Search - Fahir Atakoglu :: East Side Story

Fahir Atakoglu demonstrates his virtuosity with the music he composed for the Istanbul National Ballet s East Side Story , a Dance Theather created by Aysun Aslan. On this CD , with Fahir s music you will relive the passion and agony of the Cholera District of Istanbul,where the Gypsies of Istanbul live, a place where the Ottoman Empire brought together people from all over Europe and Asia, and left them to try to survive as one people, with nothing to bind them but their humanity. The music of East Side Story is full of Fahir's unique rhythmic melodies and harmonies together with lush strings and ethnic instruments like Ney,Turkish Drums and Duduk to name a few...