Arthur Prysock - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (Original Gusto Recording)

ERKIN (Erkin) Ulvi Cemal (14 III 1906, Istanbul - 15 IX 1972, Ankara) - Turkish composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. From childhood I studied playing the php. at hand. his mother. At the end of the Galatasaray Lyceum (1925), E. as a scholar of the Ministry of Education studied at the Paris Conservatory (1926-1928) and Ecol Normal (1929-30) with J. and N. Gallonov (composition), I. Philip (fp .); also took lessons from N. Boulanger (composition). Returning to his homeland (1930), E. taught (harmony and fp.) In Ankara music and ped. school, since 1936 - at the Ankara Conservatory (class Php; in 1949-51 director). In the 60-70s. He was the conductor of the Conservatory Orchestra and Ankara Opera House. One of the largest representatives of the Turkish school of composition, E. belongs to the so-called. Turkish five. His work is characterized by a close relationship with Nar. the music. He masterfully combined nat.specificity with modern means of composer technique. Often acted as a performer of his own. productionIn 1963 he visited the Sov. Union (in Washington in a concert from his op. Were used. 2nd symphony and concert for violin and orchestra).