Comments on: Street Accordionist Plays Vivaldi

By: David

David — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:08:47 +0000

My dad and I went to Bern over the weekend.. walking throughout the city we where captured by an unusual use of the accordion. there he was, genius.

By: Jerry, a Ruslan Fan

Jerry, a Ruslan Fan — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:54:33 +0000

I also saw him in Nice and was mesmorized by his play. I aslo bought a CD from him. Since I speak German I can explain the German text.
It says: Ruslan studied at the National Music Academie in Kiew under the famous Solist Professor Pawel Fenjuk. He studied “Bajan Bandeon im Hauptfach” which means that ukrainian Bajan Bandeon was his main subject.
Unfortunately, I have not seen him since….

By: A Ruslan fan

A Ruslan fan — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:35:28 +0000

Where does Ruslan Slinko play today?
I saw Ruslan ten years ago, at the last week of June in 2000, in Nice, French Riviera. We were there for celebrating my mother’s birthday. We dined almos every night in the Old town. After that we walked through the Flower Market “Cours Saleya” to the sea side. Between Cours Saleya and Quai des Etats-Unis, the sea side boulevard in the front of the Old town, there is a low building you have to pass by a some kind of pedestrian tunnel, or under an arc that goes through this old building..
Ruslan was there almost every night. Playing Vivaldi, Bach and especially “Vocalise” of Sergei Rahmaninoff. I heard that song first time and falled in love with it. If I hear it today I always remember that summer, those warm evenings and the play of Ruslan. There were some alcoholics, “Clochards” in the tunnel who made noise. When Ruslan started to play, one of them asked the others be quiet and they all concentrated to listen the music. Ruslan selled his CDs and I bought a one. So I can enjoy of his music at home. When we returned to Nice two years later he was not there. I wonder how he choosed to play in the street. In the Cd there is a text about him. He was born in 1972 in Zvenigorodka in Ukraine. From 1992 to 1997 he studied in Haupfach Bajan, Bandeon (or in National Music Academie in Kiew, I am not sure, the text is in German). So he is a trained musician.
But where does he play today? If somebody knows please tell!

By: Paivi

Paivi — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:38:02 +0000

Ruslan Slinko moved me too at the last week of June in 2000 in Nice. We were there for a holiday and we spent also my mother’s 70 years birthday. At the evenings we dined in the old town and after that we walked through the Cours Saleya a flower market, to the Quai des Etats Unis at the sea. Ruslan was there every night, under a little underpass tunnel, playing Sergei Rahmaninoffs Vocalise, a composition I heard first time then and got falling in love with it. When I hear the song today I remember my mother’s birthday, the sun sets at the sea and I got tears in my eyes. There was always some alcoholics,clochards near him but when he started to play they were quiet and concentrated to listen at him. I bought a CD from Ruslan and I can listen him here at home. WE came back to Nice two years later but he was not there any more. Does anybody know where is the metro station he plays nowadays? It would be great to hear him again.

By: hrysi

hrysi — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:59:36 +0000

he is a great performer with pentup emotion. just great