Cleopatra
In 2011, the International Violin Competition ‘Henri Marteau’ for the first time commissioned a composer to write the compulsory piece for the competition. This composer was Fazıl Say who forms a meanwhile legendary duo with the violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaya. In ‘Cleopatra’ for solo violin,...
In memoriam Ruşen Güneş
I Largo espressivo II Allegro assai, molto energico
Spring mornings in the days of quarantine, Violin Concerto No. 2
Fazıl Say’s Violin Concerto No. 2 was composed in April 2020 from his home in the Turkish town of Urla on the Agean Sea. ‘During lockdown, I always went for a walk on the empty beach very early in the morning. Each sunrise had...
Violin Concerto ‘1001 Nights in the Harem, Violin Concerto No. 1
My Violin Concerto consists of four movements whose inspiration is loosely connected with Scheherazade’s One Thousand and One Nights. The first movement is set inside the harem; a variety of women from the harem are introduced, each with her own different personality. The second...