Fırat Kenarında Yüzen Kayıklar (Türkiye Earthquake Relief Project)

Boston’da, Kemal Oksal ve Yağmur Soydemir önderliğinde gerçekleşen “Türkiye’deki Depremzelere Yardım Projesi” 25 farklı ülkeden 100 müzisyeni bir araya getirdi. Barış Özcan’ın anlatıcılığını, Bengisu Önal’ın proje yönetimini ve Ersin Koçal’ın ise medya işbirliklerini üstlendiği bu dev ekip, deprem coğrafyasından seçilmiş olan “Fırat Kenarında Yüzen Kayıklar” isimli türkünün çok sesli uyarlamasını bir senfoni orkestrası, koro, vokal ve enstrüman solistlerini bir araya getirerek Berklee College of Music stüdyolarında seslendirdi.
Tüm gelirleri ihtiyaç sahiplerine iletilmektedir. Türkünün hikayesi ve kamera arkası görüntüleri: https://youtu.be/vMJQBj1DmcI

This project brings together more than 100 artists from 25 countries to remember those we lost in the earthquake that took place in Türkiye and Syria on February 6, 2023 and find help for the survivors. All proceeds are given to those in need. You can use the fundraiser button to donate.

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FIRAT KENARINDA YÜZEN KAYIKLAR
Executive Producer - Matthew Nicholl
Producer - Kemal Oksal
Co-Producer - Yağmur Soydemir
Project Manager - Bengisu Onal

MUSIC PRODUCTION TEAM
Music Director, Conductor, Orchestrator - Kemal Oksal
Arranger - Yağmur Soydemir
Choir Director - Bengisu Onal
Heidi Martin - Recording Engineer
Scott Martin - Recording Engineer
Mix - Halil İbrahim Işık
Mastering - Jonathan Wyner

VIDEO PRODUCTION TEAM
Producer, Michael Bordiga
Director, Kevin Greene
Editor, Barış Özcan

NARRATOR
Barış Özcan

VOCAL SOLOISTS
Joey Blake - Santa Cruz, CA, USA / Kibagabaga, Rwanda
Bengisu Önal - Rize, Türkiye
Nishant Shekar - Mumbai, India

INSTRUMENT SOLOISTS
Piano, Utar Artun - Ankara, Türkiye
Oud, Bahar Bedieibatar - Tehran, Iran
Bowed Tanbur, Beth Bahia Cohen - White Plains, NY, USA
Alto Flute, Yağmur Soydemir - Ankara, Türkiye

VIOLIN
Bengisu Gökçe - İstanbul, Türkiye - Concertmeister
Ángela Varo Moreno - Baena, Andalusia, Spain
Anne Preis - Griesheim, Germany
Brian Urra - Santiago, Chile - Principal 2nd Violin
Dana Zulpykhar - Almaty, Kazakhstan
Dawoon Luna Lim - Pohang, South Korea
Ding Sng - Singapore
Liam Hernandez - Bloomfield, NJ, USA
Louis Thélot - Lyon, France
Miya Wang - Shenyang, China
Myra Choo - Singapore
Soo Choi - Seoul, South Korea

VIOLA
Finn Moore - Durham, NC, USA - Principal
Zeynep Yiğitoğlu - İstanbul, Türkiye
Tamer Tarhan - Adana, Türkiye
Allison Beth Fitzgerald - Orlando, FL, USA

CELLO
Peter Sumner - Durham, NC, USA - Principal
Daniel Chouinard - Boulder, CO, USA
Queralt Giralt Soler - Viveri, Serrateix
Sammy Wetstein - Simsbury, CT, USA
Thiago Wolf - Mococa, Brazil

CONTRABASS
James Heazlewood-Dale - Melbourne, Australia - Principal
Sofia Villarreal - Austin, TX, USA
Filippo Novi-Goller - Lecce, Italy / Munich, Germany
Liam Elion - Stockholm, Sweden

FLUTE
Danielle Yao - Calgary, Canada - Principal
Phuwit Sangudomlert - Bangkok, Thailand

OBOE
Jesse Myers - Tampa, FL, USA - Principal

CLARINET
Gabriela Pedraza - San Antonio, TX, USA - Principal

BASSOON
Ben Jordan - Marietta, GA, USA - Principal

FRENCH HORN
Amparo Edo Biol - Valencia, Spain - Principal
Yixiang Wang - Henan, China

TRUMPET
Aiden Theime - Upton, MA, USA - Principal
Dhruv Banerji - South Brunswick, NJ, USA
Michael Arizmendi - Brownsville, TX, USA
Sylvia Khouri - Dublin, CA, USA

TROMBONE
Jason Ryu - Seoul, South Korea - Principal
Lauren Galarraga - Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

BASS TROMBONE
George Jones - Sitka, Alaska, USA

PERCUSSION
Kerem Seçkin - İstanbul, Türkiye - Bass Drum
Sam McClurg - West Lafayette, IN, USA - Cymbal

HARP
Ada Canata - Eskişehir, Türkiye

CHOIR
Aitana Poey - Havana, Cuba
Derya Ertin - İstanbul, Türkiye
Furkan Altunay - Izmir, Türkiye
Georgia Voulgaraki - Larissa, Greece
Magdalena Air - Nysa, Poland
Rafa Moreno - Nuevo Arraiján, Panamá
Romi Mor - Tel Aviv, Israel
Sanyamita Shrestha - Kathmandu, Nepal
Sofia Almeida - Madeira, Portugal
Vera Arnot Fediunina - Donetsk, Ukraine
Yağmur Tamer - İstanbul, Türkiye

Media Partnership
Ersin Kocal - İzmir, Türkiye

Logistic Team
Yalın Yavuz -Bursa, Türkiye - Line Manager
Derya Ertin - İstanbul, Türkiye
Ada Canata - Eskişehir, Türkiye
Arda Alper - İstanbul, Türkiye
Kerem Seçkin - İstanbul, Türkiye
Furkan Altunay - İzmir, Türkiye
Aylin Özdemir - İzmir, Türkiye

Special Thanks
Dr. David Bogen, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Karen A. Bell, Associate Dean, Professional Performance Division, Berklee College of Music
Matthew Marsit, Chair, Instrumental Studies of Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Walter Smith, Chair, Woodwind Department of Berklee College of Music
Sarpay Özçagatay, Flute Professor, Woodwind Department at Berklee College of Music
Georgia Voulgaraki, Music Educator, Framingham Public Schools
Geylani Can, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Yeşim & Serkan Otsuz, Dolma Mediterranean Cuisine
Rennan & Muzaffer Baytürk, Windy Pizza

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Remembering those we lost...

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