Listening to Istanbul #1:
A conversation with Tolga Yayalar
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.
