Dear Friends,
As I reached 300 video and approaching the age of 42, I’ve decided to make a concise evaluation. I’ve always liked statistical information as I’ve been writing diary for 30 years. Many thanks to the great musicians that I’ve collaborated. Such a big family we have become. Here are the subcategories for 300 videos:
59 Solo Videos (14 classical guitar, 41 microtonal guitar, 2 stick guitar, 2 Lego guitar) (composers who wrote pieces for me for solo microtonal guitar: Onur Türkmen, Allaudin Mathieu, Mutlu Torun, Donald Bousted, Gilbert Biberian, Tolga Zafer Özdemir, Johnny Reinhard, Ozan Yarman, Alexander Baxton, Robert Casteels, Navid Bargrizan, Celil Refik Kaya, Chris Charles, İlke Şen, Devon Tipp, Enis Gümüş)
65 Duo Videos (collaborations with great musicians: Sinan Cem Eroğlu, Sinan Ayyıldız, Erhan Birol, Ali Kazım Akdağ, Jarrod Cagwin, Philipp Gerschlauer, Akın Eldes, Atsuku Suetomi, Etibar Asadli, Cenk Erdoğan, Volkan Gümüşlü, Baha Yetkin, Serkan Halili, Ali Tüfekçi, Esra Berkman, Batuhan Karatay, Leonardo Garcia Fuenzalida, Ünsal Çeliksu, Charis Laurijsen, Aysu Sulu Şanver, Aida Pulake, Nermin Kaygusuz, Tolga Yayalar)
5 Trio Videos(Erdem Şimşek, Nevcivan Özel, Taylan Şengül, Çağatay Çoker)
5 Ensemble/Orchestra (Andre Herteux, Robert Casteels)
57 Education, Music Theory, History
18 Documentary (documentary that I supervised)
11Guitar and Novel Project (Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Haruki Murakami, Orhan Pamuk, Murtahan Mungan, Ursula K Le Guin)
38 Microtonal Guitar Competition
29 Microtonal Guitar Videos from Great Guitarists (Akın Eldes, Sinan Cem Eroğlu, Celil Refik Kaya, Ali Deniz Kardelen, Salih Korkut Peker, Tufan Kurdoğlu, Bilal Karaman, Batuhan Karatay, Burak Akan, Benjamin Barbaric, Mak Grgic, Enver İzmailov, Hakan Görener, Neil Chan, Leonardo Garcia Fuenzalida, Flynn Cohen, Spityura, Michael Kudirka, Dsilton, Piers Faccini ve 111 short performances from you
13 Microtonal Guitar on TV - Interviews
Hope to have 300 more.
All the best from Sinop by the Black Sea
Tolga