The Turkish composer Tolga Tüzün speaks about the compositional process that underlies his new piano piece “Permanence,” a piece he composed for the “Listening to Istanbul” Project and dedicated to me. I can’t wait to play this composition for the Listening to Istanbul project.
By the way, if you haven’t signed up to my mailing list yet, please do so. I’ll send around a notice once the recording is ready. And hopefully you will be able to come to one of the many concerts that we are planning as well!
As many of you know, right now I am working on a CD and concert project: “Listening to Istanbul”. For this project I have commissioned six piano works by the most talented Turkish composers of our time. I will record this excellent music in June 2010, and perform the pieces in a series of concerts in Turkey, Europe and the US starting in July.
If you would like to learn more about “Listening to Istanbul” here is a video in which I introduce the project. To stay informed about the upcoming CD and the concerts simply sign up for my newsletter or visit us on http://www.newmusicistanbul.com!
if you missed the HYDRA concert on December 11, here you can watch the video of our performance (with Sam Solomon on percussion). Even if this video cannot capture the effect of the electronics with 32 loudspeakers I guess it will still stimulate your appetite for the next HYDRA series. I hope you enjoy the video of Winternacht as much as we enjoyed performing it! Let us know what you think!
“Thank you all for coming out to Killian Hall yesterday night! I hope you enjoyed listening to the concert as much as I enjoyed playing it for you! I also wanted to thank you for your generous contibutions to the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) which will help improve health care for many communities across the African continent.”
– Seda
Video of Sound Check –Hans Tutschku: Zellen Linien
You’re cordially invited to a special music event in Cambridge on September 25. Noted MIT piano instructor and Harvard Fellow Seda Röder will give a benefit concert at MIT’s Killian Hall focusing on contemporary German piano music.
The concert will explore the nexus between tradition and innovation. Ms. Röder will introduce each work of the program, which includes pieces by the following distinguished composers:
Alban Berg
Hans Werner Henze
Helmut Lachenmann
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Hans Tutschku
The final piece of the program, Hans Tutschku’s Zellen Linien, brings together “man and machine.” By adding computer-generated sounds to the live performance of the pianist, the audience will be able to experience a unique soundscape moving through a three-dimensional listening space.
Details
Where: Killian Hall. MIT
Rm. 14W-111, MIT Hayden Library Bldg, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
For a map click here When: September 25, 2009 @ 8pm Suggested donation is $10
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You’re cordially invited to a special music event in Cambridge on September 25. Noted MIT piano instructor and Harvard Fellow Seda Röder will give a benefit concert at MIT’s Killian Hall focusing on contemporary German piano music.
