Aydın Esen
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Aydin Esen (b. 1962) is a jazz pianist.
Esen began studying piano with his father at age 2 and entered the Conservatory of Istanbul, studying composition there through age 13. In the 1980s, he studied piano, composition, and conducting at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway. Upon his accelerated graduation from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Esen received the prestigious Artist's Diploma and moved on to the New England Conservatory of Music where he received his Master's degree (with honors) in piano and composition.
Certainly a virtuoso, Aydin Esen's prodigious talent has not, however, been matched by generous recorded output. The handful of records we do have are certainly phenomenal, displaying an epic command of composition, arranging, and performance technique, solidly in the forefront of modern jazz piano.
Aydin's most recent work, much of it in the contemporary classical domain, will be featured on a new label devoted to music of our time: extinction.
Selected discography
- Aydin Esen (1989)
- So Many Lifetimes (1989)
- Anadolu (1992)
- Timescape (1999)
- Living (2001)
- Dialogo (2005)
Appears on
- Trio (Eddie Gomez)
- This Is Me (Emily Remler)
- Edges (Daniel Humair)
- Brazilian Landscape (Sergio Brandao)
- Honour Simplicity, Respect the Flow (Kai Eckhardt)
- My Heart (Tommy Campbell)
- Wolfgang Muthspiel (Wolfgang Muthspiel)
- Timezones (Wolfgang Muthspiel)