Ayşedeniz Gökçin (born January 4, 1988; anglicised as "AyseDeniz Gokcin") is a Turkish classical pianist and composer.
Biography After graduating in 2009 with a bachelor's degree from Eastman School of Music, Gökçin completed a master's degree at the Royal Academy of Music in 2011.Some sources, published in January 2012 but presumably drafted in late 2012 say "last year"; see https://twitter.com/ADpianist/status/294138849813225472/photo/1
She is known for recording an EP of her arrangements for solo piano of the music of the rock band Pink Floyd in the style of Franz Liszt, Pink Floyd Lisztified. The EP comprises three tracks, which, she says, form a fantasia. These are:
"Hey You" "Wish You Were Here" "Another Brick in the Wall"
The first and third being from the 1979 album The Wall, the middle one the eponymous 1975 Wish You Were Here.
Gökçin describes her arrangement of Another Brick... as being inspired by Liszt's 'Dante Sonata'.
She has also recorded an album of reworkings of the music of Ástor Piazzolla.
Her album The Nirvana Project, launched in November 2015, is a virtuoso piano re-working of famous Nirvana songs, in collaboration with Bulgarian music producer and DJ Ivan Shopov.
Her latest original album, Patterns for piano and string orchestra, was released in June 2023.
On August 5, she made her Los Angeles debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall performing her compositions Kelton and Chaos with the LAKMA Orchestra.
On August 17, 2023, she won the Hollywood Independent Music Awards with her composition Kelton in the Contemporary Classical Category.
Discography
Albums +DateAlbum2013Classical Concept Tribute to Pink Floyd2015Nirvana Project2016Nirvana ClassicalPiano Playlist, Vol. 12017A Chopin Affair: Sonatas2019Earth PreludeBeethoven Senses2020Hey WorldDreamscapeMotus2023Patterns
Singles and EPs +DateSingle or EP2012The Crying Harmonica & the Speechless PianoClassical EP2013Mozart: Alla Turca JazzAt Road's EndAnother Brick in the WallPiazzolla Piano Pop2016Dream on2018In the EndMilonga Del AngelGrenfell Tower ElegyWatchesComptine d`un autre ete - l`apres-midi (From "Amelie")Romantic ColdplayImagine2019Nothing Else MattersValseFlyTwiceSuNovusPrelude ReimaginedPure Piano Suite2020Hey JudeEpilogueDuskCycle2021Winter SongBeethoven RemixNo Time To DieVivaldi Storm(Piano Solo)
References
External links
Official website Audio Network Artist Page