Member Since: 03/05/2008
Band Website: www.oriental-media.de
Band Members: Hasan Yükselir
(Vocals)
The singer and composer Hasan Yükselir recieved his Master of Art degree from the Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey. Hasan Yükselir's type of music and strengthens is situated in the special song form, which he developed. He processes and composes traditional, Anatolian folkways in a classical, western music form and interprets it with his classically trained singing voice. His music forms not only a combination, but a synthesis of original, Anatolian music styles and western classical period. Hasan Yükselir works and lives in Berlin.
Meike Goosmann
(Sopransaxofon)
Meike Goosmann gratuated in Popular Music and Jazz at the Academy of Music Hanns-Eisler in Berlin. She took lessons from Jiggs Whigham, Volker Schlott, Gregoire Peters, Gebhard Ullmann, Kirk Nurock, Steve Grey a.o. on Saxophone and Clarinette. Meike Goosmann works in the fileds of New Music, Jazz and Klezmer. She lives and works in Berlin.
Larry Porter
(Piano)
Piano/Rebab-Player and Composer Larry Porter was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1951, received his first piano lesson at age 6. Studies at Cleveland Music Settlement, Eastman School of Music and Berklee College of Music. Extensive touring with Chet Baker, including the New Morning in Paris and European festivals. Moved to Berlin shortly before the turn of the century. In 2004 Larry Porter was asked by his friend Stefan Jezierski from the Berlin Philharmonic to write a jazz-influenced piece for the 8 french horns of the orchestra.
Influences: Classical, Turkish Composer, Jazz
Sounds Like: "naive - but impressive"
Record Label: ORIENTAL MEDIA NETWORK (Management)
Type of Label: Indie