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Lelo Nika
12+ albums
under 2000 listenersworld
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JOE ZAWINUL OM LELO NIKA “… this guy, Lelo Nika, is the greatest accordion player who has ever lived. This guy, …. he’s the greatest virtuoso who has ever lived. He is a gipsy, he’s from Belgrad, who grew up in Copenhagen … one day, i was playing in Copenhagen and he came in and wanted to play something for me. And we sat in a dressing room, a small dressing room, and he started a sad play, and i never in my life heard anybody playing like this. So we said “OK, we make a little project” - it was incredible, with the band as special guest, incredible, … this guy plays Paganini, you know … i never heard something similar in my life!” Lelo Nika is a world champion. His title is genuine, and he won it fair and square at a competition in the German city Klingenberg. Lelo was happy just to be there and show that things could be done differently. So when he reached the finals, he was satisfied. He played Paganini very fast – light, flying and elegant. As always, Lelo Nika played like music is a party. And that is how he became world champion. Lelo Nika is 38. He was born in Nikolinci, 80 km. from Beograd and close to the Rumanian border. In 1970, when Lelo was one year old, his family moved to Denmark. He comes from a family of musicians – his father, grandfateher and uncle all played – and played well enough to make their living at it. Lelo Nika has played since he was a child. It has been said that he was born with an accordion in his hands, and the statement has never been dis
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