Ayşe Deniz Birdal (Istanbul, 1996) studied at the Istanbul University State Conservatory from the age of 13, after which she continued her studies with Julius Berger in Augsburg. She won the First Prize in the Rudolf Matz Strings Competition, and a Second Prize in the International Johan Andreas Stein Strings Competition, where she played her own composition Sky-Cut, among others.
Ayşe Deniz Birdal
Sky-Cut
About the album
Ayşe Deniz Birdal (Istanbul, 1996) studied at the Istanbul University State Conservatory from the age of 13, after which she continued her studies with Julius Berger in Augsburg. She won the First Prize in the Rudolf Matz Strings Competition, and a Second Prize in the International Johan Andreas Stein Strings Competition, where she played her own composition Sky-Cut, among others.
Birdal has played at several festivals, including the Menuhin Festival Gstaad String Academy and the Kronberg Academy Cello Festival, and has soloed with the Kaunas Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. In addition to classical-romantic repertoire, she has a great fondness for new music and music from her native land and is an enthusiastic improviser.
This CD was produced with the support of the Anner Bijlsma Award and the Cello Biennale Amsterdam. Using the prize money from the 2018 Anner Bijlsma Award, cello phenomenon Giovanni Sollima set up an intensive development program for four young international cellists – Ayşe Deniz Birdal (Turkey), Maya Fridman (Russia), Abel Selaocoe (South Africa) and Chiara Trentin (Italy). They all were looking to become far more than just soloists playing the standard repertoire. Sollima went with them in search of their musical identity. Who did they want to become in the world of music? What did they want to create? What did they want to convey to their audiences? This cd is the result of the journey MAYA/AYSE/CHIARA made during this project.
Tracklist click to play/pause
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Ayşe Deniz Birdal
Sky-Cut
4:06
4:06
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Ayşe Deniz Birdal
Sterntropfen
9:11
9:11
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Ayşe Deniz Birdal
Kamber Hanım
11:52
11:52
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Ayşe Deniz Birdal
Beatrix of Joy
4:25
4:25
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Ayşe Deniz Birdal
6 Miniatures
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I
0:40
0:40
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II
0:55
0:55
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III
1:21
1:21
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IV
0:29
0:29
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V
0:45
0:45
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VI
1:10
1:10
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Ayşe Deniz Birdal
Tautropfen
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I. Tautropfen
0:42
0:42
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II. Lied der Dunkelheit
0:51
0:51
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III. Sonnenritual
1:39
1:39
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Ayşe Deniz Birdal
Control
2:23
2:23
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Ayşe Deniz Birdal
The Ivy
5:45
5:45
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Ayşe Deniz Birdal
Amnesiac Bells
5:02
5:02
More information
| Label | TRPTK X |
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| Genre(s) | Classical – Contemporary (> 1920) |
| Artist(s) | Ayşe Deniz Birdal |
| Composer(s) | Birdal, Ayşe Deniz |
| Recording location(s) | Muziekcentrum van de Omroep - Studio 7, Hilversum (NL) |
| Recording date(s) | June 2022 |
| Cat. No. | TTX 0002 |
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| Release date |
March 31st, 2023 |
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Tech specs
| Microphones | DPA 4041-SP |
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| Microphone preamps | Grace Design m801mk2 |
| AD/DA conversion | Merging Technologies Hapi |
| Recording resolution | PCM 352.8kHz 32bit |
| Mastering resolution | PCM 352.8kHz 64bit |
| Monitoring (recording) | KEF LS50 |
| Monitoring (mastering) | KEF Blade Two |
| Cabling | Furutech custom microphone cables |
"I decided to venture out with something new one morning, and I'm ever so happy I did so. In this new release from TRPTK, Turkish cellist Ayşe Deniz Birdal treats us with a recital of contemporary music for cello and voice grounded in Turkish and Uyghur folk song plus original compositions."
Rushton Paul, Positive Feedback
