Guy Klucevsek Memorial Concert: Comin’ On Home

Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 8:00 pm, doors 7pm

Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NYC

FREE w/ RSVP

Guy Klucevsek, a master accordionist, composer, collaborator, and fearless punster, passed away on May 22, 2025. To honor Guy’s legacy, a group of close friends—led by his wife, Jan Klucevsek—have organized a concert to celebrate his life and music, featuring works for ensembles, solo accordion, dance, and theater, performed by artists who knew him well, often as collaborators. The music and stories told by friends will reveal Guy’s wonderful sense of humor and humanity.

Bachtopus Accordion Ensemble (Robert Duncan, Peter Flint, Mayumi Miyaoka, Jeanne Velonis)
Alan Bern piano (via video)
Pete Donovan bass
Joseph Franklin speaker
Erik Friedlander cello
Volker Goetze trumpet
Dave Hofstra bass
Will Holshouser accordion
Jeff Hudgins saxophone, voice
Phillip Johnston soprano saxophone
John King electric guitar
Jerome Kitzke speaker
Nathan Koci accordion
Joe Kubera piano
Jenny Lin piano
Laurie McCants speaker
Alex Meixner accordion
Relâche Ensemble
Todd Reynolds violin
Bill Ruyle drums
Kamala Sankaram voice
Abby Swidler violin and voice
Andie Tanning violin
Dallas Vietty accordion
Doug Wieselman clarinets

“Klucevsek is a trailblazing virtuoso.” –The Wall Street Journal

“A rebel with an accordion…Klucevsek combines poker-faced wit and imagination with command of his instrument, forcing you to re-think the accordion’s limitations.” –Downbeat

“Forget everything you thought you knew about the accordion.” –The Seattle Weekly

“A remarkable performer on a remarkable instrument.  Klucevsek writes the world’s most abnormal ‘normal’ music, like the Godzilla of accordions.  No other composer on the scene is so untouched by fashion.” –Village Voice

“The omnipresent oompah that makes a polka a polka was displayed, stretched, bent, twisted, mocked, abstracted and exalted.” –New York Times

A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing.

Photo by Tom Steenland

Join us for an evening of music featuring the premiere of “The Boy Who Drew Cats” by Randall Woolf. The new work, commissioned by The Old Stone House, is based on the Japanese folktale. A young boy who constantly draws cats acquires magical powers from his drawings, and defeats a horde of magical rats occupying a temple.

In addition, chamber music from his ballet of “Where The Wild Things Are”, pianist Kathleen Supové will perform Woolf’s “Milk And Cookies”, and the premiere of his “The Soap Museum” for string quartet and percussion.

“The Boy Who Drew Cats” and “Milk And Cookies” were commissioned by The Old Stone House and in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

336 3rd st Brooklyn, NY

7:30pm

Join Bachtopus for a one-hour concert May 4th, 12-1pm in Abingdon Square (West Village). We will perform music spanning 400 years (on accordion). Free and open to the public.

The Bachtopus Accordion Ensemble will perform a FREE concert in NYC at Third Street Music School on Thur. April 11 at 7pm, playing old and new music by J.S. Bach, Peter Flint, Conrad Cummings, Amy Denio, Guy Klucevsek, Nathan Koci, Giovanni Valentini, and more!!!

We will be playing an hour-long program of music spanning 400 years, both written for and adapted to the accordion, and it promises to be an engaging night of wide-ranging music.

Third Street Music School Settlement. 235 E 11th St, New York, NY 10003-7305

To register for free, click on one of the following links:

https://tinyurl.com/y5uur5fm

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bachtopus-accordion-ensemble-400-years-of-music-tickets-876036728437?aff=oddtdtcreator

And we’re listed with their other events here:
https://www.thirdstreet.nyc/latest

Bachtopus debuts a new video for River Rune, a piece written for us by Dr. Schimmel and sponsored by a grant from The Brooklyn Arts Council. The weekend seminar details follow:

IN THE SHADOW IN THE ….!
THE 2023 ACCORDION SEMINARS – DR. WILLIAM SCHIMMEL, CURATOR

Dates: Friday to Sunday, July 28, 29, 30, 2023; Master class 3:00 to 4:00; Concert 4:00 to 5:00

Admission: $165.00 for the entire program
PayPal: Accordionbill@gmail.com

Links will be provided prior to each day you register. 
Participants will include – in no separate order:
Micki Goodman, Paul Stein, Will Holshouser, Dr. Robert Young McMahan, Dr. Denise Koncelik, Doug Makofka, Carl Riehl, Erica Marie Mancini, Robert Duncan, Jeanne Velonis, Sydknee,
Rita Davidson, Hanzhi Wang, Dr. Marina Li, Dr. Thomas Massucci, Bob Goldberg, Brian Dewan,
The Main Squeeze Orchestra, Peter Flint, Mayumi Miyaoka, Bachtopus, Benjamin Ickies,
John Foti, Godfrey Nelson, Lorraine Nelson Wolf, William Komaiko, Dr. Hugo Goldenzweig, Dan Cooper, Elliott Sharp, Gene Pritsker, Mark Kostabi, Mary Spencer Knapp, Sari Kalin, Milica Paranosic, Dave Soldier, David First, David Stoler, Jack Di Bennidetto, Peter Jarvis, Corn Mo – and Dr. Schimmel.

For more details: http://www.billschimmel.com/

Join us and over 350 musicians on Saturday, June 3, from 11AM to 9PM, throughout the Rivertown villages of Yonkers, Hastings on Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Irvington, Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow. Bachtopus performs at 3pm, Dobbs Ferry Lutheran Church. For more information about the festival: https://2023musictour.riverarts.org/

For more information about performances in the Dobbs Ferry area: https://2023musictour.riverarts.org/category/dobbs-ferry/

For specific information about our show: https://2023musictour.riverarts.org/jeanne-velonis/

Bachtopus is pleased to perform this Saturday from 5-6pm at the Open Stages festival sponsored by the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. We will be performing in front of the Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

BROOKLYN OPEN STAGES is Saturday, May 13, 2023 — 3-8 pm (15+ Stages Throughout the Streets of Park Slope)
Join us on Saturday, May 13 for Open Stages 2023, BKCM’s spring music festival! Stoops, schoolyards, parks and local cafes throughout Park Slope will host 150+ inspiring artists sure to amaze families. Past acts have included Grammy Award-winners, talented teen rockers, high-octane marching bands, hip-hop artists, and music-makers of all kinds. And after a day of exploring the festival, families are invited to join BKCM from 7-8 pm for one massive celebratory closing concert.

The music at this event is FREE for all. However, proceeds from ticket sales help to support BKCM’s community programs, which bring music education and music therapy to thousands of people across all five boroughs of New York City.

For more details: https://bkcm.org/event/os23/#bwg13/396