Klarinet Archive - Posting 000395.txt from 2000/03

From: "Ates M. Temeltas" <ates@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Barbaros Erkose Ensemble March 2000 North American Tour
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:29:10 -0500

I am posting announcement message for upcoming Turkish clarinetist Barbaros=
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Erkose to the United States. This is a rare tour to hear one of the masters=
of
Turkish clarinet players.

Golden Horn Productions is proud to announce the March 2000 North American=
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tour of Turkish clarinet virtuoso Barbaros Erk@-----.

Highly regarded for his work with the famed Erk=F6se Brothers, other Turkish=
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musicians and musicians from around the world, clarinet virtuoso Barbaros=20
Erk=F6se is a celebrated master of Turkey's traditional fasil Roman (Gypsy)=
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music. The passion, finesse, and subtlety of his work never fail to move=20
audiences.

In this tour, the Barbaros Erk=F6se Ensemble will present an array of=
Turkish=20
light classical fasil and urban music in the driving and fluid=20
improvisational style found among Roman urban musicians of Turkey. These=20
concerts will portray a captivating and exciting range of musical colors=20
from the Turkish urban landscape.

To celebrate the Barbaros Erk@-----. debut tour, Golden Horn=
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Records is releasing a brand new recording with the Ensemble. Titled "Lingo=
=20
Lingo", this album was recorded in November 1999 in Istanbul. The album's=20
North American release date is March 14, 2000.

BARBAROS ERK=D6SE ENSEMBLE
March 2000 North America Tour

PRODUCED BY GOLDEN HORN PRODUCTIONS

TOUR SCHEDULE

March 17, 2000 Friday
New York, NY
World Music Institute
Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th St., New York
(212) 545-7536
http://www.heartheworld.org/concerts/index.html

March 18, 2000 Saturday
Boston, MA
Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Sq., Somerville
World Music
Telephone: (617) 876-4275
Fax: (617) 876-9170
Http://www.worldmusic.org

March 19, 2000 Sunday
Minneapolis, MN
Cedar Cultural Center

March 21, 2000 Tuesday at 7:30 PM
Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin
Memorial Union, Great Hall
The Village Dance House
http://pages.prodigy.net/dcode/vdh/
Info: (608) 233-5322

March 22, 2000 Wednesday at 7:00 PM
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street
Preston Bradley Hall (3rd floor)
For more information: (312) 744-6630

March 24, 2000 Friday
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
CMC Theatre
Canadian Museum of Civilization
100 Laurier Street
P. O. Box 3100, Station B
Hull, Quebec J8X 4H2
Telephone: (819) 776-7181
Fax: (819) 776-8279
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/cmceng/live4eng.html#Barbaros
Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in=20
Ottawa, Canada

March 26, 2000 Sunday
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
du Maurier Theatre Centre
231 Queens Quay West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 973-4000
For Information:
Alan Davis
e-mail: smlwrld@-----.com
Small World Music
Telephone: (416) 536-4769
http://www.smallworldmusic.com

Barbaros Erk=F6se

Led by clarinet virtuoso, Barbaros Erk=F6se, the Barbaros Erk=F6se Ensemble=
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will present an array of Turkish fasil light classical and urban music in=20
the driving and fluid improvisational style found among Roman (Gypsy) urban=
=20
musicians of Turkey. Barbaros Erk=F6se, of the famed Erk=F6se musician=
family,=20
has created a unique style forged from an interpenetration of Turkish=20
traditional style with Western-influenced idioms and improvisational=20
performance modes.

The roots for such original synthesis lie in his musical family background=
=20
and life experiences. In Turkey, as in other areas of the Balkans and=20
Middle East, Roman musicians generally come from musician families, where=20
training is fostered as much in the home as with outside teachers, and=20
tempered in a variety of live performance situations. As is the case for=20
many professional musician families in Western Turkey, the Erk=F6se family=
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came from the Balkans. Barbaros' grandfather, Abdurrahman, played clarinet=
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in a military band in the Greek town of Drama. Barbaros' father, Saban, was=
=20
born in 1895 and played oud (ud in Turkish, a short-necked, plucked lute)=20
in Greece. He later also became a composer, and wrote "Ne g=FCzeldir=
bakisin"=20
a sarki (Turkish light classical song) in the makam (mode) of Hicaz and=20
usul (rhythmic mode) of =C7ifte Sofyan, which was recorded by famed singer=
=20
Hafiz Burhan on the Columbia label. Saban's brother, Ali Demir, was an=20
important violinist in Istanbul's Turkish Radio. Barbaros' mother, =DClviye=
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Hanim, was also from a musical family; her brother was the father of=20
violinist Aslan Hepg@-----. In the early 1920s, the=
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Erk=F6se family moved to Bursa and settled in the Setbasi neighborhood where=
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sons Ali (b.1926; violin), Selahattin (b. 1929; oud) and Barbaros (b. 1936;=
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clarinet) were born.

