DEM TRIO Derya Turkan Murat Salim Tokaç Cenk Guray
ANATOLIAN DANCES Turkish Classical Traditions Remembering the past, dreaming of the future, ...)

Fy 8272

885016827229
Felmay Records
Turchia

 

DEM Trio, places the roots of its musical preferences within the Anatolian Traditional Music Culture, and sails to unknown harbors with the winds of improvisation. Besides, DEM’s music is carrying a desire of putting forward an idea for “a specific polyphony based on Anatolian makam structures” that can be acquired through an ensemble of traditional instruments. The recordings on the new CD of the Trio witness a part of the Anatolian geography based journey of the Trio routing towards the dance repertoire of Anatolian land this time that can be traced back to ancient times



A new important Felmay’s release by DEM Trio. Formed by Derya Türkan (Istanbul kemençe), Murat Salim Tokaç (tanbur, ney) and Cenk Güray (divan sazı, cura, tanbura, abdal sazı), DEM Trio places the roots of its musical preferences within the Anatolian Traditional Music Culture, and sails to unknown harbors with the winds of improvisation. Besides, DEM’s music is carrying a desire of putting forward an idea for a specific polyphony based on Anatolian makam structures that can be acquired through an ensemble of traditional instruments. The recordings on the new CD witness a part of the Anatolian geography based journey of DEM Trio routing towards the dance repertoire of Anatolian land this time that can be traced back to ancient times. The repertoire of this CD includes the performances of DEM Trio on various dance tunes including halay, sirto and zeybek dances. The melodic dreams created on these tunes are reflected by the addition of a unique harmonic accompaniment in accordance with makam music theory and gives way to substantive improvisations on these specific themes.

DERYA TÜRKAN
Born in 1973 in Istanbul. Studied kemence with Ihsan Özgen in Istanbul Technical University
Conservatory between 1984 and 1994. Performed as a guest artist with the “Istanbul
State Classical Turkish Music Ensemble” between 1990 and 1997, under the guidance of
the general artistic director Prof. Necdet Yasar. Entered the TRT Istanbul Radio in 1991 and
became a permanent artist there in 2000.
Got the chance to collaborate with respectable masters like Alaaddin Yavasça, Bekir Sidki
Sezgin, Erol Deran, Niyazi Sayin, Mutlu Torun, Inci Cayirli and Yavuz Özüstün. Performing
with the famous Kudsi Erguner Band in many countries since 1992.
Attended the 80th birthday concert of the famous violin player Sir Yehudi Menuhin, which
was organized by the President of France, in Sorbonne University in 1996.Attended seminars,
workshops and gave lectures in many universities including San Francisco, Santa Cruse,
Sorbonne, Harvard, M.I.T and New England.
Turkan gave concerts in the prestigious venues and festivals all around Europe including
Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Essen Philharmonic Hall, Utrecht Vredenburg, Amsterdam Concert
Gebouw, Ljubliana Druga Godba Festival, Madrid and Zaragoza.
Continues to give seminars in Ross Daly’s “Labyrinth Musical Workshop” school in Crete since
2004. Performed as a guest artist in Jordi Savall’s “Orient – Occident, La Sublime Port and
Mare Nostrum” albums. Also performed many times with the band “Hesperion”. Worked as
the musical director of the well-known Turkish movie “Yahşi Batı”, directed by Cem Yılmaz.
Performed for the score of the movie “Argo”, directed by Ben Affleck.

MURAT SALİM TOKAÇ
As one of the most prominent and noteworthy ney (reedflute) and tanbur performers, Murat
Sâlim Tokaç was born in Kırıkkale, in 1969. After graduating from University of 19th May (Samsun)
from Faculty of Medicine, he received the doctorate degree in the field of microbiology. In the year
of 2014, he obtained the rank of associate professor in “Turkish musical performances”. He was
assigned to Samsun State Choir of Turkish Classical Music, affiliated to the Ministry of Culture, as ney
and tanbur player, where he became the conductor of the choir in 2004. In 2007, he was assigned
to a brand-new institution, “State Ensemble of Research and Performance on Turkish Classical
Music” as an art director in İstanbul. He carried out several concerts with chorus, gave recitals in
solo performances and participated in several TV programs in Turkey. Individually or accompanied
by the bands and ensembles; as well as performing ney and tanbur, he gave seminars and made
speeches upon the culture of music in many places, including all European countries, in addition,
the USA, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russian Federation and Australia.
As a performer and art-director he has produced many CD recordings, as an author or an editor
he has published a great number of articles, book chapters and columns in many periodicals,
Currently, Murat Salim Tokaç works for the Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism as the DirectorGeneral of Fine Arts and carries out his academic-artistic studies as a professor of performance in
Hacı Bayram Veli University Conservatory for Turkish Music. He is also a member of the Academic
Board of the Ataturk Cultural Center

CENK GÜRAY
Born in Ankara 1973. He received a bachelor’s degree in 1995, a master’s degree in 1998 and
a Ph.D.in 2003 from the Mining Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University.
In 2006 he received a master’s degree in Musicology from Başkent University and in 2012 he
received a Ph.D. in Turkish Religious Music from Ankara University Faculty of Divinity and Institute
of Social Sciences. Currently he is working as a Professor of Music Theory in the Department of
Music Theory of the Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory being mainly concentrated
on “Turkish Music Theory”, “Makam Analysis” and “Theory of Cycles”. As a bağlama performer
he had the chance of being inspired from many musicians like Erhan Kürkçü, Mehmet Semiz,
Okan Murat Öztürk, Veysel Aydın, Selçuk Sipahioğlu, Hasan Erdoğan, Süleyman Erguner, Tahir
Aydoğdu, Durul Gence, Murat Arkan, Erkan Oğur, Murat Salim Tokaç, Ali Fuat Aydın, Sarp
Maden, Muammer Ketencoğlu and forming groups like ABİS-Experimental Music Ensemble,
Mediterranean Orchestra, Yağmur Öncesi, Dem Trio, Zeybek Havaları, Akis, Barok Miniatures
and METU Turkish Folklore Club Bağlama Orchestra. As a performer, composer and researcher
he had taken place as a speaker, performer and as a director in many symposiums, conferences,
concerts, seminars, workshops, masterclasses, TV-Radio programs, CD projects worldwide and
wrote or edited many books, book chapters, papers, stories and poems regarding his area of
concentration. Cenk Güray is also the working as the director of the Ensemble for Anatolian
Music Cultures and as a member of the Scientific Board of the Atatürk Cultural Center