Murat Aydemir & Salih Bilgin - Nevâ 2 (2009)

Uzunca bir aradan sonra siz musîkiseverlerin beğenisine sunduğumuz ikinci albümümüzle, yine kendisine döneceğimiz ummanın özlemiyle çıktığımız yolculuğumuzun yeni bir durağındayız.
Bu çalışmamızda yine saz musikimizin şâheserlerine yer verdik. İcramızda klasik çizgiden ödün vermemeye, mensubu olduğumuz tavrın icapları içinde kalmaya çalışarak…
Klasik musikimizin pirî olan Tanburî Cemil Bey'le yeniden hayat bulan, sonrasında, bu yola gönül vermiş pek çok kıymetli sâzendenin katkılarıyla günümüze kadar gelen, ancak hak ettiği yeri hâlâ alamamış olan saz musikimizin, bu tür çalışmalarla daha da zenginleşeceğini düşünmekteyiz.
Her zaman minnet ve şükranla andığımız hocalarımız Neyzen Niyazi Sayın ve Tanburî Necdet Yaşar'ın önderliğinde çıktığımız bu yolculuğun, kültürümüzün belgeleri olarak tarihe ışık tutacağı inancındayız.
Özlemlerimize araladığımız nevâ perdemizden süzülen nağmelerin, özümüzün sözünü gönül kulaklarınıza fısıldamasını umuyoruz.
Muhabbetle,
Salih Bilgin, Murat Aydemir

After a long search we have presented to our second album for musiclovers , still longing for their return to the ocean is going out with a new station we are in our journey. In this study instrumental music again, we've included their masterpiece. From classic lines to avoid compromising our enforcement, our members, trying to stay within the requirements of attitude …Classical music of our master of the Tamburi Cemil Bey new life found, then, that way committed a great many precious sâzendenin contributions until today, but the place it deserves, still could not get the instrumental music of such studies even richer suggest. Always grateful and thankful to have remembered our teachers Our Neyzen Niyazi Sayın and Tamburi Necdet Yasar's leadership out that this journey of our culture as the evidence of history to shed light believe. Our aspirations opened the nevâ screen our floating tunes of the essence of our promise hearts to your ears whispering to hope. ~ Salih Bilgin & Murat Aydemir

Salih Bilgin Bio:

Salih Bilgin was born in Istanbul in 1960. His family roots are from Bolvadin, Afyon in Western Turkey. In 1980, Bilgin entered the Turkish Music Government Conservatory at Istanbul Technical University. His teachers included Niyazi Sayin (ney), Özdal Orhon (theory, solfeggio, & repertoire), Hursit Ungay (rhythm), Ahmet Kabakli (literature), and Cafer Açin (organology). In 1984, he graduated from Nefesli Sazlar (Reed Instruments) Ney section and joined the Istanbul Government Classic Music Chorus. Bilgin was among the founders of Izmit Municipal Conservatory and served this instititution for four years.

In 1996, he performed in a series of concerts called Parthenon to IstanbuI with U.S.-based Romeiko Ensemble. The ensemble appeared at Nashville’s Parthenon, Boston’s Meliotis Center, Princeton University and New York Hunter College. Music from this project was released in the U.S. in 1999. In 2003, Bilgin once again joined Romeiko Ensemble for concerts in St. Berlioz Church in New York, and in Washington D.C. Also in 1996, Bilgin performed in concert with Turkish musicians Sehvar Besiroglu, Serhan Ayhan, Derya Türkan and Feridun Özgeren in Boston as part of MIT Aga Han project. This group of musicians participated in a seminar organized by Harvard University’s Middle East Studies Music Group and Musicology Department.

In 1997, as a member of Istanbul Tasavvuf Music and Sema Ensemble, Bilgin performed a Mevlevi ritual in Sarejova's International Bascarsija (Basçarsi) Festival. In addition, he has been a performer with the Turkish Government’s Classical Music Chorus both in Turkey and abroad.

