Event details
Oct
7
In the Footsteps of Bartók: Collaborations and Improvisations
In the Footsteps of Béla Bartók: Music of Asia Minor
Inspired by the groundbreaking research carried out by the renowned ethnomusicologist and composer Béla Bartók during his time in Turkey in the 1930s, this concert juxtaposes compositions for string quartet, piano and traditional instrumental improvisations. Join Princeton faculty violinist, Anna Lim along with colleagues from Klasik Keyifler and the Hoppa Project, to explore the influence of Bartók at the intersection of traditional folk music and contemporary musical practices. We will perform works of his contemporaries including Akses, and Saygun who traveled with Bartók in Anatolia. Turkish composers Erberk Eryılmaz and Mahir Cetiz will offer new chamber works and co-moderate the program. In celebration of the many cultures of the region we will perform music of composers Komitas and Gurdjieff from the late Ottoman period. Oud virtuoso Ara Dinkjian and clarinet virtuoso İsmail Lumanovski will interweave improvised ’interludes” and traditional music from Anatolia. The US premiere of Cetiz’s new work “Laments and Dreams; a Meditation based on the works of Yaşar Kemal” will be presented.
Inspired by the groundbreaking research carried out by the renowned ethnomusicologist and composer Béla Bartók during his time in Turkey in the 1930s, this concert juxtaposes compositions for string quartet, piano and traditional instrumental improvisations. Join Princeton faculty violinist, Anna Lim along with colleagues from Klasik Keyifler and the Hoppa Project, to explore the influence of Bartók at the intersection of traditional folk music and contemporary musical practices. We will perform works of his contemporaries including Akses, and Saygun who traveled with Bartók in Anatolia. Turkish composers Erberk Eryılmaz and Mahir Cetiz will offer new chamber works and co-moderate the program. In celebration of the many cultures of the region we will perform music of composers Komitas and Gurdjieff from the late Ottoman period. Oud virtuoso Ara Dinkjian and clarinet virtuoso İsmail Lumanovski will interweave improvised ’interludes” and traditional music from Anatolia. The US premiere of Cetiz’s new work “Laments and Dreams; a Meditation based on the works of Yaşar Kemal” will be presented.
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