Clarinetist Özlem Kolat gives the Turkish premiere of 3 Shatin Pieces

Clarinetist Özlem Kolat gives the Turkish premiere of  Cherry Blossom and a Wrapped Thing; After Hokusai, Grito del Corazón and Penelope’s Song at the Çanakkale Mahal Art Hall on 3/28, with additional performances of this grouping on her upcoming recitals in Istanbul in April and in Ankara at the Bilkent Concert Hall in May.
Cherry Blossom and a Wrapped Thing, commissioned by F. Gerard Errante,  was inspired by a mysterious print of the same name in a musuem of Hokusai’s prints in Tokyo. Shatin and Errante are long-term collaborators, and he also contributed to the transformation of Penelope’s Song for clarinet and electronics. Grito del Corazón will be performed with the video by Kathy Aoki, while the music combines electronics with a guided improv score.