Video 1: Nikolay Bine – “Petite suite Française” by Richard Galliano conducted by Ajtony Csaba on January 9, 2022
Video 2: Nikolay Bine – “Pondicherry Tango” by Jérôme Richard219 viewsMay 26, 2021
Accordionist Nikolay Bine will perform at the 2022 ATG Festival July 20 – 24, 2022 in Lisle (Chicago), Illinois. Nikolay Bine (born 1996) began accordion studies at the age of 6. He studied at the St.Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov. During his education, Nikolay proved to be a very talented accordionists among young musicians of Russia. He is a winner of many world prestigious competitions such as:
– 2014 1st place Trophée Mondial (Kaunas, Lithuania)
– 2017 five 3rd places in internationally aclaimed accordion competitions: “Internationaler Akkordeonwettbewerb Klingenthal” (Klingenthal, Germany), “Coupe Mondial”(Ozimo, Italy), “Citta di Castelfidardo” (Castelfidardo, Italy), and “Trophee Mondial”(Onet-le-Château, France).
He toured as a soloist and with his jazz ensemble “Four ever band” organized in 2015, participating in many large international festivals: Limbažu accordion festival in Latvia, the festival of association of Chinese and Russian universities of arts 2016 in Jinan, China, “Jazz accordion festival in Castelfidardo” (Italy) 2017. In 2019, he was invited to play in the international exhibition “The New York Times Travel Show” in New York, USA.
Nikolay’s well-received concerts and masterclasses have been held in the USA, Canada, China, Italy, Hungary, Latvia, Slovenia, Germany, and many other countries. In 2019, he was accepted to Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts (USA), and currently continuing his music education at the University of Victoria in Canada, pursuing a Master’s Degree in accordion performance in the newly established accordion studies program.
In addition to his primary instrument, the accordion, Nikolay began studying piano at the age of 8 as a secondary instrument. He continued piano courses at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory where he developed his virtuoso music skills. Nikolay’s musical specialty is accordion and piano jazz. He has created many arrangements of jazz standards and composed his own contemporary jazz pieces, being inspired by current New York jazz artists.
He has played with world-famous jazz musicians such as Chick Corea, David Binney, Benny Benack III, Alexander Claffy, Simone Zanchini, Sean Mason, and others. Nikolay has also been an invited jury member of the prestigious world accordion competitions PIF Castelfidardo (Italy, 2019), Trophée Mondial (virtual online, 2020), Accordion Star International (USA, 2021), and Italia Award (Italy, 2021).
