What the critics are saying.

"Nick Ariondo is a brilliant success!"

Zubin Mehta, Conductor

"I am impressed by [Nick's] music, by the way [he] writes for the accordion, and by [his] playing--so precise, so powerful."

Lukas Foss, Composer/Pianist/Conductor

"[Ariondo's] skills as a composer and arranger contribute enormously to the effectiveness of his performances. His lines are consistently clear, balanced, and carefully integrated."

Keyboard Magazine

"Nick Ariondo . . . the irrepressible avant-garde accordionist."

Los Angeles Times

"Nick's performances, musical arrangements and compositions are the best, musically and technically, that anyone can hear anywhere. He is so incredibly versatile . . . a genuine Living Legend."

Willard A. Palmer
Alfred Music Publishing, Senior Editor

"Nick Ariondo's full dominance of the accordion, be it his right-hand polyphony or his left-hand melodic passages, and his FANTASTIC bellows dynamism, shows you what can really be done on this instrument!"

Yoshiya Watanabe
Japan Accordion Promotion Conference / Tokyo, Japan

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