Ali Fuat Aydin & Cenk Guray - Ote

This CD is an attempt to remember or imagine the musical life of TANBURI CEMIL BEY (1873-1916), one of the most important composers of the Ottoman music, in its many forms: with other musicians around him playing their own repertoires, discussing music and culture, and developing ideas of culture permeating music. It aims to follow the musical dreams of CEMIL, which were embellished with the liveliest and most colorful music performances, dances, compositions, concerts, weddings and festivals of the period. The CD imagines an evening gathering with musical guests who had arrived from a distant Aegean island, from which the local sounds were carried over the sea on the wings of seagulls.