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Musicians supported by CME to join KK over the years.
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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
Sunghae Anna Lim, Manhattan Quartet
Laura Krentzman, Hoppa Project

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​Re-imagining the Brandenburg Concertos;
​A 300-year Celebration with 6 commissions and premieres
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This project Re-imagining the Brandenburg Concertos presents this set of Bach’s 6 concertos alongside premieres of 6 new pieces commissioned by KK.  These new works will each be scored with Bach’s instrumentation, and performed side by side with the original Bach works. 
 In 1721, Bach sent his collection of 6 concertos for various instrumental combinations to the Margrave of Brandenburg in Berlin (the military commander of the Holy Roman Empire). Many scholars believe that Bach was offering these works as a kind of ‘job application’, but nothing seemed to come from his submission. The 6 manuscripts were rediscovered in 1849, and in recent times these pieces have become some of the most beloved works on chamber music concert series around the world.
This 2-concert series was presented at CRR, one of the most prestigious concert halls in Istanbul. This followed a summer residency based at Hanedan Cappadocia Suites, and brought together a group of 24 musicians from prestigious ensembles including the Manhattan Quartet, members of the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Istanbul State Symphony, Hezarfen Ensemble, Hoppa Project and from institutions such as Mimar Sinan Music Conservatory, the Ankara Music and Fine Arts University and Istanbul State Conservatory as well as Bursa State Conservatory. KK invited Hungarian harpsichordist and scholar Márton Borsányi as a special guest advisor for this project. He teaches at the MDW/University for Music and Art in Vienna and Liszt Academy in Budapest

New concertos by:

Zeynep Toraman, Colorists are epic poets; a slow movement; Berkant Gençkal, The Fragments of Ender’s Book; Emircan Pehlivan, Dolapdere Concerto; Sabina Khujaeva, Astray; Akın Kilis, Konçerto Pera; Toykan Efe Kahraman, Déjà vu

Here is a link to the first phase of the project in Cappadocia:
Re-imagining the Brandenburg Concertos - Cappadocia

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and a short teaser


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Beethoven 250 - Digital Festival
An 8-concert series of his piano/string chamber music
  2020-2021

Because of the pandemic, this project, originally planned to be performed live at Bosphorus University and Cappadocia University evolved into a digital festival, broadcast from the Goethe Institute in Ankara. These can be viewed on the KK YouTube Channel 

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​This project is sponsored by CME, Goethe Institut-Ankara, Ada Music and 3HanArt. Details can be found on the KK website: B250
Here is a teaser clip:


Sei Solo 2020 (2020-2021)
This project was developed in 2020 at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic to help keep new music alive by facilitating collaboration with 6 performers and 12 composers. 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
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Here is an account of the recording sessions by Dilara Turan
kk_sei_solo_2020_recording_sessions-rdcd.pdf
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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
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​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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