Ayşedeniz Gökçin (born January 4, 1988;[1] anglicised as "AyseDeniz Gokcin") is a Turkish classical pianist and composer.[2]
AyseDeniz Gokcin Ayşedeniz Gökçin | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | @ADpianist, アイシェデニーズ, 艾斯丹尼滋 |
| Born | January 4, 1988 |
| Genres | Classical crossover |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, composer |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Website | www |
After graduating in 2009 with a bachelor's degree from Eastman School of Music,[3] Gökçin completed a master's degree at the Royal Academy of Music in 2011.[2][4]
She is known for recording an EP of her arrangements for solo piano of the music of the rock band Pink Floyd in the style of Franz Liszt, Pink Floyd Lisztified.[2] The EP comprises three tracks, which, she says, form a fantasia. These are:
The first and third being from the 1979 album The Wall, the middle one the eponymous 1975 Wish You Were Here.[5]
Gökçin describes her arrangement of Another Brick... as being inspired by Liszt's 'Dante Sonata'.[6]
She has also recorded an album of reworkings of the music of Ástor Piazzolla.[7]
Her album The Nirvana Project, launched in November 2015, is a virtuoso piano re-working of famous Nirvana songs, in collaboration with Bulgarian music producer and DJ Ivan Shopov.[8]
Her latest original album, Patterns for piano and string orchestra, was released in June 2023.
On August 5, she made her Los Angeles debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall performing her compositions Kelton and Chaos with the LAKMA Orchestra.
On August 17, 2023, she won the Hollywood Independent Music Awards with her composition Kelton in the Contemporary Classical Category.
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Classical Concept Tribute to Pink Floyd |
| 2015 | Nirvana Project |
| 2016 | Nirvana Classical |
| Piano Playlist, Vol. 1 | |
| 2017 | A Chopin Affair: Sonatas |
| 2019 | Earth Prelude |
| Beethoven Senses | |
| 2020 | Hey World |
| Dreamscape | |
| Motus | |
| 2023 | Patterns |
Singles and EPs
edit| Date | Single or EP |
|---|---|
| 2012 | The Crying Harmonica & the Speechless Piano |
| Classical EP | |
| 2013 | Mozart: Alla Turca Jazz |
| At Road's End | |
| Another Brick in the Wall | |
| Piazzolla Piano Pop | |
| 2016 | Dream on |
| 2018 | In the End |
| Milonga Del Angel | |
| Grenfell Tower Elegy | |
| Watches | |
| Comptine d`un autre ete - l`apres-midi (From "Amelie") | |
| Romantic Coldplay | |
| Imagine | |
| 2019 | Nothing Else Matters |
| Valse | |
| Fly | |
| Twice | |
| Su | |
| Novus | |
| Prelude Reimagined | |
| Pure Piano Suite | |
| 2020 | Hey Jude |
| Epilogue | |
| Dusk | |
| Cycle | |
| 2021 | Winter Song |
| Beethoven Remix | |
| No Time To Die | |
| Vivaldi Storm(Piano Solo) |
References
edit- ^ "Ayşedeniz Gökçin Kimdir?". cosmopolitanturkiye (in Turkish). Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Pianist's classical Pink Floyd is unlikely hit". Classic FM. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ "Bio". Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ Some sources, published in January 2012 but presumably drafted in late 2012 say "last year"; see https://twitter.com/ADpianist/status/294138849813225472/photo/1
- ^ Mabbett, Andy (2010). Pink Floyd - The Music and the Mystery. London: Omnibus. ISBN 9781849383707.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo (January 21, 2012). "Turkish Pianist Weds Pink Floyd and Liszt". Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ "Ayse Deniz at Strongroom Shoreditch". Made in Shoreditch. September 26, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ "Nirvana Project by Aysedeniz Gokcin on iTunes". iTunes. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.