ATES ORGA
Ates Orga was first Director of Music
Administration Studies at Istanbul Technical University
(MIAM, 2000-02). Formerly a member of the BBC Music
Division (1971-75), and Lecturer in Music and Concert
Director at the University of Surrey (1975-90), he
trained as a composer and pianist. His father was the
İstanbul-born Turkish Air Force fighter pilot, diplomat
and author Irfan Orga (of Portrait of a Turkish
Family fame), his mother the Irish publisher and
writer, Margarete Orga née D'Arcy-Wright.
Ates Orga's production portfolio
includes projects with Conductors Vladimir
Ashkenazy, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Louis Fremaux, Alexander
Gibson, Charles Groves, Marco Guidarini, Alexander
Lazarev, Charles Mackerras and Heinrich Schiff. Pianists Nelly
Akopian-Tamarina, Dmitri Alexeev, Nikolai Demidenko,
Emre Elivar, Nils Franke, Pavel Gililov, Marc-André
Hamelin, Thomas Hiztlberger, Vladimir Krainev, Piers
Lane, Nikolai Petrov, Paolo Restani and Seta Tanyel. Violinists Cihat
Aşkın, Laurent Korcia, Natalia Lomeiko, Cristian Persinaru
and Mariko Senju. Cellists Karine Georgian,
Leonid Gorokov and Raphael Wallfisch. Guitarists Carlos
Bonell and Jens Franke. Singers Armand Arapian,
Gabriel Bacquier, Mireille Delunsch, Jean-Jacques Doumène,
Françoise Golfier, Hélène Jossoud, Michèle Lagrange,
Michel Piquemal, Patricia Rozario, Anatoli Safiulin,
Ezgi Saydam and Gérard Théruel.
Turkish-associated projects feature the premiere recordings
of Kamran İnce's Third and Fourth Symphonies with the
Prague Symphony Orchestra (Naxos); and Emre Aracı's
landmark Euro-Ottoman collection (Brilliant Classics,
Kalan, Warner Classics).
He has also produced speech and educational
recordings for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools
of Music and Schott & Co.
Ates Orga is a widely published and
translated writer. His books include a history of the
London Proms (1974) and biographies of Chopin and Beethoven
(1976, 1978), as well as, more recently, an anthology
of İstanbul poems (2007, http://www.travelbooks.co.uk/book_detail.asp?id=117).
He has contributed to The New Grove (rev 7th
edition) and Grove Music Online; also Andante, BBC
Music Magazine, Cornucopia, International
Piano, Music & Musicians, Music & Vision,
Music Web International, Musical Times, Records & Recording, The
Independent and The Listener.
Lengthier CD annotations and research include essays
for Brilliant Classics' Alfred Brendel: the Complete
Vox, Turnabout & Vanguard Solo Recordings, Chopin
Edition, Historical Russian Archives, and Legendary
Russian Pianists;Cala's New York Legends;
and Philips' Great Pianists of the 20th Century.
Single artist composer-editions include İdil Biret'scentenary Brahms (Naxos,
1997) and Ian Hobson's bicentenary Chopin (Zephyr,
2010).
In addition to producing and writing, Ates
Orga devises and directs special events.
These have included the Guildford International Festival
(1991) and three London Wigmore Hall specials - Piano
Masterworks (Demidenko, 1993), Virtuoso
Romantics (Hamelin, 1994) and Metamorphoses (Lane,
2006). He was Consultant to the London Turkfest (2004).
For Nikolai Demidenko's Piano Masterworks,
recorded 'live' for Hyperion, Ates Orga received
a 1993 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award. His
period-instrument Liszt/Wagner CD with Thomas Hitzlberger,
recorded in Munich for Ambronay Editions, won the 33rd
Liszt International Grand Prix in 2007.
Ates Orga, made important contributions
to the realisation of Ian
Hobson, Lara
Ömeroğlu and Paolo
Restani recitals within 'Istanbul Recitals' series.
He is a member of the Honorary Board of Istanbul Recitals.
Photograph by: Serhan Bali, Andante,
(unedited
orginal photograph)
TÜRKÇE
METİN
Istanbul Recitals program notes
by Ates Orga:
'Ian
Hobson, PARNASSUS Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) bi-centenary
recital'
'Paolo
Restani, Franz Liszt (1811-1886) 200.
yıl resitali'
'Paolo
Restani, Franz Liszt (1811-1886) bi-centenary
recital'
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