From Salt Lake City, UT, A Cd Release From The Belgian Pianist Okonsar

May 17, 2012 - PRLog -- The Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition presented every four years, in the "seniors" category, is certainly one of the most significant music events on this music sphere. But, as in all piano competitions, not every session brings ground-breaking breakthroughs.

The 1991 sessions of the Gina Bachauer competition saw the breakthrough of a Belgian pianist born in Istanbul, Turkey. Despite the fact that Mehmet Okonsar were being awarded with -just- the sixth prize, now, two decades later he established himself as one main figure within the area.

On the worldwide distribution networks of amazon.com(r) and its associates, a lot of the performances that will confirm Okonsar as a key figure in the classical piano playing, come direct and uncut from the stage of the Symphony Hall of Salt Lake City and are offered as a CD: "Mehmet Okonsar Live at Salt Lake City"

The CD features works by Alexander Scriabin, Gabriel Faure, J. Ph. Rameau, Franz Liszt and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A number of video recordings are available on the artists Youtube(r) channel: mokonsar.

The selections can be auditioned at Okonsar's homepage: http://www.okonsar.com.

Besides his global concert carrier he is a productive publisher. Okonsar is an independent musician, creator of the classical music and also musicology committed blog-site:"inventor-musicae" as well as the very first classical-music video portal: classicalvideos.net. His whole biography together with details may be read here: http://www.okonsar.com/pianist-biography.html#long-bio

His repertoire encompasses a range from the early seventeenth. century ("The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book") which includes among others Orlando Gibbons and Giles Farnaby and reaches late 20.th century with all the works by Karlheinz Stockhausen as well as Witold Lutoslawski. Well known works in this particular repertoire are: J.S. Bach "The Art of Fugue" performed on organ (or piano) and alsoperformed recitals showcasing the full piano works by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern. Irrespective of he refuses almost all type of "musical specialization", his repertoire is actually heavily on the "modern" side with Igor Stravinsky "Three Movements of Petrouchka" the "Sequenza" for the piano by Luciano Berio and also the Klavierstucke by Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Mehmet Okonsar has an spectacular discography, just about all titles worldwide distributed. By J.S.Bach, Goldberg Variations; The Well-Tempered Klavier (complete in 3 CD set); The Art of Fugue (performed on organ and harpsichord) and The Musical Offering (performed on electronic instruments). An engaging collection of solo piano, free style improvisations is "Shadowy Arcade", a CD composed with pieces possessing stirring titles, in Okonsar's very own, personal musical style which is not really unlike some very modern jazz improvisation styles.

For additional information or a sample copy please contact:
Mehmet Okonsar, mehmet@okonsar.com