Announcement
Cihat Askin is creating "Turkish Violin Team" for Keshet Eilon 2008
Latest News
- Cihat Askin & Kamran Ince perform "the ambiant Music Project"
- Askin is giving a masterclass in Pittsburg University
- "Istanbulin" in Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall (18 Jan '08)...
- Cihat Askin's new album "Istanbulin" reliazed...
- Kreutzer Etudes on CD...
Victor Carr Jr.'s Akses comment;
Necil Kâzim Akses'(1908-99) Violin Concerto (1969) is probably unlike any you've ever heard. Its thunderous opening, an angry theme consisting of repeated half-tone modulations around an insistent F tonic, sounds more like music for a disaster movie than a concerto. The violin enters in an agitated state, its delicate tone doing little to dispel the music's accumulated tension, though Akses does allow for moments of introspection in this sprawling, 26-minute first movement. As it progresses, the music's fundamentally romantic nature becomes more apparent--romanticism in a Korngold film score vein that is--even though the harmonic language is much closer to Bartok's. After an extended and wrenching cadenza, the second movement follows attacca with a calm and contemplative adagio theme that provides a much needed respite from the struggle just endured. This is briefly interrupted by a built-in scherzo (marked Vivo) that delightfully incorporates Turkish dance elements...
CAKA (Cihat Askin and Little Friends) Project
Cihat Askin and Little Friends (CAKA) project will be starting violin masterclasses on 1st April. If you want to be on CAKA project please contact with us from infaskin@gmail.com .