Chamber music trio to give concert in memory of late Turkish harpist Necipoğlu

Trio Pax, recently formed by three musicians, will play tonight for Turkish harpist Ceren Necipoğlu, who died in a plane crash in 2009 Trio Pax, a chamber music ensemble consisting of a flute, viola and harp, is preparing to give its first concert in remembrance of the late Turkish harpist Ceren Necipoğlu at the Notre Dame de Sion High School in Istanbul on Dec. 18.

Harpist Meriç Dönük, flutist Zeynep Keleşoğlu, and viola player Günsu Özkarar, who recently formed Trio Pax, said they were happy to be able to play the rich repertoire that the three harmonious instruments have.

“There is a wonderful repertoire for harp, flute and viola and we are very happy to have found and established the trio to play these,” the trio told the Hürriyet Daily News.

Late Turkish harpist Ceren Necipoğlu The concert at the Notre Dame de Sion High School in Istanbul on Dec. 18, which is open to everyone, is organized to commemorate the late Turkish harpist Ceren Necipoğlu. Necipoğlu was one of the founders of the Harp Art Association (ASD), and died in June 2009 while returning from the Rio Harp Festival, when Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris went down off the coast of Brazil.

The trio said a number of new compositions written in memory of Necipoğlu were going to make their debut in the Dec. 18 concert. ASD Harp Masters Academy 2014 scholar Cansu Çine will join the trio in the first half of the concert, while soprano singer Natali Boğosyan will play in the second half.

Viola player Özkarar, who recently returned back from Switzerland where she earned her master’s degree, said that although chamber music is very hard to perform it is also very enjoyable.

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