Selen Gülün & Angelika Niescier – International #JazzDay Concert @ Akbank Sanat, Istanbul

Selen Gülün & Angelika Niescier – Uluslararası Caz Günü Konseri @ Akbank Sanat, Istanbul

Selen Gülün (based in Tokyo) meets Angelika Niescier (from Germany) in Istanbul for a duo concert on International #JazzDay, April 30,. Organized by Goethe Institut Istanbul at Akbank Sanat.

Saksafon: Angelika Niescier
Piyano, Vokal: Selen Gülün

Selen Gülün ve Angelika Niescier, Şevket Akıncı’nın Take the A.I.D Train projesi sırasında tanıştılar. Daha önce birbirlerinin hiç dinlememiş ve birbirlerini hiç tanımayan bu iki sanatçı arasında hemen müzikal bir kıvılcım oluştu. İki gün sonra Niescier, Gülün’ün Kadınlar Matinesi projesinde konuk sanatçı olarak yer aldı. Karşılıklı etkileşim ve çalma stilleri her iki müzisyen içinde ileriye dönük müzikal birlikteliğin vazgeçilmez olduğunun bir işaretiydi. Uluslararası Caz Günü kapsamında bir araya gelecek müzisyenler, kendi orjinal bestelerinde cazın farklı yönlerini gösterecekler.

[English & German below]

Angelika Niescier

CD prodüksiyonlarıyla pek çok ödül kazanan Alman saksafoncu Angelika Niescier, Alman Plak Eleştirmenlerinin verdiği ödüllere iki kez (sublim III ve NYC FIVE albümleriyle) layık görüldü; 2017’de Almanya Caz Ödülü’nü kazandı. Angelika Niescier; WinterJazzfest New York, unerhört!, Zürih Caz Festivali, Vancouver Uluslararası Caz Festivali, Jazzfest Berlin, Jazzfestival Molde gibi pek çok festivalde sahne aldı ve kendi projeleri ile uluslararası turnelere çıktı.   http://www.angelika-niescier.de

Selen Gülün

Performansları ve besteleri Charles Mingus Composition Award, British Council Visiting Arts ve Creative Collaboration in Music gibi çok sayıda ödüle layık görüldü. Bestecilik yanında sahne performanslarını kurmuş olduğu çeşitli caz ve modern müzik grupları ile yurt içinde ve dışında sürdürmektedir. Yayınlanmış altı albümü bulunmaktadır: Just About Jazz Live (recjazz, 2005), Selen Gülün Trio Sürprizler (recjazz, 2006), Selen Gülün by Selen Gülün (re:konstruKt, 2009), Answers (pozitif, 2010), Başka (linrecords, 2013), Kadınlar Matinesi (AK Müzik, 2017). Japonya’da Jazz Tokyo Haftalık Listesi’nde Answers albümü 6 numaraya, Başka albümü 4 numaraya yükselmiştir.  http://selengulun.com

SELEN GÜLÜN

“In a raspberry mini dress and black high heels, Ms. Gülün led her trio, defying stereotypes in the male-dominated musical world that she inhabits, infusing her works with the serenity of her classical training and the energy of an Istanbul upbringing.” —The New York Times

“Gülün’s music is by turns distant and immediate — often in the span of a single track.” —Downbeat

“In her style, influences from classical and contemporary music rife: pointillism, impressionism, low pitches, clusters, modal, atonal … rich and vibrant, full of different colors and dynamics..” —all.about.jazz

