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After three standing ovations and encores, Dr. Selim Giray, violinist, and Dr. Gulimina Mahamuti, pianist, completed a recital of Turkish music Monday night in McCray Recital Hall, Pittsburg State University.
Their recital is similar to one they will present Jan. 7, 2012, in the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall.
“I just made a marvelous trip to Turkey and never left Pittsburg, Kansas,” said Paul Smith, retired PSU professor, following the recital. “It was a wonderful cultural experience and I’m so impressed with their performance.”
“It was phenomenal,” said Joyce Medford, retired music educator. “We won’t hear anything like that again for a long time.”
Giray, a member of the PSU music faculty, said that he was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall through Mid America Productions, which does a chamber music series at the famed New York hall.
“They heard my CD, ‘Turkish Music for Violin and Piano’, and invited me to perform,” he said.
His pianist, Mahamuti, holds a master’s degree in piano performance from PSU and is now on the music faculty at Ohio Wesleyan University.
The two will also perform at Oklahoma State and the University of Kansas, as well as at the City University of New York in Queens.
“For our performance at CUNY we’ll have some introductions to the pieces we play,” Giray said.
Mahamuti said that the Carnegie Hall performance will include a different solo piano repertoire for her, including an unpublished piece by Dr. Chen Yi, a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Dr. Russell Jones, PSU music department chairman, said that it reflects very well on the PSU music department to have a faculty member and a graduate selected to perform at Carnegie Hall.
“How Dr. Giray is able to do all that in addition to all the other responsibilities he has is just amazing,” Jones said.
But, the chairman added, the trip to Carnegie Hall is not free.
“If anyone wants to contribute to the expenses for the trip, all they need to do is write a check to PSU foundation and put ‘Carnegie Hall Concert’ in the memo line,” Jones said.
After three standing ovations and encores, Dr. Selim Giray, violinist, and Dr. Gulimina Mahamuti, pianist, completed a recital of Turkish music Monday night in McCray Recital Hall, Pittsburg State University.
Their recital is similar to one they will present Jan. 7, 2012, in the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall.
“I just made a marvelous trip to Turkey and never left Pittsburg, Kansas,” said Paul Smith, retired PSU professor, following the recital. “It was a wonderful cultural experience and I’m so impressed with their performance.”
“It was phenomenal,” said Joyce Medford, retired music educator. “We won’t hear anything like that again for a long time.”
Giray, a member of the PSU music faculty, said that he was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall through Mid America Productions, which does a chamber music series at the famed New York hall.
“They heard my CD, ‘Turkish Music for Violin and Piano’, and invited me to perform,” he said.
His pianist, Mahamuti, holds a master’s degree in piano performance from PSU and is now on the music faculty at Ohio Wesleyan University.
The two will also perform at Oklahoma State and the University of Kansas, as well as at the City University of New York in Queens.
“For our performance at CUNY we’ll have some introductions to the pieces we play,” Giray said.
Mahamuti said that the Carnegie Hall performance will include a different solo piano repertoire for her, including an unpublished piece by Dr. Chen Yi, a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Dr. Russell Jones, PSU music department chairman, said that it reflects very well on the PSU music department to have a faculty member and a graduate selected to perform at Carnegie Hall.
“How Dr. Giray is able to do all that in addition to all the other responsibilities he has is just amazing,” Jones said.
But, the chairman added, the trip to Carnegie Hall is not free.
“If anyone wants to contribute to the expenses for the trip, all they need to do is write a check to PSU foundation and put ‘Carnegie Hall Concert’ in the memo line,” Jones said.
