Piano virtuoso presents quintet’s compositions
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Anatolian Agency
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Kasım 17, 2008 00:00
İZMİR - Known as the Turkish Quintet, Adnan Saygun, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Ferit Alnar, Necip Kazim Akses and Cemal Reşit Rey are introduced to the world by Turkish piano virtuoso Hande Dalkılıç. She interprets their compositions in concert halls all over the world.
In Turkey, the transition to polyphonic music happened when the Republic of Turkey was established. This transition caused difficult times in the country.
Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Ferit Alnar, Necip Kazim Akses and Cemal Reşit Rey, who are known as the Turkish Quintet, have brought their Western experiences to Turkey and contributed to the development of Turkish polyphonic music. But they have become the target of cruel critics.
This type of music was defined as non-Muslim music since it took its roots from the West. While the Turkish Quintet members received great respect in the Western world, they could not receive the interest they deserve in their own country, and still do not.
Fighting with prejudices
Piano virtuoso Hande Dalkılıç, whose successes are praised in the world as well as in Turkey, decide to break the prejudices against Turkish composers in the early years of her professional life.
She performed work by Turkish composers in her concerts in international arena and even in remote parts of Anatolia. She provided information about Turkish composers to the audience before her concerts. She recorded CDs and distributed them to the world.
Speaking to the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review, Dalkılıç said, "Mine is a type of mission, I seek to end this apathy and detachment." Stating that Turkish composers’ sheet music is still not printed, Dalkılıç said she could find printed versions in Europe. "We sometimes are not able to perform compositions in international concerts because of the lack of sheet music," she said.
Dalkılıç’s latest CD "Ulvi Cemal Erkin Ğ Solo Piano İçin Tüm Eserleri" (Ulvi Cemal Erkin Ğ Complete Works for Solo Piano) was recently released by Kalan Music. Dalkılıç is an instructor at Ankara Bilkent University’s Faculty of Music and Performance Arts Piano Department. After traveling all over
Turkey she discovered many talented children. With the support of Malatya University Rector Fatih Hilmioğlu she established the first conservatory in Anatolia in 2006, providing a place for many talented young students.
"It was an unbelievable time, our progress was remarkable," she said, adding that was when they purchased a Steinway, considered the Rolls Royce of pianos.
Recording in the heart of Anatolia
Dalkılıç founded the Anatolia Chamber Orchestra with 32 students from the 2006-2008 academic years. She said the orchestra was disbanded when a new rector was appointed.
"The new university administration regarded Classical Western Music as ’infidel’ music. It was impossible to proceed with this perception, which is why the orchestra disbanded," she said.
Dalkkılıç completed the recording of her new CD at Malatya University last year. "The satisfaction you get performing Anatolian music in the heart of Anatolia, Malatya, is something else. I also wanted to prove that you could make a nice recording in the middle of Anatolia."
She said it was difficult to understand the prejudices against Turkish composers and that critics did not present the necessary care.
"If we don’t stand up for our own values, then who will? We need to pass on our culture to future generations and make quality recordings. This is what artists in the EU-bound country must do."
Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Ferit Alnar, Necip Kazim Akses and Cemal Reşit Rey, who are known as the Turkish Quintet, have brought their Western experiences to Turkey and contributed to the development of Turkish polyphonic music. But they have become the target of cruel critics.
This type of music was defined as non-Muslim music since it took its roots from the West. While the Turkish Quintet members received great respect in the Western world, they could not receive the interest they deserve in their own country, and still do not.
Fighting with prejudices
Piano virtuoso Hande Dalkılıç, whose successes are praised in the world as well as in Turkey, decide to break the prejudices against Turkish composers in the early years of her professional life.
She performed work by Turkish composers in her concerts in international arena and even in remote parts of Anatolia. She provided information about Turkish composers to the audience before her concerts. She recorded CDs and distributed them to the world.
Speaking to the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review, Dalkılıç said, "Mine is a type of mission, I seek to end this apathy and detachment." Stating that Turkish composers’ sheet music is still not printed, Dalkılıç said she could find printed versions in Europe. "We sometimes are not able to perform compositions in international concerts because of the lack of sheet music," she said.
Dalkılıç’s latest CD "Ulvi Cemal Erkin Ğ Solo Piano İçin Tüm Eserleri" (Ulvi Cemal Erkin Ğ Complete Works for Solo Piano) was recently released by Kalan Music. Dalkılıç is an instructor at Ankara Bilkent University’s Faculty of Music and Performance Arts Piano Department. After traveling all over
Turkey she discovered many talented children. With the support of Malatya University Rector Fatih Hilmioğlu she established the first conservatory in Anatolia in 2006, providing a place for many talented young students.
"It was an unbelievable time, our progress was remarkable," she said, adding that was when they purchased a Steinway, considered the Rolls Royce of pianos.
Recording in the heart of Anatolia
Dalkılıç founded the Anatolia Chamber Orchestra with 32 students from the 2006-2008 academic years. She said the orchestra was disbanded when a new rector was appointed.
"The new university administration regarded Classical Western Music as ’infidel’ music. It was impossible to proceed with this perception, which is why the orchestra disbanded," she said.
Dalkkılıç completed the recording of her new CD at Malatya University last year. "The satisfaction you get performing Anatolian music in the heart of Anatolia, Malatya, is something else. I also wanted to prove that you could make a nice recording in the middle of Anatolia."
She said it was difficult to understand the prejudices against Turkish composers and that critics did not present the necessary care.
"If we don’t stand up for our own values, then who will? We need to pass on our culture to future generations and make quality recordings. This is what artists in the EU-bound country must do."