Kamran Ince: Asumani

Kamran Ince (composer)

Catalog #: TROY1565
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Format: Digital
Chamber

Composer Kamran Ince's father was Turkish and his mother is American. He grew up partly in each country and now splits time between Memphis, Tennessee where he is on the faculty at the University of Memphis and Istanbul, where he teaches at Istanbul Technical University. Ince is first and foremost a composer in the Western classical tradition, but he is not bound by that tradition. He is also well versed in Ottoman classical music and grounded in Turkish culture. In ways sometimes explicit and sometimes subtle, his music reflects that dual heritage. The many musicians Ince gathered to record the varied chamber pieces on this recording have in common not only the big technique his music requires, but also the wildness and intensity it demands. They are Ince's triumphant champions, and he is their inspiration.

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Track Listing

Title Composer Performer
Asumani Kamran Ince Neva Özgen, kemençe; Yelda Öztürk, cello
Symphony in Blue Kamran Ince Hüseyim Sermet, piano
Far Variations Kamran Ince Soh-Hyun Park Altino, violin; Anthony Gilbert, viola; Leonardo Altino, cello; Kamran Ince, piano
Road to Memphis Kamran Ince Özcan Ulucan, viola; Kamran Ince, piano
Drawings Kamran Ince Marie Sander, flute; Phillip Bush, piano
Two Step Passion Kamran Ince Cihat Askin, violin; Yelda Öztürk, cello; Kamran Ince, piano
Requiem for Mehmet Kamran Ince 3 Piano Project
Abandoned Kamran Ince Peabody Southwell, mezzo-soprano; Prizm Ensemble

Reviews

  • "If a composer with a feeling for sound and fury and meditation by turns interests you, here he is."

    – American Record Guide

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