A Highly Intellectualized Work: "The Goldberg Variations" By Bach On CD By Mehmet Okonsar

May 16, 2012 - PRLog -- Lots of points remind the listener the second edition recorded by Glenn Gould. Tempos are very near to the Canadian pianist's versions and also the performance features a comprehensive expertise in historical playing. Nevertheless Okonsar under no circumstances may seem "snobbish". The actual recording is globally obtainable through amazon.com(r) and its associates.

All pieces can also be auditioned at Okonsar's homepage: http://www.okonsar.com/Recordings.html .

Mehmet Okonsar performed, among others, with the following orchestras: Utah Symphony, Antwerp Philharmonic, Poznan Philharmonic and Lublin Philharmonic. Examples of the conductors he played with conductors: Joseph Silverstein, Charles Dutoit, Sylvain Cambreling, Ingo Metzmacher, Christof Escher. In recital Okonsar appeared at London's Royal Opera House, the Salle Gaveau in Paris, in New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Kyoto, Bruxelles, Antwerp, Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Rotterdam, Rome, Athens, Calgary, Salt Lake City, Ljubljana.

His studies on music and technology ended up exposed in a lecture at the Yamaha head office in Hamamatsu, Japan. Okonsar wrote and also offered a documentary series about music technologies on the National Television Broadcast of Turkey, the T.R.T.

Okonsar has executed recitals showcasing the complete piano works by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern. Irrespective of he denies many sort of "musical specialization", his repertoire is actually intensely on the "modern" side with Igor Stravinsky "Three Movements of Petrouchka" the "Sequenza" for the piano by Luciano Berio and the Klavierstucke by Karlheinz Stockhausen.Mehmet Okonsar possesses an striking discography, just about all titles internationally 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 assortment of solo piano, free style improvisations is "Shadowy Arcade", a CD composed with pieces having stirring titles, in Okonsar's 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