Listening to Istanbul

In this video the New Music pianist Seda Röder introduces her project Listening to Istanbul: An Encounter with Turkish Contemporary Music. If you would like to be informed about the upcoming CD and concerts simply sign up for our newsletter.

In this video Tolga Tüzün speaks about the compositional process that underlies his solo piano piece “Permance.”

This episode of Listening to Istanbul features a video interview with the Turkish composer Zeynep GedizlioÄŸlu. In this video we talk about Zeynep’s music and her expectations from an audience.

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Part 1

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Welcome to the second episode of Listening to Istanbul. This episode features a video of a conversation I made with the composer Tolga Tüzün in January 2010 in Istanbul. In this video we talk about his music and his life in Istanbul.

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Welcome to the first episode of Listening to Istanbul. Listening to Istanbul is a Special Edition of my podcast series Blackbox and it will accompany the different stages of the Listening to Istanbul Project.

This first special episode features a conversation with the Turkish composer Tolga Yayalar about his newest solo piano composition in the temporal gardens which he completed for this project and dedicated to me.

In this episode we talk about Tolga’s compositional intensions in this piece and what the particular challenges in writing for piano are. In addition, I also play specific musical examples that highlight certain aspects we discuss.

Tolga and I would be more than happy to hear any comments, or answer all of your questions. Just post them as a comment on this website or email us at seda@sedaroeder.com.