subject: A Franz Liszt On Piano Solo Cd By The Turkish Born Belgian Artist: "liszt-modern" [print this page] Just about the most innovative and inventive pianists and composers of the nineteenth century, Franz Liszt was noted for using beautiful masterpieces of music through literature. Quite a few belittled him regarding his boldness nevertheless his works continue to be many of the most beautiful works inside classical music these days.
The tracks presented in the CD "Liszt-Modern" by Mehmet Okonsar are: "Fantasie und Fuge uber das Thema B-A-C-H"; "Variationen uber das Motiv von Bach ("Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen")"; the two "Legendes"; "Les Jeux d'Eaux a la Villa d'Este", the famous Bagatelle Without Tonality and the two "Csardas" "Macabre" and "Obstine". Additionally, the artist Mehmet Okonsar offers in his official website the two "Threnodies" (from the third year of the "Annees de Pelerinages")
A exciting, electrifying pace and even precision characterizes the "Lisztian" octaves. Nevertheless, they don't seem to be dried up neither mechanized in Okonsar's playing.
In the Turkish born Belgian pianist's playing the the majority of "fancy" batches of octaves which in turn are commonly conducted as outbursts of a machine-gun, change into orchestral in sound. This is certainly because of the fact that the multi-faceted music artist Okonsar calls for the extra attempt to carry out them practically "legato" and they sound like the Violins One as well as Two of an orchestral ensemble.
Sets of chords additionally wear a "legato" and an orchestral sound. The Belgian artist Mehmet Okonsar produces that by carrying them as much as one can do, contrasting a number of other pianists who strike them and depart for the pedal to extend the sound. The affect of Weissenberg's playing is see-through there. Hands are pretty much "sliding" over the keyboard they do not bump up and hit.
The continuity and also the actual feeling of coherence is really distinct within The Turkish born Belgian pianist's performances. The compositions accomplished carry shape in addition to occur to be a perfectly elaborated story. This is definitely the effect of a a genuine fidelity on the composer's indications and it is undoubtedly inherited from your fantastic artists, the Belgian artist Mehmet Okonsar received the actual advantage of studying with. These people are typically Alexis Weissenberg, Jean Claude Vanden Eynden as well as to a certain extent Eduardo del Pueyo.
There is no such thing as a excessive gesture at the hands of Okonsar. Each and every movement is strictly arranged to reach the key within a strategy to trigger the mechanics right behind it with regard to the wanted sound. Hands and fingers are relaxed and also they expand virtually at view. Mehmet Okonsar's hands and fingers do not imitate a playing "apparatus" you can almost observe the actual extension and even the amazing flexibility.
One generally important factor for the purpose of the actual effectiveness and also power connected with transmission for the purpose of any kind of pianist, or perhaps almost any musician in particular, is simply the plethora of dynamic power. How perfectly it is really implemented is an additional issue, nevertheless, along with a tight assortment that does not likely make any difference certainly. The dynamic assortment for a piano player, means how far is in fact the actual most elegant "pianissimo" from the smashing "fortissimo" constitutes a major point inside the communication power associated with the musician.
Pianists, as with any music performer or singer by the way, are separated straight into a pair of groups. The ones with a standard dynamic range and even others together with a wonderful palette of sound that works with nearly each and every instrument.
Pedal is under no circumstances employed to hide flaws. With Okonsar, pedaling is often often within confines of the harmonic blur, however, that is on purpose and it becomes immediately clear. For example: the extensive recitatives or pretty special sound effects required by Franz Liszt (i.e. the 3rd. Hungarian Rhapsody where the left hand performs a melody from the extreme low register which is indicated by using an extensive pedal sustain) or inside the prominent passage of the "Tempest" Sonata (op.31 number:2) by Beethoven, in which a extensive sustained pedal is actually plainly pointed by the composer to supply the passage its incomparable sound, are faithfully rendered. Also in parts without having pedal, the particular playing is under no circumstances dry.
The Fantasy and Fugue on the theme BACH is undoubtedly completed "a la Alfred Brendel".
That indicates an "organ-type" piano contact happens to be in function here. Okonsar, composer, conductor and musicologist in addition to pianist pays highest care about create that particular big sound which is without question so reminiscent of a Cathedral pipe organ. The actual Fantasy blossoms within numerous instrumental colours and the actual fugue shows an awesome mastery associated with the polyphonic piano touch. Runs of octaves in addition to arpeggios are usually showy likewise.
