TOEAC Pictures

Ever heard of a musical painting exhibition? The accordion duo TOEAC takes you to a musical museum where you will be transported to paintings of dancing chicks, a wild witch, a hut on chicken legs and the sunset in New York.

The piece of music 'The Painting Exhibition' by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) is known all over the world. Mussorgsky wrote the work, consisting of 16 pieces for piano, on the occasion of a visit to an exhibition of paintings by Viktor Hartmann on 23 June 1874. Presumably, this is the most edited piano work of all time. In addition to the many orchestrations for symphony orchestras, there are versions for jazz orchestra, rock groups (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), wind and fanfare orchestras, synthesizers (Japanese artist Tomita) and solo arrangements for organ, harpsichord and guitar. Through TOEAC, there is now a performance on the Russian instrument par excellence: the bayan or accordion!

They made an arrangement of this fantastic piece of music and invited composer Chiel Meijering to give his personal addition to Mussorgsky's piece of music. Where Hartmann's paintings inspired Mussorgsky for his masterpiece, Meijering was guided by Mondrian's lines.

A musical museum where the Russian and Dutch worlds are connected by TOEAC accordions. The music takes the students through paintings depicting dancing chicks, a wild witch, a hut on chicken legs and the sunset in New York.