Ercag was encouraged to be a musician by his parents, especially his dad, who is an amateur guitar and baglama stringed instrument player. When he got into the conservatory at the age of 10, he was told he would study the cello. The three men met at different points in their lives. Gungor calls Erguner his spiritual father, a sentiment echoed by Erguner.
Erguner says he met Gungor in Erguner had prepared a flamenco and tasavvuf sufi music project for the Istanbul Music Festival that year, and musicians who worked with him alerted him to a young talent playing the kanun. Erguner and Gungor were inseparable afterwards. Gungor recalls receiving a phone call in from Erguner, who lives in Paris, asking him to play with his ensemble. Cag Ercag says he met Kudsi Erguner in Paris, and was introduced to Gungor during a project they did with the Turkish pianist, Fazil Say some years back.
Gungor says he planned for years how an orchestra representing Turkey should be, how an Ottoman orchestra should be — including all the nations that the Ottoman lands once contained. He says he has known many virtuoso players and always wanted to create an orchestra for Turkey by bringing them together. According to Gungor, this orchestra is a small-scale version of his dream. Gungor is thankful to the festival organisers, who have known him for years, for trusting him to bring together such a concert.
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Gungor i s definitely the second. As a band, Michael Gungor the guitarist and vocalist , Lisa Gungor playing the synthesizer and singing , and the rest of the the artists on the stage the cellist, drummer, bass guitar player, and pianist would all go in to crazy impressive improv throughout the concert. They just made eye contact and then they went for it. And they. Not only did the music ability of the concert make this the the best concert ever, but so to did the power behind all the songs.
You can tell that with each song that was written, that Gungor had poured their heart and soul into them. The music played was moving and so so so powerful.
This was literally the best concert that I have ever been to. I remember walking away from the SAC sponsored Ingrid Michaelson concert last year and thinking the exact same thing. I love Hope College more and more every day. For more about me, follow me on twitter hopejohnluke17 or on Instagram at johnlukehawkins. Until next time!
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