About
Music For Shakespeare is the creation of Ed Kliman, a professional sound designer and musical director based in Austin, Texas. He has worked for well known Shakespeare directors such as Tina Packer, Guy Roberts and Curt Tofteland in the US and abroad, mentored prison inmates for the innovative program Shakespeare Behind Bars, worked with student actors and kids across the US and has frequently worked with the Prague Shakespeare Company in the Czech Republic since 2009 as resident composer and musical director. He has licensed music for film, TV, video games, theatrical productions, websites and commercials through commercial music libraries as well as his website Texas Music Forge to clients including Toyota, Dell Computers, Credit Karma, Kentucky Shakespeare and the City of Detroit.
Prior to his career as a musical director, he played in traveling bands at "every wide spot in the road between Bemidji and Baton Rouge." He has been a featured entertainer at events for Mardi Gras and the Kentucky Derby, produced music for clients like Toyota and the City of Detroit and shared the stage with many national blues acts while running a blues bar.
He has had a colorful and varied career outside of music, but says "you'd just think I was lying if I told you the truth of it."
Prior to his career as a musical director, he played in traveling bands at "every wide spot in the road between Bemidji and Baton Rouge." He has been a featured entertainer at events for Mardi Gras and the Kentucky Derby, produced music for clients like Toyota and the City of Detroit and shared the stage with many national blues acts while running a blues bar.
He has had a colorful and varied career outside of music, but says "you'd just think I was lying if I told you the truth of it."