maran
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lecture at UCLA / Munir Beken
this came to my email today:
Stone Records and Parallel Universes: Music and Globalization in Turkey
A faculty lecture by MÜNIR BEKEN, UCLA Ethnomusicology.
Thursday, October 25
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Münir Beken is an Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at UCLA. His career
spans theory, composition, ethnomusicology, and performance. As a composer,
he has written a state-commissioned ballet suite for orchestra, won awards
for film music, and scored television documentaries both domestically and
internationally. His scholarly work focuses on modal theory; he is also
conducting research on musical globalization and the phenomenology of music.
He has published in Ethnomusicology, a premier journal in the field, and
contributed to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He was one
of the founding members of the State Turkish Music Ensemble. As a soloist on
the ud, he has performed in venues across the U.S. and has recorded a solo
CD with Rounder Records.
Sponsored by the Center for European and Eurasian Studies
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this is very exciting. could it be what mavrothis was talking about a while back...
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mavrothis
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Wish I could be there. He is not only an amazing musician, composer, and all around human being, but he is a wonderful teacher and lecturer as
well.
Enjoy!
mavrothis
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LeeVaris
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I just took pictues of Munir
I just got back from a photo session with Munir. He needed a headshot for a UCLA thing and I got him in the studio sitting down with his oud... oh my
god!
I'll post some photos and hopefully a little snippet of taksim... absolutely amazing guy. Really wonderful warm person and beautiful soulfull music.
Give me a couple of days to pull some stuff together and you'll see (and hear)!
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adamgood
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Lee that's great we are eager to see/hear. As BIG a snippet of a taksim as you can post, please!
He is a master, I'm so glad that he has relocated to UCLA. I think this will give a boost to interest in Turkish music in the US.
adam
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LeeVaris
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Münir's Music
OK so here's a Taksi from the photo shoot. You can hear the studio flash going off and at one point I give Munir some directions. The sound is
somewhat compressed but still cool.
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LeeVaris
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Link to Photos
Here's a link to some of the photos we took:
http://www.varis.com/MunirBekenOud/
And here is a short taksim with Münir playing Jonathan's Manol.
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mavrothis
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Thanks Lee! These are great!
mavrothis
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SamirCanada
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Nice shots Lee!!
thanks for sharing my friend.
Wow.. thats maple on the oud is really comming trough in the pics. I love the figure.
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Jameel
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Nice Lee. Gotta love that curly maple!
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Ararat66
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What a fantastic udi - reminds me a bit of Udi Hrant Kenkulian, just brilliant. You lucky Californians!! Who's made his oud, it's beautiful
Leon
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Multi Kulti
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His oud is made by Coskun Brothers http://www.udyapim.com/ud.asp
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oudplayer
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Hey guys
Lee thx for the photos there awesome great work as usal.
and samir my buddy , you only like the maple bc yr canadian lol if you knwo
what i mean haha
thjx sammy
we are lost camels in the desert and wanna find our way to water and the water is in aden
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