Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra

As a child, growing up in Ankara, I was always fascinated with the Çıkrıkçılar Hill, an area in Ankara where there are many shops left and right of the pedestrian hill selling everything from cloths to spices, from copper pots and pans to household goods new and antique … and everything else in between … All the various sounds and moods of Çıkrıkçılar Hill and Turkey’s history with all its various percussive instruments are the biggest inspiration for this work. Among the numerous percussion instruments, I use in the concerto are some that still remain mostly unique to Turkey. Kamran Ince