Accordion Master Class by Alexander Sevastian

Tonight audience members and accordion enthusiasts were treated to a master class in the true sense of the word "master." Alexander Sevastian, winner of four International Accordion Competitions in Russia, Norway, and the U.S., coached three performers at the Music Recital Hall at SOU. The master class was part of Quartetto Gelato's week-long residency with CMC, sponsored by Jim Collier. Alexander had already wowed the audience at QG's concert Saturday night — his musicality and technique are incredible to behold — and seeing him work with accordion players and talk to them about these performance aspects was very rewarding.

Now a Canadian citizen, Alex is originally from Belarus and has been playing accordion since age seven. He studied in Minsk and then Moscow, and has since performed as a soloist in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Serbia, Canada, and the U.S. Hear a sample of Alex's virtuosic performances.