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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
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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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