One World Day 2022: Turkish Art and Folk Music - Mehmet Gencer and Friends
Updated: Jul 6
Mehmet Gencer and world class musicians will present instrumental music and popular songs from Turkish Art and Folk music at 3:00 pm on August 28th, 2022 at the Centennial Peace Plaza. Together lets Celebrate the 76th annual One World Day at the Cleveland Cultural Gardens.
Maude Cloutier (violin) Brendon Phelps (Cello) and Henry Samuels (Bass) will play moving instrumental pieces composed in 1800s and will accompany Mehmet Gencer (vocal) for popular songs from Turkish Art and folk music.
Maude, Brendon and Henry are musicians with M.U.S.I.C (Musical Upcoming Stars In Classics) which provides intimate chamber music performances by world class international musicians from Northeast Ohio and beyond.
This concert will be a unique presentation of Turkish Art and folk music with violin, cello and bass while maintaining the traditional format.
Event: 76th ANNUAL ONE WORLD DAY
What: One World Day Concert
When: 3:00pm, August 28, 2022
Where: Centennial Peace Plaza, Cleveland Cultural Gardens
PROGRAM
1- Nihavent Longa - Violinist (Kemani) Kevser Hanım
(Second half of 1800s - 1950)
2- Şarkılar Seni Söyler - Muzaffer İlkar (1910 - 1987)
3- Mihriban - Musa Eroğlu (b 1944)
4- Şehnaz Longa - Santuri Ethem Efendi (1855 - 1926)
5- Muhayyer Kürdi Makam Taksimi - Violin
6- Duydumki Unutmuşsun - Selahattin Altınbaş (1938 - 2003)
7- Burası Agora Meyhanesi - İsmet Saatçi (b 1937)
8- Hicaz Sirto - Sultan Abdülaziz (1830 - 1876)
9- Hicaz Makam Taksimi - Cello
10- Yar Saçların İüle lüle - Yesari Asım Ersoy (1896 - 1992)
11- Niksarın Fidanları - Anonymous
From Niksar-Tokat, Turkiye
Şarkı Sözleri | Song Lyrics |
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ŞARKILAR SENİ SÖYLER Şarkılar seni söyler Dillerde nağme adın Aşk gibi, sevda gibi Huysuz ve tatlı kadın Huysuz ve tatlı kadın En güzel günlerini Demek bensiz yaşadın Demek bensiz yaşadın Aşk gibi, sevda gibi Huysuz ve tatlı kadın Huysuz ve tatlı kadın | SONGS SING YOU Songs sing you Melody is your name in all words Like love, like passion Grumpy and sweet woman Grumpy and sweet woman So, your most beautiful days You’ve lived without me You’ve lived without me Like love, like passion Grumpy and sweet woman Grumpy and sweet woman |
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MİHRİBAN Sarı saçlarına deli gönlümü Bağlamışım, çözülmüyor, Mihriban,Mihriban Ayrılıktan zor belleme ölümü, ölümü Görmeyince sezilmiyor, Mihriban, Mihriban, Mihriban "Yâr" deyince, kalem elden düşüyor Gözlerim görmüyor, aklım şaşıyor, şaşıyor Lambada titreyen alev üşüyor, üşüyor Aşk kâğıda yazılmıyor, Mihriban , Mihriban, Mihriban Tabiplerde ilaç yoktur yarama "Aşk" deyince, ötesini arama , arama Her nesnenin bir bitimi var ama, var ama Aşka hudut çizilmiyor, Mihriban, Mihriban, Mihriban | MİHRİBAN I've tied up my crazy heart to your blond hair, won’t untie Mihriban, Mihriban Don’t think death is harder than the separation When you don't see, can’t sense it Mihriban, Mihriban, Mihriban When “love" is spoken, pen falls off hand My eyes can't see, my mind gets confused, gets confused The flickering flame in the lantern is getting chilly, is getting chilly Love can not be written on a paper Mihriban, Mihriban, Mihriban There is no medicine with the doctors, For my wound When “love” is mentioned Don’t look further Don’t look further For every object, there is an end however There is an end however No borders can be drawn for love Mihriban, Mihriban, Mihriban |
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DUYDUM Kİ UNUTMUŞSUN Duydum ki unutmuşsun gözlerimin rengini Yazık olmuş o gözlerden sana akan yaşlara Bir zamanlar sevginle ateşlenen başımı Dizlerinin yerine dayasaydım taşlara Hani bendim yedi renk hani tende can idim Hani gündüz hayalin geceler rüyan idim Demek ki senin için aşk değil yalan imiş Acırım heder olan o en güzel yıllara | HEARD YOU FORGOT I heard that you forgot the color of my eyes It's so pity for the tears flowing from those eyes for you My head that was once burning with your love, Wish I was to lean it on the stones instead of your knees So, I was the seven colors, and was life in the core of essence So, I was your day dream during the days, your dream at nights So for you, then, it was not love but a lie I pity those most beautiful years that were perished |
