Halen UCLA’de müzik alanında doktora yapmakta olan genç sanatçımız piyanist Ayşe Taşpınar, doktora tezinin son aşaması kapsamında 19 Kasım Cuma akşamı saat 7:00’de UCLA Schoenberg Hall’da bir konser verecektir. Konserde sanatçımız, tez konusu olan Osmanlı’nın Batılılaşma dönemindeki bestecilerinin piyano eserleri ile bazı Batılı bestecilerin Osmanlı’yı tema olarak aladığı eserlerini içeren bir program sunacaktır. Bu çerçevede, Cemil Arif Bey, Halife Abdülmecit Efendi ve Ahmet Adnan Saygun’un yanı sıra, Manas, Komitas, Tchouhadjian gibi Ermeni ve Liszt, Beethoven gibi Batılı bestecilerin eserleri de icra edilecektir. Sanatçımıza konserde, bazı Ermeni müzisyenler de eşlik edecektir.
Etkinlik ücretsiz olup, konsere ve sanatçımıza ilişkin ayrıntılı bilgiler ayrıca ekte sunulmaktadır.
Bu anlamlı konserde genç sanatçımıza, etkinliğe katılarak destek olunması dileğiyle Kaliforniya Türk-Amerikan toplumuna saygıyla duyurulur.
TC Los Angeles Başkonsolosluğu
DMA FINAL RECITAL PROGRAM
Edgar Manas Sonata for Violin and Piano (1923)
(1875-1964)
I. Lento Appassionato
II. Allegro Moderato
Movses Pogossian (violin)
Ayse Taspinar (piano)
Edgar Manas Les Iles de Prince (1927)
I. Proti
II. Antigoni
III. Halki
IV. Prinkipo
Edgar Manas Danse Populaire Turque (1929)
I. Oyun havasi (Alasehir)
II. Divan (Mugla)
III. Zeybek oyun havasi (Aydin)
IV. Agir Zeybek oyunu (Mugla)
V. Gelin havasi (Mugla)
VI. Agir Zeybek oyun havasi (Aydin)
VII. Zeybek oyun havasi (Odemis)
Edgar Manas 5 Melodies pour chant et piano
Anush Avetisyan ( soprano)
Ayse Taspinar ( piano)
Ludwig van Beethoven Turkish March for two pianos
(1770-1827) (arr. Charles Thern)
Ayse Taspinar and Anna Sarkisova ( piano)
INTERMISSION
Komitas/Andriasyan Apricot Tree
(1869-1935)
Komitas/Saradjian Krunk
D. Tchouhadjian Impromptu
(1836-1898)
E.R Blanchet Turquie (1913)
(1877-1943)
1.Caiques
2.Eioub
3.Au jardin du vieux Serail
Halife Abdulmecid Efendi Elegie for violin and piano
(1868-1944) Ambroise Aubrun ( violin)
Ayse Taspinar ( piano)
Cemile Arif Bey Reveries for cello and piano
Jasmine Lau (cello)
Ayse Taspinar (piano)
Franz Liszt Grande Paraphrase de la Marche de Donizetti
(1811-1886)
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Etude on “ Aksak Meters” n.1 op 38 ( 1964)
(1907-1991) Demet Suit for violin and piano
“ Horon”
AYSE TASPINAR
DMA PIANO RECITAL
( NOVEMBER 19TH / SCHOENBERG HALL/ 7 PM UCLA)
RECITAL PROGRAM NOTES
As with the Ottoman Empire itself, the music from this time is the result of an expanded exchange and interaction of cultures and geographical implications. My approach towards the interpretation and public offering of music stemming from and influenced by both Eastern and Western tradition is in efforts of showing the universality of the musical language. As the Ottoman Empire was the fruit of two very distinct identities portraying a mosaique of culture, geography and history, so was this reflected in Turkish classical music.
The program I have chosen for my recital at UCLA includes and focuses on a variety of sectors, feeding my desire as a developing artist to discover musical footprints of my ethnic background. Next to the well-known western composers such as Liszt and Beethoven, I will play Emile Robert Blanchet’s “Turquie”, which captures the mysticism of the Turkish culture. As a cultural balance to this, I am also including several eastern composers from different backgrounds such as Edgar Manas (1875-1964) , D. Tchouhadjian (1836-1898), Komitas, Halife (Caliph) Abdulmecid Efendi (1868-1944), Cemil Arif Bey and Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907-1991).
My goal is to give examples of the cultural mosaics which constitute the Ottoman Empire of the past as well as offer Armenian artists the deserved acclaim and recognition for their talents. To show my intention of how musical culture carries through time a universal language, I commissioned Chilean composer, Luis Saglie to compose for my recital two concert arrangements for duduk and piano based on folk songs shared by both Turkey and Armenia – “Adana” and Bingol”.
I feel fortunate and remain grateful to the many international musicians who have so graciously committed their time and effort to perform with me this chosen repertoire. Among them are Movses Pogossian (violin), Anush Avetisyan (soprano), Ambroise Aubrun (violin), Jasmine Lau ( cello) ,Anna Sarkisova (piano) and Albert Vartavyan (Duduk).
I remain thankful for your support and would be extremely happy to have you present at my upcoming performance at Ucla on November 19 at 7:00PM.
Best wishes
Ayse Taspinar
AYSE TASPINAR – Pianist -Biography
Ayse Taspinar has concertized worldwide, offering performances in New York, Washington D.C, Chicago, Toronto, Ottawa, Mexico City, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Rome, Milano, Granada, Montreal, Bloomington, Ankara and Izmir. In 1999, she was invited to Macedonia to perform for the President of Macedonia along with the Turkish President Suleyman Demirel. That same year she performed in Washington D.C. as the artist of the delegation representing the 75th anniversary of the Turkish Republic. Ayse is the recipient of a UCLA Ulmer Dissertation Year Fellowship, in the subject of piano music in Ottoman Empire. Her most recent accomplishment was her highly acclaimed presentation at the Soka Gakkai International Culture of Peace Resource Center in Los Angeles, CA. Invited to participate in their “Distinguished Speakers Series”, Ayse Taspinar offered a lecture and piano performance on the topic, “Rediscovering the shared cultural heritage of Armenians and Turks through music.” This same year, Ms. Taspinar was the invited piano soloist to perform Chopin’s second piano concerto with the UCLA Symphony.
Born in Paris, Ayse Taspinar began her music education with her mother in her native Turkey. She continued her education at the Conservatorio di Roma “ Santa Cecilia” with Pieralberto Biondi, where she was accepted with the highest grade into the upper class. After returning to Turkey she continued her education in Bilkent University with Ersin Onay, receiving B.M. with the first prize of the faculty. She returned to Italy in 2000 and in one year earned the Diploma di Pianoforte from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatorio di Milano. She studied with Vincenzo Balzani and completed her studies with the highest ranking. During these studies, she won several international competitions, including the first prize at the Monterosa Kawai (2001), second price at Vietri Sul Mare (2002), second price at Castiglion Fiorentino (2003), and first prize at the Seiler Piano Competition (2004). In 2004 she was accepted into the graduate program at the Jacob School of Music in Indiana University, earning her M.M. and P.D. with Arnaldo Cohen. Currently, she is finalizing her education towards a DMA at UCLA. She has participated in master classes by pianists Guillermo Gonzalez, Jerome Lowenthal, Alain Lefevre, Gyorgy Sandor, Boris Block, Gulsin Onay, Franco Scala, and Marian Rybicki.
