The first episode of Blackbox features a conversation with the Turkish composer Tolga Yayalar about his newest solo piano composition in the temporal gardens which he completed for “Listening to Istanbul” project and dedicated to me.

Here we talk about Tolga’s compositional intensions in this piece and about 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.

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