LocksBridge ARTISTMANAGEMENT Turkish Concertos Catalogue Includes Works of CEMAL REŞİT REY HASAN FERİT ALNAR ULVİ CEMAL ERKİN AHMED ADNAN SAYGUN EKREM ZEKİ ÜN YALÇIN TURA HÜSEYİN SERMET KAMRAN İNCE HASAN UÇARSU FAZIL SAY MAHİR CETİZ 2021 © LocksBridge. All Rights Reserved. Turkish Concertos Catalogue TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD Foreword by Onur Tahmaz 4-5 ABOUT US Who We Are 6 Team & Management 7 What We Do 8 Latest Partners 9 LB ARTISTS Why LB Artists 10-11 CONCERTOS Concertos Intro & Turkish Composers 12-13 Concertos I-XXIII 14-83 CONTACT Get Connected 84 LocksBridge Artist Management Turkish Concertos Catalogue FOREWORD WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF ESPRIT DE CORPS as LocksBridge Alone, we can do so little. FOREWORD Together, AT A GLANCE we can do so much. For Edition I INTRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No musical genre has had a more critical history than the concerto First and foremost, we salute the composers who have so but has simultaneously retained as consistently prominent a place generously created these extraordinary works in the Turkish in the affections of the concert-going public. Concertos Catalogue. These individuals have provided the inspiration and content for this publication. To them, we offer our Turkish Concertos Catalogue is a chronological selection of works deepest thanks. of Turkish composers from the beginning of twentieth century to the present. It includes the names of Turkish composers and We are indebted to the following people for their previous research their concertos, brief biographies, details such as duration and and contributions to the literature rendered during the progress instrumentation, dates of composition as well as the soloists who of the catalogue:—Dr. Emre Aracı, music historian, conductor and are to perform them. composer; Evin İlyasoğlu, music critic and writer; and Ahmet Say, music historian. Accuracy has been striven for as regards dates of birth and death; biographies; and the works’ details, which have been carefully collated, where possible, from contemporary notices. Some of these differ from information hitherto accepted. Still, faults and omissions may be detected and any information in correction thereof will be gladly received. The catalogue is issued by LocksBridge as a kind of collection of selected concertos by Turkish composers, the object being a desire to create a source material for the works of Turkish composers in the musical genre of concerto. Turkish Concertos Catalogue makes available a range of significant works encompassing all aspects of the concerto genre by Turkish composers, including works of Cemal Reşit Rey, Hasan Ferit Alnar, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Ekrem Zeki Ün, Yalçın ONUR TAHMAZ Tura, Hüseyin Sermet, Kamran İnce, Hasan Uçarsu, Fazıl Say and MANAGING PARTNER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Mahir Cetiz. 4 5 LocksBridge Artist Management Turkish Concertos Catalogue WHO WE ARE TEAM WHO TEAM & WE ARE MANAGEMENT our mission & vision Turkey’s first and leading international classical artist management company! DUYGU ESENKAR ONUR TAHMAZ KERİM SİPAHİLER LocksBridge is an international classical artist manage- Managing Partner Managing Partner Investing Partner ment agency. Founded in 2019 by 3 partners, all grad- Projects Director Artistic Director Corporate Relations Director uates of Boğaziçi (Bosphorus) University, the highest- ranked university of Turkey, LocksBridge’s mission is to establish a firm, effective and yet holistic connection between arts & entertainment, especially classical mu- sic, industries of Turkey and the rest of the world with an innovative approach. Our team at LocksBridge is full of people with proactivity, creativity, versatility and LocksBridge is the first member of the IAMA (The International Artist dynamism. We represent the best classical artists and Managers’ Association) as an artist lead their careers towards their highest potential. As management company from Turkey! ULAŞ DENİZ TÜMKAYA ZEKERİYA TÜRKMEN MARK STICKNEY we develop our worldwide network further, we contin- ue to believe in the power of “esprit de corps”: “Alone International Touring Director Representative – France Representative – USA Assistant Artist Manager we can do so little. Together we can do so much.”