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Ihsan Ozgen
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Ihsan Özgen (kemençe, tanbur, co-director of Lux Musica) is a self-taught musician,
composer, and teacher of the Classical Ottoman music of Turkey. He is sometimes regarded as the new Cemil Bey: the turn-of-the-century performer and composer noted for his brilliance on a variety of instruments.
Ozgen is a self-taught musician and performs on kemence, lavta, violoncello and tanbur. He has studied and mastered the works of Tanburi Cemil Bey. He has studied the techniques of playing the violoncello and violin and has applied new techniques to the playing of the kemence, such as new left hand positions and bow techniques. Ozgen 's fame is usually associated with his kemence playing and melodic taksims (improvisations). Ozgen's kemence playing brings out soft, full and rich sounds from this instrument. In 1991, Özgen was awarded the Abdi Ipekçi Peace Award in recognition of his work with the Bosphorus ensemble, a group composed of Turkish and Greek musicians. He is also the leader of the well-known ensemble Anatolia. Özgen is an instructor at the Istanbul Turkish Music Conservatory and former guest lecturer at University California at Santa Cruz. Discography: Masterworks of Itri & Meragi (Golden Horn GHP 008-2 , 1998) Remembrances of Ottoman Composers (Golden Horn GHP 011-2 , 1999) Legacy, with Neva Ozgen (Golden Horn GHP 016-2, 2001) Cantemir: Music in Istanbul and Ottoman Europe around 1700, with Linda Burman-Hall (Golden Horn GHP 019-2, 2004) Haydn and the Gypsies: Music in the Style Hongrois, with Lux Musica Celtic Caravans: The Road to Romanticism, with Lux Musica |
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