Accordionist & Composer Guy Klucevsek Performs at Spectrum

Accordionist, composer and "trailblazing virtuoso", Guy Klucevsek performs his most recent compositions at Spectrum (121 Ludlow, NYC) on Saturday, October 1 at 9 pm. Klucevsek's program features his tributes to those who have inspired him, including the composers Astor Piazzolla, Erik Satie, Nino Rota, and Kurt Weill, among others. For this performance, part of John King's "Born into Flames" series, Klucevsek is joined by Todd Reynolds, violin, Kamala Sankaram, soprano voice, and the pianist Phillip Bush.

The program highlights selections from Guy Klucevsek's forthcoming CD on the Starkland label, "Teetering on the Verge of Normalcy", to be released on September 30, 2016. "Friendship and tributes bind this album together," Sarah Cahill writes in the CD's Introduction. "Compared to his previous work, this heartfelt album has an especially elegiac quality, informed by the loss of comrades and colleagues." Musicians on the album include Todd Reynolds and Kamala Sankaram, who will be joining Guy in performace at Spectrum, along with pianist Alan Bern.

General admission is $15, students and seniors are $10.

Guy Klucevsek is one of the world's most versatile and highly-respected accordionists. Klucevsek has redefined the status of the accordion in new music. As a "rebel with an accordion," he "combines poker-faced wit and imagination with command of his instrument, forcing you to re-think the accordion's limitations" (Downbeat), and is "a remarkable performer on a remarkable instrument" (Village Voice). Klucevsek has premiered over 50 solo accordion pieces, including his own, as well as those he has commissioned from Mary Ellen Childs, William Duckworth, Fred Frith, Aaron Jay Kernis, Jerome Kitzke, Stephen Montague, Somei Satoh, Lois V Vierk, and John Zorn. He has performed and/or recorded with Laurie Anderson, Bang On a Can, Brave Combo, Anthony Braxton, Anthony Coleman, Dave Douglas, Bill Frisell, Rahim al Haj, Robin Holcomb, Kepa Junkera, the Kronos Quartet, Natalie Merchant, Present Music, Relâche, Zeitgeist, and John Zorn.

"Teetering on the Verge of Normalcy" is Klucevsek's fourth release on the Starkland label. Previous releases include "Transylvanian Softwear" (ST-207) which garnered a "Recording of Special Merit" from Stereo Review, "Free Range Accordion" (ST-209), and "Polka from the Fringe" (ST-218) of which the LA TImes wrote that Klucevsek "has few equals in bending genres."

For more information, visit guyklucevsek.com