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merima ključo playing with her accordion pigini - super bayan sirius piano merima ključo
 non_vocal_instrumentalist december 26 , 1973 concert accordion classical klezmer , balkan , sevdah , new music , world , sephardic , merima_kljuco_with_her_concert_accordion_in_los_angeles , _ february_2014 . jpg bosnia and herzegovina merima ključo concert accordionist , composer , arranger , producer
merima ključo

merima ključo is a bosnian-born , los angeles-based concert accordionist .
her repertoire draws from classical , avant-garde and experimental music as well as balkan , sephardic and klezmer traditions .
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 '' -lrb- gramofon , 2009 / harmonia mundi uk / world village 2010 -rrb- , 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 '' .
her books `` eastern european folk tunes for accordion '' and `` klezmer and sephardic tunes for accordion '' are published by schott music .
in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the siege of sarajevo in 2012 , the eastwest theater company and the bosnian theater director haris pašović invited merima as musical director to compose , arrange and perform `` sarajevo red line '' -lrb- `` sarajevska crvena linija '' -rrb- .
the piece , which incorporated traditional and pop songs , as well as classical music -- music with deep cultural significance -- was performed on april 6 , 2012 , to an audience of 11,541 empty red chairs lining the main boulevard in sarajevo , with one chair for every life lost in the siege .
on that day , thousands of people from all walks of life congregated to witness and remember .
her most recent multimedia work `` the sarajevo haggadah : music of the book '' -lrb- for accordion , piano and video , 2014 -rrb- traces the story of one of jewish culture 's most treasured manuscripts .
using the musical traditions of spain , italy , austria , and bosnia-herzegovina , ključo illustrates the haggadah 's travels from medieval spain to 20th-century bosnia where it was hidden and rescued during world war ii , to its restoration by the national museum in sarajevo after the 1992-1995 war .
inspired by the historical novel `` people of the book '' by pulitzer-prize winning author geraldine brooks , `` the sarajevo haggadah : music of the book '' interprets the artifact as a universal symbol of exile , return , and co-existence .
