Fazıl Say

Fazıl Say (born 1970) is a Turkish pianist and composer.

Born in Ankara, Turkey, Fazıl Say studied piano and composition at the Ankara State Conservatory. At the age of seventeen he was awarded a scholarship that enabled him to study for five years with David Levine at the Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf. From 1992 to 1995 he continued his studies at the Berlin Conservatory. In 1994 he was the winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, which gave a rapid start to his international career.

Compositions

Orchestral Works

• Nazım - oratorio for piano, vocalists, narrator, orchestra and chorus (2001)
• Requiem for Metin Altıok - oratorio for piano, chamber orchestra and chorus (2002/03)
• Chamber Symphony - for string orchestra (1996)

Concertos

• Sinfonia Concertante - for piano and large orchestra (1994)
• Silk Road - (Piano Concerto No. 2) for piano and chamber orchestra (1994)
• Piano Conderto No. 3 - for piano and orchestra (2001)
• Two Romantical Ballads - for piano and strings (1995)
• Guitar Conderto - in d minor (1996)
• Paganini Jazz - for piano and orchestra (2003)
• Alla Turca - (Jazz Fantasy after Mozart) for piano and orchestra (2003)
• Cadenzas - for Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 25 C major K. 467 (1997) - for Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 c minor (2001)

Piano Solo

• Four Dances for Nasreddin Hoca (1990)
• Fantasietücke (1993)
• Alla Turka - Jazz Fantasy after Mozart (1993)
• Paganini Jazz
• Three Jazz Pieces
• Three Ballads (1997)
• Black Earth (1997)

Chamber Music

• Violin Sonata (1997)

Experimental Music

• Ten Pieces for Jazz Quartet - Fazil Say - Kudsi Ergüner (Nei)
• Four Pieces for DJ and Piano - Fazil Say - DJ Mercan Dede (2003)

Writing

• Uçak Notları - (Airplane Notes - Gedanken zur Musik) Ankara (1999)
• Fifty Essays - Columns in "Milliyet" Newspaper

External links

• Official website