. While being Turkey’s first and leading international classical artist management company, LocksBridge also uses its creative and digital abilities to position itself, its part- ners and LB Artists right in the digital world. BARAN SAKALLIOĞLU YAHYA DEMİRBAŞ YUNUS TAHA MERCAN Social Content & Assistant Artist Manager Business Development & Web Development Director Marketing Director 6 7 LocksBridge Artist Management Turkish Concertos Catalogue WHAT WE DO OUR PARTNERS WHAT LATEST WE DO PARTNERS We partner with companies to bring products to life and businesses to scale. ARTIST MANAGEMENT LocksBridge Artists LocksBridge is internationally recognized for high its quality of artist representation. We are the first member of the IAMA (The International Artist Managers’ Association) as an artist management company from Turkey. We construct a different manage- ment approach for each of our artists; While raising their career goals, we provide them with the best consultancy with an analytical, dynamic and creative perspec- tive. Our artists benefit the advantages of our worldwide network, ranging from the world’s leading orchestras and concert halls to international festivals, as well as exclusive access to our Communications & Marketing services. INTERNATIONAL TOURING CONSULTANCY MARKETING Orchestras & Strategic Business Planning & Creative & Ensembles Organizational Development Communications LocksBridge innovates and delivers revo- LocksBridge works with a wide range of LocksBridge provides specialist in-house lutionary international tours around the institutions to help them develop unique communications and marketing services world covering key venues, festivals and content, realize original projects and de- for its artists, orchestras and ensembles. presenters; especially in Southeast Europe, vise visionary feedback to the obstacles Marketing and communications strategy the MENA Region, Far East as well as the US they encounter. Drawing upon a our ex- including digital, branding, promotions, and Canada. We are the preferred agency perience and expertise across LocksBridge website services, content generation, au- for many of the world’s most exceptional – together with artistic planning, interna- dience development and media partner- orchestras and ensembles. We operate at tional. tour and project management, mar- ships. We are able to plan and implement the forefront of development in this dy- keting, sponsorship, strategic, financial and successful marketing campaigns around namic area whether introducing unique organizational planning and structuring – projects such as tours, residencies and CD programs, expanding into new markets or we put together a talented team for each releases. Thanks to our network of major developing innovative ways of presenting project to work in partnership with all col- record labels, publishers and digital service concerts. laborators to set out objectives and deliver providers, LocksBridge is also ideally placed success. to advise for potent media exploitation strategies. 8 9 LocksBridge Artist Management Turkish Concertos Catalogue LB Artists LB ARTISTS LocksBridge Artists is Turkey’s first and leading international classical artist management company! Although our head office is in Istanbul, we have business partners in the USA, Germany, Russia, Qatar, New Zealand, France, BENELUX countries and the UK. Why LB Artists ? • Besides being Turkey’s first and leading interna- tional classical artist management, is the most competent and well-equipped of the industry, • Has a worldwide network of nearly 2000 or- chestras, more than 600 festivals and concert halls around the world, • Works with all its abilities to make LB Artists get the attention they deserve anywhere around the globe, • Works solely for its artists, not for itself. 10 11 LocksBridge Artist Management Turkish Concertos Catalogue COMPOSERS IN THIS CATALOGUE WORKS IN THIS CATALOGUE • CEMAL REŞİT REY (1904-1985) I. Rey, Concerto chromatique Concertos - Catalogue II. Rey, Variations on an Old Istanbul Folk Song: Katibim for • HASAN FERİT ALNAR (1906-1978) piano and orchestra III. Rey, Pieces Concertantes for violoncello and orchestra • ULVİ CEMAL ERKİN (1906-1972) IV. Alnar, Cello Concerto V. Erkin, Piano Concerto • AHMED ADNAN SAYGUN (1907-1991) VI. Erkin, Violin Concerto VII. Erkin, Symphony Concertante • EKREM ZEKİ ÜN (1910-1987) VIII. Saygun, Piano Concerto No. 1 IX. Saygun, Piano Concerto No. 2 • YALÇIN TURA (1934) X. Ün, Piano Concerto No. 1 • HÜSEYİN SERMET (1955) XI. Ün, Piano Concerto No. 2 XII. Ün, Flute Concerto • KAMRAN İNCE (1960) XIII. Tura, Viola Concerto XIV. Sermet, Réminiscence I & II • HASAN UÇARSU (1965) XV. İnce, Piano Concerto XVI. İnce, Remembering Lycia for piano and orchestra • FAZIL SAY (1970) Concertos - Catalogue XVII. İnce, Flute Concerto Uçarsu, Uninvited Guests for harp, lyre and orchestra • MAHİR CETİZ (1977) XVIII. XIX. Uçarsu, Double Concerto for viola and piano: A Love Epopee Click on the name to go to the section of the composer and his XX. Say, Violin Concerto “1001 Nights in the Harem”, Op.25 concertos included in this catalogue. XXI. Say, Khayyam for clarinet and orchestra XXII. Say, Flute Concerto, Op.76 XXIII. Cetiz, Symphony Concertante: Nocturnal Sun Click on the name to go to the page of the concerto.