Merima Ključo
| Merima Ključo | |
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Merima Ključo playing with her accordion
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| Background information | |
| Born | December 26, 1973 |
| Origin | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Genres | Classical, New music, World, Sephardic, Klezmer, Balkan, Sevdah |
| Occupation(s) | concert accordionist, composer, arranger, producer |
| Instruments | concert accordion |
| Website | www |
| Notable instruments | |
| Pigini - Super Bayan Sirius Piano | |
Merima Ključo (born December 26, 1973 in Livno, Bosnia & Herzegovina) is a Yugoslavia - born concert accordionist and composer. In 1993 she moved to The Netherlands as a refugee of the Bosnian War. Currently she is a Bosnian - Dutch citizen. After receiving a Genius visa in 2011 she became an American resident and is currently based in Los Angeles.
Merima Ključo is a classically trained accordionist, specialized in contemporary music. She is fluent in different musical idioms and her repertoire draws from classical, avant-garde and experimental music, as well as her own compositions where Balkan, Sephardic and Klezmer traditions meet contemporary techniques.
Ključo has been a guest soloist with a number of symphonic orchestras, including the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Holland Symphonia, and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. As soloist she has participated in the St Magnus Festival, the City of London Festival, the Gaudeamus Festival and the Gubaidulina Festival among others.
In addition to performing on the accordion, Ključo composes and arranges. She produced, composed, and arranged the critically acclaimed album Zumra (Gramofon, 2009/ Harmonia Mundi UK / World Village 2010), which featured the Bosnian traditional singer Amira Medunjanin. The Sunday Times voted Zumra one of the "Top 100 albums of 2010", as well as No. 4 in "Top 10 World Music Albums".
Ključo has contributed music to the films, "In the Land of Blood and Honey" by Angelina Jolie, "Jack" by Sergej Kreso, "Journey 4 Artists" by Michele Noble, and "Stories of Sevdah" by Robert Golden.
She has also worked with the National Jewish Theater, Bremer Theater, Nederlandse Kinder Theater, Eastwest Theatre Company and Zagreb Youth Theater and with directors Daniel Landau, Lenka Udovički, Derek Goldman, Haris Pašović and Edvin Liverić.
In 2006 she composed music for the radio drama "Wie der Soldat das Grammofon repariert," that is based on the book by Saša Stanišić and published as an audio book through Random House.
From 2009 to 2012, she played and worked as arranger/composer for Theodore Bikel's one-man play, "Sholom Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears".
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