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Blackbox #010: New sounds … New techniques …

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By the end of the 19th century we already start seeing composers like Berlioz and Debussy experimenting more and more with the characteristic sounds and colors of different instruments. As a natural result of thinking more in color and effects the instruments had to be forced to their sonic extremes, to create a new sound world. The composers started to explore and expand the sonic possibilities of instruments and pushed these to previously uncharted territories.

In this episode of Blackbox, I would like to give you a short introduction on the development of new playing techniques to create such new sounds. I will also show you a two examples for such interesting sounds from my own repertory: the “fishing line” section from “Lacrymae” by Murat Yakin and the “e-bow+mallet+plucking+whistling” section from “Drifting through the Echoes of Time” by Turgut Erçetin.

Enjoy!
-Seda

Links for further exploration:

  • Stephen Scott’s “Bowed Piano Ensemble”
  • How to use an e-bow on a piano
  • Preparing the piano for “Sonatas and Interludes” by John Cage
  • “Aeolian Harp” (1923) by Henry Cowell
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    Seda on Bayern 2 Radio

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    Excerpts from Seda’s upcoming CD “Listening to Istanbul” were featured prominently in a recent German radio show on the state of contemporary music in Turkey. The program, which was produced by the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation, closed with a long section from Özkan Manav’s “Movement 6,” a beautiful piece that brings microtonal inflections of Turkish makams to the concert piano.

    You can download a copy of the program, which is authored by the German composer Klaus Hinrich Stahmer, here:

    Seda on Bayern 2 Radio

    (In case you only want to hear the playing, skip forward to 46:00 minutes.)

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    Listening to Istanbul…

    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!

    This video and many other videos about the project are also available on Listening to Istanbul Website, and on Youtube.

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