Crosscurrents

We are thrilled to invite you to an haunting and passionate program of music by composer and concert accordionist Merima Ključo!  Merima and her vocal partner Jelena Milušić will be joining us all the way from Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina for their performance, discussion panel, and live Zoom Q&A immediately following the concert.

All of the music for our next Virtual Concert was composed or arranged by the one-of-a-kind Merima Kljuĉo, whose works encompasses a wide range of influences from contemporary classical to traditional music from many different Eastern European, Jewish and Muslim cultures, bringing all of them into harmonious coexistence.  We'll begin the concert with a set of solo accordion pieces that showcase contrasting aspects of Merima's musical personality, along with artwork by Bart Woodstrup.  Most of you may not associate the accordion with classical music, but it actually has a significant following in conservatories throughout Europe, growing beyond its folk roots as a…