Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 7:00pm
EMU Pease Auditorium, Ypislanti, MI
Join TACAM for an evening of music performed at Pease Auditorium. İdil Ülgen performs a piano recital featuring the works of Chopin, Liszt and Brahms. Ülgen also performs a collaborative work with Daniel Foster, EMU Professor of Violin.
Sponsored by: Eastern Michigan University Department of Music and Dance and TACAM
About Idil Ulgen
A renowned pianist and valuable member of TACAM, Mrs. Idil Ulgen started her music education at the Istanbul University State Conservatory. She later attended the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, Austria. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance from the Ankara State Conservatory, Turkey, concurrent with English Literature Bachelor’s degree from the Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Turkey. In USA, she received Master’s degrees in Piano Performance from Eastern Michigan University and Piano Pedagogy and Performance from the University of Michigan. Until recently, she served as a member of the piano faculty at the Eastern Michigan University. Mrs. Ulgen regularly plays in solo and chamber music recitals and orchestra concerts in USA, Austria, Canada and Turkey. She played the world premiere of “Fantasy Tango,” composed by Prof. Joseph Gurt and dedicated to Mrs. Ulgen, with the Ypsilanti Symphony Orchestra of Michigan and Istanbul Isik University Orchestra of Istanbul, Turkey. Recently, she choreographed a piano recital that included ballet, dances by whirling dervishes, and poetry reading during her performance which was televised in Turkey and several European countries. Her previous concerts and TV interviews can be seen on the following links:
Minuet and Dance of the Blessed Spirits: Gluck
About Daniel Foster
Daniel Foster has taught violin at Eastern Michigan University since 1987. A student of Paul Rolland at the University of Illinois and of Angel Reyes at the University of Michigan, he holds degrees in violin performance from both schools. Since 1978, he has appeared frequently throughout the United States as a solo and chamber artist, with repertoire ranging from the seventeenth through the twentieth century. As a baroque violinist and violist, he has performed and recorded with Ars Music Baroque Orchestra, Smithsonian Chamber Players, Oriana, and Tafelmusik. He is also a current and founding member of two early music groups—Xantippe, a trio for baroque flute/recorder, cello and violin, specializing in music of the late baroque and early classical periods, and La Gente d’Orfeo, a quartet for violin, cornetto, cello and early keyboards, specializing in Italian music of the early 17th-century. He currently serves as concertmaster of the Macomb Symphony, under Thomas Cook, and is a founding member of the Red Hot Lava Chamber Music Festival in Honolulu. He is a member of the Alexander Trio, faculty piano trio at Eastern Michigan University. His clips can be viewed on the following link:
The event is free of charge and open to public. No reservation or tickets are required. There is ample parking space right next to the Pease Auditorium. Come and join us to support one of our respected members of TACAM in this exciting event. We are looking forward to seeing you in this event.
This event is free and open to the public