Merima Ključo
Merima Ključo
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Genres: bosnia-herzegovina
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About Merima Ključo
Merima Ključo, accordionist, performs internationally as a recitalist and has been guest soloist with orchestras including the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Holland Symphonia and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. As soloist, she has participated in a number of renowned festivals including the St. Magnus Festival (Scotland), the City of London Festival, the Gaudeamus Festival (Amsterdam) and the Gubaidulina Festival – honoring Sofia Gubaidulina on the occasion of her 75th birthday. She is a member of the Telesto Trio (with violinist Tiziana Pintus and cellist John Addison) and Serendipity 4 (with singers Theodore Bikel and Shura Lipovsky and pianist Tamara Brooks) and is a frequent guest of MusikFabrik, the Asko/Schönberg Ensemble and the Nederland Blazers Ensemble. Her performances have been broadcast by the BBC, and networks in the Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Hungary and Israel. Opera and theatre performances in which Ključo has taken part include Opera Circus, Bremer Theater, Nederlandse Kinder Theater. She has also worked with Daniel Landau and Joaquim Sabate, whose projects are prize-winning theater productions. In 2006, she was asked by the Bayerischer Rundfunk to compose music for the radio drama, Wie der Soldat das Grammofon repariert, based on the book by Saša Stanišic and directed by Leonhard Koppelmann. Random House published this production as an audio book. Merima Ključo also composes and arranges a number of works for accordion, collaborates with many composers and has recorded music for the film, Jack by Sergej Krešo, and performed in the documentary concert films: Journey 4 Artists by Michele Noble and Stories of Sevdah by Robert Golden, among others. Ključo's involvement with world music is an enriching experience for her and brings yet another dimension to her work. She has participated in projects with different musicians and organizations, including “Musicians Without Borders”, an international organization where she is an active member of the Committee of Recommendation. Recently, Schott Music published Ključo's book, Eastern European Folk Tunes for Accordion and the accompanying CD performed and produced by her. This collection contains a selection of music adapted for the accordion, featuring pieces from Klezmer, Sevdah and Balkan traditions. The love of this music, and the music of Bosnia in particular, is something she seeks to share with audiences everywhere. Merima Ključo has given workshops and master classes in conservatories and universities including the Guildhall School of Music (England), the University of Edinburgh (Scotland) and Syracuse and Georgetown universities (USA). She studied accordion at the Srednja Muzicka Škola in Sarajevo, studied at the Rotterdam Conservatory with Miny Dekkers graduating cum laude and was a Masters scholarship student at the University of the Arts Bremen where she studied with Margit Kern, graduating cum laude.
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