Musician Spotlight: Viktor Krauss

Viktor Krauss is a bassist, composer, producer and songwriter who has worked with Joan Baez, Harry Connick Jr., Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, John Fogerty, Jewel, Tom Jones, Michael McDonald, Kacey Musgraves, Graham Nash, Robert Plant, Carly Simon, James Taylor and Country Music Hall of Fame members Chet Atkins, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. His debut album, Far from Enough — featuring Jerry Douglas, Bill Frisell, Steve Jordan and Alison Krauss — reached #6 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. Krauss’s second album, II, featured collaborations with guest vocalists including Shawn Colvin, Shweta Jhaveri, Lyle Lovett and Ben Taylor, and his most recent release, Vignette, is a collaboration with lever harpist Maeve Gilchrist. In 2006, Krauss was awarded a fellowship at the Sundance Institute Film Composers Lab. His film scoring work includes collaborations and placements with directors Robert Altman and Ken Burns.