Klarinet Archive - Posting 000407.txt from 2000/03

From: Nicholas Yip <nyip@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Barbaros Erkose Ensemble March 2000 North American
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:24:52 -0500

How about to the west, such as San Francisco?
At 05:29 PM 3/12/00 -0800, Ates M. Temeltas wrote:
>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.
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>Golden Horn Productions is proud to announce the March 2000 North American=
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>tour of Turkish clarinet virtuoso Barbaros Erk@-----.
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>Highly regarded for his work with the famed Erk=F6se Brothers, other=
Turkish=20
>musicians and musicians from around the world, clarinet virtuoso Barbaros=
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>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.
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>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.
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>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=
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>Lingo", this album was recorded in November 1999 in Istanbul. The album's=
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>North American release date is March 14, 2000.
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>BARBAROS ERK=D6SE ENSEMBLE
>March 2000 North America Tour
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>PRODUCED BY GOLDEN HORN PRODUCTIONS
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>TOUR SCHEDULE
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>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=
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>the driving and fluid improvisational style found among Roman (Gypsy) urban=
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>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.
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>The roots for such original synthesis lie in his musical family background=
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>and life experiences. In Turkey, as in other areas of the Balkans and=20
>Middle East, Roman musicians generally come from musician families, where=
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>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=
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>born in 1895 and played oud (ud in Turkish, a short-necked, plucked lute)=
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>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=
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>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=20
>sons Ali (b.1926; violin), Selahattin (b. 1929; oud) and Barbaros (b. 1936;=
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>clarinet) were born.
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>It was natural that Barbaros would follow in the footsteps of his musical=
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>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.
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>In 1951, he moved with his family to Ankara. There he took lessons with a=
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>clarinetist Osman =D6zkabak, of the Cumhurbaskanligi Armoni Mizikasi (The=
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>military band of the Turkish Republic=92s Presidency) and learned Western=
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>clarinet technique from him. This experience has greatly affected Barbaros'=
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>style, which has a sound closer to Western clarinet sound, and incorporates=
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>greater use of tonguing and staccato techniques. During 1953-54 he played=
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>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=
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>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=
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>troupe for 3 months. He attributes his wide repertoire to his training in=
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>musical theaters. While in Ankara, he also played weddings in Ankara and=20
>neighboring villages, performing instrumental and vocal folk music from the=
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>area.
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>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=
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>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=
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>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=F6s=
e=20
>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=
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>the famous Erk@-----. In these recordings,=
the=20
>ensemble presented lively fasil versions of popular folk and stage dance=20
>melodies.
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>While continuing to perform with the Istanbul TRT, Barbaros began to=20
>receive international recognition when he performed in France in November=
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>1984 as the Erk@-----. From=
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>there the group toured throughout France, North Africa, Finland and=20
>Holland. Due to growing critical acclaim, Barbaros forged a solo career and=
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>creative fusion projects with musicians from other cultures. These projects=
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>include work with Peter Pannke on his Morungen project, several recordings=
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>and concerts with Tunisian oudist Anouar Brahem, and most recently concerts=
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>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=
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>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=
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>some of the many traditional and evolving genres of Turkish music through=
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>the release of original recordings and tours. We consider it a great honor=
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>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
>
>http://www.goldenhorn.com
>
>
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