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KLAUS PAIER
accordion, bandoneon
V I T A
german
Klaus Paier, austrian accordionist and composer, studied accordion, jazz
and composition at Klagenfurt conservatory. Paier has been particularly
inspired by such instrumentalists as Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus
or Thelonious Monk. For him, their conception of jazz, with its wide diversity
of musical possibilities and freedoms, was of inestimable importance. In
addition to the historically evolved European harmonies involving the
accordion, the classical component has also assumed an unmistakable
position in Paier's compositions.
Statements
Klaus Paier is one of the great European accordionists enjoying a worldwide
reputation. He is a magician of sound, full of exuberant musical creativity
and energy. When he plays, he is far away in a world of music that is every
bit as hauntingly beautiful as it can be calamitously shaking.
Awards
Klaus Paier will be the first Austrian artist to receive the "Silver Disc Award"
in 2011 in Moscow. It's an award concernig accordionists and their
extraordinary achievements on the instrument.
For the CDs "Movimiento" and "Live", Klaus Paier was nominated for the
Austrian music prize, the "Amadeus Award".
1994, 1995, 1996 “Premio Internazionale di Castelfidardo”
Albums
Solitaire (2011), Dragonfly (2011), À deux (2009), Radiotree (2008),
Vibrations (2006), Saion (2006), Tiempo (2005), radio string quartet feat.
klaus paier (2004), Live vol. 1 (2003), Live vol. 2 (2003), Movimiento
(2000), More than tango (2000), accordion (1998), Tango (1997)
International tours
Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy,
Netherland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Lithuania,
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Romania, Moldova,
Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Egypt, USA, Canada, Algeria, Vietnam, Israel
Projects
Klaus Paier Solo, Klaus Paier & Asja Valcic, Klaus Paier Trio, Klaus Paier &
radio.string.quartet.vienna, Klaus Paier & Gerald Preinfalk
Sideman
David Orlowsky Trio, Gerald Preinfalk “Tangogo”, Sir Oliver Mally “Sidesteps”
V I T A
german
Klaus Paier, austrian accordionist and composer, studied accordion, jazz
and composition at Klagenfurt conservatory. Paier has been particularly
inspired by such instrumentalists as Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus
or Thelonious Monk. For him, their conception of jazz, with its wide diversity
of musical possibilities and freedoms, was of inestimable importance. In
addition to the historically evolved European harmonies involving the
accordion, the classical component has also assumed an unmistakable
position in Paier's compositions.
Statements
Klaus Paier is one of the great European accordionists enjoying a worldwide
reputation. He is a magician of sound, full of exuberant musical creativity
and energy. When he plays, he is far away in a world of music that is every
bit as hauntingly beautiful as it can be calamitously shaking.
Awards
Klaus Paier will be the first Austrian artist to receive the "Silver Disc Award"
in 2011 in Moscow. It's an award concernig accordionists and their
extraordinary achievements on the instrument.
For the CDs "Movimiento" and "Live", Klaus Paier was nominated for the
Austrian music prize, the "Amadeus Award".
1994, 1995, 1996 “Premio Internazionale di Castelfidardo”
Albums
Solitaire (2011), Dragonfly (2011), À deux (2009), Radiotree (2008),
Vibrations (2006), Saion (2006), Tiempo (2005), radio string quartet feat.
klaus paier (2004), Live vol. 1 (2003), Live vol. 2 (2003), Movimiento
(2000), More than tango (2000), accordion (1998), Tango (1997)
International tours
Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy,
Netherland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Lithuania,
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Romania, Moldova,
Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Egypt, USA, Canada, Algeria, Vietnam, Israel
Projects
Klaus Paier Solo, Klaus Paier & Asja Valcic, Klaus Paier Trio, Klaus Paier &
radio.string.quartet.vienna, Klaus Paier & Gerald Preinfalk
Sideman
David Orlowsky Trio, Gerald Preinfalk “Tangogo”, Sir Oliver Mally “Sidesteps”