It was natural that Barbaros would follow in the footsteps of his musical=20
forefathers. Barbaros' early musical experience was eclectic, and he began=
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by playing with his brothers, Ali and Selahattin. He began playing the=20
clarinet at age 12, when the family moved to Samsun. During this period in=
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Samsun, he also studied with Remzi Bey.

In 1951, he moved with his family to Ankara. There he took lessons with a=20
clarinetist Osman =D6zkabak, of the Cumhurbaskanligi Armoni Mizikasi (The=20
military band of the Turkish Republic=92s Presidency) and learned Western=20
clarinet technique from him. This experience has greatly affected Barbaros'=
=20
style, which has a sound closer to Western clarinet sound, and incorporates=
=20
greater use of tonguing and staccato techniques. During 1953-54 he played=20
in the Ankara Yeni Tiyatro T=FCrk M=FCzik Toplulugu (The Turkish Music=
Ensemble=20
of the New Theater) and participated in a program of Ismail D=FCmb=FCll=FC,=
a=20
famous orta oyun (folk theater) performer. Here he played in an ensemble of=
=20
clarinet, trumpet and drums, performing below the stage. The ensemble=20
provided music for acrobats, dancers, and singers. The repertoire he=20
performed included oyun havalari or dance songs for stage, of which some=20
examples are included on the new recording =93Lingo Lingo=94; =C7iftetelli;=
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karsilama; 2/4 dance melodies and popular theatrical songs called kanto.=20
After this, he traveled to Cyprus and performed with a traveling theatrical=
=20
troupe for 3 months. He attributes his wide repertoire to his training in=20
musical theaters. While in Ankara, he also played weddings in Ankara and=20
neighboring villages, performing instrumental and vocal folk music from the=
=20
area.

In 1961 he moved to Istanbul and passed the radio exam. Like many=20
musicians, his family moved to Istanbul because of greater opportunities in=
=20
the local nightclubs and concert halls. At the radio, he played with=20
artists such as Mesut Cemil Bey (son of Tanburi Cemil Bey), Yorgo Bacanos,=
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Sadi Isilay, Necati Tokyay, Hilmi Rit, Necdet Yasar and Serif Icli. During=
=20
this period, he was the first to bring clarinet into the fasil ensemble=20
solo programs. According to Barbaros, Mesut Cemil, then director at the=20
Istanbul Radio, was impressed with Barbaros' sound, and thus included it in=
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the solo fasil programs. He also performed with his brothers as the Erk=F6se=
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Kardesler (The Brothers Erk=F6se) in first class nightclubs such as=
Tepebasi,=20
Kasablanka and Maksim Gazino. This led to the beginning of his recording=20
career, in which he made recordings with his brothers Ali and Selahattin as=
=20
the famous Erk@-----. In these recordings,=
the=20
ensemble presented lively fasil versions of popular folk and stage dance=20
melodies.

While continuing to perform with the Istanbul TRT, Barbaros began to=20
receive international recognition when he performed in France in November=20
1984 as the Erk@-----. From=20
there the group toured throughout France, North Africa, Finland and=20
Holland. Due to growing critical acclaim, Barbaros forged a solo career and=
=20
creative fusion projects with musicians from other cultures. These projects=
=20
include work with Peter Pannke on his Morungen project, several recordings=
=20
and concerts with Tunisian oudist Anouar Brahem, and most recently concerts=
=20
and a recording with African-American jazz musician Craig Harris and his=20
group, The Nation of Imagination. In Turkey, he has retired from the TRT=20
but continues to record and give concerts. His own family continues the=20
professional musician tradition, with son Tuncay on cello and nephew Saban=
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on darbuka, as featured on the new recording @-----.

Visit Golden Horn web site for more information on:
March 2000 tour: http://www.goldenhorn.com/engagements/ge_erkose_2000.html
New CD, Lingo Lingo: http://www.goldenhorn.com/records/ghp012.html

Established in 1995 and based in California, Golden Horn Productions and=20
its label division Golden Horn Records originally released several jazz=20
albums before also becoming involved in the production of traditional and=20
contemporary World Music in 1997. The aim of Golden Horn is to create a=20
cultural touchstone in North America capable of representing and supporting=
=20
some of the many traditional and evolving genres of Turkish music through=20
the release of original recordings and tours. We consider it a great honor=
=20
to be ambassadors of both traditional and contemporary Turkish music in=20
North America.

Golden Horn Productions, Inc. & Golden Horn Records
P.O. Box 5776, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, U.S.A.
1-800-969-9455 (toll free from U.S. and Canada)
1-925-930-7184
Fax: 1-925-938-8447
music@-----.com
@-----.com

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