among others. His first own composition, the Stork Suite, found its way into television commercials and film.
Across ten solo albums he has translated polyphonic and minimalist music, originally written for organ, violin, piano, guitar and cello, to the symphonic accordion, such as Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. His tenth album, Mediterraneo, was released in 2025. For the 750th anniversary of Amsterdam he composed A’dam & Eve, City of Forbidden Fruit, which premiered on 25 October 2025 in the Amstelkerk.
His playing caught the attention of Robert Smith, frontman of The Cure and Nihad’s favourite artist. At Smith’s personal invitation, Nihad performed seven nights in a row at the Royal Albert Hall during the Teenage Cancer Trust charity week, alongside Mogwai, Wolf Alice, Garbage, Elbow and Manic Street Preachers, among others. According to Novam, Klassiek Centraal and the Sarajevo Times, no other accordionist has played there as often.
When the Horn Blows described his performance as “a combination of chilling melancholy and raw intensity”. Dutch newspaper Trouw wrote: “What Pablo Casals did for the emancipation of the cello, Hrustanbegovic does for the accordion.” Het Parool called him “one of the best accordionists in the world”. For Nihad, the accordion is an instrument that breathes, just like a person. He brings a Bach cantata and The Cure’s A Forest together on one stage as naturally as anything.
About Maryna Krylova
Maryna Krylova (formerly known as Marynka) is a Russian-Dutch composer and pianist based in Amsterdam. Originally from Moscow, she graduated in Utrecht as a big band leader and in Music & Technology. She has played guitar, harp and even her father’s accordion, but the grand piano remained her favourite instrument.
She devotes herself entirely to creating music of overwhelming beauty and freedom. Maryna believes that beauty in itself has the power to heal and change the world.
Her way of composing is inseparable from the moment of playing, much like Indian ragas. She creates tonal compositions that she plays freely at every performance, without sheet music. Silence plays a key role: it lets inspiration flow and draws the listener into the music. While playing, Maryna becomes one with her instrument, the space and her audience.
Inspired by Scriabin’s search for ecstasy and the sacred meaning of music, she takes her listeners on an intimate journey. Her minimalism quiets the constant stream of thoughts and brings the audience into a deep, meditative state.
On Orphono Records she released two albums of her own solo piano compositions, Red Moon and Dimension 5, including Spiral to Heaven, Winter, Yellow Rubber Boots, Dimension 5 and Dismay Waltz, recorded at 432 Hz with multiple microphones. Listeners speak of “being transported to another dimension”, “reliving long forgotten memories” and “a very emotional and intimate experience”.
Maryna has played in remarkable places: a two and a half hour set on a raft in Gorky Park in Moscow, several times in the theatre garden of Moulin Jaune in Paris, at the Scriabin Museum in Moscow and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, and often in the Keizersgrachtkerk, as well as in holistic centres, meditation venues, galleries and festivals.
Zondag 22 november 2026 om 19.30 uur, Keizersgrachtkerk, Amsterdam. Dubbelconcert: van Bach tot The Cure, met Nihad Hrustanbegovic (symfonisch accordeon) en Maryna Krylova (vleugel en kerkorgel). Early bird tickets via Eventbrite.