Mario Batkovic @ Rhino Jazz

The accordion like you’ve never heard it before! serial killer He has made it his mission to explore the full sound potential of his instrument, to dust off its traditional image and to take his piano with straps towards original technical constructions, unheard of in the true sense of the term. Of Bosnian origin but living in Switzerland where he graduated from the Basel Academy, Mario Batkovic started playing the accordion at the age of four. After three decades of intensive practice, he has built a work of epic power and totally unexpected or even “unheard” sound magnitudes. Pure acoustics without any effects that bridge the gap between baroque and experimental contemporary through its tonal subtleties and serial auditory loops, somewhere between Michael Nyman, Wim Mertens and above all Philipp Glass through its hypnotic repetitions. Extending the notes to the limits of the possible, using the clicks of the keys for the rhythm, Mario Batkovic alternates between delicacy and frenzy to