Fazıl Say

Infobox musical artist |
Name = Fazil Say


Background = Pianist and Composer
Born = birth date|1970|1|14|df=y
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Turkey
Instrument = Piano
Genre = Classical
Occupation = Composer and Pianist

Fazıl Say (born January 14 1970) is a world wide acknowledged pianist and composer. He is the son of Ahmet Say, a noted Turkish musicologist and writer.

Biography

Born in Ankara, Turkey, Fazıl Say studied piano and composition at the Ankara State Conservatory. At the age of seventeen, he was awarded a German Academic Exchange Service scholarship that enabled him to study for five years with David Levine at the Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf, Germany. From 1992 to 1995, he continued his studies at the Berlin Conservatory. In 1994, he was the winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, which gave a rapid start to his international career.

Currently, his international career goes down so absolutely swiftly because of his partial anxieties about politics.

Compositions

Orchestral works

* " Nazım - oratorio for piano, vocalists, narrator, orchestra and chorus (2001)"
* " Requiem for Metin Altıok - oratorio for piano, chamber orchestra and chorus (2002/03)"
* " Chamber Symphony - for string orchestra (1996)"

Concertos

* " Sinfonia Concertante - for piano and large orchestra (1994)"
* " Silk Road - (Piano Concerto No. 2) for piano and chamber orchestra (1994)"
* " Piano Concerto No. 3 - for piano and orchestra (2001)"
* " Two Romantical Ballads - for piano and strings (1995)"
* " Guitar Concerto - in d minor (1996)"
* " Paganini Jazz - for piano and orchestra (2003)"
* " Alla Turca - (Jazz Fantasy after Mozart) for piano and orchestra (2003)"
* " Cadenzas - for Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 25 C major K. 467 (1997) - for Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 c minor (2001)"

Piano solo

* " Four Dances for Nasreddin Hoca (1990) "
* " Fantasietücke (1993) "
* " Alla Turca - Jazz Fantasy after Mozart (1993) "
* " Paganini Variations for Piano in the style of Modern Jazz (1995)"
* " Three Jazz Pieces "
* " Three Ballads (1997)"
* " Black Earth (1997)"
* " Beethoven Piano Sonatas (2005)"
* " Haydn Piano Sonatas (2007)"

Chamber music

* " Violin Sonata (1997) "

Experimental music

* " Ten Pieces for Jazz Quartet - Fazil Say - Kudsi Ergüner (Nei)"
* " Four Pieces for DJ and Piano - Fazil Say - DJ Mercan Dede (2003)"

Writing

* " Uçak Notları - (Airplane Notes - Gedanken zur Musik) Ankara (1999)"
* " Fifty Essays - Columns in "Milliyet" Newspaper"

References

* Fazilsay.net - [http://www.fazilsay.net/bio.php "Biography of Fazıl Say"] en icon
* Istanbul University Online - [http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/yuksekokullar/konservatuar/fs/fazilsay.htm "Biography of Fazıl Say"] tr icon

External links

* [http://www.fazilsay.net Fazıl Say's official website]
* [http://www.fazilsay.org Fan website]