Accordionist Guy Klucevsek will present his workshop called
“Unusual and Unorthodox Techniques for Accordion” at the AAA Festival in Buffalo, New York July 6-10, 2016.

Some of the techniques discussed in this workshop include: various kinds of tremolos (finger & bellows), metric independence of the hands (playing one meter in the left hand against a different one in the right hand), playing right hand melodies with the thumb, and imitating other instruments (guitar, bagpipe, mandolin).

Guy Klucevsek began playing accordion in 1952, after he saw Dick Contino on television.   Since that time, he has performed and/or recorded with Laurie Anderson, Bang On a Can, Alan Bern, Brave Combo, Anthony Braxton, Jason Robert Brown, Charles Busch, Dave Douglas, Bill Frisell, Kepa Junkera, the Kronos Quartet, Alex Meixner, Natalie Merchant, John Williams, and John Zorn.

A composer as well as a performer, his music reverberates with sounds of the ballroom, the beer garden and the concert hall, fusing elements of regional accordion styles with jazz and avant-garde music. Performances include Ten Days on the Island (Tasmania), the Adelaide Festival (Australia), the Berlin Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center, Spoleto Festival/USA, BAM Next Wave Festival,  international accordion festivals in Vienna, Cotati (CA), and San Antonio, and the children’s television show “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood”.

His group “Accordion Tribe” (1996-2006) toured internationally, released 3 cds, and were the subjects of Stefan Schwietert’s award-winning documentary film, “Accordion Tribe:  Music Travels”. Klucevsek has released 23 recordings as leader/co-leader. He is the recipient of a 2010 United States Arts Collins Fellowship, awarded to “America’s finest artists”.

For further information on the AAA Festival: www.ameraccord.com

For more information on Guy Klucevsek:
gklucevsek@mac.com