Improvisations, arrangements, compositions by the Turkish pianist, composer Hakan Ali Toker, fusing jazz with classical music and Turkish music and much more...
Toker has been well acclaimed for his outstanding achievements in several fields:
He has brought the level of the piano in Turkish music to a peak never reached before.
See: album "Alla Turca Alla Toker" (2012) and his book "Traditional Turkish Music for Piano".
He has been praised by the critics for his work in the field of World Music, fusing ethnic elements with jazz and classical music: Albums Sehir Hayatı (2018), Taurus Mountains (2020, Global Music Awards winner)
He is one of few pianists today who keep the art of improvisation in classical music alive.
See albums: Transformations (2003), Toker Messing Around...with the classics;) (2019 Global Music Awards winner) and album series Classics Deconstructed (2020-2021).
He is the pioneer in the field of microtonal Turkish symphonic music (Turkish Rhapsody, 2022).
Hakan Ali Toker
I'm going to come to Europe to play intimate house concerts next October. Do you know anybody with an acoustic grand piano in their home, who'd love to host a Hakan Ali Toker recital and invite friends? If yes, in what city?
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Hakan Ali Toker
Happy birthday, Brahms!
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Hakan Ali Toker
Happy birthday Tchaikovsky!
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Hakan Ali Toker
Which music service do you subscribe to? (TR: Hangi müzik servisine üyesiniz?)
4 years ago | [YT] | 1
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Hakan Ali Toker
Happy birthday Chopin! I don't know if you'd approve of me messing around with your music like this if you were alive, but let's say it's to show my gratitude for all I've learned from you:) Available @AppleMusic and all digital stores:
music.apple.com/tr/album/chopin-deconstructed/1553…
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Hakan Ali Toker
Celebrating Haendel's 336th birthday today with my single improvisation on his famous Hallelujah that just came-out: open.spotify.com/album/02T1ET5yB741EF78mep0Dw?si=3…
This is a series of improvisations I recorded on a magnificent Fazioli F308 in Şile, İstanbul. More of them will be coming out on the birthdays of the great classical composers. Follow me on @Spotify if you like the idea;) #Haendel #classicalimprovisation #improvisation #hallelujah #jazzified #crossover #classicalcrossover #messiah #fazioli #piano
5 years ago | [YT] | 2
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Hakan Ali Toker
My new album "Gift Music 1" is out @AppleMusic and all digital stores! First in a long series of albums featuring music commissioned to be given as gifts to loved ones on birthdays, anniversaries etc. The Apple issue only includes a digital booklet where the story and numbers behind each piece is explained.
Get in touch when gift-shopping;)
5 years ago | [YT] | 2
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Hakan Ali Toker
What more would you like to see in my channel?
5 years ago | [YT] | 2
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Hakan Ali Toker
Where do you listen to music mostly?
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Hakan Ali Toker
Playing WITH music...
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