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Fazıl Say is a Turkish pianist and composer born on 14 January 1970 in Ankara. He studied under Mithat Fenmen and was educated at the Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory and the Robert Schumann Hochschule. He plays piano and works in classical music and traditional folk music, based in Ankara, with a career beginning in 1984.
His recordings have been released on Naïve Records and Warner Classics. His relative is Emel Say, and he speaks Turkish.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Türkiye
- Active from
- 1970
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 89,225
- Total plays
- 1,134,049
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Born in 1970 in Ankara, Turkey, Fazıl Say studied piano and composition at the Ankara State Conservatory. At the age of seventeen he was awarded a scholarship that enabled him to study for five years with David Levine at the Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf. From 1992 to 1995 he continued his studies at the Berlin Conservatory. In 1994 he was the winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, which gave a rapid start to his international career. <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1970-01-14 ) 14 January 1970 (age 56) , Ankara, Turkey
- Occupations
- Composer Pianist
- Years active
- 1984–present
- Website
- fazilsay .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- Ankara
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Robert Schumann Hochschule
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Native language
- Turkish
- Student of
- Mithat Fenmen
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Warner Classics
- Official website
- fazilsay.com
- Image
- Fazıl Say recording at Mozarteum Salzburg in 2019.jpg
- Work location
- Ankara
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- Commons category
- Fazıl Say
- date of birth
- 1970-01-14
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- social media followers
- 7750
- name in native language
- Fazıl Say
- relative
- Emel Say
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Encyclopedic overview
Fazıl Say ( Turkish: [faːˈzɯɫ saj]; born 14 January 1970) is a Turkish classical concert pianist and composer. He is known to often play his own compositions in his concerts, on top of a repertoire that includes Beethoven, Chopin, Bach and Mozart (with Say's own cadenzas).
Life and career
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