IPCC Virtual
January Luncheon
in partnership with
IWA
Guest Speaker
Stephen Kinzer
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
11:45 am to 1:30 pm
Zoom
TURKISH MELODIES AND RHYTHMS MEET THE CLASSICS
Thu, Aug 29
|Newberry Library, Ruggles Concert Hall
IPCC with IWA presents a special summer event. Limited seating.
Time & Location
Aug 29, 2019, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
Newberry Library, Ruggles Concert Hall, 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
About the Event
Chicago Welcomes Umut Deniz Topcuoglu...Young and highly accomplished Turkish composer, performer, and educator brings his inspiring music to Chicago once again! Midwest Young Artists Conservatory orchestra and chamber members will join Umut Deniz Topcuoglu at a special concert to perform his new compositions and adaptations.
Umut Deniz Topcuoglu, from Istanbul, is a music composition graduate of the State Academy of Music, Theatre & Fine Arts, in Chisinau, Moldova. Deniz is specialized in Turkish ethnic music and is a gifted performer on the Turkish Mouth Harp, Turkish Ney (reed flute), Bendir (skin drum), and the art of throat singing. Deniz has presented Master Classes in Chicago at the Old Town School of Folk Music, Stage 773, and the Fine Arts Building. His compositions have been commissioned for international theater productions. His major work, “Symphonic Poem Altay”, joins classical and ethnic themes th…