Published Within 1741, The Actual Greatest Set Of Variations: Bwv 988 "goldberg" By J. S. Bach

The actual name of Johann Sebastian Bach is simply practically identifiable together with counterpoint, implemented together with astonishing imagination along with competence inside almost every possible musical position and situation.

In the final decade of his life J. S. Bach started out creating elaborate canonic along with fugal research of single subjects, including sets of canons within the chorale melody "Von Himmel hoch" combined with within the first eight notes of the entire bass-line of his Goldberg Variations theme, and also most of the Musical Offering, put together with regard to King Frederick II of Prussia throughout 1747.

The "Kappelmeister", affirms Andras Schiff, "was a good composer along with encyclopedic desires."

Therefore, one may well say that the "Klavierubung" of which the Goldberg Variations are really the glorious jewel, has been equally as much a particular attempt to fill in a good solid musical gap, if not necessarily to promote a pre-existing one, throughout a form so concise that no one could possibly reclaim its actual place.

In their exceptionally shifting dance, among the Apollonian and the Dionysian, the actual Variations fold combined with refold by themselves like a very consistently alternating origami figure, reusing the actual exact piece of paper.

In the same way, the entire collection commences combined with ends with a strong, all-encompassing "Aria". Right up until the conclusion one propagates that sheet out to disclose a real tightly knit symmetrical design of inimitable ratios.

Mr. Serkin's earlier Bach recording for RCA, launched earlier, was drawn from the other end of the composer's keyboard works, the particular demanding "Goldberg" Variations, as well as the particular favorite "Italian Concerto" (09026-68188-2).

Taken alongside one another both the versions of Serkin and Dinnerstein deliver a unique approach to Bach's keyboard music. Mr. Serkin has visibly benefited from the lessons of the early-music movement in relation to late Baroque style as well as performance practice. However the pianist's longstanding contribution with present-day music is likewise apparent throughout his sense regarding what is unique and radical in Bach.

The Belgian pianist from Istanbul, Okonsar's tempos end up being nearer to to those of Glenn Gould than to Jarrett. However there is definitely a real discreet similitude throughout Okonsar and Jarrett's methods, while they end up being performed on distinct instruments, Jarrett's on harpsichord and Okonsar on piano.

The analogy of each readings stay with conceptual side. The Belgian artist Mehmet Okonsar along with Jarrett share a good solid non-exaggerated view of The "Kappelmeister". Neither artist is obssessed around the "historical-authenticity" view nor the actual "romantic" approach.

The Belgian pianist (but also composer, conductor and musicologist) Mehmet Okonsar was born in the "bridge-city" of Istanbul. Essentially this idea of a "bridge" between East and West is really the magic formula in asserting the exceptional position of this artist inside the international classical music stage. Even though having started his education at Ankara, at the National Conservatory of this city established by Paul Hindemith, he generally claimed that all his "real" musical education was initially given in Belgium.

It is in the today well-known European capital city of Belgium that Mehmet Okonsar in reality obtained almost all, he says "unquestionably all", musical instruction.

Additionally, the specific style and guidelines of Pierre Sancan who has been the trainer of Michel Beroff, met with Okonsar in the person of one of the master's students he met while in his limited stay in the Turkish capital in the last years of the 70s.

His very first essential recital occurred in 1979. The program included Preludes by Messiaen and the Pictures of an Exhibition by Mussorgsky.

The piano studies of Okonsar finished with all the top honors any student can certainly ever get at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. "Premier Prix avec Distinction", performing the "Dante Sonata" by Liszt as well as "Diplome Superieur de Piano Avec la plus Grande Distinction, Premier Nomme", in 1986, performing the Piano Concerto Op. 42 by Arnold Schoenberg.

Usually looking forward to understanding more, Okonsar went after that still at the Brussels Conservatory, on Composition and Orchestration classes and all over again he had the most effective instructors obtainable: Madame Jacqueline Fontyn the main Belgian composer and also occasionally he likewise studied with a student of Messiaen, Claude Ballif.

One afternoon the phone rang and a lady phoning from Switzerland requested him. Alexis Weissenberg, a pianist Okonsar venerated as well as pretty much worshiped, required him to study with in Switzerland. Money has been short however the master presented Okonsar a total scholarship grant. One can witness in all performances by Okonsar how deeply Weissenberg had an effect on him.

Right after to become a Belgian national, Mehmet Okonsar and his spouse Lale, artist headed back to Turkey following an invitation by the President Suleyman Demirel who presented him the actual most sought-after title of "State Artist of the Turkish Republic".

Okonsar works today from Turkey on a hectic agenda concertizing, composing, writing as well as teaching. He possesses and manages a CD label exclusive to his own recordings, LMO-Records, plus a publishing firm "inventor-musicae."

Mehmet Okonsar's international career started out with the first prize at the International Young Virtuoses Competition of Antwerp in 1982. His orchestral debut was the 3rd Concerto by Rachmaninoff executed at the "de Singel" Concert Hall in Antwerp, Belgium. His other prizes are: Paris, 1989, "J. S. Bach" at the Salle Gaveau: second prize; 1990, Rome, Association Chopin "Premio Etruria": first prize; and 1991, United States, Utah, the 6th prize at the "Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition".

He has been a guest judge at the National Piano Competition of Japan beneath the auspices of the P.T.N.A. ("Piano Teachers National Association").

His researches on music and technologies had been given in a lecture at the Yamaha head office in Hamamatsu, Japan.

His repertoire includes a selection from the early seventeenth century ("The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book") which includes composers, among others, Orlando Gibbons and Giles Farnaby and also reaches to late twentieth century with all the works by Karlheinz Stockhausen and Witold Lutoslawski.

Important works in this repertoire are: J.S. Bach "The Art of Fugue" executed on organ (or piano) and harpsichord; the Goldberg Variations, the integrale of Well-tempered Keyboard.

The particular mastering from The multi-faceted music artist Okonsar's of the main theme, "Aria", is actually not far from that of Glenn Gould. Certainly, there is undoubtedly a particular very clear straightforwardness and "naivete" which in turn rarely conceals an unimaginable neatness combined with a completely controlled touch. Those are usually unique indicators with regard to a strong astounding keyboard technique which will deliver quickly by means of the approaching variations.

The use of the pedals happens to be pretty much non-existent. Nevertheless that can definitely not make the actual playing dry up by any ways. On the opposite, it exhibits a very mastery of the entire keyboard technique and attests the fact that the actual pedal is in fact oftentimes used to disguise weaknesses.

Merely a real handful of artists can in fact execute The Leipzig Cantor on the piano and also however secure the transparency and sharpness commonly involved along with the "clavicembalo". Okonsar, composer, conductor and musicologist in addition to pianist is actually one of those. The particular so-called traditional legitimization happens to be not likely a dry statement right here.

The Turkish born Belgian artist is an adept of the particular "Free Music" vision. All his mp3s are shared by the actual autonomous musician and performer. This is undoubtedly a fabulous contemporary attitude which, regarding to the musician and performer will be of tremendous profit to equally the actual artist, the main launch as well as the classical music scene.

In a similar fashion the main the top video portal Youtube(r) provides a lots of the Belgian artist Mehmet Okonsar's performances at the piano videos. Routinely his Disc publications are all at once submitted as live performance video clips into the artist's Youtube(r) channel: mokonsar.