Aksak Duo Concert Tour: March 24 – April 8, 2012
Aksak Duo, formed by the Turkish virtuoso violinist Cihat Askin and guitarist/composer Mesut Özgen, begins their concert tour in Turkey at the Kars Music Festival on March 24, 2012. The duo performs a special program of violin-guitar music, including works by Pablo Ortiz, Chris Pratorius, Robert Strizich, Ken Walicki, Mesut Özgen, and others. Aksak means "limping" in Turkish and refers to an odd rhythmic pattern in 9/8 or 9/4 meter.
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PROGRAM
Moldavian-Turkish Medley arr. M. Özgen
*Four by Six by Robert Strizich
*Freak Folk by Pablo Ortiz
*Pas de Deux by Chris Pratorius
Haydar (traditional Turkish) arr. Hakan Sensoy
*A Wave in the Ocean by Ken Walicki
Under the Spell of Selma by Tolga Zafer Özdemir
Milonga by Jorge Cardoso
Rumeli Türküsü by Mesut Özgen
*Written for Aksak Duo, premiere performances
Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
2402 Cabrillo College Drive
Soquel CA 95073
(off the Park Avenue exit turn left, at the second stoplight, turn left again onto Cabrillo College Drive,
which curves to the left and ends in the church parking lot: Google Map)
Admission $20, general; $15 students/seniors; $10 children (12 & under) at the door
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Sacramento State University, Sacramento, California
Friday, April 6, 2012
UCSC Music Center Recital Hall, Santa Cruz, California
As part of the Contemporary Music Festival: April in Santa Cruz
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, California
Admission $22.50 advance, $24.50 at door.
Watch a LIVE WEBCAST for $3. (On the day of the concert, go to ConcertWindow website. For advance info, click on the schedule)
Friday, March 30, 2012
Istanbul Technical University/MIAM, Istanbul, Turkey
Free Admission (to reserve seats, send an email to infaskin @ gmail.com)
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Mevlana (Rumi) Cultural Center, Konya, Turkey
Concert Review (konyapostasi.com.tr): Konya'dan Anadolu Ezgileri Yankilandi (Anatolian tunes cascade through Konya)
Monday, March 26, 2012
Eskisehir Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
Concert Review (e-gazete.anadolu.edu.tr):
Keman ve gitarin muhtesem uyumu: "Aksak Duo" (Magnificent togetherness of violin and guitar)
Sunday, March 25, 2012
METU (ODTÜ) 13th Art Festival, Ankara, Turkey
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Kars Art Festival, Kars, Turkey