Karen began playing the accordion at the age of seven and went on to become the British Virtuoso Champion in1981/2 and competed in the World Championship in Hamburg and Folkstone. Now a freelance musician she is in constant demand for a broad range of projects encompassing classical, contemporary and jazz. In the jazz world she has been a regular member of Mike Westbrook’s projects as well as playing with Tim Garland, Martin Taylor, Phil Robson, Steve Arguelles, Nikki Isles and Tina May. She has produced three CDs of her own featuring Stan Sulzman, Fred T Baker, Mike Outram, Guy Barker and Sara Colman. Other performing credits include Grace Jones, Ute Lemper, Martha Wainwright, the Royal Shakespeare Company, BCMG, The Nash Ensemble, Ice Breaker, Opera North, BBC Philharmonic, the RPO, the LSO, Sir Willard White, Tango Siempre, Royal Opera House and many West End productions. As a saxophone player she was a member of the well known and highly successful all-girl saxophone quartet ‘The Fairer Sax’ who appeared on television and radio and at festivals all over the world. As a composer Karen specializes in writing music for the saxophone, from solos to large ensembles, many of which are published by Boosey & Hawkes, June Emerson and Saxtet Publications. Her pieces now appear in virtually every music exam syllabus in the UK. Her composition for solo accordion “In the Ballroom with the Rope” took first prize at the London Accordion Festival, Composition Competition, 2001. Other compositions for accordion are available from her website www.karenstreet.com
ARTISTS
- RIK CORNELISSEN
- Accordion Duo Toeac
- Accordion’s Duo
- Accordion’s Quintet
- Adolfo del Cont
- Alain Bruel
- Alberto Vernarelli
- Aldo Taborda
- Alessandro Sbordoni
- Alexander Dmitriev
- Alexander Kolomiytsev
- Ander Tellería
- Andrea Pennacchi
- Andrej Jedig
- Anibal Freire
- Anna Hüdepohl
- Anne Landa
- Arnaud Nano Méthivier
- Aude Giuliano
- BANDONEGRO
- Bartosz Glowacki
- Belma Sarancic Nahodovic
- Bernard Ariu
- Bester Quartet
- Bis-Quit Orchestra
- Boîte Noire et Bâton d’Argent
- Boris Malkovsky
- Borut Zagoranski
- Brunetti&Brunetti
- Cao Xiao-Qing
- CLAUDIA BUDER
- Claudio Azzaro
- Claudio Jacomucci
- Concerto Serenata
- Corrado Rojac
- Davide Vendramin
- Deco Ensemble
- Dirk Rave
- DisEguàL EnSembLe
- Dr. Aaron Eckstaedt
- Duo A Tempo
- Duo Accordéon-Tuba
- Duo Aliada
- Duo Coarda
- Duo Jeux D’Anches
- Duo MilleMiglia
- Duo Modus
- Duo Novo Millennium
- DUO SJÖBLOM-KANDIĆ
- Duo Van Vliet
- Eddy Flecijn
- Edith Mon Amour
- Edurne Arizu
- Elke De Meester
- Encardia
- Eva Zoellner
- Fanny Vicens
- FILIP ERAKOVIC
- Franck Angelis
- Frédéric Guerouet
- FRÉDÉRIC VIALE
- Frode Haltli
- Gašper Primožič
- Geir Draugsvoll
- Germano Scurti
- Giuseppe Scigliano
- Gorka Hermosa
- Grupa Furmana
- HANZHI WANG
- Harald Oeler
- Harry Andersen
- Helmut C Jacobs
- Igor Zobin
- Iñaki Alberdi
- Irina Largo
- Jacques Pellarin
- Jarmila Vlachova
- Javier Lòpez Jazo
- Jean-Marc Marroni
- Jeux d’Anches
- JO ASGEIR
- Jytte Niendorf von Rüden
- Karen Street
- Kimmo Pohjonen
- Klemen Leben
- Kosmos Ensemble
- Kottos
- Kroke
- KSENIJA SIDOROVA
- Kumè
- Lafaré
- Lecce Accordion Project
- Lips Friedrich
- Lorenzo Munari
- LUCA COLANTONIO
- Lydie Auvray
- Majolie D.O.
- Marco Gemelli
- Maria Emilia Corbelli
- Marieke Grotenhuis
- Marija Kandić
- Mario Milani
- Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi
- Martynas Levickis
- Massimiliano Pitocco
- Maszynski Duo
- Matti Rantanen
- Matuszyk Lukasz
- Mélanie Bregant
- Merima Ključo
- Michèle Bernard
- Miloš Milivojević
- Mirjana Petercol
- Mirko Dettori
- Motion Trio
- Myriam Lafargue
- Mythos
- NAOMI SANCHEZ
- NEZA TORKAR
- NIGEL WATERHOUSE
- Nihad Hrustanbegovic
- Owen Murray
- Panagiotis Andreoglou
- Paolo Rozzi
- Paolo Vignani
- Paulo Jorge Ferreira
- Peter Katina
- Peter Soave
- Pierre Polveche
- Predrag Radisavljević
- Quartetto Hans Brehme
- Quinteto Persch
- Rafal Luc
- RAIMO VERTAINEN
- Raimondas Sviackevicius
- Saria Convertino
- Sergej Tchirkov
- Sergey Osokin
- Solo Tango Orquesta
- Stanislav Samuel Raska
- Tadas Motiecius
- The Balcony Players
- TocoTicoTrio
- Tommaso Arena
- Trio ìtrio
- Trio Solotarev
- TUULIKKI BARTOSIK
- Veli Kujala
- VIASCHESLOV SEMIONOV
- Vincent Lhermet
- Xu Xiaonan
- Zoe Tiganouria