In 1999, Bilgin participated in a project presenting the works from Ali Ufki & Kantemir Edvars. (An edvar is a book about musical rules). In this project, fellow musicians were Sehvar Besiroglu, Murat Aydemir, Hüseyin Tuncel and Derya Türkan. Later, with the addition of Cengiz Onural to this group, the Cantemir Ensemble was formed. This group produced two albums that accompanied Professor Yalçin Tura's extensive work Kantemiroglu Edvari. Later, Bilgin recorded with Hüseyin Tuncel, Murat Aydemir, Taner Sayacioglu and Derya Türkan two more albums to accompany Docent Fikret Kutlug's book Türk Musikisinde Makamlar (The Makams of Turkish Music).

Some of Bilgin’s other recording works include the "Bir sarkidir Yasamak (Living is a Song)" music series and "Ussak Fasli," by Dogan Dikmen. Bilgin is also the ney player on several recordings produced by the Turkish Music Foundation including recordings by famed vocalists Alâaeddin Yavasça, Inci Çayirli and Melihat Gülses. In addition, Bilgin wrote the chapter on ney for Çetin Körükçü's Türk Musikisi (Turkish Music).

Between 1989 and September 2001, Bilgin was an instructor at his alma mater. Currently, he is a member of Government Conservatory. He continues to study ney and mouthpiece making, marbling (ebru), and prayer beads (tesbih) under the guidance of his teacher, Niyazi Sayin. Bilgin is married and has a daughter. Salih Bilgin made the ney used in this recording.

Murat Aydemir Bio:

Murat Aydemir was born in Hanover, Germany in 1971. Aydemir studied at the Istanbul Technical University National Turkish Music Conservatory, beginning in 1982. He graduated from the Instrument Education Department of the Conservatory as an exceptionally outstanding student, and was accepted to the Master's program of the Conservatory without further examination. His tanbur teacher from his entry until his graduation was Tanbûri Necip Gülses, who has influenced Aydemir in playing techniques and art as well as the direction.

After listening to Tanbûri Cemil Bey's performances on 78 RPM discs, he believed Tanbûri Cemil Bey's art is the ideal to be reached. Tanbûri Cemil Bey's influence on Aydemir's art life persisted during his education and in his professional life. In 1988, when he was only 16 years old, he was invited to perform with the prestigious Culture Ministry Istanbul Government Turkish Music Ensemble, formed and directed by tanbur master Prof. Dr. Necdet Yasar. In 1989, Aydemir was a guest tanbur player of this ensemble. During this period, the opportunities to play with the best musicians of this genre opened new horizons for him. Most importantly, Aydemir studied with Necdet Yasar, who represents the link from Tanbûri Cemil Bey and his son Mesud Cemil in terms of school and sound. This instruction included style (üslup), technique, timbre (tone colour), makam, taksim (improvisation), composing within improvisation, agility, and other topics.

Murat Aydemir has performed with such prestigious musicians as vocalists Bekir Sidki Sezgin and Alâaeddin Yavasça, kanun player Erol Deran, kemençe player Ihsan Özgen, and oud player Cinuçen Tanrikorur. He performed solo, and in duets and trios for various television performances and concerts.

Since 1990, Aydemir has been a member of the Istanbul Ministry of Culture’s Classical Turkish Music Chorus and has participated in countless concerts in Turkey and abroad.

Aydemir recorded Ahenk, a duo album with Derya Türkan (kemençe) released by Golden Horn Records in 1997. In that same year, Aydemir, Derya Türkan and Cengiz Onural formed Incesaz, which has released the albums "Eski Nisan (Aged April)”, “Ikinci Bahar (Second Spring)”, and “Eylül Sarkilari (September Songs).” Incesaz performs many of Onural’s and Aydemir's compositions in these recordings. In addition to tanbur, Aydemir plays lavta.

Murat Aydemir's goals are to maintain the traditional way of performing, yet to expand and introduce new ideas. He is dedicated to preserving the performance practice of the tanbur, traditionally a unique Turkish instrument, for new generations.

The tanbur used by Murat Aydemir in this recording was made by master Sacit Gürel.