Şirin Pancaroğlu
Praised by the Washington Post as a “major talent of international caliber”, for Şirin Pancaroğlu, discovering a variety of musical identities for the harp is a central endeavor. Trained as a classical musician, the leading harpist of Turkey is equally active in the realm of Turkish traditional music, improvisation, electronic music, tango and semi-staged performances as she is in mainstream harp repertoire to which she contributes with new works commissioned for her. Regular collaborations with performers and composers of diverse backgrounds have led Pancaroğlu to cross boundaries between musical styles often resulting in music that has been perceived as opening the path to new genres.
Resonating Universes is collaboration with Erdem Helvacıoğlu that brings together sound-sculpting electronica with the harp into one continuously evolving soundscape. The philosophy of this timbre exploration was to find new ways of expressing emotions using experimental recording techniques.
The result is an expressive work that blends contemporary experimental vocabulary with traditional, Turkish sensibilities. Something perhaps called “a timeless sonic journey”.
