Tenor Ilker Arcayürek, born in Istanbul and raised in Vienna, is a winner of the International Art Song Competition of the Hugo Wolf Academy Stuttgart in 2016.
Performer Biography
Pianist Fiona Pollak, born in Vienna, won the Special Prize as Best Vocal Accompanist at the renowned Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau in 2016.
Album & Artwork
Mahler's "Songs of a Wayfarer" form the dramatic core of this recording, presented in a rarely performed higher version for tenor.
Recording & Production
This album was born from the International Art Song Competition of the Hugo Wolf Academy in Stuttgart, where the performers, Ilker Arcayürek and Fiona Pollak, won first prize.
Interpretation
The performers aimed to venture outside their comfort zone and discover many different timbres and new songs for this recording.
Album & Artwork
The album features songs by composers from the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy period, including regions that are now part of Serbia.
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