The very late pieces within this specific release are the two Csardas. They can indeed be imagined of to be the latest Hungarian Rhapsodies. We have now here every one of the first Bartok in a musical vocabulary which also outshines the Bagatelle Without Tonality also within this amazing CD.
The particular bonus tracks really worth a visit in the artist's official website. Generously offered there, the two "Threnodies" (Cypres de la Villa d'Este) with the actual number two paraphrasing the main Tristan opening theme by Wagner are usually outstanding pieces. They are usually interpreted along with an in-depth feeling by the pianist and composer Okonsar.
Mehmet Okonsar was born in Istanbul (Turkey) and resided in Paris for the duration of his earliest schooling. He began studying piano at the National Conservatory of Ankara, with Nimet Karatekin and Necil Kazim Akses.
It is in the currently renowned European capital city of Belgium that Mehmet Okonsar in reality obtained nearly all, he says "definitely all", musical knowledge.
For the duration of this era connected with uncertainty who has been the 70s in Turkey, Okonsar linked on both friendly and professional basis with a pianist and conductor, ex-student of Pierre Sancan. Via this specific friendly relationship he figured out the basic principles of the keyboard principles of Pierre Sancan who was the teacher of pianists like Michel Beroff and the student of Yves Nat.
Even at his earliest public appearance in 1979, the specific eclecticism connected with his recital programs in the future might be observed. He presented a collection of the Preludes by Messiaen amongst others.
The piano studies of Okonsar ended with all the top honors any student can certainly ever get at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. "Premier Prix avec Distinction", performing the "Dante Sonata" by Liszt and then "Diplome Superieur de Piano Avec la plus Grande Distinction, Premier Nomme", in 1986, performing the Piano Concerto Op. 42 by Arnold Schoenberg.
At the conclusion of his piano studies, Okonsar obtained the particular opportunity of working with one of the better composers of Belgium: Madame Jacqueline Fontyn. He additionally studied with a student of Messiaen, Claude Ballif. In 1989 he receives his degrees in Composition-Orchestration from the Royal Conservatory of Music of Brussels.
One afternoon telephone rang and a lady dialing from Switzerland inquired him. Alexis Weissenberg, a pianist Okonsar venerated as well as just about worshiped, desired him to study with in Switzerland. Cash seemed to be short but the master made available Okonsar an entire grant. One can witness in all performances by Okonsar how deeply Weissenberg had an effect on him.
Right after being a Belgian national, Mehmet Okonsar and his wife Lale, artist went back to Turkey following an invitation from the President Suleyman Demirel who provided him the particular most sought-after title of "State Artist of the Turkish Republic".
"Performing through Turkey will not be extremely hard within our days, thanks to the Internet" claims the pianist. It holds true that he is in particular confident while using the computer systems and possesses a very effective position on the Internet.
Okonsar is incredibly effective from Turkey where he performs, exercise, compose and writes. He runs a CD company and a publishing house.
Mehmet Okonsar's worldwide career started off having the first prize at the International Young Virtuoses Competition of Antwerp in 1982. His orchestral debut was the third Concerto by Rachmaninoff executed at the "de Singel" Concert Hall in Antwerp, Belgium. His additional prizes are: Paris, 1989, "J. S. Bach" at the Salle Gaveau: second prize; 1990, Rome, Association Chopin "Premio Etruria": 1st prize; and 1991, United States, Utah, the sixth prize at the "Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition".
At times he endorses the position of a judge in selected piano competitions such as the National Piano Competition of Japan underneath the auspices of the P.T.N.A. ("Piano Teachers National Association").
Functioning frequently on technological matters, as he says "the actual technologies could possibly "totally free" the artist", his researches were being shown in a lecture at the Yamaha home office in Hamamatsu, Japan.
Okonsar has executed recitals presenting the entire piano works by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern. In spite of he declines many type of "musical specialization", his repertoire is intensely on the "modern" side with Igor Stravinsky "Three Movements of Petrouchka" the "Sequenza" for the piano by Luciano Berio and the Klavierstucke by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
The Belgian artist Mehmet Okonsar is undoubtedly a particular adept of most of the "Free Music" philosophy. Each of his mp3s are usually shared basically by the free performer. This is without question a very cool approach that, according to the particular musician and performer is going to be of great profit to equally the actual artist, the actual launch in addition to the entire classical music world.
Similarly most of the best video site Youtube(r) carries a quantity of the pianist and composer Okonsar's playing media. Frequently his Compact disc releases are all at once published as live recorded videos into the artist's Youtube(r) channel: mokonsar.