As a leading contemporary musician in Turkey, Selen Gülün combines her Western music education and her Turkish soul in her work as composer, pianist, vocalist, and arranger. She attained critical acclaim internationally with her music being performed in 20 countries around the world including the USA, Brazil, Japan, Cambodia, Pakistan, Russia, Mozambique, Australia, and all around Europe. Gülün has released six albums: Just About Jazz Live (recjazz, 2005), Selen Gülün Trio Sürprizler (recjazz, 2006), Selen Gülün by Selen Gülün (re:konstruKt, 2009),  Answers (pozitif, 2010), Başka (linrecords,2013), Kadinlar Matinesi (A.K. Müzik, 2017). Answers reached #6 and Başka reached #4 in the Jazz Tokyo Weekly Chart. Gülün / Allulli / De Raymondi’s electroacoustic album KAPI is a multicultural project with her long-term Italian collaborators Marcello Allulli and Emanuele de Raymondi. Kadinlar Matinesi (The Women’s Matinee), released in April 2017, was born out of her concert series featuring the works of women composers in Turkey. Her compositions have been premiered by the Dartford Symphony Orchestra and the Vellinger String Quartet (UK), Ensemble TRIS (Austria), sa.ne.na Percussion Ensemble, and Istanbul Modern Music Ensemble (Turkey). She has received many awards including the Charles Mingus Composition Award 1998 (USA), the British Council Visiting Arts, Creative Collaboration in Music 2003 (UK), and Fondazione Donna Fondazione Adkins Chiti: Donne in Musica’s Artist in Residence Award 2011 (Italy). She is working on a book commissioned by Fondazione Adkins Chiti in Rome, entitled “Woman Composers of Turkey” that will be published in 2017. She studied music at the Istanbul University and the Mimar Sinan University State Conservatories and graduated from Istanbul University’s Business Administration Department. In 1998, she received her B.A. in Jazz Composition summa cum laude from the Berklee College of Music. She received her Master’s in Music at Istanbul Technical University’s Center of Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM). She taught Piano Performance, Music Theory, and Composition at Istanbul Bilgi University’s Music Department from 1998 to 2015. She has given lectures on new music and contemporary music at the Berklee College of Music (Boston), The New School (New York), the Malmö Academy of Music, the Utrecht School of the Arts, TEDx Bogazici University among others.

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ANGELIKA NIESCIER

“Eine der aufregendsten Stimmen im deutschen Jazz”   — Arte Kultur

“Grosse europäische Saxophonistin”   — BZ

Die Ausnahme-Musikerin gehört zu jenen außergewöhnlichen Frauen, die seit einiger Zeit der europäischen Jazzszene neue Konturen geben. Sie ist nicht nur eine zielstrebige Künstlerin mit unbändiger Energie, reichhaltiger Tonpalette und virtuoser Technik, sondern komponiert auch für Film, Theater, Big Band, Ballett und Sinfonieorchester. Niescier hat zahlreiche Stipendien und Auszeichnungen erhalten, darunter Nordrhein-Westfalens “Preis für junge Künstler” , war der erste “Improviser in Residence” in der renommierten Jazzstadt Moers und nun den Deutschen Jazzpreis/ Albert- Mangelsdorff-Preis. Mehrere ihrer CD-Produktionen wurden ausgezeichnet, u.a. zweifach dem Vierteljahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik ( „sublim III“ und „NYC FIVE“), jazzthing CD des Jahres (für „Quite Simply“) und dem Echo Jazz (“sublim III”)

Niescier spielt u.a. mit Jazzgrössen wie Joachim Kühn, Steve Swallow, Jim Black, Simon Nabatov, Gerald Cleaver, Julia Hülsmann, Nasheet Waits, Ralph Alessi, Tyshawn Sorey, Achim Kaufmann, Gerry Hemingway.

Sie gastierte mit eigenen Projekten auf den wichtigsten Bühnen und Festivals in Europa und tourte u.a. in Zentral Asien (u.a. im Auftrag des Goethe Instituts), Italien, Griechenland, Kroatien, Ägypten, Mexico, USA, Schweiz, Kanada, Südkorea, Bahrein, Gaza, Westbank, Irak, Libanon, Haiti, Dominikanische Republiken, Russland, Türkei.

Sie gibt wiederholt Konzerte für verschiedene Funk- und Fernsehhäuser (u.a. WDR, Bayerischen Rundfunk, Saarländischen Rundfunk, Radio Bremen, rbb).

Ob Soloprogramme, kontinuierliche Arbeit mit ihrem Working-Quartett Angelika Niescier sublim, Duobegegnungen verschiedenster Art oder Erfüllung von Kompositionsaufträgen für Film, Theater und Tanz – der rote Faden ihrer Werke ist, komplexe Komposition und Improvisation zu einem organischen Ganzen zu verschmelzen. Dabei begreift sie den Einfluss des Wortes, des (Film-) Bildes, der Bewegung und der bildenden Kunst als wichtige Inspiration.

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