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AGORA MEYHANESİ Burası Agora meyhanesi Burda yaşar aşkların En divanesi, en şahanesi Bu gece benim gecem Bu gece bizim gecemiz Cama vuran her damlada Seni hatırlıyorum ve sana susuzluğumu Bu akşam ümitlerini Meze yapıp içiyorum İçiyorum, içiyorum İçiyor, içiyorum Bu gece benim gecem Bu gece bizim gecemiz Cama vuran her damlada Seni hatırlıyorum ve sana susuzluğumu | AGORA TAVERN This is the agora tavern Live here the most divine, The most glorious loves Tonight is my night Tonight is our night In every drop that hits my window I think of you and my thirst for you I make my hopes meze (appetizers) tonight I am drinking, drinking, drinking, drinking, drinking Tonight is my night Tonight is our night In every drop that hits my window, I think of you and my thirst for you |
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YAR SAÇLARI LÜLE LÜLE Yar saçları lüle lüle Yar benziyor beyaz güle O gül benim hayatımdır Ölürüm de vermem ele Yar yar aman Yar yar aman Yar yüreğim oldu keman Kavuşmamız yar ne zaman Yar ne zaman Yar ne zaman Yar gözlerin üzüm üzüm Eller gecem, yar gündüzüm O gözlere baka baka Soldu yüzüm soldu yüzüm Yar yar aman Yar yar aman Yar yüreğim oldu keman Kavuşmamız yar ne zaman Yar ne zaman yar ne zaman Yar gülleri beyaz beyaz Yarimde naz bende niyaz Aşk faslına başlamadan Geçti bu yaz geçti bu yaz Yar yar aman Yar yar aman Yar yüreğim oldu keman Kavuşmamız yar ne zaman Yar ne zaman yar ne zaman | LOVE'S CURLY HAIR Yar (love's), curly hair, in ringlets Yar looks like a white rose That rose is my life I rather die than give it away Yar yar aman, Yar yar aman Yar, my heart has become a violin Our togetherness yar when is it to be Yar when is it to be yar when is it to be Yar, your eyes are like beautiful grapes Everyone else is my night, yar is my day As I look and look into those eyes My face faded away faded away…. Yar yar aman, Yar yar aman Yar my heart has become a violin Our togetherness Yar when is it to be Yar when is it to be Yar when is it to be Yar, your roses are white, white Yar has the coyness, I have the desire Before we could get in the phase of love Went away this summer, Went away this summer Yar yar aman, Yar yar aman Yar my heart has become a violin Our togetherness Yar when is it to be Yar when is it to be Yar when is it to be |
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NİKSARIN FİDANLARI Kalenin bedenleri Yâr, yâr, yâr, yandım Koyverin gidenleri Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay İpek bürük bürünmüş Yar yar yar yandım Niksarın fidanları Şinanay yavrum şinanay-nay Hoppa, şina-şinanay, şinanay-nay Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay Kaleden iniyorum Yâr, yâr, yâr, yandım Çağırsan geliyorum Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay Aşkından kibrit oldum Yâr, yâr, yâr, yandım Üff desen yanıyorum Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay Hoppa, şina-şinanay, şinanay-nay Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay MLK den iniyorum Yar yar yar yandım Kültürleri soluyorum Şinanay yarim şinanay-nay Kültürleri yaşiyorum Şinanay canım şinanay-nay Barış ürüyor her yerinde Yar yar yar yandım Cleveland bahçeleri Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay Hoppa, şina-şinanay, şinanay-nay Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay | SAMPLINGS OF NIKSAR The bodies of the castle Yar yar yar yandım Let go the ones want to go Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay Silk veil covering Yar yar yar yandım Saplings of Niksar Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay Hoppa, şina-şinanay şinanay-nay Şinanay, yavrum,şinanay-nay Getting down from the castle Yar yar yar yandım Returning when you call me Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay Became a match from your love Yar yar yar yandım If you blow, I'm burning Şinanay, baby, şinanay-nay Hoppa, şina-işimanay şinanay-nay Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay Coming down on MLK yar yar yar yandım I am Breathing all cultures Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay I am Living all cultures Şinanay, canım, şinanay-nay Peace is growing all over Yar yar yar yandım Cultural Gardens in Cleveland Şinanay, yavrum, şinanay-nay Hoppa şina şinanay şinanay-nay Şinanay,yavrum, şinanay-nay |
COMPOSERS
KEMANİ (Violinist) KEVSER HANIIM (Second half of 1800s - 1950)
In a period, music was dominated by men,
Kevser hanım said “I am also here”, in one of the most challenging fields. She was a composer and was a master of piano and violin. On the 1st January 1917, she started working as a music teacher at the Dârülelhan (The House of Melodies) Music School, which was the first official conservatory of the Ottoman Empire. She was one of the first violin teachers of the school.
