about kj

Janek practices composition and performance on double bass and his electronic set in real time. In his work he searches for the balance between aesthetics and discourse. Klaus has performed at concerts and festivals internationally and has collaborated with dance. His music results in concerts, musictheatre pieces, radio pieces and album formats.

He is a founding member of Sounding Situations and sOnic alchemy, member of Sandeep Bhagwati’s Sabdagatitara Network, regular collaborator with Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods. Engagements and composition commissions bring him to the Louvre, Berghain, transmediale, Transart, white night (Montreal, Tel Aviv), Impulstanz Vienna, Vision Festival NYC, Merzmusik, Gropius Bau, HKW, arte Concert and many more. Guest lectures at universities worldwide. Artist residencies in Brazil (Vila Sul), Belgium (Q-02), Israel (Musrara Art School), NYC. He is a recipient of the Robert Bosch Stiftung Scholarship and grants from Musikfonds, German Music Council, KSB, Kulturaustausch Berlin and Kulturamt Bozen. Winner of the “Music Theatre Now 2018”.