Ferit Alnar

He was famous as qanun player in his childhood and became known as the most famous quanun virtuoso of the classical Turkish music. He strarted composing at his 16. He get lessons from Sadettin Arel ab

Quanun at Verdi’s Othello

By Zülfü Livaneli / Dünya Değişirken 21 Nov. 1999 Last week we were having a rehersal at Salla Pleyel Hall in Paris. Meastro Zubin Mehta is directing Moscow Symphony Orchestra.

FASIL

Fasıl; Works composed within the same melodic structure (makam) , or mode, set out and played in a particular order. In a genuine fasıl, there will be works for voice and for saz. The basis of the fas

An interview with Halil Karaduman

How do you descirbe your style of composing? I compose in classical forms and i compose in popular forms according to the changing characteristics of music. As my style i use Turkish melodies over