 Guy
Klucevsek has created a unique repertoire for accordion
through his own composing and by commissioning over 50 works from composers
including Mary Ellen Childs, Anthony Coleman, William Duckworth, Fred Frith,
Aaron Jay Kernis, John King, Jerome Kitzke, Alvin Lucier, Stephen Montague,
Somei Satoh, Lois V Vierk and John Zorn.
He has composed over 20 dance scores for choreographers including Karen Bamonte, Angela Caponigro, David Dorfman, Anita Feldman, Victoria Marks and Mark Taylor. Klucevsek also composed the music for Chinoiserie, an evening-length music/theatre piece written in collaboration with Ping Chong and Company, which was presented on the 1995 Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where it ran for 5 sold-out performances. His solo performances include the Berlin Jazz Festival, New Music America, Serious Fun! at Lincoln Center, Bang on a Can, and the children's television show Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. He has also performed and/or recorded with Laurie Anderson, Anthony Braxton, Bill Frisell, Fred Frith, Robin Holcomb, the Kronos Quartet, Pauline Oliveros, Bobby Previte, Relache and John Zorn. In 1987, Klucevsek commissioned Polka From the Fringe, a collection of 32 post-modern two-steps by such composers as Carl Finch, Fred Frith, Christian Marclay and Elliott Sharp, which he presented at the 1988 Next Wave Festival, and has performed around the world with his group, Ain't Nothin' But A Polka Band. He has released eight recordings as soloist/leader, including Polka Dots & Laser Beams and ?Who Stole the Polka?, which were chosen as the best recordings of 1992 by John Schaefer on the nationally-syndicated radio program New Sounds, and Transylvanian Softwear, which was cited as a 1995 Recording of Special Merit in Stereo Review. He can also be heard on the recent compilations Planet Squeezebox on Ellipsis Arts and Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach on Tzadik. Further information on Guy Klucevsek can be seen at the web site for Tzadik Records. Klucevsek received a 1995 New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE) for his score for David Dorfman's dance, Hey, and was awarded a 'Listen Up' prize for 'Best Original Score of 1996' by Publishers Weekly for his Accordion Misdemeanors accompanying the Audio Book version of E. Annie Proulx's novel, Accordion Crimes. |