Georg Schulz, born in Graz in 1963, studied accordion with Elsbeth Moser
and Mogens Ellegaard, parallel to his chemistry studies at the Graz University.
In 1992 he graduated to "Magister Artium" (Master of Arts) with
his main subject being accordion at the University of Music and Drama Arts
Graz. Since then he has been teaching there.Within his concert activities at home and abroad, Georg Schulz has focused on contemporary chamber music giving numerous performances at diverse festivals of the IGNM, chamber music performances at "Wien Modern 1993", Festival d'Automne Paris 1996, string quartet with accordion at Horgange 1996, solo recital at Horgange 1998, etc. As a theatre musician he performed in numerous productions of the Buhnen Graz and arranged the music of some of the productions of the Graz Schauspielhaus. He has been accompanist at many vocal recital programmes and wrote stage music for the "Kabinetttheater". Georg Schulz's main focus is on contemporary chamber music and this recording represents just that - contemporary music exclusively, written for the accordion and percussion. Georg performs complex contemporary music with great mastery. Composite musical language, involved structure and texture of contemporary music require profound musical understanding and Georg shows high professionalism in this area. Two of Piazzolla's compositions are presented on this recording as well, arranged for the accordion and percussion - wonderful combination and the most interesting performance. This would be contemporary accordion music at its best. ***** |
