14 April 2010: 60x60 UnTwelve Mix in Istanbul

On 14th of April, which was yesterday, the premier of the 60x60
UnTwelve Mix 2010 was done in Istanbul, in the Musicology Department
of the Turkish Music State Conservatory (part of Istanbul Technical
University) where I received my doctorate degree.

The event, which took place in the BISED hall of said department, drew
in about 20 people, students, teachers, artists and enthusiasts, who
were informed of the particulars of 60x60 UnTwelve Mix, were given a
programme translated to Turkish and were shown the track number played
on a projected screen.

On the whole, xenharmony was well-received. I believe the pieces
broadened the audience's horizons. I commented with a famous saying of
mine in the end: "There are no unacceptable intervals in music, there
are, at worst, unacceptable applications of such."

Although there were attempts to politicize the event by drawing
irrelevant parallels to Afghanistan and the Ergenekon terrorism case
(for ITU is famous for its leftist stance), I did not permit politics
to interfere with the aesthetics of music-making.

This was the first time, I think, such a "foreign" microtonal package
was presented in Istanbul. Most people liked what they heard, as have I.

Cordially,
Dr. Ozan Yarman

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www.ozanyarman.com

>On 14th of April, which was yesterday, the premier of the 60x60
>UnTwelve Mix 2010 was done in Istanbul, in the Musicology Department
>of the Turkish Music State Conservatory (part of Istanbul Technical
>University) where I received my doctorate degree.
>
>The event, which took place in the BISED hall of said department, drew
>in about 20 people, students, teachers, artists and enthusiasts, who
>were informed of the particulars of 60x60 UnTwelve Mix, were given a
>programme translated to Turkish and were shown the track number played
>on a projected screen.
>
>On the whole, xenharmony was well-received. I believe the pieces
>broadened the audience's horizons. I commented with a famous saying of
>mine in the end: "There are no unacceptable intervals in music, there
>are, at worst, unacceptable applications of such."
>
>Although there were attempts to politicize the event by drawing
>irrelevant parallels to Afghanistan and the Ergenekon terrorism case
>(for ITU is famous for its leftist stance), I did not permit politics
>to interfere with the aesthetics of music-making.
>
>This was the first time, I think, such a "foreign" microtonal package
>was presented in Istanbul. Most people liked what they heard, as have I.
>
>Cordially,
>Dr. Ozan Yarman

Excellent news! -Carl