Fuyuhiko Sasaki's piano work 'Sacrifice' was commissioned by the 10th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in 2017.
Performer Biography
Can Çakmur is also a writer and speaker, contributing monthly to the Andante classical music magazine since 2015 and moderating his own concerts.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Béla Bartók concluded that the piano is inherently a percussive instrument and should be treated as such, a realization that led him to discover new piano colors.
Compositional Technique
Franz Liszt's transcription of Beethoven's 'Adelaide' includes a significant cadenza at the transition between the Larghetto and the Allegro, which makes the piece feel incomplete without it.
Performer Biography
Can Çakmur actively works to spread classical music to a wider audience, performing in cities in his homeland where classical music is rarely heard.
Performer Biography
Can Çakmur, a Turkish pianist, won first prize at both the 10th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in 2018 and the Scottish International Piano Competition in 2017.
Compositional Technique
In his piece 'Kara Toprak (Black Earth)', Fazıl Say imitates the sound of the bağlama, a plucked instrument similar to a lute, by pressing the piano strings with one hand while playing the keys with the other.
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