Schumann Fantasie And Mehmet Okonsar

Robert Schumann was raised within a household of books and ideas.

His father was a publisher and bookseller with the Schumann Brothers firm inside Zwickau (throughout the eastern part of Germany close to the Czech border). Although we principally remember Robert as a musician, he loved literature and also poetry as well as took easily to writing at a young age.

Throughout his life he used words as his main creative tool and even vocation. He created his own musical journal, the "Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik", within which he championed the careers of Felix Mendelssohn, The Hungarian legend virtuoso Liszt, and even Johannes Brahms as he worked to broaden the reach of the Romantic aesthetic. Besides that he wrote exhaustively inside a private sphere, enjoying extensive correspondence together with friends as well as family and also maintaining a joint diary along with his wife.

The "Fantasie" had been originally conceived as a "Grosse Sonate (fur) Beethoven"-a fundraising contribution to Liszt's scheme for a Beethoven memorial inside Bonn.

Its three movements were to carry the subtitles "Ruins", "Triumphal Arch (Trophies)" and also "Constellations (Palms)", together with the Beethoven connection being farther stressed through the inclusion of a quotation from the Adagio of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony throughout the final part.

Ultimately, the turmoil throughout Schumann's own life imprinted itself about the conception associated with the composition, and it became an embodiment associated with the feelings he had for Clara, hence making this work to be the greatest lovesongs composed for piano.

The "sonata" designation has been dropped also the Beethoven symphony quotation. A wise decision, although the first movement loosely follows traditional sonata form, the section happens to be wildly and also lyrically driven.

A Beethoven link remained inside the form as a reference, probably so close as to be a quotation, from the last song within Beethoven's "An die ferne Geliebte" ("To the distant beloved"), a reference to the fact that correlates along with the words "Take them then, these songs I sang thee, Songs of passion, songs of pain"; words surely expressing Schumann's separation from his beloved Clara.

Clara is certainly hidden in the Friedrich Schlegel quote too, which Robert Schumann had added to the heading of to the score: "Durch alle Tone tOnet in bunten Erdentraum emn leiser Ton gezogen fiir den, der heimlich lauschet" ("Through virtually all the sounds within the varied earthly dream, a gentle sound there is simply, for those who listen throughout their hearts").

It happens that there are many other hidden references to Clara throughout the master work, besides the opening theme seems to have been identified by the Eric Sams as a "Clara motto."

Virtuoso pianist, conductor, musicologist, composer, creator of reports on Bach, Ligeti, Nancarrow, together with web-master of various Internet sites (classical media and even music blogs), there aren't many sections of musical life untried or probably untouched through the composer, conductor and musicologist as well as pianist, Mehmet Okonsar.

One special astounding thing is without question the fact that, pertaining to his many cd's, very few are typically generally delivered according to the chief distribution networks.

The pianist and composer Mehmet Okonsar's playing has been revered by the so competent a musician and performer as Alexis Weissenberg, and the fact that he seems to have become the sole pianist privately asked on a scholarship to study along with the great maestro throughout Switzerland.

Likewise, a giant figure, somewhat undiscovered to the general public: Eduardo del Pueyo, was basically solidly encouraging Mehmet Okonsar's debuts.

The Turkish born Belgian artist was born in Istanbul (Turkey) and also resided throughout Paris throughout the length of his primary education.

He began mastering piano at the National Conservatory of Ankara. Even at his earliest public appearance throughout 1979, the specific eclecticism affiliated together with his recital programs ahead might be found. He offered a collection associated with the Preludes by the Messiaen along with others.

Political turbulences in the seventies throughout Turkey made the the multi-faceted music artist Okonsar family to step back to Ankara. The Turkish born Belgian artist have been channeled to study with a lot of local pianist and even composers and also he has not attended those lessons.

Just before the specific military coup of 1980 the Okonsar family went back to Belgium. He started again learning with Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden. In 1980 The Belgian artist Mehmet Okonsar was rewarded the "Premier Prix avec Distinction". His program included the "Dante Sonata" by Possibly the best pianist ever: Franz Liszt. His studies carried on following the sudden dying of his father with a specific grant as well as he obtained the "Diplome Superieur de Piano Avec la plus Grande Distinction, Premier Nomme" inside 1986 according to doing the Piano Concerto Op. 42 according to Arnold Schoenberg.

The Turkish born Belgian artist international career started having the 1st prize at the International Young Virtuoses Competition of Antwerp in 1982. His orchestral debut had been the 3rd Concerto according to Rachmaninoff performed at the deSingel Concert Hall in Antwerp. His other prizes are typically: Paris, 1989, "J. S. Bach" at the Salle Gaveau: second prize; 1990, Rome, Association Chopin "Premio Etruria": 1st prize; as well as 1991, United States, Utah, the sixth prize at the "Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition".

Right after to be a Belgian national, Okonsar, composer, conductor and musicologist in addition to pianist, in addition to his spouse Lale, composer headed back to Turkey following an invitation from the President Suleyman Demirel who presented him the authentic a lot of sought-after title of "State Composer associated with the Turkish Republic"

Functioning widely on technological things, as he remarks "the authentic technology might just "totally free" the artist", his experiments were actually being offered throughout a lecture at the Yamaha head office throughout Hamamatsu, Japan. The pianist and composer Okonsar published as well as displayed a documentary series over the National Television Broadcast of Turkey, the T.R.T.

Mehmet Okonsar is without question a published author in a great many music linked journals inside Turkey in addition to throughout the blog Internet site he created: inventor-musicae. He published in a Turkish periodical on classical music, fictional interviews with "Mephisto" with reference to the worldwide decadence about the quality of classical music. His various other issues mainly are typically concerning musical creation, analysis, music history. The Belgian artist Mehmet Okonsar publishes inside English as well as French.

Mehmet Okonsar operates right now through Turkey on a hectic schedule concertizing, composing, writing as well as teaching. He owns as well as handles a Disc label exclusive to his own compact discs, LMO-Records, as well as a publishing company "inventor-musicae."

The Turkish born Belgian artist wouldn't be happy if he offered "only" hearing joy. He tries to think on the contemporary society he lives inside.