3 Trumpet World Premieres at CAMPGround25 by Arda Cabaoglu
Arda Cabaoğlu recently performed world premieres of 3 new works featuring trumpet as a solo instrument at the CAMPGround25 New Music Festival in Tampa, FLORIDA, in collaboration with The Contemporary Art Music Project (CAMP). CAMP is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization that promotes innovative art music by collaborating with living composers and performing artists from around the world.1. Is And Air *world premiere. The piece is written for Sini Virtanen Cabaoglu and Arda Cabaoglu Virtanen by Composer: Dorothy Hindman https://dorothyhindman.com violin, Sini Virtanen trumpet, Arda Cabaoglu
In 2023, violinist Sini Virtanen and trumpeter Arda Cabaoglu requested a ceremonial piece to commemorate their marriage. I asked them to send me brief recordings of each playing their instrument independently and then together. Sini sent her favorite double stop, Arda sent long notes with various mutes, and together they sent two Bartok Wedding duets. I digitally analyzed and stretched these to determine their precise acoustic structures, and processed them to create more complex timbres. In Is And Air, the violin and trumpet initially present their material independently. The violin’s virtuosic material at the opening symbolically completes the trumpet. From the trumpet’s opening note, I digitally removed the harmonic aspects (the pitch), leaving behind only extremely complex and quiet artifacts, which I then transcribed for violin. Conversely, the trumpet enters with its full note, emphasizing its strongest overtones, which provide the pitch for the violin’s next entrance. Through these and other kinds of acoustic manipulations, the performers’ timbres gradually meld over the work into composite structures and shifting moods. At the end, the original materials are presented, fully blended into one musical statement.
Is And Air is an anagram of Sini and Arda’s names.
Friday, March 14, 2025 at 7:30 pm, Red Door No.5, TAMPA FLORIDA2.True Love Peach Blossom *world premiere. CAMPGround25 commissioned piece by Composer: Chihchun Chi-Sun Lee https://www.chihchunlee.com/index.html
CAMP & PAN Project True Love Peach Blossom is a special composition celebrating the union and wedding of two exceptional musicians from the Contemporary Art Music Project: Finnish violinist Dr. Sini Virtanen and Turkish trumpet player Dr. Arda Cabaoglu. This piece is uniquely crafted for both the CAMP and PAN Project Ensemble, featuring an intercultural blend of instruments, including the Japanese shakuhachi, Korean piri and janggu, the Suzuki Andes 25F (a Japanese recorder-keyboard), and Western violin and trumpet. Inspired by this diverse instrumentation and the rich cultural backgrounds of the musicians, True Love Peach Blossom embraces the theme of love and marriage. The music incorporates elements from various wedding traditions, drawing from Japanese, Korean, Finnish, and Turkish ceremonial music and dances. Commissioned by the Contemporary Art Music Project, this piece was made possible with additional support from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government.
Friday, March 14, 2025 at 7:30 pm, Red Door No.5, TAMPA FLORIDA World Premiere
Arda Cabaoglu, trumpet
Sini Virtanen, Violin
Eunmi Ko, Recorder Piano
Gamin, Piri
Ned Rothenberg, shakuhachi
Woonjung Sim, janggu & jingCanadian premiere was performed at the Paradigmatic Revolutions Music Festival / Conference at University of Alberta on Thursday, April 3, 2025, 7:00pm at Sonic Intercultural Evolutions Concert at Horowitz Theatre, University of Alberta
3. Akerio *world premiere. This piece is written for Sini Virtanen Cabaoglu and Arda Cabaoglu Virtanen by Composer: Axel Retif https://axelretif.com violin, Sini Virtanen trumpet, Arda Cabaoglu Saturday, March 15, 2025 at noon, Seminole Heights Garden Center, TAMPA FLORIDA
Written for Sini Virtanen and Arda Cabaoglu, Akerio explores the intersection of sound, gesture, and interpretation through a unique notational approach that blends graphic elements with traditional writing. This hybrid notation invites performers to engage with the score in an open and expressive manner, responding to visual cues that shape the flow of the music in real time.
The violin plays continuously throughout the piece. The trumpet, in contrast, appears only at select moments, adding a new layer of timbre and initiating a dialogue that contrasts with, yet complements, the violin’s intimate textures. These opposing timbral identities are central to the piece’s conception: the intention was not to seamlessly blend the instruments, but to explore the richness and tension that emerge from their natural differences. (Source: Arda Cabaoğlu)