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Makam Muzik - interview.pdfMakam Müzik Dergisi (2024)
Makam Müzik Dergisi (2024)
I was honored to be profiled and featured on the cover by the music magazine Makam Müzik Dergisi! You can read the interview in English and Turkish here or on the magazine's website (www.makammusic.com).
Türkiye'yi Dinliyorum (2024 - present)
Türkiye'yi Dinliyorum (2024 - present)
("I'm Listening to Türkiye")
("I'm Listening to Türkiye")
I am the creator and host of a 13-episode musical travel documentary series for Turkish National Television's TRT Müzik channel. Drawing inspiration from the early twentieth-century expeditions of Turkish and foreign musicologists to collect folk songs from around Anatolia, in this program I travel around the country to meet culture-bearers of Türkiye's numerous diverse musical traditions. As the program's host, I interview the musical guests and also perform music in various regional styles alongside them on violin. Season 1 (airing Spring 2025) features musical traditions of Sufi dervish ceremonies, the Abdal community of Kırşehir, the Georgian-Turkish border, the Ottoman military band, the Hemşin community of Rize, and many more.
Sam Lipman: Violin Concerto
Sam Lipman: Violin Concerto
I am excited to be collaborating with award-winning multimedia composer Sam Lipman, who is working on a violin concerto for me to premiere. Here is an excerpt!
TRT2: Anlatı, Episode 5
TRT2: Anlatı, Episode 5
Violin improvisation alongside the work of multimedia artist Birim Erol and the actor Hakan Gerçek's narration of O. Henry's short story "The Last Leaf" for Turkish National Television's arts and culture channel.
Orda bir köy var uzakta
Orda bir köy var uzakta
A violin-duduk duet rendition of the iconic song "Orda bir köy var uzakta" ["There is a village far away"]. Featuring Audrey Wozniak (violin) and Caner Malkoç (duduk), for whose home village (Apçağa Village in the Kemaliye [Eğin] district of Erzincan) poet Ahmet Kutsi Tecer Composer wrote this song's lyrics, which composer Münir Ceyhan set to music.
Stairway to Heaven: Hüseyni Medley
Stairway to Heaven: Hüseyni Medley
A re-imagination of Led Zeppelin's iconic "Stairway to Heaven" incorporating well-known works of Turkish music in Hüseyni makam, including Hüseyni Peşrev by Lavtacı Andon, Çeçen Kızı by Tanburi Cemil Bey, and Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım by Aşık Veysel. Featuring Audrey Wozniak (viola) and Michael Aboutboul (ney and kopuz)
Tatyos Efendi: Kürdilihicazkar Saz Semai (teslim)
Tatyos Efendi: Kürdilihicazkar Saz Semai (teslim)
The refrain of Tatyos Efendi's well-known instrumental work featuring adjustable microtonal guitar (Tolgahan Çoğulu) and viola (Audrey Wozniak); filmed during artistic residency at Harvard University's I Tatti Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy (2023)
Tatyos Efendi: Kürdilihicazkar Saz Semai (4th hane & teslim)
Tatyos Efendi: Kürdilihicazkar Saz Semai (4th hane & teslim)
The fourth hane (section) and teslim (refrain) of Tatyos Efendi's well-known instrumental work featuring adjustable microtonal guitar (Tolgahan Çoğulu) and viola (Audrey Wozniak); filmed during artistic residency at Harvard University's I Tatti Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy (2023)
Neşet Ertaş: Neredesin Sen
Neşet Ertaş: Neredesin Sen
From Hazar'dan Ege'ye benefit concert in Zürich, Switzerland, sponsored by the Republic of Azerbaijan for victims of the 2023 earthquakes in Turkey. Featuring Grammy Award-winning opera tenor Bülent Bezdüz.
Udi Nevres Bey: Hüzzam Saz Semai 4th Hane
Udi Nevres Bey: Hüzzam Saz Semai 4th Hane
New sound experiments for Turkish makam music: Turkish classical music composer Udi Nevres Bey's (1873-1937) Hüzzam Saz Semai's 4th Hane performed on violin, adjustable electric microtonal guitar (Tolgahan Çoğulu), and drums (Gökçe Gürçay)
Atölye meşk sessions
Atölye meşk sessions
Impromptu performances of Turkish classical music with musicians from Turkey's national state ensembles at the instrument workshop of İsmail Hakkı Fencioğlu, 2021-22.
Fikret Amirov: Four Pieces for Violin and Piano
Fikret Amirov: Four Pieces for Violin and Piano
Performed with Alessandro Viale (piano) at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, UK, 2018 Solo Recital
Henry Cowell:
Henry Cowell:
Homage to Iran
Homage to Iran
Performed with Imma Setiadi (piano) and Henry Fynn (percussion) at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, UK. 2017 Solo Recital
Lou Harrison: Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Javanese Gamelan
Lou Harrison: Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Javanese Gamelan
Performed with performers on Gamelan Si Betty (composer's own instruments) at Harvard University, 2014
Andrea Ferrante:
Andrea Ferrante:
Un gesto appena
Un gesto appena
Performed with ACMC Faculty at Bates Concert Hall, University of Texas at Austin
W.A. Mozart: Adagio in E Major for Violin in Orchestra, K. 261
W.A. Mozart: Adagio in E Major for Violin in Orchestra, K. 261
Winner of MIT Symphony Orchestra Concerto competition, 2014. Cadenzas composed by Audrey Wozniak
W.A. Mozart: Rondo in C Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 373
W.A. Mozart: Rondo in C Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 373
Winner of MIT Symphony Orchestra Concerto competition, 2014. Cadenzas composed by Audrey Wozniak
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