Bernd Krug

Teaches at Harvestworks | Digital Media Arts Center

Currently residing in New York, Klug works as a double bass player and sound artist in a wide variety of contemporary contexts with a focus on improvisation. His solo work focuses on the world inside the double bass: the bow, the body, and room frequencies lay the groundwork for a radical reduction of both the composer-performer’s role and the traditional musical narrative. Klug’s recent and current collaborators include: Meaghan Burke (Rash), Danielle Dahl, Mimu Merz, OENCZkekvist, Le Cowboy (Burke/Schweighart/Klug), Brendan Landis, Lucio Menegon, ctrl, Ritornell, Elektro Guzzi, Burkhard Stangl, John Butcher, Franz Hautzinger, Butch Morris, Radu Malfatti, Bernhard Lang, Peter Kutin, Billy Roisz, Daniel Lercher, Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø, Kjetil Hannsen, Sixtus Preiss, Violetta Parisini, and many others. He received his B.A. in Music Performance and Education with distinction in 2007 from Vienna’s University for Music and Performing Arts B.A. in Music Performance and Education, where he also studied with musicians such as Uli Fussenegger and Achim Tang. He was awarded an educational scholarship to Harvestworks, NYC in 2012, the BM:UKK Startstipendium (federal Austrian grant for artists) in 2011, as well as the Fidelio Award 2009 and a scholarship at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik 2004, among others.