MUZAFFER İlKAR (1910 - 1987)
Muzaffer İlkar was a Turkish composer. In the years 1955 - 1975, he led the Music Depatment at Ankara Radio.
MUSA EROĞLU (b1944)
Musa Eroğlu was born in the Mut county district of Mersin. He completed his secondary education in Mut. He then started to perform Turkish folk dance and music.
SANTURİ ETHEM EFENDİ (1855 - 1926)
Ethem Éfendi is known as one of the best Santur virtuoso in Turkish music history. He has close to 400 compositions in various forms of Turkish music including songs.
SELAHATTİNALTINBAŞ (1938 - 2003)
Selahattin Altınbaş is a Turkish music composer and ud virtuoso. He comes from a well known musical family. He started music with violin at the age of 8 and followed with accordion later. In 1966 he started working at Ankara Radio as Ud musician. In 1977 his composition “Duydum ki unutmuşsun gözlerimin rengini" won the Most liked Song of the Year award. He had more than 50 compositions.
İSMET SAATÇİ (b1937)
İsmet Saatçi comes from a musical faniily. His grandfather, father and uncle were well known Kanun and Violin virtuosos. He started music at a very early age. He received his music education at İstanbul Municipal Conservatory and worked in Ankara and İstanbul Radios.
SULTAN ABDÜLAZİZ (1830 - 1876)
Sultan Abdülaziz, 32md Sultan of Ottoman Empire, was the first Ottoman Sultan visited Western Europe. He was made the 756th Knight of the Order of the Gorter in 1867 by Queen Victoria and was a fine diplomat, cultivating good relations with the Second French Empire and the British Empire.
He was a connoisseur of both literature and music, known as a talented composer.
YESARİ ASIM ERSOY (1896 - 1992)
Asım Ersoy started his compositions in 1930s, during the Turkish Republic Period. He wrote his own lyrics. He has more than 250 compositions.
One World Day 2022 Turkish Art and Folk Music - Concert Musicians
Mehmet Gencer - Vocalist
Mehmet Gençer is a vocalist from Turkiye. He started singing popular Turkish Art songs at the age of four under the coaching of his father, Mustafa Gençer, who was a musician himself as a recognized vocalist and mandolin player. Mehmet in his teenage years started solo singing engagements in Izmir, Turkiye as he was pursuing his Chemical Engineering education. While in college in 1971 and 1972, Mehmet took “makam” and “usul” lessons in Turkish Art Music in Izmir American Cultural Association (IAKD). His teachers were Dr. Ayhan Sökmen, composer and Director of Turkish Art Music in IAKD and Avni Anıl, a prominent and one of the most prolific Turkish Art Music composers in the 20th century. Avni Anıl was also the Director of Turkish Art Music Department in Turkish State Radio in Izmir at the time. Mehmet sang for Dr. Ayhan Sökmen's choir at IAKD. After moving to Philadelphia, USA for his graduate studies in Chemical Engineering, Mehmet continued singing in venues in many states neighboring Philadelphia. He participated in several International folk festivals including Village Fair in Independence Mall, Philadelphia for the celebration of Bicentennial of Constitution, National Folk Festival in Cuyahoga Valley and Middfest International. In Cleveland (1985-1990), Mehmet sang with Cleveland Institue of Music choir. Over the years Mehmet has also toured several major cities for concerts including Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Montréal, Detroit, Washington DC, Denver, Kansas City and Cincinnati.
Maude Cloutier – Violinist
French Canadian violinist Maude Cloutier (born 2003), originally from Montreal, began playing violin at age four, and five years later was concertmaster of the Montreal Suzuki String Orchestra. She has won numerous competitions across the United States, subsequently making her solo debut with orchestra at age 13 performing with the Indianapolis Youth Orchestra. She has also performed with the Suburban Symphony Orchestra, Lakeland Symphony Orchestra, and the Indiana University Informatics Philharmonic. In the 2018 Canadian Music Competition, she won Third Place and was awarded a scholarship for receiving the best score in Quebec during the National Audition. She was also a semi-finalist of the 2019 OSM Competition, presented by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
Maude recently graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music’s coveted Young Artist Program, where she studied with Jan Mark Sloman and Jaime Laredo as the recipient of a full merit scholarship from the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation. This fall, she will continue her studies at CIM as a full scholarship student in the Artist Certificate program. She is also violinist in the Prometheus Trio with cellist Martha Sprague and pianist Arseniy Gusev, which was accepted in CIM’s Advanced Piano Trio Program in May 2021. This summer, she will take part in the Orford Music Academy studying with Cho-Liang Lin and Mauricio Fuks as a merit scholarship student, and will return to the Heifetz International Music Institute studying with Jan Mark Sloman as the recipient of a generous merit award. She has performed for many renowned violinists and pedagogues such as Philip Setzer, Paul Kantor, Henryk Kowalski, Jinjoo Cho, Tessa Lark, Keith Robinson, Robert Cohen, Daniel Shapiro, and Mauricio Fuks, who has been an important mentor. She has shared the stage with artists such as Elizabeth Wallfisch, Kent Nagano, JoAnn Falletta, musicians of the Montreal and Indianapolis symphony orchestras as well as The Cleveland Orchestra and has also performed in recital with Grammy-winning pianist Cory Smythe. Her performances have been featured on the Heifetz Rubato Virtual Concert Hall, The Violin Channel, TVA Nouvelles, and Rhythme FM. She has also studied orchestral conducting with Miguel Harth-Bedoya, as well as piano and composition. In her free time, Maude enjoys performing with her sisters as part of the Cloutier Trio, is an avid alpine ski racer, takes part in intensive aikido training, and enjoys spending time in nature, reading, and listening to classical music.
