Musicians supported by CME to join KK over the years.
Click on the name for detailed bio James Buswell; Prof. Emeritus, New England Conservatory Stephen Hartke; Chair of Composition, Oberlin Marc Mellits; Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Carol Ou; Faculty, New England Conservatory Katherine Murdock; Associate Professor, University of Maryland Kurt Rohde; Director of Composition, University of California Greg Hesselink; Faculty, Mannes School of Music prep Mark Hill; Full Professor, University of Maryland Richard Faria; Full Professor, Ithaca College Heidi Hoffman; Principal cello, Symphoria Elizabeth Simkin; Associate Professor, Ithaca College Xak Bjerken; Full Professor, Cornell University William Harvey; Concertmaster, National Symphony of Mexico Michael Ellison; Professor, University of Bristol Amy Salsgiver; Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, MIAM Dave Allen; Faculty, New York Jazz Academy Danny Lundmark; Certified Music Therapist/ Istanbul |
Beethoven 250 - Digital Festival
An 8 concert serie of his piano/string chamber music 2020-2021 (in progress) This is an other ongoing project sponsored by CME, Goethe Institut-Ankara, Ada Music and 3HanArt. Details are in the KK web site: B250 First three concerts can be viewed in the following links until Feb 17th 2021 Beethoven The Visionary Beethoven The Improvisor Beethoven The Lighthearted Remaining concerts will be aired in the given dates of the KK web site. Here is a teaser clip: Sei Solo - Be Alone (2020-2021)
This is a project developed in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic to keep the music going and to support musicians and composers alike. These 12 commissions and recordings were supported by CME wıth supplemental fundıng from Ada Music and from small donations to the Klasİk Keyifler Musıc Association. Details can be found in the KK website: Sei Solo Here is an account of the recording sessions by Dilara Turan
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CME also helped to fund commissions from composers Onur Turkmen (Bilkent University) and Mahir Cetiz (Columbia University). This resulted in a CD recording “Turkish Music For Solo Violin” produced by Naxos Records and released in 2019
https://naxos.lnk.to/8579043 In 2012 CME supplemented costs for the Ankara University Soloists (also supported by the Turkish Foreign Ministry) to tour to the US. They performed and worked with US university students and gave lectures about Turkish music at the Hartt School of Music, the Marshall School of Music. They also performed at the Turkish Embassy in Washington DC.
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