Janek practices composition and performance on double bass and his electronic set in real time. In his work he searches for the balance between aesthetics and discourse. Klaus has performed at concerts and festivals in the EU, USA, CAN, J, CH, Russia, China, Malaysia, Brazil and Rwanda and has collaborated with dance, theater, sound and radio art and album formats.

He is a founding member of Sounding Situations, member of Sandeep Bhagwati's Sabdagatitara Network, regular collaborator with Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods and matthaei&konsorten. Engagements and composition commissions bring him to the Louvre, Berghain, transmediale, Transart, white night (Montreal, Tel Aviv), Impulstanz Vienna, Vision Festival NYC, Merzmusik, Gropius Bau, HKW, arte Concert and many more. Guest lectures at universities worldwide. Artist residencies in Brazil (Vila Sul), Belgium (Q-02), Israel (Musrara Art School), NYC. He is a recipient of the Robert Bosch Stiftung Scholarship and grants from Musikfonds, German Music Council, KSB, Kulturaustausch Berlin and Kulturamt Bozen. Winner of the "Music Theatre Now 2018". 

Performances with Bill Dixon, Valerio Tricoli, Cristian Vogel, Yan Jun, Clayton Thomas, Brendan Dougherty, Biliana Voutchkova, Ulrich Müller, Peter Kowald, Ingo Reulecke, Meg Stuart, Thierry Niang/Patrice Chereau, Nils "Storm" Robitzky, Keith Hennessy and many more.

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