After playing a Giuseppe Guadagnini violin for more than one year, Maude is very grateful to be playing a 1787 Julius Lombardi violin graciously loaned to her by Kenneth Warren & Son Ltd. in Chicago. She plays a fine bow made by renowned modern bow maker Charles Espey which was purchased for her by an anonymous donor. She is also generously supported by the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation. For more information, please visit www.maudecloutier.com.
Brendon Phelps – Cello
Brendon Phelps is forging a path as an engaging cellist and collaborator, characterized by his sense of individuality, depth of expression, and expansive palette of color. His playing has been described by The Strad as “...rich but clear sound and beautiful shaping and leading.”
As a collaborator, recent notable highlights include performing the Mendelssohn Octet with the Shanghai Quartet at the Tilles Center, as well as his Carnegie Hall debut, premiering string quartet commission from composer Anthony Vine. International concerts have included North and South America as well as Europe in venues such as Casa de la Musica in Quito, Ecuador and the International Mendelssohn Festival in Hamburg, Germany. Other recitals have included Princetown University, Boston Conservatory, Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance in Nova Scotia, Marilyn Horne Museum, and the Boston Early Music Festival.
Phelps coached chamber music as part of a one-year residency at Shenandoah Conservatory. He also taught and performed at the Interlochen Academy as a chamber music teaching fellow. He maintains a fully online cello studio with students throughout the US and international. A firm believer in outreach, he has frequently visited grade- schools to introduce young students to string instruments, present classical music in an engaging manner, and work with the school’s orchestra programs.
Phelps has received his Bachelors and Masters in music from the University of Akron and the Cleveland Institute of Music, respectively. He also received an Early Music Performance Certificate from Case Western University and an Artists Diploma and string quartet fellowship from the Shanghai Quartet at Montclair State University. His primary teachers were Melissa Kraut and Nick Tzavaras.
When not playing the cello, Phelps likes to pursue many other artistic outlets. Once a week, as a self-proclaimed pizzaiolo, he can be found working on his pizza dough. He also really enjoys painting as a way to experience artistic expression in a different medium.
Henry Samuels – Double Bass
Henry Samuels is a double bass player and music teacher living in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He has performed with orchestras in great halls across the world including Carnegie Hall in New York, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Musikverien in Vienna, and Tokyo’s Bunka Kaikan Hall. As a Cleveland resident, Henry performs regularly with the Akron Symphony, as well as with the Bluewater Chamber Orchestra, and other regional orchestras.
Henry is also an active teacher in the Cleveland area. He currently teaches a handful of private students, and is the bass instructor for the Avon School of Music, and Strongsville School of Music. In addition, Henry is the double bass sectional coach for the orchestras at Shaker Heights High School, Avon High School, and Strongsville High School. He recently obtained his Suzuki Book I Teacher Certification under the instruction of Daniel Swaim, and plans to develop his presence as a Suzuki bass instructor in Cleveland.
Henry enjoys adapting repertoire for the double bass. He has performed many violin and cello works for the bass including select Bach Cello Suites, Paganini’s “Moses” Variations, Schubert’s “Arpeggione” Sonata, and Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3.
He has recently been exploring an interest in klezmer music, and plays bass with Steven Greenman and the Case University Klezmer Ensemble. Henry has performed in klezmer concerts at venues such as the Maltz Performing Arts Center, Jekyll’s Kitchen, and the Euclid Tavern.
Vocalists:
Ayla Gencer | Faruk Orge |
Faruk and Ayla are very accomplished well recognized vocalists in Turkish Art and Folk music within the Turkish American community.
We are fortunate that they create the time to share their tremendous music and beautiful voices with us while they are extremely busy and successful in their line of professional work.
