Suite, consisting of six short pieces for alto saxophone and piano, is a virtuoso work for this duo. I composed my Suite in 2014 in commission of the legendary saxophone virtuoso Mr. Sugawa with whom...
In his Violin Sonata, the internationally renowned Turkish pianist Faz?l Say combines the classical western form with folk music elements of his home country, spiced with jazz-like intensified rhythms...
The Troy Sonata, the main work of the new Warner CD Faz?l Say plays Say, will shape the world tour programme of Say in the Beethoven Year 2020 in combination with the Hammerklavier Sonata. A powerful...
In 2011, the International Violin Competition 'Henri Marteau' for the first time commissioned a composer to write the compulsory piece for the competition. This composer was Faz?l Say who forms a mean...
Not many encore pieces exist for piano duet. These two, by Fazil Say, are in his unmistakable style. A very effective and romantic winter morning in Istanbul!
Eingebettet in atmosphärische Beschreibungen der quirligen Ägäis-Metropole finden sich mit türkischem Kolorit angereicherte Porträts von Chopin, Brahms und Rachmaninow: alle drei Hommage-Sätze zitiere...
The final movement of the Sonata in A major KV 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Rondo Alla Turca, is one of the most famous piano pieces of all time. Once only familiar to musical experts, later a...
In four short movements following each other 'attacca', the Turkish composer and pianist Faz?l Say humorously describes an everyday scene in an Anatolian village: Alevi fathers drinking raki at a well...
Black Earth was inspired by Kara Toprak, a popular song in Turkey. The composer of the song, As?k Veysel (1891-1973), was one of the last great Turkish balladeers and the final link in a thousand-year...
